During the 1858 presidential election campaign, America witnessed a series of historic debates that exposed the country's most pressing issues. Imagine a world where Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Goldberg were adversaries, both of whom shared a vision for America. How did Lincoln and Douglas become so close rivals during the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?We will look
didn t want black people marrying their kids and most of them didn t want a lot of them around, and douglas exploited that, and the charleston debate here, said did you know, he says to the people, that lincoln s friend fred douglas who spoke on our campus twice and there s a statue of him now, rode through this town last week in a carriage driven by a white man. mark: this is the great frederick douglas, an escaped slave, brilliant man. brilliant. mark: who helped lead the abolition movement. that s right, and the lincoln-douglas debates, only lincoln rises to great heights. douglas s health was destroyed by this experience, but lincoln says, you know, maybe the black woman is not my equal. you think. why don t you let her alone? because isn t she the equal of every one of us, and the right
didn t want black people marrying their kids and most of them didn t want a lot of them around, and douglas exploited that, and the charleston debate here, said did you know, he says to the people, that lincoln s friend fred douglas who spoke on our campus twice and there s a statue of him now, rode through this town last week in a carriage driven by a white man. mark: this is the great frederick douglas, an escaped slave, brilliant man. brilliant. mark: who helped lead the abolition movement. that s right, and the lincoln-douglas debates, only lincoln rises to great heights. douglas s health was destroyed by this experience, but lincoln says, you know, maybe the black woman is not my equal. you think. why don t you let her alone? because isn t she the equal of every one of us, and the right
need to tee off something. you need to react to something. you can be general news out there or something very specific. in this case, myrtle beach debate and charleston debate, gingrich was able to directly get it off the media. gregg: jim demint said today, romney really fumbled on the issue of his tax returns. that he says was a major influence among voters. it would appear that romney agrees with that. he calls it a mistake now. would you agree with that? that was a huge mistake by romney? yeah, i said earlier this week. i ran for governor a couple times. i released my tax returns. it s something the people expect in south carolina. think the danger for romney given the way he has protracted the thing he could be a bigger
a judge speaks out abtd four people trying to get on the virginia ballot. what s next for them. a mother fed up with her son s run-ins with the law forces him to wear this sign. did she go too far? we give you a chance to weigh in this morning. we start with former mississippi governor, barbour, defending his decision to pardon 200 people. among the myrrherered set to release from prison. a judge put a halt on prison releases. the legislature is considering changing the constitution to take pardon powers away from the governor. what is barbour saying now? in his first public comments since issuing the pardons. listen. the power of gubernatorial to pardon felons is rooted in the christian idea of giving second chances. i m not saying i ll be perfect that nobody who received clemency will ever do nothing wrong. i m not in fallible and nobody else is. i am very comfortable and totally at peace with these pardons, including those at the mansion. you heard him mention the