Previous administrations. I am the assistant professor of Political Science at usc and thanks to everyone for coming and helping to set this up. Political Science Research has shown that judges sentencing tends to be harshest right before lunch. I assume similar patterns hold for political discussion so my pledge to you is that we will make up some time in the air and aim for a safe landing by 1230 and hopefully you wont have to throw anyone after flight along the way. You may begin by introducing our distinguished panel which, in the spirit of this conference, combines some luminaries from academia with people who have really rich experience in the political world. To begin, going from left to right, matthew kohn is a professor of economics, spatial studies and environmental science. Ron plane is former chief of staff to joe biden and al gore and a former 2016 advisor. Joe is a former assistant to george w. Bush. My colleague is professor of Political Science and next we have the 40 L
Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org on our homepage or by searching the video library. Next a look at the first days of the Trump Presidency with Political Consultants and professors from university of southern california. They discussed Public Opinions based on polling from before and after the election. This is one hour and a half. Good morning. Im bob shrum, director of the Unruh Institute politics, on behalf of the institute the Political Science department, the door inside college of letters arts and sciences. Welcome to the next and this is a conferences that we are holding designed to bring together a lyrical actors, journalists and academics to discuss major issues and inflection points. We have two changes today. First anthony who was close to President Trump phoned yesterday to say he had been summoned to a meeting in washington. Ambassador who was in china when she accepted this conference put the date and time into her phone there. And so she showed up yesterday prim
Organization ando political organizations its clear over the past several electoral cycles the Koch Brothers and others associated have pumped likely hundreds of millions of dollars particularly into nonprofit political organizations. And this is where it really gets technical but also gets very important in the sense that these types of organizations which are not supposed to have a primary purpose of engaging in politics are still spending tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars collectively to engage in the political process, and this is really where the row begins. Where the argument that harry reid and plenty of other democrats have articulated saying fine, play politics, get in politics but we should know who truly is behind it. Can either of us put a dollar figure on how much money the Koch Brothers have put in the system in in part no, because we dont have the information by law to put such a dollar figure on their pending. Host based on that, lets take a step back. Who ar
Role in the world. What do you think america possible role in the world should be . The phone lines we will get the latest on the investigation and that malaysian aircraft and 2014 Midterm Election politics. Putin may pay dearly for crime area for crimea. European leaders are calling it illegitimate. There is also this piece from a brookings institution, an expert on american foreignpolicy. He writes there has never been a more important time to understand American Power and leadership. Critics decry a last of a lack of leadership. American withdrawal is becoming conventional wisdom. Is that right . He concludes with these words. We have the underlying capacity of a powerful ally in structure and favorable international landscape. But there is no time to wait. The longer the perception of American Hesitation endures, the more ingrained it will be. The more it will act in ways getting things for the u. S. We have global interest and global presence. Time for the u. S. To recall we are s