I titled it the promise land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes, even if we experienced hardships and disappointments along the way that i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union, not a perfect unit union but a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post life. Im an opinion columni for the wasngton post and founding director of the race card project. For this very special conversation this mning i am ined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, schor and president of the Andrew Mellon foundation for good morning, elizabeth. Goo morning. It is wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and together we bh welcome our gue for this conversation. The 44th president of the unitedtates, barack obama and i assume you recognize that guy in the mide. Good morning, sir. Hello, guys Washington Post brought out t big guns for thi one. [laughter] we are so excited to see you. We are. I am ver
Acting as your host tonight. On behalf of of saunders Publishing Group i want to thank you all for coming. I also want to think the rest of the team for making this event possible and for joining us like tonight. I had the inner was privilege of introducing our guest first governor jeb bush. He served as the 43rd governor of the state of florida and the first republican in the States History to be reelected. Under his limited government approach he grew one of the best dynamic economies creating 1. 3 million net new jobs and increasing the credit rating. Currently governor bush serves as Investment Partners llc in both are headquartered in coral gables, florida. Tonights guest of honor author susan mack policy and senator connie mack. In 1982 senator mack led a successful banking career to run for the house of representatives where he served three terms before running for one of floridas seats in the u. S. Senate. He then served two terms before choosing to not run for reelection but u