will he turn out like jimmy carter? i don't -- i love jimmy carter. but jimmy carter was a one-term president, and i'm hoping that obama will be a to termed president. and i think he will be, and i love jimmy carter to much to answer this question honestly. so i will just move on to the next one. [laughter] >> these are the last two questions. >> do you believe in political cycles or is the process more random than that, and if you do do you think we are in the middle of a sustained political shift that would go beyond just one or two terms or do you think we are in the middle of some other type of political long-term change and what is that? >> i hope that we are -- i think the fury of political cycles and the swaying back and forth there's less than meets the eye. when you have donato two-league system, two-party system, it has to go back and forth. and by the way that is something that worries me about what is happening in the republican party. and the takeover of the republican party by the rush limbaugh, sarah palin, sean hannity types because th

he eviscerated the trust-me government of jimmy carter. what the republicans have to understand is that they have to take it to the trust-me government of barack obama. >> okay. i'm sorry. [inaudible] >> what were reagan's views and his position on -- [inaudible] >> on federal reserve? >> what were his views in the federal reserve? and all the income tax? >> well, he was once asked in 1980 about a particular tax cut and he says, i favor a tax cut anytime. i don't know what his -- well, but he reformed it in 1986 when he was president and, of course, in 1981, the tax system was the top marginal rate was 70%. he brought that down to, you know, the high 20s. so we knew what his attitude was about the tax system. and also, of course, you had, you know, the series of rising steps on the tax system and it was simplefied down to three simple tax rates. [inaudible] >> well, let me just say one thing. i don't know if i can address that specifically except that ronald reagan was always suspicious of any concentration of power, whatsoever. he saw a c

gerald ford lost to jimmy carter. the republican party has been decimated in the ticket races of 76 and compounded by the fact they've been decimated in '74. and 1977 only one state in america has republican control of the governors appeared legislature, that's kansas. 49 other states had mir or total democratic control of the state governments. there's states in the south that don't even have elected republicans in office. that is how bad it days. and only 18% of the american people claim allegiance to the party and only 11% of the voters under 30 clean allegiance to the republican party. so, regan looks at the landscape and says we can do better than this. so, he goes out and starts giving speeches about the new republican party that he envisioned, the republican party envisioned cannot be the party of the corporate board room, it cannot be the part of the country club. it's got to be the party of the individual, not the state. it's got to be the party of the man on the street, the homemaker, the shopkeeper, the ent

starting in january, 1977, now, gerald ford has lost to jimmy carter.the republican party has been dismated by the election and one state in republican has republican control of the governorship and the legislature and that's kansas. 49 other states have either near or total democratic control. of their state governments. there are states in the south that don't even have elected republicans in any constitutional office. that's how bad off it is. and only 18% of the american people claim allegiance to the republican party and only 11% of voters under 30 claim allegiance to the republican party. so reagan looks at the landscape and says, we can do better than this. so he goes out there and he starts giving speeches about the new republican party that he envisioned. the new republican party i visioned cannot be the party of the corporate board room or the party of the country club. it's got to be the party of the individual and not the state and the man on the street, the cop on the street, the homeowner, the entrepreneur. it cannot be the party it's been

he didn't get elected, jimmy carter did. republican president since and i think we need all kinds of reform. i spoke up years ago when we started buying steel from japan and said we're pricing ourselves out much the market. we drove up the cost of everything and look where we are today. i had seven sons and the oldest one thing is 61 now. they were all born in a hospital and i was only getting a dollar an hour. i was a smallti-time cattle rancher. but i didn't have health insurance for the first one. but they were born in the hospital and i paid my bill and i walked out of the hospital. but everything costs too much now. everything they talk about jobs, we priced ourselves out muof th market. but i did want to say that haven't listened to "washington journal," in 1980 i was a cattle rancher from the badland and i was interviewed by somebody from "the washington post" and he pointed out that i kept up on politics by watching c-span. host: thanks and brian is still on the air. he hosts q&a every sunday night so i hope you will

