. 53% for scott brown, 46% for martha coakley. he has maintained a 100,000-vote advantage. we're also told by our chief national correspondent john king that martha coakley has already telephoned scott brown to concede his knowledge he has now won this race. so there will be a republican filling the seat of the late ted kennedy in the state of massachusetts. larry, this is big news because at stake right now, health care reform and a lot of other stuff. the democrats will no longer have the 60-seat supermajority that can beat a filibuster if they want a filibuster, so this is very significant for the democrats and republicans on so many issues. >> larry: john king is at brown headquarters. the last republican was senator ed brook, the black liberal republican, was tit not, in '78? '68, maybe. >> you're exactly right, larry, ed brook filled two terms. he left the united states senate in 1979, and since then massachusetts has not sent a republican to the senate. tonight they've not only sent a republican to the senate, they have sen

coakley painted brown as a conservative in the mold of george w. bush. >> he wants to go back to the drawing board. he wants to go back to those bush/cheney policies that provide for the wealthiest. >> warner: brown painted coakley as a liberal rubber-stamp for president obama. >> you're in favor of cap and trade. it's a tax. >> it's not a tax. >> it's a tax. you're in favor of a bill that will cost a billion dollars... >> warner: moderator david gergen asked brown if he'd use "ted kennedy's seat" to block health care legislation that kennedy had championed. >> with all due respect, it's not the kennedys' seat, and it's not the democrats' seat-- it's the people's seat. >> warner: in the closing days, senior massachusetts senator john kerry has emailed supporters for donations to coakley's campaign. and president obama recorded an internet video on her behalf. >> as your attorney general, she has taken on wall street schemes, insurance company abuses, and big polluters on your behalf. she represents the best progressive values of massachusetts. >> w

he deserves to win, but coakley does not.e to find other issues from north adams and i did not even know that. host: ok. guest: i were to some notes here. i think that the caller makes a good point. it is always troubling and karen would agree -- going into the last 72 hours contending that enthusiasm gap. the last few days and this week and have shown that the republican campaign scott brown's campaign, is very confident, aggressive, going on the offense. coakley's campaign has been flailing. it is never a good sign. what mark saw in massachusetts is an enthusiasm gap which is hard to overcome in the last few days. as an independent voter, that is one of the things as republicans we do seek. an incredible opportunity that many independents lining with republican sentiment against spending and deficits and the washington status quo. we are beginning to return once again, republicans, to the mantle of being the reform and ideas party. democrats are starting to be seen as defenders of the status quo. lastly, attributes the matt

senate can it martha coakley. the massachusetts attorney general is running in a special election against joe kennedy and scott brown. from northeastern university, this is about half an hour. >> thank you. thank you to the church family for welcoming our family today. it feels like a family. [applause] thank you for making us feel that way. to pastor and his lady, thank you for welcoming us here today. congratulations on jordan denise. [laughter] aka cornelia. [laughter] michele and i have been blessed with and knew that you this year. -- a new nephew this year. maybe at the appropriate time, we can make introductions. if jordan's father is like me, that will be in about 30 years. [laughter] that is a great blessing. michele and malia and sasha and i are thrilled to be here today. i know that sometimes you have to go through a little fuss to have me as a speaker. let me apologize in advance for all of bus -- the fuss. we gather [no audio] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> how is

martha coakley was not rejected. her method -- her message did get out, the problem was it was rejected. it is a rejection of barack obama and his policies. it should tell republicans out there, we are not interested in bottled republicans. we are interested in conservatives and those principles. i am an independent. i live in massachusetts my whole life. the people's republic of massachusetts is what we called it. it was a referendum on barack obama. host: let's hear from our guests, beginning with a walter -- with amy walter. guest: i think it was a referendum on the policies in washington, the policies put forward by the president. when you reject a candidate, a democratic candidate, you have rejected a president. at the same time, you have a president whose approval rating in massachusetts remains relatively high, certainly much higher than it is nationally. in some polls he is close to 60%, it is probably around the mid 50's. what you have in president obama is somebody that the majority of people in massachuset

superman did try to save in and save martha coakley. if you look at his speech sunday, that was all over the place. you have to question the missteps of their making when they belittle the trouble over and oebl again. he campaigned for the tax that scott brown was opposing. the democratic messages seems all over the place at the highest levels. >> paul, how badly does this faekt the president? >> well, you know this will be a bit of a character test for him. my own view is he has a good deal more steel in his spine than his critics i believe, and i think daifsh i -- i hope weigh see a tougher, stronger obama. i don't think verndz is ever a good strategy and i don't think the people want weakness in their leader. he believes in these things and health care reform and deficit reductions that democratics did when the we balance the budget. he ought to really believe in these causes and fight for this. >> larry: we'll take the break and get the cost of what andy thinks about all that. don't go away. a new way from alka-seltzer plus to... ge

