period is most folks know that it s going to happen most folks understand that by 1944. president roosevelt s not going to complete his fourth term in office the question is when and who s going to take on this responsibility? so to help us talk about or think about this period of truman assuming the presidency and then ending the war there are three main questions that we re going to try to answer. the first one is why harry truman is the vice presidential vice presidential candidate in 1944? and the second question is what is a post-war europe look like and then the third one? how is truman going to end the war? in the pacific when we think about truman as a vice presidential candidate. he would have been. the most surprised person to be on the ticket in fact going into the convention 1944 truman is a sitting senator from missouri. he s there to give a nomination speech for james burns. for the vice presidential nomination he doesn t aspire to be president. his wife doesn t
are three main questions that we re going to try to answer. the first one is why harry truman is the vice presidential vice presidential candidate in 1944? and the second question is what is a post-war europe look like and then the third one? how is truman going to end the war? in the pacific when we think about truman as a vice presidential candidate. he would have been. the most surprised person to be on the ticket in fact going into the convention 1944 truman is a sitting senator from missouri. he s there to give a nomination speech for james burns. for the vice presidential nomination he doesn t aspire to be president. his wife doesn t aspire for him to be a president. he s perfectly happy. being a senator and that s really where he sees his career staying. the problem is by 1944. president roosevelt once a new vice president his sitting president henry wall is sitting vice president. henry wallace is too radical. for roosevelt and so their needs to be somebody else. and
most folks know that it is going to happen. most folks understand that by 1944, president roosevelt is not going to complete his fourth term in office. the question is, when, and who is going to take on this responsibility? to help us talk about or, think about this period of truman, assuming the presidency and then ending the war, there are three main questions we are going to try to answer. the first one is, why harry truman, as a vice presidential candidate in 1944? the second question is, what is a postwar europe look like, the third one, how is truman going to end the war in the pacific? when we think about truman as a vice presidential candidate, he would have been the most surprise person to be on the ticket. in fact, going into the convention, in 1944, truman is sitting senator from missouri. he is there to give a nomination speech for james burns, for the vice presidential nomination. he does not aspire to be president. his wife doesn t aspire for him to be a preside
us talk about or, think about this period of truman, assuming the presidency and then ending the war, there are three main questions we are going to try to answer. the first one is, why harry truman, as a vice presidential candidate in 1944? the second question is, what is a postwar europe look like, the third one, how is truman going to end the war in the pacific? when we think about truman as a vice presidential candidate, he would have been the most surprise person to be on the ticket. in fact, going into the convention, in 1944, truman is sitting senator from missouri. he is there to give a nomination speech for james burns, for the vice presidential nomination. he does not aspire to be president. his wife doesn t aspire for him to be a president. he is perfectly happy being a senator. that is really where he sees his career staying. the problem is, by 1944, president roosevelt once a new vice president. his says president, his sitting vice president, henry, walsh is too
With us senior political analyst Mark Halperin. I was going to do a three thumb fight but willie wasnt up for it. Ill beat you that on any day. Msnbc analyst and visiting professor harold ford junior. Good morning. It was funny stuff last night. It was funny except its not fun funny. I guess he had to address all of David Lettermans jokes. I interviewed Chris Christie for my book coming up in may very seriously about his weight and about how much those jokes hurt him. I guess he felt he had to do that to sort of, you know, break the ice with letterman. What do you mean those jokes hurt him . They hurt his feelings. I want to see another clip and see how hurt he is . He handles it very well. Do you have family members who are also heavy . No. Im the guy. You are the guy. Im the guy. How is your health sxwlmpt if you went to a doctor today, what would the doctor say . Startlingly good. How is your cholesterol . My cholesterol is normal, believe it or not. Thats pretty good. What about yo