bob dole did indeed appear in a moynihan commercial saying that. when the clinton administration came in a harvard professor was coming to washington for his term in the administration and i was running the confirmation hearings at the time and came by for his visit. he said to him at a certain point in the conversation that you are allowed to come here for two years and then have to go back within two years and he said to them there is no sense getting involved in this stuff if you are not going to stay out for 30 years. and there is a passage in steve's book that is relevant to this and a discovery of mine because it is a memo the senator wrote about a conversation he and i had. i had no idea he was writing these things down. it was during the clinton administration when hillary clinton was working on health care reform. it is short. it is quick. june 21st, 1994. paul dropped in to see lawrence. in his first meeting he said to her that many of the changes she was hoping for are already happening. she said no they are not. the costs are already go

but secondly everyone in the room is thinking bob dole is not going to say that. and senator moynihan says we'll he did. i saw him on c-span in the middle of the night up there in canada somewhere in the field saying pat moynihan and i saves social security. we would just get that tape. and we did. [laughter] >> and bob dole did indeed appear in a moynihan commercial saying pat moynihan save social security. when the clinton administratio came in, there was a harvard professor coming down to washington for his turn in the administration, and i was running the confirmation hearings, he came by for his visit. young professor, senator moynihan well. he said to them at a certain point in the conversation, because he knew the system at harvard as you are allowed to come to an effort years but hold onto your tenure. and he said to them, you know, there's no sense getting involved in this stuff if you're not going to stay at it 30 years. and there's a passage in steve's book that is relevant to this. again, i discovered of my because it's a mellow that senator roe about

it certainly sabotaged bob dole's campaign that was going to be a big issue. this is, i think, a perfect example of this clinton's test. was he a brave pragmatist? brave pragmatist making this needed change to a system that really needed this change, or was he selling out poor people, people who had no enough to defend them? it really depends how you read the inkblot. it's difficult to see the new deal is alive at this point and liberalism has much left in it. certainly the problems obama has been having and this recent election lost by the democrats, it all seems to indicate that the country has moved on. what was bill clinton's part in that? again, it's very difficult to discern. i think liberals would have wanted someone else. interestingly, david bonyer, a congressman from the detroit area with close ties to labor unions, and of course, being from detroit where the automobile industry is so strong, he says, yes, we would have wanted to have somebody else, but there was nobody else. clinton was the best that the liberals had. anyone else? >> yeah. two terms

the mechanism was originally come up with buy it then- republican senate leader bob dole, a mandate.>> democrats claimed that if you repeal this will raise the deficit by $230 billion. >> well, you are going to hear a lot of talk about that. it turns about what the cbo suggests is going to happen. there was a time when the cdo did speak on the subject of the cost of the healthcare plan, and my learned friend said this was great, so abusive about what the cbo had to say. -- so effusive about what the cbo abizaid i thought he was going to run off with the director of the cbo. now is just written off as people who do as they're told. >> are learned friend charles scott hammer -- charles krauthammer. >> on the contrary, my dear friend, i will explain every number by the cbo and claimed the democrats have that there will reduce the deficit by two to $30 billion. -- to what $30 billion. i will give you any 20 seconds how they explain how that works. the health care bill of the democrats increases and spending by 5 would've $40 billion and then increases taxes by $770 billion. do the math.

what it means for global security firms the wall famous bowl so i think there's a long winded up bob dole with dulles it's way to three top awards from british critics the full story and much more all at all so you talk home. it is going to check now on some other news making headlines around the world this hour five people killed. in a busy tunnel in west pakistan nineteen others were injured most of them were taken to a nearby hospital in peshawar the region has seen bombings over the past few years it's believed the taliban or al qaida militants are behind the attacks. the african union is commissioning a panel that it says will result by very close leadership to speak within a month. is refusing to step down though his opponent. is internationally recognized as the winner of this presidential election the union call for an end to the government. confining what's hot a small hotel also strongly condemn the surge of violence that is gripped the country following the still. government is defending a proposed levee it hopes will pay for massive flood damage across the country's eastern st

