where in the world as the great society come from? and i and you answered that question and when i was a kid in this period 7-years-old pocketful in 64 we went in and around the neighborhood we won the war of 1964 and this is about the election. for that kind of way one could not have predicted the revolution and social policy that became the great society and your answer for that seems to be the sheer wealth of america. could you talk about that? >> the economy had been growing nonstop since 1961, and it was absolutely powerful moving ahead like a steam engine in '64 and '65. they had trouble in late 65 and later they were minor but in the early 60's it's called land expectations this was the time of grand expectations in the grandiose expectations and johnson was larger than the state of texas he wasn't much of a speaker but really on top of everything, people of contract for instance to obama he doesn't come out well on these contrasts when you talk about the way that johnson managed congress. he was constantly on the phone, consta

and response the great society. so you make a great case for 1965. >> guest: i want to say one other thing about the music. it's so nice if everything lines up nicely for an historian. but at the very time you had eve of destruction becoming a popular song you also had in early 66 the ballad of the green per ray -- berets, which is very strong prowar song based upon the book, the greenber raise, which was a very popular book. so i'm trying to say things are changing drastic through but there are exceptions. >> host: we have run out of time but i would like too talk about the similarity of the songs. thanks a lot. been a very interesting book, grabs the reader. i think a lot of people will enjoy it and it's apropos given where we are now with obamacare and what the liberal, asend den sis -- seems to be a shift taking place. thank you. >> guest: uh-huh. >> that was "after words," book tv's signature program in which authors are interviewed by journalist, public policymakers, legislators and others familiar with their m

with the great society itself. so in a sense co2 argue less and then got in trouble 2008 to but so let's talk about that. >> absolutely. if there was a movie of the book he would be the star. he takes over after the assassination november 63. 64 he is getting organized preparing a run for the election on his own and he does. and then he wins a huge margin of victory and then gets a huge large democratic majority in congress. some people like in him like a plummeted and they had a whole year plus 3914 months for what he would do after the election of 64 and he jumps then with a great society program because of special committees poverty, welfare, the of the task force is. and the congress of 1965 started, the hugest inauguration ever and it hits the ground running in a big way. with the serious was speeches and proposals for medicare, medicaid and elementary and secondary education. the creation of housing and urban development cabinet cabinet, by the way appointed the first black cabinet member. with a great societ

he jumps right in with this great society program. the adobo series of special committees and so forth have been studying issues, education, poverty, welfare, urban problems and so forth taskforces and had all these reports ahead of him when the congress of 1965 started. he staged the hugest inauguration ever. the only thing that popped it was obama's in 2009. he hit the ground running in a big way with a series of speeches and proposals and messages to congress for medicare, medicaid, elementary and secondary education act if it became called. title i competitor education, creation of housing and urban development cabinet. by the way, appointed the first black member, robert weaver in 1956. so the great society and the passage of that and how johnson does it is front and center, particularly early in the book. and then a lot of things have been they don't prevent them from getting these things done, but do you change the politics. by the end of the year, ronald reagan is clearly going to run for governor as you point out in 1866 and

he launches so many great society programs, medicare. so the first year, let's say, 1965 or let's say the first seven months, you say, this is a man who's going to leave his mark on history. you know, they say the moral arch bends justly, but it bends slowly. i didn't say that. martin luther king says that. but you really feel that johnson tries to bend it. >> what i was struck by, when you watch some of the old footage, the language johnson used was a kind of language almost no american president had ever used. it was so full of idealism, it was about ending poverty, lifting up every american, providing everyone with education. it is the most expansive domestic, you know, idealism, that i can recall any president ever having. >> you know, and people working with him could hardly believe it, like richard goodwin who was speech writer for kennedy, then johnson brings him on board, asks him basically about civil rights, you know, and johnson says, you know, referring to the time he was 20 years old and he was teaching the mexican/american

