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Where i constantly try to remind democrats not only those running for president but also on the down ballot, that democrats win when were hopeful and aspirational. when we talk to people about where they are and relate to them on that level, bill clinton was a master at doing that. barack obama was very good at doing that as well. and the key for us, the key for the nominee of our party, the key for folks like me running for the united states senate is to go into these communities, rural communi...

A former indonesian president b.j. habibie a has died at the age of $83.00 his presidency was the shortest in modern indonesian history but his legacy was significant b.b. introduced many democratic reforms that allowed an independence referendum and east timor. and germany parliaments annual budgets debate brought into to a survey of the worlds challenges and how the country should tackle them chaps came under scathing criticism from germanys far right opposition but she kept her message that t...

Accused democrats of political all of this world every day to gather intelligence, and for grandstanding. >> let me first address the peoples will. not just their plans and stunts yesterday of the speaker intelligence, but there will to come to this country and try and and senator schumer, coming over do something. most important, we just take to the lbj room and calling on care of each other and we care us to pass a bill the president about each other. has already said hes going to >> capri: we...

Toward, lets say, new hampshire theres been some unease with donald trump up there, suddenly you look at these approval ratings, you look at the numbers on the economy and you start wondering can somebody like mark sanford pull, you know, 40% like gene mccarthy did in 68 that ended lbjs campaign or pat buchanan did in 1992 that forever crippled george h.w. bushs campaign or what happened with bob dole. suddenly as these numbers go down, the possibilities for sanford and some of these other repub...

African inflected peanut stew with carolina rice, sauteed squash, and zucchini. >> anthony: oh, thats so good. >> sean: man, its been a while since ive had conch. >> anthony: clearly, i mean, correct me if im wrong, sean, theres a different kind of interest in charleston that existed 20 years ago, right? is something happening here and is it a good -- what, what, whats changed? >> b.j.: i mean, its good to have people from -- to have a more diverse community in a sense, but then you also lose a ...

Wherever you are, to ask first, "who did the cooking back then in the beginning? where did they come from?" >> ashley: when you meet people here, you know that youre seeing a direct descendant of a slave that was here after, um, the slaves were freed. >> anthony: ashley greene grew up on mosquito beach on james island in charleston. her mother owns the property, which has been in her family for generations. fact of the matter is in the old south back when the dishes, flavors and ingredients of s...

Crabs, but this is shrimp butter instead of garlic butter, and then you have that play of, you know, the french influence into the cuisine right here. >> anthony: the flavors and textures and food ways of west africa are all over southern cooking. and there are few better places to see how short the line between there and here than gullah culture. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is tradition...

Buchanan got in the race, bushs approval rating was 75%. so not as popular as trump. the other thing with bush, that number had been extremely high because of the gulf war in early 91. it was already falling by that point in late 91. and by the new hampshire primary, it was down in the 50s. again, thats movement you just havent seen with trump support among republicans. how about jimmy carter, 1980. ted kennedy almost got the democratic nomination from jimmy carter when ted kennedy got in the ra...

The trouble hes going to have is theres a report card available now. when he was coming up in 2016, it was promises, now theres a track record. >> jonathan lemire, the story comes to mind of lbj after hurricane betsy. hes on one of the levees, he insisted to go down, see for himself. takes a flashlight, shines it to illuminate his face and yells to the people in the area thats been flooded in louisiana "this is your president." in effect, im here to see this and help you. that kind of stewardshi...

Ted kennedy almost got the democratic nomination from jimmy carter when ted kennedy got in the race, carters approval rating with democrats was just 40%, 4-0, 40%. gerald ford. ronald reagan took him all the way to the convention in kansas city in 76. ford was at 60% when ronald reagan decided to run against him. and then of course lbj, the vietnam war, eugene mccarthy got in the race in late 1967. lbjs approval with democrats was just 57%. so, again, you see here support that is just lower, in ...