on behalf of the university of massachusetts, i bid you welcome here to the edward m. kennedythank you for being with us. chancellor motley: so thank you, president caret. good morning. welcome to the celebration of the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. and welcome to the campus of the commonwealth of massachusetts, capital city public research university, the university of massachusetts boston. i am so glad -- i am so glad you stopped in on such a wonderful day. it is always sunny out here on the peninsula. i'm also excited to welcome back president barack obama back to this university where he, as a united states senator, received an honorary degree from us. we are grateful. we also thank the first lady but we are also grateful to have our vice president with us today. thank you for being here. so i guess you cannot tell that i am thrilled. i'm thrilled to be able to welcome all of you to this momentous celebration, and i am very proud to have the edward m. kennedy institute on the campus of boston's public research university. now, i was thrilled --

edward m. kennedyom his love for and achievements in the u.s. senate we can make it better, we can make it a place where every member can serve with pride and love. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome congressman patrick j. kennedy. congressman kennedy: i can just see my father out here this morning in the line. he'd be right out there wondering if you got a cup of coffee while you were waiting to get screened. am i right? then he'd say "i can't believe!" and eggs out the door, right kevin? i am so honored. my family's so honored. as i see this crowd here, i see my father, because all of you are part of his life and seeing you brings back great memories for me and my entire family. i want to take this moment before i have the honor of introducing the vice president to acknowledge my mother, joan bennett kennedy. of course, my dad would be saying, "make sure you remember your mother." so, i did, dad, i did. i want to take this opportunity you know, in the senate they have the phrase "my fr

kennedy library next-door, the symbol of our american idealism the edward m kennedy institute for theing tribute what better testament to the life of ted kennedy than this place that he left for a knew generation of americans a monument not to himself but to what we the people have the power to do together. any of us who have had the privilege to serve in the senate know that it is impossible not to share tags off for the history swirling around you and all in still is still that him by his brother jack. dad waited more than one year to deliver his 1st speech on the senate floor. that is no longer the custom. [laughter] it is good to see trent and tom daschle here because they remember what customs are like back then. and ted gave a speech only because he felt there was a topic the civil rights act that demanded at. nevertheless, his book with humility aware, as he put it that a freshman senator can be seen and not heard should learn and not teach. some of some of us i admit, have not always he did that lesson. but fortunately, we had fortunately, we had ted to show us the ropes anywa

cofounder of purple strategies llc, got a start in politics on the senate and political staff of the edward kennedy and worked on dozens of senate gubernatorial and mayor campaigns across the country. he's also served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns including that of president obama. he was a commentator on "hardball," and "andrea mitchell reports," he was on nbc evening news abc world news tonight, the today show, cnn, and fox news. please join me in a warm nyu welcome for steve mcmahon, secretary sebeiluisebelius and congressman cantor. >> on behalf of nyu i actually teach here, american public opinions, too bad those of you who are students will not be here next semester because that's when i teach. thank you very much for coming. the course i teach talks about politics, public opinion, and moving and shaping of public opinion and how public opinion flows. there's nothing more controversial in politics over the past five or so years than the aca. beginning with the path to passage to implementation. i wanted to start with the notion that president obama came into office with whic

>> president obama on monday visited the new edward m. kennedy institute in boston where lamented that our politics are not more purposeful and elevated. >> i wonder if president obama who has lamented this instability in our politics, this disrespect in our politics has any view of harry reid telling dana bash in response to this question, well, romney didn't get elected did he? >> obviously senator reid is somebody who's going to decide for himself about what he says on the senate floor. >> the president's choice and his spokesman's choice to call out conduct unbecoming of our highest elected officials when it is in fact unbecoming. are you going to take that opportunity now? >> not for something that's three years old. >> and to many that answer echoed the answer that former obama spokesman tomny veeter gave to fox news's bret baier when the latter asked about benghazi on television and he answered, dude that's like three years ago. megyn. >> there's a statute of limitations on unethical behavior. james, good to know. learn something new every

he got his start in politics on the senate and political staff of edward kennedy and worked on dozensof senate, gubernatorial and mayoral campaigns across the country. steve served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns including including that of president obama. steve appears regularly as political commentator on msnbc hard ball with chris matthews and andrea mitchell reports. during the past three campaign seasons he was frequent commentator on nbc evening news, "abc world news tonight," the "today" show and cnn and fox news. join me in a warm nyu welcome for steve mack man secretary sebelius and congressman cantor. [applause] >> madam secretary mr. leader, on behalf of nyu, i actually teach here, american public opinions. too bad those of you who are students won't be here next semester when i teach. thanks very much for coming. the course that i teach has a lot to do with politics and public opinion and moving and shaping of how public opinion flows there. is nothing probably more controversial in politics over the past five or so years than the aca. beginning with the,

