he spent the eight years between the end of his presidency and his nomination in 1921 by warren g. harding keeping himself in the public eye and reminding fellow republicans that he was available. these eight years in treat me, just how to taft recover from a disastrous presidency to be the logical choice for president warren g. harding? i researched a book called "chief executive to chief justice, taft betwixt the white house and the supreme court," which the university press of kansas brought out last fall. betwixt was the brainchild of the creative mind of the now retired, very distinguished director of the kansas city press, fred waters, and his choice made it easy to search for the book on google. believe that my book belongs in every household in america. unlike j.k. rowling, stephen king and john grisham, my book sales fall a ted short of that goal. you,e premise that some of very few may not have read the book yet, let me tell you what it says about taft, the presidency, and the fate of former presidents a century ago. situationll see, the the taft faces after he left office in mar

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warren g. harding, william taft. warren harding did not die right away. buried with their son, abraham lincoln the second. person.s such a it was the son of robert todd lincoln, named in honor of his grandfather. , harlan iowaincoln was named for her father. is william towered half. these two have something in common. this sarcophagus and monument were designed and sculpted by the same man. if you are of a certain age, you carrie his artwork -- you carry his artwork in your pocket. he designed the buffalo nickel. as for san francisco and s for fraser. for san francisco and f for fraser. i got to be one of these guys a few weeks before i moved on to the tomb. there is the eternal flame, presidential seal. this is the current grave. they have added a stove pipe stainless steel so this flame does disappear and returns when the wind blows hard enough. it blows the gas away. being nighters -- the igniters are blowing all the time. this flame comes back when the wind lets up enough for it to do so. livedk kennedy, who almost two days, died 16 weeks before jfk w

>> warren g. harding. presidents. >> jimmy: he was one of the worst? sudan on it. >> jimmy: it's missing a country? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you'd think everyone would know that. >> but no one does. >> jimmy: but no one does. how many elements are there on >> 118. >> jimmy: and you know -- >> all of them. >> jimmy: you know all of them. >> barium, lampidim, cerium. samari muchlt -- >> jimmy: we get it. [ applause ] >> jimmy: so not only does arden know about the elements and presidents he knows a lot about "star wars" and tonight we'll find out who knows more about star warz, the kid or the cast from the movie. let me tell you right now, the answer is the kid. because the character has been around for so long, we kind of take the voice of chewbacca for communicates is something someone, presumably george lucas, came up with. which makes you wonder how do you come up with something like that? what do you even tell the guy who does the voice? in pain? but it turns out the voice of chewbacca is everywhere. we combed the internet, put these together. these are v

warren g. harding, william howard taft. warren harding didn't die right away but 14 months, 3 days later he was dead. buried with their son abraham lincoln ii, very few people know that. there was such a person as abraham lynn conii it was the son of robert todd lincoln named, of course, in honor of his grandfather and mary harlan lincoln, if anybody is from iowa, harlan, iowa, was named in her honor. this -- i'll get this. this is william howard taft the other president buried at arlington, very few people know that they are buried at arington national cemetery. these two have something in common. this grave -- or this swas designed by the same man. if you are a certain age you carry his artwork in your pocket. he designed the buffalo nickel. that's "s" for san francisco. and that is "f" for frazier. after kennedy assassination, this is what the grave looked like. i visited it in 1964 and which is what it looked like in 1964. i got to be one of these guys for a few weeks before i moved on to the tomb in 1969. there's the et

>> warren g. harding. he was o of our worst presidents. >> jimmy: he was one of the worst? >> that does not have south sudan on it. >> jimmy: it's missing a cotry? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you'd think everyone would know that. >> but no one does. >> jimmy: but no one does. how many elements are there on the periodic table? >> 118. >> jimmy: and you kno -- >> all of them. >> jimmy: you know all of them. >> barium, lampidim, cerium. samari muchlt -- >> jimmy: we get it. you're embarrassing me now. [ applause ] >> jimmy: so not only does arden know about the elements and esidents he knows a lot about "star wars" and tonight we'll find o out who knows more about star warz,he kid or t the cast from the movie. let me tell you right now, the answer is the kid. because the character has been around for so long, we kind of take the voice of chewbacca for granted, but the way chewbacca communicates is something someone, presumably george lucas, came up with. which makes you wonder how do you come up with something like that? what do you even tell the guy who does the voice? try to sound li

