you but out of the congress business for a couple of years what is your take on the evolution of congress from your perch out there in washington state? i have to say congress is not what it used to be i started covering congress in 1974 and it was pretty continual in america is on a nice edge of political parity and it s also a huge goal separating two very large significant fashions of american politics and if you put those things together you will get a lot of turmoil and a lot of nasty politics and that s what we re experiencing today. why do you think that change? i think a lot of it has to do with the nature of the issues, i think if you look at american history you will find in politics were always the most intense throughout our time throughout her history when the issues facing america are definitional and in nature of america who we are, where were going, what is our connection to our past, our heritage, all those kinds of things and whether we knew it or not
evolution from your perch in washington state? congress is not what it used to be i started to cover congress in 1974 it was pretty congenial compared to what it is today. n american lives on a nice advantage political parity but there s also a huge goal separating two very large and significant factions of american politics. if you put those two things together you get a lot of turmoil and nasty politics that is what we are experiencing today. why did that change? a lot of that has to do with the nature of the issues. if you look at americanst history politics row is the most intense throughout our time and history when the issues facing americans were definitional who we are and where we are going and what is our connection to our pastor heritage? and we are in one of those periods today to have that elite driven large faction of america that is very interested in a transformational program and a large section of americans that trump voters generally is a large segmen
and ceo robert mary. he s authored many presidential biographies and books about american political history including where they stand. the american presidents in the eyes of voters and historians. so robert mary, even though what s your a take on the evolution of congressman perch out there in washington state? i would have to say congress t is not what it used to be compared to what it is today. it s also a huge goal separating two large factions of american politics get a lot of nasty politics. that s were experiencingf today. sue and whitey think that changed? think a lot of it has to do with the nature of issues. i think you ll find if you look at american history that in politics were the most intense throughouts our time, throughout our history when the issues facing americans or what i would call definitional. what s a connection to her past to our heritage those things. whether we knew it or not we are one of those periods today in terms of having, in my view a sor
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object of which to which our inquiries are directed.nd you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. congressman tom cole, why do you put books and recommendations? i ve always been academics and it s been a big part of my life and i was actually a community director because we get the questions all of the time. i use books when i m making a point in town hall meetings and we would return to regular feature and been pretty surprised about how much attention it gets. host: and you change it every month or so? guest: yeah, we do. we sort of struggle to find the right way. sometimes it ll be a series of books on a particular topic, native americans. it s usually the easiest ways, literally what you re reading now and we keep one up about a month and, you know, maybe i ll have two or three books that i m reading and, okay, here take the picture this month and next month or whatever. do you ever post reviews? no, i have never done too much of that. i