if you head the democratic platform, a huge indictment of the lincoln administration and in the fourth plank they called the war a failure. now keep in mind again, the summer is going very badly. lincoln thinks he had lose so they call the war a failure. well, the timing could not have been worse for the democrats. the very day after they adjourned, william sherman captured atlanta and this capture of atlanta sent a thrill through the north. from that point forward, it was pretty clear to most observers that lincoln was going to win. now that is a general overview of the election. and what i want to do now is tell you a little bit about the research in my book and this is research that no one has really done before. my research focuses on lincoln and's mass pags and his re-elect in 1864. 19 norther states actually passed legislation authorizing soldiers to vote away from home. and this legislation took different forms in some states soldiers were allowed to vote in the field and they actually set up polls and people vote along their company streets. other states did it between absentee

in the house of representatives closed shop the first week of march, the first day of lincoln's second administration. lincoln undressed the second inaugural. we can refer to things he said. we would have seen what reconstruction policy he would have pursued. maybe and maybe not. think about it. nine months had passed. 1888, the first time voters in presidential elections, how many were conceived and born during that interlude? that is a long period of time. johnson, the new president, new the inaugurated vice president and now suddenly president was in charge. he meant to take charge, and he did. what did congress members now in december that they could not have known back in march? and what might they have known in december that was at least foreseeable back in march? these kinds of materials, they had to work with when they came into session. there are two places i want to take you, to give a sense of what it is they thought was imperative to act upon. one, we will take you to mississippi. if it is ok by you, off to mississippi. they would have known, that december, about a new civil rights act pa

now the lincoln administration that, but didse it often enough so everyone remembered that law is there. they also immediately set out to establish a military railroad service part of the army to assure supply to troop and to operate rail lines that the government had seized. most of them captured railroads in the south as the union army advanced. there's one other curious thing they did. that doesn't sound like much of an advantage. let's see what the confederacy did. in 1865, thegain confederate congress passed laws that authorized jefferson davis to seize railroads, but he never really exercised it. the confederates never set up a military railroad agency in their war department. it operated railroads. in the confederate war department consistently tried to negotiate the lowest possible rates. you all think that is a good thing? ok. when you pay bargain rates, look kind of service do you get? [laughter] throughout the war, they had to compete for the traffic that paid better. if you are a southern railroad and you know the government is not going to take you over, you will charge the

now, the lincoln administration did not exercise that very often , but they did it often enough so everybody remembered that law was there. they also immediately set out to establish a military railroad service. part of the army to assure supply directly to the front line troops and, most specifically, to operate rare lines that the government had -- rail lines that the government had seized. most of them captured railroads in the south as the union armies advanced. and there's one other curious thing they did. they paid well for their rail service. that doesn't sound like much of an advantage. just hold on to that thought for a minute. let's see what the confederacy did. well, in 1863, and again in 1865, the confederate congress passed laws that authorized jefferson davis to seize railroads but he never really exercised it in any methodical manner. the confederates never set up a military railroad agency within their war department, that is that actually operated railroads, and the confederate war department consistently tried to negotiate the lowest possible rates for their rail traffic. y

. >> this battle has been going on since the lincoln administration. party prejudice, is it real and do you think that is a growing problem in this country? >> it is real, but it shouldn't be, because most of us, we pretty much believe the same kind of things with a little difference in how we get there -- >> what about hiring people because of what they believe politically rather than how they do the job. >> prejudice is prejudice, but in terms of political parties, there really isn't that much different between us, but the reality is that because we see so much vitriol in the public realm is where it comes from. >> this country has found politics to be very divisive. >> is it do divisive. we have networks, one gears to one party, one to the other. >> which one are we on? >> we're on the one right now that is geared towards the truth. i had to get that in there. >> very good. >> continue. >> i think the reality that is people are divisive in many issues, politics is one of them. does it rise to the level of racism? i don't see it that way. when i fini