if you want to create a great society, that implies this is a lousy society. if you want a new deal, that implies there's something rotten with the old deal. you need to lift up america, change it, transform it, and liberalize it. this has been the constant agenda of liberalism for many generations now. obama's program is really the fourth installment of these successive waves of transformation. now, we have to notice that each one of these waves was halted, each came to an end. by 1920, progressivism was a spent force. by 1936, or at the latest, 1938, the new deal was effectively over at home. dr. new deal was replaced by dr. win the war as fdr put it, and, of course, in the 60s, the great society began, basically, after the assassination of kennedy in late 1963, was effectively over by 1966 or so. from the conservative point of view, we ought to be encouraged that each one of these waves was stopped, sometimes by a foreign war, sometimes simply by reaction at home, sometimes by both, but we have to notice as well that in each case the transformation resumed

s great society legislation and ended welfare as we know it and earlier this year president obama did it when he signed on to legislation that cut emergency unemployment benefits down from ninety nine weeks to seventy four weeks depending on the state and today with the so-called fiscal cliff looming republicans want barack obama and democrats to fire the blood is shots of all against santa claus they want democrats to riddle social security and medicare with bullets and with the help of the corporate media republicans have managed to create this false equivalency that says of taxes go up on the wealthiest two percent of americans and the rust of the nation has to suffer from deep budget cuts to social welfare programs the unemployed would need to get by with fewer employed men to get by with fewer benefits and senior citizens have to work longer before they can qualify for medicare to them this is what's called a balanced approach. despite claims to the white house of social security is off the negotiating table both president obama and vice president biden have thrown support behind

the great society failed. we are creating the great society again.amily break up has had a great break up. >> welfare -- obama is loseening those requirements. the unemployment rate is 14.3%. emanuelle cleaver, the head of the black congressional caucus, if under 14% we had a white house person, we would be marching on the white house? >> how do you assess that. i'm going to ask you what republicans could do about that. unemployment is high for hispanics as well and they voted for obama. >> black people have been convinced that the democratic wears the hat against racism when in fact that racism is no longer a major problem in america. >> did romney lose because he only had 27% of the hispanic vote. ? >> he lost because of the exit pollings. half the american people believed that he only cared about rich people and that obama felt their pain. >> how does the gop redo, reconsti toot the me reconstitute the message. and that this government welfarism is going to increase poverty not reduce it. how do you sell that? >> to speak to people like they are a

they were doing better than they were once those great society programs kicked in. everything liberals have done allegedly to help black people was never to help black people, but to help them feel good about themselves, push another unrelated cause, and it has caused unimaginable e miss ration of black americans, our fellow americans, something we should all care about. do not let liberals get away with this anymore. [applause] >> thank you so much for being here, and i'm just really glad we made the choice to come. >> me too. >> i'm very, very concerned as i know all of us are about the integrity, the honesty of the election, the electoral system. i don't want to find out that somebody has won because they found thousands of ballots in somebody's desk or trunk. i wonder if you could tell me what are we doing about enhancing or to make sure, as sure as we can possibly to keep this election honest, and, please, be specific. [laughter] >> i feel like this is a town hall debate. [laughter] i have predictions on the town hall debate. i don't know. i don't know. i don't

the ideas of the great society and liberalism had one. ears later, ronald reagan was elected governor of california. four years later, richard nixon was president. they have something the democrats did not have. they have a great post-boomer generation and trade when you think of them, -- a generation. when you think of them, that is a pretty good bench of energetic, slick, youngish politicians. when you are talking about the democratic party you are talking about joe biden and hillary clinton. we might prefer them to the republican contenders but that is a different generation. there is not this deep democratic bench. >> mr. obama has won a second term. what is your sense of the kind of legacy that he wants to leave in the second term. is he going to be more progressive. toss me about obama's future right quick. >> -- tell me about obama's feature right quick. >> he wants to have a very free pass toward enactment. he would like to fix the fiscal stuff that is on the table even as we speak. i want to believe but i do not have any reason to

