in this episode of history as it happens a podcast for people who want to think about current events historically. i m martin decaro and with us today, michael kazen historian of georgetown university. it s good to see you great to have you good to have you get to be here. yes, that s right and pandemic handshake. how about that assistant? it s good. you ve been on the podcast a couple of times before and it s nice to see you in the flesh. finally same i m tired of zoom and we have a lot to talk about today a book out, march 1st what it took to win the history of the democratic party. you ve been a prolific scholar for decades now writing about leftist political and social movements. what brought you to write your magnum opus, maybe the whole the whole thing in one small volume smaller volume. well, i ve always been. intrigued by the history of democratic party because i ve been involved as a canvasser campaigner. arguer for the democratic party since i was in grade school 19
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Proxy for the selection. It was the unexpected proxy. The peso has been gaining ground in the wake of the debate last night and some market for tip of the are judging a Hillary Clinton one. That is fueling to some degree of relief rally in u. S. Stocks. We see some cyclical groups leading the rally today. Most notably, discretionary stocks. They are doing particularly well. If you look at the s p index, its up. Thats one of the best performing groups we are watching. That has to do with Consumer Confidence. It rose to a ninemonth high. If you look at the bloomberg, you can see how it dead. This is ec a left on the bloomberg. This is the actual number. You chart here shows todays reports are way out here. We saw that. Jobs are plentiful right now. This is also at a nineyear high. If you look around the discretionary universe, weve got the Online Travel sites doing well. They are rallying more than 3 . Amazon is rallying today. Once again, its at a record. They are benefiting from some o
Specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. We offer expertise and tailored solutions for Small Businesses and major corporations. What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news america. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. A very happy new year 2013. It is already a first of january were you are, this is the greek capital and theyre celebrating going around the acropolis. Various time zones are coming into the year 2013 and we will keep you uptodate. Not a lot to look at their in athens but we will show you the scene in capital across the next few hours on bbc. There is still a lot of work going on on capitol hill. President obama said a deal is in sight to stop america going over the socalled fiscal cliff. Congress officials have said the house of representatives will not vote before midnight despite tense negotiations to get an agreement signed before midnight washington time. That will trigger a series of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes and co
Ira by i believe republicans and democrats alike want to put us on the course to fiscal discipline. We are running at a time. Americans are threatened with a tax hike in just few hours. I hope we can keep in mind that our single most important goal is to protect middleclass families. Democrats and republicans in congress have to get this done but they are not there yet. They are closed but not there yet. One thing we can count on with respect to this congress is that if there is even one second left, they will lose they will use that last second. The gap between the two sides is narrowing. Time is running short. If a deal cannot be found, the eventual impact on americans will be severe. Over the year, the average family would pay an extra 2,000 in tax. There would be sharp cuts in spending across government operations. Defense would be hit hard. With so much money coming out of the economy, america would face higher unemployment and probably effect of recession. The fiscal cliff is a s