52 min

0102 - You Have To Win First Raise The Dead

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The Kennedys have a plan, but you have to win first.
They will run in the primaries, thought to be a death trap for serious candidates who normally wait for the convention. They face Hubert Humphrey a progressive slatwart and known quantity in the first contest: Wisconsin. 
What’s more? There is a member of Democratic Party royalty who distrusts the family and would love nothing more than to crush the dreams of JFK. Her name is Eleanor Roosevelt and she uses her position to do just that.
Bare knuckle politics, corrupt local machines, mob ties and the birth of the modern primary tradition on this episode of Raise The Dead!

The Kennedys have a plan, but you have to win first.
They will run in the primaries, thought to be a death trap for serious candidates who normally wait for the convention. They face Hubert Humphrey a progressive slatwart and known quantity in the first contest: Wisconsin. 
What’s more? There is a member of Democratic Party royalty who distrusts the family and would love nothing more than to crush the dreams of JFK. Her name is Eleanor Roosevelt and she uses her position to do just that.
Bare knuckle politics, corrupt local machines, mob ties and the birth of the modern primary tradition on this episode of Raise The Dead!

52 min

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