besides berkeley and madison, an arbor, san francisco, and the rest of this country is right wing. what does that mean in terms of what is happening? we have 7 million people in constructive custody. 7 million at this moment. jail, prison, probation, parole. last year, 80 million people were arrested in the united states. 1/3 of them were released in 26 hours. about 2/3 spent a day or longer in jail. we are incarcerating and solemnizing -- felonizing this population. you cannot discriminate by race, but you can buy criminal record. wisconsin was a police state, very liberal, right? it is against the law to have intercourse until you are 18 years old. but i just ask you this, this is san francisco, let me ask you this -- how many of you have smoked pot? [laughter] i ask this of my students every semester. how many of you have sexual intercourse before age 17? in my state, you are convicted felons. right? so i tell my students, i tell them that i'm going to take my university's 15,000, and going to take my students, and we're going to march down to the police station, and they are al

in and says hey you know we're going to just throw out the city council and take over the city of an arbor and a guy working for me is going to do medicare they want to privatized medicare hey there's a lot of money to be made there social security two point six trillion dollars trust fund let's and that off to our to the banks there's on wall street's two and a half really good options are military we've you know we have as many private soldiers now in iraq and afghanistan as we have public and they cost us a lot more but somebody is making some money our parks are museums are zoos are libraries are playgrounds are sidewalks our courts our postal service our beaches even our lack sions have been privatized with these electronic voting machines that are owned by private corporations and now our vote is being honored in private it's insane and it's time for us to take our nation and our commons back. it's time for our daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question a new poll shows majorities in ohio disapprove of governor john k. six anti-union laws will ohio voter

. >> met ronnie was in an arbor michigan today. -- mitt romney was in an arbor, mich. today. this event is hosted by the university of michigan. >> thank you to the leadership of the medical school and school of public health. people are here as part of the cardiovascular center. we appreciate your willingness to address the members of the student body. it is good to be back. i europe as a wolverine fan. i am a wolverine fan. it is nice to see how the campus is growing. it has attracted more talent. i appreciate your being here. this is like being home. i am going to talk today about repealing the healthcare system. i heard that your plan is an awful lot like president obama's plan. why are you so anxious to repeal this? before i talked about the plan, i spent a moment talking about what we did in massachusetts. in my view his plan does not work properly. looking get that groundwork laid. 100,000 feet and talking about the country and what makes america work because when the founders got together and decided what kind of nation we'd be, the first decision they face side wheth

bookstores a little off the beaten path, and i like going to places too that are not the typical an arborsnd where there's an echo chamber. i like going to different places down south, like going to military towns. i like talking to people who maybe disagree with me or think they disagree with me and it's good for me to listen to them, and i want them to know that while we have our political differences, we're all americans, all on the same boat, we sink or swim together, and we have all of us more in common with each other than not. you know, if you get out a piece of paper and make a list of everything we disagree on, it's a much shorter list than that of what we all agree on. we want schools for our kids, drink clean water and breathe clean out. women should be paid the same as men. there's a list of thing that we have agreements on an and the things we disagree on. if i don't want a gun, i won't have one. if you want one, go buy one. if you don't want a kiss another man, then don't. i don't think you'll like it. but if somebody else wants to, get married. i mean, come on. >> what recep

he spoke in an arbor.also attempted to draw a distinction between the new health care law and the plan he passed in 2006 as the massachusetts governor, the first state law in the nation to require most individuals to purchase health care insurance unless they already receive it as a benefit through their employers. mr. romney ran for the republican national nomination in 2008 and he is considering another run for the presidency in 2012. this event was posted by the university of michigan college republicans. thank you to the university of michigan. dr. eagle, i appreciate your willingness to invite me here today, to let me address members of the student body as well as individuals that are part of the faculty and administration at the school of public health at the carter vesco center and the medical school. it is good to be back at michigan. i grew up as a wolverine fan. my brother went to michigan state. [laughter] he was elected to the board of trustees of michigan state. i have some divided loyalties,

on c-span 3, speaking in an arbor, at the university of michigan cardiovascular center. "the washington times" previews this speech. the venue raises pro-life doubt -- that is in "the washington times." frontpage of "usa today" -- here is the op-ed mitt romney wrote for "usa today." that is just a portion of mitt romney's op-ed in "usa today." what do you think about newt gingrich for president hersman caller: i would not support him at all. basically his immoral life. probably the one person i would look at on the republican side right now would be mike huckabee from arkansas. i feel like at least he has had experience in making executive decisions as governor. and i would think that he would be my candidate right now. and i believe the man is a christian. he was president of the arkansas southern baptist convention before he got involved in politics. i think he is a person worth considering. right now he would be my candidate. host: by the way, if you want to continue this conversation you can go to our facebook page -- facebook.com/c-span. we are having a conversation

