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Campaign volunteers make phone calls on behalf of Eugene McCarthy. (Photo: Special Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries)
How the 1968 New Hampshire primary changed history
Broadcast: Midday, 03/12/2008, 11:00 a.m.
It's been 40 years since the 1968 New Hampshire primary that made Eugene McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Minnesota, a viable Democratic presidential candidate in a race that took down sitting President Lyndon B. Johnson. Midday explores this historic primary and how it changed history.
Guests
Al Eisele: Journalist and author of "Almost to the Presidency," a dual biography of McCarthy and former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
Audio
- How the 1968 New Hampshire primary changed history (program audio)
Photos
More from MPR
- The McCarthy Tapes (12/08/2006)
- The making of The McCarthy Tapes (12/08/2006)
- Eugene McCarthy in his own words (12/12/2005)
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