a very small number of judges that routinely feeds clerks to the court. for a person of color to get into that pool, there are so ity obstacles to that that becomes a real problem. and it hurts. percentage of diverse law clerks is so important. experience, ilife saw things that others did not see. >> c-span's q&a at 8:00 sunday night. morning, wall street journal reporter eric looks at the november jobs report. and then, the times corresponded talks about the growing reliance of the u.s. military on the elite special operations forces. d talkser, dr. gella

about the potential cvs and at no merger. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: good morning. it's saturday, december 9, 2017, the end of a week where several members of congress face newly allegations-of-sexual harassment and al franken and trent franks announced their resonations -- resignations of claims over the conduct. and-time "time" magazine's women of the year cover is those who came forward to tell their stories of harassment by powerful men in government and industry. but women's rights advocates caution that the caution me too movement will produce little change unless more women are in positions of power, including

more women being elected to political offices. but today, we're asking our "washington journal" viewers why aren't there more women in politics? publicans can call 202-748-8001. mocrats, 202-748-8000, and independents, 202-748-8002. you can also reach us on social media, on twitter at twitter.com/cspanwj and on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. and the center for american women in politics has some numbers about how many women there are currently are in public office. says totally, it breaks it down on the federal side. the federal executive, there's seven people in cabinets and in cabinet level positions have been women. on the u.s. supreme court, there are three justices who are women. and in congress, there's 105 out of 535 seats. 21 in the senate and 84 in the

house. on the stateside, about 1,800 women of the more than 7,000 seats and are state houses across the country, 445 in state senate seats, while 1,300 in 1997 in state house seats showing women are far from -- reached far from parity when it comes to elected offices. let's take a look at what kirsten gillibrand of new york said of "politico"'s fifth annual williams rule summit. the reason why she wants to see more women elected. >> so i prefer democratic women, but it's really important to have all women represented in congress because every time i pass a strong bill, a bipartisan bill, it's been a strong republican woman helping me.

whether it was don't ask don't collins, with susan the 9/11 health bill, it was olympia snow and susan collins in the back room because then republicans will need to vote for it. bu when we voted last year to make it permanent, again, it was women co-sponsoring the bill helping me to get the majority behind the bill and passion it again unanimous limit so it's those women, democrats and republicans who sometimes bring their unique skills to the table. women sometimes are very good at listening, sometimes are very good at finding that common ground and bringing people together to build bipartisan solutions from that. so even near times, a study that published a year ago that say women in the senate have spornsd more bipartisan legislation and passed more bipartisan legislation. so it really is. we can be more productive because of this interesting

getting things done. and i've just silent. we have these dinners every couple of months together and we meet as women first, as mother, as daughters, as sisters and talk about each or's lives and it instills in us the desire to get things done, to work together, and that we can have successes together. and i like parity in congress, in all calls of power. host: and pat is on our democratic line from allen dale, south carolina. ood morning. caller: good morning. i think the reason why women haven't been in politics because they just thought now. they just starting to use their voices. and so but i think they're going it too fast. what are do you mean too fast? caller: because it is -- it's going to be sooner or later, they're going to have to shut up

because they're just going too. you got to take things slow. and i don't think they realize that yet. it's like with this congress ladies that just started speaking out. they say she trying to run for president. so she's going to step on everybody that she can to get where she want to be. and that's what i mean by women are going too fast. but i would love for everybody to read revelation chapter 12 , 13 and pecially 135 16. thank you. host: all right. charlesst charles is on the republican line from jasper, indiana. charles, why don't you think there aren't more women in politics? caller: well i don't know the reason for that but i think there should be. because i see more and more women school superintendents and they're doing an excellent job. so i think there should be more

-- more ladies in the congress. i think it would make a great, great difference. host: so why -- do you think it's harder for women to get elected? or do you think it's a matter of trying to encourage more women to run for office? caller: well, i don't know what it is, but i just know that if more women would be in congress, it would improve it 150% because i think women can agree better than men do. host: ok. in today's "washington post," a column points out that asked the question is the women's movement currently a movement or just a moment that she clues by saying moments turn into movements. imperative events that have lasting. effects only when they begin to take clear precedence.

