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Episode 12: Consigned to the Cabinet (w/ Lindsay Chervinsky)
The Also-Rans
56 minutes
3 years ago
Episode 12: Consigned to the Cabinet (w/ Lindsay Chervinsky)
There was a time when serving in the cabinet was the fast track to the presidency. Today, it seems that being in the cabinet destroys presidential aspirations, as happened to Hillary Clinton. Or else a cabinet office is a consolation prize to one of your party's also-rans, as was the case for John Kerry. How did this change happen? We are joined by Lindsay Chervinsky, author of "The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution" to look at the shadow the cabinet ...
The Also-Rans
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