tried to shut down everything. any movement toward compromise and any step towards positive government in this country. don t think people haven t noticed. we start by looking at the damage to the republican party, most importantly to the reputation of its character. the poopers have left behind the body blows just keep on coming. we have four major polls showing the republican party in dismal condition. a favorable 30%. and an unfavorable rating of 64%. that is an all time high dating back to 1992. then there s the image problem. in a new york times opinion piece, five generations of stalled republicans including a president. he writes, there is more than a passing similarity being joseph mccarthy and ted cruz between mccarthyism and the tea party movement and a key indication of which party has more enthusiastic donors, new numbers show mock the campaign committees out there, democrats are outraising republicans now. and among the super pints in 2012 shoveled heaps of mon
and any step towards positive government in this country. don t think people haven t noticed. we start by looking at the damage to the republican party, most importantly to the reputation of its character. the poopers have left behind the body blows just keep on coming. we have four major polls showing the republican party in dismal condition. a favorable 30%. and an unfavorable rating of 64%. that is an all time high dating back to 1992. then there s the image problem. in a new york times opinion piece, five generations of stalled republicans including a president. he writes, there is more than a passing similarity being joseph mccarthy and ted cruz between mccarthyism and the tea party movement and a key indication of which party has more enthusiastic donors, new numbers show mock the campaign committees out there, democrats are outraising republicans now. and among the super pints in 2012 shoveled heaps of money. the democrat super pacs are outraising republican super pa
trembling earth and we re so excited to have her with us today. so before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. if not that link is posted in the chat. so that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. hi everyone. thank you so much. thank you nicole for that lovely introduction and to the smithsonian associates for the invitation to be with you tonight. i would also like to thank harmony and ellen and steve and anna and liz for running this show and to helping me get all the the tech straight. i cannot think of a better place for me to talk about saving yellowstone then at the smithsonian as you will learn tonight, the institution played a really important role in both the exploration and the preservation of this iconic national landscape. so, thank you all for being with me tonight as n
writer and historian living in lincoln, massachusetts. she has written about civil war us western history and american culture for the new york times the washington post smithsonian magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the harvard university from harvard university and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at texas tech university cal state fullerton harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and trembling earth and we re so excited to have her with us today. so before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. if not that link is posted in the chat. so that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. hi everyone. thank you so much. thank you
magazine, presentation magazine, and civil war monitor. nelson her and her b. a. in history literature from the harvard university, and our ph. d. american studies from the university of iowa. she has taught at texas tech university, cal state, fullerton, harvard, brown. nelson is the author of saving yellowstone, ruin nation, trembling earth. we re so excited to have her with us today. before i turn it over to her, just a quick note, we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that meghan had put together. you all should ve received that by now. if not, that link is posted in the chat. with that, please join me in welcoming meghan kate nelson. hi everyone. thank you so much. thank you, nicole, for that lovely introduction. and to the smithsonian associates for the invitation to be with you tonight. i would also like to think harmony, ellen, steve, anna, liz for running this show and to help me get all the t