had the largest share of antipoverty money since the great society of one nine hundred sixty five which was when the war on poverty in america was at its height do you think obama was able to capitalize on occupy wall street movement i think occupy wall street had a great impact on the american political scene and on the president did he capitalize on it i think the reverse i think occupy wall street pushed president obama to speak in new ways that he didn't before about inequality about fairness about the recklessness and irresponsibility of greed in america could you think that people will vote for it because there's obviously yeah because there's another survey that says eighty one percent of americans believe the government has not done enough to stop corporate wrongdoings you know occupy. as you know it was more a moral protest many of them in occupy i think will not vote i want to touch upon a little bit on foreign policy and i know that a candidates haven't focused on it too much that's partly because you guys have so many economic and domestic problems to focus on but every time

to fail families but to write as they come out of their role south they're doing better points great society kicked him. but they feel good about themselves and pushed on the other related costs and is called the. >> do not love liberals give away with this in a more. [applause] >> i am glad we made the choice to come. i am very, very concerned about the integrity and honesty i don't want to find out that somebody one because they found thousands of balance in somebody's trump. order redoing about enhancing to make sure to keep the election august? please be specific. [laughter] >> i feel like i am at the town hall debates. i do have some predictions about that. i don't know. you don't have to worry about it in california. romney will not win but if he could help out but republicans have to win decisively we are aware of the issue and the fact that liberals pull out the heavy guns to say that is racist. it is racist to make sure the people voting are eligible to vote and shows how nervous they are. they think you were saying that only black people are too stupid to get the but no identificat

again 40 years or plus since the great society.ll these things come into play, you are living third generation in the slums, in the same projects. >> sean: last word. >> people should realize that acorn is obama's agenda. obama is pushing the agenda right now through the white house. >> sean: thank you for this incredible hard work. and to president obama and his team have been given four years in washington. what does it mean for the cronyism to reward political contributors? we'll have a preview of the next four years as we continue. [ whistle blows ] hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this is a real quick me, that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables, poured over rice! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more... [ midwestern/chicago accent ] cheddar! yeah! 50 percent more [yodeling] yodel-ay-ee-oo. 50% more flash. [ southern accent ] 50 percent more taters. that's w

>> you're listening to having somebody like bob karo there, you get to recognize for all the great societyomplishments that linden had. he also had about 67 senators to rubber-stamp a lot of legislation. this president had to grapple with obama care, affordable care act around 60. ronald reagan interested him a lot, particularly that reagan could do business with people like tip o'neil, ted kennedy, and he felt with mitch mcdonnell there was nobody to do business with, perhaps now with boehner you'll see him -- boehner taking a historic role with his -- the fiscal problem we have. maybe they'll be able to work together, better in a second term. >> was his interests more on the personal characters and personal trades of the preceding presidents and their weaknesses and strengths? or was it more on policies and how they dealt with the crisis at their time? >> i think more on the crisis in policy. these are very relaxed dinners action it's said, like i said, as a book club. he was very gracious, just going around and letting people talk about what they're working on, and ask different questio

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we forget the fact that nixon came into a second term, wanted to roll back the great society and new deal and people said you don't have either house of congress. he said, fine. what i'm going to do is impoundment. i just won't spend the money for programs i don't like. and he started doing it. had watergate not come about, he might well have been impeached for that. >> it's remarkable to see that as such a consistent theme in history. and i'm generally skeptical of things that seem that consistent. but some of these things seem to be brought on by presidential overreach. others are brought on by stupidity or bad luck or thinking about the affair with the intern. as the president right now is saying that he's going to try to draft the support from his reelection, trying to draft the energy and the technical information he has about his supporters to help him get his agenda brought across s there anybody who has laid out a template for that? does that fit into this pattern? >> that's very smart. often times presidents will say i just got this big landslide and anyone in congress who o

ask mark to please designate as many of the acts that he signed them what they meant meant as a great society and civil rights act, voters rights act and we haven't even begun to get close to vietnam. i would like to ask mike to talk about ladybird's contributions to the country, not as separate, but certainly, her own project. >> the most fruitful year of lbj's presidency was 1965. i have in my office at the lbj library, a shadow box of lpg used to sign the bills into law during that year. the elementary and secondary education and higher education act, which is a profusion of federal money that is going into education. you see high school graduations. enrollment of college rise, dramatically as a result of this. 60% of all student loans today are derived not higher education. the same year, medicare, the arts and humanities act, which creates the national endowment for the arts. the clean air act. the most important civil rights act in our history. it gives people of color power of the ballot and the immigration act, which opens the gates and our borders people all over the world and fundam

