george wallace had an enormous impact'68 and 60%, the vast bulk of that are the wallace voters. george wallace had an enormous impact of the politics and governance of his time. you think of the strategy and supreme court nominees that nixon wanted to put organization nixon understood that for him to submit what people then talked about -- >> 13% of the vote in 1968. what comes to your mind?>> 13% . what comes to your mind?about - >> 13% of the vote in 1968. what comes to your mind? >> what's been said, but beyond that, a guy who really was corrupt in the sense that he manipulated public opinion in the south. as i understand his early career, this is a man who was not as his predecessor, patterson, was, but at some point george wallace understands that his private ambitions are going to require this terrible assault and so he begins this process whereby he sells out. the other thing that's interesting about george wallace is he sort of floodses in and out of the democratic party and he runs with the american independent party. >> fourth. first time he gets liyndon johnson. the f

. >> george wallace. >> who exploited him brilliantly. the irony is he exploited him. >> he had great street smarts. >> he almost bragged about it but he had street smarts. >> george mcgovern was a history professor. >> and a world war ii hero. a hero. >> let me change my answer. mcgovern is as smart as adly, but you remember this, runs one of the dumber campaigns. so what does that tell you? >> who would have been the nastiest? >> charles evans hughes. >> who would have been personally the nastiest? >> henry clay. >> what do you think? >> if you were african-american, you might want to say george wallace. >> that's a different kind of nasty. >> all right. >> you have all done a book. if you had to pick another one of these, say, carl, you have done about four books. >> yes, but i shared some of them. >> if you had to pick one of these 14 to write a book on and spend a couple years with. >> wow. that would be fun. let richard go first. >> the fact is, and i mean this since sincerely, jeanne has written not only the best, but in many ways,

jobs plan then you are enemy with the people. >> why did you compare wisconsin's governor to george wallace? >> wallace tried to block the vote and lost. walker is trying to stop the vote and will lose. here you have on-site, same-day registration. you can register and vote on the same day. he attempted to suppress that vote. to make it more difficult for seniors to vote and minorities. he's losing those battles. anyone that seeks to block the vote must be seen. >> why do you see this as the civil rights issue of our time? we've had the gay marriage issue, the don't ask, don't tell. there's been a lot of social things that have taken place in the obama years. you have really singled this out as a major civil rights issue. why is that? >> dr. king in his last act was fighting for the worker's right to bargain. he's using his power to take workers from the table. the right to collectively bargain is the american right. it's an american right. it's morally right. if he's able to set the tone in this campaign to undermine collective bargaining for workers, public workers, police, teachers, fire

the reverend compared governor walker to alabama's governor george wallace. >> now we have a governorin alabama and walker in wisconsin trying to take back acts to voters. to take the basic right of the voter. >> reverend jackson is convinced that african-american voters and latino voters in milwaukee county have the power to change wisconsin in tomorrow's election. they just have to get out and vote. joining me now is the reverend jesse jackson, founder of the rainbow push coalition. what about milwaukee county? you told me it's the key to this whole thing. why do you believe that? >> in 2010, 2,000 people, 90,000 voted less in 2008. if they vote in 2008 number, it changes two-thirds of milwaukee's majority. people are coming alive. they come alive because they feel threatened. they cut off the $800 million. we put back to work. the result is in the city, blacks are 35% unemployed. >> will they get out and vote? is this a big enough issue for them? do they want to change that bad they will mobilize? >> those inclined to vote, will vote. those who want voter registration, access to vo

remember back in the '60s and '70s when george wallace as extreme racist and not a great person morally won enormous majorities of the union membership vote in states as diverse as wisconsin, oregon and massachusetts. that cannot be assumed that the union vote is a liberal vote. >> i think you you have to delineate between private sector union. my dad was a construction worker, not a racist. voted for richard nixon. public sector unions are never going to move to republicans never. they may not matter but they will never move -- >> i totally disagree. i never met a democratic policeman or fireman never in my life. >> they keep putting jerry brown in office and guys like that. >> adam, a final point here. >> i'm from chicago where are there are are plenty of democratic firemen and policemen. we can't have it both ways here. either they are on death's door or they are the most powerful interest group in america. i don't think either one is true and i don't think one election is going to be a referendum on union power. >> neil: i find it interesting, adam. a little more than a month ago a