as the man who helped found habitat for humanity then think of jimmy carter is a president.you want to talk about a community, like changing tool, it is the incredible partnership of mayors all around the country apart during with different organizations to go in and transform neighborhoods. government can do common-sense things. one of the smartest things i did as mayor, maybe the only smart thing, i put a moratorium on immoral laws. if you pull americans and as "our top problems are, never will it be that we don't have enough regulations. i asked people what we are doing that drives them crazy. what are we doing that stands in the way of helping people? sometimes, government and some of our rules and regulations can stand in the way to people helping one another. we want to take inventory. my father used to say if you're not going to use your shovel, get out of the way. one of the things that jean said and it is a powerful organizing tool and it is easier to put people together with information. combining those are things and being more rigorous in our outrage and not bein

i think whether president obama is better than jimmy carter or clinton is inconsequence. what we are dealing with now is the fact there are a lot of african-americaning to that are looking to for president obama to be the political form of ju does that makes the streets flow with milk and honey. we need to push for the congress and the senate to be sensitive to the needs of the african-americans. there is a lot of work that the community is not doing. us not looking to be able to create fundamental partnerships. there are a lot of the solutions out there that are available that we are not aproemping because we are looking for president obama to wave a magic wand and fix everything. >> larry: let's take a call. linkburg, virginia,hello. >> caller: now they the african-americans have elected the first black president, will that lose appeal in the 2012 election? >> that is what i do not want to see, a decrease. african-american does not elect their first black president. america elected the first black fought be the president of everyone. and we fought for the opportunity to

andy warhol painted these portraits, limited edition portraits of jimmy carter and the carter presidential campaign basically treated them for political donations are on the country and it was a wise thing to do at the time politically speaking because the country had just gone through watergate and the were distrustful of any one from washington or anything that represented washington and i don't think that you can get any further away from washington and andy warhol and so this actually was tremendously effective for carter raising money and was credited. he credit himself as being one of the financial turnaround of his entire presidential campaign selling these andy warhol prince. >> khator date of tomorrow political strategist. do you ever tell your clients to invoke a celebrity endorsement? >> no. i stay away from that. but, you know, we live in the age where obama and obra were 18 and mike huckabee and chuck norris for a team so it doesn't matter whether your democratic or republican both sides are involved with all hollywoodian celebrity. >> jason killian meath, author "hockley but

you know, andy warhol painted these portraits of, limited edition port traits of jimmy carter, and the carter presidential campaign basically traded them for political donations around the country. and, you know, it was a wise thing to do at the time politically speaking because the country had just gone through watergate, and really they were very distrustful of anyone from washington or anything that represented washington. and i don't think that you can get any farther away from washington than andy warhol. so this actually was tremendously effective for carter in raising money. it actually was credited -- he credited it himself as being one of the financial turn arounds of his entire presidential campaign, selling these prints. >> your day job you're a political strategist. do you ever tell your clients to invoke a celebrity endorsement? >> no, i really stay away from that. but, you know, in -- we live sort of in the age where obama and oprah were a team and mike huckabee and chuck norris were a team. so it doesn't matter whether you're democrat or republican, i think both sides ar

i think whether president obama is better than jimmy carter or clinton is inconsequential.hat we are dealing with now is as we move out of 2009 and into 2010, is the fact that there are a lot of african-americans that are looking for president obama to be the political form of jesus that makes the streets flow with milk and honey. while i think that mark has a point where we need to begin pushing for not just the president but the congress and the senate to be sensitive to the needs of the african-americans, there's a lot of work that the african-american community is not doing. leadership that's disconnected. us not looking to be able to create fundamental partnerships between the public and private sector. there are a lot of the solutions out there that are available that we are not approaching because we are looking for president obama to wave a magic wand and fix everything. >> larry: let's take a call. lynchburg, virginia, hello. >> caller: i was just wondering now that african-americans have elected their first black president, will that lose appeal in the 2012 electi

