>> gary hart? >> if gary hart created the original sin of challenging the people in the media of. most knew that he ran around but rather than letting it go, we're at a time the media did not look into that so carefully. politicians have no backstage area. but that was not the case and challenge the media to say you prove it so a reporter from a florida newspaper hit out in the bushes and saw his girlfriend come in late at night it was not hard to guess she was not cleaning the floors so if you don't challenge the media you may be something you are not. >> host:. >> host: stephen frantzich book his book is "o.o.p.s." observing our politicians stumble". how many books have you written? >> this is 17 original books buchanan ally with statistics. i spent time in a trench to do academic books but my last five 1/6 have been more fun. prior to the s high-profile the people love presidents have mentioned in there "state of the union." that was not done in tow ronald reagan did it for the first time and every president has use of the placid example of their political goals. close to call

the owner of the home had a meet gary hart coffee assembly, and a blizzard began outside. hart was pondering an answer to a question when i snapped that photograph and that light is that winter light during a blizzard actually. >> who developed all these pictures for you? >> they were developed in several different places. commercial labs. "newsweek"'s own lab did some and initially, asmond custom photo right here in washington, d.c. they were also printed all the photographs were reproductions for the book kelly reynold. >> this picture? >> again, where he's leaning in? >> right throw alexander haig. >> where he's shaking hands? ok. al haig -- this is kind of a typical pose of him. i don't know whether it's all the military experience and looking good and smart and everything, order, creases, pants looking just fine. it just seemed like a typical pose, he had just given an interview to a local paper at the university of new hampshire, he's just getting his clothing in line again. >> on the other side of the page? >> on the other side, this was a lot of people really find t

wayne hayes, ruger mills, gary hart and bill clinton. do we say well, if they do that, we have to dispense with them. they can't be in the public eye. chris: you be the judge. you're the president of the united states for 10 minutes and i bring to you the petraeus case. it hasn't gotten out yet but will get out and you know it will because there are people out there, an f.b.i. agent, c.i.a. agent and they can drop anything anywhere. will you keep him on? >> he's the c.i.a. director and blackmail and all the possibilities are there. could they blackmail bill clinton? chris: put out the word he had an affair but i'm keeping him. >> everybody makes their own judgment as to whether this is more important than that. chris: right. >> if you're asking me about the people i named in history, i think what they did for the country was more important than the other but you can disagree. chris: but were all kept secret at the time. >> except for bill clinton. in retrospect he say he was a good president and mr. was peace and prosperity under bill cl

. >> host: gary hart. >> guest: okay.gary hart created the original sin of challenging the people in the media. you know, there were all the stories. most people in media knew he ran around a bit, but rather than just letting it go at that and you have to remember we're in a time where we didn't -- the media didn't look into that carefully. there was a backstage area. one of the problems i think we have today is politicians have no backstage area. whatever they do, wherever is realistic. the ballot to be covered, but that was not the case at the time. he challenged the media saying prove this stuff so a reporter from florida newspaper hid out in the bushes in southwest washington and saw his girlfriend come in late at night and leave early the next morning. it was not hard for him to guess that she was not probably cleaning the floors or cooking an all-night dinner, and so, you know, you don't challenge the media. you don't pretend to be something you aren't. >> host: political science professor stephen frantzich, recent

you had the emergence that year of gary hart in what they call the new democrats. so that idea that we've got to broaden our appeal, get away from some of these kind of paleo liberal ideas that have been dominating the party for a long time helped the democrats. it took eight years before they came back into power in 1992. that rethinking period was enormously important. the republicans have not yet gun that process. they need to come to terms with the fact that they just aren't appealing to enough people. they also have what one writer called a culture of contempt in their party. they disrespect voters and other people. they need a friendlier, more uplifting, more inclusive message and if they don't get it, they won't get power back. >> the comment i made was that george w. bush spoke as if it was a foreign language. what's worst, to be condescending or ignorant. they were falling into those two camps, hard right or change with the times. >> i think he did honorably well, came pretty close. he is a northeastern liberal. that's not where we are going. i'm optimisti

gary hart was blown up. bill clinton was almost blown out of the presidency. anybody that doesn't know this is going to be the consequence of what happens to you if you get involved in this, and you're running the cia is preposterous. >> eleanor. >> he's not the first powerful man to do something fallish when it comes to an extramarital affair, and he won't be the last. but he is, or was, head of the cia, and that could make him a potential target for blackmail. when you look into this, there's not much more here, i don't believe. there's no evidence of a breach in national security. the fbi apparently acted by the book. you don't tip off the white house when you're engaging in a potentially criminal investigation. the agent in florida who then worried that the investigation was being stalled and went to a republican congressman who went to eric cantor, he has an illustrious record. he helped bring down the millennium plot. you can't blame him, either, for his apparent concern that this was not being studied appear prop it i can't tellly. so then the story got

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actual rethinking within the democratic party started after the to ronald reagan by the emergence of gary hart the new to broaden our appeal and get a from some of these s. it took eighey came back into power ind rethinking period was enormously important. the republicans have not yet process. they need to come to terms with that they just aren't appealing to enough people and they also have what one national review writeronservative writer recently calle culture of contempt in their party. they just disrespect voters. disrespect other people. they need a uplifting, more inclusive message. >> the old comment back in 2000 was w. bush spoke english like it was his foreign language and al gore spoke as ifv. it was your foreign falling into the two camps about party's direction, hard right or change with the times. let's watch. >> i think you did honorably well and came close. he's a northeastern liberal and that's not where we're going. i'm optimistic because there was a very strong republican bench that did not enter the fray. with all of the soul searching what ideology we're going to pursue, i

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the emergence that year of gary hart and the new democrats and so that idea that we've gotten to broaden our appeal, get away from some of these kind of liberal ideas that have been dominating the party for a long time, really helped the democrats. it took eight years before they came back into power in 19 92. that rethinking period was enormously important. the republicans have not yet begun that process. >> yeah. >> they need to come to terms with the fact that they just aren't appealing to enough people and they also have what one national review writer, a conservative writer recently called, a culture of contempt in their party. they just disrespect voters. disrespect other people. they need a friendlier, more uplifting, more inclusive message and if they don't get it they won't get power back. >> the old comment i made back in 2000 later on in this cycle was that george w. bush spoke english like a foreign language. what's worse, to be condescending or ignorant? on election night and the morning after, conservatives were falling into those two camps about party direction, hard right

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and in hart's location, new hampshire, president obama beating mitt romney 23 votes to 9 votes with two votes for garycoming on strong. coming on strong. >> bill: there you go. here we are election day 2012. good to see you everybody. thank you so much for joining us. your election day starts right here on the "full court press." find out what's going on. then you can go out and vote or go out and vote and come back and check in with us. let us know how it's going. we're coming to you live from our nation's capital all across this great land of ours on the day that we show what great americans we are by participating in the electoral process and voting. so important to do so. whichever way you vote, important to get out and vote today. and join the conversation here on the "full court press." any way you can. give us a call at 1-866-55-press. that's our toll free number. go to twitter and tweet us your comments at bpshow on facebook, facebook.com join us, facebook.com/billpressshow or go in the chat room. it is very, very busy today of course with people all across the country. go to current.com join