nixon did what william jennings bryan advocated by cutting the united states off for the international gold standard. nixon would be greatly chagrined to be compared with william jennings bryant but there it is. >> i have questioned about that. is it really true that the wizard of oz is about that? one interpretation of the book is all about but yellow brick road, going to the emerald city of oz, emerald city being green but the story that dorothy and farmer blown away from her farm, sometimes feel roosevelt in the back room, the scarecrow is the farmer with no brain and gets foreclosed on, feet in woodsman is the industrial proletariat with no hard and the cowardly lion is the political class to won't do anything about it. [applause] >> does that mean the wizard is mark hanna running the campaign of william mckinley and sat on his front porch the entire time? >> a lot of interpretations. >> this is the interpretation. it arose the same time the wizard of oz came out. the arthur, frank baum, never acknowledged that this was what he was doing and i don't know if he decided ok, hy didn't actually do it but if people want to read into it was a will may be so, maybe he thought it

some of them, of course, unsuccessfully tried again and again, as did william jennings bryant but smith had some sort of vitriol and, therefore, did not play the game. the game is if you lose and you are a good democrat, and surely our smith was that, you support -- al smith was that, you support your successor. wendell willkie goes overseas as a republican to help roosevelt in the war effort. >> it was seen by republicans as much as a patrol as the democrats did al smith. >> when i think of his relevance to us today, i think it is the catholic issue. he loses in 1928. the loses for a lot of reasons. the economy is going great, at least he thinks it is. he is a city guide. me there is a projectci -- city guide. there is a clip where he saw a course -- saw a horse and thought he was in the country. it was thought after 1960 that doctrinal issues were taken off the table. now, this year, we have two candidates from the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. mitt romney is being attacked for his more monism. it is a cult. there are whispers. that goes back to the smith campaign. i am

wednesday -- william jennings bryant. thursday -- eugene debs. friday, charles evan hughes. saturday -- al smith & wendell willkie. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] they're designed to give the congressmen and women involved exposure. >> john feinstein on the intersection of sports and government. >> is a multi-multibillion- dollar business in this country and has a huge effect on the lives of country in terms of raising money, for universities, for higher education. there are some new ways but it affects our lives. the studios are -- stadiums are built with taxpayer dollars. >> john feinstein's new book, " one on one." "q&a." on the c-span's >> president obama marked the end of the war with a visit to fort bragg, north carolina. they're leaving behind a stable nation. in october, the president officially announced the withdrawal all troops from iraq by year's end. michelle obama joined him on the trip and introduces him. this is about one hour. [applause] >> hello, everyone! i get to start you o

he ran again in 1900 under william jennings bryant. this is grandfather stevenson's hat.ou can see campaign items from the grover cleveland campaign as well. >> thank you for joining us tonight. live from libertyville, we will work our way over to the barn on the family farm. we are currently in the study. next to it is a barn. this was a working farm at some point. it had animals, horses, sheep, et cetera. we will work our way over there where there is a new display about adlai stevenson. first, we want to show you some campaign commercials so you can see some of the video of adlai stevenson. these are from 1956 and 1952. one of them was filmed right here in this study. >> i am sitting right here in my own library. thanks to television, i can talk to millions of people that i could not reach any other way. i am not going to let this spoil me. i am not going to stop traveling in this campaign. i can talk to you, but i cannot listen to you. i cannot hear about your problems, about your hopes and your affairs. to do that, i have to go out and see you in person. that is what

wednesday, william jennings bryant. thursday, eugene debs. saturday, al smith.ery night at 10:00 eastern on c-span. >> have the pride of free seats band radio app? the c-span app is fast -- have you tried it the free c-span at radio app? the c-span at thing is free. it took me about 10 seconds to learn how to use it. >> anytime, anywhere, it is dreaming access of c-span radio. --get streaming access to cspan radio. c-span, it is available wherever you are. find out more at c- span.org/radioapp. in a few moments we are going to take your calls as we look at today's action rejecting a bill that would extend the payroll tax that an unemployment benefits by two months. we will hear from voters in the house. in 45 minutes we will show you that debate from the floor. that debate from the floor. after

wednesday, william jennings bryant. thursday, five-time socialist party candidate eugene debs. and then on saturday, three-time governor of new york al smith followed by businessman and member to have liberal wing of the gop, wendell willkie. "the contend, -- contenders," every night at 10 p.m. on c-span. >> the c-span app is fast, easy to use, and the audio quality is convincingly clear. great app. end sanely great app considering it's also free. it took me about ten seconds to learn how to use et. >> anytime, anywhere, get streaming audio of c-span radio as well as all three c-span television networks including live coverage of congress. you can also listen to our interview programs including q&a, newsmakers, "the communicators" and "after words." c-span, it's available wherever you are. find out more at c-span.org/radio app. >> now, a forum on what the new alliance between turkey and saudi arabia means for iran and the rest of the middle east. from the woodrow wilson center, this is an hour and a half. [background sounds] >> can i ask you to, please, take your seats because