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of there's a lot of commotion there at the moment because that entire area has been fortunate off bob dole so they are there of vehicles being evacuated right now a lot of emergency vehicles still in place you can imagine that immediately following the blasts all the emergency vehicles the police vehicles were coming in and because of that the airport security had to basically kick everybody out of the airport and out of the parking area and at this point that parking lot is in fact is still taken up by all the emergency vehicles a lot there are a lot less of them now that there were several hours ago you can also imagine that probably you would assume the their flights to be counseled some of them were indeed canceled at least several flights to vienna there was also a flight to st petersburg the has been canceled as well but at this point the airport is functioning normally almost to its full capacity but we also know that they've also made sure i was at the scene also speaking to the investigative comedian that it is to get the media arrived here shortly after the blast and they're stil

. >>> former presidential candidate and senator bob dole is back in the hospital tonight.was admitted to walter reid medical center in washington, d.c. on tuesday. the 87-year-old dole checked out of the hospital on friday morning but was readmitted last night after complaining of a recurring fever. dole was hospitalized for ten months last year after contracting pneumonia following knee surgery. >>> in news of the world tonight, in iraq today shiite cleric al-sadder returned from a self-imposed exile and made a fiery anti-american speech to supporters. he spent time in iran in 2006 and 2007 his members were accused of vicious attacks against sunnies. he told his followers today that bloodshed will no longer be tolerated. >> in sudan people went into the southern capitol of juba for voting tomorrow. africa's largest country will be split in two between the border and muslim north and the mostly black and christian south. an estimated 2 million people died in the war which ended in 2005. >> and in north korea today the north korean dips asked for talks with south korea. the

the first is bob dole. who characteristically said joe has a short fuse and the ability to go with it. when joe use to get up to speak we all figured we have 30 or 45 minutes to go to the office to get a haircut. [laughter] not that we didn't want to hear what he had to say we probably have heard already. [laughter] then there was this from a decade-old the republican from nebraska who traveled widely with buydown on the foreign relations committee. here is what hagel had to say in regard too. >> every time somebody talks sought to put themselves in a position where he could be subjected to intense criticism and analysis. that is just the nature of politics and leadership and has joe talks about as much as any senator i have been around. joe likes to talk if he likes people. he likes to engage. he cannot help himself. when you do that, to some extent, trivializing the seriousness of purpose and your identity. joe does talk too much and he knows that he talks too much but that does not take away the death of

. >> bob doles issued a statement wishing him the best.e notes for you, har boo but a says he will install the west coast offense, he gave no indication with the quarterback situation and balke will have the final stay on team roster decisions. >> fresh off their win against new orleans, they played with swagger. golden gate state pushing cleveland cavaliers, david lee with a 20 and had that by the end of the third quarter. showing no reverses, lee 22-14. in a good way, he capped their lead at the break. big break for monta ellis, fourth quarter, with defense the block. and to reggie williams and the finish, warriors have won six in nine, 116-98 the final. >> cotton bowl, los gatos u and texas a&m, this game used to have interest but under-publicized now. these two hooked up on three touchdowns. 41-24 was the final. three games left in the bowl season if you are counting at home. >>> be sure to tune in at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00, it's wild car playoff and mike schuman will have it for you. >> next up, better jobs report but still not good eno

the first, bob dole, who made a gesture he said joe has a short fuse, but he knows it. when he goes up to speed we have about 30 or 45 minutes to go to the office and get a hair cut. not that we didn't want to hear what he had to say, we probably heard it all already. [laughter] and then there was this one from chuck hagel who traveled with him, with biden on the foreign relations committee. here is what chuck hagel had to say: he said i think he talks a lot and put himself in a position where he can be subjected to criticism and analysis. that's just the nature of politics and leadership, and joe talks as much as any senator i've ever been around. joe likes to talk, he likes people, he likes to engage. he can't help himself. and when you do that you realize the seriousness of your identity. he knows he talks too much but it doesn't take away from his knowledge and a experience and judgment. he's a very honest and open person. you ask him a question he will tell you even if you don't ask a question he will tell you. it's the we he is. he's going about his forthcoming po