only when other priorities are set aside to honor them. we can tell that this is happening when the consequences for not prioritizing the movement's demands are unequivocal and inescapable. clearly, that isn't the case within the republican party's leadership apparatus but what about the voters? -- host: let's take a look at what a report said when she was comparing the number of women in office today as compared to in 1992. >> we saw in 1992, a record number of women win. more women were elected that year than at any point in history, which was a whopping 24

women in the house and five women in the senate. but what we forget that year, what we talk a lot about it being and a reaction to anita hill, 1992 had a couple of things that this year does not have. it was a redistributing year. so there were a lot of new seats. and there was a huge scandal, which was the house bank scandal that year when we learned that many members of congress just overdrew their accounts by a lot . and then they got to hide that fact. my favorite wasn't just that they would do that. many of the men would say, you know, my wife, i don't know. [laughter] >> you know women. they just spend the money. i don't know where it goes. so not only did you have a record number of women win, you had a record freshmen class in

1992. this year, you don't have those two factors although some of the scandals, the sexual harassment scandals, but i do think -- >> different kind of house bank. >> different kind of house bank. you do have an energy though that feels similar to 1992 in that the sort of boiling of energy from women voters. and we've always seen a gender gap. democrats doing better among women than republicans do. but when you see the favorability gap between how men and women view donald trump, it is quite striking. host: what do you think, tony? caller: good morning. i think that it should be more women and the reason why, i think women are better with managing money than men. i truly believe that it was more women in congress, we wouldn't have no different.

-- deficit. i truly believe that. because just in my relationship with my wife, i mean, if i go shopping, i come back broke. when she goes shopping, she has thee or four extra bags and got money left. so i just truly believe that women are better with money than men and that's my opinion. thank you. host: well, why do you think there aren't more women in politics? do you think that it's harder for them to run? caller: well, it's just like -- it's just like men. men are controlling. and the thing is, the thing is, men want to run everything. that's how -- you know, men want to be in charge. it's just a macho thing. it's a macho thing. and it's starting to get better though with a lot of men, you know? i had that same problem. you know, like you want to run the house and you want to, you know, you want to tell but you got to include your females in

everything to progress. and that's just my opinion. host: ok. caller: but i truly believe that women are better with money than men. host: ok. "newsweek" ask the question as to whether the ouster of lawmakers like al franken will lead to change and more women in congress. ays some people are skeptical. tony says she's skeptical about calling out the ousting of a couple of congressman in congress and institution whose internal policies have long kept victims of sexual misconduct ilent -- host: steve is on the line, our democratic line from

philadelphia. good morning, steve. caller: yes. inhink what's going on today politics for women, it's hard for them to get in because of the gender gap and all that. but as for al franken, i think that he's being a bit railroaded here because he admitted to the first accusation and he apologized over and over again. they en after that, started to pile up all this stuff that i don't believe that happened. ok? because the women democrats came out against him and made a big announcement. now, i want to know why. the women democrats didn't come out and testify against roy moore and make that statement and they're not going to take

them anymore. instead, they threw their own under the bus and they're not sticking together. although we as a democratic party stick together and protect our own after they apologize, even before he was senator, this was before. and the others that are unnamed sources. so there's no proof that he should face his accusers, go through the process. going through the system of congress -- host: let me ask you this. the women that stepped down have been critical of roy moore. they said we want to have a zero tolerance policy here in order to separate themselves from republicans who don't necessarily call on their members to step down or even the president has faced his own allegations. so do you think that the democrats need to have a zero

tolerance policy to maintain a high ground here? caller: well, i understand what it's trying to say, but more of a political thing that's going on here. we're the better party than them, we're better than thou. it's a question of, you know, who is going to take care of the american people and put social security, medicare and other things that we pay and not being taken away and tax breaks -- it can't keep on going on line this. one more point. i think every friday, the democratic party should come town the capitol steps, senators and house members, arm in arm

