President of the United States. [applause] election 1976, the Democratic National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon in washington. With me are professor howard honeyman of Howard University Howard Penniman of Yorktown University and mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. We want to discuss the Democratic Convention. We will do the Republican Convention at a later time when that meeting has been finished. But perhaps before we do either of the detailed discussions on these conventions, we want to spend at least a few minutes talking about the basic purpose of an American National president ial nominating convention. One observer has said these conventions are real ideological struggles told as circuses. We know the main purpose is to nominate a candidate for president. But Howard Penniman, beyond that, how can we briefly describe the process of an American Convention . Howard the National Convention is the time of the nom
Stocks are up, all of that to do with powell. The dollar weakness also to do with powell. Real trends in the euro and the pound. Tom no question about that. Right now our first word news in new york city, here is riddick gupta. A Ritika Ritika the longestserving Prime Minister in japans history is resigning after eight years because of health reasons. The government has provided few details. News reports that he has been undergoing treatment for a chronic digestive condition. He plans to stay on the job until his party picks a successor. President trump made his case for a second term and last nights Republican National convention. He promised to cut taxes, and create 10 million jobs in 10 months and turn the u. S. Into a manufacturing superpower. In the new term as president , we will again build the greatest economy in history, quickly returning to full employment, soaring incomes and record prosperity. Ritika the president also warned that joe biden cant be trusted to deal with the
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. You are singing our song. clapping well the first thrill tonight was the defining myself in a movie on prime time. clapping but this as you can imagine is the second big thrill. Mister chairman and mr. Vice president to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation. With a deep awareness of the responsibility infer by your trust, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States clapping . noise i do so with deep gratitude and i think also i might interject on behalf of all of us our thanks to detroit and the people of michigan and the city for the warm hospitality youve given us. noise and i thank you for your whole hearted response to my recommendation with regard to george bush as a candidate for vice president. Im very proud of our party tonight. This convention has shown to all america a party united with positive programs for solving the nations problems. A party ready to build a new consensus with all those
[applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, proudly i place before you the name of jimmy carter as the nominee of the Democratic Party and the next president of the United States. [applause] election 1976, the Democratic National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon in washington. With me are professor howard honeyman of Howard Howard university and mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. We want to discuss the Democratic Convention. We will do the Republican Convention at a later time when that meeting has been finished. But perhaps before we do either of the detailed discussions we conventions, we want to spend at least a few minutes talking about the basic purpose of an American National president ial nominating convention. One observer has said these conventions are real ideological struggles told as circuses. We know the main purpose is to nominate a candidate for president. But howard penniman, beyond that, how
Of the person, the president , the people feel neither the democrats nor republicans that it is all part of the same old traditional package, that there needs to be change in america and that the change does not emanate from the programs and plans of either party, americans have gotten to the point where they are willing to make that change outside of the regular twoparty structure. How do you think we got to that point . You have been involved in politics for a long time. What got us to that point . How did the parties get disconnected from the people . A combination of factors. The partiesy bee not been able to dispensers on the local and state levels. Many of the district local offices are no longer in the communities across this nation. It seems to me people became disinterested as a result of cumulative experiences in this country that turned them off. , korea gate, the national scandals that came about. Situation pertaining to the iran contra. People are fed up. They have got to