certainly sabotage to bob dole's campaign. this is, i think, a perfect example. was he a great pragmatist? making this needed change to a system that really needed this change or was he selling out poor people who had no where else. it really depends. it is difficult to see that the new deal is much alive at this point. liberalism really has much left in it. certainly the problems that obama is manning, the recent election loss by the democrats. it all seems to it indicate that the country has moved on. what was bill clinton's part in that? again, it is very difficult to discern. nothing this certainly would have wanted someone else. interestingly, a former congressman from the detroit area. ties to labor unions being from detroit where the automobile industry. yes, we would have wanted to have somebody else and liked to have someone else, but there was no one else. anyone else to back. >> i think bill clinton loves it. he gets up every day wanting to give the average joe a shot at the american dream. i know he gets up every day wanting to meet new people and lea

the last person who had a shot at president who had a visible visibility -- visible disability was bob doleled but he hid it from the public. he dis his polio. does stevie wonder want to be president? how long will it be before someone with a visible disability can convince the people he is confident to be president? >> i think the key is that we have to do and be what is on my jacket here. we have to be love. if we look at life in the spirit of it being for the good of everyone, then we can move forward. why not have a person who has a physical disability? why not? as long as it does not affect their mind. i think the mindset has to be really that we want to have greatness for our nation. we want to have a president that is about a united people of the united states of america. listen, united we stand and divided we fall. it is that simple. tavis: you are such an iconic artist around the world. what does it mean when this person running for president, barack obama chooses your song as his theme song? they are huge stevie wonder fans. they chose your song to assure themselves into this hist

. >> i hate to use it because he is just, is he not, in the bob dole box?ght. >> he's in the leadership. he's not number one but he's in the senate leadership so he is supposed to do the bidding of the leadership yet is thinking of running for president which means he has to take a lot of positions, roundup votes, cast votes tough to defend in iowa, new hampshire and beyond. >> they are keeping track of who will vote for this, who will vote for the tax cuts and they're keeping an eye on them. while there's not total unanimity many of the powerful ones do not want a yes vote. senator thune will have to explain should he seek the 2012 election. it is a bob dole problem for him. >> there are going to be lots of votes cast between now and 2012 and i daresay that a lot of these people who support this are going to be able to vote for spending cuts and that will make some of the tea party folks happier. >> so, james carville, you've run presidential campaigns. does this matter? here we are and look at this polling number right here. if you see a generic ballot, o

has recognized as the winner incumbent leader of iraq bob dole is refusing to quit . the series of earthquakes has rocked the new zealand city of christchurch cutting power and damaging at least twenty buildings glass and masonry fell from damage structures but there were no reports of injuries police cordoned off central business areas and officials are inspecting the buildings scientists say the latest shocks are the after effects of a massive quake that hit this city back in september. former venezuelan president carlos has died of a heart attack at age eighty eight he was in a hospital in florida present nationalize the oil industry has survived two coup attempts but was finally forced from power that he was the first live in american leader convicted of corruption and illicit enrichment. unmanned indian rocket carrying a communications satellite exploded only minutes after launch officials say an error caused them to adopt a steeper angle that intended and it broke up its india's second space launch failure this year a similar rocket developed a fault in a plot.

political consultants, over two dozen current and former members of congress like a party for a or bob dole or henry hyde even a cameo appearance by larry flint. i spent one solid years interviewing. my wife will tell you, i in my mahan of a strong opinions so she was struck each evening whenever a report on the interviews i would find merit in the view of whatever person i had spoken to that day and one day someone may say impeachment was a travesty hardest the rise to a level of high crimes and misdemeanors us about in the constitution? you cannot argue with that. then some was say lying under oath especially if done by a president of united states. you have a point*. the process was crystallized when night interviewed dick armey in the morning, the conservative republican former house majority leader and after lunch mehta with the democratic fund-raiser extraordinary and premier friend of bill's. dick armey has contempt for bill clinton and calls him the most successful adolescence i have never known. although terry loves bill clinton and kept saying was a guy he gets out of bed every da

