talk with former nra president david keene. reid.on the program, joy ♪ a conservative political action conference is holding its annual meeting here in the washington area. as is the 41st year of this conference. chris christie was one of the speakers yesterday, along with senators cruise, rubio, and scott. perry, mike huckabee, rick santorum, rand paul, and grover norquist are among the speakers. we want tost segment hear from conservatives only.

who best represents your views the? you can see the numbers on the screen. 202 is the area code -- you can also get through via social media. you can make a comment on our facebook page and on e-mail, (202) 737-000 journal@c-span.o. through the papers we want to hear from conservatives only. who best represents your views? chris christie was one of the featured speakers yesterday. he got a lot of the headlines this morning in the newspapers. here is "the washington post" --

that is a little bit from "the washington post yuriko here is "-- washington post." " -- is "usa today and "the hill," this is their

headline -- finally, here is "the washington times" take --

here is a little bit from chris christie. we are proudly pro-life. that does not mean we are pro-life just when that human being is in the womb. we need to be pro-life when we leave the room as well. for every step of their lives. we have to be favor of an educational system that is accountable so that child can have a world-class education. not one that has this government control what they think is good or fair in this society. it means when those children fall victim to disease, drug toabilitation, we need rehabilitate those kids because every life is precious. every life is precious no matter where they are in society. we need to make that difference. when we say we are proudly

pro-life we have to be pro-life throughout their entire lives. , conservatives only --host: conservatives only for this segment. who best rookies and your views? if you can't get through on the phone lines, try social media. handle. is our twitter california, who best represents your views? caller: marco rubio at this point. i adore mitt romney. when you read about him -- heng" the audience

just leaves me cold. i think he set out to make sure mitt romney didn't have two terms in there. i think he knew his shelf life was limited. a little chris christie goes a long way. is it about marco rubio you like? caller: he is a fabulous speaker. -- it seen him speak at was a catholic law school in florida, all the maria. -- florida, ave maria. everything flows perfectly from him. i don't want to dig the president, but really notecards. s og is on marco rubio speaks and it's almost second nature to him

where he doesn't have to guard his words. he has a very clear vision. i know he is rubbing people the wrong way on immigration. the bill that he actually got , if it -- the bill actually got through, it would solve everybody's problem. host: why are you conservative? -- fiscal andeas social. host: what do you do in palm desert? caller: i work in the entertainment business, sort of an dinosaur. i am a conservative in the entertainment business. explain whate to you just said, what kind of entertainment do you do you go -- do you do? caller: i was an agent for television and film stars.

host: thank you for calling in. from politico this morning -- there are three possible 2016 threeders -- their possible 2016 contenders -- rubio is calling for the most robust response. hill," --he here is marco rubio yesterday at seatac. [video clip] >> i don't like to make these

issues of natixis -- of national security partisan. but we can not ignore the policy of the last two years have brought us to this stage. we have a president who believes by the sheer force of his personality he would be able to shape global event. a president who believes that by going around the world and giving key speeches in key places he can shape the behavior of other people. we do not have the luxury of seeing the world the way we hope it would be. we have to see the world the way it is. we have to address these issues. before they grow on the manageable. just ourthreats not freedom but our economy. that is the true challenge we have in the 21st century. we must confront them with a serious -- with a series of purpose. in -- joel in church

ville. who best rhythms your views? caller: -- best represents your views? be ted cruz.would he cannot be tarnished the way others can for lack of intelligence. i watch far too many people get smeared by the mainstream media, from palin too many others. ted cruz, they cannot tarnish him as being dumb. there are many great speakers. ted cruz would be my choice. i look forward to libertarian

and republican women in 2016. rubio and -- -- : from twitter here's ted cruz yesterday from sea pack. [video clip] are those that say there is a choice for republicans to make. we can either choose to keep our head down and not rock the boat, not stand for anything. or we can stand for principle. they say if you stand for you lose elections. the smart way is don't stand against obamacare, don't stand against the debt ceiling, don't stand against anything. that is a false dichotomy. [applause] you want to lose elections? stand for nothing. look at the last for congressional elections.

three of the four we follow that strategy. we stoodr head down, for nothing, and we got walloped. the one election was in 2010 where the republicans through the line in the stand. -- in the sand. we had one historic tidal wave of an election. catherine is calling in from albuquerque, new mexico. who represents your views? caller: ted cruz. he is not afraid to stand up and say washington is corrupt. he wants to run on principles. i adore him. he is my idea of a true american.

i just can't articulate it like he can. he is a true american. wants principles, he wants to get rid of obama care because he knows it is going to inc. rocked the country. i admire him so much. paul in silver lake, indiana. who is on your list? caller: i would've voted for christie. he is not afraid to hold somebody accountable. the obama administration and the democrats all plead the fifth. have a good day. works toonnell reassure conservatives according to "the washington times."

"he has been there too long and is really out of touch with the real base of the republican , who says she feels like republican leaders use conservative activists to win elections but turn on them on washington."

larry is calling in. who is your guy? caller: scott walker is my guy. i think republicans should pick different people for different jobs and work as a team. see rubio asto part of the team and i would also like to see -- my suggestion would get the mayor , to beyork, giuliani attorney general. the teamwork of holder and obama is destroying the country. int: edward perkins tweets --

from politico, darrell apologizes to elijah cummings. this is what elijah cummings had to say -- "we will respect the opinions of all members of the committee. we will proceed in a deliberate and consider it matter to obtain all the facts. we will refrain from making accusations that have no basis in fact and we will seek resolution rather than unnecessary conflict." back to your calls on who best rookie since your views, conservatives. george from florida, good morning. like colonellly allen west.

i am more for rubio now because i think he has a very good chance. one other thing is hokey came out of philadelphia originally. i like those gentlemen very much. i will definitely vote for rubio. skeeter tweets in -- not sure if he's speaking tomorrow or today. ,hristian in anchorage alaska who represents your views? i like trump. i like his views. i like his views on natural resources.

do i think he can win? definitely not. rubio for a winner. he is very smart. i like how [indiscernible] he outlines the negatives, what the problems we have are. -- oes it in a manner host: we are going to have to leave it there, not a very good connection. here is a headline involving donald trump. westville, new jersey. who best represents your views?

caller: i would like the constitution party to come on c-span because they actually attacked the federal reserve. if in the field we have now it would have to be a combination of ted cruz, because he is brilliant on principle, and donald trump, because i like his idea on the borders. chris christie backpedaled on gay marriage and advisedreamer act, so i people in the united states to beware of him. you vote for him in his reelection? we will never know. matthew tweets in -- this is the front page of "the denver post" this morning. there is an ad at the bottom of this page. you can see it here --

for more information visit uniquelives.com. nancy is calling from montana. nancy, good morning to you. who is the conservative that best represents your views? caller: dr. ben carson. host: okay, why? caller: i think he is a brilliant scholar, a good thinker. he is not part of the washington beltway. a book called "america the beautiful." promoting our country. he is taking the positive side of recognizing what we have and

we could use to improve the rather than naysaying. i hope he is invited to cpac. as far as i'm concerned he could be very electable. booktv we did a three-hour interview with him last august. did you see that? caller: i think i caught part of it. i saw some highlights on hannity and other shows. is it coming around? our websiten go to and type his name in the upper left-hand corner. you can watch it online at your leisure. caller: sounds good. politico, "paul ryan touts his creative engine."

"the party is developing a modern programs agenda even if at times that process is messy, noisy, and a little bit uncomfortable." next call comes from bobby in rochelle, georgia. good morning. caller: how are you doing? host: i'm good. who best represents your views? caller: hillary clinton. host: we are going to have to hang up on you because that is later in the program we are going to be talking to progressives. for thisives only first segment. lisa is calling from spencer, oklahoma. caller: how are you doing today? host: i'm good, how are you? caller: i'm fine. i like kristi because he seems

to be somewhat mainstream and he can probably generate some -- i he seemsstie because to be somewhat mainstream and he can probably generate some -- the people hollering for ted cruz, they may want to think about that. host: but you like chris christie? caller: i like chris christie. host: entrée from huntsville, alabama. good morning. -- andre from huntsville, alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. i like rand paul's conversation. on the issue with the immigratnsnts, on immigration, he can do more on that front. he's going to have to put some action into it. , sir.thank you

pete from new york, good morning. caller: good morning. i like scott walker. he is turning around the state. everybody was against him. i will take ted cruz or rand paul as his vice president. if he does a good job they will get elected the next time around. let's turn this country around. host: one of our regular tweeters says -- politico and the gop economic plan is -- job market is still sluggish, most americans say they are unhappy with the economy and obama's approval

ratings is down. what is the plan to turn it around? from all the outward signs republicans would do just fine in the midterm this year. gop strategists are so frustrated with the economy that they are ready to give republicans the chance and could hand him the keys to the senate as well's the house. the problems with the obamacare rollout, it hasn't exactly helped democrat either. it is one thing to run against the obama marked prior economy and another to layout positive alternatives. some conservatives are warning the party that if they do not layout alternatives they will miss a big opportunity. that is from politico this

morning. fromhan is calling woodbridge, virginia. who best represents your views? few calls ago you mentioned a website to watch videos. host: booktv? caller: booktv.com? host: booktv.org? do you not watch booktv? caller: i haven't heard of it utnintil now. host: it's on c-span two. beler: my first pick would dr. ben carson and my second would be ted cruz. i know dr. ben carson personally for my family growing up. he is a great man. governmentited small and he is definitely somebody who would stick to his guns about that. same thing with ted cruz.