the first is bob dole, who made a gesture that said joe's got a short fuse and a long to go with it.when he gets up to speak, we all figured we have 30 or 45 minutes to go to the office, a haircut, not the we did want to hear what he had to say, we probably heard it all already. then there was this from chuck hagel, republican from nebraska, who traveled widely with biden on the foreign relations committee. and here's what chuck hagel had to say with regard, he said, you think anytime someone talks a lot he puts himself in a position or he can be subjected to intense criticism and analysis. that's just the nature of politics and the nature of leadership. and joe talks about as much as any senator i've ever been around. joe likes to talk. he likes people. he likes to engage. he can't help himself. and when you do that, you run the risk to some extent of trivializing your services and frankness, the seriousness of your identity. joe does talk too much, and he knows he talks too much, but that doesn't take away from the depth of his knowledge, his great experience and judgment. he's a v

it was bob dole and john chafee of rhode island. and essentially transforms into the romney plan in massachusetts and obama plan in washington. the democrats embraced that, the republican plan of 1993. and republicans in the congress have just walked away from it. >> i'm now going to have to walk away from the two of you, very, very sad thing to do but thank you both very much. >> and again the major developments of the >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: president obama chose the head of general electric for his economic council; and congresswoman gabrielle giffords was transferred to a rehabilitation facility in houston. and to kwame holman for what's on the newshour online. kwame. >> holman: watch all of margaret's reports from south korea, and find a blog post about the push to save historic buildings in seoul amid new construction. plus, as the sundance film festival opens, jeff talks to two festival organizers about this year's themes. that's on "art beat". and finally, many of you have asked how the re-launche

bob dole, who actually said to me, dole is chairman of the republican national committee. i believe it was then that -- it was for a midterm election while nixon was president. i'm sorry, it was with a group of people and people were saying -- press were saying to dole, senator dole, do what nixon to stop in kansas? and dole said, a flyover might work. but he gave this very emotional torrent of speech at the funeral. he was quite a scene. clinton said something to the effect of, let's just let him rest in pews and let us have forgiveness and the sound off a big series among the democratic party. so you is controversial to the end, although a lot of people i become more mellow about 10. and as they say, i ended up with empathy for him because he strived so hard all his life. and he was so determined to be accepted, which he never quite was. and he was such a tormented man that i couldn't help but feel some real empathy to him. >> host: are there any other questions? well if not -- may be love. [inaudible] >> -- how does that compare to the clinton impeachment? >> guest: nig

one more item from washington former senator and republican potential candidate bob dole has returned to walter reed army medical center after being released briefly on friday. senator dole is 87 years old. voters in southern sudan began casting ballots today in a week long independence referendum. it could result in the world's newest nation. sudan's oil rich largely christian south is expected to secede from its mainly muslim north. last night in the nfl play-offs, the new york jets booted peyton manning and the indianapolis colts out of title contention with this last-second field goal by nick folk giving the jets a 17-16 win. in the early game seattle running back lynch's dazzling 67-yard touchdown romp capped a shocking upset of the super bowl champion new orleans saints. the final score 41-36 seahawks. the nfl play-offs resumed this afternoon here on cbs. now today's forecast. the wet weather is expected in much of the country with snow in the north and rain in the southeast. the days ahead could bring more snow to the northeast. and out west too along with ice cold temperatures

i also remember a response that bob dole gave to bill clinton. he was not feeling well that night. in his response, he just showed it. he did not project well. he was very happy to give that response. he was running for the 1996 republican presidential nomination. he wanted the opportunity to speak to the country. this performance was a little bit off, too. you are absolutely right. this is not strictly a basketful of blessings. >> a very busy place tonight in washington, d.c., as the get ready for the state of the union address. our first formal event will be the convening of the senate to operate we will show you that live in just a couple of minutes. what are the politics of that? >> the fact that congressman paul ryan is the chairman of the budget committee is great for us. he is known as a superstar. 41 years old. he is a rising star. he is very well-respected on our side of the aisle for knowing economic policy. and for communicating really well. people understand him. when he speaks to the country, they get. michelle bachman is speaking on behalf of the tea party. that is so

