university. it s good to see. you great to be here. and a pandemic handshake. how about that? you ve been on the podcast a couple of times before. it s nice to see you in the flesh finally. i am tired of zoom. we have a lot to talk about today. a book out march 1st, what it took to win, the history of the democratic party. you have been a prolific scholar for decades now writing about leftist political and social movements. what s brought you to write your magnum opus maybe, the whole thing and one small volume. well, i ve always been intrigued by the history of the democratic party. partly, because i have been involved as a canvasser, campaigner, arguer for the democratic party since i was an grade school. 1960 i caper john kennedy, angle would, new jersey, outside of new jersey, handing out leaflets. wearing a big button the size of a little pot pie for kennedy and johnson. i got away from the party for a while. i was a radical in the late 1960s, early 1970s. i felt t
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and now larry schweikert, history professor at the university of dayton, talked about his book dragon slayer, s on six presidents who confronted the washington swamp after taking office. it is hosted by the hard-line institute, this is an hour and 20 minutes. this is my first time at one of these events in quite some time since i became president. that puts me on the road quite a bit, and that s a good thing, but it keeps me away oftentimes from events like this. tomorrow i fighter omaha nebraska and i will be meeting with the governor, meeting with members of congress, it s going to be great. the best part is that i will be able to fly without a face mask in the first time in two years. so, in recent months, i figured out the best way to deal with that is to bring a few lollipops, that s a deep of can last you a good 20 minutes. face mask, off, but it s great to see, i haven t been here at one of these meetings for a while, i ve been here for more than 20 years, and so m
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