The College Democrats and the College Republicans both internally split. College republicans couldnt agree on which candidate to support. Sharp emails were exchanged. And now both democrats and republicans trying to figure out what direction for the party. Where do we go . Who are we . To help us sort this out, im delighted to welcome back our graduate i wont say what class a recent class of brown university, david corn. David is the Washington Bureau chief for mother jones, and if you read it, he has written in it. I think that is all that needs to be said. Awardwinning journalist. I will plug your book. Hubris the inside story of spin, scandal, and the selling of the iraq war. Familiar face around the Watson Institute and brown university. He will take it from here and help us sort out the future of the Republican Party, where 2 republicans he will introduce our panelists. Before i turn it over to him, note that we are welcoming cspan to our campus. If you feel moved to shout out and
What is a between you and writing these books about big murders. You try to carve out the interest there. Stories not told. Mr. Toobin you ascribe a logic and plan to my career that doesnt exist. I covered the o. J. Simpson case in real time and wrote a book about it. 20 years later they made the wonderful miniseries. There is a big gap there. In the meantime, i wrote two books about the Supreme Court, a book about the recount in florida and the clinton scandal. They are legally related but i have to say, this is the first book i have written at the border between journalism and history. Most of the people were still alive. It was enough in the past that i was writing about not current events. Charlie and the patty hearst case, who was accessible and not accessible . Mr. Toobin patty hearst was not accessible and she didnt want to talk about it which i completely understand. Unfortunately, bernie shaw, her former bodyguard who she married died in 2013. She is a widow, a grandmother, ve
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To buy some of the homes rounder to make sure they stay nice and pleasant. Host how did she get to yahoo . Guest this was a big upset. Yahoo was able to hire someone like her. She came back 1st, lets talk quickly. This will take up the 1st hundred 50 pages of the 300 plus page book. What i want to explore is yahoo is in bad shape. My they need someone like her. It had gone through. After that there was an interim ceo. After that there was a permanent ceo. Scott thompson was actually pushed out of the company. All that happened within the period of the year. And it was so tumultuous that there was a lot of expectation for the companys assailants higher this person. He has a great name. He has a has a vision for what to do with the company. That have been the expectation. One july day all of a sudden she was hired as the ceo of yahoo. So one reason why got into it. Basically what happens is in 2,011 yahoo fired. She was in new york. She gets a phone call famous for her aggressive tone. S
The terms of an art party by getting all the justices to dance with her. I use that is at the scene of what is done between the woman who was so genuine and herself coming into this institution that is so wonderfully traditional and used circular rhythms but frankly she did this wonderful display that showed everybody up at the end of term party and Justice Scalia who watched it is usually somebody that shakes people up and said i knew she would be trouble. We said it kiddingly but it is a perfect line for a little bit of prepare her bare. Were there. Were you allowed to go to that party . Guest know and it was tough to get the information. You know how secretive the court is. A lot of people are not aware of how we never know what goes on in the conference on the cases. The journalists were never invited to the end of the term party. In fact when chief Justice John Roberts sent us the invitation for this particular party, he reminded all of the stuff that it was just fulltime staff an