so, finally, nixon did pledge in a letter to herman perry, the first political mentor, dated 6 october 1945 to practice, quote, practical liberalism as opposed to, quote, that particular brand of new deal liberalism, pushed by nixon's opponent jerry voorhees in the 1946 campaign. well, this is a topic that i believe deserves further research. that's something i will work on. that's something i wanted to share with you folks today, what are the true roots of richard nixon's conservative political views of this period. those folks who believe in small government, low taxation, and no state intervention in a free market economy. something that needs to be worked upon. thank you very much. >> ladies and gentlemen, normally i'm a little irreverent and i'm standing here just so she can't get the hook on me, but i'm sure she'll grab me, he' she'll find a way. i want to be serious and say without mel small, this conference never would have happened. he has his hand over his head. and we all owe him a thank you. and what he's done, knowingly or unknowingly, by bringing the archivist of the unit

outstanding coverage of her parent's courtship and in 1945, she detailed the story of how whitner banker herman perry contacted them in baltimore and september 1945 that asked if they were interested. apparent savings which was $10,000 went into the race and they planned to use the money for a house. it was in a war box. i would like to talk about one biography that presents a problem for a lot of scholars and students. morris was an ivy league educ e educated journalist after he was encouraged. he showed a strong underlying bias against nixon and at the same time he was a very methodical researcher. you have to kind of proceed with caution with these types of coverage. just to focus on the law firm days when nixon was working as a lawyer in whittier. his first case was being mishandled by nixon where he represented. they ran into technical problems. in 1993, jonathan wrote nixon alive and that was the greatest politicians since the mid 60s. he had 60 hours of your interviews. there things you found useful when 1926 freshman year and he had a spot on the x-ray. because of this, they took him out of a

story in yorba linda in whittier, and orange county in the time that he went away in the paper for herman perry. and his political career. it's important, formative, charming and interesting. and -- three to go? good lord. and i'm sort of out of things to say. >> did you want to comment on irvs? well, irv, first of all, it's great news that the second volume is going to be published and sooner than later. the first irv was a scholar, an impeccable researcher and i think remarkable fair minded in terms of his judgment so he's a triple threat and he's a great contribution to nixon literature and his storiography. irv has gone back and actually gone back to the sources and read in human capacity the papers and documents and research to get back. why did nixon -- with most politicians if they succeed upward, the baggage from their earlier careers is sort of unpacked and becomes part of the mythology. with nixon, the baggage of each his careers was rechecked, weighed, opened and inspected and sent on to the next stage of his career. i can remember when i was a white house fellow we invited henry fon

outstanding coverage of her parents' courtship and in 1945, she detailed the story of how whitner banker herman perry contacted the nixons while in baltimore and that september 1945 that asked if richard was interesting in running against the incumbent representative. julie verified her parents' savings which was 10,000 all went into the congressional race. they planned to use the money for a house. it was in war bonds. i would like to talk about one biography by roger morris, which presents a problem for a lot of scholars and students. morris was an ivy league educated journalist and historian. he resigned in protest from the national security council april 1970 after the cambodian incursion. he showed a strong underlying bias against nixon and at the same time he was a very methodical researcher. you have to kind of proceed with caution with these types of coverage. just to focus on the law firm days when nixon was working as a lawyer in whittier. his first case was being mishandled by nixon where he represented marie she. and also the company that nixon, his first and last, business venture, he wa

herman cain, rick perry, sarah palin. nobody cares what they say anymore. sarah palin has zero impact on the political process today. and i also have to say, you know, if i were in that audience, i would be insulted. by her comments because she says that the obama administration is responsible for the financial meltdown. anybody with any brain knows it happened in october 2008. when george w. bush was in the white house. and if you recall, they suspended the campaign, and george w. bush called a meeting at the white house and called john mccain and barack obama, candidates, in to say, what can we do about this? whatever you say about barack obama, he did not cause the financial meltdown. he wasn't in office at all. he's still trying to dig us out of it. just a sample of where they don't care about the facts anymore. they just throw this crap out there. and you saw these people there, they love it, they stand up, they don't even think. i find it very amusing. back to your question about, look. i was really worried about president obama's re-election. because

