Im happy to welcome back. We had him here a year and a half or so ago. We will talk about the new book the 1948 election and you will be amazed of exactly how similar it sounds in other ways different. Whats different is the politicians were all younger so that is one big difference but take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Thank you for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a great place to be. Here we are i know for myself books im streamlining books can transport you to another time and place and during all of this its been a blessing. Regarding the last time i was with you i had already started the book to talk about the accidental president and i planned the book to come out during the cycle. It would be relevant and it would give me an opportunity to talk about things that matter. I found a whole bunch of material i didnt expect to find and elements in our life conspired in such a way that it begins to feel everything i was writing about was no longer taking plac
Welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond, chair of the forum which organized todays events. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime who was here a year and half or so ago and his last book in this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book the 1948 election so we are going back 72 years for another Election Year and youll be amazed at exactly how similar it sounds in some ways and in other ways very different and one of the difference is the politicians were younger then so that is one big difference but a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book, a very good read by the way. Thank you. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me and the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and here we are going through painandsuffering and i know for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because books can transform or transport you to another time and plac
Book the accidental president , now we have him here virtually to talk about his new book about the 1948 elections going 78 years to another Election Year and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways and in others what is different is politicians were all younger than they are today. That is one big difference. Take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. I want to say a couple things. Thank you for having me lose the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. I know books, i fell in love with reading when i was 6 years old because books can transport you to another time or place and that has been a blessing. I started this book in 2017 talking about the accidental president and i planned this book to come out in the 2020 cycle. This was a book about the election and it will be relevant and give me an opportunity to talk about things that matter. Secondly, elements in our life conspired in such a way, everything i was writing about was no longer taking place
Political discourse. Senator Lisa Murkowski this morning saying why she stands by her criticism. When there is a conflict, when the party is is taking an approach or saying things that i think are just absolutely wrong, i think its my responsibility as an alaskan senator speaking out for alaskans to just speak the truth. A new reaction to former Vice President mike pences harsh rebuke of his former boss, Calling Donald Trump wrong. Pences former Chief Of Staff saying why the vp chose now to speak out. And he extended those remarks a little bit this week to the federalist society, primarily because the president s comments about the Vice President had the ability to overturn the election i think merited response. Of course theres nothing in the 12th Amendment or the electoral count act that would afford the Vice President that authority. Joining us now, Josh Lederman in wilmington, delaware, sahil kapur on capitol hill and erin in ukraine. Josh, ill start with you. With a russian invasi
Political discourse. Senator Lisa Murkowski this morning saying why she stands by her criticism. When there is a conflict, when the party is is taking an approach or saying things that i think are just absolutely wrong, i think its my responsibility as an alaskan senator speaking out for alaskans to just speak the truth. A new reaction to former Vice President mike pences harsh rebuke of his former boss, Calling Donald Trump wrong. Pences former Chief Of Staff saying why the vp chose now to speak out. And he extended those remarks a little bit this week to the federalist society, primarily because the president s comments about the Vice President had the ability to overturn the election i think merited response. Of course theres nothing in the 12th Amendment or the electoral count act that would afford the Vice President that authority. Joining us now, Josh Lederman in wilmington, delaware, sahil kapur on capitol hill and erin in ukraine. Josh, ill start with you. With a russian invasi