Analytical adrenaline going . I certainly hope so. Seriously, of all the times weve hosted this conference over the years, this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. Certainly a roller coaster counting process and still clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. So we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions what happened and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results, and if so, what was the cause of that . And how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms their programs and policies but how they position themselves electorally over the next couple of years. With that, let me turn the microphone to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen tess cano. Ellen im the cofounder of the inside american politics experience. Last year and this year at nyu. 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president. , we co
Election system and the 1976 president ial campaign to international audiences. Governor carter, again, is talking in broad generalities. I think this is an instance of deliberate distortion. And if mr. Carter alleges that his holiness by signing that has done it, he is totally inaccurate. Im not criticizing his ho holiness of pope, i was talking about mr. Ford. Governor carter again contradicts himself. I think so he confused the issue. Let me correct one other comment. The panamanian question is one confused by mr. Ford. Again, governor carter is inaccurate. Election 1976, the candidates and the campaign. This is richard in washington. With me in our studios today are professor howard pennyman of Georgetown University and mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. We have talked of a of many different aspects of this 1976 american president ial bicentennial year, starting with the primaries back in the winter and going straight through the conventions and the rest. This afternoon
About mr. Ford. Governor carter again contradicts himself. I think so he confused the issue. Let me correct one other comment. The panamanian question is one confused by mr. Ford. Again, governor carter is inaccurate. Election 1976, the candidates and the campaign. This is richard in washington. With me in our studios today are professor Howard Penniman of Georgetown University and mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. We have talked of a of many different aspects of this 1976 american president ial bicentennial year, starting with the primaries back in the winter and going straight through the conventions and the rest. This afternoon we want to talk about the nature of the campaign, what the campaign is, what it tries to do, how the party organizes it. Let me turn first, if i may, to professor penniman and ask him that simplest question, why . Well, why . The answer is a good many things. Among other things, i have to get out and get the Party Organizations at the state and l
In 1976 the president ial campaign was explained to international audiences. Governor carter again is talking in broad generalities. I think this is an instance of deliberate disclosure. If mr. Carter alleges that his voting by signing that is done, he is inaccurate. Governor carter again contradicts himself. Mr. Ford i think confused the issue. Let me correct one other comment governor carter has made. The title question is one that has been confused by mr. Ford. Again, governor carter is inaccurate. Election 1976, the candidates and the campaign. With me in our studios today are professor Howard Penniman of Georgetown University, mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. We have talked of many different aspects of this 1976 american president ial bicentennial year, starting with the primaries back in the winter and going straight to the conventions and the rest. This afternoon, we want to talk about the nature of the campaign, what the campaign is, what it tries to do, how the p
Governor carter again contradicts himself. Mr. Ford i think confused the issue. Let me correct one other comment governor carter has made. The title question is one that has been confused by mr. Ford. Again, governor carter is inaccurate. Election 1976 the candidates in the campaign. With me in our studios today are professor Howard Penniman of Georgetown University, mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. We have talked of many different aspects of this 1976 american president ial bicentennial year, starting with the primaries back in the winter and going straight to the conventions and the rest. This afternoon, we want to talk about the nature of the campaign , what the campaign is, what it tries to do, how the party organizes. Let me turn first, if i may, to professor penniman and ask him the simplest question why . The answer is a good many i guess the prioritization at the state and local level. Got them working to bring out the vote, working to get voters registered, worki