'Campaign '68'
Hubert Humphrey won the Democratic nomination for president in 1968. He chose Edmund Muskie as his running mate.
Photo courtesy of the Humphrey Forum
The dramatic 1968 presidential election was a watershed in American politics. For half a century, the Democratic Party had dominated the political landscape. But in 1968, it crumbled.
Richard Nixon was elected president and a new era of Republican conservatism was born. Some say 2008 may be the end of that era. "Campaign '68" will reveal the remarkable resonances between these two landmark political years, and how the events and consequences of 1968 help us better understand the 2008 race.
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