The most intelligent president s we have ever had. I mean, he is up there in the top half dozen. And when we go through his life, by the end of it, or the middle of it, youre going to start laughing because youre just going to say no, that cant be, he cant be that good in that field, its just not possible. And then well find something else. And youre going to say, no, he is just incredibly bright. And the hope for his presidency was enormous. And so were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before. And he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. Its i dont know how you test Something Like that. Its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. Tall and short. I mean, we all know that madison was our shortest president , lincoln was our tallest president. Thats easy. I dont know how you know who the most intelligent. Certainly the two adams, jefferson, madison, lincoln. Garfie
On may 19, a professor of law and taxation at the university of virginia law school, and a former chief of staff on the joint committee of taxation speaketh out his research and the history of the joint committee. Host the professor of Political Science at wingate university, who will discuss her research for her book manuscript about the politics of National Identification documents in the United States in the 20th century. Mission of the center is promoting research in the records of the senate and house of representatives, and advancing the study of the history of congress. This researcher talk series helps us gauge healthfully how fully that mission is being met. We do so by regularly hosting scholars who have written significant books in the history of congress. In todays much anticipated talk, we hear about one of those very significant books in the history of congress. Our guest, charles stewart, gave a marvelous talk on a book he senateored, electing the and direct democracy be
Questions with 60 seconds to respond and in many cases josh or i will likely follow up with a question or point of clarification which will get 30 additional seconds. In the case of a direct attack on a candidate that person will be given 30 seconds to respond. Also id like to strongly discourage our candidates today from interrupting each other. Our candidates are incumbent republican governor chris sununu running for a third term. Hes a former executive counselor. Welcome back to the exchange. Retreading. Thanks so much. Also with us didnt credit delbene dan feltes, state senator from concord and the Senate Majority leader and senator feltes thank you for your time. Will start with the 60second Opening Statements and go in alphabetical order so senator feltes you first. Thats where i come from a workingclass family. Its an honor to be here with all of you. I come of a family my dad worked at a furniture factory 45 years, same one doing the same job day in and day out for 45 years. My
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