he deserves to win, but coakley does not. come to find other issues from north adams and i did not even know that. host: ok. guest: i were to some notes here. i think that the caller makes a good point. it is always troubling and karen would agree -- going into the last 72 hours contending that enthusiasm gap. the last few days and this week and have shown that the republican campaign scott brown's campaign, is very confident, aggressive, going on the offense. coakley's campaign has been flailing. it is never a good sign. what mark saw in massachusetts is an enthusiasm gap which is hard to overcome in the last few days. as an independent voter, that is one of the things as republicans we do seek. an incredible opportunity that many independents lining with republican sentiment against spending and deficits and the washington status quo. we are beginning to return once again, republicans, to the mantle of being the reform and ideas party. democrats are starting to be seen as defenders of the status quo. lastly, attributes the

you heard from martha coakley earlier. we want to hear from you. our lines are open 202-737-0002, that's the one for democrats and four republicans, 202-737-0001. if you are in massachusetts voter the number to call is 202-628-0205. we will hear from in the first from madisonville kentucky as the republicans now have 41 seats in the u.s. senate meaning the democrats no longer have the 60 seat majority necessary to end any filibuster. what do you think? >> caller: i think it was a good win for mr. brown. i am a somewhat of a democrat, but i think this shows a week as the people, i mean we are part of president obama and harry reid and nancy pelosi trying to do, they are trying to shove this health care down people's throat and they don't want to and in fact obama -- we want him to work for the people and everything and they are not doing it right now and hopefully this will send a message saying wake up and stop lending dustin the wrong road. >> host: and you are a democrat? >> guest: >> caller: yes. host could you voted for barack obama in 2008? >>

coakley and mr. kennedy and will rotate the order later on the candidates will have time to ask each other questions. so, let us begin. to the candidates, president obama and democrats in congress are now in the final stages of hammering out a national health care bill. there is a very real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill or its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote as a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here and i went thank kennedy institute and boston. thank you for the question. the health care bill proposed in washington is broken. the backroom deals, nebraska, louisiana we all know about it. we need to start over. we have health care already in massachusetts. 90% of the people are already in short. we did it with the help of the senate president and others. we don't need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts. half a trillion d

would you vote for marcella coakley this morning? caller: and every good democrat needs to get behind martha coakley and don't allow massachusetts to have a republican representative in a ted kennedy's seat. that is just a travesty. host: why do you think martha coakley lost the wide lead she had coming into this race? caller: obviously -- this weekend i was pretty much all of around the state and it seemed like all we heard on especially the radio was nothing but scott brown adds. everything was him all weekend. and i think what helped it, too, was that we have -- three weeks ago she had a 40% side lead. so, nobody ever expected to say, i don't think, to ever go republican. i don't think nobody really in massachusetts thought that scott brown had a chance. but i would like to say to the people of massachusetts, we put scott brown in and definitely you are telling people that we are giving away a woman's right to choose. everybody remember this in massachusetts when you are voting today that this vote is really important. and we need

guest: i think on the democratic side, martha coakley's supporters -- democrats tend to have an evanish on the ground on election day because they outnumber republicans but they are trying to stop this surge of brown that sort of dominated the race recent days. i think the turnout is going to be quite high. the secretary -- secretary of state says it should mirror a general election turnout. host: what is each candidate doing specifically to get out the vote? what do their turnout machines look like? guest: the democrats always have the advantage. a lot are from out of state on both sides -- the usual blocking and tackling, making phone calls to people you think will vote for your candidate and make sure you get to the polls. it is not rocket science. host: how are these two candidates spending their last day, the last 24 hours before

martha coakley is somebody who has never really experienced the hardships of the world. i don't know much of their difference but i see a lieutenant colonel in the national guard. this is somebody who has endured. i see that as a fine candidate. host: what is going to happen tuesday? what is your prediction? caller: i believe that brown will win because the voice of independents are the sleeping giants in massachusetts. host: your reaction? guest: the numbers don't suggest that the numbers are closing but if you look at the boston globe and even at some of the polls that just call people sort of on the phone, those are the ones that have it now around double digits, around 10, maybe a little less, but not much. host: but it is a special e@@@@ in a special election it's who shows up and lower turnout than for a normal election.

