there were issues with jim wright's book. before you knew it, because this is where the institution had changed because the days of friendship and relationships that were driven much like president bush had with sonny montgomery and others when he was in congress of the united states, those friendships had started fading away. it found itself manifest early on in jim wright's efforts to hang on as the speaker of the house of representatives. jim ultimately had to step down. now we are in the beginning of the first couple of months. there is disarray in the house of representatives. tom foley is speaker and dick gephardt is the senate leader. george mitchell created a calm demeanor in terms of dealing with you was a cagey character in terms of dealing with some of the political issues and the combination of him and dick gephardt made it difficult for us. fortunately bob dole was around which was an anchor for us at that period of time. this was going on. this distraction was going on with the nomination of john tower as secret

it found itself manifest early on in jim wright's efforts to hang on as the speaker of the house of representatives. jim ultimately had to step down. and soon quickly followed by tony qualo. the first couple of months. there is disarray in the house of representatives. tom foley is speaker and dick gephardt is majority leader. that is what we were looking at in the house democrats. there was somewhat of a bit of leadership stability in the senate but george mitchell, though he created a calm demeanor in terms of dealing with you was a cagey character in terms of dealing with some of the political issues and the combination of him and dick gephardt made it difficult for us. fortunately bob dole was around which was an anchor for us at that period of time. now this was going on, this distraction was going on with the nomination of john tower who was my political mentor, as secretary of defense. the bottom issue was a question that sam nunn and other democrats in the house -- in the senate of the united states reached the conclusion that we're going to answer this question for you, mr. president. who

i took them in the car and banged jim wright was able to get this information years ago. kennedy gave that morning. the incomes without knowing it coming you know not to tear the hour. we know our bible. so kennedy is getting up that morning. he's saying we're going in the country with jackie. in a circle going into hostile territory because he's ambassador to the u.n. dealing papers that money were filled with horrible trader at the nixon is of course talking because he was there the night before same kennedy is going to jump johnson and take somebody else. not a chance because kennedy had pushed for subarray. custom self and a chance of getting mississippi, alabama. probably not in south carolina. he was trying to look onto texas in this anti-civil rights environment. he also needed georgette. so is campaigning for money and reelection. mncs traveling corporate at the airport, having a pretty good speech to the chamber, he's talking to jim wright and john connally, sayed y swearwords said she could go to democrat tom? what i like about my ability of having a story that

jim wright blamed it on the newspaper business.he said it was the daily press that owned the dallas morning liz -- new sets that this anti-kennedy mindset in the city of dallas. john connelly was far more sophisticated. he said it dealt with the economies of the two cities. fort worth with was the town of factory floors for people works next to each other, blue-collar blues rooting for each other voted as a working middle-class crowd. they would work in corrals or stockyards and the same thing, regular people. dallas, high-rises come insurance business. everyone is wearing a white shirt to work and they want to work on the next floor. they want to work their way up to management level. they are voting like there bosses, thinking republican and guess who was like that? john connelly because he became a republican. you should be to the did the whole thing to economics. the right populism and as we no, you are getting to the question of to what extent was the anti-kennedy from the right environment of texas in those days over civil ri

jim wright blames it on the media to say the day the press that fed the anti-a liberal anti-kennedy mind-set in the city of dallas. the other was far more sophisticated saying it debt with the economy of the two cities. fort worth had factories blue-collar, knew each other and a working-class crowd. they would work in the stockyards in a crowd. regular people. dallas was high-rises, finance, insuran ce, everyboby wears a white shirt to work and want to work on the next floor at the management level. they are thinking republic and john connally was like that. they attributed old thing to economics and populism and to what extent was the anti-kennedy writes environment in texas, that is what they tried to wrestle with that toxic atmosphere thomas somehow having to do with him getting killed who did not like what he just said in tampa as long as castro is there nothing will happen that was very anti-castro. lee harvey oswald went after walker, when they went after nixon but it was johnson went to the soviet embassy and the cuban embassy the day before all the affirmations adjusted he was a man

jim wright explains it all for the newspaper clip, the media. he said the daily press just that this anti-liberal, anti-kennedy mindset in the city of dallas. john connally was far more sophisticated. he said it do with the economy of the two cities. fort worth was a town where people -- men and women worked next to each other, voted as a working-class or middle-class working-class crowd. they would work in corrals, stockyards, doing the same thing, regular people. high-rises, finance, everyone is wearing a white shirt to work and they want to work the next lawyer, one work the way it in management level, the ones they want to be like in the years that had. guess who was like that? john connally because he became a republican. the other type of the populace and. and as we

