so new hampshire was all alone and the whole country was watching and analyzing what happened in new hampshire. and that's what set the change forever. because people were amazed at what happened. they were pleased that the little guy could really change the course of history new york city one expected what happened in new hampshire, it wasn't that, that lyndon johnson didn't get more votes. he did get more votes, but he lost the delegates. and the primary is for choosing delegates to go to the convention. and 20 of the 24 delegates on the democratic side ended up being mccarthy delegates. now on the republican side. leading up to it. everyone thought it was going to be the republicans that had the brutal battle. it was going to be a bloodbath. everyone thought the democrats were, an easy going. because they had an incumbent president running. that is what was written up until the day of the primary. then right after the primary, everything was turned upside-down. in the first "time" magazine to come out they described it as new hampshire has this relished penchant for turning thins t

i went to the university of new hampshire. there are started to get involved with spaulding, peter spaulding, and he was the republican party. the university campus had two rules where democrats met and where republicans met. sometimes, they met on the same night, and sometimes we would go downstairs, and sometimes we would drive to adobo where we could go dime. to me this was a fun thing. i grew up in a family that was very political and had run for offices and other countries and states. it was almost like a boxing match, that you get in the ring, and you mix it up. when the bell rings and it is over, you come back and you put up the gloves. in new hampshire, for those who are watching this program, remember at the time we were all young people pretty much. new hampshire was smaller. so, the total amount of people voting was smaller. but, new hampshire was put together like a good organization should be put together. it had town committees we looked at chairman, it had committees whether you looked at chairman, and we had st

nixon would return to new hampshire.ut before he did, he would initiate his campaign in wisconsin. the primary map state is only three weeks after the new hampshire primary. the demands of a national political campaign had begun. >> mrs. nixon, how do you feel starting out on another campaign. you've been on quite a few yourself. >> yes, i have, they're always exciting, the one that started in new hampshire couldn't have been more so. i think the local people were surprised at the enthusiasm and the sides of the crowds and the wonderful spirit of the people. >> these are very exhausting experiences. do you have a couple of qualms in the back of your mind about having to face so many months of this? >> no, actually, i've done it so many times that i don't. and also my heart is in it. i'm a willing volunteer, i might say. >> is there anything about it this campaign that you already sense is different from other campaigns in the past? >> well not yet. there is enthusiasm, there always has been. but i feel that there's even

the new hampshire republican presidential primary. the candidate who really has been seen and heard by the people of new hampshire is richard nixon. >> how did you fellas come out? >> you are about to accompany richard nixon on his 1968 campaign. you will hear from the candidate, his family, and staff. you will hear what richard nixon had to say and what people said to him. >> i heard all those tales. will lee send everything. all right. i am glad to find some new hampshire people. arnold, how did you get up there? how are the eagles going to do? >> richard nixon talked about a new vision of america's future. he has said that 1968 is the time to begin that future and the place to begin is in new hampshire. ♪ >> on february 2, richard nixon held his first press conference of the 1968 presidential campaign in manchester, new hampshire. >> how can you run now and you couldn't win in 1960? >> my ability to win and focus on the issues have been in the fires of the primary, and not just a smoke-filled room in miami. >> over the next three d

i'm glad to find some new hampshire people finally. >> how are you. >> how'd you get up here? yeah. how are the eagles going to do next year? >> richard nixon has talked about a new vision of america's future. he has said that 1968 is a time to begin that future. and the place to begin is in new hampshire. >> richard nixon's first noted press conference of the 1968 presidential campaign in manchester, new hampshire. >> i have decided that i will test my ability to win and my ability to cope with the issues in the fires of the primary. and not just in the smoke-filled room of miami. >> the nixon schedule for the next three days would include a reception, a dinner speech, and with people about issues. in public and on television. >> i'm looking to the future of this down to the end of the 20th century. in 1960, i necessarily had to think of the past, also of the future, but to think of the past and defend it. in 1968 adds you gentlemen will hear in my speeches starting saturday night, i'm going to be talking about america's future, my vision of that future, and what i think i can do wi

