To see nowadays. Before 1972, there were few primaries. Most of the delegates to both conventions, republicans and democrats, were elected through as we call it back channels, small party conventions, back room meetings, among various politicians. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates to the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it now. Ly Lyndon Johnson had taken himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1968, which initiate ad a freeforall between a number of conditions. One of which was dead by august of 68. That was Robert Kennedy who had been a peace candidate, who had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. Thats one thing thats lying behind the convention in august of 68 when people arrive there, the kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. Hubert humphrey had become the nominee, the Party Nominee by august as vicepresident. There was another p
Viewers and come back and that will launch the conversation this morning about that. [video clip] very often, the lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty but the symptom. The cause may light deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own capacities. A lack of education and training and a lack of medical care and housing and a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children area whatever the cause, our joint federal and local efforts must pursue poverty, pursue it wherever it exists from city slums in small towns, sharecropper shacks or in Migrant Worker k camps. On indian reservations, among whites as well as knee grows. Among the young as well as the aged, in the boom towns and the depressed areas. Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty but to cure it and above all [applause] [applause] to prevent it. Host lyndon in 1964. What led to this moment and why is it important . Guest thanks for having me
The American Enterprise institute, thank you both for being here. I want toin with when this came about for lyndon during his presidency. It his january, 1964 state of the union a when he first declared this war on poverty in america. Want to show that for our viewers and come back and that will launch the conversation this morning about that. [video clip] very often, the lack of jobs and is not the cause of pothe cause may light deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to their own capacities. A lack of education and training and a lack of medical care and housing and a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children the cause must pursue poverty, pursue it wherever it exists from city towns sharecropper Migrant Worker k camps. On indian young as well as the aged depressed areas. Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty it and above all [applause]host lyndon whatrtant . Guest thanks for having me on. Johnson was following in
States, georgia and michigan, to reach out to black voters in those states. This morning, we want to hear from black voters only about your choice for campaign 20 24. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country, dial in at 202 7488000. Mountain pacific, 202 7488001. Black voters only can also text this morning at 202 7488003. Or you can post on facebook. Com cspan and also on x. We will spend our first 30 minutes hearing from black voters only, and then we will open up to everybody else and also take your temperature on campaign 2024, your choice in november. That is our conversation in our first hour. Lets begin with some battleground polls from the New York Times. In these six key states, shows the matchup between President Biden and former President Donald Trump. In michigan, where the president was last evening, he trails 49 to 42 . He began the day yesterday in georgia at Morehouse College with the commencement address, and he is also trailing the former president in th
Playing out across the front pages today. We should note that defense secretary chuck hagel was also with Martin Dempsey at the briefing at the white house and he was asked what kind of threat isis poses to the United States and heres what he said. Isil is as sophisticated and wellfunded as any group that we have seen. They are beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology and the sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. They are tremendously wellfunded. This is beyond anything that we have seen, so we must prepare for everything. The only way you do that is you take a cold steal your heart look at it. Host defense secretary chuck hagel not the only one talking about the isis threat yesterday. Here in washington, d. C. At the Heritage Foundation just off of capitol hill Texas Governor rick perry addressed the threat of isis as well and called on the u. S. To expand its military operations against joh isis and heres what he said. President obama is going to hear w