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elleng

(131,457 posts) Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:05 AM Jul 2016

Nixon's the One: The '68 Election (And How It Changed America)

12:00 AM on WHUT 32, PBS, 1 hr 2010

Dick Cavett narrates this look at how and why Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election. Included: remarks from activist Tom Hayden; former Nixon adviser Kevin Phillips; former senator Edward Brooke; presidential biographer David Maraniss; Nixon biographer Elizabeth Drew; and author Rick Perlstein ("Nixonland&quot .

(This in case I didn't have enough politics today!)

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Nixon's the One: The '68 Election (And How It Changed America) (Original Post) elleng Jul 2016 OP

There would be have been no President Tricky Dick Nixon andym Jul 2016 #1

Eugene McCarthy didn't endorse Hubert Humphrey until late October in 1968 book_worm Jul 2016 #2

Right. elleng Jul 2016 #3

andym

(5,447 posts)

1. There would be have been no President Tricky Dick Nixon

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:18 AM

Jul 2016

if RFK had not been assassinated. He would have unified the Democrats in 1968 and won a more decisive victory against Nixon than his brother. Unfortunately, history turns on such key tragic events.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)

2. Eugene McCarthy didn't endorse Hubert Humphrey until late October in 1968

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:20 AM

Jul 2016

which certainly didn't help considering how close the popular vote was.

elleng

(131,457 posts)

3. Right.

Reply to book_worm (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:21 AM

Jul 2016

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