bush john is joined by his former partner. keep provides data the advise. we are doing this in service. the comptroller has made a commitment to make these to the board of. many of you have seen the various is super articles and commentary. some of the commentary has been quite alarming. among the more frequent and public commentators of the u.s. securities and exchange commission, which is frequently expressing a concern about the quality of municipal disclosure. you should know that the fcc views board members as critical as gatekeepers. our aim is to keep you informed about your legal obligations as board members and quite frankly to keep the city ahead of the curve in our disclosures practices. with that, i will turn it over to john. i would encourage you to answer any questions you may have and we are available after the presentation and it anytime during which an offering document is approved by this board for advice and counsel. thank you. >> we have the sec speeches, there has been literally hundreds of actions against governmental issuers. we have

bush john is joined by his former partner. keep provides data the advise. we are doing this in service. the comptroller has made a commitment to make these to the board of. many of you have seen the various is super articles and commentary. some of the commentary has been quite alarming. among the more frequent and public commentators of the u.s. securities and exchange commission, which is frequently expressing a concern about the

bush john ashcroft was a member of the federalist society former white house independent counsel kenneth starr the guy who spearheaded the clinton and impeachment investigations was a federalist society member as was ted olson the guy who ran bush's legal team and argued before the supreme court to stop the recount in florida back in the two thousand election sealing and stealing that presidential election for george w. bush and republican senator orrin hatch who used to be the chairman of the senate judiciary committee now as the number two member on that committee and oversaw the confirmation of several federalist society judges and he himself is a member of the federalist society just think of it as a massive right wing network of judges lawyers politicians and business leaders who fund them who unsatisfied with just using their monies to subvert congress and the white house as spent the last two decades gaining control of the judiciary as well which is all the more reason why we have to get corporate money out of politics because as long as corporations can spend unlimited amounts of

bush got 54% of the white vote. by 2008 when john mccain won in the election were lost the election mckay and actually got 55% of the white vote he did one point better than bush had done in 2000, losing by seven plus%. so you look at that and say this is an issue that if republicans can't, if they are going to get buried among african-american voters, they can't get buried among hispanic voters where they have been when he or in a whole stop digging there would be advice for republicans right now. >> switching to converse, this person asks the think john boehner will become a stronger speaker if a significant number of his tea party aligned freshman lose the reelection bids? >> i seem to be a happier person. [laughter] >> i always wondered in the privacy of the polling booth who did mitch mcconnell vote for? [laughter] >> look, the tea party got him there, you know, simply because there was this incredible freshman class phenomenon which was tea party driven. but look it's hard to write the tiger and i don't think he anticipated we

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i mean, whatever you want to say about barack obama or john mccain in the past, or george w. busha consistency in their careers and you could expect them to go to the mat on certain things. barack obama, even the left didn't like what he did all the time on health care, but in the white house, people keep telling him, back off, back off. he said i'm going to push ahead, even if this wrecks my presidency. let's take a look at that. >> here's the latest huntsman campaign web ad, showing how romney has flipped on issues. >> here illegally should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship. >> we can't talk about amnesty, we cannot give amnesty to those who have come here illegally. >> i don't think i ever hired an illegal in my life. we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn and they had illegal immigrants that were working there. >> i believe that since roe v. wade has been the law for 20 years, that we should sustain and support it. >> i'm in favor of having the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. >> wow, a lot of 180s along that road. yesterday romney tried to defend h

bush and john mccain and john kyle and teddy kennedy all want thed.t done but we are a country of immigrants. that's our strength. i hope we can get to a place where we remember that. >> my problem with immigration is if we don't control our borders, you know, i understand -- look, i have been to the border five times five different places, but i'm not worried as much about the person that wants to work and get a better life for him and his family, but somebody can walk across our border wanting a job. so, too, can somebody who wants to industry on american city. >> you are absolutely right about that. borders that are permanentable where you have corruption, it's the same border permeability that allows traffics in arms or trafficking in persons. i'm all for border security and doing everything we can. but while we are doing that, let's not forget that this country was built because people from all over the world have come here from generations to be a part of the belief that you can come from humble circumstances and you can do great things. and if

bush made in 2004 against democrat john kerry.12, democrats want to say, look, you may not agree with all the decisions president obama made, but he stood in there on the battlefield and in crisis time for the country and made tough calls one after the other. and stands by them where as his other guy, mitt romney, he's someone who puts a finger up to the wind and can't trust him to make the tough calls when times are tough. that's the case that president bush made against john kerry, remember the famous windsurfer ad where they showed kerry seemingly arguing he was flip-flopping back and forth on issues. i think it is a very similar case to one the democrats are going to make against mitt romney if he wins the nomination in 2012. >> okay, three surveys out this week showing president obama, a substantial lead over republican front-runner mitt romney in several of the so-called blue wall states. they voted democrat in the past five presidential elections. what is your take on that and what does romney have to do to change that? >>

