Barack Obama's America

Oct 29, 2009

Woman's National Democratic Club

John Kenneth White talked about his book Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era (University of Michigan Press; August 4, 2009). In his book Mr. White argues that Barack Obama's election marks a new era in U.S. politics, based largely on many demographic changes. Using polls, census .. Read More
John Kenneth White talked about his book Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era (University of Michigan Press; August 4, 2009). In his book Mr. White argues that Barack Obama's election marks a new era in U.S. politics, based largely on many demographic changes. Using polls, census data, popular media, and political anecdotes, he describe a "new" society, in which interracial marriage, divorce, single motherhood, and cohabitation are no longer taboo, in which gay rights gain ground, and people attend church more for entertainment and community than for religion. He responded to questions submitted by members of the audience. The event was a Women's National Democratic Club lunch held Thursday, October 29, 2009.

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00:31:56 Unidentified Speaker YES, THERE IS A GREAT LINE WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IN PART BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T THEY...
00:33:09 Unidentified Speaker YOU DIDN'T MENTION WOMEN IN YOUR TALK IS A GROUP OR A
00:33:14 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT.
00:33:15 Unidentified Speaker WHAT USE IS HAPPENING TO WOMEN AS A GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY? IS THERE A COMING REVOLUTION IN LOBBING...
00:33:24 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THAT REVOLUTION IS VERY MUCH UNDER WAY IN THE PROCESS OF CONVINCING THE BOOK. OF COURSE, I DIDN'T...
00:34:49 Unidentified Speaker ADD A COUPLE OF RELATED QUESTIONS. ONCE IS GRANTED DEMOGRAPHY HELPS EXPLAIN OBAMA'S WIN, BUT WILL ...
00:35:09 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SUCCESS IN POLITICS AND THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TWO ANY PARTY IS THEY...
00:36:41 Unidentified Speaker TO USE THE DEMOGRAPHY HAVING AN IMPACT ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES LIKE HEALTH CARE REFORM?
00:36:48 Unidentified Speaker GUESS THERE'S NO QUESTION, BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK IT JUST HEALTH CARE AND THINK ABOUT 2010 AND...
00:37:57 Unidentified Speaker WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ELIGIBLE YOUNG VOTERS ACTUALLY VOTED TO THIS LAST TIME? AND HOW CAN THEY BE INSPIRED...
00:38:12 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE LOOKING AT 2008 AS 63 PERCENT OVER ALL TURN OUT. YOUNG PEOPLE IF I REMEMBER RIGHT WERE JUST...
00:39:17 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE WILL SAY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HISPANIC VOTE IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND WHERE...
00:39:28 Unidentified Speaker OVER ALL HISPANICS TWO-THIRDS FOR OBAMA, IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE BUSH WON EITHER...
00:40:46 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE CUBAN BOAT, MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE GENERATION?
00:40:53 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY BECAUSE OF THE FIDEL CASTRO CAME TO POWER IN 1959. WE ARE NOW TO THE SECOND INTO THE THIRD...
00:41:28 Unidentified Speaker HOW WILL THE DEMOGRAPHICS AFFECT THE RISE OF A THIRD-PARTY , AN EFFECTIVE THIRD-PARTY?
00:41:35 Unidentified Speaker OBAMA'S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS OF THE REPUBLICANS -- THIS PROBLEM IS POPULISM. AND IT COMES FROM THE IMPLOSION...
00:42:56 Unidentified Speaker HE SAID ONE OF THE BIG REVOLUTIONS WAS INCREASING TOLERANCE PARTICULARLY BY THE ON. THAT DOESN'T GO...
00:43:08 Unidentified Speaker IT DOESN'T BUT I DON'T THINK YOUNG VOTERS ARE PAYING THAT MUCH ATTENTION. IF YOU LOOK AT WHO IS AT...
00:44:14 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE QUOTED NUMEROUS POLLS IN YOUR TALK. HAVE YOU NOTICED ANY CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC'S WILLINGNESS...
00:44:25 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM NOW WITH POLLS BECAUSE YOU GOT SO MANY HANGUPS. WHO WANTS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY...
00:45:15 Unidentified Speaker HERE IS ONE OF THE AUDIENCE THAT SAYS HE OR SHE SOARED IN A QUEENS THE INDEPENDENT VOTER WITH THE...
00:45:35 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECULAR, THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ATTENDING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE...
00:46:51 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER QUESTION AND ON POPULISM FROM THE HEAD TABLE HERE. WHAT ARE THE FACTORS ARE FORCES THAT ARE...
00:47:05 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU MARK, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS A POLL DONE BY PETER...
00:48:24 Unidentified Speaker SO THAT MEANS ONCE THE JOB STARS GOING THINGS WILL FEEL BETTER?
00:48:29 Unidentified Speaker BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE MAJORITY THAT OBAMA CONSTRUCTED IS MUCH STURDIER THAN PEOPLE THINK AND SO...
00:49:07 Unidentified Speaker MY LAST QUESTION POSSIBLY YOU HAVE JUST ANSWERED. IT'S A LOT OF THOSE WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA HAVE LOST...
00:49:24 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK IT'S FALLEN APART. IT'S STILL VERY MUCH THERE AND ON THAT POINT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE...
00:50:21 Unidentified Speaker YOU TALK ABOUT THE CANDIDATE YOU WANT TO GO HAVE A BEER WITH A WINDOW THAT NOBODY DRINKS BEER. [LAUGHTER]...
00:50:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:50:46 Unidentified Speaker WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL GOOD AFTER A SPEAKE BOB? [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]...
00:50:55 Unidentified Speaker JOHN KENNETH WHITE POLITICAL WRITING HAS BEEN IN THE WASHINGTON POST, THE BOSTON GLOBE AND THE CHRISTIAN...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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