Watch after words with Jonathan Karl, sunday at 9 p. M. Eastern on book tv on cspan2. [inaudible conversation [inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone, welcome to the American Enterprise institute. My name is ryan streeter, the director of domestic policy studies here and its my pleasure to welcome you to this event featuring tim carneys new book and a discussion about its findings and claims and i think youll find both tims remarks and the panel of interest, particularly timely given the moment that we find ourselves in historically right now. So i look forward to the discussion. Tim is going to come up and offer a few words and then he will be followed we will follow that with a Panel Discussion with Charles Murray who is known to probably everybody here, ais own fa chair and Cultural Studies here at aei. And megan mccardle, a Washington Post columnist with a lot to say as well. Tim is a visiting fellow here at aei and hes also the commentary editor at the Washington Examine
What is the state of the democratic race . Will the next 10 days shape this primary thele . And your reaction to results a, including in nevada yesterday. That is our starting point this sunday morning. Colin to washington dc. 202 7488001, your line for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also join us on social media at 202 7488003 with a text message, on twitter at cspanwj, facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets begin with the latest results from the nevada caucuses, which wrapped up yesterday. With 50 of the vote now reported officially, senator Bernie Sanders garnering nearly 47 of the vote, as followed by former Vice President joe at att over 19 , Pete Buttigieg 15. 5 percent, and Elizabeth Warren coming in fourth at 10. 3 . The numbers at the bottom of the delegate totals that will go to the county conventions across the state of nevada, and to the state convention, ultimately 36 delegates will be selected for the National Convention when
Upon individual rights, the conventional and essentially either protecting those rights if you have more libertarian view or making it possible to the full enjoyment of those rights ife you have a more progressive view. Inl either event the purpose of liberalism is to provide liberty and protect liberty, and part of the argument in my book is this very purpose, this in his undermined the very system thatt was brought into being to protect and give rise to. Host we look into that but when it comes to liberal democracy can both democrats, republicans come , progressive, conservatives did all consider themselves to be liberal democrats in the generic sense . Guest yeah. Part of what im cant argue in the book is basically what we think of as the span of our political spectrum is basically occupied by right leaning liberals and leftleaning liberals, or has been until very recent times. What we have seen in the west is largely a debate within the frame of liberalism. We are entering an age w
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I mean it as a political operating system of the west, the United States, britain, europe. , europe. The political philosophy done that gave rise to our constitutional order. The governments role and protecting those rights if you have a more libertarian view or making it possible for you to have the full enjoyment of those rights if you have a more progressive view. The purpose is to provide liberty and protect liberty. This very purpose in this very end is undermined to protect and give rise to. We will into that. Ten both democrat, republicans, conservatives, do they do they all consider themselves to be liberal democrats to their extent . What we think of as our political spectrum is basically rightleaning liberals and leftleaning liberals or has been until very recent times. What we have seen in the west is largely a debate within the frame of liberalism. We are entering an age where that may be coming to an end. You write that liberalism has failed, now because it has failed shor