remember george wallace's 1963 inaugrel address? >> i say segregation now, seg gregation tomorrow and seg segregation forever. >> wallace defied and had to be forcibly removed from the pool by president kennedy. today, florida governor rick scott is repeating the evils of the past. like wallace, rick scott is on the wrong side of history and the wrong side of the laws defying federal authorities and stripping our fellow citizenship of their rights by sightciting some vague, non-exist event threat and forcing legitmat voters a 91-year-old world war ii veteran to prove their citizenship. prove it in order to exercise their constitutionally protected rights. it got me thinking. could average people actually prove their citizenship under florida rules? so i went outside current tv studios and here is a random sampling of what i found. >> thanks for allowing me to stop you. are you a u.s. citizen? >> yes, i am. >> okay. so if i asked you to prove that you were a u.s. citizen, would you able to prove to me? >> i don't know how other than

and george wallace got re-elected two years later. democrats and voters in the south had no problem, you know, splitting their brain when it came to politics. they would think i'm going to be republican when it comes to president and i'll be republican when it comes to voting for senator but democrats for all manner of other offices. that started to change and today, you look at the party i.d. numbers in alabama, arkansas, mississippi, louisiana, i want to drag race into this but this makes a point, roughly 18% of white males identify themselves as democrats right now in the states i just mentioned. you cannot win an election when less than 1 out of 5 of the biggest cohorts identifies with your party. that is just not going to happen. why has it happened? you know, without getting into pick areas of any 1 stand, a lot of southern democrats, remember i sidd they spend a lot of time telling you what think is wrong, politics is a customer, consumer oriented business. customer is always right. if you're campaigning for office and your job

governor stood in the way of the rights of americans of the rights of asking magics or lester maddox george wallace in alabama they stood in the way of americans being able to exercise their rights and so again now governor rick scott is version two point zero of this kind of discrimination of this kind of racist tactics that say where people's rights really is quite remarkable you all move on dot org has have submitted one hundred sixty five thousand signatures to petition attorney general holder. to immediately block this voter purge which it looks like he has done. we now have dueling lawsuits between florida and the federal government. while those are getting worked out and and move on is putting pressure on the governor what should democratic voters in florida be doing will they regret it voters in florida and then and you know voters across the country should be very concerned that voting rights are under attack in florida and every other part of the country so what we need to do is stay involved to get informed and right now we're speaking up and actually calling out you know mitt romney who

richard nixon was winning alabama with 80% and george wallace was reelected with 70% two years later. democrats had offered one seat in the legislature. democrats and voters in the south had no problem splitting their blaine it came to politics. they would think i would be a republican when it comes to the president and i will be a republican when it comes to voting for the senate and they voted for democrats for all manner of other offices. that started to change and today you look at the party id members in alabama and arkansas and mississippi and louisiana, i want to drag race into this, but this makes a point. roughly 18% of white males identify themselves as democrats right now in the states i just mentioned. you cannot win an election with less than one out of five or one of the biggest cohorts identifies with your party. that's not going to happen. why has it happened? without getting to areas of one state's politics, democrats have tended to make two mistakes. a lost democrats have a tendency and i said at the beginning how democrats spent a lot of time telling voter what is y

to have munb nuts who put out a statement comparing me to george wallace and lester maddox. to call bs on those kinds of press releases. >> my concern is this kind of obsession that the nypd seems to have that, you know, they are the masters of the university. >> shows you the level of intrusiveness that went into my life. some jokeer taking pictures of me at mad madison square garden. did i fall asleep? >> absolutely not. >> cenk: look, i'm from new jersey, and i love tough guys from immigrant families. i might fancy one myself, but i got issues with this guy. let's talk to authors of this book, bob ingle and michael symons the coauthors of "chris christie: the inside story of his rise to power." you painted a positive picture of him. shucks, he came from this family, and he likes to talk and he got into politics when he was young, etc., etc. that's not the chris christie that i see. i get the chris christie who gets not all but a lot of his money from hedge fund managers from new york who do a lot of his bidding. is that part of the portrait. >> i think it is. the portrait

george wallace stood in a schoolhouse door. now you've got rick scott standing in the polling house door. he should be held to account. >> this is all about winning florida. and they come back and say, everyone should want fair elections. what's your response to that? >> first, there's no evidence that we have unfair elections. there's no evidence there's any kind of widespread voter fraud or even very minor voter fraud. the other thing they keep doing, by the way, because they keep saying that illegal immigrants are voting, they're trying to pick at that scab. this is where the tea party people go. it's the politics of grievance. it's all this stuff about give us back our country, obama is alien, different, strange. there is no evidence that this needs to be done. there is massive evidence that it will differently discriminate against african-americans and minorities, and it's illegal! >> now, holder is going to be accused of being the political pawn of the president, but he's got the law on his side. he cannot back down at al

