Presidency the storied and surprising history of president ial campaigns in america from university of nebraska, press and this is one of these books that is welcoming to scholars and for armchair historians and for general readers of all sorts one of the things that we do together, one of the really only unifying things we do together. All of us as a country is a president ial election every four years. We all have a stake in those of us are voting age that is in terms of where our country is going. And it distills the destiny of the United States into a single human being and index and in essence for range of ideas. This has been a feature of this country since the presidency of George Washington and bob real has pulled together a comprehensive history of every single president ial election in one readable volume. This is the word surprising in the subtitle is not frivolous even president ial scholars, i think are going to find details in here that they havent seen before and i was p
Both sides and the president s side, the Special Counsel side had a facetoface meeting last week. A rare facetoface meeting after weeks of informal discussions and were told by a source familiar myself, my colleague that Robert Muellers Team Provided more granularity on the topics they would like to discuss with the president in a possible interview under the umbrella of the firing of james comey as well as the firing of the former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The specifics include the Attorney General Jeff Sessions role in the firing of james comey as well as what the president knew about his National Security adviser Michael Flynn and his conversation he had had with former Russian Ambassador Sergei Kizlyback about the actions. There is possible collusion, possible Obstruction Of Justice and what the president knew. Im told by a source familiar that legal team has taking the
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For the principle purpose of influencing the election. President trump today is claiming that those Campaign Violations are, quote, not a crime. Thats not what the Justice Department said and same president named as individual one in the plea deal. You can believe individual one who is implicated in the crimes. The president. Who does have a long and storied history of saying thing that is arent true. Or you can believe Career Prosecutors at the Justice Department, two federal judges and a jury of Paul Manaforts peers but you have to pick one or the other. Another falsehood of the president saying that he did not learn of the Hush Money Payments until after theyd been made. Despite the fact, of course, that Michael Cohen recently released an Audio Recording of September 2016 in which donald trump can be clearly heard discussing a potential payment to playboy model Karen Mcdougall and President Trump verified that Tape Tweeting at the time, what kind of a lawyer would tape
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Movements. My guests this morning, senator whip dick durbin of illinois and david duke of georgia. Plus, Elizabeth Warrens refusal to shake hands with Bernie Sanders and their postdebate squabble. I think you called me liar on national tv . Lets not do it right now. Reporter has stirred fear on the left that this threatens its chances of securing a progressive nominee. And a county to county project. Ive been hearing people will change this time and get behind the nominee no matter what. We talked to africanamerican voters in milwaukee about 2020. Joining me for inside analysis are hugh hewitt, host on the salem radio network, former congresswoman donna edwards, and the author of a book on President Trump, phil rucker, white house chief bureau of the Washington Post and Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post. Announcer this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good morning, everyone. Last week we witnessed the dignified rituals that played out on capitol hill with terms like hear ye, hear
Were disorganized and incompetent and hate their dads and leave dirty dishes in the sink and have crumbs in their beds . Thats worse. They are a disaster. The people who want to control your healthcare could not organize nap time for a sixyearold. What happens when you put them in charge of an entire caucus in iowa. First they play former hillary staffers 63,000 to develop a vote counting app that doesnt work. They elevate a 38yearold finance puppet and pretend he is the front runner. If there is a short term winner in iowa its probably Pete Buttigieg of south bend. The hand selected choice of democratic donors to fight the Bernie Sanders surging. He didnt wait until the results were in to declare victory. He did that last. Remembering how it felt to be an indiana teenager wonder figure he would ever be long in this world . He might not ever wear the uniform and might not ever know love. That person is standing in front of you. A mayor, and a veteran and happily married and one step cl