what is william mckinley out for? >> guest: william mckinley is out to restore prosperity. his fervent belief is that the policy of detective pair of fifth advocated in the congress for a great many years the path to return to prosperity. >> host: he is not a free trader. >> guest: he is not a free trader. his focus is the american worker. he wants rome bust domestic markets, high wages for american labor and protection for cheap labor imports. he is not a defender of high tears for the purpose of making rich people richer. back when he passed the mckinley tariff of 1890 which helped contribute to the republican defeat in the house that year and is remembered by many republicans is the thing that brought them defeat and was an obstacle for them, and the passage passages that he was constantly asking people in essence not how much do you need to get rich but how much does your industry need in order to be properly protected from unfair foreign competition? economist today agree that in all likelihood the protective policies he advocated did not advance america's economic bey

who is william mckinley and what does he want? esko he's the governor in the state of ohio and throughout his career in congress from 1876 through 1890 he is become the lead voice in the republican party for the policy of protective tariffs. and that is at the surface. it's between the civil war in 1904 has not been born in the state of ohio so as the governor of ohio he's an immediate prospect for the presidential nomination. >> host: how big is ohio relative to other states? >> guest: with the fourth-largest in the union. about pennsylvania, illinois and ohio and interestingly enough, they've been consistent battleground states in the gilded age politics. pennsylvania and illinois reliably are republican and cleveland. the state of illinois by three percentage points defeating the incumbent of benjamin harris of indiana. >> host: what are his ambitions as 1896 began? >> guest: he wants to become president. the ambition was his entire adult life and his bride of canton ohio from one of the founding fathers.com guides and friends

william mckinley enters the war at the age of 18. he's a member of the militia group and he shows up in camp jackson columbus just west of columbus ohio in april of 61 and they come to fulfill the call of abraham lincoln for the 90 day enlistment and what they do, they show up and say sorry we filled the quota for 90 days. so your choice is sign up for three years or the duration which ever is longer or go home. and almost. they enter the war as a private and is a major because he receives three battlefield commissions for unbelievable acts of valor and to suicide missions one that he determine for himself on the bloodiest day of the civil war as a commissary sergeants and the 23rd safely behind the front lines the unit goes into battle to take the stonebridge at 2 a.m. in the morning without having been fed since the night before and 2 p.m. in the afternoon, they fought their way across the open field from the ridge line and they've taken the stonebridge and they are now safely on the other side under the cover of the bluff and with

he looks at william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. he's interviewed by richard berke keizer commencing editor for national review magazine. >> we are here with karl rove, author of "triumph of william mckinley." mr. rove was a senior advisor for president george w. bush and the architect of his election and reelection in 2,002,004. his publisher asked me if i would read his book and blurb it and i did. i just want to begin with what i said. karl rove shows how william mckinley used his watershed election to change his party for the political process in the nation. it's all here. the big themes, backstage maneuvers, personalities, hoopla. a great read for historians, political junkies and in our own wild elections michael america. >> i will pay you for that. it was awfully generous. >> let's introduce the man as 1896 began, who was william mckinley? >> guest: in the most immediate sense, he is the governor of the state of ohio and throughout his entire career in the congress firm 1876 through 898, he has become the lead voice within th

down in the pacific and bob dole for a listing in the military to storm the beaches and jfk william mckinley at the age of 18 a number of the poland militia shows up that camp jackson april 61 fulfilling the call for the baby day enlistment. they said sari we have filled a quota so side of for the duration or three years. said he enters as a private three years and leaves as the major because he has battlefield conditions and to the suicide missions what he determines for himself the bloodiest day of the civil war. it is safely behind the front lines. without having been fed and at 2:00 p.m. they find their way across the open field in there safely on the other side under the cover of a bluff in the chimney is watching from the up back he decides he will resupply them because the men had nothing to eat or drink since the night before he organizes the stragglers boiled meat and makes his way toward the front and officer stops him and he explains you have to go a hundred yards of open territory in you will be killed or slaughtered he says i have to go forward the road is too narrow a half to t

