Before he was a "Founding Father," James Madison was a politician. He shaped a political system to work when, as he said, "good and wise statesmen are not at the helm." Join Professor Bob Allison (Chair, Suffolk University Department of History, Language & Global Culture) talking with Jay Cost, Gerald R. Ford Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Director of Grove City College's Institute for Faith and Freedom, author of James Madison: America's First Politician, about Madison's long political career, his allies and adversaries, and his influence on American politics.