To you today by your television provider. History and biography is sponsored by wells fargo. Im Judy Woodruff and im thrilled to be joining these three amazing authors to today. You see them on the screen, they are george packer, whose latest book our man, Richard Holbrook and the American Century and susan lasser and peter baker just this fall, the man who ran washington. The life and times of james a baker the third. Two brilliant books about too complicated and fascinating man. They were born at a decade apart. Baker in houston in 1930, holbrook in manhattan in 1941. Acre republican trained as warrior. Holbrook a democrat Foreign Service officer,student of foreignpolicy. Their lives have very different trajectories but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Peter picking up on it, this is a man with ambition and it was even before he came to washington. It was he was part of a family of an aristocracy, his family basically builds moderninstant. They
14. 270 wouldtwo to 17 be declared the winner. We are still waiting for results from alaska and pennsylvania. Professors the bait whether to keep or eliminate the Electoral College. This runs 1. 5 hours. Thank you. Thanks so much, anthony, and thank you to the Federalist Society for hosting this debate at its annual faculty conference. Thank you. Thanks so much, anthony, and thank you to the Federalist Society for hosting this debate at its annual faculty conference. I im delighted to be here with two distinguished scholars to moderate this debate on the question should the Electoral College be as you are aware, the constitution establishes an Electoral College for choosing the president meeting in their respective states, the electors vote by ballot for the president and Vice President. Federalist 68 that the Electoral College will provide a practicable obstacle 2 intrigue and corruption, he said that it would impose capable discernment for deliberation over the selection of the presi
Thank you to the federal society for hosting this debate at. Im delighted to be here for the question, should the Electoral College be abrogated . Electoral college choosing a president. In their respective states electors choose wedding for president and Vice President. Electoral college would provide Vice President Alexander Hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College would provide a practicable obstacle to cabal intrigue and corruption. He said that it would interpose capable men of discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Moreover, hamilton thought the system best designed to prevent tumult and disorder. Debates about the Electoral College once again emerged over the desirability of our constitutions method for selecting the president. So this debate is an important one about our republic. And about our constitutional form of government. It raises questions of principle. What are the values to be promoted in a democratic republic . In a feder
This morning. If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris, call 202 7488000. If you support President Trump and Vice President pence, call 202 7488001. If you support another ticket or did not vote, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media on twitter, twitter at cspan wj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Right now once again it is saturday and the president ial race has not yet been decided. Right now, you can always go to cspan. Org to see the state of the Electoral College where right now the map says that joe biden has 264 Electoral College votes. 214, withtrump has several major states left to go, including nevada, pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, and alaska. Once again, all of the votes have not been counted, but most news organizations are projecting that joe biden eventually will take a lead that cannot be overcome by President Trump. Joe biden came out last night on friday
Current president s rhetoric and work to ensure the peaceful transfer of power on january 20. Barry, theack with cofounder and president of National Popular vote. Barry is here to talk to us about his groups effort to promote the National Popular vote rather than the Electoral College to elect president s. Good morning. Thank you very much for giving me to time the time to talk about the National Popular vote plan. Host tell us about your organization. What is the mission of National Popular vote . Guest the mission is very simple. The mission is to guarantee that whatever president ial candidate sees the most votes in all 50 states and the District Of Columbia is elected the president. So, we want the president to be elected by the National Popular vote. States e in all 50 you have the vote in all 50 states and the District Of Columbia and that is the winter. Home without my constitution and the cspan copy of the constitution. One giveso section state legislatures the exclusive right