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Instance, with richard nixon what really made him begin to decline and endanger his impeachment and removal was not when the democratic opposition came out for impeachment removal but when members of his own party did. in early 1974 you had people like ed brook, james buckley, the conservative senator from new york, others one by one said that richard nixon can no longer serve. he has to be removed either through impeachment or resignation. contrast that with nowadays how many republican senator...

Inclusion. im offended by what he said. im offended by what he must think. and youve heard me say many times, taste your words before you spit them out. i dont think he tasted his words before he spit them out. my fear is that he also didnt second guess his own thinking before he even started to think of a word to spit out. so im a republican because i think republican, the republican party has been famous for being inclusive. it was the republican party that is the party of lincoln. ed brook. c...

Were, held to a lower standard for policy, accuracy, probity. and she had that argument all along, and many people that work for her, are close to her, believe that the media bought into it and treated trump like a carnival act that was fun to cover, and that she suffered badly as a result and it was a great contributing factor to her loss. she didnt really go into a lot of forensics on the campaign here. i mean she has -- >> unlike her previous appearances where she spent too much time picking ...

About the last time we had this kind of presidential election where these accusations and allegations were made before the vote and she came up with 1860. which was the first election of lincoln. before inraug ated. >> i love concession speeches. ive been following politics since i was 5. thats the one moment of truth. the guy or woman who lose, tends to say something poe etic. like steveson. too old to laugh. what was it, too old to -- >> it hurts too much to laugh and im too old to cry. >> ed ...

About a rigged election. buzz because that means you dont necessarily have to accept the vote. as being the fair and accurate vote in a legitimately elected president. i was talking to nicole hemmer about the last time we had this kind of presidential election where these accusations and allegations were made before the vote and she came up with 1860. which was the first election of lincoln. before inraug ated. >> i love concession speeches. ive been following politics since i was 5. thats the o...

Left office. republican senator ed brook, represented a largely white constituency in massachusetts from 1967 to 1979. he was the only african-american in the senate at the time he did caucus with what was a record high 13 african-american members of the u.s. house. senator brooks term ended in 1979. 20 years later he was awarded the congressional medal of honor. >> he broke down barriers that had stood for generations. he was a model to african-americans and to all americans of his day. >> weve...

Eight. and of those eight, only three have actually been elected by popular vote. ed brook from massachusetts, carol moseley braun from illinois and someone named barack obama. the others were appointed and served briefly. when it comes to governors, the same story. just four african-americans ever have served as state governors and only two of them, doug wilder from virginia and deval patrick were popularly elected. the other glass ceiling in politics. barack obama broke a massive barrier when ...

Again for the same reason, more vulnerable again for the same reason. >> 2020, you get the turnout issue. massachusetts, bill weld, paul cellucci, mitt romney, even a different version of mitt romney, they will elect republican governors. scott brown, 2010 in that special election is the only time since ed brook in 1972 that massachusetts has elected a republican to the senate. and not since 1994 in the gingrich landslide when two slipped in have massachusetts elected a republican to federal off...

The senate, im afraid. >> you have to have leaders that understand its more than about them. jamal, talking about leaders, we have a new one now in the appointee of william moe callan. chosen by governor patrick. most people surprised. hes former chief of staff to governor patrick. first time in history now we have two african american senators who will serve at the same time. callan now becomes the ailgt black senator in u.s. history. in fact, it was a republican that was elected first since re...

The party panicked. they forced him out of the party. i think we have a ten-second clip. this is the implosion of bob torricelli ten years ago. here it is. >> when did we become such an unforgiving people? how did we become a society when a person can build credibility your entire life to have it question ed by someone whose wod is of no value at all? when did we stop believing and entrusting in each other? >> its a guy whose career launched of a student election. could potted plant bs the ans...