coakley. >> just in response to that.we had almost 200 trials, civilian trials that have been successful in holding people accountable when they have been designated by the bush-cheney combatants in guantanamo. they made that decision presumably the attorney general can do that, too and will do that. i don't agree with president obama's decision to send troops to afghanistan. and so as a side note, you know, scott selectively picks and chooses what is apparently the right policy for the country. >> how do you think we then succeed in afghanistan? >> in afghanistan, i think we are going to do what we've been able to do in afghanistan. >> you think we should come home? >> i think we should plan an exit strategy, yes >> and how would we succeed? >> i'm not sure there is a way to succeed. if the goal was to go in, and if the terrorists harbored terrorists, i supported that goal. they are not there. they are in apparently yemen and pakistan and let's focus our efforts in al-qaeda and not -- >> would you then send troops in yem

coakley -- mrs. coakley. >> thank you. would be proud to be that vote to make sure we get that perform we need. we have taken the lead in massachusetts. we are attacking costs to make sure we provide for transparency and competition to bring costs down. wheat now spent $2.60 trillion per year on health care in this country. we do not get our money's work -- our money's worth. we do not have transparency. we do not have the type of health care we can and should have that mr. kennedy said is a right and privilege. i believe we can do that by doing it incrementally as we are going to do. we are setting the groundwork for a revolutionary play and which we provide for coverage for those who cannot get coverage and make sure that we keep costs down and people can keep the health care they have. costs are going up 10%. that is unsustainable. >> mr. brown. >> as much as out of like to think there be a 41st vote against him which of the glove to be, the reality is we are seeing boats bought. -- votes bought. it is not about who wil

coakley.l of you have talked to the economy and voters in this commonwealth of course but jobs right at the top of their list here at everyone is worried about 10% unemployment nationwide. but it's also true that this terrible economic situation workers find themselves in really comes at the end of a lost decade for american workers. there has been nationwide no net job growth since december 1999 and middle-class families when adjusted for inflation have not seen their incomes rise. what are your plans on only short-term, but is the answer to the long-term challenge? for jobs for americans? >> well exactly. if i can note the cbo says within ten years years that health care plan will be deficit neutral. one of the reasons that we've had the issues that we have now are for because during the last decade we have inside regulations that have kept the economy and check on wall street with predatory lending. with the bush cheney tax policy that supported the wars in the society. and by the way that'

yes, martha coakley ran a terrible campaign. but the notion that somehow this suggests that the entire country has shifted, i think, is just not exactly accurate. i think what we need to do -- >> isn't that obama that believes that? >> larry: let her finish. >> we forget there are tens and tens of millions of people on election day notwithstanding the enthusiasm a lot had for this president and this administration, tens of millions said they wanted sarah palin to be the number two with her finger on the button. this president has always had some opposition. they're very mobilized now, and he has to mobilize. i agree with stephanie. the time for bipartisan may be pasted. he has to set his own agenda. left-hand side more on this when we come back. hold it. hold it. we'll be right back. only alka-seltzer relieves your upset stomach, heartburn, indigestion and headache... so you're good to go in the morning. you're late. alka-seltzer brings you back. >> larry: stephanie, as a liberal, do you have a fear that your president is now a

and what was once assumed to be a certain victory by democrat martha coakley is now anything but, aspolls show support for republican state senator scott brown has surged in recent days. last-minute strategies were on display today, first in this new coakley ad, with some star support. >> martha knows the struggles massachusetts working families face because she's lived those struggles. she's fought for the people of massachusetts every single day as attorney general. she took on wall street and recovered millions for massachusetts tax payers. she went after big insurance companies, took on predatory lenders. that's what martha cokely is about. every vote matters. every vote matters. we need you. on tuesday. >> brown: and this web video from the brown >> brown: this web video from the brown campaign highlighted some of his appeal. >> i am enthusiastically supporting scott brown because this is all about america, our freedom, our security, our money. god bless america. go, scott brown! >> massachusetts does not want the trillion dollar obama health care that being forced on american p

are you going to vote for martha coakley this morning? caller: yes, i am.ink every good democrat needs to get behind her and don't allow massachusetts to have a republican representative. in a ted kennedy seat. that's a travesty. host: why do you think that martha coakley lost the wide lead that she had coming into this race? caller: honestly this weekend i was pretty much all around the state and it just seemed like all you heard on the -- especially the radio, was nothing but scott brown ads. but scott brown adds. everything was him all weekend. and i think what helped it, too, was that we have -- three weeks ago she had a 40% side lead. so, nobody ever expected to say, i don't think, to ever go republican. i don't think nobody really in massachusetts thought that scott brown had a chance. but i would like to say to the people of massachusetts, we put scott brown in and definitely you are telling people that we are giving away a woman's right to choose. everybody remember this in massachusetts when you are voting today that this vote is really important.

