broder points out that the -- every expert -- this is broder. every expert i have talked to says that the public has it right. in other words, the experts agree with the public opinion polls that this 2,074-page bill is a budget buster. he quotes the executive director of the concorde coalition, a bipartisan group. this expert says -- "there's not much reform in this bill. as of now it's basically a big entitlement expansion plus tax increases." he also decries the gimmickry involved in putting this bill together. broder points out that the majority leader's decision to postpone the start of the subsidies to help the uninsured buy policies from mid 2013 to january, 2014 long after taxes and fees are levied by the bill would have begun. that's the only way they can make this c.b.o. declare it budget neutral, deficit neutral. in fact, we know that over a ten-year period once it's fully implemented, the cost of this will be $2.5 trillion. americans, mr. president, don't think higher premiums, higher taxes and massive cuts to medicare is reform. and

the enterprise reporter david broder who is now a columnist for the "washington post," but then a young reporter for the washington dark as howard how much they cost to print and he was paying for the printing. well, howard refused to answer. but he offered them to list him on his brady arrived cassini also sold in the bowl. his largest single order he told broder had had for 10,000 copies, but he refused to divulge the source of that order. on october 9, the minister at the hillsboro church of christ in nashville, tennessee, gave a sermon called dangerous and doctrine. baxter was a widely revered minister. this sermon was emblematic of the kind of anti-catholic rhetoric that permeated and tracks in this area. baxter began by asserting that in addition to the communist rat, america faced in the form of the roman catholic church. the catholic church and those are the two great press for america's freedom. catholic sources without mentioning kennedy's name, baxter concluded it would seem wise and even necessary that all non-catholic would pose for further growth and spread of roman cathol

broder called this legislation a budget-buster in the making. mr. president, it's difficult to quantify the scope of this bill. i've heard some of my colleagues talk about how many years would elapse in 2.5 trillion seconds. i've heard some of my colleagues talk about how many cars $2.5 trillion would buy or how many school districts it would fund, or how many decades it would fund state budgets across america. i don't think people are comprehensive -- understanding either how comprehensive this i don't think people are this understanding either howçç comprehensive this bill isç th entails 100% of the people. that is the difficulty with the group of six coming to conclusions because it is so big we scratch the surface and find out what we don't know it takes a lot of research to make basic decisions. but it was easy enough to cram in a bill and say this solves it for a trillion dollars. we should never say a trillion dollars because that just sounds likes one and one is not a very big number. it is a thousand billion doélim we really don't know w

he can defend himself and so will many others who have great respect for david broder. david broder's column said "it's simply not true that america is am biff leapt about everything when it comes to the obama health plan. the day after the congressional budget office gave its qualified blessing to the version of health reform produced by senate majority leader harry reid, quinnipiac university poll of a national cross-section of voters reported its latest results. by a 16-point margin, the majority in this poll said they oppose the legislation moving through congress." david broder went on to say -- "i have been writing for months that the acid test for this effort lies less in the publicized fight over the public option or the issue of abortion coverage than in the plausibility of its claim to be fiscally responsible. this is obviously turning out to be the case. while the c.b.o. said that both the house-passed bill and the one reid has drafted meet obama's test by being "budget neutral," every expert i have talked to says that the public has it right. these bills as

the enterprising reporter david broder who is now a columnist for "the washington post" but then a young reporter for the washington star asked howard how much they cost to print and who was paying for the printing. well, howard refused to answer, but he offered them to listeners on his radio broadcasts, and he also sold them in bulk. his largest single order had been for 10,000 copies. but he refused to divulge the source of that order. on october 9th baxter, the minister at the hillsborough church of christ in nashville, tennessee, preached a sermon entitled a dangerous doctrine. baxter was a widely-revered minister in the tradition for his appearance on his nationally syndicated and broadcast show, the harold of truth. it was emblematic of the rhetoric that permeated pulpits and tracts in this era. baxter began by asserting that in addition to the communist threat, america faced a threat to its religious freedom in the form of the roman catholic church. so catholic church, soviet union, those are the two great threats to america's freedom. after a long litany without mentioning kenned