he demonstrated that he was not willing to just go along with whenever they backed down to the democrats on spending policy. he didn't care what the media bashed him with. i would like to see somebody deliver what they have promised. host: are you listening on c-span radio? caller: yes. host: what do you do in washington? caller: i am a financial advisor. host: thank you for listening to c-span radio. listening in.e a tweet -- s,om the washington timews which is one of the sponsors of

keene willb ed be joining us in a little while --

cornelia is calling in from cottonwood, idaho. who are your conservative leaders? caller: good morning. i would just like to state for all of the above reasons i already heard that ben carson is far and away my favorite candid ate for president. realize he is limited in his ability to get there just because he is not a savvy insider politician. i think he would be a tremendous

president. this country needs him. social, worldal, history, military savvy, he knows how to pick well. he is an strictly -- an extremely intelligent man. i also like newt gingrich but i realize since his marriage problems he will never probably be able to be a candidate again. please everybody, pray for america. host: les in host: kentucky, good morning. caller: i like all the candidates. i like rick santorum. governor christie, i like him. scott walker. field. ted cruz, marco rubio. you know, i like allen west.

then cars them, all of those are terrific candidates -- ben c arson, all of those are terrific candidates. far superior to what we have had in the last three presidents. far superior to obama, bush, and clinton. as far as moral integrity -- the whole nine yards. then carson would be terrific. en carson will be speaking tomorrow live on c-span. theo c-span.org to see schedule. another speaker yesterday was bobby jindal. here is a little bit from governor jindal. [video clip] witnessed the events of brought the past several days. we see the president of russia invading another country while our president wants to downsize our military and brags about increased spending on food

stamps. a president who does not understand a strong america leads to a peaceful world. a week america leads to instability. he does not understand our allies and enemies alike need and want a strong america. we have long sought and said this president is a smart man. it may be time to revisit that assumption. [laughter] [applause] or at least make a distinction between being book smart and truly wise. host: carl, louisiana, what do you think of your governor customer -- of your governor? caller: he is great. the most qualified person to run for president. he was in the house. he was in the cap net. this state is much lower and unemployment then the whole country. the state is booming.

ideas on education, with the vouchers and giving people the choice for a better education. with great charter schools. vision. has a he has a great vision and he is fully qualified. you, from lake charles, louisiana. the front page of "the star-ledger" out of newark, new jersey. ashbritts christie's contract. chris christie's administration did not violate any rules in to aing a no bid contract clinically connected company to haul away debris left by hurricane sandy.

"the star-ledger" newark, new jersey. donna from rome, new york. you are on "washington journal." caller: thank you very much. andpreciate being on c-span watch it every morning i am able. host: we appreciate that. caller: i watch c-span every morning. host: who is your favorite conservative right now? caller: i think the most electable would be mike huckabee. host: why? heler: i did not know who was the last time he ran. i found out more about him. he seems to have a very sensible approach to our country. he is a man of integrity and character. i also believe rand paul, ted , allen west are high up on my list.

i often wonder what happened to jc west from oklahoma. he has kind of dropped out of the radar. host: donna in rome, new york. a lot of facebook comments. of favorite conservatives. grovercoolidge, cleveland, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, barry goldwater, ron paul, ronald reagan, john f. kennedy, ted cruz, senator rand paul. he goes on to say analyze that. facebook.com/c-span. a lot names being posted and a lot of comments. join right there all day. peter is calling from fairfax, virginia. caller: hello. i wanted to remind all that theers to a number that united states is not this to be

a democracy. majority rule. the u.s. is a constitutional republic with democratically elected representatives to enforce the law. on that note, my favorite can paul. is rand conservatives have to realize if there is not a rand paul type candidate out there, there is a large block of libertarian type thinking americans that will theably use one of important things we have that pj 'rourke reminds us of. conservatives need to realize this. i don't think they understand. thank you. speakingd paul will be

today following this program. we will be live at cpac he getting at -- we will be live at cpac he getting at about 10:10 eastern time. from politico, kirsten l assaultd's sexually assaul bill derailed. needed short of the 60 to overcome a filibuster. shirley, south dakota, who best represents your views? caller: governor huckabee. host: why? governor. has been a he has run a government. that is what we need as a president. a senator has not had enough

experience on how to control things and how to understand people. my first choice would be senator huckabee. my second choice would be rick perry. host: where is witten, south dakota? caller: way out in the middle of south dakota. host: south-central. far from mount rushmore question mark -- how far from mount rushmore? caller: 175 miles. host: what do you do? caller: i am retired. i used to tend bar. thank you, i watched c-span a lot. host: gary tweets in.

to rand paul for president, he could put his dad in charge of the fed. tricklinanquility says. numba one. deaux. quite a list there. david in georgia. you are on c-span. who is the conservative best representing your views. caller: i love rand paul and i would like to see a huckabee-paul ticket. there is too much statement with rand paul's name and huckabee is not going to run. the best choice is to tap into some of the demographics that have been lost. a ted cruz-ben carson ticket wou ld sweep.

and they hold my conservative values. host: what is a conservative value? you have to tap into the evangelicals and the constitutionalists of this country. that is going to change the gop. the gop is too complacent, they have lost their way. there really is a strong, on the ground movement 14 party ideals -- on the ground movement for tea party ideals. that is where the heart of the country really is. into theto tap demographics we are not getting. cruz ticket would do it. host: you have quite a senate race in georgia. who are you supporting? caller: i am not sure. our representative from

savannah, i really like him but i do not know if he is electable. host: is he running in the primary? caller: yeah. host: i should have known that, sorry. david in georgia. this is lawrence in new york. caller: hi, good morning. i would like mr. carson and rand paul. abouto not talk much helping the poor, mr. carson is black, they do not want to see a the whiteident in house anymore. i am afraid of that. they only like him because he is a republican but they do not really like lack people. rand paul is definitely racist. he is definitely racist. lorenz hung up and we do not get a follow-up. nick, el paso, texas. what do you think of senator cruz? caller: i love him. he is my pick for president.

host: why? he stands for strong values and of the tea party. if i could, i would pick him for school choice. ahool choice is becoming republican thing. charter schools, public schools, private goals, you know. parentsa big thing with in texas. the conservative saying is the strong national defense, strong family values and pro-life. and strong second amendment. from what about -- how far the border do you live in el paso? caller: about a mile. host: do you ever see activity on the border? caller: i am in a more populated area. i am about a mile away from a

bridge, you can walk across into mexico. big bridgesveral here. this is a main point of entry into the u.s. it is a large point of entry. we have cars, trucks, 18 wheelers, all that. you can walk across if you go downtown to el paso. this area is growing. it is growing in the last 10 years. host: is immigration a concern? caller: yes, yes. am for legal immigration, not a legal -- not illegal. you can see what is going on across the border. get people coming across the border. we have a strong border patrol presence. a strong federal presence.

a large military base and to universities on the border. new mexico state university is about 40 miles away. university of texas-el paso is right here in el paso. host: what do you do? caller: right now, i am farming. i am growing chilies and alfalfa and pecans. host: thank you for calling. ivan is in sherman, texas. where is sherman? ivan? where is sherman, texas? caller: 60 miles north of dallas. host: who is your favorite conservative? caller: i would like a bush-rubio ticket. they both have good christian values. they would be great with international affairs. i think barry would be a good team as far as domestic issues. host: do you think jeb bush is

going to run? i hope so. there is no forecast on it. they would both hold office for eight years. i would like to see rubio get experience under jeb. we could hold that office for a long time. in georgia.s mike caller: what's going on, man. i like ted cruz. i could see him with rand paul. host: why? a veil to me, they pull over the republican party. they showed the republican party for what it is. if those clowns were elected, this country would not last that long. host: are you being a little sarcastic maybe? caller: collett how you see it, the only way you can get on c-span is talk about republicans. i will play along. host: fred tweets in.

i like bobby jindal. we have a talker in the white house and he is the worst president in history. this is ron. not that one. sorry about that one. christie did not even come close to willing them. only.ican in name david keene, editorial page "the washington times." longtime chairman of the american conservative union, which sponsors cpac. he will be joining us from cpac in a minute. --er mr. keene, julie read reid mr. keene, juliooyy will be joining us from new

york. the dalai lama opened up the senate the other day with a prayer. [video clip] >> the pronunciation may not be correct. at least not american pronunciation. we make our world. our mind is centered. your currentwith mind. and happiness will follow you. like a shadow that never leaves. the second sentence. may there be joy in the world. a bountiful harvest.

may every good fortune come to be. may all our wishes be fulfilled. this is my favorite prayer. daily i pray this. it gives me inner strength. serveeresting to humanity. as long as space remains and saint-etienne beings remain -- remain,ient beings may i help dispel the misery of the world. thank you. [applause]

"washington journal" continues. of the5 miles south capital is national harbor, maryland. right on the potomac river. that is where cpac is having its 41stl conference, the annual. sponsored by the american conservative union. david keene is the long-time chair of the american conservative union. 1984 to 2011? guest: that is right. host: what have you been doing? thet: i served two years as president of the national rifle association. i have been serving as editorial editor of "the washington times." american conservative union -- did you helped to found that? thet: it was founded in

late 1964, right after the goldwater campaign. bill buckley was crucial in putting it together. at that time, you can imagine after the goldwater loss, there was a big effort to put things back together. the acu was the result. , fromin those 50 years goldwater to some of the speakers you have today out there at cpac, how has conservatism changed? then, it was a small group. the first cpac was held 40 one years ago here in washington, the speaker was ronald reagan of california. there were about 100 people in attendance. 211,000 today, we have people in attendance. cpac has grown. just as important, the movement has grown. is notservative movement

the same as the republican party. at the republican party is influenced significantly now by the conservative movement. which was not true back then. ast: yesterday was quite roster of speakers. who stood out for you? guest: i do not like to pick favorites, i think they all did a pretty good job. this is an opportunity for people to come, potential candidates and the like. to come and talk to and meet the conservative activists. the people that attend this conference are the people that anybody, whether they are running for state or national office, have to rely on to do the hard work in a campaign to support them. they want to come here to talk to these people. it is the only place in the country where these people get together. reagan, in ronald majorgave his first speech outside the white house

at this conference. he said the reason i am here giving this speech is i believe you dance with those who rub rung you. these are the people who got me to the presidency, i am here to thank them. potential candidates recognize that. it is just as true today as it was then. they come here to audition before the movement so people can get a sense of them, their positions, and whether they like them. about awill ask you couple headlines. cpac showcases a divided gop. this is "the hill." politico says paul ryan touts creative tension. is there creative tension at cpac? tension is ave good term. this conference, over all these years, conservatives have debated and discussed and considered different strategic directions.

