This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Monday, July 16th, 2007.

I'm Caleb Brown.

Despite a poor showing in the 1964 presidential election,

Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater left behind a coalition and a set of ideas that many

credit with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Barry Goldwater's granddaughter, C.C. Goldwater,

has chronicled her grandfather's life and politics

in the HBO documentary,

Mr. Conservative, Goldwater on Goldwater,

soon to be released on DVD.

She's also produced a new edition of her grandfather's classic, The Conscience of a Conservative.

Ms Goldwater spoke to the Cato Institute July 12th.

George Will, in the forward of the new conscience of a conservative describes the book as the

essence of the public man, referring to your grandfather.

What happened to those ideas that he sort of crystallized

in that book after the 64 campaign, what happened to those ideas do you think?

Well I think without a doubt, you you know when he went back to the

Senate and served for another six terms I think that he I think he he kept those

very apparent he was very everybody in the everybody on the hill was friendly.

He'd, you know, the Democrats and the Republicans would get together and they'd argue all day on the floor and then they

get to get it and have drinks or they'd, you know, pull out cots and have to sleep,

you know, making a vote. I think that he never

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