guest: i swear the fella like jimmy carter.guestchairman, thank you r being with us. >> eamon javers will discuss the economy. john taylor investigates government efforts to help homeowners modifying their mortgages. matthew levitt discusses the arrest of several americans and pakistan, an author walton francis talks about his book, " putting medicare in charge prat." >> david axe was embedded with the u.s. army in afghanistan in october. he followed them on training missions. this was from lobar province, a mostly agricultural region south of kabul. >> it boils down to checkpoints. you set up a cheap "-- a checkpoint and you just sat there and keep an eye on things. you can walk a place down -- lock up place down. you can solve a lot of problems by just keeping an eye on the check point, really. checkpoints can be terribly boring. u.s. forces tend to delegate a lot of checkpoints to the afghan forces. that is something that they can handle. it is a pretty rudimentary task. they can sit there 24 hours a day and the americans wi

shirley follows his defeat from 1976 to his election over incumbent president jimmy carter.the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california is the host of this hour-long event. >> all right. now, craig and i are going to do something -- hopefully you will find fun rather than him getting up and giving a long 30-minute speech

the same with clinton and jimmy carter. it is a tough year for the incumbents. just to pick up on what did it was saying, one positive sign for democrats this election is not to let. [laughter] because i don't think the president is responsible for these problems but he ownes them. it goes to work democrats and republicans are as far as what their leadership is. democrats have an advantage that they do have the presidency. it is what is interesting looking at democrats is the reaction to the afghanistan speech. half of the party in congress did not support that speech, but they are going to move forward and they will be with the president. if you look at the midterm elections, there is more of a struggle. it is the scariest thing in the world to me that these people will use common sense and take a candidate and emphasize his strengths. and you also have new york 23 where republicans won the election and overplayed their hand because there is part of the party that believes being practical does not make sense, you have to be on the far right. that struggle will

former vice president al gore and former president jimmy carter. from 1964 is a voice that really casts into sharp relief the failures of leadership on capitol hill now. you look at senators who were supposedly raising questions about the president's policies for afghanistan and their relatively weak voice is. really, what he was raising in that interview resonates today. article one, section 8 of the u.s. constitution says it is up to the congress to decide whether the u.s. goes to war and stays there. that is through the power of purse and appropriations process. the resolution to be invoked next month on in capitol hill in the house by congressman dennis kucinich and several others really raises and sharpens that question. i think that while he is no longer with morris, will be there in spirit as this resolution comes to the floor. host: will joins us from london. caller: thank you for receiving michael. i have two questions. the first is [unintelligible] with the advent of new technology we can find out any piece of information or news developm

. >> and i remember a speech when he ran against jimmy carter where he really laid out almost of the principles that the democrats were fighting for all this year for this mess and at the end of his life one of his greatest regrets was and it's one of the most consequential sloets any of us will ever take and none of us take ta lightly. the people who wrote this bill were proud of it and an unnamed version or university the bill doesn't say where and no one will step forward to name it. and just one insurance company in his state. do you think that's fair to all of your states. the year after the debate started a few people would have imagined that this is how a couple of cheap deals, a couple of cheap deals and a rush vote at 1:00 in the morning. by that's where you are. and americans are wondering tonight how did this happen? how did this happen? i'd like to take a moment to explain to the american people how we got here, to explain what happened and, yes, what is happening now. now, everyone in this chamber agrees that we have health care. the question is how. some want us to tack