and at different positions on issues that are important. exam is represents that feeling -- paul ryan very much represent that feeling that it is fine to be opposed. if you want to win, you have to highlight what you are going to do. that is what he talks about. other people talk about different things. it is not that they disagree. most people here generally agree in terms of principles. they often disagree in terms of strategy and tactics. they often had different priorities. defense people, economic conservatives, paul would be a good example of that. and social security. while they like -- and social conservatives. while they like each other, they have different aspects. host: very few mentions yesterday of relatively hot

topic for conservatives, gay marriage. why? is up to this bigger to pick his topics. i do not know -- it is up to the his topics.ick i don't know whether there is a panel on that. i have not seen anything about it. host: is is still a hot topic in conservative circles? strong beliefs a in traditional marriage. many conservatives believe that marriage as it was historically should not be the function of the state. it is a religious and civil ceremony that goes on within the movement. there are those who believe, i think most believe that you should not be discriminating or hurting people that are different than you. neither should you be forced to accept things that you have objections to. i think the discussion among conservatives is more than a

tendency on the part of some supporters of gay marriage, for example, or gay rights, to try to force other people to agree with them or to go along with what they want as opposed to letting everyone live. host: from your newspaper. this -- mcconnell works to reassure conservatives. what did you think of mitch mcconnell's speech? guest: it was fine. it was a great honor for senator coburn, who is leaving the senate for health reasons. that mitch mcconnell came as the senate leader to present him with an award for his service. that is really the reason that mitch mcconnell was here. this goes to the whole strategic question. back in the 1960's and the early 1970's when there were disagreements within the republican coalition between the goldwater, and

rockefeller wings. they had different visions of what should be done. today, if you were to talk to ted cruz, mitch mcconnell, and some others, their vision as to what ought to be accomplished does not differ very much. there is a consensus on conservative values and goals. sometimesences occur, they are very divisive, over tactics and strategy. wasink that mcconnell here emphasizing that he shares the on of the people here in this convention. you lived in kentucky, would you support mitch mcconnell. guest: i would. host: what do you think about the fact that he is having a really rough time right now in his reelection? guest: i am one who happens to believe that primaries and five for the nomination within a party are ultimately helpful to the party. i know the candidate does not

always like that. i would be willing to bet that mcconnell overcomes that challenge and goes on to win the general election. being a party leader is a tough .osition you do not have the freedom to issue press releases and take the position that this is the way the world ought to be. you have t work with a coalition of people in your own party and try to get votes from the other party where possible to achieve some progress. the party leader's position is always open to criticism. lord knows mitch mcconnell has been criticized thomas sometimes unfairly and sometimes fairly. i think anybody in kentucky who looks s at what he has been able to accomplish what agree he is a pretty good leader. keene, lead editorial in "the washington times" this morning. harry's house of cards.

talking about harry reid. did you write this? guest: i did not, i was busy here. i am not the only person with a pen. opponent tozing an avoid an argument over ideas is one of the lowest tricks in politics. this says principles are heavy baggage and a climb to power. the next season of "house of cards" is a year away. guest: i wish i had written that. host: david keene is our guest from cpac at national harbor. phone numbers are on the screen. this tweet for you. are there any conservative democrats speaking at the conference, or are they extinct? guest: i don't know that they

are extinct. if you go back to history in the 1960's and 1970's, the two parties were not as ideologically homogenous as they are today. of conservative democrats and a lot of moderate to liberal republicans. today that is not the case. there are some conservative democrats here, the sheriff of is an electedty democrat. he is going to be speaking. there may be some others. there are not a democrats from the u.s. senate, for example, which tends to march in lockstep to harry reid's demands. why was theng and, minority outreach panel meeting room so popular. standing room only. guest: conservrvatives are realy working to get their message out to different communities around very interested and that. it is interesting because on the

intellectual side in the conservative movement, there are a lot of minardi people. in terms of the politics and getting mass -- there are a lot of minority people. in terms of the politics and appeal, there is not much effort. when you look at the politics, it really amounts to getting out and doing the work necessary to meet people. the values of most of the minority communities, the values, not the votes, 10 to in thiswith those conference. they want to know how to make fromconnection that goes those values to the people that hold them. host: when you look at demographics, is immigration reform and tou -- is immigration reform important for the hispanic vote? is an issue. it is important in many ways. one of the things that offended

me over the last couple years in the debate over immigration reform is that it argued on those kinds of grounds. if we do this, maybe we will get some vot something as important as the immigration rules and who we let andnd how we let them in enforce our border policies should not be decided on the basis of how many votes you are going to get from this group or that group. it should be decided on what is good for the american republic and the american economy. i do not look look at it in tef the politics. congressmen,can the congressman who gets the highest percentage of the hispanic vote is from new mexico. he is very anti-immigration reform but he is out there. he knows his constituents. he is out there meeting with them.

you do not always have to agree with them. if you get to like them you get the support. in terms be looked at of what is good for the country. people differ on that. i do think this, the two extremes in terms of debating wakeration reform ought to up and realize that neither one are going to have their way. they ought to sit down and decide what is realistic and how to fix the problems we have. host: when is the straw poll that cpac does? is released saturday afternoon. all the registrants during the conference vote. and pick their favorites. then the results are town related and announced on saturday. it is interesting because the ,ress lise to say this year this guy is the favorite in terms of conservatives were

present. that is fine and interesting. the reason the straw poll was put together is the other question. to find out where conservatives stand on some of the really important issues -- immigration the others.l that is what we look to when we analyze those poll results. host: david keene is our guest from "the washington times." opinion editor. clark calling in from wisconsin on our democrat line. caller: good morning. conservatives that they have lost the popular vote 5 times in the last 6 national elections? see from thean speeches, the body is moving further to the right. nobody is going to vote, independents and others are not going to vote for someone that far to the right. guest: that is what i say about

the democrats, they keep moving to the left. it did not bother bill clinton that he only got 43% of the vote. any political party in a two-party system has to shape its message and its product to get a majority of the vote. there are anomalies, of course. we have the electoral college, which can make the difference on the margin. and we can have third-party candidates as we had with the perot candidacy when bill clinton was running. is asking,uestioner he is asking it rather sarcastically but it goes to a good point. as changes take place in the country and people focus on different problems, the job of a party and a coalition of people with strong beliefs is how to apply their values in a way that will attract majority support. it does not mean they should change their values. i do not advocate that democrats give up what they believe in.

thatthink it is important if you believe strongly in something and if you are in the political area, you have to figure out how to make those values connect with voters. you have to figure out how to communicate those values and op programs that help the economy. if you cannot do that, you are going to lose. i think republicans and conservatives can and are doing that. ohio, republican line. you are on "washington journal." caller: i really appreciate what he just said answering back -- answering that guy. what i like to see, i like to see a one to ten on each of them and then let people number them

instead of just picking one. almost everyone on cpac so far, i am all for them. i am not for jeb bush, i do not trust the bushes. i see what is going on in florida, too. for most of them, you take a lot of good men with values and integrity. that is what this country needs -- back to values and integrity. i really appreciate what you just said. host: mr. keene? guest: thank you. host: was jeb bush invited? guest: i am not in charge of the invitations. and spokere last year to see pat down. as governor of florida, he was a pretty good conservative. he has a marketing problem nationally because you can only thek of the fact if we had next presidential election, bush

versus clinton again. we would have voters slashing their wrists. host: tweeting in. guest: conservatives believe that if you provide an atmosphere in which entrepreneurship can flourish, you create jobs and make life better. a way thattaxes in both stimulates the economy and puts more money into joe sixpack or anyone else's pocket, you economy and the life they live. that is the difference between conservatives and liberals on the economic front. in addition, the one thing this country stands for is freedom to make your own decisions. most of the folks i know, i grew

up in a union family. my father ran a bar where joe sixpack bought his sixpack. americans value freedom, that is what conservatives stand for. tennessee, independent line. our guest is david keene of "the washington times." hold that the democratic party is the party of slime. republicans are the party of stupid. they do not know how to be ruthless. you do not have to be back, you have to be tough. that is why romney got wet and mccain got w-- that is what romney got whipped and mccain got whipped. democrats are going to destroy them because they do not have anything. we do not negotiate with the enemy.