and show unity and strength and say we are not going to take it anymore. that's how they will get back the house and the people's trust. host: ok. donnie is on the independent line from cleveland. good morning, johnny. caller: good morning. how are you? host: i'm good. caller: good. just my person opinion on a professional level, it's the -- of women have to be measured the same way that men are measured when they handle politics. also, the fact that women are being banned and barred by men and by their own constituents or blackballed. on a personal level, women run the higher risk of not having a viable mate or companion and also they have to sacrifice as far as their children. so they're saying it's a whole lot bigger than what happened with susan b. anthony and the

movement. o there's just a lot of sexist innuendo that has to come down and until we deal with those issues, especially where a male perspective. host: well, johnny, how do we deal with those issues? what are the solution to the issues that you laid out? caller: i believe that men have to come forward and say that we need to stop doing this. this power, this ancient, this waning power structure is beginning to fade. it's an ancient dinosaur. and we can't do things like we did in the medieval ages. rim are being champion in our churches, they're being champion in our communities. they're becoming our comrades in law enforcement and military. so men have to begin this long game but we have to began this action to began to talk about how to stop doing these things to our females, our communist party because of this.

look what they did to sarah pair lynn. they began to tore down. anita hill is just now getting her due so much years after clarence thomas was elected. now suddenly she's become this voice of sexual harassment. and so until men begin to take the responsibility, i wish it could be done in a healthy way without so many men being charged and attacked, but let's be real. a lot of this has to to with the sexual assault. maybe the innuendos can go away but men don't see women as viable counterparts when it comes to positions of power. host: ok. and in some other headlines todayen "the washington post" has the latest on cram trent franks, the republican of arizona. offered a female staff member $5 million if she would bear his child. said a woman who helped bring the matter to the attention of

house leaders, prompting franks' immediate resignation friday. angela says she encouraged the franks sade who -- aide who had left the turfs bring the story to the attention to house republican leadership and was present when the aide was interviewed last week by house lawyers. congressman franks stepped down after house speaker paul ryan said that that conduct was unacceptable. danny is calling in from long view, texas, on our republican line. hi, danny. caller: hi, good morning. host: what do you think? why are there so few women in elected offices compared to men? caller: i think mainly because they don't run. personally, i would vote for one if they ran, if it was somebody i thought was a good candidate and had a good platform. host: why don't you think they run? why are women reluctant to run?

caller: mostly because of our judo christian background in this country where the woman's place is in the home. there's still a lot of home moms. and women have always been overpowered by men. this goes all the way long way back before this country ever existed. men were the aggressor. women stayed home and raised the family. and until, actually, until the turn of this past century and the suffragettes across the country and across the world, women were suppressed. hey had no vote. it's basically, it was male suppression which is wrong. i don't agree wit at all time. i'm a staunch conservative and a republican and i'm a catholic. and i believe in my heart that women should be in government because if we had a split of 50/50 between men and women in

washington today, i don't think we would be having all this infighting that's going on between the two parties. i call myself a conservative. and that being said, i'm a veteran. i've been married 50 years. my wife works, but she stayed home for 17 years and raised my children until they graduate high school. and then when they did and to get out on their own to to to college or whatever they wanted to do, then she went back to work. i had no problem with her working at all. it's just that she stayed home and raised my family. and my children are exceptional children because of it today. that and their faith in god. that's the thing. now, women, if they'll go -- if they're through raising their families and they don't have the

responsibility of children at home, then i think they need to go into government. i think they need to do it on the local, state, they need to go on the federal and let's get a split, 50/50 and they'll stop this fighting. and people need to stop call each other republicans and democrats and quit fighting amongst ourselves. this is a great nation. i fought for this country. this country is -- there's nobody like it. never has been and never will be again. we've got to quit suppressing ourselves by fighting within ourselves. host: ok. josh is calling on our independent line from norfolk, virginia. josh, why don't you think there are more women in politics? caller: my opinion is that most women don't have an interest in politics. i know i watch c-span. i watch the news. i listen to politics in the car. and my girlfriend can't stand it. so that's what i think. i think women don't really show an interest in politics. so they don't want to run.