-warren g. harding. he was one of our worst presidents. he was one of the worst? that does not have south sudan on it. -it's missing a country? -yeah. you'd think everyone would know that, i mean -- yeah, but no one does. but no one does. how many elements are there on the periodic table? there are 118. -and you know... -all of them. you know all of them. barium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium -- we get it. you're embarrassing me now. europium, gadolinium. [ applause ] so not only does arden know about the elements and presidents, he knows a lot about "star wars" and tonight we'll find out who knows more about "star wars," the kid or the cast from the movie. let me tell you right now, the answer is the kid, so... this could -- you know, because the character has been around for so long, we kind of take the voice of chewbacca for granted, but the way chewbacca communicates is something that someone, presumably george lucas, came up with. which makes you wonder, how do you come up with something like that? i mean, what do you even t

warren g. harding was elected in a landslide. despite this, we have had divided government. even though you have closely divided electorate and partisan -- straight ticket voting, you have had divided government. since the 1968, but for different reasons than earlier. part of the reason is demographics. democratic voters tend to be clustered in central cities, synthetic suburbs, and university towns. a very high percentage democratic in those constituencies. that helps in the electoral college. go to equaln you population districts. i have been looking for changes. we have seen huge viewership increases, particularly in the republican debates, maybe in the democratic debates. as i look at the results of the 2015 governor races, i see the same numbers. louisiana governor race, 56-42.ts -- it was the president last time, 56-41. sounds similar. >> this gong reminds us elderly colleague introduced us to the election series to try to keep us on time. we remember him fondly. he passed away earlier this year. this is the centennial of the new hampshire primary. when did it become i

this is warren g. harding, one of our best-ever presidents. just kidding. presiding over the unknown soldier. he is dropping a fistful of soil on the casket. the bottom of this crypt has two inches of soil from the battleground. he is lying in perpetuity in the ground that he died defending. this is what the tomb looks like. this woman is a widow of one of those 3173 mias. there is a possibility, slim, that is her loved one in the crypt. that is why the selection was done with great care, to make sure no one could know who was in the grave. in 1925, a veteran comes around the corner and finds a family having a picnic lunch on top of the tomb of the unknown soldier. he goes to the white house. he walks through the gate. he does not have to jump the fence. he walks up to the gate. he rings the doorbell. he gets in. he says i want to see the president. people are having picnic lunches on the tomb of the unknown soldier. he gets to see calvin coolidge. they put a civilian guard on the tomb. three months later, the united states army takes over. i tell people i

warren g. harding was elected then in a landslide. despite this, we have had divided government. even though you got closely and straightorate ticket voting, you've got 2/3 of theernment, time since 1968 but for different reasons. part of the reason for that is demographics. democratic voters tend to be clustered in central cities and said that that except herbs and university towns with high democrats in those constituencies that helps them in the electoral college and when you go to single equal population districts. i have been looking for changes. we have seen huge viewership increase particularly in the republican debates, maybe in the democratic debates, but as i look at the results of the 2015 governor races, i see the same numbers. race, it wasernor 56-42 and the president last time 57-41, sounds similar. gongis low-tech reminds us to keep our panelists on time. another quick question for you, michael. this is the centennial of the new hampshire primary. when did it become important? >> 1952. existed buty -- it the results were not really candidates.ith you were just elec

warren g. harding was elected in a landslide. despite this, we have had divided government. even though you have closely divided electorate and partisan -- straight ticket voting, you have had divided government. since the 1968, but for different reasons than earlier. part of the reason is demographics. democratic voters tend to be clustered in central cities, synthetic suburbs, and university towns. a very high percentage democratic in those constituencies. that helps in the electoral college. go to equaln you population districts. i have been looking for changes. we have seen huge viewership increases, particularly in the republican debates, maybe in the democratic debates. as i look at the results of the 2015 governor races, i see the same numbers. louisiana governor race, 56-42.ts -- it was the president last time, 56-41. sounds similar. >> this gong reminds us elderly colleague introduced us to the election series to try to keep us on time. we remember him fondly. he passed away earlier this year. this is the centennial of the new hampshire primary. when did it become i

warren g. harding was elected in a landslide. despite this, we have divided government. even though closely divided electorate and partisan, straight ticket voting, you have divided government 2/3 of the time since, in the last 20 years. 2/3 of the time since 1968. for different reasons than earlier period. and part of reason for that is demographics. democratic voters tend to be clustered in central cities, sympathetic suburbs and university towns. very high percentage democratic in those types of constituencies. helps them in the electoral college. hurts them in the, when you go to equal population districts. so far i've been looking for changes. we've seen huge viewership increases in, particularly the republican debates, maybe in the democratic debates but as i look at results of 2015 governor races and things, i see the same numbers. louisiana, governor race, democrats, it was, it was 56-42. president last time, 57-411. sounds similar. >> sounds similar indeed. >> very low-tech gong we have, remind all of us ben, our late colleague introduced this to the election wa

warren g. harding, william howard taft. warren harding didn't die right away, but 14 months and 3 days later, he was dead. buried with their son aprbraham lincoln ii. the son of robert todd lincoln named in honor of his grandfather and mary lincoln. anybody from iowa, was named for her father, a senator from iowa. this is william howard taft, the other president buried at arlington. few people know william howard taft and nellie taft are buried at arlington national cemetery. these two have something in common. this sarcophagus and monument were designed and sculpted by the same man. if you are of a certain age, you carry his artwork in your pocket. his name is james earl frazier and he deserved the buffalo nickel. that's s for san francisco and f for frasier. after the kennedy assassination this is what the grave looked like. i visited it in 1964 and this is what it looked like in 1964. i got to be one of these guys for a few weeks before i moved on to the tomb in 1969. there's the eternal flame, the presidential seal. this