please comment. study,by way of a case let me reference the last presidential election. going into it, president obama newberry well he was going to lose millions of voters that had in 2008 because he had not been able to deliver on many promises he made. his presidency was a far different than what he had promised. doy realize what they had to was make sure those voters did not move over to the republican candidate, which you would expect when that kind of thing happens. they had to create a situation where voters would say it may be president obama has not done that great a job that he is better than this other guy. they set out in the summer before that election to demonize republicans and demonize mitt romney in targeted states. a hole.d, they dug

he did not respond. his reaction was nobody is going to believe that. people will believe it if you do not respond. i do not happen to think that conservatives or republicans tacticsse the dirty that the obama campaign used in this last election. i do think they have to be tough and get their message back out. talk and articulate their values. they have to respond to attacks and get the truth out there for voters to recognize. sometimes, voters do not get what they bargained for. that was true in the 2012 election. the narrative that the president put out with obamacare, for example, and other things, had little relation to what he intended to do. people voted for a candidate

that was not really the candidate they got. in other places, they get what they voted for. if you are in that arena, it is tough and you have to make sure when they vote they know what they are choosing between. if they know that, i am confident conservatives will win. int: david keene, tweeting to you. what do you find objectionable about matt bevin? guest: i said i am a believer in primaries. i believe voters have every right to put up a wherever they want. i also said if i were in kentucky, i would go for mitch mcconnell. i have nothing against his opponent. over the years, and now, has been a very tough

senate leader dealing with and often weak hand. situation in the senate. although way back to campaign , he has stood up and fought for values we share. we get tired of anyone who has been around a long time. i think he has done a good job and deserves reelection. nothing against his opponent and nothing against a primary. it is support for a fellow i think has done a good job under adversarial circumstances. ohio, democrats line. caller: good morning. two questions. out of all the speakers yesterday they did have one thing in common. hate, to use the word that very strong dislike for the president. they had rude and disrespectful

and mean things they said. i was curious how you thought about what they said and do you support language such as some of the things they use yesterday about our president and the office. the second question is on conservative outrage. i hear you saying your language needs to change and the conservative movement needs to incorporate more people. i have got to say that actions speak louder than words. you can use whatever rhetoric you want, the policies actually need to support the people. host: thank you. anti-obama rhetoric and conservatives outreach. guest: 38% of the american people approve of the way the president is handling his job. just for partisan reasons and substantive reasons, you can

expect hard criticism of the way this administration has acted. post" factgton checker said the lie of the year last year it was the president suggesting if you wanted to keep your doctor, you could. this is a president who has dissembled. it is a president who has made runs around constitutional guarantees and has ended up in court. with of people are upset the way he acts. there was a democratic professor from george washington university who testified before the senate recently. he said i agree with barack obama's policies. but i think he is endangering the constitutional structure that has allowed this country to

be free for so long. we are nearing a tipping point in terms of the constitution because of his actions. those are strong words from a liberal democrat. you are going to expect that sort of thing. if you look at rhetoric and thisty and the way administration has acted, most of the policies it has adopted the been most harmful to groups that have supported this president most strongly. particularly minority groups. the unemployment rate among minority voters is much higher than it was in the past. -- everything from the minimum wage proposal that will make it impossible to get started jobs. the regulations on banks will make it more difficult for people to realize their dream of homeownership. all kinds of things. , i understandr

her partisan support for the president, that is fine. she needs to ask those questions about her party. it is not the republicans who have been claiming, as harry reid and the president have, that republicans are unpatriotic if they criticize the policies of this president. for david keene of "the washington times comes from the republican line, las vegas. romney would have won the election when he was having that debate. all he had to do was ask president obama when you got caught saying you would be more flexible about -- there's only right or wrong or good or bad. hadad to be something that to do with putin.

he had no answer. i would like you to investigate 90nklin raines, who got million dollars from fannie and freddie. the person who wrote the checks is still working for fannie and freddie. how did he get that $90 million for five years? if you want to put a stop to the democrats, there was a sitting congressman at the greta van sussman show. explosion andthe the gulf, isn't there an agency that oversees safety on these rigs. have some issues on the table. let's see what mr. keene would like to respond to. look at theu president's performance and the performance of this administration. because of the focus that the american people usually have in

bad economic times when we are trying to come out of a recession on domestic policy. the obama administration has completely failed internationally. not partly but completely. john bolton, the former u.s. ambassador, made the point at the bank yesterday -- john nolton, the former u ambassador made the point yesterday here that we cannot forget what is going on in the world. the u.s. trying to lead from behind has stepped back. he thinks that that leads to peace, it does not. the presidents who have used american troops less than any other president was ronald reagan. he believed if the country it was strong the signal would be slear that this is an tyrant

had to be careful and they were. you have this in ukraine and in asia with china going after islands, declaring sovereignty over parts of the ocean that they have no right to. you have people saying the u.s. has checked out. we reallyan do what have wanted to do and have not been able to do in the past. some focusing to be on the foreign policy of this administration as we go forward. it has been a disaster. host: wayne lapierre spoke yesterday at cpac. you served as president of the nra for a couple years. tweeting in. do you believe in majority rule because the majority of america wants background checks? guest: depends how you ask the question. that is the thing about polls. at the nra, we represent not millio --.25 quarter

who are the 5.25 people members but the people who vote on second amendment issues. we supported a reasonable background check bill. we were fearful it was a way to interfere and it would do nothing about crime or violence. it was a way to interfere with gun owners' rights. the way itrful that was constructed would allow the federal government to do what the justice department and the fbi and others have wanted for a long time. to establish a national gun registry. which is illegal in this country. the president suggested that by even saying that we were lying. week before the election, the american civil liberties union came out and said we have examined this, the nra is right. thesenot need any more of

kinds of registries. we have enough people keeping an eye on everybody else. the government should back off. we are proud of the fact that we at the nra opposed that so-called universal background check. the system in place is not working. it is a system that we have supported in the past. the government has not got it straightened out. most of the people that are buying firearms are not convicted felons or dangerously mentally ill, but false positives. a little bit like under the tsa when senator kennedy went to national airport and they tried to keep him from boarding a plane because he was on a database that said he was dangerous. they have not even fixed any of these things within the national background check system. we do not think that adding to the burden of americans with a perfect right to exercise their second amendment rights, it

would have no impact on crime but just to grow the government. it is not a good idea and we opposed it. , not juste realize legislators, when people realize what was in this legislation, what it would lead to. your callers mentioned of idea began toe crumble. when people know what it is a does not have majority support. host: john, independent line, from maine. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a hypothetical question for you. are playing with fire. we continue going down the road we are going, there will not be any turning back. i want to ask how you feel about ralph nader, ron paul, and ross perot.

there,ee of them got in things would be different. i will take my response off the air. guest: i assume what you are asking is my feeling about third-party candidates. they had every right to do that. the problem in the two-party system, the kind of system we i was to support somebody running as a third party conservative in the national election, that would in the liberal democrat national election. it would take votes away from the more moderate conservative running against him. the question is what do you want customer do you want to make a point? you have every right to make that point. or do you want to try and move public policy and the way the country is governed in the way

you believe it should be going? in the two-party system, what you need to do is in the final analysis after the primaries, support the coalition closest to your values. host: the front page of your paper this morning, mr. keene. returns to find gop without backbone. he serves on the acu board. he regrets that the gop does not have a backbone. guest: i think tom is reflecting the feeling of many people. that perhaps the republicans in congress could have done more. at least on the margins, to move things in the right direction. the fights with the president, it is interesting that as a senator, president obama was all withvor of confrontation

the president. including shutdowns if necessary. as president, he has refused to negotiate on anything. during the president -- the president who had the government shutdown the most times, jimmy carter with seven times under reagan, it was shut down five times. the fights were over missiles in europe and abortion policy. president, jimhe baker did a piece about how reagan handled this. he said the buck stops here. he got together with congressional leaders and work something out. this president, for political reasons, refused to negotiate with opponents. saying let's say if we cannot force this into a way that will hurt republicans. on almosts backed off anything prior to the next

election. if you have a president who does not believe in governing so much as running a campaign. if you have a president willing to risk anything by saying i will not negotiate on anything, remember health care. after saying he was going to talk with anybody, he would not include republicans in attracting -- in the drafting of it. the first major thing to pass without bipartisan support. if you have a president willing to do that, you have to find someway way to get the votes you need in congress to thwart it. strategic and tactical question. i am not sure it is a lack of act on. i am sure it is overly cautious anderms of operating making challenges because of the nature of this president and his unwillingness to even talk with people he disagrees with. host: what is your take on john boehner? has had ahink boehner

tough time. he has got a caucus that is very divided. he has members of the caucus who want to push harder than others. he has to try to pass things that will get some support in the senate. the republican house has passed dozens of really good bills. none of them have moved because the senate afford -- the senate thwarted every one. i would hate to be in his position. that is a tough job. host: democrat in oklahoma city. caller: hi. the republican party has been talking about shaping their message and making sure they can supposedly reach out to minorities. sayke the fact that you

what is on your mind. out of the heart of man the mouth speaks. in your attempts to sound like you are a legitimate individual who is looking out for the you-being of this country, have shown yourself to be no more than someone who lost -- who wants to push back all the policies who have helped people ities or whor fall under and income level. you are a corporate sponsored individual. the new republican party is made up of 2 factions. for bigoratists business. and members of white the premises -- and members of white

supremacist groups,. host: we have a lot of opinion on the table. guest: i love her, too. host: bill, republican in pennsylvania. caller: david, good morning. so glad to hear from you. i miss you at the nra. guns foren getting my 15 years. between my gun and my car, that is the only thing i am looking for in this country. i am a very -- i am a very goldwater boy. is this, we have to stay away from religion and abortion. a very important thing for everybody. opinion -- whh

at is the right thing for all the people. that is where we have to concentrate. to work on that basis. i guaranteed the republican party will come back. greece 50 years ago. it is a republican country. host: bill, thank you. , int: i would only say that a two-party system, each party .s a coalition of voters republicans successes and conservative successes -- the conservative movement has been this coalition from the very beginning. the conservative coalition consists of economic free marketeers, people who believe in freedom and the free market and individual rights. people who believe in a strong national defense and a strongly protected country and people who

believe in traditional values and religious conservatives. , when you'ret trying to put together a winning coalition, you don't want to drive anybody out of that coalition at shares most of your values. you remember ronald reagan says, anybody who agrees with me percent of the time i consider a friend. when a callert looks that coalition, he agrees with that 80% of the time. i'm not one who believes in driving people out of the coalition. i want to bring more people in. host: three minutes left. rory on our independent line. caller: good morning. i would like to ask if he agrees with the 47% comment that mr. romney was caught on tape saying and whether he thinks it's all $250 for somebody worth

taxesn paying less than a truck driver. guest: i think numbers often tell a story that is not as accurate as the people quoting the numbers might think. that 47% includes veterans and receive somee who government assistance or some government subsidies. it might be nice if we lived in a society where none of that was necessary or insisted that we don't. a lot of those people in that so-called 47% are people who are conservative and who would vote for a conservative republican candidate who articulates his values well. so, no, although i don't think mitt romney meant it that way, it was a statement that obviously was incomplete and was used rather effectively to push them off into a corner.

