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jackson was an inspiration going back through 84 he saw him on stage with gary hart, walter mondale and began to think maybe this is something i could do to get into politics. one of the reasons he ran for president, a jackson took his place there is a famous picture on election night jackson was trying to go through washington darman he is trying to force it back down. [laughter] >> a picture is worth 1,000 words. >> and after obama loses that campaign you have to learn to give a speech so he started to go to the rainbow push meetings and the jackson still a lot to give him streak read all over the sell side during the election and billboards of jesse jackson, jr. standing next to barack obama. >> also was also the national chair of the obama campaign which made thanksgiving very interesting in the household after those comments. [laughter] >> one of the things that was interesting was that's the way obama blackness came to be. never thought nationally african americans have the blacklist tests that was alleged in the media. no other reason than we saw a number of candidates in the 200

obama saw him on stage with gary hart and walter mondale and began to think maybe this is something i could do. it is interesting one of the reasons jackson ran for president was because washington was just elected mayor and jackson -- he took jackson's place in chicago. this famous picture on election night where jackson tries to wash his arm and washington put it back down. >> a picture's worth a thousand words. >> after obama losing that campaign to rushed people said you have to learn to give a speech so he started going to rainbow push meetings and the jacksons did a lot to give him street credit in 2004 all over the south side. there were billboards of jesse jackson jr. standing next to barack obama. >> he was also a national chair of obama's campaign which i am sure made thanksgiving interesting. >> one of the things that was interesting was the way that obama's blackness came to be. for a never thought that african-americans had a black litmus test. if for no other reason than we saw in number of candidates in the 2006 election whose blackness was not in question but were roun

back in the gary hart days, yes, it derailed a lot of careers. >> negative politics works. it does. there's a reason why we go negative on a candidate, because it works. there's a reason why people who start as front-runner oftentimes don't end up as front-runner, because of negative politics. if i got a couple hundred thousand dollars and i can put points behind that negative commercial, it is absolutely going to penetrate. >> that's what i would like to run. i would revel in the attacks on me. i consider that a party. because it's all such nonsense. it's about getting the job done. >> what's the job though? i mean, you say these things -- you remind me of sarah palin a little. you say these broad things but what's the job that needs to get done? like robbing all the working people of every dime they got? >> accountability. >> what does that mean exactly? >> when you have x amount of income from the tax coffers that you don't spend beyond it. i live within my means. i expect my government to live within their means. >> what with goldman sacks? what do you think of that? >> i think

he said gary hart would be the nominee and stuff like that. and they gave him a standing ovation in huge applause. they were so thrilled by his mind. i think it was a little guilt going on. and he even went over to katharine graham, the publisher of the "washington post" who played a heroic role during all of those, wanted to have her picture taken with him. and so, she did. and she instructed somebody at "newsweek" for the editor of "newsweek," which they also owned, do a piece on nixon's comeback. there were a gazillion pieces on nixon's comeback. nixon said he would not cooperate in the peace unless he was on the cover of the magazine and so he was. he bought mailed bill clinton, who was about to go up to a summit meeting in that way to clinton, unless clinton called him into the white house for type on how to handle the still soviet t., nixon, would write an op-ed in a major paper, attacking clinton's foreign policy. and so, clinton called him in. i was covering the clinton white house at the time. it was really rather funny. they made sur

>> well, there is a little bit of the gary hart, fritz mondale race, where's the beef. i mean the question that mondale asked of hart, sort of a in the future we've got to get moving. we're a great country. we're this and that. he volked our great days of the past, gave us a sense of confidence and optimism about the future. but it didn't come down to the action statement. therefore this is what i am asking of you, and me, and every american tonight. that's what is missing. >> and of course what is never missing for a president of the united states, just about the time you think you may have one thing to do, now you have egypt to deal with and all the dominoes that could flow from that. >> so anyhow, thank you all very much. >> thank you. links to sites to track the developments and that's the >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: on monday, we'll talk to nato secretary general anders rasmussen about the war in afghanistan and other topics. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs sta

. >> gary he beer hart is on the board of the school district.ount diablo is now looking at closing at least three schools. >> communities, they go past schools, they see the doors open, say, well, everything's okay but everything's not okay. >> maria's change go to schools on the potential closure list. >> can you pay more. >> as a taxpayer, if our children don't become better educated, i would pay more taxes, yes. >> asking for more public support, he will be conducting a thorough review of its own departments to determine what cost-saving measures can be implemented at the state level. in concord, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> flood control workers are hurrying to fix a damaged levee. part is eroding, probably from heavy runoff from the recent storms. there's no immediate concern of flooding but since we're in the rainy season, flood control workers say they need to repair the levee quickly. the state department is awording an emergency $1 million contract to repair the erosion damage. >> the medical center in santa clara has gone online with

hart. guest: what we are seeing not only with technical crop prices -- as gary mentioned, the cost to the producer of creating that corn or soybeans or the wheat is increasing because they are facing these higher energy costs. gary mentioned fertilizer, which is a great point. as we look to create more crops to try to meet that demand, that causes us to increase those input prices as well. the nitrogen market -- nitrogen is a key component when you are looking at crop productivity. the nitrogen market has basically exploded over the last three years because we have watched the agricultural demand growth. not only the building for u.s. producers, but you have the rest of the world trying to grow crops and develop them, and they need supplies like fertilizers. that has had an increasing pressure on those markets as well. we have seen it input costs such as a fertilizer increase dramatically. we have seen land values increased dramatically. those land values of to get translated back into the food prices because when you are looking at production especially here in the u.s., most producers rent a siz

hart. guest: what we are seeing not only with technical crop prices -- as gary mentioned, the cost to the producercreating that corn or soybeans or the wheat is increasing because ty are facing these higher energy costs. gary mentioned fertilizer, which is a great point. as we look to create more crops to try to meet that demand, that causes us to increase those input prices as well. the nitrogen market -- nitrogen is a key component when you are looking at crop productivity. the nitrogen market has basically exploded over the last three years because we have watched the agricultural demand growth. not only the building for u.s. producers, but you have the rest of the world trying to grow crops and develop them, and they need supplies like fertilizers. that has had an increasing pressure on those markets as well. we have seen it input costs such as a fertilizer increase dramatically. we have seen land values increased dramatically. those land values of to get translated back into the food prices because when you are looking at production especially here in the u.s., most producers rent a sizable p