mr. herbert hoover who i hope is watching, and to that -- that great american and his wife general and mrsy, and to all of my fellow republicans here assembled and americans across this great nation, from this moment united and determined, we will go forward together, dedicated to the ultimate and undeniable greatness of the whole man. together -- together we will win. i accept your nomination with a deep sense of humility. i accept too the responsibility that goes with it, and i seek your continued help and your continued guidance. my fellow republicans, our cause is too great for any man to feel worthy of it. our task would be too great for me man, did he not have with him the hearts and the hands of this great republican party. and i promise you tonight that every fiber of my being is concentrated to our cause that nothing shall be lacking from the struggle that can be brought to it by enthusiasm, by devotion and plain hard work. in this world, no person, no party can guarantee anything. but what we can do and what we shall do is to deserve victory and victory will be ours. the good lor

mr. republican, people had heard of him before. taft was a name. that was not particularly new. herbert hoover was a wonderful man. he was getting in the way of the progress of the party because he kept wanting to run again. this time was probably past. what was exciting about willkie was he went to hear herbert hoover and they could not believe that harbor hoover would hog the nomination. in that way, willie was a grass roots. he, himself, was not of the grass. he was chosen by people who were voting against the party. the other names were "the parti." willkie came in as somebody different, not what we expected. >> he retired and an exciting man. i think for many people, it was none of the above. it was the perfect atmosphere for an outsider who promises and looks very different from the standard of the late 1930's. >> what was the state of the democratic party, amity shlaes, and franklin roosevelt and his support in 1940, eight years after the new deal at a time when most residents would step down? >> roosevelt's victory -- 46 out of 48 states in the preceding election -- was so hard to get past. even as the par

herbert hoover did on virtually anybody. and it's interesting because although governor wallace constantly praised mr. hoover and relied upon him particularly for information about the so-called links between civil rights activists and communities, hoover was always leery of wallace. in part because i don't think he could control him. so as a result, hoover also told his men to keep hands off. as a result, there was a distant relationship between the two of them. >> dan carter is the author of "the politics of rage," about george wallace. what's this picture on the cover? >> that is from the inaugural address in 1963. >> january 14, 1963. >> that's right. >> steps of the state capitol, two miles from where we are now. randall in stockton, california, good evening. >> caller: how you doing? the question i need to ask is as the son of a civil rights leader who came across the selma bridge in 1963, i wanted to know why wasn't he allowed to come across? i heard flings my father but i need to understand as a young person now is why govern wallace wouldn't let the rest of us come across the bridge. and when