maybe warren buffet pays less taxes than a truck driver. what we need in this country is a tax code that is fair and and one that does not punish people for success. the president believes we should punish people for success. that hurts everybody. john kennedy, when he was an taxes andmplified use the line, "a rising tide lifts all boats. ." karen tweets and -- "as whone who one -- has anyone

-- that mes -- this is a straw poll of people who attended this conference on who they like. this time, there are a dozen or more names out there. there will be a dozen or more candidates. what might be important is the attendees'second or third choice. most of the people who attend this conference are ultimately pleased with the way the primary process and convention process works. just camejob numbers out. we want to get your reaction to this. the unemployment rate is still at 6.7%. added in january. that? thatr take on

beats the so-called expectations. guest: one of the reasons that we have been able to beat expectations is that more and more people continue to drop out of the workforce. peoplee are fewer working today as the percentage of the population then there have been in many years. so the unemployment rate is still high. it persists the actual unemployment rate if you counted these people differently -- if you included in it people who have stopped looking for a job or people who have accepted jobs way below the qualifications on the other -- the situation is a lot worse than people think this. graduates can get a job anywhere near what they have trained for. we still have a serious problem in this country. the economy is growing very sluggishly. more sluggishly than it has after any previous recovery. that we are adding

jobs. we are not adding nearly enough jobs. this has lasted far too long. host: opinion editor of the washington times -- the former president of the nra. a longtime chair of the american conservative union, which sponsors see pack, which is taking place this weekend in the washington area. worked at time, you the onshore hotel. why didn't you move to the national harbor? guest: too many people. the hotel in virginia could not hold the crowds so we moved to the shore, which we had done in years before. then we moved to the marriott out there, which is a little bigger. then they cannot handle it, so now we are here. this is the largest facility in the area and it's the only facility in terms of a hotel

that will handle this conference. the only other place we could hold it that would be at the convention center in the district. host: thank you for your time this morning. guest: my pleasure. host: we will continue our live coverage of seatback after this program -- our live coverage of after thispan program. you will hear from mike huckabee, rick santorum and some others. we will continue right now on the washington journal -- a political conversation with reid of msnbc. ♪ most ofce it to say, health policy really is not health policy at all. it is essentially budget policy. docs on sos just

many of the big issues and ends up putting together something that in washington might be called a patch or an extension of or a stopgap. it docs the big issues. repeatedly docs the big issues. particularly on medicare. we have 10,000 people eligible for medicare everyday. there is a very real cost attached with that. so now the challenge is to try to find a way to move beyond this fixation on budgeting. it would be one thing if it was sound budget policy. , as i'veten, we indicated, don't get to structural kinds of issues. and move beyond this lurch of one kind of budget plan for

another and come up with some sensible budget policy. wyden on the challenges facing medicare and hospitals. saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. on book tv, the historical and cultural ties between russia and ukraine. sunday at 5:45 on c-span two. , the grounds three and architecture of george washington's mount vernon. sunday night at 8:00. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us from our new york studio is the new msnbc reid.joy tell us about your show. 2:00 p.m. re at i call it, nation of policy, all politics and culture. we let people know what's

happening could we try to do some analysis, to. and we have fun every so often. host: the show just started february 24. an article about your show when oy reid on was, "juli says a show won't be in our own white republicans suck." guest: i was asked the question by the writer and he was like, will you go after republicans everyday? i said, no. what we want to do is have a conversation. there are a lot of issues on which there is great disagreement with much of our audience with the conservative movement and the republican party. but we want to also get republicans to come on and talk about it rather than just talk about them. are other republicans would've invited up it we had on a candidate from texas who is running for governor. she is in the primary.

we try to encourage people on the right to come on the show. the water is fine. host: what are your politics e? guest: i grew up in a house with a mom who was an immigrant to the united states and my parents -- my father was a reagan republican and my mother was a yellow dog democrat. an absolute diehard democrat, coming in with john f. kennedy. we grew up very much democrats. i was a democrat. i was a liberal columnist for the miami herald. i have worked in democratic politics. so i definitely have a strong personal point of view but i am intrigued and interested in the other side. i find a lot of their views,

some confounding and some fascinating and am interested in having a dialogue. when i did talk radio, a lot of what we did was debate. we had joe scarborough on the show. we would have the debate. i think that is the great thing that cable news and talk radio allows you to do when you're willing to do it and get the other side engaged. host: have you been following secpac? guest: of course. i feel like what happens and things like cpac -- it is preaching to the choir. it is a pep rally for the right. it's not a place where they are engaging in the battle of ideas. they reinforce one another and emphatically say we are right and the other guys from. that is what they have done. -- i have been watching what's going on over there -- i think both , there is a bull within their bubble they feel if

they just explained their ideas better, they would do better in polls and people would rally to their cause. but i think it is somewhat limiting because a lot of the on theiehard principles right are things that if you roll them up politically are very hard to sell. of putting medicare into a voucher program, whether you're talking about future seniors or current seniors, it is not popular because people do rely on it. paul ryan had an interesting are offeringocrats people a full stomach and an empty soul. if you have ever experienced want, you want the full stomach. it's counterintuitive to try to sell people on the idea that if we remove benefits, the benefits to your soul are better than that meal that you're able to give your kid. i think it's a core difference between conservatives and

liberals. when you see want, how do you attack it? liberals come in and say, let's try to help meet the need. conservatives say, philosophically, it's a bad idea to meet the need because it breeds dependency. that's a core struggle. guest: should the democrats pay attention to the midterm elections or move on to 2016 ? guest: that question gives you the core of the problem. itocrats are great when comes to presidential elections. the young, the minority, the .ingle woman, the urban voter and they all turn out in great numbers in presidential elections and demographically, democrats have a distinct advantage and it's getting bigger because the part of our population that is the growing bulge is the younger cohort that is much more minority laden. as we go forward, democrats going to elections with 200 plus

electoral votes in the back because there is the urban voter and the minority voter. when you drop out of midterms, you essentially allowe entrenchment. when you have these masses of people come out in 2008, midterms become completely different electorates. they're much more like the republican party. much older, whiter, rural, suburban. -- tony up giving back 10 was a perfect example. you had purple states and blue states that were won by president obama in 2008 did republican governors in 2010. that makes no sense. it was a census year. a huge error on the part of the democratic party. toocrats have to start

create a habit of continual voting among their electorate. otherwise, all the advantages they need mean absolutely nothing. democrats have a demographic advantage that is getting bigger. if you look at the number of latinos, for instance, who are turning 18 every week, something like 18,000. a growing cohort. the latino vote is 65% leaning towards the democrats. the african-american vote, 90% leaning towards the democrats. the jewish vote tends to be between 70%-80% democratic. those parts of our population are growing and they are very highly concentrated among the younger voters. so people who are emerging are much more in thel demographic category that democrats have because the preferred the policies.

they are for the universal health care. and they're much more moderate on social issues. democrats have a distinct demographic advantage that they don't take advantage of in midterms. a midterms, republicans resume the advantage because it is their base that actually turns out. the "reid report." kathy on our democrats line. caller: good morning. boy do i hate chris christie. please, take him and go. i can't stand chris christie. our congressmen is a friend. he has had enough of the republicans in the house. alpalone.ike frank

host: why do you dislike chris christie? guest: i don't trust him as far as i can throw them. i never voted for him. that's about it for me. i'm a democrat. i don't like him and i don't trust him. host: thank you. colo sponse for that aller? said, wehis christie as republicans can't let the media define who we are. guy whose adoration from the media was unchallenged until the bridge gate scandal came up. it was the media in a lot of ways that made chris christie a star. 2009. a tough election in he did achieve a high level of popularity. he was able to cultivate a lot

of democratic support which we are now learning that some of it may have been more coerced. that he hasie, now lost his media love, is able to gain with the conservatives that did not like him at all. they thought he was too nice to president obama. dy aid.d for san now he has a way of getting back in the good graces of his party. before the bridge gate thing, i never understood the love of chris christie at the media level. the treatment of teachers, they yelling at people at townhall and the treatment of his constituents i thought was rather shabby. i was fascinated by this idea behavior waslying truly did in a way. -- was cheerleaded in a way.