he got his start on the senate and political staff of edward kennedy. steve has also served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns. please join me in a warm nyu welcome to steve mcmahon kathleen sebelius, and carter's been cantor. -- congressman cantor. [applause] steve mcmahon: on behalf of nyu i actually teacher. american public opinions. too bad those of you who are students will not be here next semester because that is when i teach that. thank you very much for coming. the course that i teach has a lot to do with politics and public opinion. and the moving and shaping of public opinion and how public opinion flows. there's probably nothing more controversial and politics over the past five or so years than the aca, beginning with the path to passage. and then, of course, the past five years of implementation. i sort of want to start with the notion that president obama came into office with, which was this notion that democrats and republicans could work together on matters of great importance to the country. and i think early on in the th

and worked for the john kerry presidential campaign and the late senator edward kennedy.hris mitchum, son of the legendary actor robert mitchell is considered -- considering a run. and several others tweeting out their good wishes to lois capps after her announcement yesterday. back to your calls. beverly is in frisco, cap, the line for -- frisco texas, the line for independents. caller: a lot of people said things that i agree with, and some that i don't. i believe the death penalty, but i believe it should be an eye for an eye, a tooth for a two. -- a tooth for a tooth. if you do something, that should be done to you. that exact same thing. i feel like long before -- if people are put in prison, they don't sit there and rot. not an american prison. they are fed close, house, they get to mingle, communicate. they get computers. they can communicate all over the world and spread their evil everywhere. they are like a virus. they need to be snuffed out p eriod. we don't need them to stay on death row for 20 years. people don't die in a week. but if they could, that would b

he got his start in politics on the senate and political staff of edward m. kennedy and has worked on dozens of senate, gubernatorial and mayoral campaigns across the country. steve served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns including including that of president obama. steve appears regularly as political commentator on msnbc hard ball with chris matthews and andrea mitchell reports. during the past three campaign seasons he was a frequent commentator on nbc evening news, "abc world news tonight," the "today" show and cnn and fox news. please join me in a warm nyu welcome for steve mcmahon, secretary sebelius and congressman cantor. [ applause ] >> madam secretary, mr. leader, on behalf of nyu, i actually teach here, american public opinions. too bad those of you who are students aren't going to be here next semester because that's when i teach. thanks very much for coming. the course that i teach has a lot to do with politics and public opinion and moving and shaping of how public opinion flows. and there's nothing probably more controversial in politics

carat -- john edwards the cheats on his dying wife. there is charismatic. kennedywas a questionable human. >> i don't know if hillary is really an iowa. [laughter] but the way she is running the campaign is of little weird like us wiper right. is that the way you want me to vote for you? >> i think it is smart the tissue doesn't have charisma so she is trying to repeat her prior campaign. >> she says i.m. hillary clinton like they are being lectured by a elderly. she is out of touch completely. kennedy: this is what i love about you. because more than an james carville you want her to be president. >> her logo looks like 9/11. every step she does is a walking calamity and we have a year and a half. all she says i like america and people should have jobs. kennedy: the issue will not step into any controversy. >> she gave us a balanced budget to bring in the first republican in congress then left without the only balanced budget in our lifetime. >> this is her nomination. >> she should give out his speech instead of pretending to ride around on a fake may and. >> cat

in a climate than a year-and-a-half ago from the post edward snowden area -- sarah there was more from foreign policy and national security. kennedy: there were more libertarian's at that time. and to change the conversation to build the coalition. this could be a broad coalition if you use those ideas is a worth the social conservative? or how does that affect -- affect those he has reached out to? for those that are ignored by the republican party? >> i don't think there is the path but after the gay marriage decision with those to with the nation-building aspects of the bush presidency in regards to jeb bush or margot rubio. the other thing that is an interesting test is if he will read and the presidency or to levant's libertarian ideas he has such unique it is. kennedy: i think his dad did that he was happy to move that idea forward he knew he would not win the presidency but rand paul has a different playbook. he is now repeating his dad's mistake. but is he going in the wrong direction? is there a way to appease themselves? to read there is the right balance between the libertarian and the populist message. you saw that wit

kennedy greenway. that brought the downtown to new life. i want to thank everyone who helped bring the special place our city, this labor of love the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. here generations of children from dorcherch from boston. from all over new england and america and the world will learn what we learned from senator kennedy, how to make their voices heard, fight for their causes, keep hope alive, and make sure their dreams shall never die. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor charlie baker. governor baker: first of all, i want to thank you on behalf of the commonwealth of massachusetts for being here today. i want to congratulate all those who are involved in raising the money to make this possible, and i want to thank the kennedy family for choosing this site and this organization and this operation to pay tribute to ted kennedy. senator lott, yeah, i am a republican governor from massachusetts. [laughter] governor baker: many years ago i was with a group of health care professionals, and we went down to washington to meet with senator kennedy to talk about health car