the "national review" was a sort of incubator, very generous to them. bulkeley's and james burnham, a very brilliant trots -- trotskist, the three of them really believed in the importance of the "national review"'s intellectual reputation. they also believed as it was put very early on this was a magazine that should be on the desk of policy makers, academics, senators, important people whether they were conservatives were not. they believed in something of an elite strategy. it wasn't so much to make conservatism powerful as to make it acceptable and to get along conservatives the more important the better to listen to the conservative viewpoint whether it be on foreign policy and anti-communist some come economic conservatism, the limited government, constitutionalism or what today is called social conservatism more likely than it would be called traditional conservatism. the issues were a little different and less clear back then there's always been social conservatism. rusher had a very important ally named frank meijer. meijer remains a respected a

in the "national review" was a sort of incubator for young conservatives. the two buckleys and james burnham, who already had a substantial intellectual reputation before he joined buckley in the founding "national review". the three of them really believed in the importance of "national review"'s international reputation. they also believed as burnham put it very early on, that this was a magazine that should be on the desks of policymakers, academics, senators, really important people whether they were conservatives or not. they believed in something of an elite strategy for -- wasn't so much to make conservatism powerful as to make it acceptable and to get non conservatives, the more important the better, listen to the conservative viewpoint, whether it be on foreign policy and anti communism, economic conservative as some, constitutionalism or what today is called social conservatism more likely than can -- traditional conservatism. the issues were different and less clear back then but there has always been social conservatism. rusher had an important a

national review." i don't mean to overstate that. i don't mean to overstate the conflict there. there was a tremendous amount of respect they all had for each other's, but their fundamental agreement was on "national review"'s importance. they all agreed it was important and they had very important duties that they disagreed about the right approach in the right tone and the right focus for the magazine. the two factions -- it's a perfectly good word if you can get the idea of -- any idea of backstabbing or underhanded approaches out of your head. it wasn't really like that as far as i can tell but there were real arguments. real arguments. some of which were committed to paper. between a sort of priscilla buckley, bill buckley's older sister who just passed away a year ago unfortunately, the den mother of the conservative movement, in the "national review" incubator for young conservatives. very generous to them. two of the buckley's and james burnham, very brilliant ex-trotskyist who already had a substantial intellectual reputation before he joined buckley in the founding of "

ex-trotzkyist who already had a substantial intellectual reputation before he joined buckley in the founding of "national review," the three of them really believed in the importance of "national review"'s intellectual reputation. they also believed, as burnham put it very early on, that this was a magazine that should be on the desks of policymakers, academics, senators, you know, really important people whether they were conservatives or not. they believed in something of an elite strategy. for -- it wasn't so much to make conservativism powerful as to make it acceptable and to get nonconservatives the -- the more important the better -- to listen to the conservative view point whether it be on foreign policy and anti-communism, economic conservativism or limited government, constitutionalism or what today is called social conservativism, more likely then it would be called traditional conservativism. the issues were a little different and less clear back then. but there's always been social conservativism. rusher had a very important ally, a man named frank meyer. meyer remains sufficiently respected and kno

for the national review's conservative summit. ext expected to speak, texas senator tedcruz. >> i would like to introduce a friend of all of us here. a senior editor, a mentor for so many people on the staff, a great man, please welcome jay norlinger. [applause] >> it is strange to the podium- less. oprah.obrl like when my first -- when my friend first arrived nr, i would always say the name of the nbc sports cast bob costas. he played public policy commentator for a while. i am so happy to introduce ted crews. cruz. from the second-most populous state, texas. here comes ted, no name, no wealth, no family connections. he wins a seat in the u.s. senate. i have known him for a long time. he grew up in houston. his father is a cuban immigrant. he arrived in this country with just a slide rule in this -- in his pocket. he had $100 sewn into his underwear to his mother. he was a actually are. -- he was a peculiar kid. when he was in high school, he joined up with a group called free enterprise group, and they gave speeches and took ques

the conservative movement evolve over the next 20 or 30 years, perhaps it is still evolving. when national review was founded in 1955 that brought a lot of people together. interestingly many of the people who were very national review were former communists. not only whitaker chambers, frank meyer, willie flom and a good many others who were the guiding lights. you have to understand as the conservative movement grew anti-communist rally was the colonel that kept it together. it was the driving force, what actually recruited activist people, what organizations were started a round, there was a lecture circuit in the 50s and people went around the country speaking largely about communism. i recall as i was growing up my father published countless books and there was a book after book about communism. many were deeply intellectual books about the theory of communism. others were more practical book about what it was all about. it was really a big deal. we forget that in american foreign policy until the fall of the soviet union the entire focus was basically the soviet union and communism and thin

