Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the '64 Campaign That Changed It All (8 pm)
Bombs Away examines the 1964 presidential contest between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Barry Goldwater. Polarized by very different personalities and ideologies, Johnson and Goldwater attacked each other with gusto — and in the process opened the door to a modern era of campaigning that features highly negative TV advertising campaigns.
Nixon's The One: The "68 Election ( 9 pm) A WLRN Original Production
Narrated by Dick Cavett, Nixon’s the One: The ’68 Election (And How It Changed America) chronicles not only Richard Nixon’s stunning victory in the 1968 presidential race, but the ways in which that historic election gave rise to Red State-Blue State America. Combining archival footage and original interviews with, among others, activist Tom Hayden, former Nixon advisor Kevin Phillips, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian David Maraniss, and bestselling author Rick Perlstein, Nixon’s the One is anything but a nostalgic trip through the “flower power” decade. Rather, it’s a sobering, wry look at how the Sixties divided us—and how Nixon stepped into the breach to claim the biggest prize of all.
http://youtu.be/ohUIx8k7CKY
