I think we need no introduction or at least robert caro who i hope you have read all of his books and as enamored of them as i am. We are here because we are enamored to talk about writing. Not so much the subject matter per se but why writing matters. And we both feel, as im sure you do, that writing matters quite a bit. How it matters, is really a task for the writer to come to terms with. How are you going to get people to read, to turn the page, to be as enthralled with your subject as you are. And you know mr. Robert caro is working on he has a master of the enthralled. We thought we are talking a little bit about that. Recently and hope you saw this, there was recently a interview with bob and one of the things i thought was so wonderful about this was bob talking about certain working methods. And one of the things he said reminded me of walt whitman. And that, if you read whitman, one of the things you know about that exuberant poet is that he uses lists. Once william atalked a
Patrick and living in a country with president barack obama. One of the reasons you just stated in creating better access to both Educational Opportunities and health care which is eliminating all of those other disparities. Its important we not upset about the 99 of the 47 and just remember that there are people behind all of those percentages, and people that has been struggling and People Living in poverty. If you talk about the shrinking middle class, who were the joining . And so i want a president and governor and a major that believes in making those critical investment in physical infrastructure and in people that support the rule that everyone has to play in the economy including giving people in poverty on a pathway to selfsufficiency that is just as important. A round of applause for the panel. [applause] jim bendat correspondent for msnbc come i tv and sky news is next on booktv. For the next half hour, he talks of the history of president ial inauguration going back to 79.
Inauguration coverage. Speaking of congress, republicans at the house retreat this weekend have decided upon a plan they will vote upon next week to extend the debt limit by three months with hopes of using the federal budget as a way of tackling spending. What do you think of that strategy . You can call us at 202 5853880 for democrats and 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 6280205 for independents. Send us a tweet at twitter. Com cspanwj you can send us comments on our Facebook Page and our email at journal cspan. Org. From the Baltimore Sun a story about the weekend retreat and a detail about the plan. Writing debt limit vote set. Heres what they write host attending the retreat and writing a story about it, jonathan strong from roll call. He is their staff writer. Jon, can you give us a little bit of the thinking by house leadership as to how they came up with this as a plan . Good morning. Im happy to explain it. One of the parts of this plan thats been a little misconstrued, its no
A Peek At All The US Presidents On The Dance Floor A Peek At All The US Presidents On The Dance Floor While dancing doesn t make or break a presidency, it can be quite useful - and it probably helped decide at least one election.
George W. Bush at one of his inaugural balls in 2001.
George Washington could really cut a rug. Abraham Lincoln absolutely could not.
While dancing doesn t make or break a presidency, it can be quite useful - and it probably helped decide at least one election.
The most visible display of presidential happy feet nowadays occurs at inaugural balls, and President Biden didn t have any of those.