and only president from new hampshire. he was a lawyer. and very charismatic politician. and he lived in the house here from 1842 to 1848 with his wife jane, two sons, frankie and bennie. he had resigned a senate seat to come back to concord and be with his family and to work on his law practice. he was born in hills borough on november 23rd, 1804, in a log cabin. before he was a year old, his father moved him into the big georgian mansion in hills borough where he ran a tavern. so he grew up in social circumstances with lots of people coming and going and lots of political discussions. he was educated at some of the academies around hills borough. when he was 16, his father took him up to maine to go to bod encollege and he made some good friends up there, one of them was nathanael hawthorne and graduated third in his class from the college. pierce interest in politics came about when he was very young. his father had the tavern, lots of political discussions going on. his father was always involved in politics. he was represented hills borough with the state leg tour, w

the person that knew him best up in new hampshire of course is senator ayotte. embraced senator ayotte when she got elected. he kind of brought her in as part of the three amight os wit lindsey nelson and himself and worked with her on the committees and trying to make sure that she really was treated in a way that allowed her to grow in the senate. and he really i think became his closest new hampshire ally. >> governor, what do you think about president trump rejecting the practice of putting out an official white house statement about john mccain's service and sacrifice? >> look, that was printed in the "washington post." and i have to be honest with you, i don't give many credence to what i read -- >> we also have that reporting. >> yeah, well, same thing applies, alisyn. >> governor -- you come on cnn and we appreciate you coming on cnn and we appreciate your take on it. but i don't appreciate you denigrating our reporting. we have excellent reporters here. are you saying you don't want to believe that, you don't want to believe that president trump would d

you see between massachusetts and new hampshire, vermont and new hampshire. it's just hard to look at these paired comparisons and say we don't think freedom matters. even if you didn't do the regression analysis that we do. is therestingly, florida number two destination state for people moving out of new york after new jersey. we look at the age demographics of people moving out by five-year chunks if we found the biggest age demographic movement from new york to florida is 20-24 year olds. so it's not retirees. >> since were on capitol hill, another question of federal policy that can affect states and local policies. you have marijuana policy for example. some states have ignored federal policy in cities as well with complete legalization or for medicinal uses. what other types of policies on the federal level can affect the states were maybe the state says we just want to be in compliance with federal law? >> that's a good question. i mean, so in terms of what's happened happening in our index is we've seen that courts have struck down state sodomy laws,

they came back up to new hampshire for a short time. jane was not healthy, she was suffering over the death of benn y. she probably suffered from depression. jane passed away in 1863. then, he passed away in 1869. franklin pierce, unfortunately, was not well liked in new hampshire after he left the presidency over the kansas nebraska act. it took the state a long time to -- before they correct did -- erected a statue. they finally put up a statue for franklin pierce. his mark is, i do not think, that much because of the way his presidency ended. we hope people, when they visit the house, will have a better understanding of franklin pierce. we invite them to learn some of the accomplishments of pierce's administration in washington and to understand what he was like as a person. i think he deserves a lot of credit for the things he did accomplish while he was president. watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country at c-span.org city tour. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. on september 15, 201

had won the primary in new hampshire or done well in the primary in new hampshire, it would have been felt at that time that this was a personal struggle. it would have been written in the press that this was a personal struggle. every time i have spoken on vietnam over the period of the past several years, every time i have spoken on what i think needs to be done as far as the cities are concerned, it's been put in the context of a personal struggle between myself and president johnson. therefore we would get away from what the issues are which divide this country. i think the new hampshire primary established that the division that exists in this country, the division that exists in the democratic party, are there. and i haven't brought that about. what has brought that about is what president johnson, the policies that are being followed by president johnson. now, as far as what is happening at the moment, i can't believe that anybody thinks that this is a pleasant struggle from now on or that i'm asking for a free ride. i've got five months ahead of me as far as the convention is

whether -- if i won the primary in new hampshire, if i had done well in the primary in new hampshire, it would have been felt at that time that this was a personal struggle. it would have been written in the press that this was a personal struggle. any time i spoke on vietnam, any time i spoke about what has to be done in each of the cities, that's to put in the context of a permanent struggle between myself and president johnson. therefore, we would get away from what issues are which divide this country. i think the new hampshire primary established that division that exists in this country, the division that exists in the democratic party have aired. i have not brought that about. what brought that about is what president johnson and the policies being follow the by president johnson. as far as what is happening at the moment, i can't believe that anybody thinks this is a pleasant struggle from now on, that i'm asking for a free ride. i have five months ahead of me as far as the convention is concerned. i'm going to go into primaries. i'm going to present my case to the american p

