And depth on booktv continues in here at our table in washington d. C. , april ryan, author of presidency in black and white, white house correspondent. Eddie glaude, his latest book, democracy and black. And David Maraniss, has written 11 books. One of them, transfixed. The tone and tenor of the critics barack obama has faced we heard him a moment ago. They dont function that the loyal opposition. It seems what weve witnessed over the last eight years of folks who are committed to their ideological position of the prophecy of democracy. More so than george w. Bush or Ronald Reagan or Richard Nixon . He was able to assemblies implement his policy. We could actually push this back to the contract with america. They can actually push it back a little further than that. I think what we are witnessing now is in some ways a kind of apex of a general tenor of our politics for its broke into its core. Donald trump is an exaggerated indication that the rock at the heart of the beltway. Host Da
And depth on booktv continues in here at our table in washington d. C. , april ryan, author of presidency in black and white, white house correspondent. Eddie glaude, his latest book, democracy and black. And David Maraniss, has written 11 books. One of them, transfixed. The tone and tenor of the critics barack obama has faced we heard him a moment ago. They dont function that the loyal opposition. It seems what weve witnessed over the last eight years of folks who are committed to their ideological position of the prophecy of democracy. More so than george w. Bush or Ronald Reagan or Richard Nixon . He was able to assemblies implement his policy. We could actually push this back to the contract with america. They can actually push it back a little further than that. I think what we are witnessing now is in some ways a kind of apex of a general tenor of our politics for its broke into its core. Donald trump is an exaggerated indication that the rock at the heart of the beltway. Host Da
Welcome back to the campus of university of arizona and day two of the tucson festival of books. Booktv is life again today. This is the tv on cspan2 and we are going live to the first panel on politics. [inaudible conversations] welcome. Good to have you here. Welcome to the nice annual festival of books in tucson. Its under incredible experience for all of us in tucson to have this with such incredible speakers and authors coming in from all over the country. I will be your moderator this morning. [applause]. Think you. You are very kind. When i think cox cox mccue can indication for sponsoring this then you. Mr. Nichols is sponsored by cindy and neil raney. Can we have a quick round of applause parsed bonsers. [applause]. This will last an hour and immediately following the session the authors will go to the book signing tent. Mr. Nichols will be a bit delayed, so david will sign his books for you, if he would like. [applause]. Which will increase their value. Its the arizona bookst
Statement. You have got to go to every corner of america. Barack obama had the best answer to the question of why democrats did badly in rural areas and why he did well and he said i did this weird thing, i went there. The fact the matter is that you need to get in your cars and go to places where people who disagree with you are and start to talk to them. You dont have to people say you have to listen to people, no, you have honest conversations with people. You will not have that leaving in your same neighborhood all the time. Thank you all very much for being here. [inaudible conversations] host and booktvs live coverage of the tucson festival of books continues. Youve been listening to authors David Maraniss and john nichols talk about poll politics. Ask john thick olds john nichols will be joining us in just a second to take your phone calls. 202 is the area code, 7488200 if you live in the east and central time zones, 7488201 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zone
Good evening, everyone. It is so nice to see you all here in this great greenberg lounge of the new york law school. Im the director of the nyu center for the study of transformative lives, and over the past six years weve sponsored courses and Public Programs on people who have deeply affected our world for the good. Individuals like frederick douglass, margaret fuller, georgia okeefe, Martin Luther king jr. , pope francis and many others always studied in context. Not all american president s are transformative. [laughter] but some have been. As members of Tonights Panel know well. My own interest is focused on lincoln and his times. It is my belief that students who spend an entire semester studying a person like lincoln or douglass or king or elizabeth candidacy stanton cady stanton, will never forget them. The centers chief ally over the years has been the biography seminar at nyu. Founded in the 1970s by eileen ward, the nyu professor and acclaimed author. For decades this group