william henry harrison was a very ambitious military and political leader from virginia. in his late 20's, he has made the territorial governor of indiana an almost immediately -- and almost immediately accelerates the process of treaty making and moving native lands into american control. william henry harrison would continue to have a great influence on the early years of what became indiana. he came from virginia and wanted to re-create indiana and the -- in the model of an aristocratic, slave-owning society, but he had a lot of opposition. that opposition was led by a man named jonathan jennings, who had been pushing for statehood even before the war of 1812. with the war over, now that bush -- push resumed. jennings led a faction that really wanted to emphasize the rights of the common man, much more democratic, also outline, as did -- outline, as did -- outlawing, as did the northwest ordinance, any form of slavery in the state outlawed. ultimately his faction would prevail and determine the course of indiana over the next decades. after indiana achieved statehood,

it reminds me of william henry harrison's famous slogan, "tippecanoe, and i will die after 31 days in" ( laughter ) promises made. promises kept. the advisers claim the strategy is designed to appeal to younger voters who are unexcited by biden's candidacy. well, that's like trying to convince someone to marry you because of all the great stuff they'll get in the divorce. ( laughter ) next up on goin' down to donkey town, new jersey senator and man in coach staring longingly into first class, cory booker. senator booker did not qualify for the upcoming december debate, but he's been getting some help on the campaign trail from his girlfriend, movie star rosario dawson. "the new york times" shared a curious tidbit about booker and dawson's relationship. when they're not together, the new jersey senator "reads her books over the phone, and sometimes leaves the day's passage on voice mail." that's how you get a movie star girlfriend? he better hope she never finds out about audible. ( laughter ) ( applause ) according-- according-- sure, audible. why not! sure! there you go. according to