The second choice of everybody. Well he said my name is new in the field and i suppose im not the first choice of a great many. Our policy is to leave them in a mood to come to us if they are compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you right there. Giving up your first love. So the themes we will talk about and im going to explain why there is certainly a book cover in the upper corner, but, first of all, republicans showed they were not the week party. They actually ran a very well organized campaign. And at the same time there is an old saying in politics that if your opponent is imploding, dont do anything to stop him. In this case there were some implosions on the part of the other parties involved. And we will get to those as we go along. We will do a little bit of the background leading up to the 1860 election and we will talk more about why slavery was a key issue both leading up to the election and then in the out come. This next one might make you stop a
Lincoln supporter sent a wire that said i think hes going to win the nomination and he is the second choice of everybody. Well he said my name is new in the field and i suppose im not the first choice of a great many. Our policy is to leave them in a mood to come to us if they are compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you right there. Giving up your first love. So the themes we will talk about and im going to explain why there is certainly a book cover in the upper corner, but, first of all, republicans showed they were not the week party. They actually ran a very well organized campaign. And at the same time there is an old saying in politics that if your opponent is imploding, dont do anything to stop him. In this case there were some implosions on the part of the other parties involved. And we will get to those as we go along. We will do a little bit of the background leading up to the 1860 election and we will talk more about why slavery was a key issue bot
Speaker, who is going to be telling us about John Burroughs who as a young man came to capitol hill during the civil war and then introduced the nation to the Natural Beauty of washington and became one of the countrys leading and wellknown nature essayists. I suspect that burroughs would have appreciated the career part of our speaker. He started with a ba in Political Science from duke and masters in International Affairs from columbia and those led steve to almost 20 years for a reporter and editor for leading newspapers here and abroad. For his second act, steve has focused on the very local, including the song birds, which is a Habitat Restoration project and many years for the director of pierce mill. Edition deeper into the history and Natural Resources of the very area that John Burroughs knew and moved 150 years ago. Theres a second reason im slighted to be introducing the speaker and his topic, for almost 20 years now the lecture group headed by john francine at the time, has
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We begin with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. Toy voted overwhelmingly secede and join russia. Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree recognizing crimea as a sovereign and independent state. Kia has called the referendum illegal. European union and the United States have responded by placing sanctions on highranking officials. President obama spoke earlier today. We continue to make clear to russia that is slow only further isolate russia and diminish its place in the world. They will continue to stand theirer to oppose territory with territorial integrity. This will exact a greater toll on the russian economy. Going forward, we calibrate our response based on whether russia chooses to escalate or deescalate the situation. Joining me now, tom friedman also from the New York Times richard singer. They look at some of the criticism angles at president obamas leadership. David, let me begin with you. You say the obama p
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We begin with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. They voted overwhelmingly to secede and join russia. Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree recognizing crimea as a sovereign and independent state. Kiev has called the referendum illegal. European union and the United States have responded by placing sanctions on highranking officials. President obama spoke earlier today. We continue to make clear to russia that this will only further isolate russia and diminish its place in the world. They will continue to stand together to oppose their territorial integrity. This will exact a greater toll on the russian economy. Going forward, we calibrate our response based on whether russia chooses to escalate or deescalate the situation. Joining me now, tom friedman also from the New York Times david sanger. They look at some of the criticism angles at president obamas leadership. David, let me begin with you. You say the obama poli