the same with clinton and jimmy carter. it is a tough year for the incumbents. just to pick up on what did it was saying, one positive sign for democrats this election is not to let. [laughter] because i don't think the president is responsible for these problems but he ownes them. it goes to work democrats and republicans are as far as what their leadership is. democrats have an advantage that they do have the presidency. it is what is interesting looking at democrats is the reaction to the afghanistan speech. half of the party in congress did not support that speech, but they are going to move forward and they will be with the president. if you look at the midterm elections, there is more of a struggle. it is the scariest thing in the world to me that these people will use common sense and take a candidate and emphasize his strengths. and you also have new york 23 where republicans won the election and overplayed their hand because there is part of the party that believes being practical does not make sense, you have to be on the far right. that struggle will

that was jimmy carter 1976 and obama's 2008. not clinton, truman, not jfk and if you go back further on the fdr, lbj, carter and obama exceeded the 50% mark. i think they're real majority the un-young, un-black, un-poor majority worked well for the republican party. it worked well because democrats succeeded. think of that for a moment. the new deal was geared to a nation that was 1/3 ill clad or ill housed or ill nourished. there was work to do and that was successful. by 1980 we had a relatively prosperous middle-class suburban country that was not worried about what government ought to be doing for them, but saw themselves as the proprietors of government that taxed too much thomas been too much and put on the green eye shades of government. of course, ronald reagan is such a good example of that journey from the new deal democrat as he was to expounding a reagan revolution parker a fair real majority is over. it is over. three big revolutions are happening in the united states today. first, we have a new demography. that rev

after all, we survived jimmy carter. [cheers and applause] it doesn't matter how many slick press conference as the left has and their cronies in the democratic arty. it doesn't matter how much they vilify us. when it comes to standing up for our freedom and our basic rights, we will not be denied. we will not be silenced. [cheers and applause] and let me just tell you. i don't know about all of you over there but i think about christmas and hanukkah and i think of the season as the christmas and hanukkah season of giving, right? all these people know how to do is take, take, and take. and let me tell you something, does anyone should get a lump of coal in their stocking this year, if senators reid, boxer, schumer, and now joe lieberman. [cheers and applause] and barney frank, that's just a given. let me just tell you something. they are noddy and we are nice. and we are voters who are making our list and checking it twice. we are gathered today to declare anew our independence. and for the nice part the dinosaur media.

he was in charge of the new federalism for richard nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter. ronald reagan came in and actually put the whitdwight in . he was kidnapped once by colombian drug lords while leading the war on drugs in the state department. soon after he retired. one story i love about dwight, he was in a meeting when kennedy was first elected. they did not have the national security council. he was sitting in on the limited nuclear test ban treaty. in that meeting, arthur schlesinger was there, the president's historian, very close to the kennedy family. dwight was arguing for the limited nuclear test ban treaty, and schlesinger was arguing against it. they got into really heated argument, and after the meeting, dwight went back and tendered his resignation. he peered they would not want him around any longer. -- figured they would not want him around any longer. the funny thing was, during the meeting, who was looking over -- he was looking over and realize that bobby kennedy was watching. he thought he would have to have another career and go into the private

jimmy carter was a sanctimonious man. george w. bush, in my view, was a sanctimonious man. maybe we can debate that. woodrow wilson was sanctimonious. sanctimony at that level of politics tends to be a trade that causes problems -- a trait that causes problems. polk was probably the most successful of the sanctimonious presidents. people could argue about woodrow wilson. he interjected himself in the world wars i, but that is a huge historical debate that we get out on another show. >> you talk about a couple of people that i wanted to expand on. john quincy adams -- he was the president, and the one on into the house of representatives. what did he do when james polk was inaugurated president? >> he had a chance to be in the inaugural procession. he had no intention of doing, because it was very upset about the election. he despised and jackson, but jackson was a giant of the time. now we have jackson's protege who was not a giant, and it was a rainy day that day. it rained all day during the inauguration. quincy adams watched from a distance, and then put right comments,

we want to throw out and one of the the reasons why, bill clinton was elected and the same with jimmy carter. it is a bipartisan feeling that we do this. and i think you know, it is -- it is a tough year for the incumbents. to pick up on what i think david and adam were saying, one positive sign for the democrats, one positive sign is the election is a while from now. i don't think the president is responsible for the problems but he owns them because he's the president. there's no getting around that. the second thing and it geese to democrats and republicans and where they are as far as figuring out what they want to do and what their o-their leadership is. democrats have an advantage, that they do have the presidency as far as message orientation. and they had, there's a lot of negatives there. and i think if you -- as to what is really interesting looking at democrats is the reaction to the afghanistan speech. fully 50% of the party in congress did not support that speech. but do you know what? they're swallowing it and moving forward they're going to be with the president of the party.

