they had to follow the rules as pausz and easy way to -- process -- to change the rules. >> it was disaster. so that was the convention where hubert humpry won and there was eugene mccarthy and robert kennedy and they felt they had been short changes in the ability to get support at the convention. >> did the republicans follow suit? >> no, they didn't really do much with rules until around 2000. they were likely to leave it up to the states and the states selected with the primaries. when >> when were the first primaries held in the political system? >> in the early 1900s. 1912 turned out to be a disaster because that was the year teddy roosevelt decided he wanted to be president again. the republican president howard taft was getting the traditional support. >> did they stop that behavior? stha >> it put a halt on it and the presidential primaries were not as important. they were not always connected to the delegate selection. they got somewhat important. >> when did the smoke filled back rooms fade away? they faded away in the 1800s not so much because of presidential primaries but other