because obviously in new hampshire, he won the new hampshire primary here twice. i think you probably heard many of those. but those people that were close to him, john would always just kid around with you all the time. you know, he -- you knew he liked you when he started calling you names. you started to appreciate that, you know. hey, how are you today, you little jerk? you would laugh at it because you know that that was him saying, you know, i really care about you. but he was very funny. also made fun of himself when he would say something that -- say it the wrong way. he would be the first to make fun of himself. he had that kind of humility and sense of humor to do that. so few people have that in public life. >> yeah. it was. he was very self-deprecating. you heard the speakers. his friend brought up, a theme of the past couple days, his friend tommy espinosa brought -- said that he wanted him to be co-chair of his campaign. he said you know, john, i'm a democrat. he said i don't care. i want you to be my campaign co-chair. tommy said because he was john

very few would new hampshire regiments are in prison.lowest incarceration rates. most of them are working. the state has one of america's lowest unemployment rates.nt in contrast to places likemo illinois, new hampshire iste gaining population. people want to live there. not surprisingly. and yet according to "the new york times" new hampshire needs to change desperately and immediately. why is that? in a story over the weekend the times explained thato new hampshire is "nearly all white." 94% and this has caused "an array of problems." it doesn't prove that this is true, in fact there is zero evidence that the demographicscs of the state hurt the people who live there. new hampshire's actual problems, and it has some, have nothing to do with race at all.og instead the times argues that the whiteness is inherently offensive to others, especially immigrants. the paper interviewed a woman from columbia who explains that she cannot find enough spanish speakers in new hampshire and that is unacceptable. according to "the new york times" amer

>> coming to new hampshire. >> you live in this area? >> i do. >> afterwards, i have a lot to say. >> i am a good listener. what is your name? >> nice to meet you. thanks for having me. beautiful day. spectacular. we are working on it. it is a cool and unusual process. >> nice to meet you. >> can i get a picture? >> thank you guys for coming. [laughter] >> no, no, no. get out of here. he's going to do this for me. >> ok, thank you. >> excellent. good luck. >> i appreciate it. >> thanks for coming out. >> lived out in boston. >> 48 hours ago in l.a.. >> beautiful. >> thank you for coming. >> thank you for having me. i am happy to be here. meet you. it is a pleasure. let's do it. absolutely. thank you. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. hi, diana. how are you? nice to meet you. thank you. thank you. a pleasure. you want a picture? >> i would love a pleasure. -- a picture. >> let's do it. thank you. nice to meet you. >> what grades do you teach? >> summons grade. -- seventh grade. >> sixth and seventh grade? we don't do enough for our public sch

the joy of the struggle, as he was surging in new hampshire, as the crowds were building. completely improbable. >> on the night of the primary, mccain had a five-point victory over mitt romney. >> i'm past the age where i can claim the noun kid, no matter what adjective proceeds it. but today, we sure showed them what a comeback looks like. >> his expected challenger, hillary clinton faltered in her own campaign. in an upset, a newcomer, barack obama, won the nomination. >> there's two types of elections in america. there's change elections and more of the same elections. i'm not sure looking back in 2008 that we could have elected abraham lincoln as a republican to the office of the presidency. >> as the general election heated up, barack obama built a lead in the polls. >> we always knew we had to take a risk. we had to throw the ball in double-coverage to get ahead in race where the headwinds are against us. really, what the idea was, was that john mccain was going to pick joe lieberman. >> i get a call from rick davis, who is the campaign manager for john mccain's pre

it is a sincere honor to be here in new hampshire. [applause] >> today i want to talk to you about the fight that i believe we are in, for the sole of our republic. i want to talk about what we are fighting for and how we fight for it. before i get any further, i want to deal with the elephant in the park or i should say the donkey in the park. some of you may be thinking, what is some porn star lawyer doing here today to talk about this republic and our party? let me tell you why i am here today. in normal times i would not be with you today. i would be back in los angeles enjoying my good fortune but these, as all of you know, are anything but normal times. i grew up to a modest family in missouri when i was 12 years of age. i started working a variety of jobs. i mowed lawns in the summer for my neighbors into the winter shoveled their snow. i worked a variety of part-time jobs, worked at mcdonald's, worked at marshall's, my parents taught me at a young age, let's be clear. i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and never ha

he didn't get a majority in new hampshire, but he basically knocked johnson out of new hampshire and that led lyndon johnson to get out of the race. bobby immediately got into the race. he ran a dramatic and fascinating campaign, but it wasn't absolutely clear that he was running a campaign that would get him into a position of being able to win either denomination or the presidency. if you look at his vote totals, he won in oregon. bobby one in california. he won in nebraska. but vote totals were showing that there was a shift in alignment, that we have been talking about. he was maybe getting his victories with a narrower and narrower base in the democratic party. that could have been bad for him. >> in the general election there was one speech in utah. was that a turning point for hubert humphrey? did that narrow the race between wallace, humphrey and nixon? >> where he said he was his own man? >> yeah. nixon got support from the afl- cio. that did give him a bump. then when he declared, essentially, that he was his own man on the vietnam war. that he was going to support a total