. >> on saturday ryan gave the gop some advice at a conference put on by the nation review institute telling republicans to be, quote, prudent. >> the president will bait us. he will portray us as cruel and unyielding. we can't get rattled. we won't play the villain in his more raality plays. we have to stay united. we have to show if given the chance that we can govern, that we have better ideas. >> ryan was joined at the national review over the weekend by a handful of republican governors, including virginia's bob mcdonald, who had this advice for the party. >> our politics are off. and we need to be honest about the problems that our movement and our party's got. i know it sounds strange but i think we need to be better community organizers. that's funny, i guess five years ago, it's not so funny now. >> put that on the list of things a gop governor with presidential ambitions wouldn't have said a year ago at a conference sponsored by the national review. speaking of mcdonnell, he made it clear this weekend that the republican party's attempt to, quote, fix their problems by simpl

you guys quote "the national review," as well and follow up with a wow. i guess in reaction to those words with "the national review" regarding marco rubio's role. >> the totality of that editorial seemed to be diss missing a lot of people. maybe, yes, they're demographically democratic voters and probably don't want to be discarding any type of future voters in presidential contests. especially among the fast-growing demographic of latino voters and editorial seemed to ignore some recent history. george w. bush won 40% of the latino vote in 2004. while that wasn't a majority, it was higher than what mccain got, 31% in 2008 and mitt romney's 27% in 2012. tamron, that could be the difference between losing and winning an election. >> absolutely. eric ericsson with red state had the headline i don't like marco rubio's plan. rubio said i don't pretend this is a perfect solution. i know the idea of accommodating people that violated the law makes people uncomfortable but better off solving this once and far all. that's pretty much what he said to rush limbaugh

by the way, this is ilion johnson of national review until university. the research institute that translates materials from the middle east. a group that being said there. the shining a light. we don't have to rely now on just a few sources. some journalists have devoted his life to finding out about the middle east. it's all about necessity. we did not support. very few people knew about the middle east. whoever gave a thought to kurds, for example. who. but this is -- as i said, we used to know a heck of a lot about south africa. now that knowledge has faded. and now we are experts or semi experts on the middle east and about what region next. he knows. >> i think, you know, what you're saying, the intimation. the first answer to your question is stop reading the new york times. [laughter] much more than it used 210 or even -- >> my commentary. >> there is a sort of classic effort to say what is important and what is unimportant in accordance with an ideological schemes. you know, i don't think there's an answer to this, and it's very hard to get peopl

gave us the guns to shoot them all and then there was the prominent conservative publication the national review which ran an article by david french who writes quote jesus is disciples carried swords and jesus even said in some contexts the unarmed should arm themselves gun control represents not merely a limitation on constitutional rights but a limitation on a god given right of man that is good that has existed throughout the history of civil society state action against the right of self-defense is by default a violation of the natural rights of man. in other words a ban on ammunition mags that have thirty bullets and god will smite and sort of makes me wonder what message this god was trying to send to after for the sixth time in one week beginning with going to appreciate saturday another man at a gun show accidentally shot himself or that since the newtown massacre thirteen hundred of our fellow citizens have been killed by guns here in america sorry wayne la pierre and the national review god is not involved in gun ownership in america this is a uniquely human problem and in particular

