so that members of the republican establishment taft in order vandenberg and wendell willkie had beenthis man with a magnetic personality favor of the of the literati and only very recently a republican. the three leading candidates campaigned as isolationists opposing america's entry into what they thought of europe's war against hitler. the democratic incumbent frank and bill are roosevelt. from across the country over the rising speeches the deals terrifying international news and most of all, the relentless chanting of we want wilkie he walked away with a nomination. the story of how this happened and how he central his nomination would prove annulling of the art saved britain and prepare the country into world war ii is all told in charles peters five days in philadelphia mr. peters himself as a veteran journalist and well known by many of you as one of our great commentators. he managed john f. kennedy's 1960 primary campaign in west virginia's largest counties. he then moved to washington, d.c. two launched the peace corps and found the washington monthly which he edited for 32

he is probably the most business-oriented candidate we have had since wendell willkie in the 1940's. his defense of his business record, the role of business and capitalism. he is the first member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. he picked congressman ryan as his running mate, a catholic. this is the first ticket without a protestant on it. john kennedy felt he had to address his religion directly in his speech, talk about his catholicism and how it would not make him the gold into the church. governor romney did not fill the need to do that. hopefully that is a sign of moving forward in terms of a broader time for americans regardless of religion, race, or creed. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> appreciated. >> interesting historical now. first ticket in american history with at -- without at least one protestant. your reactions to the convention and the acceptance speech. one on twitter from -- we just lost my connection. i will come back. let me instead show you a clip from governor romney. >> that business we started with 10 people has grown into a great

wendell willkie was made the nominee. he was again in 1952 and he became close by dwight eisenhower as a presidential candidate for the republicans. so roosevelt had a young man 20 years younger than he was and who looked energetic to run against him and he had to find a way to look energetic, too. his pictures didn't make him look very good. he was at camp pendleton california at the time of the democratic convention in chicago. he didn't want to be at chicago at the time. in the car that he used to traveling across the country, microphones had been set up so he could give a speech accepting the nomination, he and she did. several reporters and cameramen were allowed to listen to the speech and to take his portrait. the picture taken made them look so hazard that they lost the election for him. that morning that he gave his acceptance speech later on he called to his son who is a marine major then at camp pendleton help me i have terrible pain. he had apparently a seizure but nobody knew. the doctor was in another part o

he had wanted it in 1940, and wendell willkie was made the nominee then. he wanted it again in 1948 and again in 1952, and in 1952 he came reasonably close, but dwight eisenhower was the presidential candidate for the republicans. a young man, 20 years younger than he was and who looked energetic, to run against him. and he had to find a way to look energetic too. his pictures did not make him look good. he was at camp pendleton, california, southern california, at the time of the democratic convention in chicago. he didn't want to be in chicago at the time. in the railway car that he used in traveling across the country, microphones had been set up so that he could give a speech accepting the nomination, and he did. and several reporters and cameramen were allowed in to listen to the speech live and to take his portrait. and the picture taken of him made him look so haggard that it nearly lost the election for him. but he was lucky he was alive at that point. because that morning, the morning that he gave his acceptance speech, a little later on, he calle