they tone want to be involved in -- they don't want to be involved in government. host: and do you think more women should be encouraged to talk an -- taken a interest and run for office? caller: i do. i think everybody should be involved in politics because what they vote on every single day is what controls our lives in this country. so i think everybody should follow politics. host: ok. and role call has a story about another member of congress facing allegations of sexual harassment. it says that the treasury a artment paid a $220,000 in previously undies closed agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment that nvolved a florida democrat alcee l. hastings. that document said the

congressman touched her, made unwanted sexual advances and threatened her job at the time. he was chairman on security and cooperation in europe where packer worked. hastings called parker's -- packer's charges ludicrous. roy is calling from memphis from our democratic line. roy, what do you think? caller: well, i think women have a softer side to them or whatever like that, you know, say for taking care of the family at home and they're not taken so seriously in high competitive jobs just in the u.s. or whatever or high offices because they have so much responsibility. once they become married or have children or whatever like that. i agree with the other caller. if they have children or whatever like that, if they have all their children taken care of

or whatever and was able to put them in daycare or something a e that and be able to have stable life and substitute. don't have too much esponsibility. don't overwhelm them -- [indiscernible] the other gentleman was like i just want to say also that, you know, you were saying it's on the government. you were saying they expect you to do certain things. but i just want to ask you one question. what would you do if you was a an that -- like i have as administrator and had sciences put in your body that controls your limbs and mind capability -- your ability to talk [indiscernible] host: ok. bob is calling in from kings

port, tennessee. bob, why don't you think there are more women in politics today? caller: probably because, number one, you know, you got different settings for women that run than for the men and it's easier for the men to get in because the women, they're busy taking care of the family hike the other gentleman said and plus, you know, there's different rules and laws because the guys can commit, you know, sexual advances and then pay their way out. but, you know, it's just a bunch f garbage up there in d.c. host: well, bob, women do have a disproportionate responsibility when it comes to child rearing and stuff like that but we've had women who have run for office, even high office, jalen

was a hillary clinton woman, sarah palin, elizabeth dome. women have been trying to one these high offices but it seems a lot tougher for them to win. caller: well, you got tell me that they're going to do things and then they don't do it. you take marcia cap for the in ohio. she goes to bat for the people nd i got to give her credit. she was for the people. and i got to give her credit for that. and someone who loses all their e-mails and stuff? it's just not right. host: ok. let's take a look at what

phyllis henderson, a state representative from south carolina said one of the biggest problems women face when running for office. >> i think that women need to understand that you just need to step up. but i think one of the other big challenges is fundraising and money. we don't have the networks that men do to tap into for money. and i will say this. if i don't have an opportunity to speak again. one of the best things if y'all don't run is write a check for somebody who is and work. that's the biggest thing women have is fundraising. i have been fortunate that i'm good at it and i like it. but a lot of women candidates aren't. and that's very difficult. republicans or democrats. but we do have a lot of challenges. that's why i stay involved with organizations and help women in government, in order to help republican women run and to be

that we have to have all kinds of women conservatives, you know, and democrats and republicans that have us all represented at the table and have a voice in helping to make things happen and making a difference. host: all right. dave is on our independent line from springfield, missouri. dave, what do you think? caller: i echo that. it's about the money and politics. it's easier, i feel, for males to secure the funding in fundraise to run for political office. especially on the national level. but even on local and state levels. you know, personally, i feel if we switched to publicly funded campaigns or, you know, through taxpayer funding and got away from private funding campaigns, we might have a greater percentage of females in office. host: yeah. in "newsweek," former president barack obama said called for more women to run for office saying that men, "seem to be

having some problems." the piece say former president barack obama said more women should be in power since men are struggling to get the job done, referring to the increasing number of powerful men who have been accused of sexual assault nd harassment. -- host: dennis is on the line calling from west chester, new york. i pushed the wrong line but there you are, dennis. what do you think? caller: well, before i start answering your question, i lieve that why there are not

