the family assistance plan fails which is what both richard nixon and daniel patrick moynihan really wanted to get put through in some form in congress. when that fails, arthur burns goes off to the fed, is that where he was -- >> um-hum. >> goes off to the federal reserve opinion he was in the white house as a placeholder. daniel patrick moynihan goes back to his tenured position at harvard so there was a vacuum then in the white house and the tack tigs that the president was very comfortable with, john urlichmann was there to fill that vacuum in part. >> i think is the first the president trusted urlichmann implicitly. the second is that urlichmann had a refined organizational intelligence, and that was a quality which wasn't -- that was a quality which was valuable to nixon. nixon used it. >> in the back? >> i have two questions. first one, was nixon a racist? and if so, why or why not, and the second question to the whole panel is, in nixon's economic policy, was he economics 101 or did he have a post doc? where and how much did he really know about what he was doing as an admini

daniel patrick moynihan goes back to his tenured position at harvard, and so there was a vacuum then in the white house and this tactician that the president was very comfortable with, john ehrlichman, was there to fill that vacuum in part. >> the think the first point is the president trusted ehrlichman implicitly. and implicit staff in senior staff is a prerequisite. and ehrlichman had that. the second is ehrlichman had refined organizational intelligence. and that was a quality which wasn't -- that was a quality which was valuable to nixon. and nixon used it. >> in the back? >> i have two questions. first one, easy one for you, was nixon a racist? and if so, why or why not? and the second question to the whole panel is in nixon's economic policy, was he economics 101 or did he have a post doc? where and how much did he really know about what he was doing as an administrative president or as far as economic policy goes? >> i think the answer i would give to that question is yes. seem might feel more comfortable with the word prejudice. you can see him -- we see this in the halderma

author of that bill and i managed that bill as a freshman senator against ted kennedy and daniel patrick moynihan two lions of the senate and a 36-year-old freshman senator from pennsylvania and we won. we won because our ideas were better, because it coin sided with the vision of our country. which is these welfare programs have no business at the federal level. none. most of them are run by the states anyway. and so what we need to do is what paul ryan has suggested and i suggested and did when i was in the senate and take all of these means tested programs, 47 -- 40-something of them and cut them. block grant them, send the money to the states with two conditions. time limits and a work requirement. we're not doing that, we're not doing that because we're mean. we're not doing it because we don't care. welfare reform wasn't about hurting people, it was about understanding that long-term government dependency doesn't help people. believing in the dignity and value of every person and the ability to go out and provide for every person helps people and turns lives around and makes this country a

i managed the bill and went up against ted kennedy and daniel patrick moynihan and bill clinton.ry reid is nothing to deal with. [applause] we can get it passed. we just need to go out to the american public and tell them, we don't need 72 assessments that the federal level. let's get it back to the state and local level. let's do what works. the amazing thing is with welfare, when you cut the welfare rolls in half across the country, poverty rates went down and employment went up. that is exactly what we want. [applause] we have a track record on the big issues of the day and the social issues of the day on the domestic front. obamacare is the reason i am in this race. [applause] karen and i decided to enter this race. it was not a rational decision. we have seven children, ages 20- 3. not the best time in our lives to be out running for president, but we decided to do it because we could not look our children in the eyes and realize what kind of country we would be handing them if obamacare is implemented, and every single american, not 40%, but every single american will be de

it was an amendment that was offered by daniel patrick moynihan to hillary care, was passed unanimouslyroy blunt told me yesterday. i'm not going to fact check it. this is what he told me. he said it was consensus amendment, but now it is controversial. having a conscience clause exemption, used to be something that democrats and republicans all agreed to. now it is not. when governor romney was asked that question, his knee jerk reaction was, no, i can't be for that. well, then after his consultants talked to him and he came back, oh, i said i didn't understand the question, maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but i tell you, if i was asked a question like that, my gut reaction to be always, my gut reaction would be you stand for the first amendment, you stand for freedom of religion, you stand for the first amendment rights. a lot will tell you what kind of president you're going to be when you haven't been properly briefed by your consultants and you're asked what's really going on here. ladies and gentlemen, you want someone who at the core believes and is willing to step up and fight, n

me back to when charlie rangel was the first to mention why not the first lady to succeed daniel patrick moynihanvering that race and we were off to the races. here, again, the early morning, a lot of people were talking about this i have to tell you with the women in the world conference last week because when she got up there on the stage and was introduced by meryl streep, hillary clinton was, in what could have been a nominating speech at a convention. you had 2,000-plus women organized by tina brown getting to their feet, there is a lot of buzz about this. >> you know, you talk to people around clinton. they don't know. somebody who is in her world. for her to say that seems to me it's not something right out of thin air. i think it's something why wouldn't she seriously consider it. she would be the instant front-runner. >> there is one job she is not interested in, this is going to be supposedly decided, the deadline tomorrow, the president has to nominate someone for the world bank, it is considered to be by tradition the american position, hillary clinton was suggested, we have been told

i managed the bill and went up against ted kennedy and daniel patrick moynihan and bill clinton.rry reid is nothing to deal with. [applause] we can get it passed. we just need to go out to the american public and tell them, we don't need 72 assessments that the federal level. let's get it back to the state and local level. let's do what works. the amazing thing is with welfare, when you cut the welfare rolls in half across the country, poverty rates went down and employment went up. that is exactly what we want. [applause] we have a track record on the big issues of the day and the social issues of the day on the domestic front. obamacare is the reason i am in this race. [applause] karen and i decided to enter this race. it was not a rational decision. we have seven children, ages 20-3. not the best time in our lives to be out running for president, but we decided to do it because we could not look our children in the eyes and realize what kind of country we would be handing them if obamacare is implemented, and every single american, not 40%, but every single american will be de

itself an attempt at a sweeping takeover of the nation's health care system, giants like daniel patrick moynihan, with whom i've served, a democrat and colleague who served as the chairman of the finance committee, stood up for broad conscience protections like the one we're considering today in the blunt amendment. i worked closely with many of my democratic colleagues in passing the religious freedom restoration act. i was the author of that bill. we passed it here. it overwhelmingly passed. i was there when president clinton signed it into law on the lawn behind the white house. and a lot of religious leaders were there, and a lot of liberals and conservatives were there. very happy to pass that law. but apparently those days of bipartisanship are laid to rest, and they're long past. today the administration ignores the dear and clear dictates of the first amendment and the religious freedom restoration act. obamacare is unconstitutional to its core. a threat to the liberties announced and protected by our declaration of independence. this mandate is just one more example of how the law restr

i managed the bill and went up against ted kennedy and daniel patrick moynihan and bill clinton. harry reid ain't nothing to deal with. [applause] we can get it passed. we just need to go out to the american public and we need to tell them, that poverty isn't the ultimate disability. we don't need 72 means-tested entitlement programs at the federal level get it back to the state and local level. do what we did that works. [applause] and the amazing thing is with welfare we cut the welfare rolls in half across the country. the states did it and poverty rates went down. employment went up. exactly what we want. [applause] we have a track record. we have a track record on the big issues of the day and there is no bigger issue of the day on the domestic front than health care. obamacare is the reason i'm in this race. karen and i -- [cheers and applause] karen and i decided to get in this race. it wasn't a rational decision, folks. we have seven children, ages 20 to three. not the next necessarily the best time in our lives to be out running for president but we decided to do it. bec