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his grandmother, sarah watkins, was sister to my and grandfather. i am real proud of in reply and that connection. my question is -- the three times he won the nomination, it seems like the timing was really not good for his candidacy. do you believe there was a presidential election during his time of prominence that would have been better timing, that he could have won the presidency? >> he could have won in 1840 pretty reasonably. in 1848, zachary taylor was the e.ig nomine taylor had done nothing in his background. clay very reluctantly try to get the nomination in 1848 and failed. had clay gotten that nomination, i think he would have won. the democrats were divided that year. clay was quoted by someone as saying that the nearest he could get the nomination, his friends were basically deserting him. clay felt it was a betrayal of all the things sea, could have done. kraits us move ahead to 1850. henry clay's last big effort on public policy. what was the compromise all about? set the stage for us. >> 1850, the decision about the expansion of sl

his grandmother, sarah watkins, was sister to my and grandfather. i am real proud of in reply and that connection. -- proud of henry clay and that connection. my question is -- the three times he won the nomination, it seems like the timing was really not good for his candidacy. do you believe there was a presidential election during his time of prominence that would have been better timing, that he could have won the presidency? >> he could have won in 1840 pretty reasonably. in 1848, zachary taylor was the whig nominee. taylor had done nothing in his background. -- had done nothing other than be a general. clay very reluctantly try to get the nomination in 1848 and failed. had clay gotten that nomination, i think he would have won. the democrats were divided that year. clay was quoted by someone as saying that the nearest he could get the nomination, his friends were basically deserting him. clay felt it was a betrayal of all the things sea, could have done. kraits us move ahead to 1850. henry clay's last big effort on public policy. what was the