democrats in eye with met in caucuses to choose delegates for their state party convention. former georgia governor jimmy carter did extremely well. the iowa caucus was something no one ever paid attention to. but carter and his team said, hey, if we go and we win, the media is going to treat us look a serious political front-runner. mr. carter is also deeply religious. he prays in public and speaks openly about his religious beliefs. carter was a person who you thought would lead america to some kind of spiritual redemption. which at the time we really needed. nothing has happened tonight to change the feeling that jimmy carter is on his way to a kind of coronation in madison square garden. [ applause ] the battle for the republican nomination turned out to be really close. it was close enough to make the ford people s fingernails sweat.
caucuses to choose delegates for their state party convention. former georgia governor jimmy carter did extremely well. the iowa caucus was something no one ever paid attention to. but carter and his team said, hey, if we go and we win, the media is going to treat us look a serious political front-runner. mr. carter is also deeply religious. he prays in public and speaks openly about his religious beliefs. carter was a person who you thought would lead america to some kind of spiritual redemption. which at the time we really needed. nothing has happened tonight to change the feeling that jimmy carter is on his way to a kind of coronation in madison square garden. [ applause ] the battle for the republican nomination turned out to be really close. it was close enough to make the ford people s fingernails sweat. but by a whisker, gerald ford got the nomination.
period of time in the wake of watergate. jimmy carter could run as someone who called himself an outsider, a guy who wasn t tainted by washington, d.c. and its corruption and its culture. i remember when i announced for president there was a major headline on the editorial page of the atlanta constitution, jimmy carter is running for what? i m running for president. jimmy carter. jimmy who? i don t know who he is. i picture him like one of us. jimmy carter grew up in a very small town in the south. plains, georgia. he had grown into a family of farmers. became a peanut farmer himself. from georgia he basically started his political ascent. the idea that some one from the region could aspire to national office. i mean, people didn t even try. yesterday, about 50,000 democrats in iowa met in caucus to choose delegates for their state party convention.
caucuses to choose delegates for their state party convention. former georgia governor jimmy carter did extremely well. the iowa caucus was something no one ever paid attention to. but carter and his team said, hey, if we go and we win, the media is going to treat us look a serious political front-runner. mr. carter is also deeply religious. he prays in public and speaks openly about his religious beliefs. carter was a person who you thought would lead america to some kind of spiritual redemption. which at the time we really needed. nothing has happened tonight to change the feeling that jimmy carter is on his way to a kind of coronation in madison square garden. [ applause ] the battle for the republican nomination turned out to be really close. it was close enough to make the ford people s fingernails sweat. gerald ford got the nomination. when ford was nominated,
outsider, a guy who wasn t tainted by washington, d.c. and its corruption and its culture. i remember when i announced for president there was a major headline on the editorial page of the atlanta constitution, jimmy carter is running for what? i m running for president. jimmy carter. jimmy who? i don t know who he is. i picture him like one of us. jimmy carter grew up in a very small town in the south. plains, georgia. he had grown into a family of farmers. became a peanut farmer himself. from georgia he basically started his political ascent. the idea that some one from the region could aspire to national office. i mean, people didn t even try. yesterday, about 50,000 democrats in iowa met in caucus to choose delegates for their state party convention. former georgia governor jimmy carter did extremely well.