more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians than ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dole. but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for a generation, rather than saving it for misuse as a cudge el in the next campaign. they didn't capitulate they compromised. speaking of back room deal they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issues against those who cast the tough votes. if you've got to make a back room deal, that's the kind of back room deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a republican today who would dare criticize ronald reagan. last week when the candidates for chairman of the republican national committee had their debate, grover norquist asked each of them to name their favorite republican other than ronald reagan and he said he had to add that caveat so that everyone didn't give the same answer. we'd all be better off if some of these republicans remember that their favorite person, ronald reagan, worked across the aisle to solve big problems. and we'd also all be better off if grover norquist tho

of the latter, the entitlement candidate who may be ran before, it is that person's term, like a bob doleeagan, you have that common feeling in the party. the person whose turn it is. and then there's the fiscal conservative wing, the social conservative wing, and then a business-type outsider. that may not make a difference this time. it may not be that way. but that is the way a lot of republicans think of it. you have these people take on these roles and get the nomination for those different ways. most of the way the entitlement candidate becomes the nominee. that may not happen this time. i think the republicans will run a candid that employ close attention to the tea party conservative resurgence in the party and i think they will be a big story for the next two years. >> i love your question. all elections in a way set up the next one, whether it is the next president being not the last one, that kind of pattern we have seen in the past. but interesting about this midterm, what happened with the state houses and the governors. suddenly you have tremendous republican gains in state

often times, members would get together, members with sharp differences -- say, bob dole and george mcgovernt it out on the floor and then walk out -- could fight it out on the floor and then walked out together. i do not want to diminish the importance of philosophical differences that are meant to be fought out, but the other side is not the enemy. they are simply americans with a different take. that is the sentiment we need to see coming out of congress and reaching the public. host: bridgeport, ohio. tom, you are on the air. caller: i resent the way that this assailant has been described as being politically motiva to commit these crimes. it is pretty dastardly than one political party could use this as motivation, criticizing republican propaganda. i think the democrats are wrong about that. guest: i do not think that is the argument being made. virtually all the commentary has acknowledged this young man seems to be seriously concerned -- disturbed mentally, and his ramblings were absolutely incoherent. there was no explicit evidence of taking signals from sarah palin or glenn beck. l

bob dole during the campaign in '96 was asked repeatedly, i guess he was in his 70s, do you dye youraid, well i may put a little something in it. >> but it's okay. >> speaking of okay. presidential people clinton supposedly dyed his hair. but i had heard -- >> to what? >> i heard he dyed it gray when he was looking too young for the position to give him some gravitas. whether that's true, i don't know. >> now ask yourself this, could the woman do the same thing for gravitas? >> would a woman even want to put gray in her hair? >> you're exactly right. >> huh-uh. >> i don't know. >> doesn't bother me. >> as long as he looks good. >> as long as we get unemployment down. lower than 9.4%. [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' school get extra stuff. ♪ like musical instruments. ♪ and new art supplies. ♪ because they're the only cereals with box tops for education. last year, schools earned over ten million dollars from big g cereals. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo... only on big g cereals. you can make a difference.

and then, if we are lucky, it will be like when we were working together with bob dole.ut we will have to do this with a little bit of uncertainty, for a little while. i do not know how this will come out. most of us genuinely love our country. even those who disagree with me, to move the country forward. i think the president did the right thing in the state of union -- state of the union not to say some of the things that i have said. he did the right thing and i do not know how this will come out. the new members by not have a lot of experience, but i believe a lot of what he has said is factually untrue. they are energetic. i think that they love their country. i think that they will see a way through this. i listened to many debates about health care, but nobody ever talks about the cost of continuing the status quo. none of the competitors are closer than 10.5. the closest is 11.5. the reason that we are here in davos is because there are challenges in bring health care to these villages. you have 10 or -- 10 and a half of these, the united kingdom at nine and a ha