[cheers and applause] i also want to thank martha coakley for her call of congratulations.est is behind us. and now we must come together as a commonwealth. thank you, martha! [applause] as you know, this special election came about because we lost someone very, very dear to massachusetts and to america. senator ted kennedy was a tireless worker and a big-hearted public servant. and for most of his lifetime was a force like no other in this state. [cheers and applause] the first call i made was to his wife vicki. and i told her that his name will always command the affection and respect by the people of massachusetts. and i said we feel the same about her. [cheers and applause] there's no replacing a man like that. but tonight i honor the memory, and i pledge to be the very best and try to be a worthy successor to the late senator kennedy. and i said at the very beginning, when i sat down at the dinner table of my family that win or lose we would run a race which would make all of us proud. i kept my word, and we ran a clean, issues-oriented, upbeat campaign. and i wouldn't

martha coakley fell asleep at the wheel and now we're taking her laziness as a refer referendum on the democratic platform, and i think that's wrong. >> larry: ben, you were saying? >> i'm just saying i don't know what stephanie means. it's obama that's changed his course. it's not we saying he should change his course, he actually is. so apparently what he thought happened in massachusetts is different from what you thought happened in massachusetts, and i think he has a better view of it than you do. >> well, i beg your pardon, you think he might have information i don't have? >> i think i like him more than you. >> i beg your pardon. i want to wait, ben, i want to wait until tomorrow night and see exactly what the president is going to say. but i agree with you, ic think the lesson for massachusetts is that the health care bill is not liberal enough. the american people have wanted a robust public option. that's not in any of the bills anymore. that's been in every poll for a year. >> that is not the polls that i'm reading in the wall street journal or the new york times. i question

martha of coakley is not in touch with the people. is an elite liberal. ovpshe is the strongest candidae that scott brown will the fate. that is the way i feel about it. thank you for taking my call. host: one more call from knoxville, tenn., and our independent line. caller: this is not about massachusetts. this is a%Ñ call against obama. everything that he has tried to do, they are scary people so bad against health care, they are afraid to step up and take the bullet and save it will work. if it doesn't work, republicans can reformat. nobody has stood -- no republican has to up and said they want to work and try to find a better solution. they keep hollering and harping on being against everything. democrats and republicans -- republicans are sleeping in the bed with the insurance companies. they don't care. if theyá overthrow this, nothing will change. they will go in the back with the insurance companies, smoke a a a big cigar, and laugh about what they have done to the american people. host: thank you for all participated during

i also want to thank martha coakley. the contest is behind this and now we can come together. you. this special collection came about because we want -- we lost someone very dear to massachusetts and america. senator kennedy was a tireless worker and servant. he is a force like no other in this state. the first call i made was to his wife. i told her that his name will always demand the attention and respect by the people of massachusetts. i told her that we feel the same about her. there is no replacing a man like that. tonight i honor his memory and i pledge to be the very best and try to be a worthy successor to the late senator kennedy. i said at the very beginning when i said down at the dinner table with my family that when or lose we would win -- run a race that will make all or -- that win or lose, we would run a race that would make us proud. we ran a clean, up the campaign. i would not trade that for anything. when i first started running, i asked for a lot of help. i knew it was going to be knee against the machine -- me against the machine. i was wrong. it was all

( applause ) >> ifill: brown's definitive victory over state attorney general martha coakley left senate democrats with 59 votes. that's one short of the super- majority the party's used to get key bills passed. and it instantly raised questions about the fate of health care reform legislation. brown campaigned against the democratic health care bills. he argued they would pose an unfair burden on massachusetts, which already has its own health care system. this morning, the senator-elect said what he opposes is washington's approach to health care. >> i think it's important for everyone to get some sort form of health care. so, to offer a basic plan for everybody, i think, is important. it's just a question of whether we're going to raise taxes, we're going to cut half a trillion from medicare, affect veterans' care. i think we can do it better. >> ifill: republicans declared voters sent a clear message in yesterday-- that democrats need to slow down. >> i'm convinced now that no gamesmanship will be played by the other side with regard to future votes in the senate >> the american peop

they sent out letters and e-mails to everybody on their e-mail list saying, "vote against martha coakley. she supported restrictions on direct shipping of wine and sided with the big wholesalers." under misyoon's view that wine store is not allowed to speak to their customers and say vote against martha coakley. we have to side with the big interest what amounts to the ability really to change the law. corporations don't speak with one voice any more than individuals do. >> brown: if a similar case were to come up tomorrow, assuming that the court's decision have an impact gipping tomorrow, that case, that could have been-- that would not have been illegal. >> exactly. that's exactly right. >> brown: go ahead. >> it would never have been illegal for the wine store to send out that e-mail to anyone. we're talking about specifically funded broadcast advertisement that are paid for with shareholder funds. we're not talking about a corporate political action committee speaking. we're not talking about lobbying. we're not talking about direct public outreach. we're not talking about any of th

