Peculiar way we count the two nonconsecutive administrations of Grover Cleveland in the 19th century. All 44 of those president s have been males. All but two of them have been white protestant males. , of the 44, have been elected to second terms, which is a room entry indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives beginning in the 18th century have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassination. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached and two of those in the lifetime of many people here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to of the size most, is the number one. By that, i mean the president is electedne of the 536 officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, and theers of congress, president and Vice President im treating as a single click on entity. So the president is one of 536
Of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassination. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to of the size most, is the number one. By that i mean that the president is simply one of the 536 elected officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, 535 members of congress, and the im treating the president and Vice President for this purpose as a single entity. So the president is one of 536 elected officials. When i reflect on that asymmetry between the one president and 536 other federal elected officials, im reminded of a quip by the journalist theodore white, who wrote several books on president ial elections beginning in
Which is some kind of a rudimentary indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassinated. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to emphasize the most is simply the number one. By that i mean that the president is simply one of the 536 elected officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, 535 members of congress, and im treating the president and Vice President for this purpose as a single political entity. So the president is one of 536 elected officials. When i reflect on that asymmetry between the one president and 535 other federal elected officials, im reminded of a quip by the journalist theodore white, who w
Before entering the white house stood on a balcony and took off his mask his recovery is far from over minutes after his return to the white house tweeted out this video dont let it dominate dont let it take over your lives dont let that happen were the greatest country in the world were going back were going back to work were going to be out front and no one better and maybe im immune i dont know but dont let it dominate your lives get out there be careful we have the best medicines in the world and theyre all happened very shortly and theyre all getting approved and the vaccines are coming momentarily thank you very much and want to read what a group of people. Earlier White House Press secretary kelly mccann only became the latest u. S. Official to test positive for corona virus can he says shes experiencing symptoms 2 of her deputies have also been infected there among more than a dozen people connected to the white house who tested positive in recent days also in fake theories for
Has the latest from bishkek. There seems to be a mixture really of jubilation but great on certainty. Its a very fluid situation on the ground a lot of people obviously very happy about what has happened the opposition supporters of multiple opposition parties celebrating what many people here are describing already is this countrys revolution so the revolution in the last 20 years its too early to say that yes and certainly the president has come out this morning and called for calm. Workers unions in protesting against a controversial new jobs law they say will weaken their rights and reduce protections for the environment the government argues its needed to be the economy which has been hit by the pandemic. U. S. President donald trump is back in the white house after 3 nights in hospital for a coronavirus treatment he took off his mask on the balcony and supporters not to be afraid of the virus. Armenias Defense Ministry says fighting with azerbaijan calm down overnight soft and in