it's interesting that now that people see that same sort of behavior played out by members of his staff -- we don't know if he himself had any involvement in it, but we have his staff behaving in a manner that speaks of bullying. the media has lost its love for chris christie. i never thought he was that viable. now that the media is not on his side, i guess he will gain fans on the right. "is: karen tweets and -- there an actual field for the democratic nomination or is everybody all aboard for hillary? " there is not much of a field that could seriously challenger. there is a pent-up demand -- i believe residential elections are about who has the greatest

hunger. young and african-american --ers have a great desire had a great desire to see barack obama. american women have that incredible pent-up demand residual from 2008 and really want to see a woman ascends to that high office. hillary clinton is an incredibly valuable candidate. ben she gets in, it will very hard to stop her. that's not to say there should not be or will be a primary. you'll have people run but the question becomes, is there somebody that could come out of nowhere and challenge her in a full some way? create a high he did and do that again in 2016. i don't see that person yet. it's not to say they could not be there. i year in politics is like a decade. anything could happen. right now, there is not much

rivalry for that spot if she wants it. host: the former managing editor and a graduate of harvard. harry on our public in line. caller: president is a good place to put food in his place -- to put putin in his place. msnbc is great for helping him. --se jackson and al sharpton call them a racist if they don't agree with the president. can call him ae racist for not agreeing with the president. he hit the trifecta. this is something i do find

really intriguing that happens on the right. name every black person you can think of that as a liberal and andthe word "racist" throw in "you people." he hit the trifecta. nothing to add. host: mike from ohio. the show onjoy msnbc. my favorite sport is ping-pong. i think that says a lot. why do you watch those two channels? caller: i want to see how both sides think and how their logic works. i was raised by a conservative democrat. i am an independent now. i like to vote for the best candidate. host: go ahead with your question. i liked the 2008

election when obama got elected. the impact it had on the republicans. i do have to hold both fox news and msnbc responsible for this. he made the winner of the , obaman -- all i saw was and oprah for 20 minutes. , what do they look like at this moment? i think we got a lot of information there. guest: opera is a celebrity. tv next toon somebody nex somebody who just got elected, we don't see somebody with that level of celebrity be in the proximity of a president. anything particular

to their race or anything. it's because she is a celebrity and celebrities get attention. justin bieber, everybody. many people are out there that watch both fox and msnbc? whatr: they want to hear the other side has to say. so more than you think. before i worked at msnbc, i feel like what is happening sometimes -- notervative media a lot of it is hammering home a very singular message and doing it in every

one of their media. it's a very consistent, repetitive message. i think that is one of the things that tops the conversation. we no longer agree on a set of facts. you can cherry pick the facts that make you feel good. for a lot of people that the , a certaintering to core group, there is a certain sense of victimization that is being fed all day and all of the media whether you are reading it online or listening to it on the radio or watching the television. it is designed to provoke a certain response. it's effective. negates any type of debate. you can't engage in a debate if someone will not agree with you that there are a certain set of objective facts. that is a negative thing about the polarization of our media.

maybe more people should watch it all so they can get some alternative facts. letou're not willing to those facts penetrate, if you just believe anything that is said by anyone who's a democrat, i'm not sure how we fix the polarization. host: some people would argue that they feel the same way about msnbc on the other side of again, i. guest: worked there, so i don't think it's the same. there isn't -- roger is a political operative and was a longtime political operative. not an equivalent of him in any other network. a crafter of clinical narrative now running a news organization. they do a good job of what they're doing. they are excellent at what they are tasked to do. there are journalists over there who are attempting to do good work.

i just think it's different. a couple of twitter responses to the hillary clinton question. this is dan saying, "elizabeth warren could come out of nowhere ." pegues says, "john kerry has much appeal for the democrats." caller from wisconsin on our democrats line. caller: i would like to start by saying, i'm a white male that gets it. part of that 35% that they talked about the other day that voted for the president. that's where i fall. you are doing a heckuva job. keep up the good work. guest: thank you. host: we will move on to sam in kentucky. republican line. caller: hi. i'm watching you all on television.

msnbc turns me off. i'm a registered republican and war ondown here in the poverty. you come down here and you look at this county and it's run by all republicans. voteoor people down here for them because they all work in the coal mines. there is one man who runs the county. we have to go 23 miles to a hospital. we go 80 miles to another hospital. we have nothing in this county. the poor schools don't have no books or anything. they want to talk about poverty. how in the world are kids going to learn anything if they can't get what they need? it burnse that the republicans are doing what they do. l sorry for obama because they down him every time they turn around. mitch mcconnell has never been in this county. everybody votes for that cool.

same thing with rand paul. foolerybody votes for that . it bothers me that the people down here and a lot of people in the united states do not see what the republican party is all about. that breaks my heart when i hear the stories. you just got to the heart of one of the real dangers of absolute political polarization. people almost have their political parties like a religion. they are voting because this is my ideology and i am with this group of people. but i never hold them accountable for what they are delivering to me. are publicians servants. they work for us. when we are only demanding of

our politicians that they deliver us the ideology and say the words and deliver enough vitriol words the other party and show they hate the other party more than anyone else and they appeal to our ideology rather than deliver us some substance, it's tragic. i look at the situation with water. 300,000 americans of the sins not able to give their kids a 300,000 lemonade -- american citizens not able to give their kids a glass of lemonade. they are denied the basic .ustenance of life that's wrong. i'm hoping that eventually people will start voting their absolute interests. vote your economic interests. it's not about ideology or someone appealing to your

religious morality. vote for people who deliver to taxthe substance that your dollars have paid for. that's so important. it's the reason you cannot and will not bow to rise medicare because elderly citizens say, no, you will protected. you need to do the same with their basic living. hearing the stories is incredibly tragic. host: this tweet -- "i just don't like the opinion format channelsdominates news . i miss old, straight news." that. i hear when i was a kid growing up, we were watching dan rather or the news. those networks still exist. you still have broadcast news.

i think people understand nowadays that everybody has a point of view. i don't think people hold it against great news anchors for knowing that they have a point of view. i understand how people feel that these -- we have taken what the national conversation and turn them into 1000 little conversations. i don't think that is good for the culture. it is what it is. you have a tremendous democratization of information. you can form your own reality. it is difficult and hard to navigate. it's hard for news organizations, two. they struggle with it as well. host: next call comes from charles on our independent line. you, c-span. congratulations on your new show. you are a breath of fresh air. i love your balanced approach to educating the public.

great job. thisestion relative to conference going on with the undertone of libertarianism, is with the goalat to destroy a strong centralized government that several things are at play? one is not being in position to bail out the banks or the industry that we saw in 2008. ,econdly, if that does happened we have seen a significant rise of inequality of the middle class and the lower class. such ase look at secretary rice's video for couldlity for all, they be educated on the facts. the statistical facts and draw a clear picture of what is truth

and what is fiction and what is hyperbole and what's not. is, do youuestion have an opinion on the move that is underway to provide a constitutional amendment to change the current law that says that corporations are people and that money is speech? thank you for your time. guest: there is a lot packed and there. worst things that has bodyned to the american politic's is this notion of corporate personhood. libertarianism -- iran said riod was theal pe late 19th century. wereu think about who we in the 19th century, this was the era of pure laissez-faire capitalism with no unions, no

worker protection, no child labor laws, no minimum wage. the idea that if you are rich, theare essentially more in superior because you have shown that your pluck your and smarter and better. therefore, you will make the right decisions for everybody else. that's not what america has been for 100 years. the 20th century was a triumph for the american middle class because when workers got parity and you had unions able to argue for a living wage and 40 hour , you had the bulge. when people were able to afford their refrigerators, there were reasons to make the refrigerators and cars. we came to be economically .ecause of a strong consumer a strong middle class. our gdp is overwhelmingly made up of consumer spending. we have to make sure that there are some parity for workers. now we have ceos making 400 times what their average

employee makes. employees have lost incredible power. now the ceos are supposed to improve shareholder values. fealty betweene that ceo and the person who works for them. restoring that is going to be difficult because we have really gone so far in the other direction. between corporate personhood, stock options for ceos rather than getting paid in real money. it's hard to put that genie back in the bottle. if we don't, we will see inequality continue to rise and we will race back towards the 19th century. that's not where we want to be. joy is onto something. jp creates fact. last month, obama was a dictator. this week, he is weak. -- "howtweet from diana often have you or anyone on and the president

it istable?" guest: fascinating that on one day he is weaker and on the other day he is a dictator. those can't be true at the same time. esteem foreen this putin. when the irs thing happened, it was covered extensively on msnbc until it was debunked. people pay attention -- if you look at our network alone, the rollout of the affordable care act, i think the white house would find that to be withering. it was relentless and negative. nobody was cheerleading the rollout of the affordable care act. before i was at msnbc, i was writing columns that were quite

negative on the idea of adopting the public option and not sure that would make the bill go through without it. having universal health care is better than none. if you look at the coverage and are specifically talking about us, go back to october of last year and look at the entire rest of that year. i don't think you would find that to be cheerleading. host: henry calling in from michigan on our democrats line. caller: good morning, joy. msnbc has really done a fantastic thing by giving you your show. i will watch it as much as i possibly can. i think you are wonderful, intelligent and beautiful. i will make three points. , there was a keeneok post when david

was speaking talking about the outreach. and saidngue in cheek it was standing room only at the cpac conference for the outreach thing. david keene seized on that to make it seem like it was standing room only. we saw pictures last night on msnbc that there was nobody there. as long as republicans are the party of ted nugent, who called lhe president a subhuman mongre and people like bill o'reilly, we will not have any outreach with the republican party. i would like for you to put into context two things for me. the first thing is, can you explain to the people how red states are seeming to do so much

better and how the government subsidies in the states that have fewer population than figure into that? the second thing i would like for you to put into context is the lie of the year where president obama said that if you like your health care and your doctor you can keep it. how insurance companies will were actually responsible for making the president look like you like. host: thank you very much. guest: the idea of anybody who wants be credible palling around with the likes of ted nugent, i found that astounding. the conservative movement would do very well to walk away from some of the extreme talkers. the people who say really ugly

things because they don't help you run your base. makes you sound angry and mean and ugly. it's not a good idea if you want to broaden your base. number two, i think the caller -- let's go tout the third thing. that was an unfortunate way of -- 85%that if you have of people already have insurance. nothing in the afford bullet -- nothings caused in the affordable care act has caused you to lose your plan. for the five percent of people who buy the individual market, much of that was very cut-rate insurance. it was bargain-basement. if you went to the er, you would pay most of that bill. your doctor will was so huge, you could still wind up in bankruptcy because you would be

