CSPAN3 February 18, 2012
and laura gifford in her recent book sees what's important in 1960 as the rise of conservatives in the republican party which of course, manifests itself at the is republican convention and goldwater speaking to the entire convention. it's interesting to think that if nixon had actually won the 1960 election goldwater would never have been nominated, of course, in '64 and probably not later either and the whole republican party might very well have been quite different. one can speculate about that. i think what actually drives the '60 election and what makes it important historicall...