lincoln. what are the other options? this morning, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reelected, then it will be my duty to -- abandon the emancipation proclamation? lincoln was well aware of the contentiousness that was generated by the emancipation proclamation. 1864, advisersst were still trying to get the president to back away from that proclamation. he answered those well-meaning folks in this manner. "i will be damned for time and eternity if i return to slavery the black men who have fought for this country." so no, he is not going to change his mind about emancipation. how about, then it will be my duty to open up negotiations with the confederacy? lincoln was adamant that he would accept peace under two and only two circumstances, one, the restoration of the union, and two, the south had to agree to abandon slavery. isn't this what the war was about? the south is not going to say, oh, yeah, that's good advice. they will never accept these provisions. there had been peace talks already, but lincoln had always made his feelings as clear as the water in trout pools. it was union and em

working with northern rhode island cities like lincoln to save on administrative health care costs providingfor mail services for the senior centers. those initiatives are saving taxpayers dollars invested type of -- >> moderator: from your previous debate you have had workforce as part of your standing. how many state employees would lose their jobs if you cut 5% of them? fung: what we are talking about the cuts is making sure there operational efficiencies at all levels. that's where the experience as cranston mayor and finding efficiencies consolidating functions for every camp that is what i will put to task tackling our state budget as well. just ask yourself why is it for similar sized state population wise north of us are state budget is billions more than new hampshire's? ask yourself. take a look at the general assembly's budget and rhode island. why is it millions more than the legislature voted in new hampshire who had many more members? >> moderator: mr. healy use it explicitly do not have a jobs plan and you don't see the governments function is creating jobs but you have an eco

lincoln mkzs and mercury millan. the safety administration has received 500 complaints about the cars losing power steering while in operation. four of the complaints say the problem caused crashes. no word yet on whether a recall will be issued. >>> walmart wants to be your one-stop-shop for everything from groceries to clothes to health care. the retail giant is launching a program to educate people about health insurance options. it's called health care begins here. and it's a new website. you can compare insurance coverage options, get enrollment support, and ask lots of questions. visit health care begins here.com to get started. >>> if it feels like you're waiting longer for that burger at the drive-thru, it's not in your imagination. the average time spent in line at fast food drive-thrus jumped 40 seconds in the last year. that's according to a study by qsr magazine. folks took more than 2,000 trips through drive-thrus across the country for this survey. the reason we're waiting longer, by the way, healthier and more complex food choi

it says lincoln, nebraska, public schools administrators have begun talking to staff about transgendert is promoting an agenda. what they say is -- according to one parent who was with us about an hour ago, they want teachers apparently to stop saying boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, hey, guys. instead, say things like, okay. who likes bikes? who likes skateboards? who likes milk? who likes shoes? or create nick names for the classroom that are all inclusive. all right, let's come up with a nickname for the class. let's call ourselves the purple penguins. all the purple penguins over there by the rugs. >> all 12 easy tips to follow so you don't get gender specific. >> you spoke with the mom, rachel terry, three students in the lincoln school district there and she said this is just political correctness run amuck. >> i think we can all agree that no child should be bullied, that all children should be welcomed, included. but i feel like the political correctness here is really distorting reality and probably isn't the best way to help children feel safer at school. if not everybod

lincoln. as thee rivals leave the administration, areas of disagreement with the president very publicly.s year we heard from bob gates and hillary clinton. >> he approaches things like a law professor and presenting kind of a logic of his position. and there's nothing wrong with that. if you want to have a president who thinks through these issues. but my experience in washington is that logic alone doesn't work. once you lay out a position, you have to roll up your sleeves and you have to basically fight to get it done. >> one reason why david ignatius at "washington post" said washington is in need of a shakeup. the white house for its part pushed back and said the president appreciates his team. amid all of this, one-time liberal clinic of obama citing health reform, a steady economic recovery and financial reform. krugman called obama "one of the most consequential and successful presidents in american history." we thought we'd hit the pause button for a minute. has it been a successful presidency? what can he do in his next two years to leave a bigger mark on the country. joining me