time i remember -- and i may be wrong -- that government tried to investigate was during that jimmy carter's administration when he was investigating the gao, the gsa, what ever it was. i have heard, and please correct me if i am wrong, because it is a frightening number, that our medicare system has fraud in the b, billions of dollars. that would pay for a lot of them are rise. am i correct? -- pay for a law mri -- a lot of mri's. am i correct? and a big hammer investigation, paying $500 for hammers in the military and the sets. what energy and time is spent in our government at the federal level investigating and stopping fraud in each and every department? are we spending as much time there as we spent debating issues, saving >> through investigating fraud? >> i think that we can do better on medicare fraud. and medicaid fraud. there is fraud, providers to pay for -- bill for people and patients that they never saw. we can put more resources behind that. that was actually done in the clinton administration when donna shalala was secretary. and then it slipped behind. it makes doctors very

three yearsater and it's lower by 21 points th george herbert walker sh and lowethan 10 points by jimmy carter was at this time bo of whom were denied a second rm, so when he talksbout the long-term, he'talking about 2012 whereas democts who are nervouright now are on the ballot in 20. >> bro: was it a good year for american politics? >> not ectly. we've had a bad -- a badecade for american politics. >> brown: you don't know - decade -- >> bad two centuries -- it's been fine. you know, the angeafter the fight for healthare is worse than ever, he promised new age, we're not red arica, we're not blue americathat hasn't word out, not his fault, as long as you ve a congress run by john boehn and nancy pelosi y're going to have a partisan congressas long as you promote your adership on the basis of fund-raising y're going to ha this. don't necessarily blame him but it hasn't worked out. >>rown: bad year, indifferent year? >> it was not happy year -- the pledge of thcampaign to be ansparent -- obviously couldn'te fulfilled on health ca -- to the degree it was, it was problem, and to bring a new era

as jimmy carter said there is a drug for river blindness which is a-- if you give it to the tribal chief in the people never see it. you have to give it to the people in need nonprofits to do this. you need governments to work with us. i'm going to cool off on little riff here so if you disagree with me it's okay but for while the u.s. government was going the direction of being willing the world, dominating the world and saying either follow meaned or you are against me, and there has been a lot of controversy about president obama obtaining the nobel prize peace prize. i am proud of him getting the nobel peace prize. [applause] i am shocked, expected the right wing to be ranting against this but i am shocked at the left-wing who says this was not fair when. if you talk to people in europe, you talk to people in asia and a round the world they have very different perspectives. they say now you guys are changing, you want to work with us and solve these problems. leaking come together from totally different positions and find a way to get to yes by talking to each other so now you are ch

and one of the reasons why bill clinton was elected, and the same with jimmy carter. so it's a bipartisan feeling that we do this. i think, you know, it is a tough year for the incumbents. i think, just to pick up on, i think, what david and adam were saying, one positive sign for the democrats -- one positive sign is the election is not today. that's number one. [laughter] it's a while from now. because i don't think the president is responsible for these problems, but he owns them because he's the president. and there's no getting around that. but the second thing that goes to democrats and republicans and where they are as far as figuring out what they want to do, what their leadership is. democrats have an advantage, that they do have the presidency as far as message orientation. you know, there's a lot of negatives there. but i think what's really interesting, looking at democrats, is the reaction to the afghanistan speech. fully 50% of the party in congress did not support that speech. but you know what? they're swallowing it and they're going to move forward. t

