Go governor won contests in vermont and connecticut heading into new york and needed another victory to continue momentum against democratic frontrunner bill clinton. But jerry brown finished third in new york with governor clinton winning the state on his way to securing the party nomination. Bill clinton then defeated incumbent george h. W. Bush in the general election. This program is about one hour. We welcome you to the post. We are glad to have you. We wish you luck on tuesday. Is there anything you want to say to us before we go to questions . By temperament, experience, commitment, i find myself in this president ial campaign, offering what i believe to be the only viable alternative for 1992 to restore stability to this country. It is the premise of my case that the governing elite is stuck. It is paralyzed. It cant take the necessary corrective action to restore vitality to this country. The level of despair and suffering and injustice has no historic precedent in history of
Is there anything you want to say . Sometimes it is worth letting you take three minutes to tell us what you want us to hear. Brown i temper myself with commitment. I find myself in this commitment being the only viable alternative for 1992 to restore stability to this country. It is the premise of my case that the governing elite is stuck. It is paralyzed. It cant take the necessary corrective action to restore vitality to this country. The level of despair and suffering and injustice has no historic precedent in history of our nation. Folks in washington are acting as though there are some problems out there that it is pretty much business as usual. Two interpretations of 1992. One is there are some problems that ought to be corrected. There is another view, there is something profoundly wrong with what is going on in the politics and governing processes of this nation. I take the second view. I believe the social fabric is unraveling. That the central state is aggregating to itself
How bright he was. I knew he would be a big contributor. It was not until after the convention that it was clear he was on a fast track. As a road in the book, i was working for john edwards. It did not work out well. I was working for obama. The contrast between the two was profound. Smart guy. He wanted the cliff notes. He wanted to do what he needed to do. Obama want to to drill three and four levels deep. From the first time i met him, he or he was a guy that thought winning elections was not the most important thing. Its what you do when you win. What you do to move the community or country forward. I saw national skills. The convention was sort of the line of demarcation. Did you see in him at that time a man that might be president . Everybody steps forward and says oh, i saw him. Rahm emanuel says that. Dont hook him to a lie detector on that one. [laughter] i met barack in 1992 when a friend of mine who was in liberal politics in chicago called me and said he was one of the mo
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. David axelrod is here. He is a political strategist that led Barack Obamas historic campaigns and serve in the white house as an advisor to the president. Hishis new book is called believer. It reflects on his career working on more than 150 political campaigns. David girgan write in his review, would barack obama be elected president if he did not have people ask rod David Axlerod . We will come to that question a little later. He would have done quite well without you and you would have done quite well without him but the two was greater than the sum. I am not sure either of us would have gone forward in politics but for the fact we came together in a time that each of us had that x essential moment in our careers. I had grown really dismayed about the cynical nature of the business that i was in. He had lost the race for congress and was making a decision about one more campaign. If you have lost, he was going to tell michelle
Not a job very many people could do. Rose David Axelrod for the hour next. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose David Axelrod is here a political strategist who lead barak obamas historic president ial campaign and served in the white house a Senior Advisor to the president. He founded the institute of politics at the university of chicago after leaving washington in 20 it. His new book is called believer. My 40 years in politics am he reflects on his career working on more than 150 Political Campaigns. David gergen writes in the New York Times in his review would barack obama have been elected president without David Axelrod . That question is less farfetched than it may seem. Im pleased to have David Axelrod back at this tablement welcome. Im so