As a tourist, as a former resident of washington, d. C. And a resident of other parts of the United States, and its just such an honor and a pleasure to be here as a speaker and to talk about my book pivotal tuesdays. Im also so pleased that you all exhibited this interest in a such an obscure subject that no one seems to pay any attention to, president ial elections. Why cant we get the papers to write about president ial candidates, i dont know. But more seriously, were more than a year away from election day. 2016. Or maybe less than a year now, arent we . But we have already seen some remarkable moments emerge in this election cycle. We have had a huge celebrity who put the political establishment on the run, a whole slew of outsider candidates on both the right and the left ends of the political spectrum. Were seeing how new media, social media is changing campaigning, changing the way candidates and the campaigns communicate to voters, the way in which voters interact with one an
War games that were waged, you know, between allied commanders, nato warsaw pact, the exchange of Nuclear Weapons was off the charts. The tactical Nuclear Weapons would be expanded to the point where in three or four days hundreds of them would be fired by both sides. So what were seeing in these kind of books i met hackett before he died, a great officer, captured at arnham, et cetera. But here hes writing a book about conventionally stopping the soviets. And i think there was sort of a fantasy about that, that we frankly still live with. We still have Nuclear Weapons in the world. We still are numb to this. And i wonder what you think about that. Because the reality is that when the war games occurred in classified settings, they would just shoot those damn things off and destroy humanity. Those god damn things off and destroy humanity. Thats not necessarily reflected in sort of techno porn books like clancy does, which are basically feel good things that sort of america wins. The ba
And had much stronger views about what should be done than and he thought that taft was just a little too much of a status quo guy. Yeah. Yes . Sometimes people think of the word pivotal as synonymous for the phrase turning point. Uhhuh. I was a little surprised you didnt mention that starting in 1932, democrats had a plurality or a majority in seven of the next nine president ial campaigns. Yeah. Starting in 1968, republicans had a plurality or a majority in five of the next six president ial campaigns. Uhhuh. And starting in 1992 democrats again had plurality or majority in five of the next six president ial campaigns. But thats not my question. My question really is, my question really is, is there something about substantial third Party Candidacies that exemplify pivotal election and should we expect this coming election will be pivotal only if there is a substantial thirdparty candidacy and probably not otherwise . Thats a thats a super question. I that is that is i hadnt thought
First ladies, life ambitions and unique partnerships with president ial spouse. This series and the book provide an up close historical book at the fascinating women who survived the scrutiny at the white house. Sometimes at great personal cost while supporting family and husbands and sometimes changing history. Our program tonight will feature lively discussion with historians which we will hear more about shortly. To moderate tonights program we are please to welcome susan, moderateor first lady and sharing responsibilities with the cable networks. She oversees programming and marketing for cspan Television Channels and cspan radio. Washington journal, book tv and American History tv. She has also been involved in the creation of numerous cspan history theories such as american president s, the Lincoln Douglas debate and american writer, for over 30 years, one of cspans interviewees. It is the ninth book susan has educated for cspan and public affairs, as you noticed when you come in
A little too much looking down and i think it was a little too fast. You were dropping her voice at the end of the sentences. There was a considerable pickup in drama and interest when the questioning began. Your voice would build up and her facial expressions i thought your answer on vietnam was good. I really didnt like the answer on jobs. [inaudible] and therein lies the reason why we should talk about first ladies. Because what other advisor could be that candid to a president . Stu spencer maybe. Wasnt there a family they owned television stations or something so she of the background and so as an advisor because first ladies in some ways are to their husbands whether its in their official capacity or not. They bring that because she wants him to be as successful as he does. I think that clip show shoot, we talk about this rule of first ladies, the various attributes that as simply as human beings that they bring to the table. Mrs. Johnson, i think like mrs. Obama, things in a ver