hubert humphrey. so with that, let me let me say congratulations, sam. and i will ask you the basic question, which is how did you come to write this story? i'd be happy to that question. but first, i want to, in two pleasures and one kind of sacred obligation pleasure. number one is to be at a store like this. i've been at books and books think for three of my i've been in politics prose for three of my other books over the years and one thing i know is that independent stores like this are lifeblood for writers like me. and i truly. so even if you don't buy my book tonight by julius or by somebody else's, because all writers like us need these to flourish. the second pleasure is to be here with. julia sweig. i was given a wish list by politics and prose by brad and his team here, whom i like to have a conversation partner and without a doubt i wanted it to be julia. i only knew her at that point from. her amazing work about lady bird johnson, respectfully titled in plain sight and hiding in plain si

he had humphrey, his old senate seat. he was co-chair of humphrey's campaign in 68. but i know that in that's often a ceremonial role and not substantive in a campaign. but the part that surprised me because, he didn't write about this in his memoirs. it was said that humphrey and i became very close in the 1970s. he helped me to negotiate the vice presidential with carter, which i'm not aware. that's on the public record almost an mru is the way he described it. and he said, humphrey and i discussed 68 many times. and so i felt in a way like i was getting from mondale, what humphrey really thought about some of the things that we're talking about. and he said if, you want to know what i think lyndon johnson did not want hubert humphrey win in 1968. that was radical idea for me to hear from someone who was close to johnson humphrey, who probably was living at that time. and i really felt like if he's told me he discussed this with humphrey many times, that must be what humphrey thought at the same time too. and i said, what a way to say what do mean? do you mean that

we want humphrey!and you could hear the footsteps behind you, where i was. - the anti-war activists, they stop heckling him. - in charlotte, north carolina, a crowd of 10,000 people cheered the vice president wildly, and he loved it. it was about the same wherever he went: tennessee, west virginia, florida. and the vice president seemed to gain new confidence. - i need you. quite frankly, i think you may need me. and i think-- [applause, cheering] - nixon spends his whole life running scared. and all of a sudden, the race that was well in hand is getting close. and he begins to sweat. - this means absolutely-- this is sort of the kid stuff that somebody goes through when he's behind. - nix on nixon, that's what it's gotta be! - this is the time and this is the place to take off the gloves, and sock it to 'em! - i'm gonna sting ya, and sting ya, like a hornet and a bee, day in and day out! [dramatic music] - there's some real advantages in being an underdog! sooner or later, your opponent will have to s

humphrey is having a great time debating himself.xon was that that old, whiny, sad, combative loser is gone. - and now, despite numerous requests, nbc presents "rowan and martin's laugh-in." - i don't think we could get mr. nixon to stand still for a "sock it to me." [laughter] sock it to me? [laughter] - the difference in the campaign was that whenever possible, the candidate is never in an environment that he can't control. - that's it! [applause] - the counsel to richard nixon was "don't leave script." - nixon makes the same speech everywhere he goes. all candidates do that, but nixon is speaking on the issues of the day in only the most general way. he's saying there are lots of things wrong with the country, and he's promising to do something about it, but he's not saying what. - time will not permit an extended discussion of those great problems in which you're all interested, but my friends, i say to you... let's enlist the people of america, enlist their hearts and their minds in the handling of the problems of america. ameri

those endorsement of kennedy had hindered humphrey's candidacy and imperiled relationship with humphrey, a man she considered a friend. her decision alienated closer friends, too, including frank warlick, who had been a key advocate in advancing bell's role as a national. unfortunately, warlick was also humphrey's presidential manager. in december of 1959, vell and wallet crossed paths at a bookstore and while ack refused to speak to her we're still bell's own was a humphrey fan. once humphrey received jackie robinson's endorsement. my mother put jackie robinson just about next to god vale. the pressure was all but on bearable. yet she'd given her support to kennedy because she believed in him. in selecting her candidate, she wanted someone who could win the white house, much as she valued humphrey, he lacked the kennedy flavor. but when kennedy acknowledged pressure bell was under, she pressed to decide. think nothing of it, she said. i know that you're going to do all that. we all know that you can do. senator kennedy smiled and then suggested, well, head up to the hotel suite to visi

the humphrey campaign talked to the humphrey people for the book, 68. for them, that is really tough because it's really it sticks with you and you continue to sort of fight it in your own mind. like, why did we lose like that was unfair. so that was nixon in 60. that was really emotional to lose. he'd never lost before in politics and in 62, losing in more humiliating fashion as we discussed before for the california governorship, that was a more decisive loss. nixon at that point was a loser. in politics, you don't usually come. politics does not guarantee a second act. in fact, it's rare you get a second act. and so nixon even his own party, was considered a loser. i think nixon thought himself that he was not only a loser, but nixon in his own memoirs. so i was a sore loser. by 68. remember that whole last press conference thing he did in 60, 62? gentlemen, you're going to have nixon to kick around anymore. i he could he called himself a sore loser. his own memoirs, which is not usually a place to look for. criticism of someone in their own in their