jimmy carter in 1977 gave a famous speech at notre dame saying that america had been held back by ourordinate fear of communism. two years later, the soviet go into afghanistan and people said cater was naive. obama is determined that he's not going to be caught like that. >> lehrer: reverend forbes, picking up on that, your own views aside, do you think that what president obama said about war and peace is an accurate reflection of what basically the majority of the american people feel about war and peace? >> it is difficult to assess the majority today but i do believe that president obama has listened to both perspectives and that he thinks that in what he said today he both honors and respects the perspectives on both sides but for the interest... best interest of this country, i think the road that he's taking is one that he's convinced represents the best combined interest of the united states at this time. and a guy on the left like me, i just think we have to work harder to make sure that president obama is listening to our more progressive and even pacifist i can perspective

it's interesting, in fact i just said he left in 76 but he actually didn't leave until 77 when jimmy carter was sworn in street he goes to the american enterprise institute, a conservative think tank and works his way to chicago university. he wanted to go into the reagan administration sooner than he was able. and actually this involves some deals you know, william fred smith. william was on lookout list for solicitor general. that is, as you know because you also held that job, is a very important job, it's the government's top lawyer for the supreme court, the office that is viewed with plastic and become all the men who've held that and have the first woman doing it all the men have warned the morning suit with tales -- it is quite a prestigious job, and also get another intellectual kind of brainy job before the court. and then professor scully at the university of chicago really wanted that job, and he thought he was going to get it. he had what he thought was a pretty good interview with william french smith, an attorney general but rex lee was also up for the job, and bill smith wri

i just said he left in 76 but he didn't leave until 77 when jimmy carter was one in.he goes to the american enterprise and did he work his way to the university of chicago. actually, he wanted to go into the reagan administration sooner than he was able. this involves somebody else. william french smith. he was on the look out for solicitor general. that is as you know, because you held that java is a very important job. it is the government top lawyer before the supreme court. all the men who have held that have the first woman doing it but all the men have warned the morning suit, it's quite a prestigious job. and yet another intellectual kind of brainy job before the court. and then professor scully at the university of chicago really wanted that job. and he thought, he had what he thought was a pretty good interview with william princeton. but rex lee was also up for that job, and as bill smith, writes in his model is that i know you're familiar with, the late bill smith. he says there was a really close call but he went with rex lee. that was a very big disappoin

jimmy carter was a sanctimonious man. george w. bush, in my view, was a sanctimonious man. maybe we can debate that. woodrow wilson was a sanctimonious man. and sanctimony at that level of politics tends to be a trait that causes problems. polk was probably the most successful of the sanctimonious presidents. people can argue about woodrow wilson. i happen to believe that he interjected himself into world war i in ways that led inevitably to world war ii, but that's a huge historical debate we could have on another show. >> well, you talked about two people there that i want you to expound on -- the john quincy adams approach to -- he was a president, had been a president, the 6th president of the united states, and then went on 17 years in the house of representatives. but what did he do when james polk was inaugurated president? >> well, he had a chance to be in the inaugural procession, which he had no intention of doing because he was very upset about polk's election. he despised andrew jackson, but jackson was a giant of his time, and now we had jackson's protÉge who i

spirit i think -- they are both point that the first president i remember is jimmie carter. then again, i think most people in europe, but the main point to get back -- i think we sort of have to live with the fact that we have this outside and i'm not going to lecture how you will make the u.s. a better place. but the u.s. is not the only place that has problems. look at britain which arguably the most advanced, we had tony blair arguing for 10 years that britain should get behind climate change policies. and when they came into power in 1997, the labour party labour party, and he affirmed that britain was going to cut their emissions by another 50%. and they have, we have seen an increase of about 3%. it is a very, very hard thing to do. the second part, the cherry-picking, i would definitely say these are not the only four problems. [inaudible] >> i didn't get to my second part. the one question i'll frame it into one. it seems it is not the fact that climate change has caused a greater destruction of the food cycle, and the water cycle, both of which are much more dire c

