Being unraveled by a new class war. Good evening and welcome to the policy center. I am john walters chief operating officer and id like to welcome our audience here at the pennsylvania headquarters avenue and or cspan audience to the firstever podcast taping that is both live and marks the premiere of the second reason of the realignment posted by hudson media. We are proud of the realignment that the launch last year and i recommend especially for those of you that havent been following it to take a look at the episode from last year particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, mike gallagher, mike durand and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people that put it together and their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along so we couldnt be more proud of the work theyve done and we want to thank them for that and we are happy to launch this Years Program with michael lind to as many of you know is a prolific writer of more tha
[applause] hello there. I use to be a strategist with political campaigns were actually i made some acquaintance with karl rove let me introduce the panel starting at the other end jim ryder from the atlantic and his wife deborah and then not running for reelection in 2018 karl rove in 2,002,004 with president bush and a fascinating book of the president ial campaign between with the kid me. And 1896. Did i say 1996 . I got up at 530 in the morning. [laughter] linda the new isolationism with the new global disorder which now seems prophetic he gave a remarkable speech so it fits perfectly with the topic. How polarized are we . Looking at the most dire polarization since the civil war. But the lack of Historical Perspective doesnt help her car we polarize compared to when exactly . 1968 are we as polarized as we were and the battle the answer is not particularly. We are a country that is going through it is a difficult phase of a marriage. That doesnt mean we shouldnt take steps to do s
[applause] hello there. I use to be a strategist with political campaigns were actually i made some acquaintance with karl rove let me introduce the panel starting at the other end jim ryder from the atlantic and his wife deborah and then not running for reelection in 2018 karl rove in 2,002,004 with president bush and a fascinating book of the president ial campaign between with the kid me. And 1896. Did i say 1996 . I got up at 530 in the morning. [laughter] linda the new isolationism with the new global disorder which now seems prophetic he gave a remarkable speech so it fits perfectly with the topic. How polarized are we . Looking at the most dire polarization since the civil war. But the lack of Historical Perspective doesnt help her car we polarize compared to when exactly . 1968 are we as polarized as we were and the battle the answer is not particularly. We are a country that is going through it is a difficult phase of a marriage. That doesnt mean we shouldnt take steps to do s
Good evening and welcome to the policy center. I am john walters chief operating officer and id like to welcome our audience here at the pennsylvania headquarters avenue and or cspan audience to the firstever podcast taping that is both live and marks the premiere of the second reason of the realignment posted by hudson media. We are proud of the realignment that the launch last year and i recommend especially for those of you that havent been following it to take a look at the episode from last year particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, mike gallagher, mike durand and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people that put it together and their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along so we couldnt be more proud of the work theyve done and we want to thank them for that and we are happy to launch this Years Program with michael lind to as many of you know is a prolific writer of more than a dozen books and cofounder of the
Media. We are proud of the realignment here at hudson. The podcast launched last year and i recommend especially for those who havent been following that you take a look at the episodes from last year. Particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh holly. Chris rinaldi. Mike gallagher. Mike durand and others. Its an excellent program, partly because of the two people that put it together. Their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along. I want to thank them for that. We are happy to launch this Years Program with Michael Michael lind. A prolific writer of more than a dozen books. Michael is a professor at lyndon b. Johnson school of Public Affairs at the university of texas. Important for tonights conversation, he is the author of the new class war. Saving democracy from the managerial elite. The book was published today. So we are here at the launch. Congratulations on the new book. Whether you agree with his interpretation of western politics, h