pat. i would like to begin with a story. one evening in 1954, at the nixon's dinner it was president eisenhower was going to speak they came across an indian woman sitting on a bench outside the banquet hall perk no pat recognize the women and asked if he did. halfway down pat remember the woman and mater has been returned to where the woman sitting. passbook was a woman and asked her if they had not met previously. when the woman replied that they had, pat asked about her stay in the u.s. and inquired what she was doing in the hallway. the woman explained that she was returning to india a few days and hope to catch it glimpse of the president before she went home. path and then arrange for the woman to be given a seat at the dinner so that she could hear his speech as well as see the president. nixon then left the hall to continue on to their previous engagement. i used to the story to begin my talk because i think it exemplifies several key points i was to make about pat nixon and her public role. more particularly about her role as foreign diplomat. first,

there is pat nixon. pat nixon is up from to dick nixon literally during the speech he is sitting watching him nervously not sure what he is going to be saying that. she is crucial to the strategy of making her husband into a normal looking guy. she writes a slew of articles where she talks about her being a normal suburban housewife. there is also a fascinating thing about pat nixon, she is weirdly open about the fact that she doesn't seem to like politics and seems to even have some trepidation about being with her husband. she writes an article for her husband with the title a wonderful guy in which he has a quote i make a lot of which is dick doesn't do anything in a half-hearted manner. i know we are in for a rugged time. this isn't a peace that is supposedly a celebration of her husband's and virtues and she is saying she is worried about him, about what her life is going to be and things like that. you get a real sense that with both eisenhower and at nixon that politics transforms people in ways t

her back to us, ladybird johnson, jacqueline kennedy who became the new first lady in 1961, and pat nixon, the outgoing wife of the vice-president at that time. another thing that takes place on inauguration day one is a change of power is that by tradition yet going president leaves and of for his successor. this is the note. this would be the larger envelope that was left in the oval office by george to we bush or barack obama. you just put a posted on it. inside of it, another envelope and says to 44 from 43. and the next morning is a picture of barack obama reading that actual no. the procession for the capitol is always a big deal. the move along pennsylvania avenue. here's a picture from exactly 100 years ago, an open carriage, and that's william howard taft on the right and then the president, woodrow wilson, on the left. 1933 we have a situation with franklin d. roosevelt and her hoover. the two of them did not along so well. there was not a lot of conversation during their right to the capital. in many pictures that were taken at stake, roosevelt can be seen waving to the crowd o

eisenhower and that's ladybird johnson, there's jacqueline kennedy who became the new first lady and pat nixon who was the outgoing vice president at that time. another thing that takes place on inauguration day when there is a change in power is by tradition the of going president leaves a note for his successor. this is the note, this is the large envelope that was left in the oval office by george w. bush for barack obama. he just put it posted and then on the inside of it was another envelope that said 2.44 through 43. and then the next morning here is a picture of barack obama reading that actual no. the procession of the capitol is always a big deal as we move along pennsylvania avenue and here's a picture of exactly 100 years ago an open carriage and that's william howard taft on the right into the new president woodrow wilson on the left. in 1933 we had a situation with franklin d. roosevelt and herbert hoover. the two of them didn't get along so well. there wasn't a lot of conversations during their right to the capitol in of the pictures the were taken that day roosevelt can be seen

can you remember, lady bird johnson, barbara bush, no one talked about them or pat nixon. >> lady birds highways and others. >> if 23 years we have come a long way when mrs. carter, the first forecast mornings lady to attend a cabinet meeting and that was huge news. now, we have two first ladies out of the last three, hillary clinton, became a senator and secretary of state and now michelle obama, and put that up on the screen. >>gregg: it is very interesting poll she would defeat mark kirk in illinois if she ran for senate. >> we could have that. michelle obama has been behind the scenes and in front of the curtain, assertive in making her views known and if she runs i suspect she would be elected in illinois and slow would be a frontrunner for the nomination in 2020, i guess, and we could be in a situation where we have two first ladies --. >>gregg: she would not be be a carpet we bagger. pat is getting irritated. >> what is happening? celebrities. we tradeoff up and down the line. we have dynasties here. >>gregg: the value of name identification. >> michelle has ruled outrunning for

pat. >> get at list one book on nixon done this year. >> another one? >> can get cracking on my memoir, and also continue to jog so i can continue to stay healthy and continue to do combat. >> ensure that everything i put on twitter is completely accurate. >> are you going to do a memoir? >> no. >> really? >> write a book that responds to pat buchanan's last book. >> my new year's resolution is to not have such a heavy foot when i accelerate vehicles. we try to give it to you straight. celebrate the new year. bye bye. ♪ [ music ]