whether it was bob dole from the republican party, and you had crosby, stills and nash there.interesting collection of individuals. >> brings us all together. >> larry: are we going to see it end? are we going to defeat it? >> well, the ability to convert cancer into a chronic disease is a victory. as i point out in my book, you know, in 1970s we were obsessed with the idea of cure. and for some cancers, indeed, testicular cancer is the poster child of that. some leukemias. indeed, cancer is curable. but the ability to reduce or delay death from cancer is going to really transform the way we think about cancer in the future. and the ability to convert cancer into a chronic disease is for some cancers, will transform the way beth cancer. >> larry: do you agree? go ahead. >> and last but not least, even the ability to give palliative care. toably the word into the public and talk about how we can take care of people who have terminal cancer is a very, very important part of this process of learning about this disease. >> larry: do you agree? >> i do. i once had a patient who was

bob dole, kerry o 'neill, rusty jones are the three guys that we've been together since day one. and they do business, law, management. and it's important. you listen to them. but at the end of the day, it is your decision. >> larry: you have a great pr person, too. >> nancy. i would put up against anyone. because it's very rare you find people like this. nancy is all heart and soul. god help you if you cross her, though. >> larry: what's her full name? >> nancy seltzer? >> larry: give her business. she needs it. >> she is a great pr person, but don't let her fool you. she's very smart business wise. >> larry: very loyal to you. >> she's been very sweet. i would die a thousand deaths for her and she has died a thousand deaths for me. >> larry: are you hard to represent? >> i think so. >> larry: because is this. >> well, i think because there is a fine line being between an ass and standing up for what you believe in. being an ass because you can make that decision or you think it's right even though the whole current is going everywhere else, you're the last guy standing. you kno

bush and supported by john mccain and a health care proposal that was supported by mitt romney and bob dole's plan back in the day. this was an attempt to actually get beyond the old partisan divisions of either not caring or thinking government was the solution. here were market-based solutions. as we continue to put some of those next generation ideas on the table, hopefully people will reach a point where they say this is the kind of substance that's going to get us there in ten years instead of thinking about the next ten minutes. >> woodruff: it sounds like in the short run you're not optimistic. >> i think it helps to have politicians who don't mind losing an election. history judges on a different time line than the news cycle with all due respect. what you need are people who are interested in getting into this to solve problems and not to survive the next electoral wave. i am not optimistic about this the next two years in terms of the sides working together. i certainly hope people will do soul searching and find that. i hope the president will continue to lead and have a long-term

i think of bob dole, who would saunter on to this floor and he almost seemed to have an antenna that knew exactly what was going on, what the mood service and what he could and couldn't do and how you must compromise at certain times. he had a knack for that unlike any others that i've seen. i think of a strom thurmond who left us i think at age 100. what -- if everybody could know his life story, what a -- an unbelievable, courageous story. and one of the things that happened with strom thurmond is i was very involved and have always been involved in organ transplantation, to save people's lives. and i did a press corches a bill i was introduce -- conference on a bill i was doing on organ transplants. and strom thurmond showed up. i think he was 90 years old. and he signed an organ donor card. and he said, after he signed the organ donor card at age 90, he said, i don't know if i've got anything anybody wants, but if i'm gone, they're welcome to it. [laughter] and robert c. byrd, who sat where my colleague is sitting now, and they just don't make him -- they don't make them like rob

i served ithe senate for 10 years, two of which were under the majority leader bob dole.e role of a leader is to lead, and you did, dick durbin. you and i have worked on many causes before. how about americans for campaign reform? that was a dazzler. you can see how well we have done there. but again, a leader. to have five of the six senators appointed to this plan is very special. i will leave you with one thought, dick. the tallest tree catches the most wind. at the breezes are going to flow around your head. they are already around mine, that is why i have no hair left. to you, john, you are a gentle giant of a man. that is how i see you. you have more time to serve this nation in ways that await you. it to bruce -- to bruce reed and his band of wunderkind, you are a remarkable talent. someone asked me if i could do and alliteration of what occurred. i said, well, here it is. we took a big banana and through it into the gorilla cage, and the guerrilla has depicted upper -- picked it up. they will appeal it, matchett, play with that, but they will eat -- they will peel

senate for 18 years, 10 years as assistant majority and minority leader under bob dole, and i always enjoyed the assistant majority leader will much more than the other. but the role of a leader is to lead, and you did, dick durbin. you and i worked on causes before. how about americans for campaign reform? that was a dazzler. you can see how well we have done there. but again, a leader. to have five of the six senators appointed to support this plan is very special. i just leave you with one that thought, dick -- the tallest tree catches the most wind. the breezes will be about your head. they are already on mine, that is why i have no hair left. [laughter] to you, john spratt, you will have more time to serve this nation in ways that await you. to bruce reed and his band of wunderkind, rare talent. i'm terribly proud of all of you. some asked me if i could do and alliteration of what occurred, and i said, well, here it is -- we took a big banana and threw it into the gerlach page, and the girl has picked it up, -- gorilla cage, and the gorilla has picked it up, they play with it an

