taft.one else supported and he ran the campaign of john sherman corp. are. .- john sherman cooper he was handpicked by the newly elected president to serve as the secretary of state for congressional affairs. from 1953e position until 1950 six, advocating for eisenhower's foreign policy agenda. eisenhower reached out to morton , urging him to run against in thes in the senate, hope republicans would retake the majority following the 1956 election. i remember senator morton saying he did not think he had a snowball's chance in hell, but he ran against clements. was sophisticated, east coast educated, and was from louisville. things to learn about running for state-wide office. as he recalled, he had represented the district which was strictly metropolitan. he had no problems with agriculture. his greatest agricultural problem was finding lower seeds for window boxes. the race against clements was tight. so tight that morton went to sleep at 2:00 a.m. on election night not knowing the outcome. the next morning the headline blared clements leads morton. ik

he rented successful senate campaign of his good friend and fellow republican john sherman cooper. after supporting ike at the 1952 convention, orton was handpicked by the newly elected president to serve as assistant secretary of state for congressional affairs. 1953ld this position from to 1956, advocating on capitol hill for eisenhower's foreign-policy agenda. if his tenure at the state department, eisenhower reached out to morton. he urged morton to run for senate against clements in hopes that the republicans might retake the majority following 1956 election. i remember senator morton telling me he didn't think he had a snowball's chance in hell. morton agreed to run against clements. morton was sophisticated, east coast educated, former state department official. he was from louisville on top of it. he still had some things to learn about running for statewide office. however, he recalled, as a member of the house, ira presented a district which was strictly much or politic. i have no problems with agriculture. my greatest agricultural problem was finding flower seeds for the

hannah is worth senator john sherman of ohio. mckinley does not want to opposes chief. over his objection he is sent to the national convention. >> first to encounter. >> in 1888 they go back to the republican national convention and have a little bit of a semi- rivalry going a 3rd ohio character has entered the scene, joseph p fire alarm foraker who runs for governor in 1885 and is defeated and gets elected in 1887. .. so when word gets out that there is a movement to draft him, he is sitting in a hotel room and he grabs an unused telegraph slip, write the comment on it, as it shares with anna says if this continues this is what i'm going to say. the next day a a delegate -- they start voting and a delegate from connecticut -- the texan says the delegation is ready and when this delegate from connecticut stands up and votes for mckinley rises on the floor, stance on the floor and then recites what he has written on the telegram which is, he does not want any want to consider him for presidency because he is committed by the convention of republicans in ohio and by his

and i would like to extend thanks to john sherman. there are members of the board, past members of the board who fought in the pacific during world war ii. and i caught not only didn't catch any flak for this, but they behaved with empathy and with honor. and i'm very grateful for that. i'm also grateful to the citizens of missouri and kansas city and independence, because it's not just my legacy at stake here. it's yours. my grandfather's legacy belongs to all of us. so i really appreciate your being here tonight, and i appreciate the acceptance of this gesture. the first part of this story for me is the story of the teacher. when -- pie grandfather never spoke to me about the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. to be fair, i never asked him to. we visited my grandparents out here on school vacations. and the last thing i wanted was a history lesson. and grandpa would give you one if he could catch you. [ laughter ] so i did not ask about the bombings or anything else. i learned about the bombings as most of you did, from our

to know the republican senator who ran against dirkson for senate republican leader in 1959 was john sherman cooper. obviously senator cooper did not win that race. in 1959 eisenhower approached morton with yet another request. would he head the republican national committee? mr. president, you must be at the bottom of the barrel if you're asking me, morton replied. eisenhower did morton one better and responded, you're damn right i am. [ laughter ] >> but as it turned out, morton was a very good fit for the job. he headed the rnc from 1959 to 1961. a position interestingly enough that his younger brother rogers morton would hold exactly a decade later. as head of the rnc, morton was responsible for being the public face of the party and one of its chief fundraisers and organizers. he was hailed as the best rounded national chairman we've had in years. like clements, morton was a hard hitting partisan. he was known to say in the context of political campaigns if as a candidate you don't say it strongly, you'll wind up in the want ads. that philosophy was on full display in 1962 when the demo

and i would like to extend thanks to john sherman. there are members of the board, past members of the board who fought in the pacific during world war ii. and i caught not only didn't catch any flak for this, but they behaved with empathy and with honor. and i'm very grateful for that. i'm also grateful to the citizens of missouri and kansas city and independence, because it's not just my legacy at stake here. it's yours. my grandfather's legacy belongs to all of us. so i really appreciate your being here tonight, and i appreciate the acceptance of this gesture. the first part of this story for me is the story of the teacher. when -- pie grandfather never spoke to me about the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. to be fair, i never asked him to. we visited my grandparents out here on school vacations. and the last thing i wanted was a history lesson. and grandpa would give you one if he could catch you. [ laughter ] so i did not ask about the bombings or anything else. i learned about the bombings as most of you did, from our

you were an intern for a senator john sherman cooper. what is your advice for interns?laughter] mcconnell: it was to me a transformative event. i had always thought i wanted to try and succeed in politics. even as a young guy. that particular summer was the summer that the senate broke the filibuster on the civil rights bill, 1964 and senator cooper was right in the middle of that. and we were a border state and even though we were not overwhelmingly hostile to civil rights. i was in the mailroom. most of the letters were for people who did not like the bill. i remember getting an opportunity to ask him one time whether he was worried about that or not and he said something akin to this, there are times when you need to lead and times when you need to follow and this is an example of stepping out and trying to convince people this is the right direction to take. he was an inspirational figure. i hope you are working for somebody you like and enjoy and you are learning lessons every day about how to conduct the job if you ever get to be a senator , or congressman. mike w

