Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131016:01:36:00
Came up for grabs -- together they changed -- they shaped and he defined the modern republican party. and sometimes parties don't even get to keep their names. sometimes they just disappear. mentions the whig party might get you a laugh these days, but it was a real party leading up to the civil war. the whig strong up in the 1830s to fight andrew jackson, they wanted to push for national bank, infrastructure improvements. they wanted the federal government to create a situation that was -- preferred the idea of an agrarian nation. henry clay was one, daniel webster was one, some young congres...