i remember back in '52, dirksen gave the speech that of all people david corn just gave. we followed you and you took us down the road to defeat with dewey. we're not going to do that again. we don't want to be moderate. moderates lose. >> right. and it looks like as david said, the party has swung so far to the right that you wonder if the republican party will be able to nominate someone who could appeal to at least some of the middle of the country, the vast middle of the country in the general election. chris christie, of course the establishment loves chris christie, and we saw why. established republican party loves chris christie. we saw why in his inauguration speech. he said all the things that a national governing republican leader should say, compromise, reach across the aisle, work with democrats, but still work with them, not give up your principles and govern from a republican/conservative standpoint. but the problem is chris christie is viewed with such suspicion by the base of the party that i don't think he could even get the nomination. and i was talking

i remember back in '52, dirksen gave the speech that of all people david corn just gave.ed you and you took us down the road to defeat with dewey. we're not going to do that again. we don't want to be moderate. moderates lose. >> right. and it looks like as david said, the party has swung so far to the right that you wonder if the republican party will be able to nominate someone who could appeal to at least some of the middle of the country, the vast middle of the country in the general election. chris christie, of course the establishment loves chris christie, and we saw why. established republican party lovp loves chris christie. we saw why in his inauguration speech. he said all the things that a national governing republican leader should say, compromise, reach across the aisle, work with democrats, but still work with them, not give up your principles, and governor from a republican/conservative standpoint. but the problem is chris christie is viewed with such suspicion by the base of the party that i don't think he could even get the nomination. and i was talking t

first president to deliver a president's response, gerald ford in 1966 when he joined senator everett dirksenlbj's state of the union. congratulations to our winner, michael diamond. we'll be right back. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. [ m'm... ] great taste. [ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.® i took medicine but i still have symptoms. [ sneeze ] [ male announcer ] truth is not all flu products treat all your symptoms. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go. >>> take away time. on "meet the press" this weekend, kentucky senator rand paul proved something to me that i think needs to be made note of, he has the ingredients to become the gop's presidential front-runner in 2016 and seems to be ready and willing to take o

in those times, lyndon johnson could sit down with everett mckinley dirksen and they could talk abouthis deal and i will give you that bridge. that was the way the system worked. i did not"lincoln," cover lincoln. >> thanh mentioned how the chinese leadership -- tom mention how the chinese leadership is paying attention. i want to ask about foreign policy. >> was there any? >> usually second term presidents focus on foreign policy. is this president focus on foreign policy? -- there but there are is peril there. afghanistan, we don't know what will happen when we leave. certainly, if you look at china and japan and asia, there is a lot of peril. a success, if this nuclear deal does not work out, what do we do? this is a war weary country. the middle east is thorny. he wants to turn his attention to foreign policy, there is no easy win. >> thank you so much. four hours of sleep? >> a little more than that. >> get the mail some coffee. >> al hunt. a lot more this weekend on "clinical capital -- this weekend on "political capital." >> coming up on "surveillance," yahoo!'s revenue problem

those were the days of mansfield and dirksen. those were the days when barry goldwater and john tower and hubert humphrey would engage in hours of debates here and hug each other at the end of their -- end of their discussion. those were the days when the majority leader would offer an amendment of a republican senator whose amendment had been denied unfairly, he thought. those were the days of committees who did their work and republicans and democrats who came to the floor and together offered bills. i saw the senate in the 1970's when i came back and senator baker was the republican leader and i saw it in the 1980's and 1990's. i saw what the republican leader said, let's take the panama canal debate. senator baker, senator byrd. they would run this senate in the way the republican leader suggested, in the way most majority leaders have suggested. they would come to the floor, they would put a bill on the floor that a republican and a democratic senator agreed on, let's say senator mccain, senator levin, senator inhofe, senato