here is cruz speaking at an event put on by the conservative national review institute over the weekendkay. we've got two pending nominations, john kerry, chuck hagel. both of whom are very prominently anti-us, less than ardent fans of the u.s. military. my view of the military and foreign policy is exactly that of reagan's, that it should be driven by the national security interests of the united states, that we should go in with clear, defined objectives, overwhelming force, and then when we're done, get the heck out. >> does anyone believe paul ryan -- ronald reagan would have taken us into a hawkish war like iraq? by the way, john kerry and chuck hagel aren't fans of the u.s. military? oh? or remind the senator from texas that both hagel and kerry volunteered to serve in vietnam and have been awarded five purple hearts between them. senator cruz has no experience personally in the u.s. military and, as i said earlier, was one of the three senators who voted against confirming john kerry earlier today. >>> also, hillary clinton reunited with australian comedy duo hamish and andy. she

michael steele, now an msnbc contributor, and bob costa, washington editor for the national review. e democratic party for years was an unbelievably absurd coalition, northern liberals, minorities, southern seg agree gathsists and they put together for people like adlai stevenson and roosevelt and harry truman and wilson. can the republican party rebuild itself to get a majority by building a coalition where they don't all agree with each other, where you have the rural people plus the more, if you will, this will drive people crazy, sow fis at this kated suburbanites. >> i think they can and for going back to my days as a county chairman to being national chairman, i preached that same thing. northeastern republicans are not southern republicans aren't midwestern republicans aren't western republicans. they all wear a different hat. but they wear them in their own style. >> all politics is local. >> all politics is local, and the more the party recognize s that this is not about a national republican party but a coalition of independent, you know, minded individuals who happen to be

rich lawry who's the editor of "national review," which is one of the most if not the most influentialublication on the right has a column on "politico" this morning where he takes rubio to task and says that the bill that he has endorsed or the framework that he has endorsed is a bad bill, is a bad approach. he's saying it's amnesty, it's granting benefits to people who broke laws. and they're part of the conservative movement that's leading the charge against it. and it just shows the pressure that's going to be on these republicans who want to evolve on the immigration issue but are always very responsive to what's happening at the base which you see playing out in the gun debate. you know, where you have wayne lapierre, you have activists saying they don't want to do anything on guns, and you have republicans in congress reacting accordingly. >> and, you know, kelly o'donnell, not only do you have rich lowry who's the editor of "national review" coming out against it and other conservatives but "national review" itself, all of the editors came out yesterday harshly going against th

fox news and msnbc and "the new york times" and "the national review," people on the panel whose names are easy to pronounce and hard to pronounce. [laughter] i also do want to say it's great to be at another national review institute conference. i was here in 1990 -- the mayflower a couple miles away. right around this time i think it was january, 1993, there was a sense of despair. we had 10 years in power. then reagan and bush. i was part of that white house. very successful election effort. republicans were i think 170 seats in the house maybe. and 42 senators. and i remember how important that conference was. a, to sort of cheer people up and give people a sense there was a future but also to have vigorous debates about what the future would be. and one of the thing that the national review has done over the years, it's planted a flag and been a beacon for conservatives but featured many debates about this nature about what the empathies of conserves should be and traditional ises -- traditionalists. conservatives. different strands of economic policy. more traditional economics.

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] ♪ >> next from the national reviewpublican paul ryan, followed by governor scott walker, and senator ted cruz. >> on "the newsmakers" senator james inhofe. women in combat, sequestration, and the future of the military. "newsmakers" on sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> what is the best training for a police man? >> the best training you can get is to understand what it is all about. i will say that until the day i die. you learn how to use intelligence information. you learn how to leverage relationships. that is keep. -- key. people in the community trust you. they would tell you things that are happening that are not yet crimes so that you can intervene. i have learned the most in my career from those relationships. >> from high school dropout and single mother to the youngest least chief and d.c. history. more with cathy lanier on c- span's "q&a." >> now from the national review institute summit, remarks from congressman paul ryan of wisconsin, governor scott walker, and senator ted cruz. then a ro

