In both in both georgia and nevada. Trump, meanwhile, leads by a single point in the bout appeared all of those results are within the margin of error, but the trendlines favor harris. It previous fox polls, conducted by president Joe Biden exited the 2024 race about six weeks ago, trump led by five points, in arizona, nevada, North Carolina and by six points in georgia, and we can hold the graph above the screen there for one more. And yes, the race is close, but when President Biden dropped out it reshaped the race. Not only does harris have omentum, but suddenly her path to 270 Electoral College Votes have really opened up. Well, and then you also looked at the down Ballot Races, and i was just, frankly shocked, by the Arizona Senate within this poll and how Ruben Gallego is just running away beyond the margin of error, with the Arizona Senate race, and yes, it is kerry lake she is up against, she is a drag on the Ticket Up in arizona. It is like 15 points. It is a big lead in a pla
Thats to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable. At home, another four years of Donald Trumps chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of project 2025 will hurt real, everyday people and waken our sacred institutions. Richard, which are the reasons who have not stood up yet, who served in the Trump Administration, who could actually make a difference in terms of persuading those very few, unpersuadable voters who are left . And do you expect any more of them to stand up between now and november . I mean, theres the former Vice President who has, shall we say, a certain physical and political incentive to stand up, given how he was do you think hes going to do it . No. Look, i think if people were going to stand up, theyve had now, shall we say, several years to do it. Several people simply have not. Disagree with me or not, but how much of a difference will it make . Its certainly not going to shake trumps base. Im not sure many of thes
The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
Clipper and George Hammond culture of the amenities forum which organized todays event. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime if we had them here you in half or so ago from the accidental president. His last book, and this time we have a virtually from his home, and were going to talk about his new book about a 1940 election. Were going back 72 years to another electionyear and you will be amazed at exactly how similar it sound in some ways. Another with a different but in some ways. Whats different is the politicians were all younger than they are today. Thats one big difference. But a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. Very good read. Outstanding. I want to say a couple things first. Thank you so much for having the. The the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and you are doing this virtual. A lot of people are going to painandsuffering china for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was s
Latest Nonfiction Book and authors, cspan2 created by americas Television Company as a Public Service and brought to you by your television provider. History and biography is sponsored by wells fargo i am judy would read and i am thrilled to be joining these three amazing offer authors, yoe them on the screen, george packer, Richard Holbrook the end of the American Century and Susan Glasser and peter baker whose book is out this fall, the man who ran washington, the life and times of James A Baker the third period two brilliant books about too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart, baker in houston in 1930, holbrook in manhattan in 1941, baker republican trained as a lawyer, holbrook a democrat, Foreign Service officer, student of Foreign Policy, their lives to very different project trees but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Peter picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and even was there before he came to w