>> you're a riot coming to new hampshire. >> you live in this area? >> yes, i used to serve in the state senate. >> that's good to know. >> i have a lot to say. i want to talk to you afterwards. >> i'm a good listener. it better be good. >> nice to meet you. >> thanks for having me. it's a beautiful day. god's country. [inaudible] ♪ >> thank you so much for coming. [inaudible] >> thank you for coming. >> thank you for having me. i'm happy to be here. hi, how are you? selfie?e do a >> she's going to take it for us. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> really nice to meet you. hi diana, how are you? nice to meet you. do you want a picture? >> i would love one. let's do one. [inaudible] >> we don't do enough for a public school teachers. 100%, you know? the job that you do is unbelievable for our kids. you need to do it. >> thank you so much for reuniting families. i support that. i'm an advocate of it. >> we definitely need to fix that. >> thank you. >> how are you? nice to meet you. [inaudible] >> and i have a picture for you? the -- of you? my daught

uh, but he hit new hampshire. - i'm gonna work all day long to turn out the vote here in new hampshirek we've got a very good opportunity to win. - what people remember in the 2000 republican primary was that it was a pretty heated fight ben john mccain and george w. bush. - john mccain had the straight talk express. and that was very appealing to people. - was there, and boy, he was delighted. he was having the time edof his life, and it work - thank you very much. [cheers and applause] - we assumed there would be an upsbu, we didn't assume it would be that upset, or that it would be that big. - i remember when president busca ed me in the room and said the-- the exit polls are out and they're bad and i said, "how bad?" and he said really bad, 19 points - he said, "i let him define me. "we're not going to let that happen any more. "we're going to go out of here and wes e going to win tthing." and if you watch his speech, that night in new hampshire, he's very gracious, but it is not a speech of defeat. it's a speech of, of we're going to go all the way to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. [ch

bush in the state's primary by 18 points. >> he comes roaring out of new hampshire.thinks he's not only the next republican nominee but very possibly the next president. >> but the sudden burst of energy in new hampshire faded with a bruising primary in south carolina. >> malicious rumors were spread about him and his family. >> mccain's daughter, bridget, adopted from bangladesh became the focus of one of the campaign's most vicious attacks. >> they were accusing john mccain of fathering a biracial child out of wedlock, all sorts of underhanded tactics were going on. >> mccain lost south carolina. and by march, the straight talk express ran out of gas. >> i announce today on this fine arizona morning and in this beautiful place that i am no longer an active candidate for my party's nomination for president. >> mccain threw his support behind bush and helped him defeat democratic challenger al gore to become the 43rd president. although he was a loyal republican, mccain bucked bush on numerous issues. >> mccain was taking positions on health care, on taxes, on guns,

the remarkable new hampshire campaign of senator eugene mccarthy has proven how deep are the present divisions within our party and within our country. until that was publicly clear, my presence in the race would have been seen as a clash of personalities rather than issues. but now that that fight is won, over policies which i have long been challenging, i must enter that race. the fight is just beginning. and i believe that i can win. i have previously communicated this decision to president johnson. and late last night my brother senator edward kennedy travelled to wisconsin to communicate my decision to senator mccarthy. i made clear through my brother to senator mccarthy that my candidacy would not be in opposition to his but in harmony. my aim is to both support and expand his valiant campaign in the spirit of his november 30th statement. taking one month at a time. it is important now that he achieves the largest possible majority next month. in wisconsin, inns and in the massachusetts primaries. i strongly support his effort in those states. and i urge all my friends to give

