To pick somebody to run against coolidge and they at least felt like they had a couple of good candidates to choose between. This is a time when they choose their nominees at the big meeting of the national par ty. When the democrats converged in the summer of 1924 they knew they had two front runnerrunner a democrat named al smith. Governor of new york at the time. And William Gibbs mcdue. He was originally from tennessee, ultimately became a senator from california in the Woodrow Wilson administration. He was secretary of the treasury and he pulled sauf toff the maj of marrying president wilsons daughter while wilson was president and mcdue was serving as the secretary of treasury. They held the wedding at the white house. It was a big deal. Mack ka due is the soninlaw of the former president , a former treasury secretary, a senator, very rich with tie to the west and the south, vase chairman of the Democratic Party. Very very very well connected. And in fact the last time democrats
As president coolidge was pretty widely liked, he was overseeing a pretty good economy, running basically as an incumbent to try to hold on to the seat. And the democrats knew that coolidge was going to be hard to but the democrats headed into their convention that year in the hot summer of 19th 24 intending to pick somebody to run against coolidge and they at least felt like they had a couple of good candidates to choose between. This is a time when they choose their nominees at the big meeting of the national party. When the democrats converged in new york city the summer of 1924 they knew they had two front runners, one a democrat named al smith. Who was very popular, he was governor of new york at the time. His chief rival for the nomination that year was a guy named william goes by mcadoo. He was originally from tennessee, ultimately became a senator from california in the Woodrow Wilson administration. He was secretary of the treasury and he pulled off the major coup of marrying
Already. But when it comes to the more important question, the bottom line question, when it comes to how the country is going to determine the way this scandal will end, how the Congressional Committee wills conduct and conclude their investigations, how congress will react to its own investigations, as well as to whatever we eventually learn from the special counsel investigation at the fbi, that ultimate response which is the most important thing for the country, that is not going to be determined by what the white house does. And its not going tong determined by what the press does. It will be determined in a granular sense largely by republicans. Especially if it happens soon while republicans still control congress. If you think there are eventually going to be impeachment proceedings, if you think the congressional investigations are going to be consequential and their findings are going to be known. All of that stuff will be decide bid the people who run congress. And at least
Important question, the bottom line question, when it comes to how the country is going to determine the way this scandal will end, how the Congressional Committee wills conduct and conclude their investigations, how congress will react to its own investigations, as well as to whatever we eventually learn from the special counsel investigation at the fbi, that ultimate response which is the most important thing for the country, that is not going to be determined by what the white house does. And its not going tong determined by what the press does. It will be determined in a granular sense largely by republicans. Especially if it happens soon while republicans still control congress. If you think there are eventually going to be impeachment proceedings, if you think the congressional investigations are going to be consequential and their findings are going to be known. All of that stuff will be decide bid the people who run congress. And at least until the midterm elections thats Congr
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