richard nixon was winning alabama with 80% of the vote, george wallace got reelected with 70% two years later. democrats have all but one seat in the legislature. voters in the south had no problems putting their brain when it came to politics. i will be republican when it comes to presidents, and that will be republican at the senate. but they voted for democrats for all manner of other offices. all of a sudden and started to change. today, you look at the party id numbers and alabama, arkansas, louisiana, mississippi, i do not want to drag race into this but this makes it. , 18% of white males identified themselves as democrats and the states just mentioned. you cannot win an election when less than one out of five of one of the biggest culprits identifies with your party. that will not happen. why hasn't happened? without getting into areas of any one state's politics, democratic of may two mistakes. it lot of southern democrats have a tendency to -- remember how i said democrats spend time telling voters what you think is wrong or important is not so important? politics is a consume

and on this day in 1963, national guard troops forced the alabama governor george wallace to desegregateity of alabama. governor wallace personally stood in the schoolhouse door in tuscaloosa in defiance of a federal court order to admit two black students. that was until president john f. kennedy federalized national guard troops who helped the governor step aside. the students enrolled. and the same day president jfk delivered a civil rights address from the oval office. the president called for all americans to help end discrimination. but a governor attempted to stand in the way 49 years ago today. and now you know the news for this monday, june the 11th, 2012. we're all back tomorrow, noon pacific

george wallace led a revolt of southern states that said that they would not participate.came into place, it was neither as horrible and terrible as everybody attacking it was talking about. it wasn't milk and honey either. but for people who were sick and had problems that have been neglected, this was a huge change. and a huge benefit. >> doctor, very quickly. only have a few seconds left. i want to ask you more about the cost. as you know in massachusetts, costs went up significantly after the health reform was passed. i know they have leveled off a bit. but are those costs containable in the future both for massachusetts and the u.s.? >> right. you know, the massachusetts costs went up just like they did in the rest of the country. it was neither worse nor better. that cost problem is part of what we as a medical profession are responsible for. and in this next decade, it's going to be a mix of both government and doctors and hospitals that are going to have to take responsibility for bringing these costs down. it is starting to happen. we're starting to see the curve

kathleen rocky mountain high has done some research for you and found out that your competition is george wallace[ applause ] >> i saw loui anderson in 1987. >> don't promote people that aren't kathleen madigan. >> irene in maryland, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, irene. >> hi, stephanie. i wanted to spoke about voter fraud. >> yes. >> those people who make a decision to purge people from the voter's list, could they be charged with voter fraud? >> well, it is definitely against the voting's rights act. which is why the justice department is getting involved here. it's not just in florida, in texas -- [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> hang on. in texas 300,000 eligible voters targeted. this is their only play they know how to run. 300,000 eligible voters were warned they may be removed from texas voter rolls. already the lowest in the nation when one out of ever ten is currently suspended. a would be 1.5 million voters that could be purged if they fail to vote. they are just trying to get the least amount of people. >> right. >> they are making it incumbent upon the voter to prove they

were young woman walks through the schoolhouse doors of the opposition of the state governor george wallace that young woman turned out to be a future sister-in-law i watched them on television in new york where i grew up to see federal marshals to see the deputy assistant general help her achieve that goal and the notion that savitt engagement in particular the government service could be something that would be both interesting and worthwhile. you all are at this point blessed with a great deal of idealism, and i hope he will not lose that idealism as you get older and think about ways in which you can make this nation better whether it is a engagement, government service or in the private sector. there is a whole bunch of ways which you can make this nation better and you can surf. that is an expectation i think that you all should have for yourself. how is it that you are going to make this country better? as i said, you are the best and brightest of your generation and we will look to you for the leadership that is going to be needed in this century. [applause] >> thank you very much,

a great admirer of friends and roosevelt -- henry wallace, george mcgovern progressive democrat. he camouflaged that because there were many people in the depression. he was always worried about losing his job. he need a box office from both right and left. he tried to be centered. he liked getting mail from both the right and left. he was able to stay so long as mr. center. mr. objective today. as i write about, he always had a bit of a liberal agenda. they came there in different ways, not necessarily in headline news. in 1962 when the cbs news went from 15 minutes to 30 minutes, the back end of cbs news started covering civil rights. you can look at it and see the revolution, the great society, a kennedy. it was given play on the evening news. cronkite was not just the anchor, he was the managing editor. he knew how to manage all the reporters. he always back to deep, investigative journalism. that was his forte. people at cbs was tilted to be toward [unintelligible] -- in that period was tilted toward being pro great society, new frontier. it was. >> here is your quote. the h

and i tell you, the greater irony is that on june 11th is when george wallace locked the doors. >> fifty-three? >> sixty. >> i think it was 63. the irony was that june 11th is the same day. isn't that ironic? the author of the book. >> when is the last -- what is the last conversation you had? your mother. >> oh, wow. the last one, i don't remember literally my last conversation, you know, my mother had a stroke in august and two dozen five. and so from that point for she did not talk a lot. i was with her. i don't -- you know, i don't remember the exact conversation. i remember the sunday before, she had the stroke on tuesday. that sunday, august 14th, i was and the bahamas. i call to let her know that i had gotten and. make sure that she was okay. she had a minor stroke two weeks before that. checking to make sure that everything was okay. astor, the paperwork. at that time trying to make sure i got on her bank accounts.@ she had signed the paperwork, thank god. that was our last real conversation. i give you a call on tuesday as she had a stroke on tuesday. and then the rest is history. th