you have fascinating portages of henry clay, william jennings bryant, al smith, thomas dewey, adelaidethis book, somebody who lost the race actually shaped future campaigns. >> that's right. >> i think these guys have been overlooked by history a lot. sometimes these losing campaigns have more impact on our political system than some of the winning campaigns have. so it seems like when you only study about the winners you are only telling half the story. >> let's start with the most obvious, i think most americans, most political scientists know that barry goldwater's 1964 loss eventually led to reagan's victory in 1978. explain how that happened. what goldwater represented. he represented the conservative capture of the gop and took the party in a slightly new direction to the right. the other thing he did because he voted against the civil rights act of 1964 was able to make inroads into the southern white vote which, of course, had been democratic for generations. and you think about if it had been nelson rockefeller, the nominee in '64 that wouldn't have happened. goldwater was ins

he seems to follow the mantra of willing -- of william jennings bryant that the buck stops here. >> douglas brinkley has written a book about teddy roosevelt. >> his to evergreen heroes or teddy roosevelt and winston churchill. we forget a lot that both of them were considered intr's case, a damned cowboy. mckinley was assassinated and the republican party machine did not trust him. he was considered an iconoclast, an individualist and that whole cowboy notion. ross perot grew up in texarkana and his father was a cotton broker but also broke horses and went to cattle auctions and considered himself a bit of a texas cowboy. everything about the door roosevelt impressed ross perot and i think gave him courage. if roosevelt could do a bull moose party, why couldn't i in 1992? churchill, anyone who loves freedom, democracy and grit, winston churchill is your figure. those of the people he admires most. he also likes george washington and has a portrait of him. but there is also patrick henry. we talk about the founding fathers to actually become president, but this is about the contenders and h

tonight, william jennings bryant. friday, charles evans hughes. saturday, owls milk -- al smith and wendell wilkie. >> earlier today the house held a pro forma session. steny or your sought recognition to ask the house to take up the senate's payroll tax bill. the chair did not recognize mr. hoyer. instead, he gaveled the house out of session. cable satellite corp. 2011] the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. december 21, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable michael g. fitzpatrick to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend michael wilker, lutheran church of the reformation, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious god, you give us light in the darkness. we praise you for the galaxies, stars, planets, and moon that shine in the night. we bless you for lamps and candles that ill lieu min our communities. we thank you for the fires that warm our homes and energize our work. we repe

david said it was the best political debut he had ever heard of since the speech by william jennings bryantas it a close relationship or was it more of an acquaintance? >> ronald reagan, his father was a wealthy physician that knew the goldwaters. there is a whole fascinating thing ever to my book that these people who ran his campaign did not want ronald reagan to give it this speech. it is a little different. he had set thinks about social security that barry goldwater had gotten in trouble for earlier in the year. basically what ronald reagan said to barry goldwater, why don't you listen to it. if you object to it. we do not have to run it. barry goldwater heard it and said this is great, i don't see what the fuss is about. the rest is history. >> good evening. >> good evening, sir. he pretty much answered my question. i was wondering what mr. barry goldwater thought about the way he gave the speech that night. also, mr. barry goldwater and ronald reagan and william buckley, did they ever have difference of opinion as far as conservatism or were they in accord? with that, i thank you for

grover cleveland, william jennings bryant, eugene anddebs, al smith followed by a businessman and a member of the gop, wilkie. >> a couple of polls show ron paul leading in iowa. we will hear from congressman paul next on c-span. jon huntsman cost daughters talk about their experiences on the campaign trail. tomorrow we will get the latest from the payroll tax cut extension. our guest served on the budget committee. later, pierce morgan is scheduled to testify on phone hacking. we will have live coverage about 9:00 a.m. eastern on c- span 2. next, republican presidential candidate ron paul holds a town hall meeting in manchester, new hampshire. a texas congressman is campaigning in the state and then head soon i was before christmas. -- heads to iowa before christmas. >> we have several distinguished guests. >> we also have representatives, so thank you all for being here tonight for this event. tonight will consist of a short interview between myself and dr. paul. after, we will open saw hall of for your questions. we thank you very much for your support, but we want to encourage undecide