not to zachary taylor. who was really a general. he didn't look like much except when he was on a horse. people were saying, yeah, that's a session come. we've got a man who is president of the united states who is a military general. he will show us, the south, is that what you want? reduce it to a military conflict? so when the vote came in the senate, the whole package or nothing, it went down to defeat. henry clay collapsed in his seat. you gave the senators consent, a choice, the whole thing or nothing. i can't vote set a northerners for a bill that includes a fugitive slave law. give me the right to pick and choose, i'll vote in favor of california and new mexico and the resolutions on the district of columbia. but i will never vote for the fugitive slave law. poor clay, he was really, he didn't have much time to live. he left to go north to try to regain his health. and fortunately, the senator from illinois took over. he never approved the package deal, because he said the package deal ignites the enemies of compromise. what

knew that you were the, you would be the first president from the deep south to be elected since zachary taylor. >> yes. >> can you were a one-term governor from the state of georgia. what made you think you could win? is. [laughter] >> well, i wasn't sure, but -- [laughter] but i told roast lin again that if i only got two votes, i was going to say in until the end. this is kind of bragging now, but my tenacity was one thing, i was not about to pack down even when i had disappointments. and i had several disappointments and embarrassments where i made some mistakes, but i stuck with it. at first my only potential opponent that was well known were two. one was ted kennedy who was running for president, and the other was george wallace from the deep south, a segregationist. and my idea when i first began to think about running was that i would get in between kennedy and wallace as a moderate, and that would be my avenue to the white house. so that's why, that's what happened. but then when ted kennedy withdrew from the campaign after chappaquiddick and so forth, i saw a lot of very wonderful peo

>> but you knew that you would be the first president from the deep south to be elected since zachary taylor. you were a one-term governor from the state of georgia. what made you think you could win? [laughter] but i tell my wife that if i only got two votes, i was going to stay in until the end. my tenacity was one thing, i was not about to back down, even when i had disappointments. i had several disciplines and embarrassment's where i made mistakes, but i stuck with it. at first my only potential opponents that was well known -- one was ted kennedy, who was running for president, and the other was george wallace, a segregationist from the deep south. my idea when i first began to think about running was that i was between kennedy and wallace as a moderate, and that would be my avenue to the white house. when ted kennedy withdrew from the campaign after chappaquiddick and so forth, i saw a lot of very wonderful people, most of them out of the u.s. senate and from the house of representatives enter the race against me. so i was disappointed, but i kept going. the reason i first got in it w

andrew johnson, lyndon johnson or zachary taylor. >> i'm going with zachary just because. >> i'm goingenville in eastern country where he opened his tailor shop. thomas jefferson might be one of my favorite of all of our founding fathers. he invented all the following except what? the coat hanger, a dumb waiter -- >> what's a dumb waiter. >> back then it was on pulleys and you brought it up from a secret compartment in the floor. >> brought what up? >> anything. i'm going with the martini. >> roll tup. >> the martini! he was credited with inventing the coat hanger, the hideaway bed and the dumb waiter. >> how did he lose it in the fire? >> i'm going with a tantrum. >> i'm going with a fire. >> poker. >> what did i say? tantrum. well, he had the tantrum after losing at poker. >> and he set the house on fire because he was upset. there we have it. >> happy presidents' day for all that trivia. >> how many states have you visited? i can think of a couple i've never been toch. i've never been to alaska, i've never been to north dakota, i've never been to arkansas. >> they say the avrnl pers