1896 campaign in his new book, "the triumph of william mckinley. "mr. rove discusses the political environment in 1896 including political gridlock and mckinley's expansion of the republican base. mr. rove is interviewed by richard brookhiser senior editor are in national magazine. >> the republican party was bet beaten in 18923 mckinley has been the governor of ohio and seen the country descend into a deep depression, and the run runs think the election of 1896 is going to be theirs but he ills not the favorite of the party bosses. >> directly following, join booktv as we taped a book party thrown for karl rove. sunday, author david maranis will be live with your e-mails calls and texts. hit books include "once the a great city: a detroit story" as well as" first his class" a biography of bill clinton. "tell newt to shut up." two days of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. television for serious [applause] >> a review from the introduction and. friday december 10th, 2010 and will double up the usual time with my usual breakfast of mobile and c

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scombl >> here is a look at some authors -- karl rove talked about the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. and darcy olsen, president of the gold water institute took a critical look at the review period new medications undergo to receive fda approval. in the coming weeks, former senators tom dashal and trent long offer their solutions to resolve the current state of partisanship in washington. jeffrey callen explores theodore roosevelt's unsuccessful campaign. and an argument that america continues to suffer from racial in inequality. and mei fong talks about the effects of china's recently discontinued one-child policy. >> the problem is there is no input from economist or psychologist. so issues on how human behavior can shape a plan. it is not rocket science to think a nation so in love with son is restricted to one child and they will have more sons and at one point you will have more men than women. >> "after words" airs every sunday at 9 and 10 p.m. eastern. you can watch previous programs online at booktv.org. >> c-span, created by america's cable compan

state oar partisanship in washington, and this weekend, karl rove discusses the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. >> he decides he is going to storm the country in a farc that has never been done before. going to get on a train and going to campaign the country, has three major trips he makes across the country. and presidential candidates never did that. >> this is the first time it's ever happened. have been occasions previously in which a candidate might go on the road and good to a major gar in -- or a big gathering but you literally number the times they spoke on the road to less than a dozen. >> "after words" on booktv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and 9:30 eastern. you, watch all previous afterwards programs on our web site at booktv.org. >> p.j. o'rourke, trying to fig out what the omnibus is. is it this book or there is a plate cal meaning to that. >> no, no. just we were looking for some term for anthology and we -- omnibus and so what do we call it? i said houston about "thrown under the omnibus." didn't work until my friend, pat oliphant, the cartoonist, who

state oar partisanship in washington, and this weekend, karl rove discusses the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. >> he decides he is going to storm the country in a farc that has never been done before. going to get on a train and going to campaign the country, has three major trips he makes across the country. and presidential candidates never did that. >> this is the first time it's ever happened. have been occasions previously in which a candidate might go on the road and good to a major gar in -- or a big gathering but you literally number the times they spoke on the road to less than a dozen. >> "after words" on booktv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and 9:30 eastern. you, watch all previous afterwards programs on our web site at booktv.org. >> p.j. o'rourke, trying to fig out what the omnibus i

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karl rove has a book just out , which i blurb, on william mckinley. 1896.elected in he argues mckinley was a competent political strategist and he brought new votes into the republican coalition, catholics, workers, immigrants. he says several times in this to dohe reason he had that is because the republican party had been eliminated in the south. >> i will tell you a story about karl rove which may surprise you . years ago "the new yorker" did a profile when he was a major figure in the bush administration. he was a history major, and he -- he saidorite book , my favorite book as an undergraduate history major was "free soil, free labor, freeman." -- free men." it showed how they build a political coalition. at the end of one of my lecture courses on this era, one of my students comes up to me and says, you may not approve of this, but i'm an intern in the white house this year and working with mr. rove. i said, i don't disapprove. feel that'm glad you way. he whipped out my reconstruction book and said, mr. rove asked if u.s. autograph this for him -- if you would autograph this for

scombl >> here is a look at some authors -- karl rove talked about the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. and darcy olsen, president of the gold water institute took a critical look at the review period new medications undergo to receive fda approval. in the coming weeks, former senators tom dashal and trent long offer their solutions to resolve the current state of partisanship in washington. jeffrey callen explores theodore roosevelt's unsuccessful campaign. and an argument that america continues to suffer from racial in inequality. and mon

talked about the importance of william mckinley's presidential campaign and the president of the goldwater institute took a look at the review. co. medications undergo to receive fda approval and in the coming weeks the former senators over their solutions to resolve the current state of partisanship there wasn't any input from economists or sociologists to shed some issues of how human behavior could shape it isn't rocket science to think a nation that is so in love is when they were restricted to one child but therefore you would have more men than women. it's not rocket science. next on booktv's "after words" program. journalists p7 discusses the recently discontinued one china policy and its impact on the country and talks about her book the story of china's most radical experiment with ethanol snowe's office of the national book award-winning age of ambition. >> mei fong, welcome to "after words." you published your first book and i end joyed immensely. it's the subject of a lot of discussion among the analysts. the book is one child at the story of china's most radical experiment and

