So i knew of course that taft succeeded teddy and they would run against each other 1912, but then you always go back and i know scott does too, you want the primary sources, the letters and diaries and private journals for historians so when i found the 400 letters between the two, i realized they become friends when they were in their early 30s and an odd couple, teddy who is marching around everywhere doing wrestling and boxing and taft wayne between 250 and 350 is not doing much wrestling and boxing at that point, but they liked each other and the opposites almost attracted and teddy brings them into his cabinet, he becomes the most important person in his cabinet even though all his life he wanted to be a judge, never a politician, from from that he decides hes the man i want to succeed me, he runs the taft campaign, gives him advice at every moment, the only thing he did not give him a vice was the Campaign Song which i dont think teddy wouldve approved of it was get on a raft wi
Books, hisng forthcoming book is southern journey. Welcome, it is an honor to have you. Edward my pleasure, thank you. Jeffrey Joanne Freeman is a class of 1954 professor of American History and american studies at yale university, where she specializes in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and Early National periods. She is a cohost with edward ayres of a Popular History podcast backstory. It is great to unite these copodcasters together. And she is the author of many books as well, including the pathbreaking. As well as field of blood. Joanne, it is such an honor to have you with us. Joanne thanks for having me. Jeffrey Norman Ornstein studies politics, elections, and the u. S. Congress. His books include one nation after trump, a guide for the perplexed, the disillusioned, the desperate, and not yet departed. And there are other titles, the next one, we did at the Constitution Center. And it depressed us even before we begin the program. It is even worse than it
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Francine good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Good morning if you are watching from europe and the u. S. , good afternoon if you are watching from asia. Francine lacqua here from westminster, what a day this is the day Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister. There is a lot of pageantry today. Has her last Prime Minister questions our in parliament and that she goes to see the queen. She comes back, and then it is Boris Johnson started to see the queen. In the meantime, we have market movement. Euro area july manufacturing pmi is below forecasts at 46. 4. Services pmi is pretty much in line with expectations that it is a fall from the month before. We also had ugly german data which will impact eurodollar. This is what is coming up on bloomberg surveillance. , forve plenty of guests example, the ac malan chairman and deputy chairman at rothschild. He will be with us to talk the latest on oil. We also have robin from Chatham House. Lets get straight to bloomberg first