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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Professor, Harvard University; president of Americans for Democratic Action … Edward Kennedy and Kennedy’s leadership in the Senate. He talks about Edward Kennedy’s leadership of the Democratic Party as “shadow president” and his effectiveness as a senator. Americans for …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… and their approach to healthcare. Blumenthal Yes. Did I tell you that? Heininger Yes. Well, I already knew that … to you about, because you’ve got a global perspective on how different Presidents have approached this. You’ve also worked with …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… his work with Edward Kennedy and his brothers, as well as how he got involved in Massachusetts politics on the Lynn … the best place to start would be if you could tell us how you first got into politics and, in particular, how you … said, Tom, we’re going to fly in with a helicopter— that’s how he used to come up to the house. I said, Ted, we have 500 …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… of our lives: we decided to leave the Soviet Union. We did not want our children to grow up in a country where there … were given permission. My brother was 16 at the time, and he was a very talented mathematician. Luckily, through my … in Cambridge. My mother later followed him, and this was how our whole family eventually ended up in Cambridge, …
Presidential Biographies
… too premature, and the Democrats who complained that the President had turned the entire U.S. Navy into a campaign … task of being gracious in defeat. Gore realized that if he continued to challenge the results in Florida, there would … he lost in the end. Gore provided the requisite speech and did so with perfect historical pitch, even as some of those …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… campaign, busing, and the 1980 presidential campaign. He also offers some insights into Kennedy’s personality and … some of those again. Could you take us back and tell us how you first became involved with the Kennedy family? Then … in 1952 when John Kennedy was running for the Senate. He had been the Congressman from our district (Charlestown) …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… Republicans; the 1990 budget deal and Newt Gingrich; President Bush’s lackluster approach to using media for … between Richard Darman and Chief of Staff Samuel Skinner; how the OMB operated within the White House; education … and Marvin was telling me his father was going to run for President, and I said, “Sure, right. My father’s going to …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Clymer begins by describing how he came to write his book about Senator Edward Kennedy. … talked about ideas for books. I had one other one, and he was enthusiastic about this one. I’m not sure which of us … he was central. It’s the persistence. It’s so important in how he’s gotten things done, and his willingness to concede …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… bit about when you first went to Washington and then how you became involved in Washington politics? Then we’ll … state issues. I chaired the Jimmy Carter campaign when he ran for President and South Carolina went for Jimmy Carter by not a …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… vote for. And that was the first time I had ever met him. He was very young at that point. Knott He was about 30, I … him again until after he had been elected to the Senate. I did not cover either the primary or the general election up …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… of the Massachusetts delegation, Congressman Jim Burke. He retired and I moved over to the Senate and began my career … empowers the staff and broadens results. It is amazing how good he is at delegating. If you go to a meeting with …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Tretter discusses how he came to work for Kennedy’s 1962 campaign as an advance … about him? Tretter What was exceptional about him was he was movie star handsome and he was very much into … it was Dick Moe. He went through a long explanation about how he just got off the phone with a very unhappy Senator who …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… on healthcare while working in the Clinton White House. He begins by discussing how he first met Senator Kennedy in the 1980s working on … an interview with Ira Magaziner on November 19, 2007. When did you first meet Ted Kennedy? Ira Magaziner I first met Ted …
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… I said something that I felt very strongly. I said, “Mr. President, the most important thing now is that we all trust … majority leader (1989–95) and minority leader (1995–2003). He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1988 and 2004 campaigns He recorded his oral …
When I got a chance to talk, I said something that I felt very strongly. I said, “Mr. President, the most important thing now is that we all trust one another. This is about life and death. Our first responsibility is to keep the people safe. We failed; we all failed and we have to do better.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… when you first came to the Senate. With that, what issues did you work on closely with him and on what issues were you … assessment of what makes Kennedy distinctive as a Senator; how his staff operates versus how he operates. Danforth Good. I can help you with some of …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… at the time of the 1980 Presidential election. When President [Ronald] Reagan was elected, although I certainly … are very fluid, and Kennedy calls on people to do what he thinks they can do well. At that time the Democrats had … can focus most on the Senate—were trying to figure out how to move their agenda forward by convincing enough of …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… you first met Ted Kennedy. Payzant I first saw him, but did not meet him, during the Senate campaign in 1962, I believe. He was running against [Edward] McCormack, Jr. I was 21 in … voted for Eddie McCormack. [ laughter ] Little did I know how Kennedy would have a significant impact on my life many …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… bunch of things. Why don’t we start at the beginning. When did you first meet [Edward M.] Kennedy, and what were your first impressions of him? Miller I first met him when he campaigned for me back in 1974, when I was first running …
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… rate hikes, close observers are no doubt wondering whether President Donald Trump will suffer in silence—or at least in … Presidents have long had an uneasy relationship with the … Americans consider when making judgments about the president’s ability to lead. However, the independence of the …
The White House has usually found it necessary not to be too explicit in criticizing the Fed for increases in interest rates. Since it appears inevitable in the years ahead that there will be substantial interest rate hikes, close observers are no doubt wondering whether President Donald Trump will suffer in silence—or at least in private—as his predecessors usually have.
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Barbara Souliotis discusses how she came to work for Edward M. Kennedy in 1961, his … the best place to start, Barbara, would be to just ask you how to came to work for Senator Edward Kennedy or your … it was with Ted Kennedy. They didn’t really tell me who he was, just, We think he might be running for something, …