once a johnson with drew and humphrey was running or okay too shift to humphrey. had almostte all the delegates e needed without even campaigning before issue showed a single hand. some w people say could robert n give one and six it. had he not been assassin could have gone to the convention. they're talking could there be an openns convention on either side? possibly. historians are not supposed to entertain what if questions even though their fasting to think about. i've go back to the rules the democrats used by the rules to denominate 68 were really designed to coordinate johnson for anotherrm term. not reward an insurgent like a kennedy or mccarthy. it would've made it interesting that pretty long odds even with johnson out of the race to topple humphrey. so humphrey chooses edward muskie as his running mate. he is seen as someone who is calm and stable and aear oldit that does not have a lot o commerces ability. turns the temperature down. he is from maine which is historical even t the state and independent repub state. different than conservatives the tra

the humphrey campaign when i talked to the humphrey people 68 for them was really tough. it sticks with you and you continue to fight it like why did we lose? so that was nixon and 60. that was emotional to nolose, he never lost before. and in 62 losing in more humiliating fashion for the california governorship that was a more decisive loss. ask nixon at that point was a loser in politics and you don't usually come back. politics does not guarantee a second act in fact it's rare so nixon given in his own party was considered a loser . nixon bought himself he would not only a loser nixon tin his memoirs he i was a sore loser by 68. the last press conference in 62 gentlemen, you're not going to have nixon to kick around anymore because he calls himself a sore loser in his own memoirs. and so he really doubted himself and 67. he wasn't sure that he could survive a third loss. and also history showed there is no precedent for this. you can look in more recent history of tom dewey running twice. for the republican party losing both times, you can look at adlai stevenson 52 an

vice president humphrey has 1000 and 761 and three fourths votes. mccarthy. 601 votes. senator jim mcgovern. 146 and a half votes. reverend phillips. 67 and a half votes. senator kennedy. 12 and half votes. and governor down. 17 and a half votes. and the chair declares that vice president hubert outbreak is the democratic president candidate of the united states. my fellow americans. my fellow democrat. i proudly accept the nomination of our party. we have heard hard and sometimes bitter debate, but i submit that this is the debate and this is the work of a free people. the work of an open convention. and the work of a political party. responsive to the needs of this nation. democracy affords debate, discussion and dissent. but my fellow americans, it also requires decision. and we have decided here not by edict, but by vote, not by force, but by ballot.

and humphrey did an interesting thing.e switched to a message from a beginning in october, reminding voters what democrats have done for them historically, to create nostalgia for things like social security and education and jobs, and it seems like i'm hearing a little bit of the so far out of harris and walz, in addition to the issues i mentioned, maybe it is the affordable care act, is the infrastructure built. i think we are going to see that a bit this coming fall, because the issues also are a bit unnatural, you know, for a vice president who, again, is in this awkward position of running both on change and continuity simultaneously. host: thank you so much, luke nichter, author of the book "the year that broke politics: collusion and chaos in the presidential election of 1968." also the presidential studies chair and a history professor at chapman univ >> tonight on q&a, actor george takei accounts the day he and his family were removed from their homes and sent to an internment camp following the japanese attack on

humphrey. [cheers and applause] - i shall seek the nomination of the democratic party.it. - and it was very clear, to everybody, that johnson controlled the party. - president johnson will do what he can to help humphrey win the nomination, and to see that senator robert kennedy does not get the nomination. - who would be nominated by the democratic party wasn't necessarily gonna be determined by the primaries. it would be nominated by the people who controlled the levers of power, and that was lyndon johnson and his political machine. and it was vice president hubert humphrey who would be the beneficiary. - nevertheless, if mccarthy/kennedy amassed enough delegates through the primary process, they might be able to put pressure on the democratic machinery. - indiana's may 7th primary is critical to the kennedy strategy of demonstrating to party leaders across the country that he's the one democratic candidate who can win big. - indiana can decide who is going to be the nominee for the democratic party, and therefore, very likely, who's going to be the next president of

