In 2006 and was commissioned as a military Intelligence Officer. He served as a squadron Intelligence Officer while deployed in iraq from 2007 to 2008 and as an assistant brigade Intelligence Officer while deployed in iraq in 2011. He is currently assigned to the United States military academy as a history instructor. His military awards and decorations include the bronze star with oak leaf cluster, the mere tore yous service medal. D he is abd from the university of texas at austin and working on a dissertation that examines the role of tom cy novels in the National Security policy of Ronald Reagan. His Research Interests include American Foreign relations and the cold war, ben hallcy, bachelor of science of u. S. History, a master of arts in interNational Security from the university of arizona, a master of history from the university of texas. In addition he is a National Security fellow at the Clements Center for National Security. He resides in west point, new york with his wife b
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
But if youre going to be chief executive and leader of your party, you have to take tough positions and upset people, manipulate people and ultimately that can undermine your ability to be chief of state. Now people like eisenhower came up with creative ways of solving that. But all of those roles theyre diflth to play and they often conflict. I think the constant News Coverage that we have today will bar us on what we consider a great president. If they were under the same scrutiny, these ones like fdr and others perhaps our view of them would be completely different. If we knew their faults, may we would think they arent all that great. But they had the benefit of not having that whereas now we have constant News Coverage. Yeah, matt. I think potentially the next president we have could be great in the sense that were fighting terrorism pretty seriously, especially with what recently just happened. And the idea that if a republican is elected theyre going to try to do something with
Matt. Reporter were starting out cooler, but not as cold as yesterday. We can see sunshine, the clouds to the west will be part of the package today, though, were looking at an increase in clouds today, especially tonight there could sprinkles and showers you see out west of pittsburgh. 54 degrees in philadelphia. Still in the 40s in trenton and allentown, but again, better than yesterday. 54 in millville. 51 in cape may. For now the winds are not that strong, a couple of spots starting to pick up in the low teens. 59 degrees by 9 00 a. M. 11 65. Changes today youll see the temperatures climb and the clouds increase and it will get windier. 3 00 a. M. , well be up to 73. It will be blustery, but very warm. 74 degrees around 3 30 p. M. Or 4 00 p. M. Pollen count is high today, but tomorrow with the rain arriving it will go down. Speaking of rain, we could see a gusty thunderstorm or heavy downpour. Ill show you that on future tracker 6. Reporter im sure that will be an interesting exper
Now they are ready to pounce. Action news is there for the big dance. Lets whether we weather and traffic with david and karen. Reporter we have thicker clouds to the west and well see the rain move in, although at the outset its spotty, light showers. 52 degrees in philadelphia. Dry, getting ready for early sun before the clouds sweep in. 45 in allentown. 50 in reading. 50 in wilmington. 48 in trenton. Cape may were over 50 degrees. These numbers worlds different from yesterday when we started out in the 20s and 30s. On the backup it will get windy, but not right now, after sunrise that will be more of an issue. 60 by 8 00 a. M. , this afternoon its shorts and ts, 59 degrees by 9 00 a. M. As soon as 11 00 a. M. , mid 60s. 70 by 1 00 p. M. 73 by 3 00 p. M. High of 74 degrees that will slide in around 3 30 p. M. Or 4 00 p. M. Holding close to 70 by 6 00 p. M. The clouds increase during the day and were looking at strong, blustery wind. The pollen count is high this afternoon, but with t