that took down jim wright. and so even in his attacks against newt if he were attacking newt for for being ideologically inconsistent, going after paul ryan's plan saying it's radical social engineering, i'd say, okay. i agree with mitt. instead, he's taking a democratic attack against newt and he's borrowing tom brokaw's newscast to do it. >> i saw that. >> the whole thing -- he doesn't get the conservative phase. >> you are on an airplane. let's assume you are up front. who do you want sit with you on a plane right in 1b for five, six or ten hours. stay australia. do you want newt or mitt romney next to you? as a person next to you. >> as a person, i prefer mitt romney, but i think that's pretty obvious. >> i'm strange. i would prefer to be next to newt because -- >> of course you would. >> that's a gender different in the campaign. >> there is a gender break, mika, that's so pronounced in this race among men and women voters. something like a 20-point -- not that you are typical of either one of you, but the

in the late 1980s, i initiated charges against the speaker of the house, jim wright, at rather considerable90, i opposed the president of the united states of my own party when he tried to raise taxes. i said i thought he actually meant read my lips and i led the fight against raising taxes. i think long before rick came to congress, i was busy being a rebel, creating conservative opportunities, developing a plan to win a majority in the congress. if you talk to anybody who worked with the congressional campaign committee from december of 1978 on, for 16 years, i worked to help create the republican party nationally to become a majority. i worked to create go pac to train a majority. those are historic facts, even if they're inconvenient for rick's campaign. >> governor romney, you're raising your hand. i want to let you in on the conversation. also, you put an ad on the air paid by your campaign. this is not one of the super pac ads calling the speaker an unreliable leader. why? >> let me go back and address first what you just heard. what you listened to in my view and the speaker's rendi

. >> they were very upset when newt took on jim wright as speaker of the house.rats filed like 3 or 400 ethics violations and they were hyperbole. martha: he paid i think $300,000 in finest in those ethics violations did he not? >> yeah i think -- i'm not sure but it dealt with a book where he took an advanced fee and subsequently hillary clinton incendiar ended up getting millions of dollars and nobody did anything about it when she was in office. martha: the thing that may be more significant in the long run than that, and i know there will be more talk about ethics violation is the questions about erratic behavior. it's a label put on newt gingrich by many of the people who used to work with him. peter king who worked with him when he was speaker of the house says they tonight want him to be president because of the erratic behavior. what do you say about that? >> i heard this criticism from people supporting other candidates. i think it's excessive and goes way beyond the facts. there is one thing i do, and that is gingrich. i served from the time he came to

moved to expose them, in the late 1980s, i initiated charges against the speaker of the house, jim wrightresident of my own party when he tried to raise taxes, and i fought against that. i think long before rick came to congress, i was busy being a rebel developing a plan to win a majority of the congress. if you talk to anyone who worked at the congressional campaign committee from december of 1978 on, for 16 years, i worked to help create the republican party nationally to become a majority. i worked to create and train the majority. those are historic facts even if they're inconvenient for rick's campaign. >> you're raising the hand. i'll let you in the conversation, but as i do, you put an ad on the air paid for by your campaign calling the speaker an unreliable speaker. why? >> let me go back and address first what you just heard. what you listened to in my view and the speaker's rendition of history going back to 1978 is in my view a perfect example of why we need to send to washington someone who has not lived in washington but someone who has lived in the real streets of america,

in the late 1980s, i initiated charges against the speaker of the house, jim wright, at rather considerabler. in 1980, i opposed the president of the united states of my own party when he tried to raise taxes. i said i thought he actually meant read my lips and i led the fight against raising taxes. i think long before rick came to congress, i was busy being a rebel, creating conservative opportunities, developing a plan to win a majority in the congress. if you talk to anybody who worked with the congressional campaign committee from september 1978 on, for 16 years, i worked to help create the republican party nationally to become a majority. i worked to create go pac to train a majority. those are historic facts, even if they're inconvenient for rick's campaign. >> governor romney, you're raising your hand. i want to let you in on the conversation. also, you put an ad on the air paid by your campaign. not one of the superpac ads. calling the speaker an unreliable leader. why? let me go back and address what you just heard. what you listened to in my view and the speaker's rendition of his

earlier jim clancey spoke to kevin wright and asked him what's at stake in the taiwan elections on saturday. >> reporter: with every taiwanese election we take a deep breath and hope for the best because this is one of the red line issues for beijing, that is, the future status of taiwan. we all know mainland china's policy, which is that taiwan's part of china. and they want to see it back as a formal part of the motherland. as your reporter's just indicated on taiwan itself, you still have a significant move for a local identity and ultimately some form of local independence. so the key thing with this election is obviously if the democratic progress party wins, there will be an audible sucking in of breath in beijing. if the kmt win, then it will be business as usual. so i think we're in for a few rocky days as the taiwanese people go to vote. >> rocky days and let us not forget, too, that mainland china will see a handover of power this year. it's going to be an interesting 2012. >>> the government of hungary has come under intense criticism for introducing a congress city tugs that cri