[laughter] hail to the national review. i started reading national review when my professor gave me a copy. when i came to washington, they were writers and editors. i was a young staffer on capitol hill. over time, i recognized the bylines. i became enthralled with the work. i want to say to the national review, thank you for 20 years of good advice. thank you for all that you do. [applause] today you are asking for my advice. as you recall, there was an election last year. it did not go our way. like you, i understand full well that elections have consequences. the vice president's house is a few houses away from here. i was looking forward to taking on the big challenges. there are two ways to define defeat -- you can deny it or you can choose to learn from it. i choose to learn from it. the way that i see it, our defeat is all the more reason to lay out our vision and lay out specifics with a broader appeal. it will be difficult without a partner in the white house. i believe that we can do this. we have to deal with th

i talked about what happened this weekend at the national review institute's talk. surprised by what i heard. and heartened, whether it was bill crystal or john tourettes. and also scott walker was doing really well. i'll show you the polls of how well scott is doing in wisconsin. all republicans, saying we have to stop being the stupid party. what we've been saying for six months. john i thought had one of the best points, that we have stifled debate. the conservative movement has stifled debate and if you go out and you dare to stand out in a crowd, whether it's on taxes or regulations or in the past on immigration, you were completely shunned from the party. finally there's an understanding we've got to grow the party. what we've been saying quite frankly for years and getting attacked. we want colin powell on our side. we want moderate republicans on our side. if we're going to be the majority party again, we've got to expand that party. >> are you saying that pushing her out of the spotlight is part of making the stupid party less stupid? >> what i'm saying is

washington editor for the national review robert costa was in the room. i think i had it wrong, nine nays, voted against him and one present. how tense, how close, what happened? >> larry, it was really tense. i was up there on the press gallery. i felt like i was a spectator at the world series watching over all this chaos and tension. if he lost 17 republican votes that means he would have went to a second ballot. he avoided that. he safely won the gavel. but at the same time, nine different republicans, tea party conservatives voted for different people. that's a threat to boehner that shows boehner does not have full control of his caucus. >> well, what was the revolt, why did they do that, bob? >> larry, the conservative flank is so frustrated. they just had this entire fiscal cliff deal. they had this hurricane sandy relief mess, they're frustrated with baoehner. they tried to take a stand, but the biggest take away though nine republicans voted against boehner, no, ma'minated allen w kevin mccarthy voted for boehner, there's no real challenger to b

joining me now john fund columnist for the national review magazine and author of the book "who's counting." welcome. >> i think the president in his campaign said i don't want to take away your hand guns i don't want to infringe on second amendment rights. he wants to reassure people he's proposing responsible and limited gun control measures. the problem is, his audience seems some what disposed to doubt him. i think that partly because there is a long history of democrats being condescending toward gun owners and we just saw that with former president bill clinton a week ago on saturday he addressed a group of democratic donors. he thought he was speaking privately and said look we have a real problem looking down our nose on these people. i add viedz us if we want to move forward with gun control we have to be careful there's a lot of suspicion there. >> one of the situations or hurdles the president will have to over come is the democrats that don't sport the extensive control he's pushing. how far does the president hoping to and what do you think he's up against in his own party? >>

and rich lawry wrote something that caught my attention in "the national review." no one can write a law against mothers owning guns that one day might be turned against them by deranged sons who then commit horrific acts of murder-suicide. shooting rampages are hard to prevent because they are so often committed by young men with no criminal records who want to die. these are adult facts that don't intrude on the childish world of white house policy making. he notes adam lanza in newtown, his own mother of course passed a background check. >> here's the bottom line. these laws are not perfect. and you'll always find certain exceptions. but they make a huge difference. every major person who has studied the brady law, which is the most significant gun safety law we've passed in the last 20 years has said it has reduced gun violence dramatically. law enforcement is totally for the brady law. and the idea that felons or people who are mentally infirm or people who are spousal abusers should be allowed to buy guns, most everyone agrees on that, even -- >> but there's

. >> and jim garrity said in the national review piers morgan picked him well, because jones comes on strong. >> do you think. >> in other words, morgan had given himself a little signature on this issue, riding it hard and sort of mocking the u.s. constitution as he does so, but what point on what judy said about executive orders, rush limbaugh made a great point. lessen, it's entirely possible that the obama administration will do something for gun control by executive order and it's entirely the mainstream media will say that's terrific, what we need. limbaugh says imagine if it's bush 43 doing it on abortion and what would the reaction then be? it would be completely different. it's congressional power and blah blah blah. >> jon: this is one of the weeks we need more time for a topic like this. next on news watch, mr. obama's cabinet pick is getting interesting media attention. >> president obama out to rebuild his cabinet. his choices a bit controversial. has the press already passed on his picks or is there a battle ahead? answer is next on news watch. your doctor will say get s

