I am delighted to see you here tonight. I was thrilled to get this invitation. I feel right at home here because it is often said i share the politics of alfred e. Smith and the ears of alfred newman. It is an honor to be here with al smith. I never knew your great grandfather. Everything senator mccain told me, the two of them had a great time before prohibition. [laughter] i am not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. When this matter was submitted, they would readily see it had no place in our constitution. It would be very difficult if not impossible to explain to those who come to this country to make it their business to seek that no such matter as this is ever again peter sien you have been listening to the 2008 president ial nominees talking at and that years Al Smith Dinner followed by al smith himself you talking about the lifting of prohibition in 1933. Will welcome to the contenders series. We welcome to you from the state a Assembly Hall in albany, new york
Times for popular Public Affairs and history programs. Stay up to date on all the election coverage. Cspans radio app means you always have cspan op the go. Next on history book shelf, author james chace talks about his book. 1912 wilson. Roosevelt, taft and debs the election that changed the country. Professor chace describes the personalities and relationships between Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard taft and eugene debs. Welcome to viewers on cspans book tv. Today were here to discuss james chaces new book, 1912 wilson. Roosevelt, taft and debs the election that changed the country. It has just been published by simon and schuster. Woodrow Wilson Center is the official memorial to our 28th president. Created in 1968 by an act of congress within the smithsonian institution. Because Woodrow Wilson headed Princeton University before becoming president the center memorializes his legacy as a bridge between the worlds of academia and public policy. It fulfills this miss
Get audio coverage and up to the minute updates and podcast time for our popular affairs and history programs. Stay up to date on all the election coverage, cspan radio app means you always have cspan on the go. Governor Adlai Stevenson accepted his Party Nomination at the 1952 National Convention in his home state illinois. Governor stevenson lost the 1952 election to general Dwight Howard with 44 of the popular vote. The eisenhower is 55 . This speech is only 50 minutes of our coverage of nbc news. The introduction by president truman. [ applause ] mr. President , ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens. I accept your nomination and your program. [ applause ] i should have preferred to hear those words uttered by a stronger, wiser, a better man than myself. [ applause ] after this president s speech, i even feel better about myself. [ applause ] none of you, my friends, can appreciate what is in my heart. I can only hope that you understand my words. They will be f
The era of reagan. Those are the tide turning president s, washington and jefferson and lincoln and fdr and reagan, and if this is the choice thats before us, my fellow citizens in 2016 if Barack Obamas former secretary of state, his wing woman, Hillary Clinton, were to win we would say about obama or historians might say the tide has now once again turned, president won, won reelection handed off power. And if the democrats we only know this in the next two or three elections. If they become basically the dominant president ial party at least, then you would now, okay. So thats the structure, the rhythm of the presidency. And if youre a democrat im going to bum you out on how powerful actually we still lincolns gravitational pull is because, remember, the democrats are overwhelmingly the dominant Political Party until lincoln. And the civil war loomed so large in our memory that since lincoln there are only two democrats who have won two popular votes for the presidency. Franklin roos
Hosted this hourlong event. We are thrilled to welcome akhil reed amar, sterling professor of law and Political Science at Yale University back to New York Historical society. Before joining Yale Law School professor amar clerked on the First Circuit for judge steven then judge stephen breyer, he is also a recipient of the devane medical, yales highest award for teaching excellence and is the author of several books including the law of the land, a grand tour of our constitutional republic. And i think akhil was voted the most popular professor at yale at least he is my most popular professor and you are all here, i think, if you all are here because you know him, he is your most popular professor. So before we begin and invite our popular professor up on the stage, please turn off any cell phones, Electronic Devices and join me in welcoming akhil reed amar. Thank you. [ applause ] well, good evening. Welcome. Thank you so much for for coming. This is the New York Historical society, w