David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about some of the past. His book about arnold rothstein, has book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted silent cows almanac, the wit and wisdom of calvin coolidge, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman lively itabout how is, illuminating portraits of candidate, and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes to election day is one he has definitively become the best at leading. His work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a of the president s series. After three homeruns, i think pietrusza is the undisputed champion of chronicling americans president ial campaigns. He holds a masters degree in history the university at albany and has served on city council in amsterdam new york and is the , rec
The history of our country. This is the greatest number 33. 1 . Biden campaign complained that number was not good enough. Say what . Today. He claimed that president obama was responsible for the nations success, and President Trump blublew it at the roulette whee. When barack and i left office, he left don don donalda strong economy, stronger than the one he handled, he is squandering that economy, we can build back and build back better with an economy that begets to reward work not wealth. Wholl take florida . College poll has joe ahead 51 5147 . Real clear politics. A small lead, the president needs florida to win the big enchilada. Joining me, now dad, ben, welcome back. Great to be with you and great to have you back on the air. Thank you, man well lets talk about florida, how critical is florida for whoever wins the white house . Well, florida is critical. I dont think that actually you can see any path back to the white house. For President Trump, without florida. I think that
The history of our country. This is the greatest number 33. 1 . Biden campaign complained that number was not good enough. Say what . Today. He claimed that president obama was responsible for the nations success, and President Trump blublew it at the roulette whee. When barack and i left office, he left don don donalda strong economy, stronger than the one he handled, he is squandering that economy, we can build back and build back better with an economy that begets to reward work not wealth. Wholl take florida . College poll has joe ahead 51 5147 . Real clear politics. A small lead, the president needs florida to win the big enchilada. Joining me, now dad, ben, welcome back. Great to be with you and great to have you back on the air. Thank you, man well lets talk about florida, how critical is florida for whoever wins the white house . Well, florida is critical. I dont think that actually you can see any path back to the white house. For President Trump, without florida. I think that
And answer portion, in the interest of video and audio reporting, if you could just come to our microphone by the white pillar so we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion, and lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen, to politics and prose the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjuncrt senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. He is the New York Times best selling author with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers. One went off to sea and one became Vice President. Neither was heard from ever again. However in rare cases, the Vice President is not relegated to obscurity. Namely when the president the previous president dies. And his newest, best New Y
Welcome, everyone, to our second class. This is for the people who are here for the first time tonight, the making of the president 2020, better known as the political circus of the century. Im going to be talking about two different and yet related topics the first has to do with the factors that are considered when we look at president ial effectiveness. The second part, id like to look at a few of the more recent president ial elections. So were going to start with this, and im calling on the work of Professor Robert dahlic, a well known president ial historian. He writes, the 20th century saw an unprecedented expansion of president ial powers, primarily due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men who served in the office Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, franklin dellano roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, lyndon baynes johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now, professor dahlics analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some