Please take a minute to silence your phones before we begin. While you are doing so, we have a fair number of members with us tonight. Supporters of president lincolns cottage. In seeing some of the names on the list, i wanted to take a moment to recognize two members who have been dedicated supporters since before we were open to the public. Eric reese has been a member for 12 years. Can you raise your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abra
If you support another candidate or perhaps you did not vote, 27488002 call 2027488002. As the vote rolled in from the suburbs of atlanta, biden now has a 1096 vote lead. While mr. Biden leads and the trending pattern of votes favors him, a major News Organization did not call georgias rates race over. Still outstanding are overseas and military votes that phrase a friday face a friday deadline to arrive by mail. The Atlanta Journalconstitution reporting ballots, norentee was it one of the newly minted democratic suburbs. It was clayton, the south metro county that is the bluest bastion in the state that provided the decisive votes. Were presented by john lewis, the late civil rights icon, who was one of the most vocal critics of President Trump. There is more to that story. Theis available to you at Atlanta Journalconstitution. If you go to the front pages of wall street journal, it highlights not only the events taking place in georgia with joe biden taking the lead there, but also t
That said, we end the year with a bang by hosting todays guest who will discuss his significant and timely book, making the modern american fiscal state law, politics and the rise of progressive taxation, 18771929. Published by Cambridge University press. We will resume this talk on january 15 when we host rebecca edwards, professor of history. Her talk is titled, sex on the frontier fertility in americas antebellum empire. Rebecca edwards is a very eminent historian who would you would expect to get quite a draw from, but a presentation of that title, i think this is something that cannot be missed. Professor mehrotra is the associate dean for research, professor of law. A fellow at Indiana University. He received his j. D. At Georgetown University law center and his ph. D. At the university of chicago. He has served as the codirector of the Indiana University center of law, society and culture. Before arriving at Indiana University, he was a doctoral fellow at the American War Founda
Im richard mcculley. Todays talk is the last of 2014. A year when weve really been treated to some splendid presentations by some of the centers most significant researchers. That said, we end the year with a bang by hosting todays guest who will discuss his significant and timely book, making the modern american fiscal state law, politics and the rise of progressive taxation, 18771929. Published by Cambridge University press. We will resume this talk on january 15 when we host rebecca edwards, professor of history. Her talk is titled, sex on the frontier fertility in americas antebellum empire. Rebecca edwards is a very eminent historian who would you would expect to get quite but a presentation of that title, i think this is something they cannot be missed. Professor mehrotra is the associate dean for research, professor of law. A fellow at Indiana University. He received his j. D. At Georgetown University law center and his ph. D. At the university of chicago. He has served as the c
Become our next president. Right now, the race in nevada is essentially a tie with biden up by just 8000 votes. Pennsylvania, north carolina, and georgia are also still too close to call. Control of the u. S. Senate is still up for grabs. 48 seats. Democrats needed to flip four seats to take back the majority. They won in colorado and arizona but lost a seat in alabama. Five races remain too close to call, including two in georgia that could wind up in run offs in january. Democrats will keep their majority in the house. There may be fewer democrats. Republicans have picked up five seats in the house so far and were still waiting for results on 41 seats. Lets bring in political reporter grecian lee for a closer look at whats going on in nevada, pennsylvania, north carolina, and georgia. Reporter his path to the presidency becomes more clear while trumps become more narrow. Lots of eyes on nevada. Like you said, there are still several states on the board and still a number of votes to