How a Young Abraham Lincoln Became a Master Politician

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 22, 2016

Sidney Blumenthal, journalist, former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, senior adviser to Hillary Clinton and the author of A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809 - 1849 (Simon & Schuster, 2016), offers a look at the iconic 16th president as a young ambitious public servant transforming into a master of politics.

Blumenthal, who was formerly an adviser to the Clinton Foundation, also weighed in on recent election politics.

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