brown, and then as quickly -- ms coakley, and then mr. kennedy. let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one

brown would be coakley until the race until very close to the end.e, if they had time, they would have put money into that race. i have not looked at the numbers and i do not know if they have put money into that race. i doubt that they did to any extent. that is an interesting point that if they had backed scott brown caller: [unintelligible] they had a large fund-raiser in washington supporting coakley, sponsored by insurance companies and pharmacological companies. host: were you aware of that? guest: before the election, i knew that coakley was in town and hold a fund-raiser. i don't know who was part of that host: how did that election get by the political folks at the white house and the campaign committees on capitol hill? guest: it did not get by all the committees in washington. god by the democratic committee. -- it got by the democratic committee. the republicans knew in early december that this was a close race and among local you -- likely voters, it was only a three-point race. that woke them up. that "republicans up. kohlberg, they put

>> or on the table. >> robert, why isn't the president going to campaign for martha coakley?is a tight race, very important to his agenda potential. >> it's just not on the schedule to go to next week. >> has he been asked by the coakley campaign to come? dak not that i'm aware of. >> has he been asked to stay away? >> not that i'm aware of. [laughter] >> is to conserve -- it just doesn't make any sense -- is concerned that his current popularity ratings -- if he goes up that might hurt her campaign? >> nope. >> so it's -- it's just not on the schedule. it's the schedulers, actually, who has decided not to send him? [laughter] >> no, i didn't say it was -- you didn't ask me that. we just -- it's not on the schedule as a trip the president is going to make. >> thanks, robert. >> robert, it looks like harold ford is very serious about jumping into the senate race in new york. what is the white house's position of having a candidate like harold ford room for the senate seat? >> look, i think the white house is quite happy with the leadership and the representation of senator jal

, and reports this morning that hillary clinton's staff for new england is helping to run martha coakley's campaign. guest: mark would know more about this. we have been so busy with this book that i don't know the details of this spirit is the case that republicans have historically and traditionally and successfully in many cases portrayed the democrats as a big spending party. they have been are successful in doing that and in massachusetts it has been playing out where you have martha coakley is not getting the kind of support from the democratic base that she would expect. much more importantly, she is having a very hard time getting a number of independent voters that she would need, who are accessed with these questions of tax and spending and deficit. -- obsessed with these questions of tax and spending and deficit. guest: one of the most serious moments in the book is clinton's attempt to get teddy kennedy to endorse hillary over barack obama, and the frustration and anger that both clintons felt. they had gone sailing with him. president clinton would tell people how angry and fr

the candids are martha coakley, scott brown, and joseph kennedy.the race is decided, we'll have acceptance speeches here on c-span 2. >> this weekend on book tv, john mueller believes the chance of terrorist attacks is smaller than people believe. and from the annual operating cost to globallg, anne talks about her book. and get the latest booktv updates on twitter. >> now haley barbour delivers the state of the state address. we spoke about hurricane katrina and how jobs are being created. from jackson. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you, y'all. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, y'all. thank you, y'all. mr. speaker, governor bryant, members of the legislature, distinguished guest and fellow mississippians, for the 7th time i'm honored to come before you to share my view of the state of our state. i appreciate your inviting me, and i want to say that i appreciate mississippi public broadcasting and it's presenters for telecasting tonight's speech live, again for the 7th time. welcome back to all of you legislators who had to go home early

previously coakley had been leading by more than 20 points. the year is young, but can we expect some political slug fesses along the way? some washington heavy weights will be missing from at that battle. take a listen. >> i have been a connecticut senator for 30 years. i'm very proud of the job i've done and the results delivered. but none of us is irreplaceable. >> brian: this week, three big democrats throw in the towel. are the democrats in for a tough year? larry sabato director of university of virginia center for politics and author of "the year of obama" is here to help us sort out this year's political landscape. good to see you. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: let's talk first of all the thing about has a few tongues wagging in political circles, whether or not a seat held by ted kennedy as long as anyone can really remember may, may, there's a chance, could be picked up by the publics? how good a chance do the republicans have in this race? >> it's amazing it's even close, brian. you know me, i'm a tough hardened analyst and i don't

if you paid $5 and so coakley went to 3-1. i believe as i read this right, mr. power paid out more than $1 million to betters who wagered. he paid out the bets. he just decided he didn't nt have to wait for the polls to close. from my view, mr. speaker, i think when we have a public policy that is completely wrong that violates the constitution and it violates the spirit of the american people, in fact, diminishes and damages the american people should never give up, should never give up until if it's all over, then you figure out. i had a poster in my construction company office and i found it as i cleaned out my office during the christmas break and it is this tall long-legged bird and he is a swallowing a bird and the frog has his arms out and holding the bird by the throat and not going to let up and if he does, he will be swallowed and the message is, don't ever give up. we have a lot of battles ahead of us but the cavalry has arrived. we have reinforcements and people won't be sleeping tonight trying to figure out how to pass a bill the american people don

