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Of support among political leaders that would be respected by southerners. strom thurmond, for example, of south carolina. >> all that we could ask for is somebody who would just and fair and treat the south like the other sections of the country. >> strom thurmond had been a democrat but he had left the democratic party because of the civil rights act. >> the race is between mr. nixon and mr. rockefeller. and i would prefer mr. nixon. i think he would be better for the whole country. >> convent...

In the primaries leading up to that, but he did not go into the convention hall in miami beach having been assured of the nom nation. he was sure. >> nelson rockefeller decides at the last minute to try to make a serious push to gain the nomination even though he had vacillated for months. >> i felt crowds facing this nation at home and abroad were so serious that i had no right not to make available what experience i had for the use of the party in the country. >> rockefeller is probably the mo...

Win. >> a candidate needs 667 delegates to win the nomination, but with nixons estimated total at above 600 now, that air of victory is obvious. >> governor, may we ask you what you might have done differently thinking back now? >> nothing. there isnt anything i could have done differently. >> it was a weary governor rockefeller who hotel hopped from one delegation caucus to another. wife happy appeared anything but happy as her husband began to show the strain and perhaps the humility of it. >>...

>> one of the key things that nixon did was to build a network of support among political leaders that would be respected by southerners. strom thurmond, for example, of south carolina. >> all that we could ask for is somebody who would just and fair and treat the south like the other sections of the country. >> strom thurmond had been a democrat but he had left the democratic party because of the civil rights act. >> the race is between mr. nixon and mr. rockefeller. and i would prefer mr. nixo...

As of this moment, response to that resolution by the california delegation. >> reagan is in many ways everything nixon is not. hes smooth. hes handsome. people like him. and people are confused, theyre like, we believe that hes a true conservative and weve never really trusted nixon. okay, so now what are we going to do? >> the name of the game right now is stop nixon. now, if a lot of those southern delegates move away from nixon to ronald reagan, then they feel that nixon can be stopped on th...

At above 600 now, that air of victory is obvious. >> governor, may we ask you what you might have done differently thinking back now? >> nothing. there isnt anything i could have done differently. >> it was a weary governor rockefeller who hotel hopped from one delegation caucus to another. wife, happy, appeared anything but happy as her husband began to show the strain and perhaps the humility of it. >> with the demise of nelson rockefeller and exclusion of the moderate liberal side of the repu...

And said, im running for president. >> yes. as of this moment, response to that resolution by the california delegation. >> reagan is in many ways everything nixon is not. hes smooth. hes handsome. people like him. and people are confused, theyre like, we believe that hes a true conservative and weve never really trusted nixon. okay, so now what are we going to do? >> the name of the game right now is stop nixon. now, if a lot of those southern delegates move away from nixon to ronald reagan, th...

The only adult in the room, you know. so i think that they have completely misrepresented who she is. she is a hero who should be put into a position where she can keep americans safer. there is a lot of talk about moral compasss but not the changing moral landscape. keep in mind in 2002 after being briefed senator feinstein said we may have to do things that historically we have not wanted to do. and senator rockefeller, after ksm was caught in may of 2003 said we may have to turn him over to a...

News will host a debate tonight with the three leading republicans vying for a chance to unseat democratic senator joe manchin this november. west virginia and political insider saying that the climate has changed. >> for a generation, no one paid attention to west virginia politics. particularly, the senate race. you had a duo of rockefeller and bird. but now we get national attention and were getting national intervention. >> dana: im joined by the host of the show. and fox news editor chris s...

The judge said if the trial goes into may, he wont have time to write this lengthy decision before that merger deadline. >> give us a preview of today. rockefeller were going to be hearing from a lot of at&t/time warner executives. the attorneys have let us know the next ten witnesses will be from the defense. theyll be hostile direct questioning because theyre not on the side of the justice department. were going to get pretty contentious questioning today. its going to be a lot of insider, wha...