they discuss james g. blaine and his time. will see you in a minute or so. >> 1884 against cleveland. ironically, in 1876, it was blaine who prevented ulysses grant from making a comeback and winning a third term. >> besides being secretary of state for james garfield and chester arthur -- >> he was secretary of state under three presidents. >> what else did he do? was he elected to other office? >> he was a speaker of the house. he was a governor. he was an iron-willed speaker. >> he changed some of the rules in the house. the speakers are always changing the rules somewhat to their advantage. a very capable guy. >> this was after the civil war when congress was much more central, much more potent than it had been. their reaction against the strong executive sets in. to be the the speaker of the house, to be a power in congress meant a lot more than it would today. >> do you have anything to say? >> what do you think would have happened if he won? >> put it this way -- i think he would be regarded as the best president betwee

at the campaign he was running against james g blaine is that democrats like to say, james g blaine,he continental liar from the state of maine. and it really was that kind of vicious campaign. it all came down to new york state. new york had the largest number of electoral votes at that time. whoever won, new york state would win the election. a few days before the election, blaine appeared at events in new york and was introduced by a protestant minister and the minister called the democrats the party of around, romanism in rebellion. drunk, catholic and disloyal basically. this one to cavaco vote, especially new york city to cleveland who carried new york by a thousand dollars to 1.1 million cast. so it was an extremely close election, but he won in 1884. in 1886 he finally married or use a batch of an elected. he married a woman named frances folsom who is only 21 at the time. grover was 49, 328 year each difference. i don't think we'll see another 21-year-old first lady again. it's possible. it's a good schwarzenegger can't be elected president. but francis turned out to be a gr

tonight, james g. blaine. wednesday, william jennings bryan. thursday, eugene debs. friday, charles evans hughes, chief justice of the united states. on saturday, al smith followed by a businessman and member of the liberal wing of the dod, wendell willkie. the contenders, every night at 10:00 a.m. -- 10:00 p.m. on c- span. >> coming up, the news phone calls and e-mails on "washington journal. the house announced it would not have an up and down vote on the senate bill extending the tax cut. cut. there

at the campaign he was running against james g blaine is that democrats like to say, james g blaine,the continental liar from the state of maine. and it really was that kind of vicious campaign. it all came down to new york state. new york had the largest number of electoral votes at that time. whoever won, new york state would win the election. a few days before the election, blaine appeared at events in new york and was introduced by a protestant minister and the minister called the democrats the party of around, romanism in rebellion. drunk, catholic and disloyal basically. this one to cavaco vote, especially new york city to cleveland who carried new york by a thousand dollars to 1.1 million cast. so it was an extremely close election, but he won in 1884. in 1886 he finally married or use a batch of an elected. he married a woman named frances folsom who is only 21 at the time. grover was 49, 328 year each difference. i don't think we'll see another 21-year-old first lady again. it's possible. it's a good schwarzenegger can't be elected president. but francis turned out to be a g

at the campaign he was running against james g blaine is that democrats like to say, james g blaine,the continental liar from the state of maine. and it really was that kind of vicious campaign. it all came down to new york state. new york had the largest number of electoral votes at that time. whoever won, new york state would win the election. a few days before the election, blaine appeared at events in new york and was introduced by a protestant minister and the minister called the democrats the party of around, romanism in rebellion. drunk, catholic and disloyal basically. this one to cavaco vote, especially new york city to cleveland who carried new york by a thousand dollars to 1.1 million cast. so it was an extremely close election, but he won in 1884. in 1886 he finally married or use a batch of an elected. he married a woman named frances folsom who is only 21 at the time. grover was 49, 328 year each difference. i don't think we'll see another 21-year-old first lady again. it's possible. it's a good schwarzenegger can't be elected president. but francis turned out to be a g

at the campaign he was running against james g blaine is that democrats like to say, james g blaine,the continental liar from the state of maine. and it really was that kind of vicious campaign. it all came down to new york state. new york had the largest number of electoral votes at that time. whoever won, new york state would win the election. a few days before the election, blaine appeared at events in new york and was introduced by a protestant minister and the minister called the democrats the party of around, romanism in rebellion. drunk, catholic and disloyal basically. this one to cavaco vote, especially new york city to cleveland who carried new york by a thousand dollars to 1.1 million cast. so it was an extremely close election, but he won in 1884. in 1886 he finally married or use a batch of an elected. he married a woman named frances folsom who is only 21 at the time. grover was 49, 328 year each difference. i don't think we'll see another 21-year-old first lady again. it's possible. it's a good schwarzenegger can't be elected president. but francis turned out to be a g

tonight, henry clay, tuesday, james g. blaine, wednesday, william jennings bryan, five times socialist candidate eugene-on thursday and friday, charles evans hughes and on saturday, a three-time governor of new york al smith followed by businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop wendell willkie. "the contenders" every night at 10:00 on c-span. >> we will bring you live coverage from hudson, new hampshire with anita perry, the wife of rick perry. she is at the ladies auxiliary of vfw in hudson, new hampshire. they are getting set up and it should begin shortly. until then, your phone calls from today's guest:." is the story in "the financial times" this morning. host: let's look at more coverage on the story. in "usa today." to get some perspective, we go now to the phones. staff writer art "wrote col. good morning. thank you for joining us. -- staff writer for "roll call." was this evolution is a prize to reporters who have been covering what was going on? guest: after the deal was struck, they saw mcconnell come out a