i agree he's good looking and charismatic and i think martha coakley unfortunately was not just a goodhow, you know, if this is the end of civilization as we know it as a lot of the republicans like to cast this. >> larry: mark, do you think there will be a health bill coming forth? >> well, i think there will be a health bill but i think that it's really going to be changed over time here. i think this election says that there's a lot of opposition to this bill, a lot of concern about it. you know, i think that, you know, you may take a step-by-step approach, might be a wiser approach. i think people are looking for progress first on the economy before health care and so i think this is going to be a process that now gets considerably slowed down. >> larry: ben, what's the effect on the president who apparently retains his personal popularity? >> i think the effect on the president is to say, go back to square one and say, look, the country has got a really bad recession. it's not getting better as fast as we thought it would. foreclosure crisis is still a crisis. let's concentrate on

brown, and then as quickly -- ms coakley, and then mr. kennedy. let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one

and what i mean by that is coakley is really one of the only black power figures who had also been a civil rights organizer in the n the deep sou. he is from the caribbean. he is born in trinidad. emigres he immigrates to the united states two weeks before his 11th birthday in 1952. he lives in the bronx. he is one of the only african-american students who tests in to the high school in 1956. that is one of the most prestigious high schools in your city. even as the high schools in he is an activist. by 1963 enrolls in howard university . and really stokely carmichael becomes a freedom rider and is arrested in mississippi. he really celebrates his 20th birthday in prison for civil-rights activity. that is going to be the first of 27 arrests between 1961 and 1966. what is really important about stokely carmichael that i tried to convey in this book is that carmichael is one of the few americans domestically during the 1960's who actually believes would democracy. but i mean by that is undergoes physical peril and violence as the hands of hate groups and really domestic terrorists in p

when you consider that scott brown's campaign was ninja-like, and martha coakley brand the worst, almost pathetic campaign in the world, and turn off everybody by the time she was done, i am not surprised that scott brown one. and i think teddy up there in haven't got a big kick out of it. -- i think teddy up there in heaven got a big kick out of it. he would work with scott brown. i think this was a personal, emotional thing that the people of massachusetts had to pick what the coakley it sat there on beacon hill -- some people call it collegeville layhill -- caligula hill -- while three house speakers were dragged away in handcuffs. where was she? host: next caller. caller: good morning, susan. you look terrific. i really mean it about your hair. the last one on the foundphone -- keep going, left wingers, key to being in denial about massachusetts, and you'll be smashed. last summer, everybody was called a racist, and i am shocked that he did not come out and put a end to that. it will not stop until he comes out and explains what his policies are, and with everybody who opposes the pr

republican scott brown faced democrat martha coakley. he vowed to deny democrats the 60th vote they need to pass health care reform. the candidates voted this morning, as a light snow fell across much of the state. but election officials said turnout appeared to be strong. democratic leaders insisted today their push to pass health care reform will stay on course, regardless. the election in massachusetts sent wall street sharply higher. it was driven by speculation that the outcome will undercut health care reform. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 115 points to close at 10,725. the nasdaq rose 32 points to close at 2,320. the federal reserve has asked for a full review of its role in rescuing insurance giant a.i.g. fed chairman ben bernanke made the request to the government accountability office. the a.i.g. rescue cost more than $180 billion. the bailout has drawn fire over disclosures about bonuses, and payments made to goldman sachs and other big banks. a congressional probe is already underway. in afghanistan, two u

healthcare has become the issue in the coakley-brown race in massachusetts. it is going to be the dominant theme of the 2010 race, short of any sort of catastrophic national security event, terrorist event, so that's where we're going, and what impact does that have on 2010? well, you know what? i have been around long enough so i have some miss tore caliper speck tiff. if you look at what -- i have some historical perspective and you look at bill clinton in 2004 or ronald reagan what happened to him in '82, again, tremendous losses, both of them came back and won re-election. president obama remains personally popular personally with the american electorate. i think some of his policies are in question, without doubt, but are people willing to end that relationship? well, this would have to be a tremendously convincing and powerful republican personality to come onboard. you know, bill clinton was that personality who broke in on george h.w. bush back in '92 with "it's the economy, stupid." now we will see if it is possible for somebody to make the argument