it was me against donald trupl, herman cain, rick perry, then me against newt gingrich. and now it seems to be me against rick santorum. >> i should have said romney is ruling out the possibility. romney hoping support from rick snyder will help turn the numbers around a bit. they announced his hometown ties in the state they want voters to remember. >>> a little history. i was born and raised here. i love this state. it seems right here. trees are the right height. i like seeing the lakes. i love the lakes. there's something very special here. the great lakes but also the little inland lakes that dot the parts of michigan. i love cars. i don't know. i grew up totally in love with cars. it used to be in the '50s and '60s if you showed me one square foot of any part of car, i could tell you the car, the model. i drive a mustang. i love cars. i love american cars. long may they rule the world, let me tell you. >> guy loves trees, lakes, and cars. it is a key issue to voters in the state where he opposed government loans to save the automakers. rick santorum said his record

michele bachmann, rick perry, herman cain. the notion of someone who is not romney has attracted them. they fall in love. they fall out of love. then you've had the rational republican voters. i'm not saying those who are notion are rational, or those who are not notional are only rational. they say this is the best we've got. following the william f. buckley rule. probably the most conservative republican who can get elected. not the most conservative but the one who can get elected. even with all of romney's otherwise visible rhetorical maladies. wherever he goes off script. whenever he tries this organic authentici authenticity. it falls flat. >> we've seen this before. >> the dynamic rational notional will play out in arizona and michigan and it will have brought santorum close but i me predict michigan and arizona -- >> we saw this in 2000 with al gore. al gore was uncomfortable running in his own -- something about how he had to run was not the way he wanted to run. he himself later admitted it. you get that sense that t

we have a conservative "dream team" of people like governor rick perry, herman cain, fred and jerry thompson. todd palin. >> gingrich left sarah palin off of that list, the former vice-presidential candidate will be the keynote speaker tomorrow. ron paul is not at this four-day conference. his campaign attributed it to travel constraints. meanwhile, a group of 400 protesters, many of them part of the "occupy d.c." movement gathered today and some tie tried to get inside but were quickly removed by security. they say c pa-pac. >>> and religious-based companies won't have to provide free birth control to their employees after all. president obama announced a compromise on his contra sepgs mandate today and it comes after protests from conservatives, religious groups and some in his own party, workers at rely dpous groups have to access free birth control directly through their insurance company. >>> for the first time this week, george huguely was moved to tears in the courtroom and he wasn't the only one, as jurors listen to his first interview with the police in the hours of yeardly's death.

everyone not named mitt romney has had their chance to be a front runner for michele bachmann to rick perry herman cain to newt gingrich to rick santorum and now the cycle is coming around for a second time with newt gingrich again after he won south carolina and now rick santorum again after his three wins last night so where in the heck do things go from here we'll get to that in just a moment but in other news coming out of capitol hill it looks like negotiations to extend the payroll tax cut for one hundred sixty million americans have stalled with republicans refusing to raise taxes once again on millionaires and billionaires and in the house republicans yesterday a privilege that legislation to resurrect the keystone x.l. pipeline will discuss where they plan to stick that pipeline and just a moment for a run down on last night's elections plus the latest on capitol hill i want to turn it over to my panel laughlin mark a is an investigative reporter at the heritage foundation center for media and public policy and richard fowler is a democratic star strategist welcome to you both guys thanks

bathrooming on getting supporters of rick santorum if he drops out, as well as supporters of rick perry and herman cain, who already quit and both endorse newt. speaker gingrich says notwithstanding this florida win for romney, he is in for the long haul. >> we are going to contest every place and we're going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. [cheering] >> question, where is this soft spot in romney's route? >> if you look at the whole north of florida from the panhandle almost to the sea, which is south, georgia basically and south alabama, that's tea party conservative, evangel cat. mitt romney does not center at enthusiasm of the heart and soul of the republican party. they're not in love with him. that's one problem he's got. he's go to center to rally those folks. the second is newt a good catholic is not following the catholic admonition not to let the sun set upon your anger. they have to go out to the crossroads at midnight and drive a stake through that guy's heart. >> eleanor? >> romney is something like $15 million in florida, burying gingrich. and it was very neg

