joe lieberman, evan bayh. what do you think the situation is in tehran? they've gone through a summer of unrest based upon the elections and street riots. who's in charge in iran? ahmadinejad who's no longer the craziest guy in town. the guy from libya is even crazier this week. or is it the ayatollahs in iran? who's running that country? >> two points first of all. after this crackdown this summer, it's clear that president ahmadinejad has more power than he did in his last term. the collective leadership that existed in iran for many, many years, decades is now split with the most extreme members of that collective leadership led by the leader mr. hamani and now president ahmadinejad, fully in charge and the more moderate so-called conservative, true conservatives, some of the clerics, a number of the business men, et cetera, the more reasonable ones are now in opposition to this government. so this is the most extreme government in iran that's ever existed. people will argue they've always been extreme. i think it's clear this is the most extreme gover

here's senator evan bayh and judd gregg. gentlemen, thank you ever so much for coming on the program. senator gregg, you know, i have excerpts from the speech. i don't know the entire speech, but one of the key paragraphs right at the top p. mr. obama says we have witnessed a partisan spectacle, unyielding ideological camps scoring political points. he can referring to the summer debate, senator gregg. what is your thought on that opener? >> not too constructive. in fact, here in the senate i don't think it's been a partisan spectacle at all. just the opposite. you've had really serious members of the senate working hard in the baucus-grassley group. you have a partisan bill that has 20 senators on it, ten republican, tenkrats. i happen to be a co-sponsor of that. and you have with people like evan bayh a bunch of folks who would like to get something done on both sides of the aisle. i think we're ready to go if we can get some indication from the president that bipartisan proposals make sense. >> senator bayh, i cannot repo

. -- today, joe lieberman, evan bayh put out joint statements today about their feelings on iran. hawkish statement. very sort of a message to the president about getting tough. there could be bipartisan bills that come out of congress with a lot of teeth. a lot of sanctions in it that could pop up as a bill for the president to sign before he can make any headway, frankly, when it comes to what he's trying to do. this b 5 plus 1. and then you have this line in the sand that the president sort of drew for next week, but so, you know, look, it depends on what the iranians do. then said, well, they have a few weeks. do they show up, number one? do they agree to basic, some basic things that these six nations have been asking them for starting with allowing for inspections by the international atomic agency? >> thank you jamie rubin and chuck todd. coming up, the democrats could be up for a rough 2010 campaign season. the fund-raising is dropping while the republicans are raking in the bucks. can the. we're a talking to strategists we're a talking to strategists on both sides of the

i always remember evan bayh's father, birch bayh. he saved my life, dragged me out of that plane. planes are dangerous. i don't fly in bad weather. >> larry: you don't fly? >> if it's bad weather at all. it's very easy. come next year at this time. >> on chappaquiddick island, a repeated effort to save mary joe by diving into the strong and murky current. this morning i ended a plea of guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. your -- no words can possibly express the pain and suffering i feel over this tragic incident. >> larry: do you think the chappaquiddick thing will ever go away? there have been two recent books. >> it's a tragedy i will live with for the rest of my life. there's no way of really knowing. >> larry: did you ever say to yourself -- i would have been president without that. >> no, i don't. no, i don't. as i've said many times, there's a tragedy, i've taken responsibility for it. i'm very much involved in the actions of the senate. >> larry: do you -- >> no, i don't. i've been until the business too long. you have to or you're not going to be able to have an i

senator evan bayh says it is a great job. >> they have some that are over 200 years old, and they just. but it is interesting. these two really, really wanted. rick perry is taking the position that he can represent texas values. greta: alaska, vt., and texas are all seceding from the midterms. >> there was a speech at which hutcheson's people had videotape, and they are hitting him hard on not knowing there was a reception in texas, and she is a representative of a more modern and inclusive republican party, according to analysts, but i do not think that is the case at all. greta: i cannot wait until one of them says the other one is great. up next, tucker's favorite, the best of the rest. elementary school children being taught a song about obama. we have the video. you can decide. and this is a strange rap video. plus, if you love "ferris bueller's day off," we will explain. ún ou: t s nnge toaghw, roms" zi dou t lindsu" tshehin s. het kiw ceem" ar y,i ire greta: you have seen our top stories, but here is the best of the rest. we report, you decide. an elementary school in new jerse