i think of bob dole, who would saunter on to this floor and he almost seemed to have an antenna that knew exactly what was going on, what the mood service and what he could and couldn't do and how you must compromise at certain times. he had a knack for that unlike any others that i've seen. i think of a strom thurmond who left us i think at age 100. what -- if everybody could know his life story, what a -- an unbelievable, courageous story. and one of the things that happened with strom thurmond is i was very involved and have always been involved in organ transplantation, to save people's lives. and i did a press corches a bill i was introduce -- conference on a bill i was doing on organ transplants. and strom thurmond showed up. i think he was 90 years old. and he signed an organ donor card. and he said, after he signed the organ donor card at age 90, he said, i don't know if i've got anything anybody wants, but if i'm gone, they're welcome to it. [laughter] and robert c. byrd, who sat where my colleague is sitting now, and they just don't make him -- they don't make them like rob

think of bob dole on this floor who always seem to have an antenna that knew exactly what was going on, what the mood wase what he could and couldn't do and how yo.u might compromise at certain thaimes. they didn't act like that. i think a of strom thurmond whow at age 100 -- if everybody coul- no his life story, what anous s. unbelievable, courageous story and one of the things that ver e happened with stdrom thurmond is i was very involved and have always been involved in organ transplantation to save people'l lives, and i did a pressroduce - conference on a dillinger is o introducing on organ transplants and strom thurmond shows up i think he was 90-years-old and signed an organ donor card and he said after he signed the card at age 90i don't know if i havew got anything anybody wants to define gone they are welcome to it. [laughter]rt c. byr and robert byrd, who sat with my colleague sitting now, and theyn just d'ton't make -- don't make someone like robert byrd anymore. i recall one day when another bert c. colleague was on the phone andoe robert byrd got very angry aboud the othe

i think of bob dole, who would saunter on to this floor and he almost seemed to have an antenna that knew exactly what was going on, what the mood service and what he could and couldn't do and how you must compromise at certain times. he had a knack for that unlike any others that i've seen. i think of a strom thurmond who left us i think at age 100. what -- if everybody could know his life story, what a -- an unbelievable, courageous story. and one of the things that happened with strom thurmond is i was very involved and have always been involved in organ transplantation, to save people's lives. and i did a press corches a bill i was introduce -- conference on a bill i was doing on organ transplants. and strom thurmond showed up. i think he was 90 years old. and he signed an organ donor card. and he said, after he signed the organ donor card at age 90, he said, i don't know if i've got anything anybody wants, but if i'm gone, they're welcome to it. [laughter] and robert c. byrd, who sat where my colleague is sitting now, and they just don't make him -- they don't make them like rob

i love bob dole, but he was not the best campaigner. and if you don't have personality, you have to go to issues, which is tougher to do but you can win issue campaigns. snowball campaign is a snow ball is running downhill. if you're behind this snowball, it is a glorious thing. you can do nothing. you're going to win, like last month. you're going to win. not everywhere. but you're going to win. if you're in front of that snowball, it is just not a happy place. you can do everything right and lose by 20 points in a toss-up seat. in other words, none of the stuff matters. the thing is beyond your control and that snow ball is running downhill. it is very rare. three snowball campaigns in 1994, 2008. it suggests that 2012 will not be one. you have a change or a status quo campaign. a status quo campaign, you're coming to get re-elected. incumbents still get re-elected. only two senators were defeated. that's it. lincoln, blanch, whatever her name is. blanch, lincoln, lincoln, blanch, lincoln, jefferson. whatever. in 1994, 88% of incumben

and this was just before your 1996 reelection against bob dole. so i went to see you when the leader of the opposition, he's the president of the united states. so when you get into the, how did it all work out? and of course the british media world turning up hoping for something to go wrong. so anyway, i sat in those chairs that you do, trying to let generally statesmanlike sitting with the president. and i remember the british media are used to russian very clutch, but journalists will come in and they would show questions. one of the british media sade, do you think sitting next to you're sitting next to the next british prime minister? if he said no, i would have been gone. if you suggest he was interfering with the british election, right? so he said, i just hope he sitting next to the next president of next president of the united states. [laughter] [applause] that is one way to get to the prime minister's question. >> that actually raises the next question. there's been a lot discussed and its increasing about the special relationship betw