you were an intern for a senator john sherman cooper. what is your advice for interns? [laughter] mcconnell: it was to me a transformative event. i had always thought i wanted to try and succeed in politics. even as a young guy. that particular summer was the summer that the senate broke the filibuster on the civil rights bill, 1964 and senator cooper was right in the middle of that. and we were a border state and even though we were not overwhelmingly hostile to civil rights. i was in the mailroom. most of the letters were for people who did not like the bill. i remember getting an opportunity to ask him one time whether he was worried about that or not and he said something akin to this, there are times when you need to lead and times when you need to follow and this is an example of stepping out and trying to convince people this is the right direction to take. he was an inspirational figure. i hope you are working for somebody you like and enjoy and you are learning lessons every day about how to conduct the job if you ever get to be a senator , or congressman. mike

to know the republican senator who ran against dirkson for senate republican leader in 1959 was john sherman cooper. obviously senator cooper did not win that race. in 1959 eisenhower approached morton with yet another request. would he head the republican national committee? mr. president, you must be at the bottom of the barrel if you're asking me, morton replied. eisenhower did morton one better and responded, you're damn right i am. [ laughter ] >> but as it turned out, morton was a very good fit for the job. he headed the rnc from 1959 to 1961. a position interestingly enough that his younger brother rogers morton would hold exactly a decade later. as head of the rnc, morton was responsible for being the public face of the party and one of its chief fundraisers and organizers. he was hailed as the best rounded national chairman we've had in years. like clements, morton was a hard hitting partisan. he was known to say in the context of political campaigns if as a candidate you don't say it strongly, you'll wind up in the want ads. that philosophy was on full display in 1962 when the demo

more than 100 photographs by cindy sherman and paintings by jasper johns.is a collection many major museums coveted. york talked to moma in new , and they said the most we can show is probably 20 or 30. the rest would end up in storage or elsewhere. appeal tot did not him, so he spent $140 million on his own museum. it will be free to the public. a place where paintings that are not on display are still visible to visitors. >> this building literally is about that interplay of opacity and transparency, and those viewing windows are the most obvious example. david: she says the goal is to make contemporary art more accessible. >> i know this will be an amazingly popular piece for visitors because it is just a delightful. it has multiple layers of meaning, but on one level, it is simply a delight. and the museum is designed to delight. the main gallery is up a long escalator, and the first piece visitors will see is a sculpture by jeff koons. >> this is one of our favorite pieces. david: he is one of the broads favorite artists. they own his works more than a

. >> host: jane sherman, can miss roberts comment on whether she was surprised that john edwards won the louisiana governorship is it bigger for louisiana? >> guest: i was surprised because louisiana has become such a red stain and no democrat was elected statewide in quite sometime. so the question is was it just about david vitter, the republican candidate and his problems? does it signify something bigger? we really won't know until we go through a couple more election cycles. what he did do aside from attacking the effectively, he did reach out to lower income white people about things like medical care and say he would expand medicaid and would raise the minimum wage so whether those were issues that appealed to people and helped get him elected or not is really something we have to watch. >> host: in wichita, kan. apologize, that offer for a signed book for cokie roberts was only for marsha who called in earlier. i apologize. >> guest: if he writes to me at abc and will send the book plate. >> host: charlene in montana. >> caller: good afternoon. i appreciate listening to cokie

fromthan 100 photographs cindy sherman and a painting by jasper johns.. said, 20 or 30d works. storage or basement or elsewhere. >> that did not appeal to him, so he spent 140 million on his own museum. it will be free to the public, a place where paintings that are not on display are still visible to visitors. literally isng about that interplay of transparency and those are the most obvious examples of it. >> she says the goal is to make contemporary art more accessible. >> i know this will be an amazing popular piece to visitors. it is delightful and it has multiple layers of meaning. on one level, it is simply a delight. designede museum is with the light. the main gallery is up a long escalator. the first piece that visitors will see is a sculpture by jeff. he is one of their favorite artists. they own more of his work than any other collector. >> we love it. .e gave six or seven years >> let's set them apart is how much time they spent with the artist whose work they collect. was always interested in how people thought outside the world of business

to john sweat elementary school, one of 130 campuses affected by this threat and came in last night to randomly selected staff numbers. once administrators got wind of it, they acted quickly. sherman elementary school is in the neighborhood and parents are always concerned about their children's safety. they were re assured that things were under control and safe. the experiences earlier this week in new york and los angeles helped officials here determine the threat was not credible. l.a. schools shut down for a day because of a similar threat and the threat here including at galileea -- galileo high school was similar to the ones they received. san francisco police were on alert for anything unusual at any of the schools. >> all of those circumstances, the general nature of the letter, the fact it was september to many, many school districts, the fact it was similar even to the letter that was sent to los angeles tuesday, los angeles unified school district, led us all to conclude that this was not a credible threat. >> i think the world is kind of weird right now. we've got all kinds of stuff going on. people do weird things. >> got to be frustrating. >> a little bit but what c

sherman. can ms. roberts comment on whether she was surprised or not that democrat john bell edwards won the louisianamething bigger for louisiana? >> guest: i was surprised because louisiana's become such a red state, and no one had been, no democrat had been elected statewide in quite some time. and so the question is, was it just about david vitter, the republican candidate, and his problems, or was it -- does it signify something bigger. and the answer is we really won't know until we go through a couple of more election cycles. john bell was the candidate who won, what he did do i side from attack vitter -- which he did very effectively -- he did reach out to lower income, white people about things like medical care and say he would expand medicaid. and that he would raise the minimum wage. so whether those were issues that appealed to people and helped get him elected or not is really something we have to watch in another couple of cycles. >> host: and reverend sabaj in wichita, kansas. i apologize, sir. that offer for a signed book from cokie roberts was only for marsha who had called in earlie