VICE PRESIDENTS AS CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT: A LOOK AT HISTORY WITH DAVID PRIESS OF CHATTER PODCAST

VICE PRESIDENTS AS CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT: A LOOK AT HISTORY WITH DAVID PRIESS OF CHATTER PODCAST

Author: Bruce Carlson October 24, 2024 Duration: 52:06
As we discuss with David Priess of Chatter Podcast (and the author of books on national security and presidential history) - it's tough to run for President when you are the sitting VP. It hasn't worked that often. Just twice since the 12th Amendment changed the election rules surrounding VPs, a vice president has won the big job. David goes into why this worked. And why on many other occasions, it did not work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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LBJ 's "CELL PHONE" AND HIS DECISION TO JUMP ON THE TICKET IN 1960 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:20
In answering a question about JFK's health and its role in Lyndon Johnson's decision to accept the Vice Presidency, Bruce takes a look at the people and factors surrounding Johnson's decision, Kennedy's motivations, Eise…
WHY TALK ABOUT LBJ TODAY? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:41
Why talk about LBJ? There's a few reasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"YOU ENSLAVED ME!" - LEFTOVER NOTES FROM THE ZACHARY TAYLOR SERIES [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:29
From a town in California named for Zachary Taylor, to a famous letter sent by Frederick Douglass, we tell a few stories that didn't make it in to the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice…
ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 3 - What Could Have Been [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:23:39
It comes down to milk and cherries? Plans change when a nation's hero falls, and historians go to work, reinterpreting the events of 1850. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ZACHARY TAYLOR PART 2 - We May Have to Reconsider Him [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:13
They thought he was an illiterate frontier colonel. They thought he'd never use the veto. Never comment on issues. Let Congress do the heavy lifting. But he has a plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
WAR POWERS,AND WHY IT COULD BE BROKEN [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:14
It was passed to stick it to Nixon. A look at Presidents and Congress and use of military. A look at history. Presidents and Congresses, and a specific legislation that applies that is used, ignored, lightly used, skirte…