Page 33 - Jack Danforth News Today

. . >> good afternoon and welcome to the dole institute of politics at the university of kansas. i am the director here. we are delighted we have such an outstanding crowd and what is going to be a fascinating conference over the next two days. we also want to thank all of our visiting scholars for taking the time out to visit campus here and to be part of this. as those of you who have attended dole institute programs before no, we are a hybrid facility. we have a museum, we have a ...

Lose in a lot of districts, you know, like that upstate new york district that just isnt going to elect somebody that conservative. >> can they do it? >> sure. the republican party has been pulled in this direction since ronald reagans time as you were talking about in the last segment with lowell and chuck and jack danforth. the entire republican party is more conservative than it used to be and no matter where the baseline moves there are always people who want to move it further. theyre not g...

Know. i think that in earlier elections, you had the social conservatives at war with the fiscal conservatives that didnt work out too well for them. the republican party desperately needs the tea party movement to help galvanize republicans and keep people energized, the angriest voters in america now, there is a lot of angry voters, but i think it would be a mistake for the republicans to completely adopt their legislative agenda or they are going to lose in a lot of -- in a lot of districts, ...

Decided to go with jack danforth of missouri. >> the media ran with the false story. >> felt sort of bad, but i wasnt lying to the media, i was just giving misdirection to the guy who leaked. >> lying to the guy? >> well, yeah. it helps tell a story. when you want to have the story told by an evening anchor or the story told by the candidate who expresses in front of the cameras with as few filters as possible why he made this choice. >> four years later the "new york post" said john kerry had p...