Election 1976, a case study. The hostess political analyst richard skin. With me here in washington today, im mr. Stephen has and the Brookings Institution and professor from georgetown university. This is the first of the series of programs that are going to extend over the full period of the campaign until beyond the election in november and i centennial political bureau. What we want to do is to bring a picture of the american electoral process. We will have special programs dealing with the parties and the media, the Campaign Techniques and polling and the rest. But what we are really aiming to do, this to give you a picture of the way in which we select our american president and how to hundred and 15 or 220 billion americans can provide every four years a process where which leadership can be developed and transferred over these 200 years of american history. What we hope to do is to bring you discussions of these various aspects of the electoral campaign, and begin that discussi
Election 1976, a case study. Your host is political analyst richard scannan. With me here in washington today are mr. Steven hess of the Bookings Institution and professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university. Now, this is the first of a series of programs that are going to extend over the full period of the campaign until beyond the election in november in our bicentennial political year. What we want to do is to bring a picture of the american electoral process. We will have special programs dealing with the parties and the media, and the campaign technique and polling and the rest. But what we are really aiming to do is to give you a picture of the way in which we select our american president. And how 215 or 220 million americans can provide every four years a process by which leadership can be developed and transferred over these 200 years of American History. Who what we hope to do is bring you discussions of these various aspects of the Electoral Campaign and begin that disc
,. With me here in washington today, mr. Stephen hess of the Brookings Institution and professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university. This is the first of a series of programs that will extend of the campaign until beyond the election in november and our bicentennial put clear. What we want to do is to bring a picture of the american electoral process. We will have special programs dealing with parties and the media. Campaign technique and polling and the rest. What we are really aiming to do is to give you a picture of the way in which we select our american president. And how millions of americans can provide every four years a process by which leadership can be developed and transferred over these 200 years of american history. What we hope to do is to bring you discussions of these aspects of the Electoral Campaign and begin that discussion with a consideration of an historical overview of just the way in which that has worked in the past. The critical elections, the major ele
Thank you so much for the beautiful words. Minneapolis, jacob fry, thank you. An honor to have David Wellstone here with us. David has been carrying on his. Ads work on Mental Health i think you all know theres one reason i picked the color green for our signs and shirts, and that is paul wellstone. [cheers and applause] because as you all know, senator wellstone was not expected to win. Ha he was not expected because he was running against someone who had a bigger bank account, who. As more well known he literally toward the country, and that is exactly what we are campaign. O in this [cheers and applause] it is raining right now there, but it was beautiful all week and we had such a great time, such hospitality. We have a great team down there still working hard. They are counting the votes, but as usual, i think we have exceeded expectations. I always note that a lot of people did not even think that i would still be standing at this point. They did not think i would make it through
Rebellion and politics welcome to the d w interview. But this. Come on your parents are. Your father was a local politician and many kids would say no way im doing the same thing my parents did but you are one. Of them. As you correctly noted i come from a very political family and of course politics was always a topic at home. We used to discuss it at the Kitchen Table and i used to go to events but i come from the very very end forest where social democrats tend to be in the minority. So the rebellion wasnt against my parents but more against the mainstream and the Christian Social Union which is very dominant here. And politically i think the subject of justice preoccupied me is a very. Good as discussed with. My parents and not only s. P. D. Members that are also both teachers so they were really after me to do well in school and at the grange. Very much the classic school grad in high school and university with no major hurdles in my way of course i realized very quickly that ther