and he says, i have forced henry wallace on the party once. i can't do it twice. i can't do it twice. he has got to go. not in so many words, not in so many words but he eventually slits wallace's throat. who did he replace them with? the guy he replaced them with is a guy that is not too southern, not to northern, not too conservative, not too liberal, respected by the union but not really in the pocket of the union and that is harry truman. he fits in all the slots. they put him on the ticket in 1944 and by april 1945 franklin roosevelt is dead. harry truman goes to the white house and says to eleanor roosevelt, can i pray for you? and she says no, we need to pray for you because you are the fellow who is in trouble now. he starts off very popular. the war is won, tomek loans are dropped on japan its vj v-j day and americans are smiling, and harry chairman reaches a popularity level of 87%. transit gloria monday. that goes downhill real fast and people, some of it is beyond his control but there are reasons why his popularity drops. he is not franklin roosevelt.

he knows what this means, and he says i've forced henry wallace on the party once, i can't do it twice. i can't do it twice. he's got to go. not in so many words, not in so many words, but he eventually slits wallace's throat. so who'd he replace him with? the guy how replace him with is a guy who's not too southern, not too northern, not too conservative, not too liberal, respected by the unions but not really in the pocket of the unii don't think so. and that's harry truman. he fits in all the slots. they put him on the ticket in 944 -- 1944, and by april 1945 franklin roosevelt is dead. and harry truman goes to the white house and be says to eleanor roosevelt, can i pray for you? and she says, no. we need to pray for you. because you are the fellow who is in trouble now. he starts off very popular. the war is won, the atomic bombs are dropped on japan, there's vj day. america's at peace finally. and harry truman reaches a popularity level of 87%. [speaking in native tongue] that goes downhill real fast. [laughter] and people, some of this beyond his control, but there are reasons wh

and he says, i forced henry wallace on the party once. i can't do it twice. i can't do it twice. he has got to go. not in so many words, not in so many words, but he eventually slips wallace's throat. so who does he replace him with? the guy you're places a much as a guy who is not @booktv, not to northern, not to conservative, not too liberal. respected by the unions, but not really in the pocket of the unions. that is harry truman. he fits in all the slots. it put him on the ticket in 1944, and by april 1945 franklin roosevelt is dead. harry truman goes to the white house and says to eleanor roosevelt, can i pray for you? she says, no. we need to pray for you. you were the fellow who is in trouble now. he starts off very popular. america is at peace finally. and harry truman reaches popularity level of 87%. sic transit gloria monday. that goes downhill real fast. people, somewhat beyond his control, but there are reasons why his popularity drops. he is not for a gun roosevelt. right now all the republicans by saying who is the next reagan? we miss him a lot. and back then it was

what happened is lou wallace went on the counter attack. he went to the press. henry hallek was appointed the new commander. and before he knew what was happening the three most powerful people in the union army hated lou wallace or was not going to do anything about it. he was demoted and lost command. he ended up at the end of the war with a command to defend washington. but for the next 40 years he died in 1905. he was known as this "what if" person this man at 35 who ruined his career because he couldn't find the battlefield. he went to the battlefield and offered to draw maps and guides to show that his road was superior. he begged grant to change his memoirs. grant put a footnote. but one thing that lou wallace did do was he spoke and wrote. he was quite a writer. he wrote one about the fall of constantinople. but he hit on something called "ben-hur." if you look at the novel the novel is a thinly illustrated metaphor for lou wallace. judah ben-hur is this energetic charismatic young nobleman. it's not grant who ruined his career but it is gratus. lou wallace is

what happened then is, of course, lou wallace being lou wallace went on a counterattack, he went to the press. henry hallock was the new chander and bad mouthed wallace. the three most powerful people in the union army hated lou wallace or in the case of sherman was not going to do anything go. he was demoated. lost command. he ended up at the -- demoated. lost command. he ended up with his military career being over with, for the next 40 years, he died in 1905. he was known as this what if person, this man at 35 ruined his career because he couldn't find the battlefield. he went to the battlefield, he offered to draw maps and guides for the battlefield showing that his road was superior, he was given no written orders, he asked that grant change his memoirs, grant put a little footnote. one thing that lou wallace did do, was he spoke and he wrote, and he turned out to be quite a writer. some ohi good. he wrote -- in 1880 he hit on something called "ben hur," and he wrote this will novel. if you look at the novel, the novel is a thinly illustrated metaphor for who else, lou wallace. ben hur is this

especially since our own ed henry now says that a senior advisor to the president is still calling this an accommodation, not a compromise. that's an interesting choice of words. chris wallace what does this say about the decision making and the power of the presidency when you have the vice president apparently who disagreed with this initial decision and you have that chief of staff, bill daley, who by the way, no longer works for president obama, is there any connection to the fact that he's not there and this issue? >> i very much doubt it. i don't know, but i would be very surprised if that was an issue. i think it was a much bigger issue with bill daley, which is he was one of the people that was working very much to try to accommodate republicans on the budget and the debt deal, that didn't work out. the president has taken a much more political stance run against the do nothing congress. i think the feeling was if he was going into campaign mode, he needed a different chief of staff and jack lu, who is now the chief of staff, is the guy there. but in terms of what it says about the dynamic inside the white house, look, there is only one vote in the white house. that