So its my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editor in chief of the hill the wmata rate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with the popular vote. Bob. Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm ornstein of aei. Michael steele, former chair of the rnc. Brianna carmen, of vote latino, and jesse wegman of the New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Not surprisingly it was ohio, north carolina, florida, pennsylvania. Democrats wish Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more but the first question would be if we did change the system, norm, would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . As you mentioned, bob, they visited the large states. And i was kind of in use when senator cramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Well, guess what. When comes to president ial politics, nort
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Today, or he plans to sign an executive order on medicare. We will have live coverage on cspan starting at 1 10 eastern. We are joined by tom , he covered mike pence in the statehouse at indiana. For the associated press, fort cnn and the indianapolis cnn and the indianapolis star. What made you write a profile for the Vice President . Guest i was standing outside the u. S. Senate chamber right after the 2016 election, doing what we always do, shacking quotes firm senators, from senators, tracking them down before they run to the subway. I was looking at the marble bus. Out of all the Vice President , because they are the presiding officers of the chamber, i was like mike pence is in history. Marbleill be a chiseled bust of mike pence here. I have to go deep on this guy. I never understood him when i was covering him daytoday. Talking to other reporters, they said the same thing. I had to pull back, try to go deep and understand his faith in a real way. Outside of the politics. And, th
It is my pleasure to introduce the moderator. We will have a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with the popular vote . I want to introduce our panel. Michael steele, former chair of the rnc. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Ohio, North Carolina, florida, pennsylvania democrats wish that she had visited wisconsin more. Visited wisconsin more. If we did change the system, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategies . They visited the large states. Cramermused when senator of north dakota defended the Electoral College, saying, this would make North Carolina irrelevant north dakota irrelevant. President ial to politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. Lets say we had a president ial election that was looking awfully close in terms of popular vote. Then every vote would count. And candidates would have an incentive to try to maximize the turnout in places like nort
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