Convention. President gerald ford and former california governor Ronald Reagan were in a close race for the president ial nomination. Now author and historian craig surely join cspan to talk about the last contested gop convention. That is next live o n washington journal hardest q a. Spans washington journal continues. , the author of a number of books, including reagans revolution. Was 1976 and we went to begin with talking about rule 16c. We want to welcome our viewers on cspan3s American History tv. Coming up, a look back, courtesy the remarkabled coverage that led to president fords, nation in 1976. Here is a portion. The Republican Party is here to nominate a president ial candidate for 1976 and an incumbent president for the First Time Since 1912 aces a serious challenge from within his own party. That president ial balloting comes tomorrow night. Be settled outd on the floor of this convention in kemper arena tonight. And wills acknowledge test their strength, which could make
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the National Direct their of the freedom are youill stop encouraged . Are you feeling it . You understand now why we pulled and invited people to participate, at least for me, incredibly encouraging to hear and see and feel and reach out and touched the actual people who carry the very burdens that we ourselves carry and our own hearts and minds. So thank you for those remarks. Making it happen. As the senator just told us. It is a different animal. It is a different skill set. We want quick results. We want fast, urgent, immediate results. He know what . Sometimes the longterm results take a longer game. A longer perspective they had just one congressional cycle. One is election cycle. Next presentation is going to come from a gentleman that understands that intrinsically. The United States senate is a complicated body. The personalities involved are sometimes elaborate personalities. The rules themselves are nuanced and intricate. The poli
We will begin with your calls and comments in the first half hour of todays program. Later, we will turn our attention to property in america and the Iranian Nuclear deal, one year later. We will also look back at the 1976 Republican Convention. One of the most contentious in political history. Our line for republicans. And for democrats. You can begin dialing now. Tell us what is on your mind this sunday morning. Also, our line for independence. We can hear from you as well on our twitter account and social media accounts. Thank you very much for being with us. Let us begin with some of the news from cnbc and the debate going on in Great Britain and in europe as the brexit endangers the u. K. That statement from Prime Minister cameron aced on an interview in the london observer. The state pension increases and a spending would be in danger if voters choose brexit. That is from Prime Minister cameron. Polls showing the majority of british citizens are in favor of leaving the european u
Office and head of environmental group. The proud father of bree who loves the school as well. Let me not only say welcome to you but panelists, this is american Politics Campaign off the rails, now it is time to quietly slip out. I do this routinely because after giving what i thought was a really great lecture at the university i ask questions as i normally do, someone put up a hand and said what does this have to do with sociology, no one was going to do that, it was the third week of the semester so if anyone wants to quietly sign out, now is the time to do so. My job is straightforward, introduce the authors, aggressively enforce time limit so we stay within cspans preference and to coordinate audience participation, so lets get started, my first guest is matt by sitting to the left, the most recent book is all the truth, the politics of what is happening, really interesting. Revisit the gary hart affair and how it changed forever the intersection of American Media and politics. A
As such we had a long line of delayed treatment for those who needed it in the city of tulsa. I think that we need to remind those in this debate that Health Insurance and health care are two different concepts. And also this. As you expand the role of government, particularly the federal government, the inflation is going to continue to rise in a substantial way. We have talked about using these programs that we have talked about at the state level. That we need to curtail alto and cost of medical care. And what ends up happening is a competing expansion as a role of government. Its not what ill do daytoday, but it is relevant to my comments today and so this includes the unconstitutionality of the Affordable Care act in march of 2010. And you remember the human cry in and the criticism that was level against the state attorney general and it was a political case to make demonstration will that. It was an Election Year and the attorney general was merely a puppet to challenge the admi