evan bayh, jon kyl, joe lieberman have legislation to cut off gasoline. we don't want chinese violating the sanctions i hope the u.s. if serious will put on iran. >> the politics of this, the president, i thought, did a fabulous job today. this gives him an opportunity to show the world we can handle this and he can get everybody together. how did he do today? >> here's the key to this. this is what you have to understand. obama has known about this secret facility from the beginning. he was briefed on to during the transition. our intelligence has known about this for two years. re-evaluate everything you thought about obama. re-evaluate all those criticisms he got from the right from being weak and naive and extending the hand of friendship. he knew what he was doing. >> this is what concerns me. i have no quarrels with what he said today. since he has known it for so long why is he delaying and delaying doing anything serious? now we have -- the president, having the brits say draw the line in the sand? isn't that what you want? here's the test right n

i always remember evan bayh's father, birch bayh. he saved my life, dragged me out of that plane.isked going back to the plane because it could have caught on fire. >> larry: hindsight? >> in hindsight, planes are dangerous. i don't fly in bad weather. >> larry: you don't fly? >> if it's bad weather at all. it's very easy. i'll come next year at this time. >> on chappaquiddick island, off martha's vineyard, i made a repeated effort to save mary jo by diving into the strong and murky current. this morning i entered a plea of guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. no words on my part can possibly express the terrible pain and suffering i feel over this tragic incident. >> larry: do you think the chappaquiddick thing will ever go away? there have been two recent books. >> it's a tragedy i will live with for the rest of my life. and for the rest -- i don't -- there's no way of really knowing. >> larry: did you ever say to yourself -- i would have been president without that. >> no, i don't. >> larry: you do not? no, i don't. no, i think it would be -- as i've said many times, the

skepticism about the entire plan, skepticism from democrat mark warner, skepticism from democrat evan bayh. skepticism from democrat ron widen, skepticism from susan collins, republican. and of course tougher skepticism from lamar alexander and judd gregg. betsy, how do you read this? is this going to be as easy or at least as promising as john harwood is suggesting? >> well, of course, the president has to calm the fears of two groups of americans. one is seniors. he's already admitted to them that this legislation will be paid for by a $500 billion cut in future medicare spending over the next decade, about a 10% cut when 30% more people will be in the program. those numbers just don't add up. and seniors are worried about fewer hip replacements, et cetera. and he also has to calm the fears of americans who already have health plans they like. because the legislation says they will have to move into what's called a qualified plan. and the health choices commissioner yet to be appointed will decide what that covers, how much it will cost, how much people will have to pay, and how much lee

we have an edge on them diplomatically and i was interviewing evan bayh and he said sanks would not work work. what will work? >> well, that's a good question and we don't know how much of this is for domestic, political c and now we see the domestic upheaval in iran and what they say seems to be largely directed at their own home audience. we don't know what any of these utterances mean. >> we see a tightening of the grip of the government. the reaction of the government is to tighten control. so, we're dealing, if anything, with a more repressive government in iran right now and, again, one that seems to be intent on marching to a nuclear weapon. >> now, just for fun, let's switch to politics. >> the opposition still seems to be energized in iran and they're still out there with great risk to their life protesting. so, we don't know what the domestic situation is and we don't know how much it influences what they're saying and what we hear on the world stage. >> and, of course, the last thing that the u.s. wants to do is to undercut the opposition or help ahmadinejad unite his fracture