to worry about the electorate and let it rip the year after i'm re-elected 37 in johnson's case great societye landslide declared a program of such extreme conservatisme barack obama has been the opposite of that because the most important thing i think he wanted to do was health care perhaps the most politically costly, and he did it in a contrarian way, actually instead in his first two years so i think you don't have this big sense that he's saving something up for next year. >> and yet, john if president get the second term it wou unwound the gains made in the hotomy between how the american public assesses him in the long lens of history is dramatically changed by themassively. if you think that d the affordable care act is at t changed almost nothing. it could fundamentally domestic policy an change a large chunk of the economy, of t1n economy but it's not been implemented yet. that alone has changed his place in history, the fact that we're going to see whether it works or not, whether it really does have the impacts it's going to have. i think that the president, you know, there are n

more radical and more determined to roll back not only parts of the new deal but parts of the great societyn't think john boehner himself is that far to the right but he's got to worry about this caucus of his that i think does contain a lot of people who fit into that radical category and it's created a real problem for our politics, particularly in the last two years. >> and they also don't seem to really deal with facts because when you really dig down into it, the average tax rates for income 50 to $75,000, taxes were actually higher under reagan. in 2009, it was 27%. in '81 under reagan, it was 31%. so they are really selling a myth. they made reagan this great hero but when you actually watch, using your term how reagan governed, it is not exactly -- well, it's not even near what they are advocating. >> right. in fact, you wouldn't know it from the campaign commercials of the last campaign but taxes have been lower under barack obama than they have been in years. not only because we kept the bush tax cuts going and i wish he hadn't made that earlier deal but he did, but also because h

are they going to cave and allow, you know, the new deal and the great society programs to be a part of this supposed grand bargain? or are they not? as of now, they are not part of the deal. this is about defense cuts, discretionary spending, and it's about tax cuts. only if the democrats agree to bring in the programs for the elderly and poor and middle class would they become part of the discussion. and there's a strong faction among democrats who are saying do not do that. you know, social security is not part of this problem. so it should not be part of the discussion. harry reid, in fact, has been extremely firm on that. he said i will not be part of discussions that include social security as part of this bargain. so if they stick to that, then they won't be. >> yeah, there's so many moving pieces. susan, today, the president's going to meet with small business owners. friday he's going to montgomery, pennsylvania, to visit a small business that will be impacted. very campaign like stuff. what's he trying to do here? >> yeah, who is he not meeting with this week? that would be

novel where you do go into a small society and you really analyze and anatomize that tiny society, so that is great that people would say, you know, they would recognize i am

novel where you do go into a small society and you really analyze and anatomize that tiny society, so that is great that people would say, you know, they would recognize i am trying to write in that tradition. >> rose: wright. >> and there is a difference between that and me sitting there thinking, now who would i like to be paired to. >> rose: that's why i asked the question the way i did. >> who, no, no. >> i think it is -- >> rose: do you think of yourself as dickins? >> no. >> rose: of course not. >> i don't get that question but i also think that -- i do genuinely think that if you are -- if you are sitting there thinking, now whom would i most like to be compared to, you are wasting your time, just get on and do the work. >> rose: yes but who are you

legislation have either come when we've had enormous majorities of one party or the other, the great societyromise. what we've not had historically is closely fought vague important things happen. big reform. this case the president has the senate but he also has a republican house. and so i think and i'll look at this from thomas jefferson, you look at it with ronald reagan it goes all the way through, presidents who manage to give as well as to take particularly in a second term do the best. >> john your said in your article that the president should be careful about the conventional wisdom for second terms for presidents. what did you mean? >> i don't think he should climb under his desk and hide. i don't think he should be totally depressed by this possibility. and think somehow or other this is a greek tragedy that he knows will end badly. that necessarily won't happen. i particularly mean that if he can do something quickly on the fiscal getting our fiscal house in order, making investments he wants to make investments on and then look abroad. one of the things that's interesting about

