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  BARRY, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? You and I have been friends for almost forty years now. We’ve donned hip waders and walked together in the whitewater of your beloved McKenzie River. We’ve walked the woods and hills of the Goldstream Valley. One snowy afternoon, in the crepuscular winter light, as we hiked up the mountain above Cynthia’s and my house, you told me at length about your idea for a sprawling book that would somehow encompass the whole earth with the same intensity and specificit...

Consistently, deeply impressive, thoughtful public official and leader. he had such gravitas, such a clear ethical core, he made you feel humble. he made you want to be better at your own work. he made you want to be a better person. when you interacted with him. so i will associate myself with the kind words that a lot of my colleagues and his colleagues have been making about him today. i will also just mention as a grace note in the news today, as we learn about congressman cummings passing a...

Inspiring people that i have ever personally interacted with from the world of politics, i say humbleingly, what i mean is it was humbling to meet him to engage with conversation about work, politics, and the country. because he was just a consistently, deeply impressive, thoughtful public official and leader. he had such gravitas, such a clear ethical core, he made you feel humble. he made you want to be better at your own work. he made you want to be a better person. when you interacted with h...

It almost adds like a grace note or a humility note to this discussion of bernie sanders and the role that he plays. we have been looking at him in the context of the primary as he and elizabeth warren are running in the same lane. he was the dominant guy last time around, but maybe thats because she wasnt in it. hes got the money now, but you see her upswing in the polls. is it a race between the two of them? i think now that were talking about this, this is like a legitimate concern. his healt...

Takes real courage. and i think when the president is unable to have even a grace note, a note that said, yes, he was a hero. i disagree with him. i regret the fact he voted against me, but we ought to raise up and say, john mccain, you served this country nobly and served it well. even though i disagree with you, im proud of the service you rendered to this country. thats all he has to say and show he has some note of grace in his soul. >> secretary cohen, thanks for coming. up next -- whats ...

Been really unable to express any type of bipartisan sentiment, any type of ability to bring the nation together on that night he said im the president for all of america, not the president for just republicans. that, we saw, end pretty quickly because instantly, as soon as he started governing, as soon as he started actually selecting his cabinet during the transition process, we knew that was not the case. so there are republicans in the senior officials in the administration including vice pr...

Any type of bipartisan sentiment, any type of ability to bring the nation together on that night he said im the president for all of america, not the president for just republicans. that, we saw, end pretty quickly because instantly, as soon as he started governing, as soon as he started actually selecting his cabinet during the transition process, we knew that was not the case. so there are republicans in the senior officials in the administration including vice president pence who are urging t...

Sentiment, any type of ability to bring the nation together on that night he said im the president for all of america, not the president for just republicans. that, we saw, end pretty quickly because instantly, as soon as he started governing, as soon as he started actually selecting his cabinet during the transition process, we knew that was not the case. so there are republicans in the senior officials in the administration including vice president pence who are urging the president to offer s...

Loses to reagan. so we had five presidents in 20 years. there was an op-ed, lloyd cutler, white house counsel for jimmy carter, wrote a piece in "the washington post" saying the presidency was now too complicated for any one person and then along came ronald reagan. you can disagree with him, but he certainly proved that the office itself in the right hands could be a force for good. the speech that night remarkably 30 years ago, were now as separated as far from that speech as he was from eisen...

Remember, we had the equivalent of four one-term presidents from 1960 to 1980. lost one to assassination, one to vietnam, one to watergate, president ford lost to president carter and then president carter loses to reagan. so we had five presidents in 20 years. there was an op-ed, lloyd cutler, white house counsel for jimmy carter wrote a piece in "the washington post" saying the presidency was now too complicated for any one person and then along came ronald reagan. you can disagree with him, b...