many of east centrist senate democrats, people like evan bayh, ben nelson of nebraska, they don't wantpublic option. so the president needs to get them in a room after delivering this speech here at the white house and say, what is it going to take to get your vote? what do you think? how do we move forward? i'm also told that earlier today, the white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel, was up on capitol hill, working the same group of centrist senate democrats. again, it shows how this white house is going to have to move very quickly from the rhetoric tonight to the reality of the lobbying, the nose count, the one on one strong arms in some case, the tactics this president's going to have to use to bring his own democrats along, wolf. >> he's got a real problem, not necessarily with the republicans, most of whom, if not all of who are going to oppose him, but the democrats, he'll need all of them, every single one of them if he wants to get this passed. campbell, the president is going to say in the excerpts that have already been released that the bickering is over, but i suspect th

did the credit senator evan -- democratic senator evan bayh john has been patiently standing by. what does that mean? max baucus has been trying to line up votes. this means we have a health-care package that is that bipartisan. >> at lunch today, max indicated he was cautiously optimistic that he might get support of olympia snowe, all the snow wanted to wait to see what the president had to say tonight, but he felt good about his conversations with her. also, i would expect the president tonight -- i was with his chief of staff earlier today -- to specifically enumerate five or six ideas that have been advocated by republicans, including campaigned on by senator mccain in the campaign last fall, that he has embraced, that will be part of the package. including some aspects of tort reform. as i think you're going to see him reach out and say he would much prefer this to be a cooperative venture. that is by far and away the ideal way to do. neil: that might be the ideal way, but it looks increasingly like it will not be the way, but to maybe save olympia snowe. kiddie still colle

tom tucker of delaware, mark pryor of arkansas, evan bayh of indiana. the list goes on and on.democrats that could go either way. bill: on the republican side, olympia snowe. a moderate name. why does she hold the key in what could be a deal maker? >> she is a well-known moderate republican that had been doing business with the democrats. she is one of the so-called gang of six working to find middle ground. the argument is you let the private sector and private insurance companies try to figure out ways to contain costs and make insurance more accessible, and then you said benchmarks. if they are achieved, and good. if not, if there is not more accessibility, that would trigger the beginnings of a government-run health insurance program. it is not what president obama wanted to have been. it is not what democrat on the far left one dead, but it might be what they have to go with just to get the rest of the health insurance programs performed as they have been talking about. bill: thank you. juliet: voters are angry, still split on what is needed. you will hear from the democra

among them, senator evan bayh and senator ben nelson. but, heidi, this is going to be really interesting to see what m cos out of th comes out of this meeting and how much the white house, how much these lawmakers will have to say coming out of it. we don't have a time on that, but we're trying to find out. >> you keep us posted and let us know. in the meantime, he's also taking his sales pitch on the road again. tell us a little bit more about that. >> reporter: that's right. the president is actually going to be heading to minneapolis, minnesota, on saturday. and that's where he's going to be holding a public rally to talk about health care reform. this is going to be interesting. it could very well be a sizable crowd. we don't know exactly the capacity of the venue that he'll be holding this public rally, but it's going to be open to the public. meaning, there won't be any tickets required. and the white house says the president is really going to take this opportunity to talk about what is at stake for the american people when it com

before he retires, senator mel martinez introduced the senate version of the bill with senators evan bayh, bill nelson. i another the other three will pick up where senator martinez left off to help enact this legislation into law. often called the safety insurance market, it provides for coverage when the traditional market's not available. under today's law, the regulation of the surplus lines market is unfortunately fragmented and come bersome. this situation -- cumbersome. it leaves poll see holders uninsured and leaving them without providers. similarly, the insurance market is outdated and needs to be improved. accordingly, h.r. 2571 specifies that only the tax policies, licensing and the home state of the policyholder governs surplus lines tracksans. it i will laos sophisticated commercial entities to direct access to the surplus line's access and prohibits states from avoiding a established contractual agreement between insurers and companies. policyholders in a number states are facing skyrocketing rights rathes. the nonadmitted and reinsurance reform acts has -- helps in this. i

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