i want to contribute to this great society. >> reporter: he says the best way he can contribute is byng a good education. that's it from here, jon. back to you. jon: thorny questions. i guess the voters will resolve them. douglas kennedy. thank you. jenna: speaking of some thorny questions, the mainstream media is finally starting to take notice of the events leading up to the deadly terrorist attack in libya. why now? what took the media so long and how will it affect the public search for answers? our news watch panel weighs in next. i'm a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversification. choices. my own ideas. ishares. i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. ishares. 9 out of 10 large,

and if you look at great societies in places like africa, what does that mean for us in terms of demographics terms of resources? i think these changes are going to accelerate, and we need to be better prepared for that across the board. so those are sort of three large, general chunks that i think we should focus on. >> focus a little tighter for a minute. >> uh-huh. >> you have been quoted as saying that there are very likely as many or more spies working against u.s. interests inside the u.s. as there were during the cold war. >> yeah. >> which was a head-snapping quote when i read it. who are these people? and what are they after? >> well, i don't know that. that's my best guess. >> yeah, a guess. >> i've been out of government for six years, but if you look at the value of intelligence, the importance of intelligence, and then you look at the expenditures and the resources by china, by russia, by others -- >> uh-huh. >> -- and what for them is one of their biggest concerns? well, it's the u.s. and not only national security secrets, but increasingly commercial secrets. much of that which

he said we need more revenue to take care of the great society programs that he had kind of inherited and was furthering. he said the best way to increase revenue is to decrease marginal rates. he did that, i remember one of them was the top rate went down from 90% to 70%. during his period of time, the total amount of revenue that came from marginal rates raised from $94 billion to $153 billion. then a few years later, along came ronald reagan. the total amount of revenue that was raised for marginal rates in the year 1980 was $244 billion. 1990 was $466 billion, which was almost doubled in the decade that had the most streamlining and reduction of marginal rates in our history. and so i think it's interesting to observe that this wasn't really all a republican idea. it's something that has worked every time that it's been tried. mr. portman: my colleague from oklahoma and i -- mr. president, i would like to follow up briefly on that and just say that in 1997 when we decided to move toward a balanced budget agreement when president clinton was president, there was also an agreement t

when he went into the white house that was what above all he wanted to do was the great society.then he was caught by the vietnam war and either was unwilling or unable to get out of it. >> you mentioned earlier about covering the white house six years under ronald reagan. was that the entire time you covered the white house? >> yes. from 1982 through the end of his term. >> also said it looks different inside than looking at it outside. what did you learn? >> it's interesting because i think -- everybody brings to the presidency their own life experience, and i -- as someone who was -- trying to think, 13 years old in 1960, the whole kennedy experience was tremendously influential in my kind of development of my political consciousness. in fact in the introduction i talk about the kennedy having the nobel laureates from the western hemisphere to the white house and saying this is the greatest assemblage of intellect or brainpower, forget the exact word, except for the time when thomas jefferson dined alone. i think that was the sense that a lot of people of my age had about the

believe it or not as a liberal democrat the idea was to cut taxes to raise rev now fund the great societyprogram. he went to the senate, which was opposed to the ultimately goal of, you know, significant in the legislation and convince the dean of the senate, who was the budget chair that he would commit to a tbhawment year to year a decrees. not like they do now where it's a decrees off the grove. they use some weird accounting thing up here in washington. a real dollar for dollar reduction in the budget the first time, i think, in fifty years that took place. he got that done. and it required working sending a limo secret throughout senate to bring senatorbird to the white house to come in and to be courted in effect and held up high and, you know, be beloved by the junior now president of the united states junior when they were in the senate together and then he got the most significant civil rights legislation passed in american history. all with six weeks. all because of leadership. all because he did not let go. it it required grabbing people by the shoulder and not letting them lea

