that was hubert humphrey. but i think last, the most important thing to point out about hubert hum frirks is that he was, above all things, an optimist. and to this day, the senate, according to our colleagues, has never seen anyone quite like him, bursting with energy, idealism and hopeful in a happy warrior. i have a picture of the happy warner hanging in my front office and it hangs there in a visible place for a good reason. it's because i'm convinced that now, more than ever, our nation needs a good dose of the hope and optimism that defined hubert humphrey's life. the truth is that we have to go back decades to find a time when we were confronted with so many challenges. two difficult wars, a crashing debt load, our quest end to our dependence on foreign oil, and develop our own home-grown energy. the way we dhoos address these challenges will determine the course of our nation for decades to come. history will tell whether we are right or wrong, timid or courageous. i believe we must choose courage but

i do think if not hubert humphrey would have won the big state politicians america meant it is it shakes things louis and if you imagine as one history suggests mayor richard daley was prepared to endorse bobby he thought the war was a disaster and every ground but what happens to the demonstrations in chicago? we don't have thousands and thousands of people but you have radical protesters that is very different what about president johnson? would he be so angry when nemesis was competing he would try to and get the nomination back? he did in real life. there were operatives in johnson's plan was to announce a soviet summit to fly to chicago to give a speech and think maybe he could shake the delegates to use in india and his people said it will not work. but if you did that without robert kennedy as a potential nominee you just have to mention what he would do the reason johnson didn't do that is the soviet union invaded czechoslovakia's up. there was no way to announce the summit. a lot plays through but in talking about what is in this book, and grounded in what i think israel is a sc

had there been nothing like that hubert humphrey would have won and my argument is that shakes things loose. if you imagine, as one history of that campaign that mayor richard daley was prepared to endorse bobby, he thought the war a disaster on every ground including political. what happens to the demonstrations? you don't have thousands of people. you have marginalize radical protests. that is very different. what about president johnson? would he have been so angry that his nemesis was repeating that he might try to get the nomination back? that sounds pretty absurd except in real life he did. there were five johnson operatives at the chicago convention including postmaster general and chief political guy. johnson's plan was to announce a soviet summit, fly to chicago, give a speech and think maybe he could shake those delegates lose. at an end his people said this is not going to work. if he did that without robert kennedy as a potential nominee you have to imagine or i have to imagine, the reason johnson didn't do this was the soviet union mated czechoslovakia, no way to announce

. >> this wonderful ice present, hubert humphrey was called the happy warrior and just a wonderfully energetic and appealing person, he was vice president and he had just come back from vietnam. vietnam is increasingly becoming a major political factor in the country cannot be my first ran in 62, but by then i suppose of 64 or 66 -- >> i think 65. >> so president johnson was getting complaints that members of congress didn't feel they were being informed about the war. and so -- >> how ever they could have said such a thing? >> i know it. so he invited the members of congress down to the white house come and we all went down, at least a large number went down to 101 and 50 of us. and it was winter as i recall. the invitation came late and we went in, and it's not nothing for young congressman to be sitting in the white house getting briefed by the president and the vice president just coming back from vietnam. and hubert humphrey start to give a briefing, and lyndon baines johnson was commander-in-chief couple and he was bigger than life. he would pop up every time someone would say

john kennedy, hubert humphrey, frank and roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, dwight eisenhower -- all card-carryingbers of the nra. today, it is different because of the ideological divide in the country. if we were completely successful, and i do not expect this to happen on my watch, the day we and we come to both parties, liberals and conservatives can agree that -- the day when we can come to both parties, liberals and conservatives agreeing, we will just move on. host: name two things that obama has done that demonstrate he does not support the second amendment. guest: since he has been in office, the president has not made an attempt in the course -- because it cannot win a direct assault on the second amendment in the congress, partly because of the 65 democrats in the house that are with us. after the 2010 election. one of the great threats to american gun owners comes from international activities, treaties and the like. that was the public delegate appointed by president bush to the last u.n. small arms conference. that conference was stopped in its tracks because the state department too

john kennedy, hubert humphrey, frank and roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, dwight eisenhower -- all card-carrying members of the nra. today, it is different because of the ideological divide in the country. if we were completely successful, and i do not expect this to happen on my watch, the day we and we come to both parties, liberals and conservatives can agree that -- the day when we can come to both parties, liberals and conservatives agreeing, we will just move on. host: name two things that obama has done that demonstrate he does not support the second amendment. guest: since he has been in office, the president has not made an attempt in the course -- because it cannot win a direct assault on the second amendment in the congress, partly because of the 65 democrats in the house that are with us. after the 2010 election. one of the great threats to american gun owners comes from international activities, treaties and the like. that was the publicelegate apinted by president bush to the last u.n. small arms conference. that conference was stopped in its tracks because the state department too

res. 184, recognizing the life and service of the honorable hubert h. humphrey, distinguished former senator from the state of minnesota and former vice president of the united states upon the 100th an verse riff his birth -- anniversary of his birth. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is -- the bill is discharged from committee and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. durbin: mr. president, first i ask unanimous consent unless i'm already added as a cosponsor, i be added as a cosponsor to this amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin cloture motion i ask unanimous consent the sessions amendment at the desk be agreed to, the resolution be as amend be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table without any intervening action or debate and any statements placed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to senate resolution 192, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will repor