former candidates michele bachmann, herman cain and rick perry will speak today and also speaking virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli who's receiving an awards. rick santorum and mitt romney will be there tomorrow. >>> meanwhile, former virginia governor and current senate candidate tim cain is breaking from president obama. the democrat is criticizing new white house rules which require some religious groups to provide coverage for contraceptives. cain is catholic. republicans and some democrats on the hill are fighting back. they want the white house to allow an opt out clause for groups which say this violates their beliefs. among the opponents speaking out, the roman catholic archdiocese of baltimore. >> this isn't something we can compromise on because it's fundamental to our teachings and we have to be consistent. >> the archdiocese of baltimore covers catholic churches in several counties as well as the western part of maryland. >>> a maryland state senator from our area wants to ban teenagers from using indoor tanning beds. jamie raski in takoma park will spent his bill to the

we are gathering together a team, we have a conservative green team like rick perry, herman kahne, frednd terry thompson, todd palin, j.c. watts, linda itmooifr, oliver north, a tremendous team. but in the end, we need you. if we can be together, there are many people -- we have more names -- you can go to newt.org and add more names. all of the years i work in this party, this movement, this is the year to reset this country in the decisive, bold way. we need to teach the republican establishment a lesson. we are determined to rebuild america, not to manage its decay. with your help, that is what we'll do. thank you, good luck, god bless you. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> c-span continues its live coverage of the conservative political action conference in washington, d.c. today with texas senator tom cornyn. he's the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee and he's scheduled to speak. the cpac presidential straw poll. then at 4:30, remarks by former alaska governor and nominee sarah palin. our live coverage today begins at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> president obama h

. >> we are gathering a team and have a conservative dream team of request governor rick perry, herman cain, todd palin. >> gingrich left sarah palin off that list. ron paul will not make an appearance to the conference and his campaign attributed it to travel constraints. >>> the controversial birth control mandate, yesterday president obama announced a compromise saying religious based companies will not have to provide free birth control to their employees after a protest from religious organizations and lawmakers on both sides calling it a huge overreach by the government. now, employees at religious based companies can have free access to birth control directly through their insurance company. >>> the time right now is 6:10. don't you hate it when the phone in your pocket accidentally calls one of your contacts? one of those butt dials just landed two people in jail. >> okay. i didn't know you'd read it that way. that's the way it was written. >>> new developments in the >>> new developments in the on denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time. so strike while the i

roster of support eslike the super friends for justice league of america and including herman cain, rick perry tough guy actor chuck norris. texas congressman ron paul skipped cpac this year. he was set to do last-minute campaigning in maine. >> bret: james rosen live at cpac. we have more with the panel. thank you. >>> almost half the par analysiparticipants in -- participantparticipants in the t poll believe the economy is going to get worse before it gets better. the trade deficit widepped to $48.8 billion in december. that is the largest imbalance since june. stocks today closed the week on a down note. the dow lost 89. the s&p 500 gave back nine. the nasdaq finished 23 behind. late this afternoon, the greek cabinet approved massive reforms. required to qualify for a new international bail-out. the unions are staging a strike. they used tear gas after protesters threw stone and fire bombs. >> syrian state d.v.d. is blaming what it called terrorists for explosions in the most populous city. world affairs contributor dominic di-natale is following developments from next door in lebanon. some

. >> we are gathering together a team have a conservative dream team, governor rick perry, herman cain, fred and jerry thompson, todd palin. >> gingrich left sarah palin off that list. the former vice-presidential candidate will be the keynote speaker today. ron paul will not make an appearance at the conference and his campaign said because of travel constraints. >>> it's 9:10. don't you hate it when your phone is in your pocket and you accidentally dial one of your contacts. and that happened to two people and they ended up in jail. >>> new developments in the ongoing saga of josh powell. the evidence that may offer some i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture woullvbreak up. for the soount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing! i was just in a trance watching it. i'm discovering new chan

shifted to bachmann and then they went -- away from bachmann and then they went to cain -- tim herman cain. and perry when he got in. and now gingrich is almost below 10%, so the people who did support him after south carolina have shifted to santorum. so it's an ideological play. >> i don't agree with you to this extent. i think that rick santorum's appeal right now is seen largely in kind of that blue-collar, working-class vote in the republican party, which is not insignificant the. a lot of people feel like they have been left behind in this economy. they might like some things about mitt romney, he is smart, he can fix things. they like that. but what santorum has done really smartly, bill, he has driven home that message about reviving manufacturing in the country and stressing his own blue-collar roots, his grandfathering, a coal miner-- >>> ats all genuine by the way. we know rick santorum very well. he's a genuine guy. when you see rick santorum say and do is who rick santorum is. but i am telling you that the republican party big wig it's karl scproaf these kinds of people, all right? they