-- or much more women than is because they won't run against a machine that will just drive them down. even men are -- who are not part of the establishment and i could speak from this from experience. -- 000, i ran for [indiscernible] . i was a theater. biggest thing was education. but before i was a teacher, i and i was on ve two fortune 500 firms and i went on public access tv. every week delivering my essage, all right? before i had the signature and

everything which i quadrupled the requirement at the end, but before i did, i was leading the poll by 25 points. all right? and i was called by the republican party and the state minority leader to drop out of the race, telling me it's not my time. host: and do you think that's -- caller: you get a party funded the next time around. host: do you think that's what's happening to women? caller: and i'm a man. and i'm a man. for a woman, it must be much, much harder unless she has political office already. all right? and those are the ones, all right? and i have a ph.d., three nba's. i traveled all around the world with the state department and

verything. the women today have a great -- i would love to see more women today. whether i agree or disagree with their politics, as long as they're smart with their politics, then i know what they're talking about. host: and a couple of tweets from our callers weighing in on this issue with donna russell westbrook weighing in. pointing out that not every place has a problem electing women. new hampshire has two women. in the u.s. senate, both senators are women and the house. a tweet from jill lewis says sexism like racism is a system of oppression. there are more women in politics because men don't want them there. timothy is calling in from west virginia on our independent line. good morning, timothy. caller: good morning. host: and what do you think?

caller: well, there was a bias from the foundation of our nation to begin with, our founding fathers were all male since women were not allowed to play a role in politics. some of those issues are still evident today. for example, the -- masons. many politicians were involved with that group as well as judges and attorneys and influential business owners and other influential members of society. so women are still at a disadvantage. they still in many ways, in many regards are expected to take a subservient role to men. host: and what do you think that there are any solutions to that? it's sort of fight against that institution that's been created that favors men? caller: what it boils down is to the way we raise, our children. there's been poor efforts on the government's part in the way of

quota systems and laws created to equalize that in a sense. however, the reason i say poor is because it's not the lack of laws that we have. the laws, as long as they're written to be equally distributed regardless of race, religion, color, anything like that. so long as they're enforced, then the scale will eventually balance out, provided that we raise, you know, new generations to sync -- think of women in terms of ekity. -- equality. however, those in power like to stay in the position of power. those in power rarely want to relinquish their power. the it stands now workforce is controlled by males. host: ok. and we are talking to viewers asking you why aren't there more women in politics? getting your views on it.

again, republicans can call 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. and while we wait to take more of your calls, we're going to look at some other headlines this morning on the front page of the "new york times." says the official count of the storm's toll in puerto rico appears short. says homes were flattened. power was knocked out. hospitals barely functioned. even so, after hurricane maria devastated puerto rico, the government reported the relatively low death toll. now, review by the "new york times" of daily mortality data from puerto rico's vital statistics bureau indicates a significantly higher number of deaths after the hurricane than the government there has acknowledged. analyst -- analysis said --

host: joyce on the democratic line from jacksonville, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. host: and why don't you think -- caller: i don't think you're going to like my call or not because i feel women are not in politics because i didn't like the way they did those guys. due process is what i believe in. you just don't storm in behind the e and push them out of office. it was wrong. even though women have been wronged both through the process, it's just wrong. they've done this to minorities forever. they do that.

and now you have a group of women, because they're in the house of representatives or whatever -- i mean, the senate, they just surrounded these guys and i'm not saying that the women are innocent or guilty of it. i would have loveed because i've been following politics since the 1960's and i've been working on campaigns, ringing door bells, calling, writing letters, signing petitions, doing the whole work. i'm for issues. because i have seen women who take the same stand as a man and i've seen them in positions that men hold and they begin to act like -- this is a stereotype too, the behavior of men. and what i saw, a group of women really pushing people out. i saw a group of people doing that in a classroom, if you saw a group of kids doing that to another person in the class, it's not right. you take people through the process. and i hope he writes his name --

people will write his name in and or he will run again. he was an excellent -- a strong democratic leaders on the one -- host: you're talking about senator franken? caller: yes. franken and -- what was the other guy's name? conyers. and i saw that as political manipulation to get the strong democratic people out of office because they know that the impeachment is coming and nobody is looking underneath all of this stuff. you don't look underneath. you just look at the tip, the to there's a lot more to politics. while all this is going on, what is going on in congress? what are they passing? host: joyce, i want to ask you one question. wouldn't it be perhaps better to have people run? i mean, you're democrat. encourage democrat who don't have these allegations lodged against them so they can hold office? is it more important to have a party member that you want or to have a congress that is free of