trust, msnbc contributor and political editor peter bacon, robert costa, washington editor for "the national reviewreport contributor. good sunday afternoon to both of you. >> good afternoon, craig. >> birth control looks like it could be the next legal battle for the white house on health care. according to the "new york times" roman catholics, evangelicals and mennenize the are all challenging a new provision in the health care law that requires employers to cover birth control in employee health plans. the religious groups say that the government is forcing them to go against their faith. bob costa, what's the argument here? >> republicans are devastated after this election so they are looking for ways to combat the obama agenda and look to the court and think birth control is an issue that will really get conservative activists active on the campaign trail and in the statehouse and active working with congress so that's where they are really focused now as they say this as a religious freedom issue. >> and aisha moody mills is here and we thought since we were talking about birth control it wou

the national review online editors wrote, "the rhetoric is still soaring and the country still stagnatinggnatius rote, the only voice that really soared at midday was beyonce's. mike, are some of those fair? >> david ignatius certainly is there, this is unquestionably the most ideologically ambitious speech since president reagan's first inaugural address 3 # years a 32 years ago. this is what he would do if he didn't have congress. i think coming up february 12th, when the president addresses congress, state of the union message, there i think we may see a more practical vision. for instance, taking center stage here was climate change. >> we have the sound bite from this. i mean, this surprised a lot of people. i follow this issue very closely. it wasn't even once brought up at any of the debates leading up -- not by a moderator or by the candidates, and then he chooses yesterday to bring it up. let's listen to the sound first and then we'll comment. >> we will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so will betray our children and future generations. som

rich lawrie, an occasional guest on this program wrote in the national review, barack obama set a new standard for stupidly exploittative white house events. >> i think that's really an unfair criticism. it was children who were killed at sandy hook, and it was children who had written to the president saying this is what we can do, can you do something? it was an emotional pitch, yes, it was against an organization as kirsten says owns the congress and i think it's fair game. >> jon: the l.a. times, jim called the president's production, big, bold and brassy. >> right. of course, if it had been under reagan or bush 41 or 43 they would have called it deferesque, as in mike defer, would have said it was-- the showmanship and pageantry here part of television chug television news and can't complain about it too much, but it's situational when it's good when democrats do it, bad when republicans do it. >> jon: and then the nra ad that came out this week, and t the-- it blasts nbc news anchor david gregory as being sort of elitist and a hypocrite. what do you think, kirsten? >> well, i me

. >> is it a deliberate effort -- here is conservative rich lowry from "the national review." he writes in politico that the real president obama is now revealing himself. by the way, i'm with that thought. i think it was the real obama, not covered up politics, the real thing on monday. he wrote, obama settled once and for all the debate over his place on the political spectrum and his political designs. he's an unabashed liberal determined to shift our politics and our country irrevocably to the left. in other words, obama's foes, if you put aside the birthers and sundry other lunatics, always had him pegged correctly. mitch mcconnell agrees. >> one thing was pretty clear from the president's speech yesterday, the era of liberalism is back, and the unabashedly far left of center inauguration speech certainly brings back memories of the democratic party of ages past. >> the trouble is the definition of liberal includes about 60% of the country. it includes people who want something done on gun control, who believe the issue of abortion rights is really there for women, and the

and actually ranesh, of the "national review" would hold that view. d actually some would agree, and that is that vision. >> i still hold that. >> the vision that republicans have to speak to the middle class concerns. and it's not just about the debt. even though that's the issue that personally matters most to me. this party has been getting smaller and smaller and smaller. william f. buckley in the 1960s at some point had to start defining the boundaries of conservatism. he went after the john birch society, ayn rand, george wallace. that has to happen again with this party because it's getting smaller and smaller. in this debate, we actually have conservative thinkers, talking about ronald reagan being a rhino, a republican in name only, because he supported an assault weapons ban. they keep pushing themselves closer and closer to the cliff. but i just have to say one other really important point. because i made a mistake over the past month talking about how republicans have also won a majority in the house. as this article i was referencing menti