humphrey too did not enter primaries, did not campaign. i suppose the same charge could be leveled against him in terms of not winning the votes of electors. in 1968, the democrats used a different process. when i talk about the passions of people who lived through that time period, never having heard from so many readers who say senator kennedy had he not been killed in early june was going to win the nomination in chicago in 1968. that is "what if" history. we do not know what would have happened. there is no doubt his campaign was surging before he was killed after the p. this was 1968. in 1968, the process the democrats used was designed to coronate lyndon johnson for another term. it was not until the mcgovern commission recommended changes to the nominating process which took effect in 1972, in 1968 it was much simpler. you could be a party boss, a state or county chairman, and you could wield votes on the convention floor. in 1968, it was designed to nominate lyndon johnson again and not reward an insurgent like mccarthy or kennedy

judy: he threw his support behind his vice president, hubert humphrey, but it was up to the delegatesew nominee at the convention. then in june, less than three months before the convention was set to begin, one of humphrey's challengers, robert f. kennedy, was gunned down. >> the menace of violence was everywhere. it was inside the convention hall. it was outside of the convention hall. judy: chicago-based author and journalist rick perlstein has written extensively about that summer, including in his book, "nixonland: the rise of a president and the fracturing of america." we met at the chicago history museum lasweek. >> it all came to a head on the central day, thursday, august 28th, when the protesters tried to march to the convention hall from this hotel downtown, were kind of waylaid by the police. so they decided to sit down right in the middle of the street, do a sit down strike right in front of the cameras, and the chicago police waded into the crowd with billy clubs, and just randomly started beating people as hard as they could, throwing them into police wagons. when the p

joe biden's vice president back in 1968, vice president humphrey didn't start surging in the poll until he broke with his president lbj, and said he would stop bombing north vietnam kamala harris's effort to establish her own political identity,

lyndon johnson, 1968, past the torch to hubert humphrey and was so annoyed that humphrey would not be 3000% for his awful vietnam war that he actually was secretly in many ways for richard nixon, and data most everything until the last weeks to undercut hubert humphrey. to have someone as large as joe biden was tonight praising kamala harris, giving her full credit for all of her contributions to his administration, and like to be able to tell you that that is something we've seen in american history, but that's better than what we have seen in some pretty big examples. >> that is very true. let me come back to the table. this moment was about joe biden but there were other people who really were shining in this moment, tonight as well. i mention that i think people are googling jasmine crockett. we know who she is and we have talked to her. she is remarkable and she gave a powerful speech. that moment where she talked about her interaction with vice president kamala harris was one i will remember from the night. it was very personal. what did you think? >> i like to call that i quint

thank you very much for that, helen humphrey. let's - forthat, helen humphrey.nes we are getting about this prisoner exchange. remember, we have heard that 26 prisoners are involved from a total of seven countries, including the usa and russia. now, we are seeing from ankara, where the prisoners are being swapped. if you like, it is the hub for this prisoner exchange. a russianjail in germany for killing a church union is among the prisoners released, says ankara. we have been hearing from the turkish presidency and they have been talking thereabout vadim krasikov, a former fsb intelligence officer, who was jailed in 2019 for the murder of a kremlin critic. he was serving a life sentence in berlin. and also, let mejust to life sentence in berlin. and also, let me just to check if we have any more information about who else is on this list of 26. we are seeing from our colleagues on bbc news that a friend of the british russian national, vladimir kara—murza, has told the bbc has released is, to quote his friend, practically imminent, that he is on the way already

and humphrey did an interesting thing.message from a beginning in october, reminding voters what democrats have done for them historically, to create nostalgia for things like social security and education and jobs, and it seems like i'm hearing a little bit of the so far out of harris and walz, in addition to the issues i mentioned, maybe it is the affordable care act, is the infrastructure built. i think we are going to see that a bit this coming fall, because the issues also are a bit unnatural, you know, for a vice president who, again, is in this awkward position of running both on change and continuity simultaneously. host: thank you so much, luke nichter, author of the book "the year that broke politics: collusion and chaos in the presidential election of 1968." also the presidential studies chair and a history professor at chapman university. thank you so much, luke. guest: you are welcome. thank you. host: and thank you to prove for providing c-span's space in chicago with beautiful views. we will be back tomorrow

and humphrey did an interesting thing.a message from a beginning in october, reminding voters what democrats have done for them historically, to create nostalgia for things like social security and education and jobs, and it seems like i'm hearing a little bit of the so far out of harris and walz, in addition to the issues i mentioned, maybe it is the affordable care act, is the infrastructure built. i think we are going to see that a bit this coming fall, because the issues also are a bit unnatural, you know, for a vice president who, again, is in this awkward position of running both on change and continuity simultaneously. host: thank you so much, luke nichter, author of the book "the year that broke politics: collusion and chaos in the presidential election of 1968." also the presidential studies chair and a history professor at chapman university. thank you so much, luke. guest: you are welcome. thank you. host: and thank you to prove for providing c-span's space in chicago with beautiful views. we will be back tomorr

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