the disabled to finally be recognized in america, thanks to the amazing bipartisan leadership of bob dole and tom harkin in the united states senate. and whenever i feel discouraged that i've been at this for 10 years and still don't have it, i think of those battles. i say to myself, durbin, as a student of history, be patient, because some of these things take a long time but they're worth the effort and worth the wait. the good news is that the house of representatives did something historic last week. they passed the dream act. i can't thank speaker nancy pe pelosi, the majority leader steny hoyer, howard burman and my colleague of chicago, what an extraordinary job they did in passing that legislation. it was not easy. the president of the united states, barack obama, who cosponsored the dream act as a senator was on the phone asking democrats and republicans to join this effort to move toward justice. they passed it by 216 to 198. it was bipartisan legislation. and it would give a select group of immigrant students who grew up in this country a chance to become legal. i will tell yo

i served in the senate for 10 years, two of which were under the majority leader bob dole.e role of a leader is to lead, and you did, dick durbin. you and i have worked on many causes before. how about americans for campaign reform? that was a dazzler. you can see how well we have done there. but again, a leader. to have five of the six senators appointed to this plan is very special. i will leave you with one thought, dick. the tallest tree catches the most wind. at the breezes are going to flow around your head. they are already around mine, that is why i have no hair left. to you, john, you are a gentle giant of a man. that is how i see you. you have more time to serve this nation in ways that await you. it to bruce -- to bruce reed and his band of wunderkind, you are a remarkable talent. someone asked me if i could do and alliteration of what occurred. i said, well, here it is. we took a big banana and through it into the gorilla cage, and the guerrilla has depicted upper -- picked it up. they will appeal it, matchett, play with that, but they will eat -- they will peel

and this was just before your 1996 reelection against bob dole. so i went to see you when the leader of the opposition, he's the president of the united states. so when you get into the, how did it all work out? and of course the british media world turning up hoping for something to go wrong. so anyway, i sat in those chairs that you do, trying to let generally statesmanlike sitting with the president. and i remember the british media are used to russian very clutch, but journalists will come in and they would show questions. one of the british media sade, do you think sitting next to you're sitting next to the next british prime minister? if he said no, i would have been gone. if you suggest he was interfering with the british election, right? so he said, i just hope he sitting next to the next president of next president of the united states. [laughter] [applause] that is one way to get to the prime minister's question. >> that actually raises the next question. there's been a lot discussed and its increasing about the special relationship betw

senator bob dole said, he has set a standard as a senator, as a legislative leader, and as a statesmantand among the best as long as there is a senate. [applause] and his beloved dear friend ted kennedy, senator ted kennedy, said that he personifies what our founding fathers were thinking of when they were thinking about a united states senate. [applause] he has been called a patriot and warrior of the united states constitution. however, the best way that i can describe the senator is that the architect of the alachua. he is the most historic figure to ever call west virginia home and will forever live in our hearts and those of our children. no one can replace our senator, no one. [applause] [applause] no one can fill his shoes, and we must never forget his tireless dedication as we humbly to follow in his footsteps. senator byrd, you have toiled and triumphed on behalf of your beloved mountain state, and now your time to rest has come. your memory will live in our hearts forever. may god bless you and erma. may god bless the state of west virginia. and may god bless america. [applau

i served in the senate for 10 years, two of which were under the majority leader bob dole.bin. you and i have worked on many causes before. how about americans for campaign reform? that was a dazzler. you can see how well we have done there. but again, a leader. to have five of the six senators appointed to this plan is very special. i will leave you with one thought, dick. the tallest tree catches the most wind. at the breezes are going to flow around your head. they are already around mine, that is why i have no hair left. to you, john, you are a gentle giant of a man. that is how i see you. you have more time to serve this nation in ways that await you. it to bruce -- to bruce reed and his band of wunderkind, you are a remarkable talent. someone asked me if i could do and alliteration of what occurred. i said, well, here it is. we took a big banana and through it into the gorilla cage, and the guerrilla has depicted upper -- picked it up. they will appeal it, matchett, play with that, but they will eat -- they will peel it, mash it, play with it, but they will eat some.