jurisdictions covered by the preclearance rule. yet he now says it s obsolete. the only thing miss interesting his decision was a mission accomplished. he essentially declared the end of history. this is a trend of declaring that because barack obama is african-american and president, therefore there is no such thing as discrimination, it is an artifact of history. therefore no remedies need apply. whereas we ve traditionally see the supreme court in its post ferguson era as there to protect the rights of minorities from the caprice of the majority, we have in the roberts court increasingly and in the rehnquist court too a court whose real goal is to protect the powerful from everybody else. they will do it in their corporate rulings. what they re saying is they are going to stand at the vanguard and protect political leaders in these states in the south their right to perpetual power despite the demographic changes
the soviets invaded afghanistan and hard liner took control in iran where ayatollah khomeini led the revolution. the new book, strange rebels, 1979 and the birth of the 21st century reveals how these five developments shaped the religious, economic world. and that paradigm rebuts the conventional story that the fall of communism in 89 marked the end of history. in the guest spot today, thank you for being here. thank you for inviting me. i want to start with your section on iran. you basically argue that everything we deal with in iran started in 1979. and you say specifically, that iranian revolution and the type of constitutional system that was created was institutionalized chaos. it was forced to contend and w and the executive power held by
what i m hoping that this is the beginning of a changed political so maybe this time around, lots of republicans filibuster but the next time around, they don t because they realize the political price they pay is what i m hoping for. i m concerned, willie geist, for my republican party, if they do filibuster not like we reached the end of history. newtown is not the end of history. think of the killings and shootings since newtown. there hasn t been a mass killing yet but there will be. why do we know that? look in the recent past, kids shot up in an oregon mall. teenagers shot and killed while they are watching a movie in aurora, colorado. a grandmother shot while worshipping god up in minnesota. and then, of course, these first graders dismembered by all of the bullets that were shot at them in rapid succession. republicans, maybe they believe this is the end of history, but it s going to happen again and
what adjustment do they make? that s the adjustment everyone s going to wonder about. we have a lot of friends in the white house and we said early on, and reminded them, every time a new president gets elected they believe it s the end of history. that everybody that was ever president before, somehow just wasn t smart enough or gifted enough and they ve cracked the code. and i think it took the white house a couple years, for instance, to reach out to bill clinton. the republicans talk if mitt romney wins, that they ve cracked the code, this is a total repudiation of barack obama and democrats and both sides, and the white house thinks it too, we will be legitimized if barack obama both sides are acting if they win they re validated and can do exactly what they want. no. if mitt romney wins, republicans win the house and they have 51 democratic senators, there s still 49 as you know, lawrence, better than anybody, 49 democratic senators that can tie everything up. and it will b
katty, at the end of the day, it does come down to the president himself standing up and delivering. bill clinton can be as good as an advocate as he can be, but in the end it s barack obama that has to go out and win this election. yes, bill clinton may help with some segments of the electorate, he may have gemmed up enthusiasm here at the convention and perhaps amongst donors which i keep hearing throughout the course of this week is a big issue. huge issue. they re hoping this week is really going to rally some of the big donors, particularly on the west coast, but barack obama has to go out and make the case that bill clinton started to make, which is the work has begun on trying to put us back into progress, but obviously it s not complete but trust me with four more years to carry on the agenda. explain the economic agenda. bill clinton framed, we want to see made in america again. why was the auto bailout so important and how it relates and we re in this together, that