Places. Even in this room full of proud manhattan democrats. I cant shake that the link that some people here are pulling for me. [applause] i am delighted to see you here tonight. I was thrilled to get this invitation. I feel right at home here because it is often said i share the politics of alfred e. Smith and the ears of alfred newman. It is an honor to be here with al smith. I never knew your great grandfather. Everything senator mccain told me, the two of them had a great time before prohibition. [laughter] i am not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. When this matter was submitted, they would readily see it had no place in our constitution. It would be very difficult if not impossible to explain to those who come to this country to make it their business to seek that no such matter as this is ever again made the subject of a federal constitutional laws. You have been listening to the 2008 president ial nominees talking at that yours Al Smith Dinner followed by a
We do not come as aggressors. Our goal is not a goal of conquest. We are fighting in defense of our families and prosperity. We have traditions and our traditions have been scorned. Our in treaties have been disregarded. We have begged and they have bought an hour, amit we have balked. We brought forth confidence that we shall win. The words of William Jennings bryan. We are coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of nebraska. And hisJennings Bryan wife moved here in 1902. We are coming to you from the first floor. He did much of his riding an entertaining here in this house. We welcome our guest, a professor of history at Georgetown University. Chairalso joined by the of the department of history at the university of nebraska here in lincoln. To set up this speech, the man that delivered it and the impact that it had bought democratic delegates. The country was very divided. There was a Great Depression. The democrats were split down the middle. The incumbent presi
Harris played out on the front pages of several Major National papers. This is the front page of the washington post. A historic move. Ine first woman of color number two slot for a major party. Front pages of new york tabloids, from the new york daily news, yes we kam. Kamrades, is what they went with. Frome political headlines, huffington poo huffington post, making history. We want to hear from you this morning about your thoughts on that pick and as you are calling in, we want to remind you where Kamala Harris came from before this pic was announced yesterday. Heres some of her background,orn in oakland, california 1964, as we said, the daughter of jamaican and indian , she was the San Francisco District Attorney from 2004 to 2000 11, leaving to become the California Attorney 2017, thenm 2011 to leaving to become the u. S. Senator from california elected steen and she announced her president ial run in january of 2019 in oakland, california, ending her pain in early december of 201
He has been a member of the faculty of Southern California noted by Time Magazine is one of the greatest minds. Appearedms work has in many different works. Jonathan is a member of the Advisory Board for the state financial board. Joining us to kick off remarks and share more information about the top trends in the 13th edition is jonathan williams, then arthur laffer, and steve moore. You can ask questions by dropping them into the box at the bottom of your screen. Jonathan, why dont you take it away . Good afternoon, everyone. It is such a pleasure to work with my good friends on this project. Going into our 13th edition that will be released tomorrow. This is been top of mind on how do we exit this covert environment in a way that makes us more prosperous. Have goodarch will comments on that. Art will have good comments on that. Lets get to the top 10 and bottom 10. At the rankings based on 15 factors. Regulation, policy, things that dr. Laffer has looked it over the decades. Also,
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