Up next Lawrence Odonnell talks about his book playing with fire. And the transformation of american politics, which recalls the turmoil of the 1968 president ial election. We recorded this in washington to d. C. In 2017. This 1968 election, was the first when i was alert for. I was in high school, i remember zero of the 1964 election, just the one right before that. And i remember just flashes of 1960, because it was a giant deal for Irish Catholic boys in boston. And one of us was on his way to winning it. And its hard to believe this now, but in those days we lived under a certain kind of, old ghetto culture notion that it could not happen. That they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. But if you know our political history, for the decades proceeding that without smith, and with others there was evidence, that you could not elect a catholic person. And that was transcended and exploded, one night in november in 1960. So the world we were looking at, in 1968 wh
Notion that it couldnt happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. If you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. And so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally Pay Attention was a world coming apart in the United States. The vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent president Lyndon Johnson who had been elected four years ago in a landslide who was on the way to an easy reelection again. He was very likely to be facing some of very good at losing president ial elections. Richard nixon, who had the distinction in history at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first Vice President in history to lose a president ial campaign. He then made Hubert Humphrey the second 1968. As the year began, it was back in that ancient america where if someone said, i democrat o
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Retry your case just because you dont like it now that being said if this follows the president from the clinton impeachment which i think it well and i think thats a constructive way to proceed after both sides get to make their case in response the senate will likely have an opportunity to consider additional witnesses i dont think thats a foregone conclusion either way but i think the house made a decision from a timing perspective when they moved ahead with the information that they had. One of the consequences is you dont get to drag it out forever and say well wed like more witnesses. Zach what about the continuing townley more intelligence being obtained by the House Committee this led those from trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani to the head of ukraine live upon this is all involved in this you think theres more to the its i think that there is definitely a lot more otherwise the president would have let some of his top advisors speak to the house i mean clearly if he had people tha
Shouldnt there be witnesses. Couple of things to look from an institutional perspective house was the one who is supposed to have witnesses they did create that record in the senators are supposed to serve as jurors and you dont get to retry your case just because you dont like it now that being said if this follows the president from the clinton impeachment which i think it well and i think thats a constructive way to proceed after both sides get to make their case in response the senate will likely have an opportunity to consider additional witnesses i dont think thats a foregone conclusion either way but i think the house made a decision from a timing perspective when they moved ahead with the information that they had. One of the consequences is you dont get to drag it out forever and say well wed like more witnesses. Zack what about the continuing townley more intelligence being obtained by the House Committee this led those from transit to new Rudy Giuliani to the head of ukraine