healthcare has become the issue in the coakley-brown race in massachusetts. it is going to be the dominant theme of the 2010 race, short of any sort of catastrophic national security event, terrorist event, so that's where we're going, and what impact does that have on 2010? well, you know what? i have been around long enough so i have some miss tore caliper speck tiff. if you look at what -- i have some historical perspective and you look at bill clinton in 2004 or ronald reagan what happened to him in '82, again, tremendous losses, both of them came back and won re-election. president obama remains personally popular personally with the american electorate. i think some of his policies are in question, without doubt, but are people willing to end that relationship? well, this would have to be a tremendously convincing and powerful republican personality to come onboard. you know, bill clinton was that personality who broke in on george h.w. bush back in '92 with "it's the economy, stupid." now we will see if it is possible for somebody to make the argument

brown won the special election shun massachusetts yesterday defeating state attorney general martha coakley. from the capitol, this is 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. slow news, huh? the people of massachusetts had an opportunity to speak yesterday, and they spoke rather loudly that they would like to see congress go in a different correction. direction. the massachusetts special election shun was unique in many ways. i was flying from kentucky last day, a number of people on the plane brought up as they have in last few months can you the health care bill? most interesting came up to me i'm con went of yours but i'm married to a man from massachusetts. here he is. and she introduced me to him. we're going to massachusetts to vote for scott. they made a special trip to go to massachusetts so he could vote for scott brown. this was in many way as national referendum princely on the major issue we're wrestling with here in congress which is whether or not the government should take over 1/of our economy, slash medicare by half a trillion dollars, raise taxes by half a trillion dollars

, and reports this morning that hillary clinton's staff for new england is helping to run martha coakley'sso busy with this book that i don't know the details of this spirit is the case that republicans have historically and traditionally and successfully in many cases portrayed the democrats as a big spending party. they have been are successful in doing that and in massachusetts it has been playing out where you have martha coakley is not getting the kind of support from the democratic base that she would expect. much more importantly, she is having a very hard time getting a number of independent voters that she would need, who are accessed with these questions of tax and spending and deficit. -- obsessed with these questions of tax and spending and deficit. guest: one of the most serious moments in the book is clinton's attempt to get teddy kennedy to endorse hillary over barack obama, and the frustration and anger that both clintons felt. they had gone sailing with him. president clinton would tell people how angry and frustrated he was that he had done so much for the kennedy family

democratic leaders have been, you know, texting people to go vote for the democratic candidate, martha coakleyyet scott brown, the republican candidate, continues to rise in the polls. do you think that the text message endorsements actually have a big effect or are they just preaching to the choir? >> it's a great question. i think a lot remains to be seen. again, ed just made the point, it's not just what you're doing online, it's what you're doing off-line that also counts. there's been interesting news stories about massachusetts, so even the fact that the republicans see a little bit of light of day there, that we could actually take ted kennedy's senate seat, there's a lot of excitement around that, and i think other folks in the state who might lean a little bit to the right are getting energized about that. other people in the country are getting energized about that. so i'm sure that more money is flowing into that. and so, you know, in some ways, text message social security just a way to keep in touch with your folks up there and your supporters. but, you know, to ed's point about t

later the president will make a stop in boston for the campaign of martha coakley.esident of first lady will the debate in a service activity in the washington area and in the evening the president of first 80 -- lady will attend the let freedom ring concert, a musical celebration of dr. martin luther king, where the president will also deliver remarks. on tuesday the president will attend meetings at the white house. on wednesday the president will host an event that the white house and honor of national mentoring month. on thursday the president will meet with a delegation from the u.s. conference of mayors at the white house to talk about strengthening the economy and creating jobs in communities large and small across america. on friday the president will travel, as we previously announced, to loraine, ohio, on the next out of the white house to meet strict war and he will hold a town hall at the lorain county community college with workers, business leaders and small business owners for ideas on continuing to grow the economy and putting americans back to work.

expectations upside-down as republican state senator scott brown now leads democrat attorney general martha coakleyccording to the suffolk university -- news poll and it found independent candidate joseph kennedy, no relation to the legendary clan, had 3%, and 1% undecided. ohio, scott on independent line. best way to help haiti. caller: first off, i would like to say i called a few months ago. i'm an unemployed nurse. since our government seems to be the to spend so much money on some of different programs, i'm wondering if there is anybody listening in washington, there would be any way that they could round up, say, unemployed and retired health-care professionals to be able to put them together and send them when there are tragedies like what is going on in haiti. because i know the doctors and nurses that are there are pretty overwhelmed, and they could probably use the help. and i guess i want to close by saying that i really would like to thank pat robertson and rush limbaugh for making those of us who feel like we are conservatives look like incentives jerks. host:, the republican line. cal