former senator bob dole is out former senator bob dole is out of the hospital after being of the hospitald debut? now march 15. now march 15. beware the ieds of march. beware the ieds of march. march 15. march 15. next week, the house is back in next week, the house is back in session. session. first item on the agenda, first item on the agenda, repealing the health care reform repealing the health care reform law, or as the house resolution law, or as the house resolution is officially called, repealing is officially called, repealing the job-killing health care law the job-killing health care law act. act. nbc white house correspondent is nbc white house correspondent is live on the white house lawn. live on the white house lawn. i don't want to get into the i don't want to get into the fact that it's one-sided but fact that it's one-sided but it's also a mouthful, isn't it? it's also a mouthful, isn't it? >> well, it is. >> well, it is. and there's been a talk given and there's been a talk given the events of the past several the events of the past several days of changing that name. d

members with sharp differences, say a bob dole and a george mcgovern could fight it out on the floorelse. i think the country would be encouraged by that. i don't want to diminish the importance of differences, philosophical partisan differences, the real issues to be fought out, but the other side is not the enemy. they are not un-american. they simply are americans with a different take, and that's the sentiment we need to see coming out of congress and reaching the public. >> host: all right, bridgeport, ohio. tom, independent, you're on the air. >> caller: good morning. i resent the way this assailant is depicted as being politically motivated to commit these crimes. it's a horrendous act he committed, but, i mean, it's also -- you know, one political party would use this for their own benefit in portraying to guy as somehow being motivated to commit this crime, and you know, based on what you have been affected by republican propaganda. i don't think that's right. i think the democrats are dead wrong on that. that's my point. >> guest: i don't think that's the argument they made

in 1986, petedom chi and bob dole put together a plan that included a small restraint in the increase in social security. called a cost of living adjustment. and they passed that on the floor of the united states senate very dramatically. pete wilson had just had the night before an apdecty. he was rolled into the chamber on a gurny it was a 50-49 vote. a few weeks later, president reagan pulled the rug and changed his mind. he decided he didn't want to support that. that november, republicans lost overwhelmingly the united states senate. so that political courage was slapped do you know. so when we start complaining about elections and people who get elected, politicians, remember what they're doing. they're representing what they think is the majority interest in their district or state. and the fact of the matter is people want to keep medicare, they want to keep pensions, and they do not want them restrained in any way. at the same time, they want the deaf sit to go down. i think that phrase is cognitive dissidents, the ability to keep two things in polar opposites in your head at

that and fight some more, than if we are lucky it will be like it was with new gingrich and me and bob dole and we will start working together and do good things for america. but, we are going to have to put up with a little blood on the floor and a little uncertainty and both sides playing chicken for a while. i don't really know how it is going to come out, but since i believe that most of these people genuinely love their country, even the ones that totally disagree with me, i have to believe in the end we will find a way to work together and move the country forward, therefore i think the president did the right thing in the state of the union address not to say some of the things i just said to you and to just be positive and keep pushing the ball forward. that's not his job. he did the right thing. i don't know how it's going to come out, but my gut is a lot of these people that got elected they might not have a lot of experience and i actually believe a lot of what they said that this is untrue, but they are smart, they are vigorous and convicted and they are energetic and they love

the entitlement candidate who ran before, that person's turn like bob dole or ronald reagan and this very common feeling in the party. so there is the person whose turn is and the fiscal conservative wing and social conservative wing and a business type outsider. it may not be that way but that is the way a lot of republicans think of it. you have these people take on these roles and get the nomination through those different ways. most of the time the entitlement candidate becomes a nominee but that may not happen this time. a lot of candidates are paying close attention to this tea party conservative resurgence in the party and that is going to be a big story. >> i love your question because all elections in a way set up the next one weather it is the next president who is not the last one. the pattern we have seen in the past. what is interesting about these is what happened with the state house and the governor. because suddenly you have tremendous republican gains in state houses and in legislatures. it is a republican legislator who will decide how to redistrict. the census was

three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dole but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for the generation rather than saving it for misuse as the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. the compromised. and speaking of the backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbents who passed the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of backroom deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a republican today who would dare criticize ronald reagan. last week when the candidates were chairman of the republican national committee had their debate, grover norquist asked each of them to name their favorite republican other than ronald reagan, and he said he had to add the caveat so that everyone didn't get the same answer. well, we would all be better off if some of these republicans remember that their favorite person ronald reagan worked across the aisle to solve the proble

