i'm bradley graham the co-owner of politics and prose along with my wife lissa

[inaudible conversations] >> good evening, i am bradley graham, the co-owner of politics and prose along with my wife. on behalf of the entire staff we welcome you. a few announcements and that would be a good time to turn off cell phones or anything else that might be. when you come up to get your books assigned come up would be grateful of us if you could look at chairs and leaned them against something that may not fall over. and by way of introducing this, let me just say that there is a lot of talk these days about the american dream not being what it once was. but george mitchell's wife she is certainly one example of how someone can rise from small-town origins and modest means and become a person of considerable accomplishment and influence. a lawyer from maine, senator mitchell arrived in the u.s. than in 1980 and nine years later took over as the majority leader for six years. in that time he was among the most respected members in the senate. actually there was a bipartisan group of senior congressional aides that repeatedly voted him the most respected member. but the story o

i'm bradley graham the co-owner of politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine and on behalf of the entire staff welcome. as you can see we have c-span tv with us this evening.d so if you have a question, to be heard it would really be great if you could make your way to the microphone right there. and, before you come up to get your books signed, our staff would be very grateful if you could fold up the chairs you're way in lean them against something signed our staff would be very grateful if you could fold up the chairs and leaned them against something that won't fall over. so by way of introducing this evening's guest let me just say there is a lot of talk these days about the american dream not being what it once was and there may be some truth in that for younger generations. george mitchell's life is certainly one example of someone in america that could rise from small-town origins and modest means and become a person of considerable accomplishment and influence. a lawyer for maine, senator mitchell arrived in the u.s. senate in 1980 and nine years later took over as

i'm bradley graham the co-owner of politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine and on behalf of the entire staff welcome. a few very quick administrative announcements. now would be a good time to turn off cell phones or anything else that might go beep. when we get to the q&a part of the session as you can see we have c-span tv with us this evening so if you have a question to be heard it would be great if you could make your way to the microphone right there. at the end before you come up to get your book signed our staff would be very grateful if you could fold up the chairs and leaned them against something that won't fall over. so by way of introducing this evening's guest let me just say there is a lot of talk these days about the american dream not being what it once was and there may be some truth in that for younger generations. george mitchell's life is certainly one example of someone in america that could rise from small-town origins and modest means and become a person of considerable accomplishment and influence. a lawyer for maine, senator mitchell arrived in t