the book feature works from a team needed thinkers including our panelists, bill kristol and bill shamrockl joyce, alan reynolds among others. some of these fellows they should note are no longer hudson institute fellows. others are no longer conservative. others i think this is arguable or perhaps even less likely they are no longer even alive today. we can leave that to be for. the book was really critically acclaimed volume, a home for two press classic now a less completely sold out, which examines how the threat the government opposed to the american dream may be reversed. to reach evolution of power to the state, locality and civil society and through renewed culture voluntarism and entrepreneurship. as worthy as the ideas were at the time for a variety of commentated reasons, they do not fully take root. fifteen years later at the 112 congress prepares to take office komar cattolica teams of the book to examine why the vision that derailed and why it is even more urgent today. on that note, i had the distinct honor of introducing senator alexander. [applause] >> thing is, can come u

bill kristol of "the weekly standard." nina easton of "fortune" magazine. former white house press secretary dana perino. and fox news political analyst juan williams. so the president had several victories, i think it's fair to say, in this surprisingly busy lame duck session of congress, repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," ratification of start, extension -- a compromise to extent the tax cut and extend unemployment benefits. bill, what do you think it says about president obama's standing going into 2011? >> i think he's not as weak as the media thought he was going to be six weeks ago and he he is not as strong he thinks he thought he'd be judging from the press conference when everybody overinrprets these things. much weaker from two weeks ago. he was coming to argue for liberal america but now he's cutting deals with the republicans to extend the tax rate. he will preside over decline over the spending, some of that spending that they passed in two years and he'll fight to defend obamacare. that is a tough fight. he will succeed in stopping the republi

bill kristol is editor of "the weekly standard."e frequently appears on the fox news sunday and the fox news channel. he led the project for republican's future. before coming to washington in 1985, he taught at the university of pennsylvania. finally, senator alexander's colorado-editor. he is director of the fordam institute's think tank. he is the senior editor of the outstanding journal on education reform. he is a fellow at the hudson institute. for 40 years, he has been at the forefront of the debate on school reform. he is the author of innumerable articles. he has a master's degree in social studies and a doctorate in education from harvard university. with that, i will turn the program over to chris or his initial remarks. >> thank you very much. realizing the new promise of american life as described in senator alexander's book of 1995 involves many political -- i am sorry. am i not on -- it involves challenges as emphasized in bill kristol's contribution to that volume. it has to do with shaping the decisions of those in

. >> now bill kristol, kate o"b'bierne. this even from friday is held by the hudson institute. >> i would like to welcome our audience at home watching on c- span and our viewers at hudson .org. we are pleased to have hudson alexander here today. lamar alexander needs no introduction. he is a senior senator from the set of tennessee. he served as governor of tennessee, as president of the university of tennessee, as u.s. secretary of education, as a businessman, and also as a hudson institute fellow. for a few hundred votes in the new hampshire primary, he would've been the republican nominee in 1986. the senator has treated his signature red flannel shirt for the more muted suit of it u.s. senate. he is a leader who takes ideas seriously. in recent years, we have worked with him on numerous issues, including the assimilation of immigrants. he and his colleagues will tell you the same. he is one of the most well-liked members on both sides of the senate. that is in part because he has never forgotten his small-town tennesse

out while he's talking about the whistleblower right saying of a need to be executed you have bill kristol saying that i don't care anymore let the president of the executive branch do whatever they need just to defeat these people get rid of them i mean it sounds like people are going crazy to me you know if the media were so upset about these revelations you think maybe they would exercise some restraint in reporting them but they're going right along with everybody else is an element of hypocrisy here plus you know the government does have tools to go out they can go after the source of the leak the person who actually gave won't be when they are doing i mean if you bradley manning they've also been the victim also prosecute news organizations and people under the espionage act if they can get them you know a lot of people forget what the pentagon papers case the government considered prosecuting the new york times for publishing the probably. papers under the espionage act they decided the end it was going to be counterproductive but the good news organizations are not exempt from that

bill kristol of "the weekly standard." mara liasson of national public radio. madden, a republican strategist. and fox news political analyst juan williams. so let's talk about this lame duck session which really has been i think surprisingly -- i don't know if i'll say productive, because you can argue about that. but active and busy and gotten a lot done. let's start with the historic historical repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell," that will allow gays and lesbians to serve in the military. it kept looking like it would die and in the end, there seemed to be too much momentum behind it. >> large democratic majorities and public opinion changed in 17 years. no question about it. i think there are still genuine concerns about integration in the military and a combat forces. that will have to be monitored closely by the defense department and congress over the next year as they try to make it go in a way that doesn't turn our fighting forces -- hurt or fighting forces on the ground. public opinion has changed to "don't ask, don't tell" since 1993. and they rea

