and mention eisenhower's reaction if howard baker had given up his job as majority leader of the senate for years before the presidential election? end imagine and with that democratic primary race that two senior senators joe biden and chris dodd's hub logs 70 years where never seriously considered for the nomination because of the attention and energy by the former first lady in the first term african-american senator. sowed the electoral college is still very much the same as it has been but between 1968 and '72 the democratic party was part of the she huge reform system. in the proximate cause of those reforms of anti-war democrats. and the old system famously categorized was simply not representative of what the party was becoming. so the commission was in the democratic party. into change that nomination system 32 through 68 and that is a big space and. between 1832 and 68. we knew that nominating system. after that the world changed a change in denver in the for the republicans because in that period of time democrats were a strong party throughout the country with remains of the

he got confused about his role and brought back in howard baker and ken and allowed reagan to walk into the pages of history as a winner. >> she did. and part of what -- she was not very ideological. a lot of conservatives were angry she brought in howard baker and consulted bob strauss, the famous democratic adviser here in washington, but she wanted to get her husband once again back on his feet, and not only to increase his public approval but also close out that presidency with a great achievement, which was to put the nation on the road to ending the cold war. >> and, jon meacham, she could be tough. i remember she fired don regan, the chief of staff to the president, i believe on television. >> well, yes. that's sort of like a tolstoy story unto itself. the firing of don regan. she wanted vice president bush to come in and do it. this didn't work. she wanted bob strauss to come in and finally she got her way. do don regan made the fundamental mistake of hanging up on mrs. reagan once -- >> not a wise move. >> it's like being the radar operator at pearl harbor. it's not something y

was termed to help those of us who came in, myself and frank and national security adviser and howard baker and ken and she was a friend and ally. didn't like what was going on. she was a dominant presence in the white house. once the don regan case, a classic example, she knew he had to be moved on chief of staff and bring in howard baker, she merely leaked it to the press and the press had it on cnn. i was the deputy national security adviser and my boss, frank carlucci said have you seen the television? i said yes. he said, i wonder if don knows? it was frank who went down to don's office and said, don, did you resign? it's on television. don looked up bewildered and he immediately wrote his resignation letter and took it to the president's office and left the white house. that is hardball, fellows. >> you told a great story if she was gone for too long, those of you in the white house said we need to get her back here. how much did he depend on her? tell us about that. >> it was total. you said it earlier in the setup piece. without him -- without her, whenever she went to new york to s

howard baker was like this. people said of howard, funny, intelligent, glad he's in public life, not president when he tried in 1980. john kasich's problem is this. in order to win before cleveland to get to 1237, he has to win 83% of the remaining delegates. not going to happen. my third takeaway is this. the race that ted cruz had a year ago was absolutely right. that the key to winning this nomination was down scale, disaffected voters. noncollege educated. absence the presence of trump which he did not factor in, i think it is reasonable to say if trump had never entered, cruz would seal up the nomination this tuesday. >> it's important to look at exiting polls. similar demographics as far as how it breaks out. michigan in this question. trade takes away u.s. jobs. trump, 45%. trade takes away u.s. jobs. and you see bernie sanders. 56%. >> they are striking the same chord. >> and sanders says, look, i'm winning in the states that are battle ground states in the fall. she's winning in the red states that don't

determined to help those of us who came in, myself, frank carlucci, national security adviser, howard baker the chief of staff's office. she was a friend and ally and she cowl be an adversary if she didn't like what was going on. >> can you give us an example. >> she was a dominant presence in the white house. a good example of that was, the don regan case is a classic example when she knew don regan had to be moved on as chief of staff and bring in howard baker. she merely leaked it to the press and the press had is on cnn. i was the deputy national security adviser and my boss frank carlucci said have you seen television? i said yes. he said i wonder if don knows. and it was frank carlucci who went to don's office. did you resign? it's on television. and don looked up bewildered and he immediately wrote his resignation letter, took it to the president's office and left the white house. >> wow. >> that's hardball, fellows. >> you tell a great story, if she was gone for too long, those of you would say, we need to get her back here. tell us about how he depend on her. >> it was total. you s

