Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. You can watch this and of the programs online at booktv. Org. Good afternoon, everyone. Im Karlyn Bowman and it is a great pleasure for me and my cohost today bill galston of the Brookings Institution to welcome all of you and our cspan audience to the sentiments event to celebrate the publication of henry olsons new book, the working class republican Ronald Reagan and the return of bluecollar conservatism. Henry is a senior fellow at the ethics and Public Policy center, four aei colleague and a member in Good Standing of aei selection. Henry arrived at aei in 2006 and we soon bonded over politics and especially what was then a somewhat obscure demographic, what the pollsters called some college. People with the technical vocational or Community College education this group was large, about onethird of voters and had a nearperfect track record of voting for the winter in president ial elections. This loosely defined group, roughly synonymous with the
I welcome all of you. Here at pepperdine, we love having you here on with you for campus in america. Speak have been asked to about the origins, and the early history of, the vice presidency up to the 12th amendment. You understand why the 12th amendment, i hope. In that way, i hope to answer some of the wonderful questions that were raised by the ambassadors. As a historian, that means i tell a story. Let me begin. 1789, the creation of the office of Vice President was an afterthought at the Constitutional Convention. Spectacularly little forethought. Some delegates dismissed it as a useless appendage. While others saw it as a constitutional the state. Delegates at the convention, even if proponents at the convention did not claim that the office served a significant government purpose, but was rather defended by them as an electoral expedient, let me explain. The idea of having a Vice President first arose during the closing weeks of the Constitutional Convention, after an Ad Hoc Com
Thank you for that kind introduction. We love having you here. I have been asked to speak about the origin of the vice presidency up to the 12th amendment. That way i hope to answer some of the wonderful questions. In its 1789 origin, the creator the creation of the office of Vice President was an afterthought to Constitutional Convention and reflected spectacularly for thought. It as aegates dismissed useless appendage, while others saw the constitutional mistake. Even its proponents of the convention did not ask to serve a significant government purpose. Explain. The idea of having a Vice President. A committee of 11 was appointed to resolve outstanding issues with the presidency. Did not make any mention whatsoever of Vice President. Neither did the new jersey plan. Offered by alexander hamilton. During of stents of deliberation august,n june, july and there was no mention whatsoever about any delegate having the vice presidency. 4, which was scarcely two weeks, the Committee Recomm
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