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host: recovered his speech in an arbor, mich., in which he detailed his plan and criticized the president's plan. here is more with governor romney. >> i also recognize that a lot of pundits around the nation are saying that i should stand up and say, "this whole thing was a mistake." that it was beheaded and i should admit it was a mistake and walk away. but i'm presuming lot of people think that be good for me politically, but there's only one problem with that -- it would not be honest. i did what i believed was right for the people of my state. i would describe for you now what i think would be right for the people of the united states, which is quite a different plan. host: then karen, a power point presentation that included 25 programs. guest: as a bing consultant, i would expect nothing less. he was not wearing a tie and he was trying to show that he could be the casual businessman, i suppose. again, there is the question about authenticity. who are you really? what are trying to tell us? what are you trying to sell us? that is part of an romani's issue. -- romney's issue. his plan

host: recovered his speech in an arbor, mich., in which he detailed his plan and criticized the president's plan. here is more with governor romney. >> i also recognize that a lot of pundits around the nation are saying that i should stand up and say, "this whole thing was a mistake." that it was beheaded and i should admit it was a mistake and walk away. but i'm presuming lot of people think that be good for me politically, but there's only one problem with that -- it would not be honest. i did what i believed was right for the people of my state. i would describe for you now what i think would be right for the people of the united states, which is quite a different plan. host: then karen, a power point presentation that included 25 programs. guest: as a bing consultant, i would expect nothing less. he was not wearing a tie and he was trying to show that he could be the casual businessman, i suppose. again, there is the question about authenticity. who are you really? what are trying to tell us? what are you trying to sell us? that is part of an romani's issue. -- romney's issue. his plan

you get to usc, mich., and an arbor. i'm looking at the pds of a book from 1882. so in that way it is great for the future. it's going to be. >> this is a very good question. i worry about the history. it's history. redding historical narratives. obviously there are incredible things you can get by pushing the buttons. but we could get them, it's just much easier this way. what i worry about is, i know how much, for instance, in my book came from pouring through handwritten journals kept the letters that people wrote back and forth. bill to the archives. this is the stuff. william kirkpatrick. a lot of correspondence between people. yes, i get people to hand me over e-mail's much later in the last decade. people don't write e-mail's in the way that they write letters. i don't know how we are going to write history in the future when we can't go look at the treasure trove of letters that people right back and forth. >> yet there is the irony that one of the major turning points in your book occurs because the daughter could find those documents online. the mixed bl

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mitt romney went to ann arbor, michigan, to the medical complex to deliver an explanation about his healthcare position and why he supported the plan in massachusetts. let's listen to a little bit of that. >> i also recognize a lot of pundits are saying that i should stand up and say this whole thing was a mistake, that it was a bone headed idea and i should admit it was a mistake and walk away. i presume a lot of folks would clue that would be good for me politically. there is only one problem, it wouldn't be honest. i did what i believed was right for the people of my state and i'm going it describe for you now what i believe would be right for the people of the united states, which is quite different plan. host: governor romney yesterday. newspapers full of coverage of the story and reaction. we will spend a minute showing that to you to get a sense of how his speech played. home state paper "boston globe" romney says he stands by the law. critics open fire against fatal flaw is the secondary column. romney defends massachusetts health plan but concedes flaws in "new york times." he said he

an honorary degree that was bestowed pop him at the ceremony. he talks about his personal experiences as a um student and the goals he set for himself. from ann arbor, michigan, this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> well, congratulations to the class of 2011. it is truly an honor to be here today. michigan is a special place to me, and when you think about making a commencement address, you have two choices. you can talk about major issues or you can talk about your life and personal issues. today, i'm going to talk about my personal experience at the university of michigan and deal with the question i'd like to share with you. what is the university of michigan the world leader at, and what it means to all of us and about all of us. to begin, this is just a personal opinion, so i would make that clear, but let me start with my experience as a student at the university of michigan. i only had one other opportunity to come to the university of michigan for a football game when i was 7 or 8 years old. the next time i came was thanksgiving week of 1975. i came up to go to the office of admissions and to tell me story. i had a meeting with the associate di