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He didn't want to run. he bowed out and his vice president became the nominee that year to succeed him. heading into the 1968 election, things didn't look great for the democrats. the party was not at all unified behind its candidate, vice president hubert humphrey. and after the civil rights legislation, southern democrats peeled off t vote for produced segregationist george wallace. not to mention the country was torn up or the vietnam war, and if you were against the war like most americans were at the time, you were maybe not excited to vote for lbj's vice president to be his democratic su...

Torn up over the vietnam war, and if you were against the war like most americans we athe time, you were maybe not excited to vote for lbj's vice president to be his democratic successor that year. so things were stacked against the democrats in '68 anyway. but the republican candidate running in 1968 knew that very well. richard nixon was the republican candidate in '68. he was determined to take advantage of anti-vietnam-war sentiment in the country. he said if you wanted to end the vietnam war, you needed to elect him, vote the democrats out of office. but five nights before the election wa...

Of dissatisfaction with an ongoing, ongoing, ongoing, ongoing, ongoing, ongoing land war and land-locked central asia. look what happened here in iraq in 2006. >> last night's vote was seen as a message. a protest vote on the war in iraq. >> exit polls show that voters want a new approach to the war in iraq. >> turned out to be a referendum on the president and the war in iraq. >> most americans are sick and tired of the war in iraq. on tuesday, they made their voices heard at the ballot box. america got introduced to nancy pelosi and harry reid because democrats took control of the house and ...

Of dissatisfaction with an ongoing, ongoing, ongoing, ongoing, ongoing, ongoing land war and land-locked central asia. look what happened here in iraq in 2006. >> last night's vote was seen as a message. a protest vote on the war in iraq. >> exit polls show that voters want a new approach to the war in iraq. >> turned out to be a referendum on the president and the war in iraq. >> most americans are sick and tired of the war in iraq. on tuesday, they made their voices heard at the ballot box. america got introduced to nancy pelosi and harry reid because democrats took control of the house and ...

What was the schwarzenegger initiative. >> four great initiatives. one reform teacher tenure and made real accountability. another one was reapportionment in terms of the state legislature. so it would not remain lock step under liberal control. but would be a fair election. another reform the pension system in a very important way. it made fundamental changes. in the lobbying and advocacy groups piled up on it. >> bill: wiped him out. okay. i got it did you read the "new york times" article about the tea parties yesterday on the front page. >> yes, yes. yes. >> bill: i said last night that th...