this weekend, paul rogue discusses the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. >> but he decides that he's going to storm the country in a fashion that has never been done before. he's going to get on a train, campaign to get on a train, campaign the country, he has three major trips he makes over the country. presidential candidates never did that. this is the first time it happened. there are cases in previous where candidates may go to the major ga are, big gathering of some sort, but he literally number the times he spoke on the road to less than one dozen. >> afterwards airs on book to be every saturday at 10:00 p.m. sunday and 9:00 p.m. on eastern. you can watch previous afterwards programs on our website at book tv.org. >> s2015 comes to a close many publications are offering the recommendation for the best books of the year. here's a look at some of the books the washington post suggests to its readers. the story of adolph polka chaff, the russian russian that spy for the americans during the cold war is rick counted by david hoffman in, the billion-dollar

karl rogge discussed the pornts of williams mckinley 1896 presidential campaign.darcy olson of the gold water institute took a critical look at the new medications must undergo to receive fda approval and world medical association president michael reported on the factors contradicts to america health and wellness gap in the coming weeks pulitzer prize winning talking abouts china discontinued one child policy. former senators tom dashel offer solutions to resolve current state of partisanship in washington. also coming up, e jeffrey explain roosevelt unsuccessful campaign for the nomination, and this weekend, fox news correspondent james rosen looks at dick cheney's time in the bush administration. >> a man who stood near the political of power in this country for four decades uniquely up through 9/11 and iraq and beyond and you don't stick around at those levels unless you're really good and really effective and i think that's why the left has had such a -- such an obsession with dick cheney you see this in barack obama's comments and called in response to this

karl rove discuss the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. president of the goldwater institute take a critical look at the review period new medications must undergo to receive fda approval and world medical association president michael meramec reported on the factors contributing to america's health and wellness. pulitzer prize-winning journalist talks about the effects of china's recently discontinued one child policy's. former senators offer their solutions to resolve the current state of partisanship in washington. also coming up theodore roosevelt unsuccessful campaign for the 1912 republican party nomination in this weekend fox news correspondent looks at former vice president dick cheney's time. >> a man who stood at or near the pinnacle of power in the country's. so's. >> you see this in barack obama's comments today. as a joke there,a joke there, but it speaks to dick cheney's extraordinary influence on our times in the central role that he occupies in the number of intellectual universe. >> every saturday at ten 10:00 p.m. and sun

and franklin roosevelt really want power, too, and he's got an organization with william mckinley how and james farmer and eleanor roosevelt and the brain trust yours. he's got a working us with of a modern campaign. the rest of these guys, favorite son guys like governor albert ricci of maryland, jeffersonian, repeal of prohibition, limited government, handsome fellow but he talks to h.l. mencken who is a supporter and says i could get more, i could do better know if i gave her speeches i guess, but i don't have any more ideas. so he's limited. there's a guy named alfalfa bill murray in oklahoma, the governor. he's pretty much a whack job. he's about ready to get into border wars with the state of texas, and besides who can take a guy named alfalfa bill seriously for president? governor of ohio, people like that, and william randolph hearst is giving that speech out in california when he is trashing a going. he says there's one guy who's a real american and his name is john vance garner, speaker of the house, a good guy. and garner who would never given any thought in his life to run

rove looks at william mckinley's 1896 campaign trade --. he discusses the political environment in 1896 including political gridlock. he is interviewed by richard bruckheimer. >> the republican party has been in 1892 election. mckinley has been the governor of ohio and seen the country to send into a deep depression and the republicans think the election of 1896 is going to be there is and he wants to be the nominee but he is not the front runner. announcer: directly following, join book tv as we attend a party thrown for karl rove. sunday, david marinus will be live with your calls from noon-3:00. his books include his most recent release, once in a great city. as well as first in his class, a biography of bill clinton, tell .ew to shut up three days of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2, television for serious readers. more than half of the vehicles sold this year connected to the internet. next, a hearing looking at the future of automobiles being connected to computer networks. topics include the potential to make safety improvemen