paying your deductible. illegalans are now under the law. your insurance company needs to offer you a legal plan. it means you get the new plan offered to you and if you don't want income, you can go on exchange. that's a very coupled to the thing to explain. complicatedvery thing to explain. host: subsidies going to the red states more than the blue states. guest: oh. that is important. he said red states are doing better. that is not true. the 10 poorest states, the only blue state that winds up is new mexico. other than that, you're talking t mississippi, alabama, louisiana. tremendous poverty. the mosthe states with

in short people are in new england. so what is happening is you have red and blue america different in terms of the economy and a lower wage economy in the south. there's a lot of job creation because of the guarantee of lower wages. factories will relocate in this out because they don't have to worry about unions. you are seeing that movement the wage, lower tax day. what you have is tremendous poverty. what happens is that the blue andes in new york california and massachusetts wind up being donor states. new york pays more in federal taxes than they get back from the federal government where is louisiana and mississippi get back considerably more in federal tax money than they pay in. so they are essentially the recipient states. if you want to talk about who is on the dual, it is those red states because they have oil and

other things. you do have this weird thing the test states that the federal government actually rely more on the federal government. it's one of those ironies of our politics. from missouri. republican line. caller: hello. said and been so much i would like to debate all of it. inill say that the bias mainstream media is so much against republicans. it's really awful. chris matthews and al sharpton -- this thing with chris christie, the people on msnbc and other mainstream media have

absolutely ruined batman over a over that situation man and we still don't know who screwed up benghazi because those people have begged for assistance for months before they were murdered. some of the people of guarding them were sent away in august before this happened. the government was told that al qaeda was flying flags. what would you like her to respond to? caller: i would like her to respond to the bias. just to start from the last. that whole soliloquy on benghazi -- there was reams of data -- reports that have gone through exhaustive detail in what

happened. all those things that you just heard which are repeated over and over on right wing radio, those are not facts, ma'am. it's really important that we start to get to an objective fact. none of that is what you just said. any of the reports that have been done for the federal government come you can read them. they are all online. what happened was quite simple. you had on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack, pockets of uprisings. pockets of protests. some of which in other parts of libya and egypt had to do with that video. that video that was made that offended parts of the muslim world. the thought was the benghazi whoation more into people attacked our embassies. all these fantasies about hillary clinton operating drones

-- those are not facts. those are things that right-wing radio used to get you started up. look at the real dar narrative of what happened. as far as bias against republican women, i don't know what she's talking about. she has to give me some specific examples. -- he saying because host: sylvia's calling from roque and arrow, oklahoma on our independent line. broken arrow, oklahoma. calling from broken arrow, oklahoma. caller: i'm so glad to be on the show again. it has been a wild. joy, i have three questions for you. see a blessing it is to

lord to takeof the this form. my heart and soul goes out to joy to bless you. to keep up the good work and the good fight of faith. there are so many individuals -- i want to hear the three questions. bring theu going to two platforms, the democrats and the republicans, together? to come to one issue. jobless rates. how are they going to help the veterans of our united states of america, which my firstborn son is still active duty? i'm a military mom. bring this to a close. --ler: the next question is

i will start watching msnbc if your face is there. come to oklahoma? host: thank you very much. guest: i would love to come to tulsa. there are certain issues that unite everyone. an economy in which everyone can find a job and feed their family without having to work two or doing the backbreaking work. they deserve to have a living wage. we should all be able to agree on that. polls show that most americans do agree that it's only fair that people who work hard get a decent wage. i don't think that is ideological.

republicans and democrats can agree. we should all agree that we all deserve to breathe free, clean air and have clean water so our kids can have a glass of water. i look at west virginia and say, this is not a republican or democrat issue. aren't care if these people 100% republican. they deserve a clean glass of water for their kids. we all agree on that. whether or not your state is a red or blue state, your citizens deserve to have the basics. that is something that i really hope we can all agree on. we will debate how we get there. let's agree that we all respect the presidency and respect one another's right to have an opinion and debate how we get to a common place where we are living a decent life. i think that's not too much to ask. host: a couple mins left with joy reid. andy in georgia.

caller: good morning. i want to say thank you so much and i'm so proud of you and so proud of the position for you at msnbc. i have two points. president clinton said a long time ago -- talking about republicans will fight when they are right or wrong. democrats will not fight when they are right and they won't fight when they're wrong. i'm from georgia and i'm hoping that we will send a new representative for my district to take hank johnson's place. they did not happen in the council. three years ago, when the republicans started to make

statements -- i'm upset with the clintonl -- said, we won't even fight when we are right. all kinds of untruths and they will stay with it. the democrats have facts. like the health care program, they have facts right in front of them and they say -- i hope this is hank johnson's last term. let me just say one thing. not all democrats lack the fight. elijah cummings most definitely has a lot of fight in him. the chairman on that committee has attempted to put out cherry picked parts of transcripts and he has said, no, we will put the whole transcript out. chairwoman of the caucus,

they sent onl a letter to banner removedg that he be because of his shabby treatment. boehner.er to he was not allowed to say one word in his opening statement. off.d his mic cut it was incredibly shabby treatment. they not only sent that letter to the speaker. then attempted to bring to the floor and motion asking for him to be removed or at least sanctioned. it was gaveled down by the republican majority. there was some fight there on that issue. i think democrats do fight overrules more than republicans do. republicans tend to fight in a different way.

democrats don't have that same mentality. democrats like it that way. i'm not necessarily completely disagreeing with you on the level and nature of the fight. democrats need to learn to fight harder because republicans like politics to win. if democrats want to be competitive in midterms, they better play hardball and get their voters out. that is the key. get your voters trained to vote in every election. in local elections. those judges putting your kids behind bars. boards deciding whether your kids will learn creationism or intelligent design versus learning science of how human beings came to be. those local officials that are ordinances that you live by everyday. host: last call for joy reid

from james on the republican line. first off, i am a republican. second off, i'm not racist. third off, this has nothing to do with black caucus. this has to do with my health care. i am 47 years old. i've been deemed terminal for the last six years. since obama started the affordable care act, my medications have tripled. i can even get the medications that i need to hold back the pain. i have documentation to prove this. how can i go about showing people that obama care is not bad, but when it comes to helping people who are terminal such as myself, are medications have doubled and tripled? let me ask you a question. your medication has doubled and

tripled since when? caller: since january 1. guest: the president has tripled th? caller: yes. the vicodin's are used to take for my lung cancer to help with the pain, they don't even make more.any i have to get to re-scripts because of the obama care. guest: the affordable care act does not mandate what drugs are manufactured. one of the laws in the affordable care act is that it does not mandate -- the drug companies are les untouched. it's not the reason your drug company does not make the drugs the company makes. anything the insurance company's or the drug companies do is put under the affordable care act. do you buy it in the market or from your employer.

caller: i have medicaid. i have social security. guest: so you're health care is coming through medicaid? caller: yes. guest: the affordable care act is not the reason for your problems. the only thing that the affordable care act test if medicaid is if you previously did not qualify for medicaid because you made a little too much money, you can now access medicaid. medicaid is a standalone program that is not changed by the affordable care act of all. the only thing the formal character did to medicaid was to expand it so more people could get it. there are federal programs. if your drug companies are ratcheting up the prices over prescription drugs, you may have reason to file a complaint. you need to start talking in there are because agencies that oversee these programs. your problem is not the

affordable care act. your problem is your drug company. you should definitely file a complaint. the " reid report." joy reid is the host. thank you, ms. reid. from confessions of liberals only. who do you think best represents your views? is happening this weekend, live at 10:10 eastern time following this show. rick perry, mike huckabee, rand paul, grover norquist. then carson tomorrow.

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provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. 5 202 is the area code, 85-3880. who best represents your views? (202) 585-3881 if you are a liberal and live in the mountains/pacific time zone. we want to hear from you. this tweet, "joe biden is my pick." politico is reporting on a letter to ralph nader sent to bernie sanders. offering some advice for senator bernie sanders as he weighs a presidential bid. stop going it alone.

nader urged attentional longshot candidate sanders to change the way he does business in the senate and to fill his " unfulfilled potential." nader wrote the vermont independent. without networking there are no strategies beyond speeches and amendments that go nowhere, an occasional hearing where you quitestion witnesses. a nader aide confirmed the letter sent to the senator who says he is "prepared to run for president and an unconventional campaign." who is aas, progressive that represents your views? caller: the president of the

united states. thereason being, a, republican party seems to be out of touch. mainstream middle america. also, i look at what is going on in congress. the president proposed a jobs bill in his first term -- nothing. the second term -- nothing. i look at all he has put out. the republicans want to talk about benghazi, the irs. instead of getting down to the real issues. jobs. the middle class. issa, at what chairman the disrespect he did. i look at ted nugent. we are such a divided country. let's look at doing for the american people.

regardless of party, ok. at the american people. a house divided will not stand. bottom line. host: we got the point and we will move on to valerie in the washington area, from dulles, virginia. caller: hi. my first caller stole thunder, president obama. since he is not running -- host: what is it that you agree with? caller: the things he stands up for. of theeflected by most people in this country, that is why he was reelected twice. i do have a question to c-span. theou are covering conservative meeting that is liberal orw, the

progressive counter to -- host: when is net roots meeting? have we covered it in the past? i think we have. caller: will you be covering it this year. host: it is this summer, chances are we will. that is valerie in dulles. in south carolina. who is the progressive that represents your views? caller: rand paul. host: i will have to hang up on you -- caller: why did you just let her say obama? liberals only during this segment. we are asking progressives and liberals now, we asked conservatives earlier. you cannot make the argument rand paul is going to be your

guy and that you are a liberal political person. in chico, california. caller: how are you? i am a big fan of c-span and about last guest. i am a big msnbc fan. in terms of my favorite candidates right now i am still a strong barack obama fan. host: why? caller: i stand behind him on everything he has ever done. host: why? caller: he came in there with a good, progressive, and logical candidacy. what he has tried to do has been terrific. of thebig supporter

affordable care act. and everything else he has tried to do. host: why do you consider yourself a progressive or liberal? what term do you use? caller: i tend to use liberal when i am out talking with my friends. would use that because i was brought up in a christian my father and mother were very progressive. in the 1960's. my father was a minister in the south. he was way beyond his time when it came to civil rights and such. for example, when the black panthers marched through our town to demonstrate the civil rights movement, my dad had me and my brothers stand out in the front yard and shake these guys' hands.

