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Sitting presidents with remarkable victories four years before and decided not to run in 68 and truman again in 48. people dont look back at truman -- or in 52 as somebody who didnt run in "52. you think of somebody who made remarkable progress on the world stage. same thing with johnson from 64 to 68 with his policies. thats the only logical path forward. there will be no rabbit pulled from the had. these numbers are what they are. and the demographic breakdowns are what they are. so actually, ...

Tuesday? no. because no one would come. so why else would chicago hold its mayial elections in freezing february? why would georgia close its poll at 7 ppl and kentucky at 6 when many folks are just getting off work? spoiler alert, its about trying to make attorneyout smaller, more predictable which only further polarizes our politics. you might be asking why did we vote on tuesday? not a crazy question. it was from when farmers needed to take a day and take their horse and wagon into town and b...

Election. >> the entire nonsense about the electors trying to use the russian hacking issue to change the election results is really unfortunate. i think that actually undermines our democracy more than any other conversation that were having. >> reporter: but even a fellow republican, senator john mccain said moscows interference is a troubling sign of the times. >> this should be the sign of a possible unraveling of the world order that was established after world war ii which is one of the mo...

Generations and weirdly, i would put in lbj in, he looked at every senator and congressman and figured out what they want for themselves. dirkson, you come with me on this bill. and he knew every single congressman, what they cared about and brought them together to produce this extraordinary legislation. >> i heard that you think of genius as the ability to marry into the flow of history and understand where its going and to somehow find in that what you can do. did johnson fail at that, the ab...

Things through congress. >> six to eight months? that is it? >> he usually has about six to eight months to get things through congress. may seem small, but even lbj in 65, with 61% presidential landslide, more democrats in congress than at any other time since roosevelt, he said im going to be asking some democrats and republicans to cast some risky votes. >> six months, six months, maybe eight? historically speaking that is the time frame that a president has at the start of the second term to...

>> when a president comes in for a second term he usually has about six to eight months to get things through congress. >> six to eight months? that is it? >> he usually has about six to eight months to get things through congress. may seem small, but even lbj in 65, with 61% presidential landslide, more democrats in congress than at any other time since roosevelt, he said im going to be asking some democrats and republicans to cast some risky votes. >> six months, six months, maybe eight? histo...

A second term he usually has about six to eight months to get things through congress. >> six to eight months? that is it? >> he usually has about six to eight months to get things through congress. may seem small, but even lbj in 65, with 61% presidential landslide, more democrats in congress than at any other time since roosevelt, he said im going to be asking some democrats and republicans to cast some risky votes. >> six months, six months, maybe eight? historically speaking that is the time...

Peace do not require perpetual war. >> joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential scholar and historian. mr. beschloss, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> the big arc of presidential history tells us that modern presidents and their second terms end up focusing on foreign policy, maybe more than they intend to, maybe more than their first terms. why is that? >> the main reason probably is when a president comes in for a second term, he usually has about six to eig...

Intend to, maybe more than their first terms. why is that? >> the main reason probably is when a president comes in for a second term, he usually has about six to eight months to get things through congress. it may seem small, but even lbj in 65, with 61% presidential landslide, more democrats in congress than any other time in the 20th century except for roosevelt, he knew enough about the senate and the house, he said ive got six months because im going to be asking democrats and some republic...

Enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. >> joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential scholar and historian. mr. beschloss, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> the big arc of presidential history tells us that modern presidents and their second terms end up focusing on foreign policy, maybe more than they intend to, maybe more than their first terms. why is that? >> the main reason probably is when a president comes in for a second term, h...