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President s, washington and jefferson and lincoln and fdr and reagan, and if this is the choice thats before us, my fellow citizens in 2016 if Barack Obamas former secretary of state, his wing woman, hillary clinton, were to win we would say about obama or historians might say the tide has now once again turned, president won, won reelection handed off power. And if the democrats we only know this in the next two or three elections. If they become basically the dominant president ial party at least, then you would now, okay. So thats the structure, the rhythm of the presidency. And if youre a ...

Each provides the historian with a wealth of insights, at each informs my presentation tonight. Heres what im going to talk about. I focus on the faithful series of events in late 1860 and early 1861, when a president ial election triggered a grave crisis, and before long, a civil war. Let us hope that history never repeats itself. But let us remember that any durable electoral system has attributes that we dare not take for granted. It presupposes some degree of shared values. Presupposes that you accept the legitimacy of your opponents , and that you accept the verdict of the voters. That Po...

[inaudible] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. Everyone can hear us . Came back everyone can hear us . Well keep at it until you can, i promise. I saw it coming. Everyone here . Everyone ready . Just got so hard to get things everyone have a chair, mostly . I never felt like i needed to i dont think it is on. Do we have microphones. Sound . All right. Do we have seats . Sound good . All right. Welcome, everyone. Im chris good win with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Well begin with the final panel in the Old Supreme Court chamber. Thank the state legislat...

Willing to accept it in order to preserve the union. The New York Historical society and the bryant park reading room cohosted this event. It is an hour and half. Thank you, alex castle and paul marineau, and thanks to the Bryant Park Corporation and the bryant park reading room, and the hsbc corporation, and all else who made it possible for me to appear here tonight. Its a particular privilege to speak here in new york city. Already, 1860, as it remains today, new york was the nerve center of the nation. The herald, the tribune, the times, the three most influential and widely read newspaper...

Book, called crisis point why we must and how we can overcome our broken politics in washington and across america. I am pleased to have them both at this table. First of all, how do you two get together to write a book . Mr. Lott we served together in the senate long time, majority and minority leader, both of us. Through it all, we developed a good chemistry. It really involved i respected. We have different views, quite often. We developed a real trust. We became friends. We were together with our wives, and tom said, it is time to put our experiences charlie you had the idea it ought to be...