Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111213:13:39:00
Obvious, i think most americans, most political scientists know that barry goldwater's 1964 loss eventually led to reagan's victory in 1978. explain how that happened. what goldwater represented. he represented the conservative capture of the gop and took the party in a slightly new direction to the right. the other thing he did because he voted against the civil rights act of 1964 was able to make inroads into the southern white vote which, of course, had been democratic for generations. and you think about if it had been nelson rockefeller, the nominee in '64 that wouldn't have happened. gol...