Embattled contested arena and certainly they saw Political Parties like we have today they would faint dead away. If they saw seniority in the senate they would faint dead away. If they saw women voting they would faint dead away. If they saw an africanamerican president. They didnt expect the future to be frozen in 1787. So i think we should stop arguing about what the man who wrote the constitution meant and what they wanted and Start Talking about what we want and what we need. Host i think thats a perfect note on which to end this discussion. It was a pleasure to talk to you professor berkin. Guest thank you, thank you. I enjoyed it. Michael morell is next on booktv. He talks about the successes and failures on the war on terror and its current fight against al qaeda and isis. Michael morell has a 30year career in the cia. He was with president bush and briefed him shortly after the 9 11 attacks and also with president obama during the bin laden raid in may of 2011. He is the autho
Guest i think often times the conventional wisdom is wrong, and the conventional wisdom in money and politics you essentially have good intentioned government officials who who are being influenced or attempts to influence them by corporations or public unions and if we can only figure out a way to seal off essentially these Public Officials from this outside influences, everything would be great and so i call this the Jimmy Stewart mr. Smith goes to washington scenario. And certainly that does happen. You have wellintentioned politicians being tempted by outside forces. But my experience over the last 20 years or so in washington politics researching and writing, more often than not the opposite is true. You have a lot of corporations, other lot of entities that essentially want to be left alone by the federal government, and you have politicians or people in the executive branch who are looking for ways in which to enhance their services or the needs to get corporations involved. The
Guest i think often times the conventional wisdom is wrong, and the conventional wisdom in money and politics you essentially have good intentioned government officials who who are being influenced or attempts to influence them by corporations or public unions and if we can only figure out a way to seal off essentially these Public Officials from this outside influences, everything would be great and so i call this the Jimmy Stewart mr. Smith gooas i call this the Jimmy Stewart washington scenario and that does happen. You have wellintentioned politicians being tempted by outside forces but my experience in the washington politics in the writing is so often not the opposite is true but you have a lot of corporations into a lot of entities that essentially want to be left alone by the federal government and the executive branch looking for ways in which to have their needs to get the corporations involved. The hightech industry as a classic example if you look back 15, 20 years ago the
Will. Our panel on whether that will hurt her chances in 2016 as we look ahead in sunday morning futures. Negotiations towards a final deal aimed at curbing Irans Nuclear Program Going into overtime. Secretary of state john kerry and leaders of five Different Countries agree to continue talks until at least july 7th. Will they go anywhere . How is congress feeling about all of this . Senator dan coats of indiana is a member of the intel committee. Sir, good to have you on the program. Thanks so much for joining us. Good morning. What will be different after july 7th that we havent been able to agree on so far . What im concerned about, maria, is what will be different wont be different but itll be sold as being different. Itll be nuanced and im very very deeply concerned that this administration is simply trying to get a deal at any price for the legacy of the president. We in congress on a bipartisan basis will be looking at this. Well have a chance to vote it down if we think its a b
Guest i think often times the conventional wisdom is wrong, and the conventional wisdom in money and politics you essentially have good intentioned government officials who who are being influenced or attempts to influence them by corporations or public unions and if we can only figure out a way to seal off essentially these Public Officials from this outside influences, everything would be great and so i call this the Jimmy Stewart mr. Smith the great. So i call this the june knee damage Jimmy Stewart mr. Smith goes to washington scenario. You have wellintentioned politicians being tempted by outside forces. My experience over the last 20 years or so the opposite is true that you have a lot of corporations and entities that essentially wants to be left alone by the federal government and have politicians or people in the executive branch who are looking for ways in which to enhance their services or the needs to get corporations involved. The hightech industry is a classic example. If