why did he enjoy new hampshire so many? as you mentioned in your tribute, he loved his time spent there. >> john had a special connection with new hampshire. i think we consider him an honorary granite stater. he came back twice to win the new hampshire primary. he did it from voter to voter. he did hundreds of town halls here in new hampshire. he forged a special connection with the people of new hampshire. he has so many friend here and his straight talk and the way he would answer anyone's questions and speak his mind and be so direct. also a very special connection with our military families and veterans here who he cared so deeply about. sandra: you mentioned how he used that straight talk. he spoke his mind. he's credited for rising above party politic. how is he able to do that? >> he had the courage of his convictions. he was a true bipartisan champion. someone focused on getting things done for the american people. he had that political courage, even when his own party disagreed with him he was willing to get out t

bush in the primary by 18 points. >> he comes roaring out of new hampshire.publican nominee but very possibly the next president. >> but the sudden burst of energy in new hampshire faded with a bruising primary in south carolina. >> really malicious rumors were spread about him and his family. >> mccain daughter, bridgette adopted from bangladesh became the focus of one of the campaign's most vicious attack. >> they were accusing him of fathering a biracial child out of wedlock. >> mccain lost south carolina and by march, the straight talk express ran out of gas. >> i announce today on this fine arizona morning and in this beautiful place i'm no longer an active candidate for my party's nomination for president. >> thank you. >> mccain threw his support behind bush and helped him defeat al gore to become the 43rd president. although he was a loyal republican, mccain bucked bush on numerous issues. >> mccain was taking positions on health care, taxes, guns. they were at odds with the bush administration. >> mccain scored his biggest legislative achievement. hi

the remarkable new hampshire campaign of eugene mccarthy has proven how it deep are the present divisions within our party and with that are country probably clear, my presence in the race would have been seen as a clash of personalities rather than issues. i must enter that race. it is a fight that is just beginning and one i believe that i can win. i'd previously communicated this to president johnson and late last night, my brother, senator edward kennedy, traveled to wisconsin to communicate my decision to senator mccarthy and make clear to my brother and senator mccarthy that my candidacy would not be in opposition to his, but in harmony. my aim is to both support and expand his valued campaign in the spirit of his november 30 statement. taking one month at a time, it is important now that he achieve the largest possible majority in six months in wisconsin, in pennsylvania, and in the massachusetts primaries. i strongly support his effort in those states and i urge all my friends to give him their help and their votes. both of us will be encouraging like-minded delegates in the natio

nixon wins easily in the new hampshire primary on march 12. then president johnson announcing on march 31 that he will not seek re-election. nelson rockefeller, governor of new york, enters the race on april 30. richard nixon accepts the nomination on august 8 of that year. and he's elected as our rather than permitting them to master us." going on to write that our convention in 1968 can spark a republican resurgence to face the realities of the world in which we live. thurmond knew that nixon needed him desperately. and nixon knew that he needed strom thurmond desperately, and strom thurmond knew that nixon knew. and that therein lies political negotiations. so the two main questions were racial guidelines, guidelines on racial integration, nixon favored guidelines, and it fwets into the whole question of test. captioning performed by vitac >> let me ask you about another key player in this period, william f. buckley. who was he? >> well, bill buckley emerged as probably the leading voice on the conservative side of american politics. he was

people of new hampshire. he has so many friends here. he's thought of so fondly here. and really his straight talk, and the way he would just answer anyone's questions, speak his mind, and be so direct and i think also a very special connection with our military families and our veterans here, who he cared so deeply about. >> senator, you did mention how he was -- he used that straight talk. he spoke his mind. and he's credited for rising above party politics. how is he able to do that? >> he just had the courage of his convictions, and he really was the true bipartisan champion, someone who was focused on getting things done for the american people, and he had that political courage. even when his own party disagreed with him, he was willing to get out there because he knew that we need to solve problems. he wanted to make our nation better, and, you know, that takes a lot of courage, and he just had so much moral fortitude. you know, i had the privilege of seeing him at the ranch this spring, and what he sa

nixon wins on the new hampshire primary on march the 12th and then president johnson announcing march 31st that he will not seek re-election and he earns the race on august 8th of that year and he was elected president on november 8th. maryland, democrats line. good morning. >> good morning. can you hear me? >> we can. >> yes. one of the things that i hear when i hear nixon speaking is the thread of what nixon is beginning to craft taken along the lines that he can't come out and speak the words as harshly as george wallace is speaking and he begins to use politics, being able to speak the unspoken thing that to the white new southern strategy that cannot be, that cannot be spoken, in a way, but eloquently is spoken by nixon in a way that has been carried out and picked up by ronald reagan and the state of how we have to crack down on the violence in the inner cities and the politics that's been picked up in our politics today with donald j. trump. >> robert mary, do you want to respond? >> we still hear about dog whistle politics today and various people and msnbc and others are very

