before we get to details about that, though, what s happening in wyoming, does it surprise you to see the vice president getting personal in his daughter s race? disparaging senator enzi and saying they were never really friends when you re getting something completely different from enzi. it s very interesting, obviously. he loves his daughter, wants her to succeed, no question about it. but it is the first time the vice president s really kind of weighed in that way, in a republican primary battle. it tells you about what a small place wyoming is. this is a family state. only about 600,000 people or so. everybody knows everybody. so the this race has really divided republicans right down the middle. it s become a very personal thing for a lot of people there. give me a description of the cheney style of politics. well, that s a good question. when he first ran, that is dick cheney first ran for the house in wyoming, he came back from washington like his daughter in effect w
can he carry this national race to 2016? i want to read the exit polls. it says christie took 56% of the african-american vote and 45% of the latino vote. what do you think this means? it all means that he s trying to trap the populous message. i followed his campaign in 2009 when he first ran, he was not a good candidate. the national republican party did not like him. they thought he was going to lose. he surprised everyone. right now, it s very hard to argue that he s not the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination at this moment in time. that will change. there will be others as they come along. chris christie in his speech last night gave all the clues that he s looking to run for president. and he s going to reach out to voters beyond the republican party. it s really nice to have you with us, mark. we ll check back again. in the much-awaited obama
but, in fact, that s not what happens, because in part, what happens in localities and states is often not good for people of color. that s right. and don t forget, richard nixon had something to do with this as well. richard nixon adopted the southern strategy. that was a deliberate strategy to reach out to southern white voters. let me give you a statistic. in 1968, richard nixon s worst state, when he ran when he first ran for president, was mississippi. he got about 17% of the vote, because george wallace got about two-thirds of the vote in mississippi. that s right. in 1972, richard nixon s best state was mississippi. you had together the wallace vote and the nixon vote and you get the republican vote of 1972 and beyond. that captures exactly what happened. and for that to happen, right, there s a thing that happens in the democratic party, right? the democratic party breaks apart, dixiecrats become republicans. i wonder, jelani, as we la look this very uncomfortable coa
and always has been. never repented, never apologized. it was the whole point of his politics. jesse helms. now, watch this. there s another story i heard of jesse helms when he first ran, that he opened the mail and out fell a check for $5,000 from john wayne. so he spent some time trying to track down, it s not easy to figure out, how do you call john wayne, but he managed to figure out how to do so and he placed the call and the duke answered the phone. and apparently jesse helms said, you know, mr. wayne, this is jesse helms, um, i just wanted to thank you for your tremendous support in this race. apparently john wayne said, who?! and he said, well, jesse helms, i m running for senate in north carolina. and apparently wayne said, oh, yeah, you re that guy saying all those crazy things. we need a hundred more like you!
her cry as the only black person in the u.s. senate, jesse helms is the personification of that. never repented, never apologized. it was the whole point of his politics. jesse helms. now, watch this. there s another story i heard of jesse helms when he first ran, that he opened the mail and out fell a check for $5,000 from john wayne. so he spent some time trying to track down, it s not easy to figure out, how do you call john wayne, but he managed to figure out how to do so and he placed the call and the duke answered the phone. and apparently jesse helms said, you know, mr. wayne, this is jesse helms, um, i just wanted to thank you for your tremendous support in this race. apparently john wayne said, who?! and he said, well, jesse helms, i m running for senate in north carolina. and apparently wayne said, oh, yeah, you re that guy saying all those crazy things. we need a hundred more like you!