Tom it comes from meeting people for breakfast in washington, d. C. Every once in a while, somebody will come late. They would say i am really sorry. One day about three years ago, i spontaneously said to my friend peter, i said to him, thank you for being late. Because you were late, i have been eavesdropping on their conversations. I have been peoplewatching the lobby. Most importantly, i just connected ideas i have been struggling with for a month. People started to get into it. What they understood, i was giving them to slow down and rethink and reflect. My favorite quote in the opening chapter comes from my friend. He says, when you press the pause button on a computer, it stops. But when you press because you on a human being, it starts. It reflects, rethinks, r eimagines. Boy, do we need to do a lot of that. Charlie what stage of acceleration . Tom the book begins with me explaining to my parking garage attendant how to write a column. The first chapter is really about how to wr
James who wouldnt vote for anything even when it was a good deal that had been negotiated just because it was voting to raise the debt ceiling or it was mr. Mccarthy make it a little better. James how are those folks you know them very well, going to respond when a deal gets cut to get to 60 or whatever 70 good. Do you think now that there is unified republican control, those guys are going to come along . Do you think youre still going to have a dozen, two dozen members who just are going to want perfect be the enemy of the good . Mr. Mccarthy do you know our conference . Were a microcosm of society. Members are all different. I think structure dictates behavior. There was a perfect structure where you had a Different Party in the presidency. You had a senate that was slower. You could do those things. And if you you utilized the Freedom Caucus to do that. It made the House Republicans weaker because you had to negotiate with nancy pelosi. If we stuck together, then were always strong
James who wouldnt vote for anything even when it was a good deal that had been negotiated just because it was voting to raise the debt ceiling or it was mr. Mccarthy make it a little better. James how are those folks you know them very well, going to respond when a deal gets cut to get to 60 or whatever 70 good. Do you think now that there is unified republican control, those guys are going to come along . Do you think youre still going to have a dozen, two dozen members who just are going to want perfect be the enemy of the good . Mr. Mccarthy do you know our conference . Were a microcosm of society. Members are all different. I think structure dictates behavior. There was a perfect structure where you had a Different Party in the presidency. You had a senate that was slower. You could do those things. And if you you utilized the Freedom Caucus to do that. It made the House Republicans weaker because you had to negotiate with nancy pelosi. If we stuck together, then were always strong
Be one of the initiatives, getting money about getting money out of the process is a difficult challenge. If we can do three or four things to bring our democracy back to life and help us make good decisions again. How can i turn you down . Vice president , thank you for your time. I think saving our planet is priority 1, 2 and three. And its going to define Nations Defense policies, form policies, and economic policies. You speak without notes. You speak with passion. And you show no resentment what this country did to you. Its time for you to run for the office again. Why wouldnt you run for the country if you want to save the planet . First of all, thank you for the sentiment. And even though ive said this before, forgive me for repeating it. I am a recovering politician now. And the longer i go without a relapse, the less likely one becomes. So i would say it is not likely. But i appreciate the sentiment very much, truly. Thank you. That was a great question to end on. Thank you al
Be one of the initiatives, getting money about getting money out of the process is a difficult challenge. If we can do three or four things to bring our democracy back to life and help us make good decisions again. How can i turn you down . Vice president , thank you for your time. I think saving our planet is priority 1, 2 and three. And its going to define Nations Defense policies, form policies, and economic policies. You speak without notes. You speak with passion. And you show no resentment what this country did to you. Its time for you to run for the office again. Why wouldnt you run for the country if you want to save the planet . First of all, thank you for the sentiment. And even though ive said this before, forgive me for repeating it. I am a recovering politician now. And the longer i go without a relapse, the less likely one becomes. So i would say it is not likely. But i appreciate the sentiment very much, truly. Thank you. That was a great question to end on. Thank you al