it was a pretty big coalition in new hampshire.ost: four days after the new hampshire primary, robert f kennedy enters the race. president johnson announcing on march 31 that he will not seek reelection. hubert humphrey enters the race, but not until april 27. senator kennedy winning the california primary on the evening of june 4. shock after midnight, dying the following day. richard nixon elected president on november 5. askew to john, ohio. caller: hello. how are you? sympathies fory your loss of a wonderful person, robert kennedy. i'm sorry? guest: i said thank you. caller: you are welcome. years i started humphrey. -- studied humphrey. i read material that said they broke on the vietnam war and johnson stopped including briefings. the i felt when i was witnessing this primary, the first i would vote in, robert kennedy brought love and unity. there was a positive this that transcended politics. i was listening to eugene mccarthy, and i thought he was undermining the military, contributing to an atmosphere where i thought some

the new hampshire republican presidential primary, the start of the 1968 campaign trail. from the beginning, the candidate who really has been seen and heard by the people of new hampshire is richard nixon. you're about to accompany richard nixon on the first leg of

it was a turning point for me because he outworked me and he had a better message for new hampshire. and so i told my team, look, let's view this as a blessing, not a defeat. and for that i'm thankful. because i needed to show people i could get off the mat. >> wait a minute, michael, i will be glad to examine that proposal. but i also hope -- >> everybody knew in the bush campaign and the mccain campaign that whoever came out of south carolina was likely to be the nominee of the party. >> i'm glad to be back down here. i want you to know, loud and clear, we're going into battle. >> new hampshire's campaign was basically void of a lot of negative campaigning. by the time we got to south carolina, it was bare knuckle politics. >> this is george bush's ad promising america he'd run a positive campaign. >> we were running negative ads against george bush, george bush was running negative ads against john mccain. >> governor bush's tax plan isn't true, and mccain knows it. >> it was the fight of the century. >> the war of words between george w. bush and john mccain is heating up even fu

bush in the primary by 18 points. >> he comes roaring out of new hampshire.ot only the next republican nominee but very possibly the next president. >> but the sudden burst of energy in new hampshire faded with a bruising primary in south carolina. >> really malicious rumors were spread about him and his family. >> mccain daughter, bridgette adopted from bangladesh became the focus of one of the campaign's most vicious attack. >> they were accusing him of fathering a biracial child out of wedlock. >> mccain lost south carolina and by march, the straight talk express ran out of gas. >> i announce today on this fine arizona morning nanand in this beautiful place i'm no longer an active candidate for my party's nomination for president. >> thank you. >> mccain threw his support behind bush and helped him defeat al gore to become the 43rd president. although he was a loyal republican, mccain bucked bush on numerous issues. >> mccain was taking positions on health care, taxes, guns. they were at odds with the bush administration. >> mccain scored his biggest legis

they created a big coalition in new hampshire. >> four days after the new hampshire primary, robert fnnedy enters the race. we showed you that earlier on march the 16th, 1968. president johnson announcing that he will not seek re-election. hubert humphrey enters the race but not until april the 27th, which is key thing to keep in mind. of course, senator kennedy winning the california primary on the evening of june 4th and tragically shot after midnight dieing the following day. hubert humphrey accepting the nomination on august the 29th and richard nixon elected president on november the 5th. let's go to fred joining us from ohio. you're next. >> caller: hello, how are you and mrs. kennedy my sympathies over a long time in the loss of a wonderful person, robert kennedy. >> thank you very much. >> caller: i'm sorry. >> i said thank you. >> caller: you're welcome. i was aged 23 in the years i've studied humphrey, the articles were a very loyal person so he wouldn't oppose johnson publicly but i read material that says that they brake on the vietnam war and johnson stopped including hum

bush in the new hampshire primary and lost to south carolina where it got ugly and personal.ccain soon dropped out and returned to the senate even more determined to work across the aisle with democrats like ted kennedy on issues like a patient's bill of rights and immigration reform. >> i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: in 2008, his second presidential bid. this time, he was the heir apparent, but mccain support for a surge of troops in iraq and bipartisanship work on immigration reform hurt him on gop voters. his poll numbers plunged. he held town halls in new hampshire and talked border security instead of immigration reform and climbed back. >> the fact you're getting a second chance, sir, what does that say to you? >> it means we are happy and how far we have come. >> reporter: after securing the gop nomination, he had to pick a running mate. a close friend democrat independent joe lieberman was his first choice. >> so i hear. >> i never told you that? >> no, he did! >> reporter: aides convinced mccain that lieberman's support for a