tuesday -- james g. blaine. wednesday -- william jennings bryant. thursday -- eugene debs. friday, charles evan hughes. saturday -- al smith & wendell willkie. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] they're designed to give the congressmen and women involved exposure. >> john feinstein on the intersection of sports and government. >> is a multi-multibillion- dollar business in this country and has a huge effect on the lives of country in terms of raising money, for universities, for higher education. there are some new ways but it affects our lives. the studios are -- stadiums are built with taxpayer dollars. >> john feinstein's new book, " one on one." "q&a." on the c-span's >> president obama marked the end of the war with a visit to fort bragg, north carolina. they're leaving behind a stable nation. in october, the president officially announced the withdrawal all troops from iraq by year's end. michelle obama joined him on the trip and introduces him. this is about one hour. [applause] >> hello, e

tuesday, james g. blaine. thursday, the socialist party candidate eugene debs. on saturday, 3-time governor of new york alan smith. the contenders -- every night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> white house spokesman jay carney said the white house remains hopeful about the payroll tax legislation. this briefing is about an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for your patience. thank you for being here for your daily briefing. i do not have announcements. let's go straight to questions. >> thank you. the payroll tax cuts -- is the president concerns at all about the security of the new group -- nuclear arsenal in north korea? >> the united states is closely monitoring events in the aftermath of kim jong-il's death. our focus is on coordinating closely with our allies and partners. we're committed to the security of the korean peninsula and our allies in south korea and japan. as you know, the president has a very close working relationship with president lee. in addition, leon panetta, tom donovan -- donolan, they have spoken to their cou

tonight, james g. blaine. wednesday, william jennings bryant. thursday, five-time socialist party candidate eugene debs. and then on saturday, three-time governor of new york al smith followed by businessman and member to have liberal wing of the gop, wendell willkie. "the contend, -- contenders," every night at 10 p.m. on c-span. >> the c-span app is fast, easy to use, and the audio quality is convincingly clear. great app. end sanely great app considering it's also free. it took me about ten seconds to learn how to use et. >> anytime, anywhere, get streaming audio of c-span radio as well as all three c-span television networks including live coverage of congress. you can also listen to our interview programs including q&a, newsmakers, "the communicators" and "after words." c-span, it's available wherever you are. find out more at c-span.org/radio app. >> now, a forum on what the new alliance between turkey and saudi arabia means for iran and the rest of the middle east. from the woodrow wilson center, this is an hour and a half. [background so

tonight, james g. blaine, who lost 2 over cleveland, wednesday, william jennings bryan, thursday, 5-time socialist party candidate, eugene debs, friday, charles evans hughes, chief justice, and three-time governor of new york, out smith, followed by businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop, wendell willkie. "the contenders," every night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. have you tried of the free c- span radio app? here is what users are saying. >> fast, easy-to-use, an appealing and the audio quality is convincing with clear. and it is also free. also application. it took me about 10 seconds to use it. >> anytime, anywhere in its streaming audio of c-span radio as well as all three c-span television networks including live coverage of congress. you can also listen to our interview programs, including " q&a," "the communicators," and "after ward's." find out more on c- span.org/radioapp. >> "washington journal" continues. host: back with james lankford. how are you voting? guest: as is typical was

james g. blaine lost to grover cleveland and william jennings bryan. lifetime socialist party candidate. charles evans hughes, chief justice of the supreme court, and on saturday, then time governor of new york followed by a businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop. every night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i decided to take it. whether it is illusion are not i don't think it helps my concentration. it would keep me awake. a good conversation. get away with the whole thing. i do want to get to you. the truth this there would say, no, i would never touch the stuff because i did know. i decided, i would go away. i can make it come out in the other way. .. >> host: ivan kander, why did you do a documentary on your wounded buddy from high school? >> guest: it felt like it came from a natural place. when he first returned, he qept on telling me he wanted to remember everything that was happening. everything was going so fast and having surgery every day, and the natural inclination, and we made movies together when we were young, and it f

augusta, maine and talk with historians and take your calls about the presidential campaign of james g. blaine. the series lives -- bears live every friday night it 8:00 p.m. easter through december 9 hearing on c-span. and for more permission on our series, go to our website to find a schedule of the series, biographies of all the candidates, historians appraisals, and portions of their speeches when available. that is all at our website. we now to turn to -- returned to kentucky and our discussion on the life of henry clay. >> welcome back to ashland, home of henry clay in lexington, ky. a place that has been preserved and is open for tours. people spend their professional lives helping to carry out this place hoping that you'll be inspired to come down and visit them after a 90-minute discussion tonight about henry clay. let me reintroduce you to our guests. a professor of history. at the university of global. >> pan-african studies at the university of lowell. one of 10 departments and that countries -- and we were colleagues at georgetown college, where i teach american history now. it is

tuesday, james g. blaine who lost to grover cleveland. william jennings brian, thursday, five time socialist party candidate eugene debs, friday, charles evans hughes, chief justice of the supreme court, then on saturday, three-time governor of new york, al smith followed by businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop, wendell wilke, the contenders every night at 10:00 pm eastern on c-span. >> republican presidential candidate rick perry over the weekend was making a bus tour through iowa. on saturday morning, he stopped at an italian restaurant in spencer, iowa. this is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you guys for coming today. my name is cindy, this is willeda, my mother, and this is a great pleasure to introduce a strong conservative who comes from a small community called paints creek. he took part in 4h and eventually earned the rank of eagle scout. he served his country as a pilot in the united states air force and has served the state of texas as governor for more than a decade. hi