Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
Test. The governor of california for two times and he was on a larger stage, he had been a movie star and he knew how to relate to a mass public in a way that i dont think anyone else had a chance to. Im sorry, to the carter presidency it is kind of a toss up. Hamilton jordan who was the brilliant political advisor to jimmy carter said we lost the election of 1980 for three reasons. Bad economy, the iron hostage crisis, and ted kennedy. If we had been able to fix one of those three, we would have a chance. But with the three of them against us we did not. This is a cartoon that says carter really doesnt beat kennedy in the primary season. He just comes equipped for the car crash. I have never seen this before. There are maybe some of you that have seen them retrospective Television Shows and movies that of course bring our cultural understanding about something that happened. I once went, and believe me i reached my own conclusions about who was at fault. And i read this as much more c
Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Crated by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. Nearly a third of democratic president ial delegates will be chosen this super tuesday. 14 states, democrats abroad and america samoa will all be voting. Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. He saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that the person with the most elegant going into milwaukee would be the nomine
Thats followed by prime ministers questions from the british house of commons. Then, joe biden, winter in South Carolina on saturday, campaigns in norfolk, virginia, ahead of tuesdays primary. Nearly a third of democratic president ial delegates will be chosen this super tuesday. 14 states, democrats abroad and American Samoa will all be voting. Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. You saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that
Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. You saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that the person with the most elegant going into delegates going into milwaukee would be the nominee. I do know if it will be decisive. But it will be quite a story the day after super tuesday, when you have all of these states picking all of these delegates. 1357 pledged delegates are up for grabs on super tuesday. 1991 are needed for nomination on