people who have -- who have claims of sexual harassment against them? caller: you say claims. see, it hasn't been proven. i like due process. even nancy pelosi said before she knew that he was going to resign that he was an icon. and he was entitled to due process. when i taught in schools, i taught kids that. in the process, you go through. and here, you have a vigilante -- no, i won't say that. but it was like -- they were pushing this man, both of them. host: ok. all right. john is calling in from houston on our independent line. john, what do you think? why aren't there more women in politics? caller: there aren't women in picks because white women have always been taught to vote against theirself interests. the suffragettes got through what the 1920's and before they got the vote, they used to carry

around signs that said you can't treat us like niggers. the bottom line is this. 53%, 58% of white women voted for donald trump and now like the lady just said before. they're riding like the ku klux klan and the birth of the nation movement without their men and getting people out of office but they're not ride on the republicans. it's not the republican party. it's a republican klan parties. if they were counting on people like roy moore. host: all right some other headlines today. the "new york times" report that's justice department is investing fetal tissue transfers as the justice department appears to be laying on the groundwork for the forever fetal by abortion providers pick up where several republican-led inquiries in congress have dropped off last year --

host: the letter did not name planned parenthood or other groups but did not give what the work was. liz is calling in from california on our republican line. liz, why aren't there more women in politics? caller: well, i think there are more women in politics because women are too smart and too sensible and we have our own talents and skills. as far as why aren't there more men stay-at-home moms? why aren't there more men social workers? i, myself, am a retired

psychiatric social worker. i didn't have to be encouraged to go into that field. and this has been going on now from progresses. -- progressives. why aren't more women en masse? -- in math? why. there more women in science? well, we're different. there are plenty of women in math and science but not a large we're justus because not inclined -- we are different than men. as far as i'm concerned, most politicians, either they're really good ones, they have a certain amount of aggressiveness, narcissism. in order to be in politics, you have to want to get out there and play in the dirt and make speeches about how wonderful you are and how smart you are.

i mean, why aren't there more women composers? they encourage women to do what they want and most women just on't want to go into politics. i raised two children and then i had a career to -- in social work. i have grandchildren, three great grandchildren. and this is -- i don't think the question is even valid. so, i don't need to be rude but that's my take. host: all right. darrell is from our democratic line from ohio. cheryl, what do you think? caller: i think the lady that just spoke just now hit it pretty well right there with that. i think it is kind of a silly question in a way.

i get what she's saying. and social work does have a lot more women and rarely at men and they're better at it than social work. i think we care enough about life in general. we don't have to have one thing we're laser focused on. we're not that selfish, like she said, nar civic. we're not like that. we're not built that way nor should we be. but if you have that desire to be in politics, i don't think it could be anything to stop you. i really don't. if you're good at it, i think you don't need to look them out. this sexual harassment thing is really ruining everything. we're judging everybody before there was no due prosms they're judging people what they said about them and we're kicking them out and it's scaring me that we're doing that to people. when something happens to you, you report it right then and now. you don't wait until 10 years down the road and 20 of them all of a sudden got around one person said you did this to me. i would say it happens when it

happens, regardless with diself-respect, i would. it scares me that women are going to put as this victim style over sexual harassment when we're really trying to walk over him and get over the top on our own merit. i think that whatever you desire in your heart is what you can do. i don't think anything can stop us. we don't have to talk about it and we don't have to claim victimhood to get to where we want. women are stronger than men. we know that. that's a gimme. but i think that we are really going over the top here. we can be political without going into congress. i don't know why anybody in their right mind would want to do it. even with the right intentions when they get there. pretty soon, their waters get pretty muddy. so i just think have children. i'm proud of the four i put into vomplete proud of them. so i put a lot of my heart and soul into that and i don't have any regrets about that. but i think that your heart

