Harold holzer, another lincoln book. Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored. Books and edited books. I dont want to inflate the number. You and i have chatted about lincoln for 21 years. How do you keep doing this . I get an inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What about the inspiration for the press . Where did that come from . It came from my dual careers over the years. I was a journalist for about three or four years. I became a Government Public Affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new for statewide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. How government relates to the press was always part of my life. Still is at the metropolitan museum. We work with Government Relations as well as press relations. Just the idea perco
Lincoln and the power of the press, what number is this for you . 47 including coauthored books. I have chatted about. Incoln for 21 years how do you keep doing this . An inspiration or an invitation to pursue a path that hasnt been pursued before. For me, this was more inspiration than invitation. I plunge into it. I love doing research, i love doing writing. I love the conversation. What about the inspiration for the press . Where did that come from . It came from my dual careers over the years. I was a journalist for about three or four years. I became a Government Public Affairs person for a member of congress, first aid wide new york political campaigns, for the mayor of new york. How government relates to the press was always part of my life. Still is at the metropolitan museum. With Government Relations as well as press relations. Just the idea percolated up in my head about how different it might have been in the 19th century both in terms of press and in terms of lincoln, almo
Candidates for governor but ultimately, if these governors or these candidates whose record is on its the governors or the candidates whose records are on the ballot. There is ample data to indicate that the vast majority of voters across the country are making decisions based on the candidates themselves and not on, you know, on president obama. The most recent poll i have in front of me is the cnn poll from last week that indicated that 54 of those covered in the poll were not trying to send a message to president obama with their vote. Of those who, i would say on top of that, 17 of voters said that they were trying to send a message to president obama in the context of the election, and that was a message of support in the election. I think thats an indication that the vast majority of voters are making a decision on election day based on the merits associated with the candidates at the top of the ballot and weve seen in a number of ways that the president has sought to boost the p
Sharyl attkisson, i think you are wonderful. I do not know if she saw the press Conference Held by the president before he left for hawaii, and he began to address the news people this way. He said i have a list of nice, and he said he would call on this person and then said you are naughty, i am not going to call on you. To me, this is the meaning to the press demeaning to the press and i would take that and run with it because it not only shows is the integration of the press, but the arrogance he has adopted in the presidency. Nancy Nancy Poulos Pelosi said lets pass this bill , then read it, but i have not seen nsa or statement in the wall street journal or anything essay oren an statement in the wall street journal or anything that said lets look at nancy pelosi. She stood up in front of immigrants and said do not listen to them, you are welcome into this country. Bring more. Thing congress has criticized obama because he has not sat down with congressman and did what president jo
Off fire families and im standing at about the same spot, where it was and, this is where lamar was staying, when he and the rest the men got wind of this big bawf, so, and the other men, jump on their horses, and congress after, and, it wasnt an avenue, it was just a muddy ravine, that led to the hill and capitol, and ty afternoon at 2 on amount a lot of them political, and the first one, on that list, was the Obama Presidency and, what we saw there, and some of these challenges, that he had dealing with congress and well move ahead and, take a look at the stories in the papers, u. S. A. Today, has a spread that takes a look at what we can expect, looking onto fist if you want being the last day the year, first one on National Security, the Obama Administration touted the end of iraq war and, a video, uploaded to youtube shows hostage, james foley kneeling into the desert and then the jury na list was decapitated and, now known ass was followed, and the shock of that video and, emerge