Before we get started i need to type that you should silence your cell phones please personal recording is not allowed. After the session each of the authors all will be its a mass in your festival program. We have three terrific books. To the far left. John ward book. The fight that broke the Democratic Party. My former Los Angeles Times colleague. As someone who is about to turn 75 i lived in a great number of the events described in this book. As i was saying to miriam just before the program started the first event i remember is as a High School Freshman in 1958 a great year for the Democratic Party in california was a big democratic sweep. The voters of california were wise enough to reject an anti union right to work law. With that as a start. Tell me a little bit about what makes the brown family distinct. There are so many pieces of that but i will try to focus on a few of them. The democrats who have not held power in california for a very long time to think of california as a
Were going over this cliff. How dire is there situation . There is more wiggle room here. They have time to try to work trthings out, if they are able o pass a deal in the next couple of days. Ay the bush era tax cuts would not go into effect for the majoritye of americans, but there are certain things that will affect people. A payroll tax, 2 payroll tax thats been in effect for two years, and no deal thats looking to extend that, so that is one thing people will see taken out of their paychecks starting in the new year. Jennifer davis, thanks for , the update. The we appreciate it. Lets bring in mark. Ma let me ask you, at this point,th are there any winners and losern because we still have no deal . Yeah, i dont think there are any winners. Senator mansion of West Virginia said it best, quoted in the wall street journal n when he said theres something terribly wrong when the problem with the u. S. Economy is the u. S. Congress. And i think thats it. People are pretty fed up, and all