i have been through tim pawlenty, mitch -- michele bachmann and herman cain and rick perry. d now rick santorum. we look forward to super tuesday. herman cain endorsed the campaign in georgia and will be in oklahoma and arizona and washington idaho and california this week . carrying out. the biggest difference between me and santorum, who in many ways were the conservative wing of the race is the boldness of the ideas. i am prepared to talk about fundmental change, whether it is a personal social security savings accounts for young americans or zero capitol gains tax or energy policy that leads back to $2.50 gas. i am prepared to break out of the washington establishment model. >> chris: what is your play now? you go back to santorum who try to win back the teparters . what about romney to take him out of the race later. >> guest: i talk positively to all americans and try to suggest that having somebody, there are set of numbers. herman cain was teaching me to use numbers. >> chris: 999? >> guest: 113 was the amount of gas when i was speaker. 4.2 unemployment rate when i le

i have been through tim pawlenty and then michele bachmann and then herman cain once and then rick perry and then herman cain a second time and now we have santorum and we will keep moving forward, gathering delegates. we are looking forward very much to super tuesday. we had a great weekend with herman cain endorsing me campaigning in georgia. i will be in oklahoma, washington, idaho this week. the biggest difference between me and santorum is the scale of the ideas and boldness of the ideas. i'm more prepared to talk about fundamental change whether it as personal social security safings account for young americans or zero capital gains taxotere kind of energy policy that would lead back to $2.50 a gallon gasoline. i think i'm much more prepared to break out of the washington establishment model. >> chris: do you go after santorum to try to win back the evangelicals and tea partyers or go after romney figuring if you can drive him out of the race you can take on santorum later? >> my model is to talk positively to all americans and to try to suggest that having somebody -- that there a

first came donald trump, then michele bachmann, rick perry, herman cain and newt gingrich twice. now it's rick santorum. anyone but mitt. is santorum the flavor of the month or an existential threat to mitt romney? three polls out in the last two days suggest santorum is for real. this time, mitt has reason to be worried. for the first time now, president obama's campaign team has to consider the possibility that santorum could be the gop nominee facing him. would a race against a candidate who questions women, not just at the warfront but also in the workplace be an easy target for team obama? plus, the brilliant andrew sullivan writes for "newsweek" that the birth control fight could end up as a big winner for president obama. he says the further the right wing, the farther is identified on birth control, the better it is for the president. andrew sullivan joins us tonight. >>> when house republicans caved on allowing an extension of the payroll tax cut, it was an admission that once again, this was a loser issue for the rs. >>> finally why rick santorum is real and romney ain'

. >> sean: here though is a serious issue, because rick will go through the vetting that herman cain and perry bachmann and newt gingrich have gone through. it seems to come down to one overall issue the social issu issues. contraception, abortion, belief in faith, gay marriage. do you think any of the issues, anything you read are problematic for him in terms of getting the nomination or in a general election? >> not in the republican primary process. at the end of the day, we talk about the economy and bad job that obama did in the fall. no question the democrats come back and try to use the issues. these are things that he reasoned deeply and a leader. there is no waffling on him. that is what is giving him great strength. to a certain extent you can't find fault with someone's personal beliefs. you may disagree but you can't find fault. >> people know where he stands. think about it. you have never been confused about what rick santorum stands for. the issues that he holds dear that he thinks are important to re-establish the foundation and strength as a nation. you know what you are getti

seen this cycle when you rise up, whether you're michele bachmann early on in the spring, herman cain, governor perry point, you get more attention and you can sometimes talk your way into trouble. how's the senator doing? >> well, i think some of these things he probably should not have said. the housing burst bubble -- the housing bubble burst was not about gas prices. we all know what happened with fannie and freddie and that happened before prices climbed during the 2008 election -- or in the summer of 2008, so i think he needs to be a little more careful about what he says, because when these people do rise up, they are in the spotlight and they are getting a lot more attention and they need to be cognizant of that. >> so you have this moment where you can step up and seize it, eric, or sometimes you end up hurting yourself. how's he doing? >> not so well the last couple of weeks. he keeps saying he'd like to talk about jobs and the economy, but it's the media who gets him to talk about the cultural issues. not really, he keeps going on cultural programs rallying evangelicals to his support and