it was zachary taylor. we have tyler on one side and taylor on the other. the problem with zachary taylor being president after james k. poke, was becausejames k. polk, when he became president he said he would only serve one term. he stuck to that. it was a lasting and the world he wanted, to hand over power to the opposition party. he did hand it over to a war hero in the war that he started. ironically for polk, because of his war, a general became president and that general was zachary taylor who was a whig. and opposed to polk. brian: the subject of this book is his wife, air ray childers polk. -- sarah childers poke. what would you say about her? prof. greenberg: there is a lot to say about her, i wrote a pretty long book. brian: she is going to be over at the house for dinner, and he wanted to tell your husband or friends, what would you tell them about her. prof. greenberg: we are not going to serve wine because she does not drink. i would say that she is a charming dinner companion. the conversation is going to be wonderful. she is very well read.

nixon will be the first president to enter the white of eitherout control house of congress since zachary taylor in 1849. that is how unusual it is. part a realnts in distrust at this point of government. wanting to have real checks and balances. version of that kind of distrust that you see. the is to work on nation that fractured multiple groups. they were all at odds with each other. america, wasmiddle not a phrase in the 1960's. it is a new phrase that describes a portion of america that is where american presidential elections will be fought and won for the next 40 years. this thing, middle america, it was not very firm in the late 1960's. it was hard to figure out who was in middle america and who was not in middle america. maintaining majority was tricky. nixon had a majority that was formed by disgruntled white democrats. was an voters, it increasingly conservative fiscally and culturally conservative republican party. this is where richard nixon is standing in the middle. it manages to get the voters who will vote for both of those things that becomes very important. 1968 is regarded as