we had a lot of problems in 2004 in the george bush versus john kerry race.process from several different angles. >> it seems this law that's now in effect is all about discouraging people to vote, which obviously can become habit forming and the next thing you know, we have 2012 and it's their effort to suppress the vote and just, you know, purchase as many people as you can getting to the polls on the republican side. out-advertise big time, get your base out there and beat those that may be the novice news people out there that really normally don't get too motivated. if you shut down the early voting forum, what does that do for 2012 and the presidential? >> well, this is a very big deal because remember, this is a republican secretary of state and here we have what looks an awfully lot like a coordinated attempt to deny people access to the polls. if they get away with it this fall, you can presume that they will do so again next year. and remember that republican tie groups, supposedly independent groups, like americans for prosperity, have been on the

in 2004, new hampshire was the only state that went from george bush to john kerry in 2004.s made a bunch of gains including an open senate seat. this is going to be a swing state, particularly if the massachusetts neighbor was the nominee. >> thank you very much. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." rachel maddow is here and follow the show online and on twitter @mitchell reports. >> we are following breaking news. occupy protesters in california are about to hold their first major rally since this now infamous video was made public of campus police at uc davis pepper spraying peaceful protesters at close range. i will be joined by annex pert to give her analysis of this video and what she thinks should happen next in the investigation of the campus police. plus, failure was always apparently an option. the super committee appears to be mere mortals with the great divide in congress. our "news nation" gut check. is this the worst congress ever? i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped fo

bush in 1989. john f.gerald ford greeted his bird in 1975 with a frozen butter ball on the table. that's quite a staredown. and in 1981, when asked what he was going to do with his pardonee, ronald reagan said eat him. all right. and george w. bush had an unforgettable encounter when they snapped this picture of the turkey poking below the belt at the president. john adams wanted the eagle instead. still, come dinner time tomorrow, it's safe to say for millions of americans, this bird is indeed the word. stuffed a lot of info in there. that's just so you can be smart at the dinner table tomorrow. that's going to do it for me here today, you'll see me back here at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. you can follow me on twitter @thomasaroberts. smal l bu sinesses are the smal lifeblood of our communities. on november 26th you can make a huge impact by shopping small on small business saturday. one purchase. one purchase is all it takes. so, pick your favorite local business... and join the movement. i pledge to shop small

isn't it weird nobody cared about incivility when bush was hitler. john stewart never wondered when there was a president compared to a nazi. >> the tea parties had a rally in the capital. and then it was a fashist revolution and then you have these people saying, yes, we should kill the rich people and eat them and put them in prison and seize their property and have a marxist revolution. all of these idealists. i thinkingis all over blown. you look at how they are running in the 18th century and 19th century. you look at the newspapers and you could never publish a paper like that. >> they didn't have papers back then. they wrote it on wood. >> i want to know whether it was before or after opener man was there. -- oberman was there. >> do you think fox news is uncivil? you know where you are right now, by the way? or do we rank high because nobody watches nbc or cnn? >> in terms of being uncivil, this show definitely ups the ratings. >> there are so many times i almost walked off the set. >> are you serious? >> it is a fine line i walk every day. mainta

it's very hard to look at the john kerry campaign in 2004 and think the democrats have a lot of money, they could do to mitt romney what george bushgingrich said this the other night, he's changed his position on the individual mandate on health care, he says i was wrong, or i've changed my mind. i don't know any adult who over 20, 30 years hasn't changed their mind on one, two, three, four things as you learn more information, circumstances change. is that something that governor romney needs to communicate better on the issues where some of them he's changed a lot, some he's changed a little, say, yes, of course. >> the reason these two gentlemen are on top we're seeing the republican base at least want someone who is articulate and able to take on president obama and win in a debate. he needs to use his words more wisely. i think speaker gingrich -- former speaker gingrich is more sp sper persuasive when he talks. he has not had the same scrutiny on the flip-flops and those who watch this are well aware of them. >> john, i would say, to some degree with mitt romney it's not the flip, it's the flop. he's gone from one position b

johns hopkins! >> another former bush administration adviser was the target of a protest in baltimore last night. rl rove was speaking as part of a symposium series at johns hopkins series when protesters began chanting. it was part of the occupy baltimore movement. 15 were asked to leave the auditorium. rove, of course, was deputy chief of staff and senior adviser for former president george w. bush. >>> we are learning more about the controversy sourpding solyndra and the obama administration. they pushed the energy company to adelay announcing it would layoff workers until after the mid term election ins 2010. it comes from newly released e-mails as part of a subpoena by house republicans, who are investigating a $500 million federal loan to solyndra. it was the first renewable energy company to receive federal loans under the 2009 stimulus law. it declared bankruptcy in september and laid off 1,100 workers. >>> loudoun county workers were on board with plans to pay for the next phase of the dulles rail project. the county's board of supervisors voted last night to approve the deal which was fi