three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dole but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for the generation rather than saving it for misuse as the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. the compromised. and speaking of the backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbents who passed the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of backroom deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a republican today who would dare criticize ronald reagan. last week when the candidates were chairman of the republican national committee had their debate, grover norquist asked each of them to name their favorite republican other than ronald reagan, and he said he had to add the caveat so that everyone didn't get the same answer. well, we would all be better off if some of these republicans remember that their favorite person ronald reagan worked across the aisle to solve the proble

more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians than ronald reagan, tip o'neill, and bob dole. but they found a way to put politics aside and save social security or a generation rather than saving it for misuses in the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. they compromised. and speaking of backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbent who cast the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of back room deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a republican today who would dare criticize ronald reagan. last week when the candidates for chairman of the republican national committee have their debate, grover norquist asked each of them to name their favorite republican, either the reagan. and he said he had to add that caveat so that everyone didn't get the same answer. well, we would all be better off if some of these republicans remember that their favorite person, ronald reagan, worked across the aisle to solve big problems. and w

often times, members would get together, members with sharp differences -- say, bob dole and george mcgovern redo could fight it out on the floor and then walk out -- could fight it out on the floor and then walked out together. i do not want to diminish the importance of philosophical differences that are meant to be fought out, but the other side is not the enemy. they are simply americans with a different take. that is the sentiment we need to see coming out of congress and reaching the public. host: bridgeport, ohio. tom, you are on the air. caller: i resent the way that this assailant has been described as being politically motivated to commit these crimes. it is pretty dastardly than one political party could use this as motivation, criticizing republican propaganda. i think the democrats are wrong about that. guest: i do not think that is the argument being made. virtually all the commentary has acknowledged this young man seems to be seriously concerned -- disturbed mentally, and his ramblings were absolutely incoherent. there was no explicit evidence of taking signals from sarah pal

some leaders from bob dole to gerald ford fought the program and votes against its creation and sought repeal. medicare gave insurance to older americans, and today only a fraction, a tiny fraction of those 85 and older lack health insurancement more than 40 years ago, congress and the president were right to enact medicare. i predicted in the future today's uninformed cries of social medicine and political chatter of imagined burdens will have faded. instead, it will be noted that we did the right thing by finally ensuring that all americans have health care security and good affordable health care, a goal that had alluded this nation for a century. >> thank you very much, mr. holt. mr. davis. >> thank you, thank you, mr. chairman, and to all of you and all the patience everyone has shown today. i certainly appreciate that. you know, the issues that we're talking about here today, i don't want something to get lost, and that says that we stand ready. we stand ready and able to work with you and to improve on the patient and affordable care act. i don't think anybody who came here said

will fight some more and then if we are lucky it will be like it was with new gingrich and me and bob dole and start working together and do good things for america. but we are going to have to put up with blood on the floor and a little uncertainty and a little both sides playing chicken for a while. i don't know how which is going to come out but since i believe most of the people genuinely love their country even the ones that disagree with me i have to believe that in the end will find a way to work together and move the country forward therefore i think the president did the right thing in the state of the union address not to say some of the things i just said to you and instead to be positive and try to keep pushing the ball forward. that's not his job. he did the right thing to read i don't know what is going to come out, but my gut is a lot of these people that got elected they might not have a lot of experience and they might believe a lot of what they said i believe is factually not true but they are smart, they are vigorous and convicted and the are energetic and i know they lo

i was -- i came into this seat after bob dole served in this body and served in this seat.ator dole from kansas i think is the icoc figure of the world war ii generation and of that greatest generation. just got out of walter reed hospital. he's been very sick and ill this year but is coming back and recuperating. i think he's 87 years old this year. most everybody in america would agree about the greatest

candidate who ran before -- entitlement candidate who ran before, who it's that person's turn like a bob dole or ronald reagan. you have this very common feeling in the party. so there's the person whose turn is is. then there's the candidate of the fiscal conservative wing, the business type outsider. now, that may not make a difference this time. it may not be that way, but that's sort of the way that a lot of republicans think of it. you have these sort of people sort of take on these roles and get the nomination through those different ways. most of the time the entitlement candidate bakes the mom knee, but that may -- nominee, but that may not happen this time. i think a lot of candidates are paying close attention to this tea party conservative resurgence in the party and i think that's going to be a big story for the next two years. >> i love your question because all elections in a way set up the next one. whether it's the next president is going to be not the last one. it's the pattern we've seen in the past. what i think is very interesting about these mid terms is what happened wit

