party is in about the same state as in 1964 after lyndon johnson won a landslide victory over barry goldwater. people said we will never see the republican party again. four years later the people elected richard nixon. you will see these various points of view about what a republican is in for the party is going. eventually republicans will select their leader. if they will be successful as a party bringing in support you will see them coalesced around the leader. but at this time, and it is too soon now, obviously, there is no identifiable leader of the party. as for the round table's, i do not have much to do with george stephanopoulos. and who he decides to put on his program on sundays. he has the same relationship with me. he has a program, i have a program. we have conservatives on our roundtable. david brooks of "the new york times" is a frequent visitor to the show. he is one of the best columnists today. i simply do not agree with you. i would have to say, there is so much out there right now that you can get it anyway you want to. to be truly informed person has to depend on more t

in college i was one of those people who said of barry goldwater gets elected and i am moving to australia, but all people in college are stupid by and large. [applause] and even in "bias" which came out in 2001, the book to which you referred, i describe myself as an old-fashioned liberal along the lines of john kennedy and then i specifically said, not along the lines of michael moore or al franken. i don't know over time if i moved to the right or if liberals moved further and further to the left and then abandon me. [laughter] and i tend to think that is set. i consider myself a conservative now on two of the three basic issues that define conservatism. i am as conservative as rush limbaugh is on smaller government and lower taxes, ims conservative as any conservative on anti-terrorism and national defence, on social issues i am libertarian. i don't care. i just don't care what people do. [applause] i understand that everybody agrees with that, but what distinguishes me for my old liberal friends is i don't think people are big debts if they believe certain things like they are against

and house of representatives, i recall in 1964 when we had a huge landslide lyndon johnson with barry goldwater and the press accounts were writing about the death of the republican party and we have seen similar things after nixon and watergate and since then, too. i don't think it is dead by any means. what i saw happening in '65 when i came to the hills this summer was a group of republicans having defeated the minority leader in the house and building a task force to grapple with a problem how to rebuild and what do we do and how do we cast a positive alternative rather than pos lyndon johnson in the sidey program so i think eventually you will see emerging new faces, leaders, ideas but it's an ongoing to happen overnight but the process is under way. you just don't see all that much of it yet. >> i was thinking about this when i was reading about this arne duncan decision a couple of days ago and thinking now there's a vacuum the republican party should be occupied and right now. you look at -- it's not a question of people. it's a question of ideas and where are the ideas to counter the d

1964 ronald reagan gave a nationally televised address supporting barry gold water, the republican nominee for president. and while goldwaterd by lyndon johnson, many americans watching that day immediately sensed that reagan would one day become president. the title of reagan's speech was a time for choosing. in it reagan crystallized the voices for voters. when people vote for self government or would they submit themselves to be ruled by elites in a far distant capital? reagan's poke at domestic social engineers was accompanied by a vigorous defense of america's greatness abroad. he reminded americans they did have a rendezvous with destiny. as california governor ronald reagan proved over and over that he had the mind of a committed conservative and the temperament of an extraordinary leader. as president reagan displayed his skill in communicating a vision of american exceptionism. it wasn't just vision that moved people his way, it was also his tone. he was always quick with a smile or joke. he once said i left orders to be awakened in case of a national emergency, even if i am in a cabinet meeting. he clearly had the