Welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond, chair of the forum which organized todays events. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime who was here a year and half or so ago and his last book in this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book the 1948 election so we are going back 72 years for another Election Year and youll be amazed at exactly how similar it sounds in some ways and in other ways very different and one of the difference is the politicians were younger then so that is one big difference but a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book, a very good read by the way. Thank you. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me and the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and here we are going through painandsuffering and i know for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because books can transform or transport you to another time and plac
If you say no, the twoparty system is not working, your line is going to be 202 7488001. If you are unsure what you still want to talk about this issue, your number is going to be 202 7488002. You can alwaysd text us your opinion at 202 7488003. Keep in mind, we are always reading on social media, on. Witter, and cspan we are going to have live on the two current thirdParty Candidates running for president. Coming up at 8 00 we are going to hear from Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins. Coming up at 9 15, the jorgensenn nominee jo will discuss her platform and strategy for this years election. If you want to hear directly from those candidates, keep watching the show. First, we want to hear from you about the twoparty system in the United States. Do you think the political system is working . There is a story from cnn that talked about this earlier this year. Even if they are down on the independent candidates being presented, nearly 40 of americans think a third local party is needed
Election 1976, a case study. The hostess political analyst richard skin. With me here in washington today, im mr. Stephen has and the Brookings Institution and professor from georgetown university. This is the first of the series of programs that are going to extend over the full period of the campaign until beyond the election in november and i centennial political bureau. What we want to do is to bring a picture of the american electoral process. We will have special programs dealing with the parties and the media, the Campaign Techniques and polling and the rest. But what we are really aiming to do, this to give you a picture of the way in which we select our american president and how to hundred and 15 or 220 billion americans can provide every four years a process where which leadership can be developed and transferred over these 200 years of american history. What we hope to do is to bring you discussions of these various aspects of the electoral campaign, and begin that discussi
Election 1976, a case study. Your host is political analyst richard scannan. With me here in washington today are mr. Steven hess of the Bookings Institution and professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university. Now, this is the first of a series of programs that are going to extend over the full period of the campaign until beyond the election in november in our bicentennial political year. What we want to do is to bring a picture of the american electoral process. We will have special programs dealing with the parties and the media, and the campaign technique and polling and the rest. But what we are really aiming to do is to give you a picture of the way in which we select our american president. And how 215 or 220 million americans can provide every four years a process by which leadership can be developed and transferred over these 200 years of American History. Who what we hope to do is bring you discussions of these various aspects of the Electoral Campaign and begin that disc
,. With me here in washington today, mr. Stephen hess of the Brookings Institution and professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university. This is the first of a series of programs that will extend of the campaign until beyond the election in november and our bicentennial put clear. What we want to do is to bring a picture of the american electoral process. We will have special programs dealing with parties and the media. Campaign technique and polling and the rest. What we are really aiming to do is to give you a picture of the way in which we select our american president. And how millions of americans can provide every four years a process by which leadership can be developed and transferred over these 200 years of american history. What we hope to do is to bring you discussions of these aspects of the Electoral Campaign and begin that discussion with a consideration of an historical overview of just the way in which that has worked in the past. The critical elections, the major ele