journalist round table on the future of conservativism held this past weekend at a conference of the national review institute. after that, more on politics with remarks by invest manager and former rick santorum presidential campaign supporter foster frieze. and later, live coverage from the heritage foundation on the challenges for states on implementing a law that sets minimum standards for driver's licenses and official identification documents. >> host: and "the communicators" is on location at ces international 2013 in las vegas. this is part of the convention floor that you're seeing. this here is only about one-fourth of what is available. this is the largest trade show in the world, one of the largest. about 100,000 people attend this show every year. here's some of the programs that we taped while in vegas. and now joining us on "the communicators" is andrew thompson who is president, ceo and co-founder of proteus digital health. mr. thompson, what is proteus digital health? >> guest: proteus is the world's first digital medicine company. so we created a platform that we call a digital hea

. >> at the national review summit republican leaders discussed way to attract more women and hispanicsince the face of the american electorate is changing. >>> the work linked to the fake girlfriend hoax linked to college football player manti t'eo is shutting down her social media accounts. she wrote in the los angeles times that her photo was used without her permission. athat appears that the acquaintance responsible for the hoax easily copied her photo without permission from her social media postings. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the 49ers quest for super bowl victory. here is a live picture at san francisco's city hall. which is all lit up in red and gold. city hall has been lit in the team's colors nines the niners began their postseason ran. they are just eight days way from super bowl xlvii and a bay area man is among those showing his true colors. bay area artist tim hon with the finishing touches on the mural called "gold blooded." it's on the side the masonic lodge. the berkeley graduate used climbing ropes and ladder to do that intricate painting. a bay area tatto

you are here at our night owl session, a little window into the national review cruises. everyone has dinner or drinks and we sit around and talk about whatever we wind up talking about. i will briefly introduce the women up here, most of you are probably familiar with. i am the editor at large of -- [no audio] [applause] thank you. to be honest, what happens most often is, i will be anywhere in the world and say, my name is katherine lopez, and 10 minutes later the person will come back and say, you are k love -- k l o! kelly n conley is the president of the polling company women trend. you and mary matalin are in a class by yourselves. some students sound bite machines. -- substantive sound bite machines. getting clear to the point, i go to ali and -- kelly-ann. i was on tv for the first time with you. it was on msnbc. back in the day when msnbc covered -- it would have been hell if you had not been there, too. because we seemed to be the only people who cared about the abuse of power and silly things like that. syndicated columnist, author mona charon. [applause]we were

[applause] ♪ >> next, from the national review summit, remarks from senator ted cruz. the conservative movement. after that, another chance to see president obama and joe biden at the national prayer service. tomorrow, "washington journal" focuses solely on the role of our nation's governors. the role in the state and national issues. we will talk with reporters from florida and illinois about what the governors in those states are facing. we will hear from josh goodman and state trends and economic turnaround, regional connections, and the state's relationship with the federal government. as always, your calls and questions. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span. now from the national review institute summit here in washington d.c., remarks by texas senator ted cruz. then >> i am so happy to introduce ted cruz. it's rather personal for me. he's an old friend and i've been waiting for years for him to run for office and win office and hold office, and the first time ted ran for office, the very first time, he landed in the u.s. senate, imagine that, and not from

. >> geraldo: hi, everybody, that's paul ryan at the national review summit. the congressman and former vice-presidential candidate trying to cheer up republicans looking to pick a lane. here with his best advice on whether they should make love or war is the editor of the weekly standard, frequent guest on my radio show, bill kristol is here. how are you? >> fine. how are you. >> geraldo: you had paul ryan there, very charming. he voted with john boehner on the fiscal cliff negotiation indicating that maybe he is in the conciliatory wing of the republican party. how do you figure? >> well, paul ryan was there. i was at that conference this morning. one of the best things, one of the most cheered up, the attendees the most was seeing one young star after another, ted cruz, the new republican senator from texas, tom cotton, congressman from arkansas and there are a lot of young, attractive, interesting conservatives and they don't agree on everything. i think there is a lot of internal debate going on -- i know there is a lot of internal debate and public debate