Mr. Chairman, the great state of nevada wishes to place a nomination, the name of Ronald Reagan. For the presidency of the United States of america, gerald r. Ford. 20 votes for gerald r. Ford. And we may be fewer in numbers than weve ever been, but we carry the message theyre waiting for. Election, 1976, the Republican National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scanlan. Richard this is Richard Scanlan in washington. And with me today our professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university, mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we want to talk about the Republican Convention in kansas city, what it was, what it did, what it represents for the party and for the public in the United States and try to inquire a little into what the projection of that convention on the Campaign Season to come may mean for american politics in this bicentennial year and in the long range. Neither professor penniman or i were in kansas, but our colleague steve hess was.
For the presidency of the United States of america, gerald r. Ford. 20 votes for gerald r. Ford. And we may be fewer in numbers than weve ever been, but we carry the message theyre waiting for. Election, 1976, the Republican National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scanlan. Richard this is Richard Scanlan in washington. And with me today our professor Howard Penniman of Georgetown University mr. Stein hess of the brooks institution. This morning we want to talk about the Republican Convention in kansas city what it was, what it did, what it represents for the party and for the public in the United States and try to inquire a little into what the projection of that convention on the Campaign Season to come may mean for american politics in this bicentennial year and in the long range. Neither professor penniman were in kansas, but our colleague steve hess was. Start us off, steven. Stephen they did what a serious American Political Party is supposed to do in conventio
[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
I am honored by your nomination and i accept it [applause] may we please come to order to begin the 1976 Republican National convention. Mr. Chairman, the great state of nevada wishes to place a nomination, the name of Ronald Reagan. For the presidency of the United States of america, gerald r. Ford. 20 votes for gerald r. Ford. And we may be fewer in numbers than weve ever been, but we carry the message theyre waiting for. Election, 1976, the Republican National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scanlan. Richard this is Richard Scanlan in washington. And with me today our professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university, mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we want to talk about the Republican Convention in kansas city, what it was, what it did, what it represents for the party and for the public in the United States and try to inquire a little into what the projection of that convention on the Campaign Season to come may mean for american pol
We will bring you that as well as remarks from some of those mr. Biden had to beat to get the nomination, including former mayor Pete Buttigieg. He will speak in just a few minutes from now. We welcome Bloomberg White house reporter mario. Give us a sense of what joe biden has to do tonight and what he wants to do. What is a win for him tonight . Mario obviously in his 50 year career in washington this is the biggest moment of his political career. This is the biggest speech he will be delivering tonight. His Campaign Said earlier that he will lay out is positive vision for the country and reaffirm his core belief that he can unite this divided nation. So anything that would hit that note would be a win for joe biden. David who is he speaking to . He is speaking to all of us but who is the target audience. If there is one person he wants to reach tonight and maybe change their mind, or at least get them enthusiastic, who is it . Mario he wants to get the voter back that donald trump in