society and the country. thank you all. [applause] >> great job. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] coupling up next more for the annual excellence summit on education reform. we'll here from the foundation former florida governor jeb bush. followed by former clinton administration chief of staff john podesta. and later former senators lead a discussion on the future of u.s. energy policy. on washington journal tomorrow morning, we'll hear about the investigation in to the attacks in benghazi, libya that killed four americans. from michael her issue. the rest of the program will focused on the so-called fiscal cliff and the bush era tax rates. our guest will include alex from the mesh enterprise substitute and e than poll lick with the economic policy substitute. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:a.m. eastern. >>> on 16 or 17 bases in the united states we have military -- [inaudible] the average cost to agent dmield that school per year is $50,000. almost four times

if you look at great society's in places like africa, what does that mean for us in terms of demographics, resources? these changes will accelerate and we need to be better prepared across the board. those are three large general terms that i think we should focus on. >> focus a little tighter for a minute. you have been quoted as saying that there are very likely as many or more spies working against u.s. interests inside the u.s. as there were during the cold war which was a head snapping "when i read. who are these people? what are they after? >> i don't know that. that's my best guess. i have been out of government for six years. if you look at the value of intelligence, importance of intelligence and the expenditures and resources by china, russia, others and what is one of the biggest concerns. national security secrets but increasingly commercial secrets. much of that which can be going there stolen from cyberspace. and it is a dire threat. so much of our resources in the counter-terrorism marina we have forgotten the necessity of old-fashioned counterintelligence. that is an impor

remember it was kennedy back in the '60s that said we got to raise more money, more revenue for the great societyit and what happened? he increased the amount of money that came from rates, 94 billion. then along came reagan, same thing. the total amount of money raised by marginal rates in 1980 was 244 billion. at the end of that decade, 466 billion. that was during the decade of the real streamlining of taxes and tax reduction. so that's the way we can grow it. for every 1% increase in the economic activity, that produces $40 billion new revenue. we've got to get that through their heads. again, that wasn't a republican notion. that was democrat notion. >> brian: senator, i know you're not going to get everything you want and democrats theoretic won't. what do you have to see on the other side to give at all on any of these things? what movement has to be made? >> i'd like to see them try different things. first of all, let's recognize the fact that we had the deficits right now as a result of obama's budget. that's $5.3 trillion. that's in his budget. he signed that. we have a lot of the progr

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or not as a liberal democrat, the idea was to cut taxes to raise revenue, and begin to fund the great societyprograms. he went to the senate, which was opposed to his ultimate goal of, you know, significant civil rights legislation, and convinced that dean of the senate, who was the budget chairman, that he would commit to a budget that was year-to-year -- not like they do matter what the increase is to grow. he used a weird accounting think of your in washington. a real dollar for dollar reduction in the budget the first time i think in 50 years, when that took place. he got that done. and it required working, sending a limo secretly to the senate to bring the senator, senator byrd i believe it was to the white house, to come in and to be courted, and held up high, and the beloved by virginia, now president of the united states, his junior when they were in the senate together. and then he got the most significant civil rights legislation passed in american history. all within six weeks. all because of leadership. all because he did not let go. if it required grabbing people by the shoulders

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and if you look at great societies in places like africa, what does that mean for us in terms of demographics, in terms of resources? i think these changes are going to accelerate, and we need to be better prepared for that across the board. so those are sort of three large, general chunks that i think we should focus on. >> focus a little tighter for a minute. >> uh-huh. >> you have been quoted as saying that there are very likely as many or more spies working against u.s. interests inside the u.s. as there were during the cold war. >> yeah. >> which was a head-snapping quote when i read it. who are these people? and what are they after? >> well, i don't know that. that's my best guess. >> yeah, it's a guess. >> i've been out of government for six years, but if you look at the value of intelligence, the importance of intelligence and you look at the expenditures and the resources by china, by russia, by others -- >> uh-huh.. >> -- and what for them is one of their biggest concerns? well, it's the u.s. and not only national security secrets, but increasingly commercial secrets. much of that w