broder called this a "budget-buster in the making." mr. president, it is difficult to quantify the scope of this bill. i have heard some of my colleagues talk about how many years it would last in 2.5 trillion seconds. $2.5 trillion would buy or how many school districts it would fund, or how many decades it would fund state budgets across america. i don't think people are comprehensive -- understanding either how comprehensive this bill is that entails 100% of the people. that's the difficulty we had in the group of six coming to any kind of conclusions, because it's so big, that as we get into one area and we scratch the surface and find out what we don't know, it takes a lot of surface and find out what we don't know, it takes a lot of re able to make basic decisions. but it was easy to cram into a bill and say this solves it -- solves it for a trillion dollars. we should never say a trillion dollars because that sounds just like one and one's not a very big number. it's a thousand billion. a thousand billion dollars. now, we really don

there were a number of other factors like how we purge broder elections and the florida supreme court and united states supreme court and at the end of the day it was a national means that third parties or independence are spoilers but it is hard to spoil an already spoils system. because of the structural problems but you can guess which parties the democratic in 2004 major ralph nader would i get on the ballot and brought 24 lawsuits in a period of 12 weeks to stifle competition as the democratic party or the allies on the ground in a number of states. i don't know how many people here who have been sued. anybody? imagine getting 24 in a period of 12 weeks before he will lead start drinking his coffee he would say this is what democracy looks like. that systemic oppression to exclude third-party candidates is something we should not tolerate. all the talk that was created from the 537 votes differences the a good thing is that people started to pay attention what was going on. they started to think about how to register people to vote? why do we have the awp in the system i don't th

bush, just the bush, david broder, tom brokaw, sears, peter and deferred -- all principal players stillagan campaign, the carter white house, the kennedy campaign. i interviewed john anderson and his running mate, the former governor. i tried to talk to as many as possible and gather as much oral history as possible. host: mrs. reagan? guest: no, she has retired from interviews. i will forever be grateful to her that -- the 1985 files are sealed at the library because they have not been culminated yet. there are millions associated with his life there. but she told the library to open them exclusively for me to go through. i had exclusive rights to go through the 1980 campaign document. host: what did you learn from the documents but that surprised you? guest: most of it was pretty straightforward. the one thing which was interesting, all of his inner circle dick allen, and meese, and others -- they were modest men. there were very focused on their conservative philosophy. you did not have campaigns, at least with these men -- it was not about the celebrity consultants. it was very focu

and david broder wrote a column about a well respected survey that shows that one out of 10 americansually believe that this will reduce the debt, and i'm in the nine out of 10. i don't think it will. host: the vote yes today was abprocedural vote. it basically said we want this to get to the floor. we want a debate. why did you and your fellow republicans vote against just to get this to the floor for a debate? guest: because as senator mcconnell said last night, we want to change the debate. we don't want to end the debate. this bill is an arrogant bill. it's 2,000 pages. that assumes that we have the wisdom to be able to change the entire health care system at one time. we think it's much too complex. and that instead of doing that, we ought to set a goal reducing health care cost and we ought to take specific steps towards that goal. for example, give small businesses a chance to pool their resources, the congressional budget office. they can offer more insurance at lower costs and save money. there are a number of other steps we could take. most americans, if you presented them a

and david broder wrote a column about a well respected survey that shows that one out of 10 americansy believe that this will reduce the debt, and i'm in the nine out of 10. i don't think it will. host: the vote yes today was abprocedural vote. it basically said we want this to get to the floor. we want a debate. why did you and your fellow republicans vote against just to get this to the floor for a debate? guest: because as senator mcconnell said last night, we want to change the debate. we don't want to end the debate. this bill is an arrogant bill. it's 2,000 pages. that assumes that we have the wisdom to be able to change the entire health care system at one time. we think it's much too complex. and that instead of doing that, we ought to set a goal reducing health care cost and we ought to take specific steps towards that goal. for example, give small businesses a chance to pool their resources, the congressional budget office. they can offer more insurance at lower costs and save money. there are a number of other steps we could take. most americans, if you presented them a pro