robert menendez, chairman of democratic senatorial campaign committee helping to oversee martha coakley's losing bid is that the key in the next months is to make sure we find a way to engage independent voters. let us hear -- listen to the senate's democratic leaders. let us hear what harry reid had to say. >> we are not going to rush into anything. as we have heard, we are going to wait until a new senator arrives before we do anything on health care. remember, the bill that we passed in the senate is good for a year. there are many things we can do it moving forward on health care but we are not making any of those decisions now. one message i got from the leadership meeting held this morning and the caucus i just had it is the fact that we are concerned about everything going on in the country and we are not going to rush to judgment on any one of them. >> are you committed to finishing that health care bill? are you confident you can get past the president? >> i am confident that health care is an issue in this country and we would everything we can to alleviate the pain and sufferin

how much as factors does the president, does the white house put in terms of the loss on margaret coakley being abed candidate and how much percentagewise is there referendum on him on his leadership? >> i don't want to get into the blame game. i said earlier i think we all bear some responsibility. i want to the percentages, as tempting as that might be, but look, again, we were, again there was a surprise and the frustration here, and i think we all have some responsibility on that. >> the last thing on that, in terms of what the call it a referendum or not anthony weiner a democrat in the house is saying that partly to blame year's presidential leadership. the president did not exert himself enough on health care that he sat back for munson let this play at on the hill. how do you respond to that? >> again, and we certainly talked about this before. i certainly just don't agree with, i don't agree with the notion that we wouldn't be here words not for the president wanting us, even though it was hard, even though people said it couldn't be done in even though it looked unsellable at ti

mark the copley had seemed so certain of winning the special election -- martha coakley seemed so certainf winning the special election on january 19 that she barely campaign. but the dynamic has changed in recent days. the news that two democratic senators will retire this year in the face of bleak reelection prospects has created anxiety. it says that a ground when it is improbable give the democrats outnumber republicans in massachusetts by two-one. a tight to it than expected margin in the closed watched race -- but a tighter-than- expected margin in the closely watched rates would prompt soul- searching among democrats nationally." here is a health care story, one that you might find interest. "hospital cuts dialysis care for the poor in miami. to chip away at a deficit, miami's public hospital system stopped paying for kidney dialysis for the indigent this week, beating some patients to rely on -- leaving some patients to rely on emergency rooms for their life sustaining treatments. a total of 175 patients were affected by the decision by jackson held system, which runs south florid

. >> host: based on that, martha coakley and scott brough will you vote for? >> guest: >> caller: basically scott brown for the stand on the bil as a middle class individual i see marvelous the line as somebody that's not experienced the hardships of the world. i see, i don't much of the difference i see lieutenant colonel and national guard. this is somebody who has endured and i see that as a fine candidate. >> host: i want to come back to the earlier point was we to happen on tuesday what is your prediction? >> guest: i believe brown will win because the voice of the independents are the speaking giants of massachusetts. >> host: the reaction and follow up with you. >> guest: the numbers don't suggest that you get the numbers are closing, but i think if you look at the "boston globe," if you look at even some of the polls that just call people sort of on the phone, those are the ones that have it now account double-digit, ten maybe less. but not much. >> host: it's a special election. is the key -- >> guest: i was going to say is, steve come in a special el

you know, texting people who are on their list to go vote for the democrat he can candidate, martha coakley, yet, scott brown continues to rise in the polls. do you think the text message endorsements have great effect? >> that's a great question. a lot is to be -- it's not just what you're doing online, it's what you're doing off line that also counts. there's been interesting stories over the past few days about massachusetts, so i think even the fact that republicans even see a little bit of light of day there, that we could actually take ted kennedy's senate seat. there's a lot of of excitement around that and i think other folks in the state who might lean a little bit to the right are getting energized about that. other people in the country are getting energized about that, so i'm sure that more money is flowing in to that, so you know, in some ways, text messaging is just pa way to keep in -- a way to keep in touch with your folks out there and your supporters. but ed's point about the ground campaign, i live in virginia that's mostly retired military, and i couldn't go to an event,

does the president have any intention to travel to massachusetts to campaign for martha coakley. >> the president doesn't have any travel plans to campaign in massachusetts. >> do you think the president has done right by a movement that was so much a part of his victory in november, the labor movement, that if he, has he done right by them? has he advanced their agenda the way he should? >> i think the president has represented working men and women in this country. in everything that he's worked on. whether it was, making a decision to save two companies from going bankrupt, whether it was, pushing a recovery plan, i think a whole host, obviously of legislative initiatives that have benefited working men and women in this country. absolutely. >> robert, just one quick question, on the timetable on iran sanctions. you said last year we were looking, once end of the year came we would be looking at a decision. do you have, when do you hope to have a coalition together to move forward? is there any timetable? >> we continue to work with our partners in the p5 plus one as you heard the pr