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In 1924 the democratic party needed to pick a presidential nominee to run against calvin coolidge. and they knew it was going to be hard. coolidge was fairly popular. he had become president when warren harding keeled over and died in office. as president coolidge was pretty widely liked. he was overseeing a pretty good economy. he was running basically as an incumbent to try to hold on to that seat. and the democrats knew that coolidge was going to be hard to beat in 1924. they knew they had two frontrunners for the nomination. one was a democrat named al smith, very popular, the governor at ...

As president coolidge was pretty widely liked, he was overseeing a pretty good economy, running basically as an incumbent to try to hold on to the seat. and the democrats knew that coolidge was going to be hard to but the democrats headed into their convention that year in the hot summer of 19th 24 intending to pick somebody to run against coolidge and they at least felt like they had a couple of good candidates to choose between. this is a time when they choose their nominees at the big meeting of the national party. when the democrats converged in new york city the summer of 1924 they knew t...

His chief rival for the job of dnc chair, representative keith ellison n a show of unity, right there he named ellison as his deputy chair. but as donna brazile, his former share, announced that perez won last night in atlanta, angry supporters of ellison tried to shout her down. >> i want to talk about that, the perceived divisions, where we go from here with democratic strategist robert zimmerman, also a member of the democratic national committee. so robert, let's start right there. has the healing begun? what was the vibe that you got after that vote when you were in atlanta? >> of course ...

Experience and he knew that from president lincoln, who he had idolized. he had called me up and told me he had read "team of rivals", and we have to talk. so he brought me down to washington to talk about how can a man be a good president and a great president. how could a man forget people who had hurt him. and when he reached out to hillary clinton he knew he was putting his chief rival into that most important position, secretary of state, just as lincoln had. >> inauguration day, there was a sense of both history, the first african-american president taking office that was kind of electri...

Young he was. >> obama understood that he needed to surround himself with people who also had more experience and he knew that from president lincoln, who he had idolized. he had called me up and told me he had read "team of rivals", and we have to talk. so he brought me down to washington to talk about how can a man be a good president and a great president. how could a man forget people who had hurt him. and when he reached out to hillary clinton he knew he was putting his chief rival into that most important position, secretary of state, just as lincoln had. >> inauguration day, there was a...