lincoln mkv cars from the 2010 to 2012 models. the national highway traffic safety administration said it received 508 complaints. 4 involved crashesstarting to the car corrected the problem in some casings, but it returned in others. >>> gas prices continue their downward slide in the philadelphia area. aaa said a gallon of regular averages $3.37. down two vents over the weekend. in the -- down two cents over the past weekend. in delaware it's down 9 cents in one week, the average price is $3.19. over seas the next phase of the search for the malaysian airliner is underway in the southern indian ocean. the go phoenix ship is conducting an underwater search. two other vessels will join the mission to conduct sonar sweeps. the search was on hold while crews mapped the sea bed. they narrowed the target area to 23,000 square miles. >>> with the holiday travel season ahead it's time to book the flights. sometimes frequently flier programs are not cracked up to what they say they are. >> reporter: consumers reports checked out nine frequently flier programs and found big differences. who doesn't want to fly for free? but can you really

lincoln, arguably served as a virtual dictator. and actions like the emancipation proclamation, the suspension of habeas corpus find no parallel in any other administration, thank goodness. even thomas jefferson, who opposed the federalists and hamilton as to the powers of the presidency, took remarkable unilateral action in negotiating the louisiana purchase. for which he received great criticism at the time. having previously refused to appropriate funds for warships. i'll come back to the impoundment in a second because i think the definitive lesson we're going to learn about the take-care clause comes, in my view, from looking at impoundment cases. the new deal of the clause itself probably took its greatest beating, if you will, during the new deal. the creation of the or the vast expansion of the administrative state made it virtually impossible for any president to control the law and assure that what's nominally in the executive branch is well taken care of. so, you'd have to give president franklin roosevelt credit or blame or erosion there. and president truman's short-lived seizure of the steel industry, as the congressman pointed out, receive

lincoln at the white house has argued to you the contrary. >> and we speak in the documentary to ben rhodes, the deputy national security advisor. we tried to get others in the administration, they seemed to be running from speaking to us. look, their position was that maliki was not a trustworthy partner. he made promises that he would you know begin to increase the participation of sunnis in his government. he would stop with the arbitrary arrests. people were languishing in jails for months without end if not years. and he also felt this was not an imminent threat so let them work it out. >> we kept hearing and they had intelligence reports about the rise of i.s.i.l. and we saw i.s.i.l. take over fallujah and rahmadi, and we heard that president obama called them a junior varsity team compared to al qaeda. >> they were getting those briefings, that wasn't the intelligence failure. but where the intelligence failure was, if i.s.i.l. was junior varsity, the iraqi are military was pop warner football. the iraqi forces had been gutted, maliki feared queu cou coup d'etat. >> this has been a coalition of embit erd tribes men, i.s.i.s, jihadists, and tikrit, that coalition is

administration received more than 500 complaints. >> yeah, they did. actually, 508 complaints about loss of power steering in the 2010-2012 ford fusion, mercury milan and lincolnehicles. the problem was blamed on several -- problem is blamed on several crashes and some believe it's traced to failures in the electric power assisted steering system. some motorists say they were able to correct the problem by shutting down the engine and turning it back on but others complain the problem continued even after they did that. ford warned of a potential problem in its power steering system in a report it filed with regulators. >>> the oakland based center for environmental health is suing walgreens and accusing the drugstore chain of selling skin peel products containing cancer-causing chemicals. the 11 products were purchased at walgreens.com and four other companies. environmental groups say the chemical in those peels, tca, has been linked in animal studies to genetic damage, birth defects, reduced fertility and other serious health problems. walgreens would not comment on this lawsuit but told us it has a long history of action involving product safety and meetin

evaluate the current administration, dealing with crisis and the ability to deal with capacity, would you comment on that? my argument is that under great presidents we do the math. lincoln 20th. the alignment of crisis of a profound nature and character of an extraordinary dimension and an amazing capacity aligned to make these presidents undeniably great. presidents have demonstrated greatness but not the kind of these three. the problem for the post-fdr presidencies is at the world has gotten more complicated. the presidency is more constrained and american wish lessns, we government but demand more. it is a paradox. ais administration inherited bad hand. the worst recession since the great depression. two longest wars in american history, but ultimately, maybe will beident role judged to be more consequential. the problem for obama is that he sent a reference flame of , andness in the presidency aspirational effort to be a transformative leader, and the reality is that it is hard the state to transform american domestic policies, let alone foreign policy. so he could not help that, and he did disappoint. >> what you're saying is we are having a tough enough time buil

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