desires to be there. i think there should be more women politicians. not very many. it's hard to be on the lower level to get in as a woman. it's desperate start. it's mostly all men. host: the "new york times" reports one of donald trump's key policy advisors is stepping down. dena h. powell, the deputy national security adviser to president trump and one of the most influential women in the trump administration will step down early next year. she has been involved in an array of foreign policy issues during the last year during mr. trump's effort to broker peace abroad --

host: dana is calling on our line from texas on our independent line. dana what, do you think? why aren't there more women in politics? caller: well, first of all, i think that we're getting there. feel that there's been this progression from the 1970's when we get started with the female revolution and everything where we started getting into politics. we started getting into office and everything. i think that if women had been given this opportunity at the beginning of the founding of the nation, that we would be there with all the men. we would be as many, if not more, because women do get things done. i mean, we're the ones that pay the bills and we are the ones that take care of the family. and we are the ones that go to work. and, you know, i don't hear

these people that are calling in saying, you know, i'm a man and i take care of my children just as much as my wife does. host: well, dana, you anticipated my question for you, is that do you think that shifting that dynamic will change things? i personally know a couple of people who where the husband stays home and is raising the children and while they're in school age and the woman is working. do you think we need more of that? caller: well, yes, i do. for one, i am the breadwinner in my family. but at this point, it's like we started in the 1970's. we didn't start in the 1770's. we started in the 1970's, getting women into politics. it's going to be a progression. we're going to get there. we're going to get there where we're holding as many seats as the men, if not more. i truly believe that. we are the ones that do wield the power because we do know how to get things done. we do it in the home. we do it in the office. and we can do it in congress as

well. host: ok. caller: but we will have a woman president at some point. host: ok. and some other headlines. the "washington examiner" reports that republicans have an ambitious agendaer in only 10 days to get it done. republicans have left themselves 10 days to complete an ambitious end of year agenda including tax reform, government spending and several other must-do bills. lawmakers will begin tax reform negotiations in earnest now that republican leaders have named members to serve on a conference committee that will work out difference between the house and senate tax legislation. -- kevin mccarthy added an extra week to the house schedule presumably to consider a compromise tax bill. randy is on the line from

kentucky on independent line. randy, why don't you think there politics? men in caller: well, women worked themselves into a big pick until my lifetime. they go to work to keep up with other people's children. they have to go to work with all the illegals and all the poor that are having children. they will stay at home and deal with their children. so the more intelligent, more affluent women are out working their butts off while these poor children and the not so tent children. so you're going to have to get yourself in gears and start having a little bit a few more babies out there so we can have a better nation and a more intelligent nation. and let's just look at the no men and education -- less than 9% of all teachers in america are male.

it's just incredible at the direction that our country is going. host: ok. mary is calling from garden city, michigan, on our democratic line. mary, what do you think? caller: yes. this needs to be said. this is my first -- i'm a first-time caller, first time i got through, ok? this really needs to be said. all right? look at what happened to hillary clinton, ok? why do you think women don't run? why? why? because what they did hillary clinton. they crewsfied this woman emotionally. she was a smart woman. she is the best, ok? she would have been the best resident we've ever had. she won the election, ok? people, they have cut her down, the media, they have never stepped up for her. the media had never had her back. her fellow democrats have not had her back. and bernie sanders?

oh, college for everybody, huh? we can't even get health insurance for everybody. this is why women -- no one had the courage to to what hillary clinton did, ok? she's a good woman. she's been dragged down. i think people need to look at themselves and pull their big border out of their own eye before they worry about the little speck in her eye. host: ok. v.j. is on our republican line. v.j., why do you think there aren't more women in politics? caller: good morning and thank you for letting me on this topic. from the family that i am from is full of a strong one. there's a lot of women in my family that are supportive of their men. most women that are strong women, even in politics or that you see walking around today, they like playing the supportive role better. i think the same member in my family -- [indiscernible]

