Jeff spent 13 years at the washington post. Im not sure that is where you learn how to write well but that is certainly where you learn how to get a good story and by the end he was running the outlook section and then he went to the new yorker and was a Senior Editor there for nearly 13 years and that is a place where you learn to write well and help others write well. Besides writing nonfiction, jeff has written three, four, i guess four works of fiction. So this is someone who understands the importance of narrative and of a good story. He brought those talents, for some reason, to the relationship between eisenhower and nixon and i want to begin by asking you, jeff, why did you choose that particular marriage . Because as to be focus of this because it was really a great story. 2 began with two people who really doesnt know each other. One was American Hero of sort we dont have anymore. Fivestar generals, no more fivestar generals. The man credited to leading allies to victory in e
Career ending goal, travel around the world and do what de tocqueville, democracbyy in different countries. Exactly. The thing that confuses me about america, the twoparty system. You think well ever get to place more voices than twoparty system. No. Even if we do, it will be like israel where likud bloc has whole number of people that participate in the likud bloc. Even now liby is part of the government. I like her. Leaker man who is far right. So britain you have the new democrats, whatever theyre called, liberal democrats. You have twod parties there, tories and middle of the road party. I think if you had three parties one would gradually replace the other, just like republicans replaced the whigs and replaced liberals in britain. Nature of politics, need 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. If youn dont goes to the house. Do you want that . No, nobody wants the house picking next president. That is scarier than ever. We want the voters to pick the president. So, 270 elector
Voice, tonight your Holiday Spending a Record Number of shoppers flooded stores on thanksgiving, retailers posted weakest holiday sales since before the recession, thanksgiving and black friday sales combined rising a little over 2 . Weekend sales were down 3 , cyber monday is underway, many of the major online retailers are extending todays deals over the week. Are they worth it . With me now, author of upcoming book, its worse than you think, the u. S. Economy and th the dece of the middle class. And trey, welcome. Chris, i dont remember sales going down, a big deal, what do you make of it . I wish i could make better news of it. We have record unemployment. We have zero wage growth. We have 48 million people, americans on food stamps, last time i hecked santa does not take ebt. It snow surprise this sale it is no surprise that sales were down. Shopper spent how much is that . Per family . 423 down from 423 in 2012. I think this question requires maybe a big picture approach, Holiday
Voice, tonight your Holiday Spending a Record Number of shoppers flooded stores on thanksgiving, retailers posted weakest holiday sales since before the recession, thanksgiving and black friday sales combined rising a little over 2 . Weekend sales were down 3 , cyber monday is underway, many of the major online retailers are extending todays deals over the week. Are they worth it . With me now, author of upcoming book, its worse than you think, the u. S. Economy and th the dece of the middle class. And trey, welcome. Chris, i dont remember sales going down, a big deal, what do you make of it . I wish i could make better news of it. We have record unemployment. We have zero wage growth. We have 48 million people, americans on food stamps, last time i hecked santa does not take ebt. It snow surprise this sale it is no surprise that sales were down. Shopper spent how much is that . Per family . 423 down from 423 in 2012. I think this question requires maybe a big picture approach, Holiday
Statewide numbers add up. If youre philly and your vote this is like some guy living in the suburbs where the vote is more important. You live in a big city never lived in a state that really was a close call. I guess the saying about florida . Only three kind of people down here, those who vote, those who count and those who cant count. Stupid joke. [laughter] always had a different number. Always say, this thing called im sorry. Gore. Hi, chris. Quick question, i guess, the last one. Im a big fan of worldwide government, and what . Worldwide government. Federal recallism. Just a different government in Different Countries around the world, whether it be in israel, china, different places, watching their government work. I always think of that my career, ending gold to travel around the worldful see how democracy is doing in different cubs. The thing that confuses me about america is the twoparty system. Do you think well get to the place without a twoparty system . It will be like in