Ulysses Grant was born on the 27th day of April 1882, in Point Pleasant, Ohio to Root Grant, a businessman, and Hannah Grant. The family moved to George town a year after his birth and that was where…
applicatio politicians like that. you talk about the action on the battle field helped and crippled him in the white house. you would think they would help each other, if you re a good commander in field, you would be a good commander in chief. i don t think that s necessarily true. battlefield success is not necessary a guarantee for true success as a president. actually i think grant is a better president than he s given credit for. he kept us out of two wars that everybody was keen to fight, both with great britain, because he believed very firmly, like most experienced generals that peace is better and wore is terrible. but above all, grant s underlying personality was to patiently move forward day by day towards the goal that you want to achieve. he was an enormously interesting
we think shutdown passions are intense. here to put it in historical context, author of ulysses s. grant, michael is also the former editor and chief of simon and shuster and joins us at the table. let s start with that. any lessons that we should take from ulysses s. grant skill as a negotiator for today s crisis? i think so. ulysses s. grant pursued the path directly, he never veered from it. when he was a child he was remarkable because he would never retrace his steps. so if he was going in one direction, he would never back up. he would always go forward. and as a negotiator, he was very much the same kind of personality. in a very polite but firm way he stuck to what he believed. we could probably use him today. it would be nice if we more
why would i take one pepcid® when i could take tums® throughout the day when my heartburn comes back? cause you only have to take one. [ male announcer ] don t be like the burns. just one pepcid® complete works fast and lasts. new video just in on top house democrats inside the oval office where they are discussing the shutdown and debt ceiling with president obama. less than half the nation in the recent survey says the president has been a strong leader on this. obama has 42 predecessors who he can look to for negotiation role models, ulysses s grant maybe a good place to start. long before he had a starring role on the $50 bill and before two terms as president, grant polished his negotiation skills by managing the end of the civil war as president lincoln and general in chief.
exists. i think he s perfect in the bleeding heart category. i took the he esquire, i m bleeding heart but that means i care. mark murray, you will always be in the center of our heart. thank you. a test of leadership, the president is meeting with democrats as we speak, what can all involved learn from president grant ulysses? take a look at these negotiating skills. you re playing let s make a deal. door number one me getting in front of the press corps and telling them you or chess traited a cover-up, becausal i wanted to do is tell the truth. behind door number two, me giving you what you want and telling the press corps i m sorry to sleep with janine lock. sir, i told you, there s no way we can make them do anything.