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Ivy league graduates the way it used to. >> in politics we set rules on certain industries, because we think they can do more harm. youve written a book here that has a cultural lens. right? >> right. >> do you think ultimately this culture that you have been studying and spent time around, has it right and the right balance or is off base in its values? >> its off base. i dont think the financial industry has been totally healed since the crisis. some of the same problems are still there. theyl...

In honor of george washingtons birthday, politico magazine asked ten leading historians how president obama rank news among his predecessors. sean wilentz, douglas brinkley at rice university. thank you, gentlemen. >> i would put him around what bill clinton is able to do. obviously, there are different kinds of accomplishments. and like dwight highs hour. eisenhower created the korean war. it was unpopular. he got us out of korea. getting out out of iraq, afghanistan. and i think he has opened ...

Birthday, politico magazine asked ten leading historians how president obama rank news among his predecessors. shawn willance, douglas brinkley at rice university. thank you, gentlemen. >> i would put him around what bill clinton is able to do. obviously, there are different kinds of accomplishments. and like dwight highs hour. eisenhower created the korean war. it was unpopular. he got us out of korea. getting out out of iraq, afghanistan. and i think he has opened the net with gay rights to ge...

It was almost a trillion dollars of your taxpayer money. was it wisely spent? well get into that. and this nasty winter causing more ice to cover the great lakes. what the coast guard is doing to keep commerce moving. and a presidential look at americas pastime, the favorite teams of president obama and his predecessors. jenna: the president signed into law a massive $830 billion stimulus plan meant to rejuvenate the economy. so what exactly did we get for that taxpayer money? the unemployment r...

The government, the president cant just sit there. what hes saying is i -- >> thats the way the constitution is written, the president is just supposed to sit there. >> is just supposed to sit there if we have an emergency? the president is just supposed to sit there? if we have national emergency -- >> we dont have national security here with obamacare. im not talking national threat, sir. >> i would hope we never have n executive to twiddle their thumbs with a national emergency. >> when you l...

But frankly, president obama has always put programs ahead of principles in my view. he has good motivations, he really does believe in what he is trying to achieve. but how he achieves it is less important to him. he is not the first, you could say, that worked in the white house. but he has succeeded to a degree none of his predecessors ever could have imagined. he succeeded in things that his predecessors tried and failed at. >> professor rosencrantz, we have 28 executive actions on obamacare...

Bills, when congress shuts down the government, the president cant just sit there. what hes saying is i -- >> thats the way the constitution is written, the president is just supposed to sit there. >> is just supposed to sit there if we have an emergency? the president is just supposed to sit there? if we have national emergency -- >> we dont have national security here with obamacare. im not talking national threat, sir. >> i would hope we never have n executive to twiddle their thumbs with a n...

The government, the president cant just sit there. what hes saying is i -- >> thats the way the constitution is written, the president is just supposed to sit there. >> is just supposed to sit there if we have an emergency? the president is just supposed to sit there? if we have national emergency -- >> we dont have national security here with obamacare. im not talking national threat, sir. >> i would hope we never have n executive to twiddle their thumbs with a national emergency. >> when you l...

Im astonished at how this has turned out. but frankly, president obama has always put programs ahead of principles in my view. he has good motivations, he really does believe in what he is trying to achieve. but how he is achieving it is what is important. he is not the first, you could say, that worked in the white house. but he has succeeded in many ways others does not. he succeeded in things that his predecessors tried and failed at. >> professor rosencrantz, we have 28 actions on controvers...

Im astonished at how this has turned out. but frankly, president obama has always put programs ahead of principles in my view. he has good motivations, he really does believe in what he is trying to achieve. but how he is achieving it is what is important. he is not the first, you could say, that worked in the white house. but he has succeeded in many ways others does not. he succeeded in things that his predecessors tried and failed at. >> professor rosencrantz, we have 28 actions on controvers...