From Martha Washington to ida mckinley. Tonight, it is doubly medicine. Dolly madison. Dolley was socially adept and politically savvy. She was his best friend. She compensated. James madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women where they can wield a great deal of political power. Dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and erect the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them. Got them together and got them talking. This was important to her to make everyone feel welcome. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison she sat side by side with James Madison helping him. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady w
Talking. This was important to her to make everyone feel welcome. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison she sat side by side with James Madison helping him. Jim moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scene in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during Thomas Jeffersons two terms. The president often called her called on her to assist him. This sense of the usefulness of diplomacy allout dali to hit the ball running. She assumed the role in 89 as her husband James Madison became the president. Welcome. We will learn about the intriguing Dolly Madison. We have two guests at our table. Let me introduce you to them. An author and biographer of Dolly Madison Dolley Madison. Thank you for being here. Our other guest was the creator of the f
Determined from tuesday night a. Key state wide office in virginia. The same office that gave rise to Ken Cuccinelli. The race is close. It seems there are thousands of ballots that went uncounted on Election Night. We will film you in on the latest on that. We are wondering if history will, indeed, repeat itself with Chris Christie playing that role. I have thoughts about that. It involves explaining to you what something called a he cume is. You might want to stick around for that. Our friend mellissa harrisperry is taking her dedication will pay off. That is ahead. But first, president obama is waking up in miami, florida today on his tour of Southern Statesch red Southern States encouraging republicans to do something he didnt expect hed have to be doing 17 months ago. It starts in june of 2012. Thats when the Supreme Court issues its long awaited ruling on obama care. To the surprise of many and dismay of conservatives, it upheld the law. That ruling came with a catch. The law cal
Her mothers folks are from virginia and probably her fathers as well. John converts to quakerism and they go off and live in North Carolina in a quaker community. As far as we know dolley was born there so she is North Carolinas only first lady. What is sad about that she spends most of her life denying it. We think it has to do with her fathers shady Business Practices and they move back to virginia. So shes raised in the world of slave holding. Her father released his slaves as a quaker. Is that the cause of his inability to continue his business . I think he had other problems besides that. He couldnt farm so they moved to that chilly Northern City of philadelphia. Im not sure if you know so much about her thoughts of slavery. How is it that she reconciled herself to actually having slaves in the white house . I think thats a good question. Im not sure i know the answer to that. But she did not free any of her slaves as her father had. And she didnt speak out against slavery so the
Welcome to mtp daily. 81 days now until the Republican Convention in cleveland but the clock is about to strike midnight on the stop Trump Movement. They dont have months they dont have weeks to figure this out. Barely talking days for them. Just over 120 hours now until the voting is done in the state of indiana. If trump wins the hoosier state, this republican race is basically over. The map and the math do not lie. We are going to game it out on the big board in just a moment. Let me tell you, the devil is in the details on this one. You are looking live, mean while, at south bend, indiana, its the home of the university of notre dame. Also, Carly Fiorina speaking now and where ted cruz is about to take the stage as his campaign, as their campaign now, fights for survival. They are desperately trying to unite conservatives in a lastditch alamostyle stand against donald trump. We begin with, perhaps, the furthest thing from unity. The former republican speaker of the house of represe