so i'm a little partial to the jane adams wing of the progressive party. and i bring this up because i think -- >> she left the party, too, though. >> the point is that the social reformers had a consistent long-term agenda to try and create social and industrial democracy. t.r. was fairly opportunistic. i don't think obama is anywhere near as opportunistic as t.r. obama's going to be gone at some point and progressive reformers will have to continue on the tradition of building -- either defending the old new nationalism or creating some kind of new version of it. so i think it's going to transcend obama in many ways. i think that's the most important lesson that you get out of reading sid's book is that t.r. basically was the embodiment of a lot of work from social reformers prior to him. and he took over that in many ways. and i think that was very consistent and much more transformative in ways. it's the job of the progressive movement today to do the same thing, knowing that obama will not be around, and he has not been the embodiment of progressivism

so i'm a little partial to the jane adams wing. . and i bring this up because i think -- >> yeah, she left the party, too, though. >> my point is they had a consistent long-term agenda. t.r. was fairly opportunistic. i don't think obama is anywhere near as opportunistic as t.r. he may be inconsistent. but i think obama is going to be gone at some point and progressive reformers are going to have to continue on the tradition of defending the old new nationalism or creating some kind of new version of it. so i think it's going to transcend obama in many ways. i think that's the most important lesson you get out of reading sid's book. t.r. was the embodiment of a lot of social reformers prior to him. he took over that in many ways. i think that was very con sis tent, thoughtful work and much more informative. it's knowing that obama will not be around and he has not been the embodiment of progressive as good as he's been in a constrained environment. >>> the other thing i would say is that this conversation about the proper division bet

frederick douglass, abraham lincoln, jane adams, martin luther king, jr., dorothy day, abraham hessel, a majority of great reformers in american history did their work not just because it was sound policy or they had done good analysis or understood how to exercise good politics but because their faith and their values dictated it and called for bold action. sometimes in the face of indifference. sometimes in the face of resistance. this is no different today for millions of americans and certainly is not for me. i wake up each morning and i say a prayer. i spend time in scripture and devotion. from time to time friends of mine, some who are here today, friend like joel hunter or td jakes will come by the oval office or call on the phone or they will send me an e-mail and we'll pray together and they will pray for me and my family and for our country. but i don't stop there. i would be remiss if i stopped there. if my values were limited to personal moments of prayer or private conversations with pastors or friends. so instead i must try, imperfectly, but i must try to make sure those

frederick douglas, abraham lincoln, jane adams, martin luther king jr., dorothy day, the majority of great reformers in american history did their work not just because it was sound policy or they had done good analysis or understood how to exercise good politics but because their faith and their values dictated it and called for bold action. sometimes in the face of indifference, sometimes in the face of resistance. this is no different today for millions of americans and it's certainly not for me. i wake up each morning and i say a brief prayer. i spend a little time in scripture and devotion. from time to time friends of mine, some who are here today, friends like joel hunter, t.d.jacques will come by the oval office, they'll call on the phone, send me an e-mail and we'll pray together. they'll pray for me and my family and for our country. but i don't stop there. i'd be remiss if i stopped there. if my values were limited to personal moments of prayer or private conversations with pastors or friends, so instead i must try, imperfectly, but i must try to make sure those values mot

adams center is part of a broad effort by the administration to defuse the controversy. pentagon officials reached out to the homosque and asked to co and speak directly to worshipers. >> thank you, jane. >>> news 4 your health now. there is a birth control pill being recalled. the pills are from a company based in india and it's called glenmark general e. recalled by the pills are in the wrong order in the blister pack and they may not work. glenmark says the pills were distributed between september 21st and december 30th. the recall also applies to any blister pack in which the lot number and the expiration date are not visible. >>> in decision 2012 there are four days to go before the michigan primary. a loss in that state where mitt romney grew up could be devastating for his campaign. today he talked to the detroit economic club at the ford field where the detroit lions play and romney said the republican nominee will have to present a clear contrast to president obama. >> 20% down across the board. i have not spent my life in washington. the other couple guys i was debating the other night, ron paul spent time in health care and so is also different than the president but newt g