let's go to a former new hampshire g.o.p. twice won that state's primary. he's in california. steve, you watched him do it, and i think a large part of how he won those primaries especially the first time when he came out of nowhere was through the town halls. what do you remember of candidate mccain from those days? >> well, he had a unique style of campaigning. i think up until people would meet in houses and do small gatherings. jimmy carter had done that. john elevated it to an art form. he outworked the bush campaign. as he used to say he welcomed republicans, democrats, libertarians, independents, vegetarians and even reforming socialist. he would take any question from any heckler and people just respected that. they didn't always agree with him, that's why he called it straight talk because he knew he said a lot of things that were unpopular but people respected it and it was fun to watch in 2000 and then when he asked me to serve on his campaign team in 07, 08, i was honored to do so. we didn't anticipate the campaig

for the moment in time he won in new hampshire.merry band surrounding him and the senator, it was nothing short of magical. >> we came here for one of our first town hall meetings in the basement and served ice cream in hopes that we could get a few people out, and we got 13. but then the last one we had, the night before the primary, was jam-packed with people out the door. >> reporter: what happened here at the town hall in peterborough, new hampshire is a metaphor for john mccain's 2000 presidential campaign. >> i'll show you how reviving -- >> steve duprey ran the republican party at the time. mike dennehy was the campaign manager. >> this was our campaign for 2000. it illustrated the entire campaign from start to finish, starting so small and ending up with people busting through the doors. >> i can beat al gore like a drum. >> reporter: senator john mccain relentlessly campaigned across the state on a bus aptly named the straight talk express. >> since 1999, give me a sense of where the republican party is. >> wide open. i ju

new hampshire was a state where george w. bush was campaigning vigorously and trying to win but john mccain carried new hampshire. that meant that george w. bush had to saddle up and buckle his cinch a little tighter and go to south carolina and win there to win the republican nomination and the presidency. they had a strained relationship at the beginning. after that, it became a relationship of, i'm going to say, first, convenience. they worked together on things they agreed on. a second one, they worked with each other to meet the terrible challenges that the president was facing in iraq. john mccain was very supportive of what george w. bush was trying to do with regard to the surge. that did make a difference. general petraeus had the courage to go ahead with the surge and put petraeus in charge of it. and john mccain was right there with the president making sure that general petraeus got the support he needed and the surge worked. >> andrew card, former chief of staff for george w. bush. thank you for sharing your stor

we all know he loved new hampshire.ol rotunda? >> well, it was a very distinguished ceremony, as it is when someone lies in state, and i think it's been pointed out he's only the 30th person to lie in state in the rotunda of the capitol, and that speaks to the statesman that john mccain was, to the service that he provided to the country, both as a member of the military in the navy during vietnam, in his prisoner of war days, and to the work he did in the house, but especially in the senate, his years on the armed services committee, his support for our men and women in the military, his work to normalize relations with vietnam after his own horrific experience, his willingness to reach across the aisle and work with anybody who was after the same goal he was after. there just aren't very many people like that either today or in american history. >> yeah, only 30 americans were honored previously. today he became the 31st to lie in state at the capitol rotunda. snator, i want you to look at this instagram picture just

. >> mccain skipped the iowa caucuses and focused all of his attention in the new hampshire primariesrolled out the straight talk express, his all access bus tour, a 24/7 press conference on wheels. >> the straight talk express of 2000 was unlike anything that i had ever seen or that i have ever seen since. >> you had no idea what was going to happen at any moment. you weren't being spoon-fed anything, it was just completely spontaneous. >> mccain's hard work paid off, he beat george w. bush in the state's primary by 18 points. >> he comes roaring out of new hampshire, everybody thinks he's not only the next republican nominee, but very possibly the next president. >> but the sudden burst of energy in new hampshire faded with a bruising primary in south carolina. >> really malicious rumors were spread about him and his family. >> mccain's daughter bridget adopted from bangladesh became the focus of one of the campaign's most vicious attacks. >> they were accusing john mccabe m mccain of fathering a biracial child out of wedlock. >> by march, the straight talk express ran out of gas. >