walter brennan kissed my mother. anybody remember walter brennan? excellent. >> it is odd to think of walter brennan kissing your mom. kind of an old man. >> he is developing a speech. group of southern california business men go to reagan and his brother neil, and at executive in california. they say to reagan we want to put this on television to help goldwater so they put up the money and it was broadcast on nbc and it was an enormous hit that raised millions of dollars for the goldwater campaign and the republican national committee and goldwater loses in a historic landslide but david broder wrote for the washington post, one ray of sunlight in a dismal campaign was reagan's speech, goldwater's defeat was devastating for the republican party, the republicans are in the minority in the house and the senate and very few statehouses, few governorships and the republican party is functionally dead. it doesn't have a coherent philosophy. reagan now is embarking, traveling to california and says the group of business men come to him and we want you to

back does anyone remember walter brennan? the real mccoy.an? excellent. >> is hard to think of the walter brennan kissing your mom, he's kind of an old man but. [laughter] >> so, anyway, he's developing a speech but a group of southern, wealthy california businessman go to reagan and his brother neil and because neil was in at executive in southern california and they say to reagan, we want to put the speech on television and help goldwater. they put up the money and was broadcast on nbc and there was an enormous hit, raise millions of dollars for the goldwater campaign and the republican national committee. of course, goldwater loses in a historic landslide but david broder wrote for the washington post and the one ray of sunlight in a dismal campaign was reagan's speech. of course, goldwater's defeat is devastating to the republican party.e senate the republicans are in the minority of the house, their vastly minority of health in the senate and they have very few statehouses, very few governorships and in many ways the pub