three more proudly partisan and ideologically distinct politicians ronald reagan, tip o'neill and bob dolebut they found a way to put politics aside and save social security for the generation rather than saving it for misuse as the next campaign. they didn't capitulate. the compromised. and speaking of the backroom deals, they agreed not to let either party demagogue the issue against the incumbents who passed the tough votes in order to pass the bill. now let me tell you, if you've got to make a backroom deal, that's the kind of backroom deal we ought to make in washington. folks, you're not going to find a republican today who would dare criticize ronald reagan. last week when the candidates were chairman of the republican national committee had their debate, grover norquist asked each of them to name their favorite republican other than ronald reagan, and he said he had to add the caveat so that everyone didn't get the same answer. well, we would all be better off if some of these republicans remember that their favorite person ronald reagan worked across the aisle to solve the problem

that left-wing advocate, bob dole. and yes, that champion of liberal causes, richard nixon. this is an amalgamation of a series of proposals offered over many years. but what do we hear? the usual scare tactics. obamacare. 16 years ago, clintoncare. government takeover. socialism. and the best one of all, death panels. people wonder why the language here is so charged, why it's so inkendary. it's because of the lexicon that is chosen for the purpose of scaring the american people. remember what this proposal does or as president bush said, you need health care, go to the emergency room. it removes 57 million people with pre-existing condition from insurance. it eliminates provisions for 2.4 million young adults to maintain health care on their parents' coverage until they're 26. this bill would allow a return to discrimination toward women based on higher premiums if they've had breast cancer or perhaps even if they've been a victim of domestic violence or had a child. this bill that's proposed by our friends on the other side, it would get rid of a lifetime cap on out-of-po

a quick note, bob dole was briefly hospitalized and has left according to a spokesperson. that is courtesy of "the new york post." for tomorrow's program, a discussion of politics to talk about many things especially about the house of representatives this week in the ongoing political climate here in washington, d.c. we will have stephen bell on the deficit and julie rovner on health care. it starts at 7:00 a.m.. we will see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> c-span is a private, non- profit company created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. coming up, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on the u.s. economy. also, the house budget committee chairman talks about the federal budget. later, american petroleum institute's president and ceo on his opposition to the obama administration's limits on offshore drilling. monday, the national press found

if you ask bob dole, i think he would concur with that.n then to make you think that you could make the same kinds or similar reforms and survive politically? >> because the economic day of reckoning is right around the corner, because the tens of trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities are right out there in front of us. medicare is going insolvent later in the decade, and medicare is the greatest cause of our debt problems, and because the baby boomers start retiring this year, we're going from approximately 40 million retirees now to 80 million retirees. we're increasing the consumer generation by 100 percent but only increasing the tax population by 17%. we have looming insolvency. gao on liability figure, it's a measurement -- >> general accountability office. >> general accountability office. in 2010, it was a $74 trillion, and it's 86.4 trillion this year. we are going that much deeper into our hole that much faster. after that 1996 medicare political football issue, john broe and john kerry and others put together this biparti

. >> if you ask bob dole, i think he would concur with that. so the question is, what is different politically now been banned to make you think you could make the same kind for similar reforms and survive politically? because the economic day of reckoning is right around the corner. >> because the tens of trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities are right up there in front of us. medicare is going insolvent later in the decade and medicare is the greatest cause of our debt problems. and because baby boomers start retiring this year. we are going from approximately 40 million retirees to approximately 80 million. we are increasing the benefit consuming generation, but only increasing tax paying and so we have looming insolvency. gao -- if we look at gao liability figure, it's basically a measurement. >> general accountability office. >> it was a $62.9 trillion figure. acd $.6 trillion this year. so we are going that much deeper into our whole, that much faster. after that 1996 medicare political football issue, john breaux, bob kerrey and o