President ial election and what to expect from a Biden Administration. And Mccain Institute heard from former obama and Mccain Campaign managers, and a white house correspondent, Maggie Haberman. This is one hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon and i would like to welcome you to the second part of the Mccain Institute Straight Talk live and my clock is ringing. Im so sorry. Thank you to our eminently qualified panelists, the Campaign Managers for both the mccain and obama campaigns, rick davis and david plus, election law expert trevor potter, and New York Times white house correspondent, Maggie Haberman. , they by alex wagoner will offer their analysis on what will surely be an insightful discussion on this National Election held just nine days ago and still counting. Which of thel us last outcomes surprise them and andh met their expectations its effect on american politics in the months and years to come. Thise many questions about wild and Unusual Campaign as i suspect all of you do
We are hearing the same thing from some republican elected officials, we are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense order the entire u. S. Military to stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political instigators, we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street,r from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the all of them now on The Hunt For Political N extremists. O we are for moderation and incremental change, we are for the consent of the governed, we dont like extremists either, we attack them regularly. Its not enough to be against something, you have to be more precise than that. What is it youre against . In order to root out a problem, you have to know what it is. You need a sense of what youre looking for, a clear sight picture. You have to define the terms. Heres the remarkable thing weabout this public conversation were having. No one is doing that. Have you noticed . None of these ne
Us. Thank you for joining us. Doctor, tell us why your Group Tell Us believe that the lockdown approach is completely utterly wrong . Well, i think theres some parts of it that makes sense. There are we have to some people are vul 234esh8 and we have to protect them. Scientific fact is that there are a wide range of responses to covid19 infection and some groups are vulnerable to mortality where others are less vulnerable. A risk that a child faces, something on the order of one in a hundred,000 of mortality to someone over 70, which may be as high as four or five in a hundred mortality, so the idea of the policy is it should take that into account. That the other idea thats really important and this is something that gets really little play. The harms from these lockdowns are absolutely devastating. Not just in economics but also in health. For instance, youre in a lockdown. Weve seen people who skipped cancer treatments, who skipped diabetes management treatments that they skipped th
This time we have them here virtually from his home. Were going to talk about his new book, about the 1948 election. Were going back 72 years, another Election Year. Your going to be amazed exactly how similar it sounds in other ways its very different. The difference is the politicians were all younger than they are today. [laughter] thats one big difference. But a. J. , take it away. Tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. Very good read. Guest will thank you. I dont see a couple things first rate thank you so much for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. And here we are redoing this virtual, a lot of people going to painandsuffering, i know for myself, im just reminded of why film of the reading minus six years old. Books can transport you to another time and place. For me during all this that is been a blessing. Now, regarding my last time i was with you, i already started this book. It was 2017 i was with you and think we t
So were keeping a close eye on that. We have David Rubenstein joining us from the carlyle group. He has a great book out about Technology Giants who lose their worth after they get over a billion. It is gravy apparently after that according to him. Well get the latest on new york city. We know the possibility restaurants there will be closed through the end of the year. Now word that schools will open up but not for another couple weeks. It was supposed to happen by the 10th. Now pushed back to the 20 first. Even that looks kind of dicey. The big apple and all the problems apparently cant stop. It feeds on itself. Back to the major story, the lead story, the president of the United States going to kenosha, wisconsin. Normally president s when they hear local leaders are complaining they dont want to see them they back off. Not this president. Not this time. Mainly because not all local leaders feel the same way. Well talk to one congressman who welcomes the president. Says the city and