people are rewarded for waiting fas ining patiently in >> joiningany now, nicolle wallace, mccain/palin campaign, georgesh's communications director and author of the novel "it's classified." it's terrific, out in paperback. time for beach reading. you know better than anyone what it's like to go through these lists and vet people, and the sort of awkward court of vet, perhaps, that mitt romney was describing, unclear what was happening last week with all the reports of rubio's on, he's not on. what is your take on all that? >> look, i mean, these lists are very tightly held, and, you know, my advice in making the selection is to do it slowly and carefully. and it would appear from the outside that that's what was happening, until this very peculiar leak. and i just listened to your great interview with senator rubio. he's tremendous. he's by all counts a rising star in our party. so whether he was in the group being vetted or not in the group, it's very odd that that information was made public. >> the initial information that he wasn't on the list, and then, of course, mitt romney kind of broke his si

wallace and cronkite had their differences, but they became close in later years. it is called the battle of the bathroom at cbs. it is a long story. rather did "memo gate" about george w. bush in the national guard. there was some sentiment by mike wallace that rather should have just quit and taken the knife. edward r. murrow always said in journalism, be ready to clean your desk out in half an hour. if you make one big mistake he will be gone. rather kept fighting for his job and eventually suing and keeping the open wound. other producers got fired in it. wallace that you should be the people behind the scenes alone and be man enough to quit and just take the blame. people would have looked up to rather more. he confronted rather in a bathroom at cbs. there was fury in his voice. >> you also say that cronkite did not call rather for lunch but remains hateful toward him until his death. >> yes. >> what surprised you in this book? what would you say the new things you learned? >> i was starting to touch on this and i did not finish the thought. that was the connection between john glenn and walter cronkite. douglas edwards was the head of cbs news in 62 because cro

nicolle wallace, former communications director for president george w.cain campaign and author of "it's classified." patricia murphy of citizen jane politics and a contributor to the daily beast. and mr. sunday morning himself, the "new york times" magazine's hugo lindgren. ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition, a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle, somebody who has produced results. >> but as republicans make comparisons

nicolle wallace, former communications director for president george w. bush, senior advisor for the mccain campaign and author of "it's classified." patricia murphy of citizen jane politics and a contributor to the daily beast. and mr. sunday morning himself, the "new york times" magazine's hugo lindgren. ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition, a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle, somebody who has produced results. >> but as republicans make comparisons to reagan, the one glaring differe

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george w. bush and former senior adviser, mccain campaign nicolle wallace, nicole's novel "it's classified" is in paperback now. yes, i don't think the publishing industry will ever be the same. this changes everything. >> paperback, e-book, still find the hard copies if you look hard enough. >> all right, nicole. >> library. >> you've been there, nicole. you were the one in charge of trying to tamp down all the screaming when john mccain went out there as the economy was collapsing, saying the fundamentals of the economy are strong. when i first heard the clip this weekend of the president, i just gasped. >> i did too. >> took me straight back to september 15th, 2008. what makes politicians say such things? >> well, the truth is, they are out of touch because of the nature of the jobs that they have, and i think that this moment reminded me more of john kerry's gaffe when he actually said, i voted for it before i voted against it, in 2004. they were talking about funding for the troops. i think this is one of those things where it doesn't matter what the romney campaign does with it. some peo

george w. bush and former senior adviser for the mccain campaign, nicolle wallace, i missed you yesterday. glad you're back. her novel "it's classified" is now out in paperback. great novel. get it. >> on rainy days like this, what cheers me up, sport. >> sport. >> i love sport. i love sport. and i also love smokewood bacon filled -- >> no. >> desserts. >> why would you do that? >> mika -- >> is that real? >> what the? >> may i explain what you're looking at here? first of all this is not a joke. this comes from -- >> called ecstasy, that's what you're looking at. >> it's a sundae put out by burger king filled with bits of bacon and garnished with a full piece of smokewood bacon. >> on every menu? >> excuse me hardwood thick cut smoked bacon. >> what are they thinking? is that ice cream? >> yeah. that's an ice cream sundae. there's the statement from burger king, it's sweet, it's savory, it's everything you want a dessert to be, plus bacon. >> two great tastes that taste great together. >> was there anything better when growing up, going to the ice cream stand, with your mom or dad, on a h