did john mccain and george bush. it's not a disqualifier, it wasn't before. he can win the election even though he's taking a pro-amnesty stance? >> interestingly, romney's not gone after newt yet. he's not gone after him like he's gone after perry. >> does romney support amnesty, as well? >> i think he would prefer newt right there. >> yes, they're very happy with this. >> this is good news. >> except if gingrich continues to grow, probably can't beat romney. probably can't beat him, but can stabilize him so much that someone else could come in. >> newt gingrich has picked up a key endorsement. the new hampshire union leader puts its support behind the former house speaker. >> did you ever think it would come to this? >> yes. >> did you really? "the manchester union leader." >> they were never going to endorse mitt romney. >> they just hate him. >> well, the key to the endorsement -- >> but romney from massachusetts, it's the neighbor. >> right there. >> they don't need him. >> oh, don't back off. >> they could go t

on our touch screen, that's why we call it touch, historical, historical matchup between george bush and john kerry back in 2004. and the map red is republican, blue is democrat. george bush not much of a problem, and it has not been a problem for republicans going back to the early 1960s. he beat john kerry by a count of 54-46 back in 2004. now, in 2008 as the map changes you see what happened in virginia that year when barack obama for the first time since 1964 a democrat won the state of virginia, counted 53-46 over john mccain. watch the battle in virginia as we look at bellwethers right now for what happens in our upcoming election in 363 days from now? give or take a few. here's martha. martha: we wanted to talk about this horrifying child sex abuse allegations that are rocking penn state and really that whole community this morning, and the rest of the country is watching closely as well. new reports today that the university is planning for legendary football coach joe paterno's exit. last night hundreds of people rallied outside of paterno's house. watch this. >> joe paterno! joe pat

important thing right now is for them to get out and encouraging them to vote for my dad and john kerry. >> bushspent time on the road. >> my dad is leading america with the same values. strength and compassion and integrity. >> if you have an idea of how america should look. today and tomorrow. you have to get out and vote on november second. >> sometimes that election road is bumpy for the kids. >> in the 2000 presidential election. too harsh by critics. >> and she was a decade of joanne colins' dynasty. and did the widening gap. >> and remember ron reagan who refused to campaign and instead taking the stage at saturday night. >> how many people here think i was hosting the show because my father is the president of the u.s.? [cheers and applause] >> and those occasionally stumbles. they are all right. ♪ i am america. ♪ we are unite to stand. >> when rick perry's brain freeze and herman cain sexual harassment epidemic many republicans are frustrated in the search for a candidate who is not mitt romney consider jon huntsman. he is best known as the father of my next guest. his three eldest daug

administration partly they all looked alike in the bush administration except john wasn't even shaped like the rest of them. and also was very interested in showing he was the smartest guy in the room. an also had that beautiful name, sununu and i thought it was a really beautiful name. i wrote a poem called if you know what sunu knew. that was the start of my poetry career. >> charlie: and it's still going strong. >> yes. i still write every week. well not every wreck -- week because the nation publishes every other week in the summer even though they are down trodden every day of the year. >> charlie: so when you get up in the morning and you read the "new york times" or "the new york post" or the new york bay news or whatever you read or when you go on-line, do you see funny stuff? >> sometimes i see things that would make a poem or a column or whatever i happen to be writing. when i do a column. i don't do a column anymore. when i di a column i used to watch those sunday morning shows from washington that i call the savage gas backs. >> like meet the press. >> s

came back. >> well, i worked for both george bush and john mccain and i remember when george bush gotd in new hampshire, lost by 19 points. everybody says his campaign was over. i remember when john mccain's campaign melted down in the mid summer, everybody said his campaign was over. the key is to just stay focused on the -- on the early state primaries, iowa and new hampshire, have your strategy in place. don't panic, take it day to day. and don't roll over and play dead just because the press and everybody else wants you to. >> i want you to look at two more polls because even though governor perry seems to be losing by one point to herman cain in his own state of texas, if you put him up against president obama, he beats him. 45% to 37% compared to herman cain who also beats obama but at a lesser margin, 40% to 35%. should we pay attention to any of this right now, mark? >> well, what we should pay attention to is how vulnerable barack obama is and i said, you know, it's so bad now that i think we could nominate just about anybody including ron paul and beat obama. so -- and that'

. >> join me in welcoming the man who is going to take back the white house from george bush -- [applause] johnerry! >> 2004, senator john kerry won the primary by a couple of touchdowns. >> i love new hampshire. [cheers and applause] >> then, again, that was how it was supposed to be, even from the early days of his campaign. >> your courage, your courage can make sure that we do what's right for our country. >> he started out in that campaign as the front runner. everybody thought he was the person to beat. >> he department give up. >> he really seemed like the dominant candidate and the front runner to a lot of people, and he came even out of new hampshire a lot, and campaigned all over the place. >> going and before and after things in the 24 hour fitness gym? >> the funny thing happened on the way to the win, a deep democratic field including the likes of weley clark, and others, and all valued his support, while folks were still not real sure about this senator from massachusetts. >> people always like this, you know, he's got money, he's kind of swift. >> i'm not sure how one's status is