bill kristol of "the weekly standard." mara liasson of national public radio. fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt. and fox news political analyst, juan williams. so, president obama -- we just showed that, but he fired at all sides at the news conference this week, comparing republicans to hostage-takers for insisting if they didn't get the tax cut extension for the wealthy they were going to fight and kill the tax cut extension for the middle class. as we mentioned earlier, he attacked liberals as sanctimonious for criticizing the deal. before the politics, talk about the substance. is the deal good for the ecomy and what about the question to basically adding another $1 trillion to the debt? >> yes, it's good for the economy. some of us argued for a year, keeping the current tax rates where they are is better than allowing them to rise. cut in payroll tax has been something conservatives always thought was one of the best taxes to cut on labor, a tax cut on labor at a time of high unemployment. the estate tax is what jon kyl, the leading senate c

. >> host: bill kristol was coming out with a new book. it is his late father, irving kristol's column that kneal conservative persuasion selected esssays, 1942 to those of nine edited by bill kristol. denver, sally. you are on the air. good evening. how >> caller: hi, how are you? i am so delighted to see this. i am a c-span junkie and a book tv junkie in by an amateur leader who is reading everything from history to politics to political thrillers, etc.. and my question is i like the technicality of ebook degette i will probably not by any reader -- and e-ready unless i take a trip around the world i can download a lot of books, and i use my library quite frequently. denver has a wonderful library system. so my question is what do you think the future is of the physical book? >> host: thank you, sally. jenn risko? >> guest: you know, look, we have had a lot of attention to what is going on with the books, but keep in mind there are maybe 9% of the overall trade book market. there are many people who are saying just like you did that they

. >> host: bill kristol was coming out with a new book. it is his late father, irving kristol's column that kneal conservative persuasion selected esssays, 1942 to those of nine edited by bill kristol. denver, sally. you are on the air. good evening. how >> caller: hi, how are you? i am so delighted to see this. i am a c-span junkie and a book tv junkie in by an amateur leader who is reading everything from history to politics to political thrillers, etc.. and my question is i like the technicality of ebook degette i will probably not by any reader -- and e-ready unless i take a trip around the world i can download a lot of books, and i use my library quite frequently. denver has a wonderful library system. so my question is what do you think the future is of the physical book? >> host: thank you, sally. jenn risko? >> guest: you know, look, we have had a lot of attention to what is going on with the books, but keep in mind there are maybe 9% of the overall trade book market. there are many people who are saying just like you did that they

but based on the election results last month with what happened 15 years ago, you remind us -- bill kristol that the tea party activists have provided that. they are extremely serious about turning washington towards constitutional limits. i think that is extremely promising. it is certainly more of a battle-cry -- rallying-cry. it is an organizing principle. i wholly agree with demuth. i proposed another revolution betrayed if the ban on into the light bulbs is not repealed. [laughter] modifying the student loan programs, a very generous loan is extended to graduates going into public service. we ought to give a general loan to graduate to do not go into public service. [laughter] i think we have to reorient and how we feel about things. what is with the glorification of the public sector? that would be one of my test. just yesterday the child nutrition bill passed the house. of $4.50 billion a year. this is washington, d.c., dictating what vending machines in grammar school can't sell. the same people who talk about the importance of returning washington to the constitutional limits think

. >> now, bill kristol and a forum on a limited government, hosted by "new criterion" magazine. this is just under one hour and 40 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> we have only a few hours to raise and dispose of some very naughty problems. i hope we will be able to proceed with that prussian efficiency which the iron chancellor advocated. one comes time for questions and responses, please go to the microphone in the center of the room and say who you are and address your question or comment. as your program will have intimated, i'm the editor of the "new criterion." i would like to welcome you to this conference on the wisdom of the founders and the ideal of limited government. i'm not sure whether there is a more pressing topic facing the republican out and the future of limited government. but before we begin, i would like to take a moment to thank the organizations and individuals that made our deliberations possible. first of all, i would like to thank the thomas w. smith foundation,