he had a lot of goals in life but those were then enhanced when he met and married mary todd. she also was very ambitious. she said she wanted to marry a man of good mind and hopes for a bright future and to marry a man who would be president. there was something about abraham lincoln that she saw the potential and encouraged it. mary helped to basically showcase what her husband had done and how far he had calm and kind of hinted at where they were headed stating to the world that abraham lincoln had made it and he was ready to move on. he next, alvaro vargas llosa discusses his look global crossings which looks at some of the reasons people migrate to foreign lands even in situations where they might risk their own lives. hosted by the cato institute in washington d.c., this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] welcome everybody to the cato institute. i am the director here at cato. since the beginning of this year immigration has become a burning public
who offered a helping hand and a warm smile. repeatedly, when i was reading a piece in the the wall street journal written by governor jeb bush, i thought of my family s journey out of the ghetto. he said today the sad real city if you re born poor, if you re parents didn t go to college, if you don t know your father, and if english is not spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. you are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since world war ii. what struck me about governor bush s piece was that all except one of his prerequisite for being condemned forest fire poverty applied to me. fortunately i know my father. but i was born poor. my parents didn t go to college, and english was not and still is not spoken at home. the odds were stacked against me. so like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. the little people at the bottom of the society