Transcripts For CSPAN2 Interview On Mac Baldrige 20160125 :

Kind of a weak sister in the cabinet officers at that time. A traditionally, the state department of the treasury and the defense it was true then back in the 1980s but the commerce swift pulled itself up and became more significant because of the trade policies and because of aldridge. We discovered and didnt fully appreciate was how the trade policy of the administration. Who cares about the consequences when the labor unions were still powerful back then and interested in protectionists. He found a middle ground that he called fair trade and tried to make everybody try to make everybody a winner and that was how pragmatic the policy ended up coming over the course of the service. How did the cardcarrying member of the professional Radio Association be hesitant of a free trader to become involved in the Ronald Reagan administration . Primarily through George Herbert walker bush. He could work for the Bush Campaign in the 19 80s primaries against president Ronald Reagan and in 1980, the connecticut primary and he was from connecticut and became important because he was falling way behind. Ronald reagan was winning the primary. And since connecticut was one of the icing for home states, it was important that he win. So they drove the state and ran like a Gubernatorial Campaign and won the state for George Herbert walker which probably is the reason he became Vice President. Mccain kept the candidacy of life. And president Ronald Reagan gave the Vice President won cabinet pick. Are we seeing the Ripple Effect made, do they still exist . Spigot is very little understood in this country. Very well dependent on the experts for their survival. This country really didnt know that much about it and in fact the reporters in the country during those days in the course of the first term but he was the commerce secretary for trade reporters evolved and they were gone now but stalwarts of the industry back then and these days you dont hear much about International Trade but a lot of the principles that were developed are still there today and trade is a very big deal in the country today. Without experts i dont think we would survive. In 1980 and 81, globalization wasnt a word that you ever heard and the country was just beginning to be affected by the globalization because folks in western europe and japan had not only recovered from the devastation of world war ii, but they were basically a threat to the u. S. Economic papacy, which this country have enjoyed with no competition since world war ii. How much did his personality matter in regards to his involvement in the administration backs of it was probably almost as important. He was a cowboy at heart. He would tour the cowboys on the rodeo circuit in order to stay a member of the association each year to win a certain amount of money. There is a competition in california and when they pulled the reins back the horse flipped over on him and there was a buckle up twice the size of the one i was wearing and it felt right on the buckle causing internal internal damage as a damages and pleading which he eventually died from. So, the personality is extremely important and i think not only for his personality come he was very softspoken, but also dealt with his fellow cabinet members and unless you have something to say, they spoke in a very soft voice because he knew people would have to lean in and listen better and they would Pay Attention to them and he bonded very well with the president at the beginning of the cowboy background and having played that developed Even Stronger as the years went on. Working in the commerce department, he was his coauthor chris black he offers mac folder which the cowboy and Ronald Reagans cabinet. Thank you. Up next, former senators trent lott and tom daschle discussed her book crisis point which they talk about the current climate in congress and also offer recommendations for moving america forward. They are interviewed by that congressman jc watts of oklahoma. Thank you very much for joining me today to talk about the new book as was described in the opening segment here. As i travel around the country and watch the Current Affairs show, which i dont watch many of these days but many people i think on both sides of the aisle think that there is a crisis point. However, people can say save the house needs to be burned down but you know how to build it back and youll have been in the stomach of the beast and have had to navigate through the different personalities and egos that you deal with on both sides of the aisle and so as we unfold today and evil through this process, let me say at the outset but usually when i am on