Preview of the host's happy conversation with Troy Senik, author of, A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
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🗓️ 24 February 2023
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Preview of the host's happy conversation with Troy Senik, author of, A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
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Grover Cleveland’s political career—a dizzying journey that saw him rise from obscure lawyer to president of the United States in just three years—was marked by contradictions. A politician of uncharacteristic honesty and principle, he was nevertheless dogged by secrets from his personal life. A believer in limited government, he pushed presidential power to its limits to combat a crippling depression, suppress labor unrest, and resist the forces of American imperialism. A headstrong executive who alienated Congress, political bosses, and even his own party, his stubbornness nevertheless became the key to his political appeal. The most successful Democratic politician of his era, he came to be remembered most fondly by Republicans.
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| 0:30.5 | I'm John Bachelor and later on tonight, a man of iron by conversation with Troy Sennick, |
| 0:36.5 | the author of the new turbulent life and improbable presidency of Grover Cleveland. It is a lengthy |
| 0:43.5 | conversation not only about Cleveland the man, but also about how different the presidency |
| 0:49.6 | was at the end of the 19th century compared to the 21st century. |
| 0:55.2 | Again, later on tonight, a man of iron, the turbulent life and improbable presidency |
| 1:01.3 | of Grover Cleveland. Here is a piece of the conversation I have with Troy Sennick. |
| 1:07.3 | Good evening, John. It's delight to be with you. The answer to that question. Grover |
| 1:14.1 | Cleveland is a man who takes the verb preside very seriously in presidency. This is a guy |
| 1:21.8 | who, as you suggest, had used the veto very aggressively as mayor of Buffalo. I used |
| 1:26.8 | the veto very aggressively as governor of New York. His conception of the presidency and |
| 1:32.9 | a presidential power, especially in his first term, is in many ways negative in nature. |
| 1:41.5 | I say in the book that Cleveland kind of sees himself as a kind of ombudsman in chief. |
| 1:47.1 | This is a guy who thinks that the responsibility that comes with heading the executive branch |
| 1:53.7 | is really to keep the legislative branch in check. It's just as important to stop the |
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