we were the only family in town that did that. he was the only minister in our invited african american ministers to preach in his church. and thatings like that taught me from a very young age to be very open-minded, to be progressive in my thinking. of equalityeliever for all people. and i am also gay. whatlly support obama and he has done in lgbt communities. i am hoping that joe biden same in 2016. host: are you a fan of hillary clinton? caller: i am.

what i really like joe biden. biden, depends on whether hillary clinton is running. host: where is chico, caller: north of sacramento. host: a couple tweets. reich." warren like senator and cory booker." from michigan. who is a progressive who represents your views? caller: right now, obama. if anybody were to run i hope hillary runs. host: why? theer: i want to continue

progress of fighting for the middle class. what obama has been going through, he is the most disrespected president ever. that he has done a lot and tried a lot. as much as he possibly can with the congress he has. of -- i do not believe in what the republican party stands for right now and what they are trying to do in other states. how they want to control everything. host: thank you very much. very long article on the face behind bitcoin. this is being played out, a lot of different players taking this .rticle she found the originator of

bitcoin. "the new york times" has a picture of the man some say who is the creator of bitcoin. satoshie is dorian nakamoto. it all goes back to the newsweek article, you can find it at newsweek.com. jeff in michigan. good morning. caller: hi. iwould say i am a centrist, lean towards the democrat side. on the leftople complained about the tea party all the time. while i agree with senator sanders or elizabeth warren, i believe joe biden would be the perfect pick. he can get things done.

if you are too far to the left or right, how are you going to meet in the middle? i am 23, i do not know if it is because i was not paying attention when hillary clinton was around. i would much rather see joe biden. maybe because i am not a woman. joe biden seems like someone who can go in there and get something done. i wish i was alive during the 1990's when newt gingrich and bill clinton worked together. that is how politics should work. int: what do you do michigan? caller: i work at a small factory and i am in a community college. host: where is brooklyn, michigan? caller: 1.5 hours away from detroit. more towards toledo. small village. host: what do you manufacture? caller: we manufacture parts for

cars like the ignition switch is. little things, nothing big. i guess i would love to reminisce on the days of ronald reagan and tip o'neill and things like that. get anything done if everyone is too far to the left and too far to the right. most cable and america are centrists if you look at polls. call me crazy. host: thank you. ernest is calling from arizona. good morning, you are on c-span. caller: thank god for c-span. you one thing -- president obama and joe biden are the best things since sliced bread. i would love to see a ticket out of the democratic party with hillary and elizabeth warren on there.

come inlike to see them here and clean up wall street and get this stuff back on track. we have lost all our tax money on wall street. we battered be getting someone -- we better be getting someone to put regulations on the bankers. and leave mainstream bankers alone. thank you. belt: republican spin weak la on obama but failed to offer ideas. a cautious approach when it comes to crimea and the ukraine. the headline in that article. this is from "usa today." pentagon reads putin's lips and rest of body. studying the body movements of world leaders to predict their actions and guide policy.

u.s. policymakers try to anticipate actions by putin, who has ordered troops into ukraine and laid claim to the crimean peninsula coming leading to sanctions against russia. back to the body leads project. the office has backed the work of the director of body leads and a research fellow at the naval war college since 1996. about $300,000 to experts. the work includes a 2008 report for the office of net assessment

"movement, the brain, and decision-making." she acknowledged her work on putin but declined to comment. next call from our progressive audience. indiana. who is a political liberal who represents your views? caller: bernie sanders. i think he is a fighter for the middle class. i think bernie sanders has a backbone about him. he is not a wall street person like hillary clinton might be and like barack obama is. on the wall street deal, there has not been a person criminally charged. i remember when the savings and loan debacle hit.

there were over 700 criminal charges prosecuted. i believe hillary clinton and the regular establishment is getting too much money from wall street. therefore, they will do nothing about wall street. this countryught to its knees and they ought to be held accountable. host: where is linton, indiana? caller: about 38 miles south of terre haute. host: southwest indiana. what do you do? caller: i am retired. i am retired from ge. is that i i retired was forced into retirement at age 59. agreements,d trade the north american free trade agreement, nafta.

like ross perot said, the suckin g sound. i worked at a factory employing almost 4000 people. now that plant is employing about 400. i am 69 now. host: rodney in linton, indiana. tweeting in. idea oful represents my progressiveness." from "the washington post." strong support for moving keystone. americans support the idea of constructing the keystone xl pipeline between canada and the u.s. by a nearly 3 to 1 margin with 65% saying it should be approved, 20 two percent opposed. that is a new washington

post-abc news poll. the public thinks the projec t, which would ship oil to refineries on the gulf coast, will produce economic benefits. that is reported in "the washington post. rita from oregon. caller: hi. i wanted to say that i really support bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. it looks to me like a republicans are trying to do to slaveddle class what the masters did to the slave. they take away their vote, their money, and they're right to

organize. then you'd get them down to where they will work for a bowl of rice a day. we better start electing more democrats if we do not want that to happen. host: how long have you been a democrat? caller: all my life, i grew up in connecticut. host: why have you been a democrat? caller: they fight for the working people. that is what my family was. my father was a fisherman, not an easy life. he went to truck driving. host: what have you done for a living? caller: i have six kids. now we are down to great grandkids. at a small hospital here for 23 years. lebanon. my husband was 20 years in the navy. he has done numerous jobs since he got out of the navy. host: rita in lebanon, oregon.

dan from richmond, virginia. go ahead. my team to getr together and realize the president has failed us. we need to move on and go with hillary. host: you think president obama has failed you? caller: he has made us look really stupid. he has been really incompetent. andas taken our ideas ruined them. we need to move on. host: what is an issue the president has disappointed you on? employment. the idea of the keystone, he needs to go with it. host: are you active in the democratic party in virginia? caller: yeah. i voted for him twice. to thegiven money democratic candidates. not the party itself. host: what do you think of your

new governor? caller: he is great. he is reaching across the aisle and getting stuff done. host: dan in richmond, thank you for calling in. front page of "usa today." a story about sxsw. how south by southwest put itself on the map. it is growing in austin, texas. it talks about the founder. a 31-year-old proofreader for an alternative newspaper who persuaded his bosses to put on a local music festival. that is that drew 700 people and has mushroomed into sxsw, one of the largest and most influential gatherings on the planet. for 9rts today and runs austin, likely to draw

more than 70,000 enthusiasts to austin. clintonces by chelsea as well as edward snowden. and wikileaks founder julian assange. both via satellite from undisclosed location. an austin native who dropped out of ut said he always thought the gathering could grow into something meaningful but never imagine the heights it would reach. from "usa today." chris from oregon. where is prineville, oregon? insecurity, i am 63. -- i am in security, i am 63. right in the middle of the map.

i am nervous. host: in the middle, close to bend? caller: it is very pretty, come visit us. host: when you say you are in security, what does that mean? caller: i secure area businesses. host: you manage money? caller: i am in security as far as protecting places. host: oh, security security. i apologize. who is your progressive? caller: i really like our president. host: why? has been battling the republican party since they took control. hatred they have against him has just never been seen in the history of my country. i am saddened.

it all started with when he was up in front of congress and the man started yelling you are a liar. i just think it is sad that they have to be that hateful. boggles my mind, the hate that the republican party has for the american people. and the president of the united states. the poor do not want to do anything. the guy mentioned he has not done any jobs, he cannot do any jobs without having the congress to help him out. they are not going to do it because they do not want to help him out. host: thank you for calling in, hope to hear back from you and prineville, oregon. warren mostenator closely aligns with my values." schweitzerbrian

and elizabeth warren." sanders, do you think he could give hillary a run for her money?" vic, from crystal lake, illinois. turn down the volume on your tv and start talking into the phone. caller: ok. let's talk about bernie sanders. he is my progressive politician. host: why? caller: he tells the truth. lineink along the same that i do. let's talk about outsourcing, ok? i was in nam, ok? the amount -- vietnam. i had a buddy in the pentagon. in the early days of iraq, i call him up and say what is

going on in iraq? he said bush, cheney, and rumsfeld had a meeting with general franks. he said he needs more troops. nobody is joining the volunteer army. that is when the outsourcing really started. host: all right, that -- 80% of if you talk to the guys that volunteered -- they could not find a job. that is the entire problem. the outsourcing -- host: thank you for calling in. thank you for participating this morning. tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. on is 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors all weekend long. 8:00 a.m. that begins on c-span2. american history tv, 48 hours of american history.

all weekend long on c-span3. thank you for being with us. have a good weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] ♪ >> a look at february job numbers released this morning. the unemployment rate did rise to six point seven percent, employers added 175,000 jobs. the associated press writing that hiring stepped up last month despite the weather, renewing hopes the economy will improve. a surprise after reports showed

harsh weather had closed factories and slowing home sales. month.ease in wages last the report suggests employers are confident consumer spending will pick up and coming months. that is from the associated press. john boehner reacted to this morning's jobs report saying "it is good news that more americans found work. there are far too many asking the question where are the jobs? more thanbeen waiting five years for an answer from this president. all he has offered is a disastrous health law." 10 minutes,t continuing coverage of the conservative political action conference, cpac. speakers include mike huckabee, rick santorum, and kentucky senator rand paul. at 10:10oin in live eastern on c-span. we will look for your thoughts and comments on