they still believe that it's a n's world and a woman can -- can't get away with what a man can get away with. even though they know they can do a lot of good, but a lot of times, they feel like their role is to support and not to lead. they can lead, but they may not want to lead. i don't know. but some of the women that are strong and successful, they don't really get -- i see lot of women on the workforce today that are calling the shots. i mean, i've got three women bosses in my 30 years of working. and they do great. but the man is the one that gets -- he gets the credit. see what i'm saying? but a lot of women are necessary . they make the man look good. don't you think? host: well, do you think that that's the way that it ought to be? i mean, perhaps more women --

caller: i'm not saying it's supposed to be. i'm saying that sometimes some people don't want to be the lead. hillary wants to be the lead. some people want to be the leader and some people like to be behind the scene and making other people look good. i mean, it's together, the same type of coffee. that's just a call that a person has to make. don't you think? host: all right. kathy is from our independent line. what do you think? caller: i think we're not taking serious limit that's why we're not there. i agree with the young lady that called that said that hillary clinton was more than qualified. they berated her. she was right. don't that -- but you have a gold mine fur nafments who do you know today that use coal? she said solar was the way to go. and now the coal mines may open

up. but who's going to buy it? so you're going to have stacks of coal sitting around. so what happened was women, along with men -- it sound good, right to treat her the way they did. she was with a foot -- she would have given us medical. she would have made sure that everything was taken care of. and as for the gentleman that just said, women always make sure the home is taken care of. our home is this country. we will -- she would have made sure that our country was taken care of. she would not have bullpen out there calling names. she would not been out there trying to pick wars. she would not done a lot of things that instead is being done today. but no, we decided to go with a

male. a male that is calling names, picking wars, getting rid of health care, getting rid of social security and medicare. everything that mrs. clinton we that was her policy, went against. and then we stand out there and say well, you taking away our social security. why are you taking care of our medical? host: ok. why do you think that there are so fewer women in politics than men? caller: i think it's a cultural thing. coming from the ground level, a grassroots level, women have always been a powerful source in my life, always. but coming from a political or government level, money, power, control, green come first. they don't see sexuality or see sexual difference over a. or a man.

it's all about power and control. if hillary clinton was the president today, it would be no different. people speaking as if she would have been some pathetic bigot. all of these people who are in power, be it president, governors and mayors that, have one thing in mind and it's money, power and control. they don't answer to none of us. it would be beautiful to see more women in power but it would be on a surface to celebrate. it wouldn't be something throe. the system corrupted. how do we get that out of our systems? host: speaking of the system, do you agree with the other caller that it was harder for hillary clinton to be elected because she's a woman? caller: it's not as simple as that. that's just opinions based in personal perception. i think for hillary clinton, i can't speak for her as if i'm her house talking to her but i do think that it's all about power and who you know.

she's not somebody in a world starving, shaking a can, hooking for help because she didn't become president. she still gets to move with the trumps and the powerful figure who is are owned by the cooperate sectors. she's not like i'm a woman and they didn't like me. that's just us saying that. at the end of the day, hillary is going to be ok. my thing is how to we as people, everyday people from a ground level stick together and get corruption out of the system? i mean, people are going to be corrupted but it's ran by corruption. it pits us against each other. it pits men against women, black against white, gay against straight, christian to muslim but at the end of the day, i keep saying that the few top 1%, they keep winning. everybody else is losing. host: ok. in across the state in shreveport, lori is on our democratic line. hi, gloria. caller: hello? host: why don't you think there

are more women in politics? caller: well, i feel like a man has more spirit -- and care -- [indiscernible] i'm 82 years old and i had a son that died. he was in the army and he lost his life. d you can't get -- [indiscernible] this is my thing. i want to come to jesus. god and his words said when you die, you -- we love one another. not hate one another. not break down one another. we come together. black and white and all other color. we should stick together. now talking about health care. we can't go to the doctor. we set aside. and what are we getting out of

it? this is a hate going on around here. andthis is hate going on around here, this is racist going on around here. eod, like he said, l-o-v- . i had nine kids. i had an early death with my children's daddy. my father raised and took care of us. i feel like right now, this is not where i come from. and they are talking about qualified toare live just like the blacks or the whites or anybody else. host: all right, gloria, that will have to be the last word. coming up, "wall street journal" economy reporter eric morath will join us to discuss the november jobs report.

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