and in 1972, when he runs against hubert humphrey, or in 1972 after he has beaten hubert humphrey in 1968, there is the watergate break-in. a very mystifying event. not so much the cover-up being mystified, but the original motive. and one of the theories is that they are breaking in to, and they're breaking into the offices of kennedy loyalist, now the democratic national chairman, to ascertain what he knows about richard nixon's connections to howard hughes and certain payments of hughes to richard nixon. because o'briant had worked also for hughes. obviously was not pulling for richard nixon. and in the 1960 election, one of those things and they're a million things you can say swung the election when it is that close that one of them are allegations in an october surprise during the end, a loan to the nixon for enterprise hit out in california called the nixon burgers. from howard hughes, a very unsecured sort of love which not only derailed, helped derail nixon in 1960, but also when he ran for governor of california in 1962. so it wasn't the shadow of 1962, which caused richard

in 1960 hubert humphrey is said candidate so then they coalesce around him. kennedy thinks he will win very easily in wisconsin he is surprised as bad polling data that causes him to campaign in the wrong parts of the state and hubert humphrey turns out to do surprisingly well in wisconsin which she was about to give up. he had no money. very minimal support organization to the great candid the machine or family and actually it was a good thing for jack kennedy that he does because west virginia is 97 percent protestant, jack kennedy initial poll numbers were strong but as more people come to the realization that this guy is catholic, the numbers fall like a rock. it looks like you were humphrey campeau will pay great ups cut and the real jack kennedy. but he had a great deal of retail politics bring in the family into campaign with the hollows of west virginia , shaking a lot of fans and face his head on. previously even in wisconsin, it contains the highest percentage of catholics in the midwest. it was a relatively safe state for him. when he would address

his response was to tell hubert humphrey, no more memos, and he kicked him out of the inner circle oft: ron on our independent line. caller: what always troubles me is the hypocrisy of american foreign policy. we have always preached democracy and supported it dictatorships. i'm 61 years old. my whole life we have done this. we did it in the middle east, we have done it in south and central america, we are still doing it today. i've just never been able to understand it. it seems that whenever a foreign leader comes along and puts the lives of his own people ahead of the profits of american corporations, we consider him an enemy. i don't understand that. i think we would be a lot safer if we put people ahead of profit. thank you. guest: well, i do think there is a long tradition from the cold war to the war on terrorism or there is a disconnect between our rhetoric of freedom and democracy and the fact that part of our foreign policy always supports governments that are entitled that -- that are antithetical to that. it is always part of our foreign policy. i did it is frustrating to

his response was to tell hubert humphrey, no more memos, and he kicked him out of the inner circle ofhost: ron on our independent line. caller: what always troubles me is the hypocrisy of american foreign policy. we have always preached democracy and supported it dictatorships. i'm 61 years old. my whole life we have done this. we did it in the middle east, we have done it in south and central america, we are still doing it today. i've just never been able to understand it. it seems that whenever a foreign leader comes along and puts the lives of his own people ahead of the profits of american corporations, we consider him an enemy. i don't understand that. i think we would be a lot safer if we put people ahead of profit. thank you. guest: well, i do think there is a long tradition from the cold war to the war on terrorism or there is a disconnect between our rhetoric of freedom and democracy and the fact that part of our foreign policy always supports governments that are entitled that -- that are antithetical to that. it is always part of our foreign policy. i did it is frustrating

this is the land of hubert humphrey. this is the land of paul wellstone.ed states senator al franken. [booing] >> minnesota -- let me put it this way, 49 out of 50 states voted for ronald reagan including massachusetts. guess which one didn't? minnesota. in minnesota we have taken the spending curve down to about zero. for the first time in 150-year history of my state. we cut spending in real terms. [applause] >> and i just want to share with you if we can do it in minnesota, i would suggest probably the most liberal states in the country, it can be done anywhere so i know there's challenges in new england and other places. but believe me, if you can do it in my state, you can do it anywhere. the next thing i want to share with you is a third of four principles is this. people spend their money differently when it's their money. [applause] >> this plays itself out on lots of different issues but let me give you an example in one that's timely right before us and that's healthcare. if i said to you today, on your way home from cpac, swing by a great minnes

this is the land of hubert humphrey. this is the land of paul wellstone. it is the land of walter mondale. it is the land of united states senator al franken. [booing] >> minnesota -- let me put it this way, 49 out of 50 states voted for ronald reagan including massachusetts. guess which one didn't? minnesota. in minnesota we have taken the spending curve down to about zero. for the first time in 150-year history of my state. we cut spending in real terms. [applause] >> and i just want to share with you if we can do it in minnesota, i would suggest probably the most liberal states in the country, it can be done anywhere so i know there's challenges in new england and other places. but believe me, if you can do it in my state, you can do it anywhere. the next thing i want to share with you is a third of four principles is this. people spend their money differently when it's their money. [applause] >> this plays itself out on lots of different issues but let me give you an example in one that's timely right before us and that's healthcare. if i said to you t

another one of my heroes was hubert humphrey, who was given an honor before his death that no other sittingsenator has been given. he was asked by republicans and democrats to speak before a joint session of the house and senate. i sat in the front row. he came to the podium and he was known for his long speeches. he first told a story on himself. he said, one day, my wife came up to me and said, hubert, you do not have to talking to italy to be immoral. [laughter] -- to be immortal. [laughter] but then he said some of his most important words. he said the moral test of government is what we do in the dawn of life, our children, those in the twilight of life, the elderly, and all of those in the shadows of life, the poor, the sick, and the disabled. my commitment and passion is to get democrats and republicans and independents elected who want to serve the public interest and not the special interests. my passion is to see elected officials work across lines to solve the problems that we face, and it is not going to help us if we have this in balance not only of money, but of fear, lack of

this is the land of hubert humphrey. this is the land of paul wellstone.] >> minnesota -- let me put it this way, 49 out of 50 states voted for ronald reagan including massachusetts. guess which one didn't? minnesota. in minnesota we have taken the spending curve down to about zero. for the first time in 150-year history of my state. we cut spending in real terms. [applause] >> and i just want to share with you if we can do it in minnesota, i would suggest probably the most liberal states in the country, it can be done anywhere so i know there's challenges in new england and other places. but believe me, if you can do it in my state, you can do it anywhere. the next thing i want to share with you is a third of four principles is this. people spend their money differently when it's their money. [applause] >> this plays itself out on lots of different issues but let me give you an example in one that's timely right before us and that's healthcare. if i said to you today, on your way home from cpac, swing by a great minnesota company. go to best buy. go to ta