SECOND TERM FAILURE TO BE RELEVANT: 5/8: A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency o1 Grover Cleveland Hardcover – by Troy Senik (Author)
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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.
1889 CLEVELAND AT HARRISON INAUGURATION
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| 0:00.0 | This is |
| 0:05.0 | is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.0 | Here's John Bachelor. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm John Bachelor, continuing with Troy Senec, the author of the new book A Man of Iron, |
| 0:18.0 | The Turbulent Life and Improvable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. |
| 0:22.0 | It is 1892. The election at the end of the year |
| 0:26.8 | calls forth candidates from both parties. Benjamin Harrison is a sitting |
| 0:32.0 | president but that doesn't make him exempt from being |
| 0:34.6 | challenged by his side. |
| 0:37.4 | There's a man named Blaine, James Steve Blaine, third Congressional District of Maine, then becomes Speaker of the House, and become |
| 0:44.8 | Senator of Maine, then become Senator from the railroads. |
| 0:48.4 | A man whom Grover Cleveland defeated in 1892, 1884, the first run for the presidency. |
| 0:58.9 | There's a colorful story about a pastor named Birchrand, a Presbyterian pastor, just like Grover-Couven's dad, who makes |
| 1:07.2 | a remark rum-Romanism and rebellion to condemn the Democratic Party right before the election. |
| 1:13.8 | That may or may not have persuaded enough votes. |
| 1:16.0 | Who can tell? |
| 1:17.1 | But in any event, James C. Blaine is all wrapped up |
| 1:19.7 | and being defeated in 84. And nobody believes him that he's not running again in 92. I mentioned |
| 1:27.0 | Blaine because he represents the era, the Gilded Age, and Troy your book is a wonderful antidote to the Gilden Age because we can |
| 1:36.6 | celebrate what you'd have to say is unregulated capitalism yes but at the same time |
| 1:42.0 | the public wanted someone to challenge these men growing |
| 1:47.4 | rich and what you identify is the widening gap between the employers and the employed. |
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