Election and his defeat in 1980 by mr. Reagan. Mr. Balmer spoke at the Jimmy Carter Museum in atlanta back in 2014. Welcome. Its a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall balmer, professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. I have followed his career for a long time. His under graduate work was done at a school where my father was a dean and my brother joe attended that school at the same time. And randy has turned into one of our great, modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is he really minds the resources of president ial libraries. He really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. And he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And on top of his research skills, h
Library and has gone through and found a very interesting documents that other people have not seen before and he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And in addition to that, on top of his research skills, he is an excellent writer. Ive had the privilege of reading many of his books, including the one thats just come out. And i can tell you that as much as i followed the subjects and have done my own research there were many points i came across new information and said wow, that really explains whats going on. So if you want to understand the difference in the United States in the 1970s, and 1980s, and in case you have forgotten, there were significant differences. And you want to know about the sort of transition to the time when jimmy carter was president to the time when Ronald Reagan was president. If you want to understand the
His undergraduate work was done where my father and my brother attended that school at the same time, and randy has turned into one of our great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is that he minds the resources of the president ial libraries. He has come here to the Carter Library and has gone through and found a very interesting document that other people have not seen before and he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that he is also mind the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And in addition to that on top of his Research Skills come he , he is an excellent writer. Ive had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. And i can tell you that as much as i followed the subjects and have done my own research there were many points i came across new information and said wow , that really explains whats going on. So if you want to
Friend, past to pastor. Tonight he will be campaigning in the upstate and will remain there for more Campaign Stops. Coming up, we will be profiling donald trump. Questions in a town hall like setting. Bush spoke about the impact of repl bush spoke about an impact of replacing a Supreme Court judge. Government is the servant, not the masters over our lives and if you believe that like i do and you have a passionate belief like i do i hope you will support me. I believe we are on the verge of greatness but have to fix some complex things. Bushs side, Lindsey Graham was there supporting bush after making stops at batesville and lease borrow, he is here for the last in the south forum. Donald trump is headed to buford to meet with potential voters there. South carolina heads to the polls this coming saturday. And the Campaign Stops dont stop there. Rubio is hosting a townhall with u. S. Senator tim scott. John kasich will be in lexington at 7 00 and ben carson made his last in the word fo
Has town halls planned in chapin, aiken and Mount Pleasant today. Following his stop here in columbia, jeb bush is set to make stops in beaufort, summerville and myrtle beach. John kasich will be in bluffton. Donned trump will be in walterboro and sumter today. The democratic kanld dates are staying just as busy. Bernie sanders was in columbia yesterday hoping to grow his support here in the capital city. Sanders spoke on criminal Justice Reform and highlighted his plans for free Higher Education and decreasing student debt. A College Degree is the equivalent in many respects to what a High School Degree was 50 or 60 years ago. For our economy to do well, we need the best educated work force in the world. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is also determined to win votes with youth and minorities. Clinton spent yesterday in new york speaking with civil rights leaders about breaking barriers. And former president bill clinton was in greenville the South Carolina Democratic Party primary is febr