Were elected through back channels, small party conventions. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it. President Lyndon Johnson took himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1968. This initiated a freefall in the Democratic Party between a number of candidates. One of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. That was robert kennedy. He was a peace candidate. He had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. That is one thing lying behind the convention in august of 1968. The kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. Hubert humphrey, Lyndon Johnsons Vice President had become the nominee by august. There was another peace candidate, mccarthy who had delegates like kennedy who showed up in chicago in august. It is something of a freeforall where the delegates are concerned. It is
In the hospitals here in kabul including the professors from the Public University its still an ongoing situation both sides are selling gauge the Security Forces commander told me that we want to be very careful in this operation because we want to get white further casualties in this attack total truck joe biden have just one day of campaigning left before the president ial election both candidates have spent the last week fighting it out in battleground states some 19000000 voters have already come. Clean up operations have begun in the philippines after super typhoon go any hits the country at least 16 people died in the storm 3 others are missing theres extensive damage to homes and one province has reported run 90 percent of its infrastructure has been damaged going to he was one of this years strongest typhoons. Demonstrations are continuing on the streets in bangladeshs capital of dhaka tens of thousands of bangladeshis have been voicing their anger against french president ema
Bounce back in the worth session in more than a month pete, i began with you he said the top of the market was on september 2nd, that the bubble has already popped. Were now in the midst of an enormous tech bubble ipo mania, extraordinary valuations and new metrics for valuation, the more fanciful an distant, it seeps the better the stocks performs. Is he right . Are we in the midst of an enormous text bubble, pete i think we are in the midst of certain sections of text that are definitely in a bubble right now, scott theres no doubt about that. We look at some of these names that have absolutely soared to the up side. We all know those names. Zoom would be the poster child you go across the board and say theyre in the right place at the right time but are they fairly priced or are they a little bit in that bubble area i think many of them are but right now, scott, its about growth and there has been growth and cash and last week we heard wre rick riether last friday and youre looking
With a pan come up with a plan. Does actually get through congress . , i dont think it does. I think it is very little chance of getting through the senate. That is one of the many reasons why i remain with my 10 likely to have a stimulus deal before the election. This is just not going to happen. The parties are in four different places dependent on which faction you are talking about, all the way from zero to 3. 5 trillion. Theres no time to come around to something before the election. Guy who does this work for . . It clear he doesnt work for the American People if we dont get a deal. If nancy pelosi can figure out a way to get a deal with the white house and have it blown up for mitch mcconnell, is that something that works for her politically . Terry i think it doesnt work for her politically. You have to understand why she is where she is. Once upon a time, it was magically 3. 5 trillion or forget about it. Then all of she came down over 1 trillion under pressure from her politi
Nonpartisan commission on president ial debates. Im susan page of usa today. It is my honor to moderate this debate, an important part of our democracy. In Kingsbury Hall tonight, we have a small and socially distanced audience, we have taken extra precautions during this pandemic. Among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the the debate, and now, when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] susan senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts and prayers for them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflict