idea pop into your well there's a difference but actually how i came to them like constitution and stalin seem like two things that shouldn't go to gether so i wanted to see what this was about how serious a project this was whether it was really just a propaganda exercise as it had been described or if there was something a little bit more substantive now here is one of the most extensively researched areas of the soviet history and it's also the one that comes with a lot of accept the conventions. this was strictly to tally terror in state where everything was decided top bottom line here you are coming out with a book suggesting that stalin actually tried to encourage what he saw at least as genuine political participation why would he need something like well russia is very very big and at the time it had incredibly poor infrastructure and very few members of the communist party in rural areas to govern it so governing desirous empire of the soviet union and modern russia has always been difficult simply because of the expanse and the fact that the population is not densely settled ru

is that barely a year before the purges began stalin sought to well for the lack of a better word democratize the soviet society and the society pushed back against it this paradoxes of soviet power came to life thanks to the work of an american academic from maryland who were found here in northeast russia almost nine thousand kilometers away from the old lines they. were. samantha long is an assistant professor at the state university has been teaching here on an almost six years in the morning she's trying to expand her students' english vocabulary by discussing beauty and fashion in the afternoon she scours the local archives in search of documents which shut the light on a much happier subject the early years of the soviet state. i wouldn't be surprised to find a graduate from the state university teaching at the university of pittsburgh but i think the opposite is still quite exotic how did you up here well i started writing my dissertation on the one nine hundred thirty six constitution and when i looked in the archives in moscow there was just an overwhelming amount of material so i n

whenever the subject comes up in russia always santeria is on stalin and much less so on the. role the society at large played in allowing that to happen or even facilitating. the whole process having spawn so much time citing the correspondence between you know ordinary people and better leaders do you think these progressive constitution offers an insight into the horrors that were followed directly after well i know that the one nine hundred thirty seven repression is one of the reasons that scholars often say to deal with the constitution you list you said how can you be serious about democracy if you then turn around violate everyone's rights and kill a bunch of people my research has shown that. certainly there were instances in the provinces of people using their new constitutional rights in ways that were threatening to the local power structure so having these new locus of power people were asking to open up churches people were collecting money to bring back priests and so a lot of this is genuinely threatening to the locals and so they certainly would like to get ri

has hit a wall with a lot of people you know a lot of comments stalin was a dictator the u.s.s.r. was to challenge scary and it was really a ruse. look at the one nine hundred thirty seven repression and even you know within academia putin is often a joke this idea that. he's some sort of evil dictator who oppressed people. not only in the. challenge some conventions. but the locals have quickly gotten used to the american lady. i certainly get a lot of attention but most of my neighbors think my cats are pretty. questions about how. difficult was it. just to your life not just in russia but. you know in perenchio russia it's a challenge the first six months were really kind of hard in part because i was alone in the dormitory once i got a cat and start making friends and i had people to meet.

stalin and -- then stalin turns to his associates and a new economic policy. in its place come three successive five year plans all designed to emphasize productive capacity especially --. from 1928 through 1941 russia industrial capacity rises nearly 300 percent. hydroelectric output is up nearly 800 percent. agricultural production however lags and housing --. if you are an average russian this means more work, not enough to eat and less and less living space per family. if you do not work hard enough or if you complain you have plenty of trains to siberia where many hydroelectric dams are being built. on the other hand, if you work hard you might become a -- all you have to do is break the -- get a metal and a small wage increase. that is better than a quick trip to the reindeer country. these are also the years of the great execution call -- in honor of stalin's execution --. how many people are permanently removed from circulation nobody knows. in some provinces -- providences almost 4 percent. >>[ indiscernible ] who helped stalin were quickly disposed o

one more carlo i found interesting was you mentioning that stalin wanted to have. competent technocrats staffing the state system and there is a similar desire on the part of the current putin administration to have the technocrats in charge her for some reason and i had this fellow and ministration of the president mr quinn find enough of those people do you think they. perhaps do they have a problem with the recruitment system or do they run against this informal system of relationship if you mention what's what's been the style of this era the level of education was a huge problem you know you have people that have and i have one guy he's the head of the. district land organization in the district he's a chronic alcoholic with a second grade education you know at some level you cannot expect competence from these people most people only had a elementary school education some people did have university but it was very difficult and so just getting the level of education up so they could can you deal with the volume of paperwork and just regular work that they wer

on the people behind the story is if asked in the most oppressive soviet the russian leader joseph stalin is likely to be among the first to come up with the great terror of the nineteen thirty still haunts this country with millions executed to the what is much less known is that barely a year before the purges began stalin sought to well for the lack of a better word democratized the soviet society and the society pushed back against it this paradoxes of soviet power came to life thanks to the work of an american academic from maryland who were found here in ne russia almost nine thousand kilometers away from the old lines they. are. living. in the. months along is an assistant professor at the state university has been teaching here on an almost six years in the morning she's trying to expand her students' english vocabulary by discussing beauty and fashion in the afternoon she scours the local archives in search of documents which shut the light on a much happier subject the early years of the soviet state. i wouldn't be surprised to find a graduate from the state university teaching

in stalin. i also think the president shouldn't refer to fake news. but the coverage is so one-sided. when they use the stalin analogy, when they call president trump unhinged, mentally unfit, they are lowering the discourse in precisely the way they accuse the president who they detest. >> 20 to 25 million killed under stalin, an additional 40 million killed often linked to him. many millions sent to concentration camps all sorts of other atrocitieatrocities. it's just patently ridiculous. a number of figures in the media were doing their best, and it's unbelievable given the news, to kind of downplay what's happening on the economy. i want all of you to react. let's watch. >> 157,000, which is somewhat healthy but also disappointing. >> this is not the strongest gain we've seen. just 2.7% year over year. this is a big problem for american workers. >> a big problem for american workers. i want to go to you, pam. it's 2.7 year to year. it was flat under obama. we hadn't seen a median wage increa

during a critical election and it is quite ironic because my response was a was a picture of joseph stalin which was meant to be humorous saying off the gulag and then of course they mass reported me as if i have access to a gulag here in the state of missouri that i could that could be a credible threat. petersen's bon came out to twitter assemble a special research group to come back prejudice and promote what it defines as collective health and open this the new team is yet to get to work but it's already been accused of a strong anti donald trump bias. thank. you. like donald trump you can trump john. something tells me a little from the start see more republicans in congress are testing the waters and pushing back against trump. trump's twenty sixteen digital team in cambridge on this week to help the russians figure out how to tell a good place he's campaigned on facebook. yes so we know that the teen will work on algorithms to root out incivility and intolerance on twitter and assess the extent to which people engage with different viewpoints but often peterson believes the platform

stalin churchill and myself. i became very fond of both of them. they are men and they are leaders in this world today when we need leadership. it's a pleasure to me to introduce mr. churchill. he is one of the great men of the age. he is a great englishman. [applause] >> he is a great englishman, but he is half american. [applause] >> mr. churchill and i believe in freedom of speech. i understand that mr. churchill is going to talk on the sinews of peace. i know you have something constructive to say to the world in that speech. i am happy that he came here to deliver it. pleasuresof the best of my lifetime to be able to present to you that world citizen, winston churchill. >> so harry truman accompanied winston chill till from washington to jefferson city and by motorcade to fulton. there was a lot of poker played on that train for sure. harry truman showed his prowess in that arena. they arrived in westminster college on march 5 to a packed art of ternium, -- auditorium. fromymnasium had 27 people here to here. winston churchill and the presiden

funding with alleged russian hacking well peterson posted the gif of former salvi at leader joseph stalin this one was a reply to his critics some users flagged the post as offensive and it was subsequently deemed to have violated the platform's rules even though the image actually came from twitter's own collection on appears first on its database when you type stalin but twitter is holding firm that its bond was not a mistake it claims peterson's reply amounted to targeted harassment and could be seen as an attempt to silence voices on the platform but austin petersen believes using the stalin image was not the main reason he was suspended three different emails were sent to me about this saying that i had not done anything wrong mysteriously two days later the band was issued it almost seems as though something had gone on behind the scenes and that this would this was an attempt to suppress my speech during a critical election and it is quite ironic because my response was a was a picture of joseph stalin which was meant to be humorous saying off the gulag and then of course they mass

in josef stalin. i also think the president shouldn't refer to fake news. but the coverage is so one-sided. when journalists and commentators use the stalinist analogy and call the president unlimited, undermining world peace and danger to western civilization, they're lowering the discourse in precisely the way they accuse the president whom they detest. >> laura: josef stalin atrocities for fun on a friday. 25 million killed under stalin. additional 40 million killed often linked to him. had millions of people, of course, sent to labor camps, concentration camps and expanded the secret police and all sorts of other atrocities. it's patiently ridiculous. there's another moment today when all the good economic news came out when a number of figures in the media were doing their best -- and it's unbelievable given the news to kind of downplay what's kind of happening on the economy. i want all of you to react. let's watch. >> 157,000, which is somewhat healthy but also disappointing. >> it shows a slow

>> the soviet, stalin has a ship in policy at this point. he is supportive of feminist research relationship, but because he doesn't think mao could win and a still testing the cooperation, with draw supporter tries to kind of restrained the chinese communist, it is really a cc than getting closer to victory that the soviet support increases. this is a source of huge resent and on the part of mao, which leads to 25 years later, which will be between marshall and mixing, no other senior americans. it is really this amazing goal. when you get there, a big source of that is feeling stalin wasn't there during the revolution and it's clear the chinese communists are going to win. >> any other questions? sure, yes sir. >> you know, the sobol of communism. in your research, i have not read about his relationship with macarthur in japan. did that in any way influence or impact will occur if he was doing in japan could either have some lessons are not lessons for his mission in china. >> marshall macarthur made a couple times during the mission. he s

goes on to say, some the tudes to stalin and russian people but also some warnings. here is the famous phrase that he, for which the speech is commonly known. defended across the continent, behind that line, the central and s of eastern europe, warsaw, berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest, all of hese famous cities and the in lations around them lie the soviet sphere. and all are subject in one form another, not only the soviet influence but to a very high and increasing measure of control from moscow. one change, the last-minute change to this part of the speech is the short-hand, it originally said the lie inion surrounds them the soviet sphere and churchill mustnalizes this in what i call the soviet sphere. taking this upon himself. influence again is unchecked following the u.k. american s and withdrawals, stalin didn't take his troops back when the allies that was the iron here is when he appeals to the united states in ctly warning that previous conflicts, they sent if there wasas and not an important alliance, that would surely happen again. >

he goes on to say, some platitudes to stalin and the russian people but also some warnings. here is the famous phrase that -- for which the speech is commonly known. churchill: and iron curtain has dissented across the continent. line, why all the capitals of the asian states of central and eastern europe, warsaw, berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest, all of these famous cities and the populations around them lie in the soviet sphere. and all are subject in one form or another, not only the soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from moscow. >> the one change, the last-minute change to this part of the speech is the short-hand, it originally said the population surrounds them lie in the soviet sphere and churchill personalizes this in what i must call the soviet sphere. churchill is taking this upon himself. if moscow's influence again is unchecked following the u.k. withdrawals and american withdrawals, stalin didn't take his troops back when the allies did and that was the iron curtain and here is when he appeal

guests hitler stalin part of this situation at the back who've shortly before stalin signed the non-aggression pact shows how grocers those men around hitler aware. how much they are in a circle with us and share what was involved in the political events at that time the invest politicize it if up all info took off you did these evil brown photograph that tense situation of the back of it that's high when ribbentrop was in moscow and the signing was imminent under spawn to see to it soon after that also shows that the women were in the know to us the fallen and i divide they spent evenings and weekends together for weeks or and of course they talked about these events. they were crucial for them as well. that to talk about hitler didn't distinguish between private and supposed little life. for him it was all to sour them leave him politically it must hurt him a. ribbon trumps agreement with moscow guarantee that stalin's red army wouldn't intervene but only occupy and annex the eastern part of poland it gave him his murder squads free reign when war with poland broke out. over salzburg played

now peterson posted this image of former soviet leader joseph stalin as a reply to his critics some users then flag that post as offensive and it was subsequently deemed to have violated the platform's rules but there's a catch here the image actually came from twitter's own collection and can be found on its database that's here is what twitter had to say in response it claims the image of stalin amounted to targeted harassment which it says is often used to silence forces on the platform but often peterson says there was more to his suspension to read different emails were sent to me about this saying that i had not done anything wrong mysteriously two days later the band was issued it almost seems as though something had gone on behind the scenes and that this would this was an attempt to suppress my speech during a critical election and it is quite ironic because my response was a was a picture of joseph stalin which was meant to be humorous saying off the gulag and then of course they mass reported me as if i have access to a gulag here in the state of missouri that i could that coul

ande was a new weapon stalin said he's very glad to hear about this and hopes the british will use it on japan. doesn't ask questions. doesn't need to. question? this gentleman first. true that thenot germans managed to shoot themselves in both knees because best german nuclear physicists were jews who were the country? diana: absolutely. some of the most talented about rudolphlked parting fromstein departing germany and many who proved key to the building of the bomb or interpretation. you're exactly right. we have that slide up here of day. on his wedding his wife, laura, was the italian armyn and theiro was jewish chance to escape from becausei's italy came fermi won the nobel prize. they packed up, went off to to receive the prize and never went home. they went to america and on have enrico fermi announcing he founded the u.s. br family.f the fermi you're absolutely right. some of the most talented people nazi germany and other countries overrun by the nazis. book, the ironic title -- [indiscernible] read that and that gives you a very good encapsalation of the individual people o

truman wandered over to him having decided it was the moment to tell stalin there was a new weapon. and stalin just smiles and says he's very glad to hear about this and hopes the americans and british will use it on japan. doesn't ask questions. doesn't need to. so a question? this gentleman first. i am sorry. deal with the other question afterwards. >> is it also not true that the germans managed to shoot themselves in both knees because the best german nuclear physicists were jews who were run out of the country? mostly to the united states. diana: absolutely. some of the most talented minds -- we talked about rudolf peierls and einstein departing from germany. many who proved key to the building of the bomb or the interpretation. >> [indiscernible] pardon? beg your you're exactly right. we have that slide up here of fermi on his wedding day. his wife, laura, was the daughter of an italian army officer who was jewish and their chance to escape from mussolini's italy came because fermi won the nobel prize. the family packed up, went off to stockholm to receive the prize, and never

during a critical election and it is quite ironic because my response was a was a picture of joseph stalin which was meant to be humorous saying off the gulag and then of course they mass reported me as if i have access to a gulag here in the state of missouri that i could that could be a credible threat on mr peterson's bond comes twitter brings together a special research team to come by prejudice and promote one it defines us collective health and openness on its platform but the plan seems to be causing controversy already with the assembled team being accused of a strong and donald trump bias. you can trump donald. something tells me little certainly started seeing more republicans in congress testing the waters and pushing. trump's twenty sixteen digital team and cambridge analysts say for help the russians figure out who to tell gates their fate he's campaigned on facebook. so what happens is the team work side algorithms that route incivility and intolerance on twitter and assess the extent to which people engage with differing viewpoints while often peterson he claims however that

russian hacking of democratic center senator peterson responded to that with a jet featuring joseph stalin some users flagged the candidates posed as offensive and it was subsequently deemed to have violated it twitter's rules but the image was actually from the platform's own collection and can be found on its database and twitter says the tweet amounted to targeted harassment which it says is often used to silence voices on the platform but austin peterson claims there was more to the suspension. three different emails were sent to me about this saying that i had not done anything wrong mysteriously two days later the ban was issued it almost seems as though something had gone on behind the scenes and that this would this was an attempt to suppress my speech during a critical election and it is quite ironic because my response was a was a picture of joseph stalin which was meant to be humorous saying off the gulag and then of course they mass reported me as if i have access to a gulag here in the state of missouri that i could that could be a credible threat mr peterson's ban comes as tw

during a critical election and it is quite ironic because my response was a was a picture of joseph stalin which was meant to be humorous saying off the gulag and then of course they mass reported me as if i have access to a gulag here in the state of missouri that i could that could be a credible threat mr peterson comes on twitter brings together a special research team to come by prejudice and promote what it defines as collective health and openness on its platform but the plan seems to be causing controversy with the assembled team already being accused of a strong anti donald trump bias. why don't we can trump johnny. something tells me you will suddenly start seeing republicans in congress testing the waters and pushing. trump's twenty sixteen digital team in cambridge on this week to help the russians figure out how to tell gates he's campaigned on facebook. the team will work out algorithms. incivility and intolerance on twitter and assess the extent to which people engage with different viewpoints austin peterson claims however that the platform despite what they say he's is actu

during a critical election and it is quite ironic because my response was a was a picture of joseph stalin which was meant to be humorous saying off the gulag and then of course they mass reported me as if i have access to a gulag here in the state of missouri that i could that could be a credible threat mr p. this is ban comes as twitter launches a special research group to combat prejudice and promote what it defines as collective health and openness person really cause controversy to the team accused of a strong anti trump bias. why donald trump when you can trump donald. something tells me a little suddenly started seeing more republicans in congress testing the waters and pushing back against term. trumps twenty sixteen digital team and cambridge analysts we can help the russians figure out who to tell gates he's campaigned on facebook. austin peterson again claims the platform despite what is says he's actually making a concerted effort to censor certain ideas and talking point. we don't have free speech in the united states in order to be able to discuss the whether we have free spe

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alleged russian hacking of a democratic senator peterson then responded with a gif featuring joseph stalin the post was deemed to have violated twitter's rules but the image was actually from its own collection and can be found on the platforms database peterson joins us live now to discuss what happened welcome to the program now first of all has your account been on blocked at this point. yes it was a temporary ban of twelve hours which doesn't sound like like much until you consider the fact that we are now six days away from a very critical senate primary race and twelve hours is a long time when you only have six days to be able to get your message out to voters twitter is directly interfering with the election here in the state of missouri at the behest of a democratic super pac that is working for my opponent claire mccaskill here in missouri they are trying to tie me into a narrative that is that would see me as someone who is colluding with russia an order to facilitate an attack on my democratic opponent which is bald faced egregious lie and frankly i think that this just serves

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by son to the gulags what is much less known is that there are only a year before the purges began stalin sought to well for the lack of a better word democratize the soviet society and the society pushed back against that this paradox of soviet power came to life thanks to the work of an american academic from maryland who were found here in northeast russia almost nine thousand kilometers away from the old lines they. are receiving their little. homily. their girl with all the ability to monitor. samantha long is an assistant professor at the state university has been teaching here on an almost six years in the morning she's trying to expand her students' english vocabulary by discussing beauty and fashion in the afternoon she scours the local archives in search of documents which shut the light on a much heavier subject in the early years of the soviet state. i . wouldn't be surprised to find a graduate from the state university teaching at the university of pittsburgh but i think the opposite is still quite exotic how did you up here well i started writing my dissertation on the one n

is occupied by russia, stalin had other ideas. throughout eastern europe, elections were held, but the russians had placed the communists in key government positions and in the secret police. within a short time, the non-communist leaders had been liquidated. russia had swallowed up eight european countries. great britain and the united states were tested, but these countries had bad -- been coursed. russia ignored the protest. stalin knew the greater part of the allied forces had gone home, leaving their arms to rest in europe. west, demobilization. the war was the next. they had other work to do. ♪ the russians had not demobilized. they retained overwhelmingly the largest force in europe. a small group of men in the kremlin had long ago dedicated themselves to spreading communism by all possible means. they knew an army can be used not only to fight wars, it can be used to intimidate. late to more possible victims, greece and turkey. in march 1946, the russians denounced their treaty with turkey. they offer to renew it if the

using a stalin, a choice phrase of joseph stalin to describe us. >> nixon would say they are our enemies. he wouldn't say they are enemies of the people. he admitted it was an adversarial relationship. but didn't say they were evil. >> turning all of his supporters against reporters. >> is it anticipatory? >> as you indicated, he goes to these rallies, supposed to be campaigning for a candidate for senate in this case or a house candidate barely mentions this person, talks about himself and attacks us. >> it is an applause line. not much more. and there is no consistent standard that the president has for what fake news is. he calls networks like cnn fake news but said warm things about alex jones. his standard seems to be coverage you doesn't like. >> he also lies about ratings. >> right. >> he just says about ratings, "new york times" is doing great. he says the dying no"new york times." trump was in florida earlier this week supporting desantis. and tomorrow he will be in ohio. in tennessee, diane black candidate for governor. president trump's endorsement is worth its weight in gold

these are the days of stalin extension and filled by the refusal to our cooperate except on their own terms the affiliate technically those delegates sabotage any -- west berlin introduce monetary reform without which monetary recovery could have been impossible. new for old. the currency was revalued. for the russians their disagreement gave them the excuse for action. was berlin they could not touch but they could and did interfere with the lifelines on which west berlin depended. the roads, railroads, canals, these were west berlin's vital utterance. stop the trains. close the roads. bar the canals and cut the power. west berlin was 100 miles deep into the soviet zone of germany. this was to be the way to force the western allies to quit berlin. thus 2 million people were isolated. to be faced with the prospect of hunger, cold, unemployment and misery. no wait in, no way out. the only element still open, the air above. it started as a trickle as a temporary measure. plane after airplane, destinations the airfields of west berlin. the vital necessities, food, raw materials, even coa

kobzon sang for stalin at the age of nine. he was also a controversial figure, with some labelling him as a "propagandist." that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk. britain's biggest payday lender, wonga, has collapsed into administration afterfacing a surge of compensation claims. the privately owned company ran into trouble after the government cracked down on payday lending. now on bbc news live to singapore, for asia business report. it is deadline day for canada staying in nafta. we will take a look at what this will involve and what it says about potential talks about america's other large trading partner, china. and it may be the world's fastest growing major eicon me but narendra modi's administration will have a lot at sta ke administration will have a lot at stake is keeping india's growth this way. —— fastest growing major eicon me. it is friday, everybody. almost the weekend. i am sure everybody is looking forward to it. well, it is deadline day for canada to get on—board the north a

i wonder if stalin considered any other animals. hippos are the deadliest creature. a half-human, half-hippo soldier would be pretty badass. yes, but when they're hungry-hungry, you can stop them with marbles. yeah, the correct animal for interspecies supersolider is koala. you would wind up with an army so cute it couldn't be attacked. but half-man, half-owl could fly... the answer is cuddly soldiers with big flat noses. moving on. so, penny, when's the new job start? next monday. did you get a chance to look over the materials i gave you? uh, not yet, but i will. great. when?

from stalin god to -- from stalin guard to berlin were yet to succeed on its western borders. the statistics vary, but almost certainly in excess of 70%. perhaps as high as 90%. that all german military casualties and world war i are inflicted either red army. lastnighthim talk about the price for soviet union paid. at least 20 million dead. at least 20 million dead. concernsof these exhibited by stalin and the communists were not terribly different to the concerns of ms. ours who had always looked to secure the western invasion route into russia. the western allies, the french were the keenest on the punitive peace and on reparations, entertained in early plan with the industry of coal production. the british were dealing with financial implications of the war comic quickly retreating from interest in greece. thenquishing the role of world's policeman, the united states. theats were several per soviet union, unpredictable, sitting squarely in the middle of europe. indigenous communist parties on the rise, having played a role in the resistant movements. the cost of occupying

history you lose track of who we are don't be pulling down statues we are not a dictatorship we are not stalin or pol pot needing statues knocked down to prove we've overcome the evil repressive dictator where america is just history learn from it and don't be acting like we're a dictatorship ok i want to go with you on a question or when it's required i want to hear from both of you we can start with anthony but so far many argue that the campaign to tear down confederate statues and other monuments is actually just causing deeper division in society what do you make of that argument. yeah i think that that is a common tactic from kuwait a term that was coined by a amazing scholar and baker a white woman iraq in the angelo and she quoted for his wife or jody whenever we'll both be issue a pretty specifically says that if we people of color we get caught in this you know but at the same time if i don't it's the visit the because of the gentleman said if we're going to talk about history we have to talk about reese ism in america and which are very that we have to talk about contemporary system

saying that he first heard from joseph stalin this is very dangerous it undercuts democracy we decided to ask americans how much their vote will be influenced by one man's cult of personality do you plan to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. why not. go the. you need to look at the candidate and you need to see what the candidate has to offer and what the whether the candidate can pull off what they're promising to do what they think of trump not just what they've been trying to do you plan to vote in the midterm election when they do want to try to win again i don't like i don't like alan views on that but it will. mean that person that you can say what i believe in and about this now well that it seems like america has already decided what the key issue in the upcoming vote will be and it's not going to be perceived the russian influence as some outlets would like you to believe it's going to be the donald but keep in mind he won't actually be anywhere on the ballot these are mid-term congressional elections but regardless the way american politics is developing it seems like th