Well have a full replay of opening day. Coming up next, q a with author ronald schafer. Then at 7 00 world is live with your phone calls and a look at todays headlines. 6 announcer this week on q a, former wall street journal reporter and columnist ronald shafer. Mr. Shafer discusses his book, the Carnival Campaign how the rollicking 1840 campaign of tippecanoe and tyler too changed president ial elections forever. Brian ronald shafer, why did you write a book called the Carnival Campaign . Ronald for two reasons. I live in williamsburg, virginia, right next door to where William Henry harrison and john tyler were born. They ran the first modern president ial campaign with rallies and president ial speeches. Brian what do you mean by modern . Ronald before this when you campaign for president , you did not give speeches or have rallies. You just sat at home and wrote letters to people who wrote you about the issues. In this election for the first time, they had huge rallies. Harrison b
Well have a full replay of opening day. Coming up next, q a with author ronald schafer. Then at 7 00 world is live with your phone calls and a look at todays headlines. 6 announcer this week on q a, former wall street journal reporter and columnist ronald shafer. Mr. Shafer discusses his book, the Carnival Campaign how the rollicking 1840 campaign of tippecanoe and tyler too changed president ial elections forever. Brian ronald shafer, why did you write a book called the Carnival Campaign . Ronald for two reasons. I live in williamsburg, virginia, right next door to where William Henry harrison and john tyler were born. They ran the first modern president ial campaign with rallies and president ial speeches. Brian what do you mean by modern . Ronald before this when you campaign for president , you did not give speeches or have rallies. You just sat at home and wrote letters to people who wrote you about the issues. In this election for the first time, they had huge rallies. Harrison b
Well have a full replay of opening day. Coming up next, q a with author ronald schafer. Then at 7 00 world is live with your phone calls and a look at todays headlines. 6 announcer this week on q a, former wall street journal reporter and columnist ronald shafer. Mr. Shafer discusses his book, the Carnival Campaign how the rollicking 1840 campaign of tippecanoe and tyler too changed president ial elections forever. Brian ronald shafer, why did you write a book called the Carnival Campaign . Ronald for two reasons. I live in williamsburg, virginia, right next door to where William Henry harrison and john tyler were born. They ran the first modern president ial campaign with rallies and president ial speeches. Brian what do you mean by modern . Ronald before this when you campaign for president , you did not give speeches or have rallies. You just sat at home and wrote letters to people who wrote you about the issues. In this election for the first time, they had huge rallies. Harrison b
Just entitlements. Entitlements is a problem because thats 60 of the total budget goes to entitlements. Lets keep in mind theres also Discretionary Spending that is nondefense Discretionary Spending. And we the first thing that was done, if you all remember when this president took office, was to take 800 billion for a stimulus. None of that was used for the military. That was all for the stimulus. That obligated us on nondefense Discretionary Spending for the rest of the time at the expense of defense. And so now were in a situation that is so serious in this country that even our military leaders have come out and made statements. And im going to read a couple of these. They need to be in here because people have to understand how critical this situation is and how we have disarmed this country. Secretary hagel two weeks ago, he said listen carefully to this, madam president american dominance on the seas, in the skies and in space can no longer be taken for granted. Is this america
Been made. Until we get substantive change, well be in the streets. The grand jury still hasnt decided whether to prosecute the Police Officers involved in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Michael browns father says hes still looking. I will never heal on the inside. Every single day there is a black male who is killed by someone. [ chanting ] the demand for justice in ferguson, missouri has not let up. Just hours ago professor cornel west was arrested along with clergy members. They were part of a group of hundreds of protesters marching today, in sometimes pouring rain, to demand justice for Michael Brown. The day of action comes at the end of a weekend of resistance one taking place two months after browns shooting. Earlier today six demonstrators were arrested for blocking traffic near the headquarters of emerson electric, prompting police to temporarily close part of the road. Late last night in neighboring st. Louis, they stayed into the predawn hours. Dr. West called for a n