Hope you had a wonderful lunch into our great cspan ideas, here is what is going on at the National Constitution center today the most exciting bill of rights day in memory. Today, december 15th is the 223rd anniversary of the bill of rights ratification and the 225th anniversary of its proposal and this is the day that we at the National Constitution center open a new gallery, displaying one of the 12 original copies of the bill of rights along with rare copies of the declaration of independence and the Constitution Center. I should say i am just rosen which has her hearty audience knows, because it introduced two times already is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. We had the idea of summoning the best constitutional thinkers in america from the left and right on all sides of the political spectrum have written the most interesting books about the constitution for the Constitution Center
Podium. I had a few problems and would rather not test myself. Thank you for coming tonight. In thinking about the problem of liberalism, i have to start with the simple problem most people, including most people who think they studied the subject have a very weak idea of the history of liberalism whether it is on the left or the right, there is an idea is that you started with progressivism, moved on started with progressivism, proceeded to the new deal and went on to the Great Society and it was a continuous flow. The trouble is it is simply not true. Most progressive did not become new dealers. Very few republican progressives, progressivism was a bipartisan movement. Republican and Democratic Party. Very few republican progressives became new dealers. Not surprisingly enough, among the democratic progressives, the group most likely to become new dealers were social workers, and they saw what they wanted, what they hoped for in the new deal. Part of the reason for this was world war