>> guest: the story itel is by looking at elements both in and outside of the new deal so democrats than northern conservative republicans and western republicans begin to bring their political perspective together in opposition to the new deal and finally a place where by 1980 ronald reagan wins and an 84 even more so. and the beginning of a national alignment or regime change which i think we're at the end of now 57 that ronald reagan kicked off his campaign in mississippi. why was that significant? >> guest: not just mississippi but in the county where this is the site of the three civil-rights workers that were killed by the klansmen in 1963. this was steeped in racial history and is steeped in meaning for mississippi. trent lott for him to give a speech there and reagan says like to i believe been states' rights which means it could have meant any number of things but a certain message was carried fourth. >> host: what is a state in your view of today's new right or conservative movement? >> guest: we are in the "twilight" of the reagan revolution and in fact, many of the soldiers s