I have a public plan, and as one whose heart has ached for the past eight years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. [applause] greta it was 1972, 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. The contenders. The candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us from there is president ial author scott farris. Acceptance speech in miami. Why . Scott thank you, greta. Of the structure of the Mcgovern Campaign. Against the establishment. Senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me to writing about senator mcgovern as one of the most who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was la
Good evening, after tonight, there are no plans for these two candidates to meet face to face. It will be handtohand exact from here on out until election day. Going into tonights third and final debate, the new National Polling out shows the race is a dead heat, 4747, with 15 days to go. While all the talk, correctly has been around the battleground states, and while they are still vital to victory, the National Polls can be an indicator of what were about to see in the battleground states. You think it is safe to say this, a dead heat two weeks out is nothing that the two candidates expected. We begin with our chief white house correspondent, political director chuck todd, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian, you know the first debate changed the chemistry of the race in mitt romneys favor, the second debate was a verbal fight. It got the president back on his feet was a the topic is Foreign Policy, but the sheer closeness is hanging over their head. The president arrived in f