she went in there and got rid of don regan who thought himself as president and brought back in howard baker and basically allowed reagan to walk into the pages of history as a winner. >> she did. and part of that was she was not very ideological. a lot of conservatives were angry that she brought in bob straws, but she wanted to get her husband once again back on his feet and close out the presidency with a great achievement which is put the nation on the road to ending the cold war. >> and she could be tough. she fired don regan i believe on television. >> that's sort of like a toll stoi story unto itself. the firing of don regan. she wanted bob vastraws tuss an got her way. don regan made the mistake of hanging up on her on the telephone once. not something you do. but it also shows how difficult politics always is because she paid a price for that. let's remember what don regan did in retribution. he revealed mrs. reagan began consulting and as control gi to seek guidance on the most favorable presidential scheduling. it was deeply embarrassing. and it shows she was very much a political

howard baker carried that on while he was minority leader and transitioned nicely in 1980 ease. the senate had much less of a dramatic turnover when the republicans won in the minority. in the house when the republicans won and 40 years, it was like the french revolution. they changed -- it's like changing the months of the year, they changed everything. everybody went. the historian went and chaplain went. it was traumatic difference at that stage of the game. i do think you have to like at the psyche of the two institutions. question over here. >> looking at it -- [indiscernible] in 2015, very red state increased gas tax, increased minimum wage, they gave dreamer a right to get driver's license and get rid of the death penalty. they retained secret vote, their speaker and committee chairman. you had democratic speakers and sometimes and committee chairman. i think nebraska have a fantastic exception? >> are you from nebraska? >> no, i'm not. i'm from indiana. i think nebraska has something going on there that doesn't happen anywhere else. what can this tell us about our proble

. >> i think that's accurate, and you have to remember that howard baker came in as chief of staff and came in initially as deputy national security adviser with frank after a crisis, and she was looking to us as the force that would stageti istabi gous white house and she held us accountable and she made us sure that's what we were doing and we were definitely on the inside watching her and how she protected her man, herron ni, and she did that with strength, with vigor, with a lot of common sense and she did it rather clev cleverly. she didn't shout at anybody but if there was a dissatisfaction it was made known to us and we fixed it. if there were people who were not getting the job done and the president couldn't deal with it or something he didn't like to do, he didn't like to face people head on and say you're out, she would act, and she would communicate to us, not that we had to obey her communications, but it was usually good communication. she was doing the right thing to support her man, her ronnie. >> more we change, the more we remain the same. here we are, first lady mich

howard baker carry that on while he was the minority leader. transition for a nicely in 1980 into becoming the majority leader. we have the senate -- the senate had much of -- much less of a germanic turnover when the republicans won over 26 -- after 26 years of being the minority. in the house, when the republicans won after 40 years of being the minority, it was like the french revolution. it was like changing the months of the year. they change the names of the committees, everything. everybody went from the historian went, the chaplain went. it was a traumatic difference. i do think you have to look at the psyches of the institutions when you factor that in. question over here. >> even more important in 2015, and increased gas tax, increased to the minimum wage, they did away with the death penalty, and they retained the secret vote which is how they elected this speaker and committee chairman thomas a you had democratic speakers -- is there any lesson and that from capitol hill? i think nebraska is a fantastic exception. are you from nebra

howard baker carried that on while he was minority leader and then transitioned very nicely in 1980 into becoming the majority leader. we had the senate had much less of a dramatic turnover when the republicans won after 26 years of being in the minority than in the house when the republicans won after 40 years of being in the minority, it was like the french revolution. they changed -- just like changing the months of the year, they changed the names of all the committees, they changed everything. everybody went, the historian went t chaplain went. it was a dramatic difference at that stage of the game. i do think you have to look at the psych ches of the two institutions when you factor that in. question over here. >> looking at it, i'm fascinated [ inaudible ] and has been for 80 years since george norris made that happen. in 2015, a very red state increased gas tax, increased the minimum wage, gave dreamers the right to get drivers' licenses, did away with the death penalty, and they retained the secret vote which is how they elected their speaker and their committee chairman so that

once the don regan case, aple, she knew he had to be moved on chief of staff and bring in howard baker, she merely leaked it to the press and the press had it on cnn.y national security adviser and my boss, frank carlucci said have youn? i said yes. he said, i wonder if don knows? it was frank who went down to don's office and said, don, did it's on television. bewildered and he immediately wrote his resignation letter and took it to the president's office and left the white house. that is hardball,ou told a great story if she was gone for too long, those of you in the white house said we need to get her back here. how much did he depend on her? tell us about that. >> it was total.ier in the setup piece. without him -- without her, there was no complete him. whenever she went to new york to shop or visit friends and othersts, we knew after about 24 to 48 hours, he started to become fretful. he started on the third day we would have a little meeting. somebody call up there and tell her she has got to come home. it was that direct! you could see it! it was he was incomplete without her p

she knew that he had to be moved on as chief of staff and bring in howard baker. she merely leaked it to the press and the press had it on cnn. security adviser and he said have you seen television, and he said i wonder if don knows. it was frank that went to don's it's on tchlgts he looked up bewindered and he immediately wrote his lez resignation letter and left the white house. that is hard ball. >> if she was gone for too long those of you in the white house would say we need to get her back here. how much did he depend on her? >> it was total. you said it in the set up piece. without her there was no complete him. whenever she went to new york or shop and visit friends and other interests, we knew after about 24 to 48 hours he started to become fretful and distracted and on the third day we had a meeting, somebody call up and tell cher she has to come home. it was that direct. you could see. it was visible. presence. and i saw it throughout that two-year period. she was tough but her toughness always related to taking care of it touched us all deeply. after t

people like howard baker and paul laxalt from nevada.he rounded up support and convinced the president to make the change. >> martha: she was instrumental. >> she was instrumental. every single earn who served in the cabinet and white house left at some point. five chiefs of staff. six national security advisors bunch of political advisors. at end of the day one constant was her. she is was wonderful, wonderful advisor and great support. martha: at distinct of the administration, what is your wife's cause going to be? he said mostly me. he wasn't kidding. >> they had extraordinary relationship. he was very secure man. she had some insecurities. always worried about a lot of things. after he was nearly murdered three months into the administration she was very protective spouse which is wonderful thing so. martha: she was worrier. >> she was worrier. martha: he was more happy-go-lucky. >> he was. martha: every good marriage needs one of each. >> she created that environment which was very important. martha: thanks. pleasure to have your i

and i have also admired howard baker's leadership throughout my lifetime as well. it is a pleasure and honor to be in this building and with you all here today. today, we are somehow miraculously going to cover two two of the most important topics of our time. and that is the syrian conflict and also countering violent extremism and how it has evolved over the past 20 years. these two topics are related to each other and somehow we are going to cover them in 40 minutes. we will start with the syrian conflict. and i will take you through how it has evolved and how it is related to come violent extremism. by stating that, i would just like to start and say that this is a conflict that is personal for me. my mother's family dates back to damascus hundreds of years. i have lost friends and family members in this conflict. it is a conflict that is very real, and one that i pray will end with peace and that will create a better future for the syrian people and also create a better platform for global security. starting off with that, we are into thisears conflict. if i c

. >> howard, if you had to predict, i mean, we've seen all these riffs and all these divisions, seen this never trump movement, have charlie baker saying he won't, ben sasse, senator of nebraska saying he'll never vote for trump. what is your prediction about the degree to which people will coalesce behind trump as the nominee if, in fact, that happens? >> i think it will be very problematic. look, i've thought for a long time this is the election which the republicans need to lose for their own benefit. that's going to change the orientation of the republican party. the republican party is heading off a cliff. they say things that are completely alienating to everybody under 35 in this country. >> yeah. >> and in eight years they're going to be 43. this is a losing game they're playing and have to go through this catharsis just as we did when we nominated three people in a row too liberal for the american electorate. this is the election that's likely to happen. >> howard dean. thank you. betsy woodruff. thank you both. >>> after hillary clinton's big wins on super tuesday, bernie sanders says he's staying in until the conventi

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