Election 1976, a look towards the conventions. Your host is political analyst richards gammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon. With me here in our studios in washington, stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we are going to try and talk with you about the end of the primary season. The beginning of the preconvention caucus and maneuver and discussion and trying to get together various factions of the groups each to produce a candidate for Vice President in the fall. Backpose, when one looks at the primary season that began in february, closed on june 8 in california. As one looks back. There are two things that stand out. Jimmy carter, and the closeness of the Republican Campaign for the nomination. Steve, how would you evaluate this phenomenon. Heres governor of a middle sized state in the south and pretty well a sword of nomination as the first southerner since the civil war. How did he do it . Stephen it is a phenomenon, an incredible performance for who is that u
Election 1976, a look toward the conventions. Your host is political in o analyst richard scanlon. Nan. His is richard scam with us is stephen hess. This morning we will try to talk the end of the primary season. The beginning of the preconvention caucus and trying to get together various factions to produce a candidate for president and Vice President in the fall. I suppose when one looks back on , there arey season two things really that stand out. The first is the rise of jimmy carter. Of second is the closeness the Republican Campaign for the nomination. Thisould you evaluate carter phenomenon. He was governor of a middle size state in the south. Pretty well assured the nomination as the first since the severacivil war. , ane this is a phenomenon incredible performance. He had only been governor for one term in a middle sized southern state. You might say one lesson we learned is it helps if you are to havefor president that as your fulltime job and not be encumbered by other dutie
Election 1976, a look toward the conventions. Your host is political analyst Richard Scammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon. With me here in our studios in washington, stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we are going to try and talk with you about the end of the primary season. The beginning of the preconvention caucus and maneuver and discussion and trying to get together various factions to produce a candidate for president and Vice President in the fall. I suppose really when one looks back on this primary season that newn back in february in hampshire, closed down in california and ohio and new jersey, as one looks back, there are two things really that stand out. The first is the rise of jimmy carter. The second, the closeness of the Republican Campaign for the nomination. Steve, how would you evaluate this carter phenomenon . Here is a man who was governor of a middle size state in the south. Pretty well assured the nomination, pretty well assured the nomina
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With a big bang and open up our country or certainly most of our country and i think were going to do that soon. You look at whats happening, i would say were ahead of schedule. Now, you hate to say it too loudly because all of a sudden things dont happen, but i think we will be sooner rather than later. Ashley sooner rather than later. The markets responding positively in the premarket today. The dow up 330 points. It is a holidayshortened week. No trading tomorrow. We have long weekend coming up. What will that do to the markets . We will get into that. As for oil, up as opec plus meets. We are likely to hear about a deal between the saudis and russians to cut production, although up until now, they havent seen eye to eye. In the next hour, we will hear from fed chair Jerome Powell and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Powell could move the market with his remarks on the economy. A half hour ago, the fed announced 2. 3 trillion in new loans available. That helped offset the neg