Race to the white house. And theres still not a clear winner. Good evening, im allen martin. And im elizabeth cook. I spoke with Paul Henderson about the president ial election and how hard he thinks it will be Going Forward for whichever gentleman wins the presidency. I think its a surprise to pollsters. I think its a surprise on some levels to both sides of the parties,er both for republicans and democrats. And what its going to mean separately from what it means in terms of the length of time that now we have to wait to figure out what the leadership is going to look like for this country, its at least already sent a very clear message that there is not going to be a blue wave in terms of executive leadership in this country. And so, in congress and in the senate, i think things are going to look pretty much similar to what they did in the past, and there was not going to be an overwhelming democratic majority and a power grab in this country. Now, that means that regardless of whos
[laughter] natalie, you previously worked for npr and are now working with a get out the Vote Organization you have told us about. We are proud your supporting democracy and you are doing social media. Democracy, media and the public sphere. Ryan is in the process of building an app to tell how long polling lines are. Bringing in the democracy, media, and the public sphere. We need those apps. My husband is in line now, a 70minute wait where he is. Both of you get a hat. They each get a hat that says cspan 2020 on the front. On the back, unfiltered. [laughter] you each get a hat. You each get something that you clean screens and microfiber. That is right. And then, very handy, always needed, a pen. [applause] thank you, both, for your work promoting democracy, media, and the public sphere, which is why we are all here today, right . Today we are going to talk about political advertising in campaigns. This is from chapter 13 in our book. There is much to discuss. Something that came to
Americas third president Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his words and actions on slavery and race. This video is courtesy of the university. Its from their great live s lecture series. I am pleased to announce a special miniseries of six lectures entitled great president ial lives. This series is particularly attractive for two main reasons. The first being its timeliness. A president ial election year, it will be an insight all of us can be in. The second is the speaker himself. Our esteemed umw professor, william b. Crawley, who has just completed 50 years on the faculty of the university of mary washington. During a half century, he has contributed in innumerable ways and significant ways. Certainly not least of all the creation of our renowned Historic Preservation program and the creation of this amazing great lives series. But it is for his excellence and teachings that he is perhaps best known, and to literally thousands of our students who have come through our halls, he has rec
Hello, everyone. So glad to have you back for democracy media in the public sphere. So first were going to do a shout out to begin our class as weve done before. Can i have natalie and ryan come up here, please . Okay. Natalie and ryan. Natalie and ryan are giving you a shout out, a special shout out to start class. Go ahead and have a seat. So Natalie Natalie has previously worked for npr, you are now working with a get out the Vote Organization which youve told us a little bit about and were just really proud that youre supporting that democracy and youre doing social media to democracy media in the public sphere. Ryan is in the process of building an app to tell us how long the polling lines are, which is just incredible. So bringing in, again, that democracy media and the public sphere. We need those apps, my husband is in line right now, 70minute wait where he is so people are really going to need this app that ryan is creating. So to you both, you get a hat. A round of applause.
Madison and james monroe were born. Grew to manhood and made their own. From this small expansive lands on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s and a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, saving the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book and i have said most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected network that ties them together at the founding of this country and its a story that invokes the historian bill calls the story of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the American Experience and doctor cheney is a longtime member of ai faculty and let me acknowledge how much we all appreciate the scholarship and intellectual contributions to aei, not to mention the service he done for our country. This is the latest in a series of several works by doctor cheney and examine our countrys history with consideration and rigor. And James