under the bob michael leadership delay and gingrich and are trying to fight with democrats. in the lead up to the 1994 election, one of the important -- it was a series of legislation that the republicans would pass in the first 100 days once they were elected. 's list.rmy they were able to pass some of these dealing with budgetary issues or the rules at the house. they wanted to pass term limits for the u.s. congress. the line-item veto, not constitutional. we have that in oklahoma, but not able to do at the federal level. here's the press conference dealing with the contract. boehner, younger john dennis hastert. all the leadership in the republican party was behind the document. we've seen the strength of congress has waxed and waned. congress is a powerful body, probably more dominant than the president. over the years, may be seated power to the president or strengthened the power of the leadership. your average congressman has less power. they strengthened the rules committee, they did away with seniority rule. it, but we't use think of speakers today, they use those p

bob michael leadership, go along, get along, and they gingricho delay -- and and delay are trying to fight with democrats. in the lead up to the 1994 election, one of the most important documents was a series of legislation that the republicans would pass in the first 100 days once they were elected. so we have a couple of documents here. so here is the list. they were able to pass some of these dealing with budgetary issues or the rules at the house. something else they wanted to pass was term limits for the u.s. congress, but that is not constitutional. something we have that many of the state levels -- we have that here in oklahoma, but not able to do at the federal level. here is another press conference dealing with the contract. you can see some of the other people in there. you might recognize -- there's a younger john boehner, dennis , who goes on to become speaker of the house. so all the leadership in the republican party was behind the document. we've seen the strength of congress has waxed and waned. so congress, for a long time, is -- was a very powerful body, probably m

bob kennedy and gene mccarthy. thoughts.my i would ask for your comments, please. host: thank you for the call. michael cohen. of cohen: i stand in defense his mccarthy i think criticisms were of the political leadershipularly of president johnson. and the strategy that was being used in vietnam. who think there are people perhaps were in the mccarthy ca supporters who may have been more critical of the military but i don't think that gene mccarthy. host: who on the political stage did your father rely on for primary he began his campaign leading up to california? who did he count on? ms. kennedy-townsend: well, he aides who he ic trusted. father's ad my speeches, he believed in the young and thought that the young eople with whom he spoke on college campuses had a lot to say. he often listened to in a essential. there were all the old kennedy -- n son go toon but he was saying the indian reservation and go to he was a and so to his g in large part heart and to what was going on people.ng host: he loses the oregon but comes back to win california. how did he do that? what changed? guest: the demographics changed. he won i think -- i can't remember exactly but almost 98% of the hispanic vote, for insta