former vice president al gore and former president jimmy carter.st: the clip from 1964 is a voice that really casts into sharp relief the failures of leadership on capitol hill now. you look at senators who were supposedly raising questions about the president's policies for afghanistan and their relatively weak voice is. really, what he was raising in that interview resonates today. article one, section 8 of the u.s. constitution says it is up to the congress to decide whether the u.s. goes to war and stays there. that is through the power of purse and appropriations process. the resolution to be invoked next month on in capitol hill in the house by congressman dennis kucinich and several others really raises and sharpens that question. i think that while he is no longer with morris, will be there in spirit as this resolution comes to the floor. host: will joins us from london. caller: thank you for receiving michael. i have two questions. the first is [unintelligible] with the advent of new technology we can find out any piece of information or n

jimmy carter, double-digit unemployment, interest rates and inflation. they created a new term for it called stagflation. it was a single-digit number. we had low inflation and low interest rates. because of president obama's policies, these policies like cap and trade, like the spending and the stimulus bill and government health takeover, they have led to double-digit unemployment, but what we are starting to see are signs of creeping up interest rates and inflation because of the policies of president obama. when he says this is the worst economy since the great depression, what he was trying to do is set up an event because he knew thinks policies probably would create double-digit unemployment and double-digit inflation some so he tried to set the stage. just created an economy that virtually is leading us back to the 1930's, when we did have a the great depression and it's because of his policies that are spending, taxing and borrowing our country into object liveion and i yield back. mr. akin: history does not have to repeat itself. it repeats its

and one of the reasons why bill clinton was elected, and the same with jimmy carter. so it's a bipartisan feeling that we do this. i think, you know, it is a tough year for the incumbents. i think, just to pick up on, i think, what david and adam were saying, one positive sign for the democrats -- one positive sign is the election is not today. that's number one. [laughter] it's a while from now. because i don't think the president is responsible for these problems, but he owns them because he's the president. and there's no getting around that. but the second thing that goes to democrats and republicans and where they are as far as figuring out what they want to do, what their leadership is. democrats have an advantage, that they do have the presidency as far as message orientation. you know, there's a lot of negatives there. but i think what's really interesting, looking at democrats, is the reaction to the afghanistan speech. fully 50% of the party in congress did not support that speech. but you know what? they're swallowing it and they're going to move forward. t

some of you are old enough or young enough to remember the second televised tv debate between jimmy carter and gerald ford in 1975. when carter and ford were contesting the presidency. governor carter if there's an oil embargo on us again what would you do? and immediately he said what i would immediately proclaim a food embargo on them. and, boy, you could have heard a pin drop between washington and riyadh there. that was when they viewed agriculture self-reliance and food production as a strategic issue and this is when they brought in their agribusiness that didn't exist before. they had rural middle class they didn't have before. they expanded their chambers of commerce. they became the world's seventh largest exporter of wheat, okay, inside of one decade and they became famous for exporting strawberries to france in january and tulips to the netherlands also in january. but they did it at great cost to their own natural water resources, their aquifers and they said we are going to stop the food imports because of the strategic value of water. so it's a gamble. it's a gamble in two wa

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in attendance were former president jimmy carter, bill clinton, and george w. two sons, edward and patrick. musical performances were provided by a tenor and soprano. this runs one hour 40 minutes. the family, your mother, a sister everyone in the world would love to have in eugene with your devotion. dr. larry in the great team of doctors and nurses and is so many helpers' at hyannis port these last weeks and months and most especially the youngest of ted's gang, gracie an dma, lkylie and teddy. the christian burial weave together memory and hope. the worship of the church locates us precisely between a past we really remember in the future in which we firmly believe. we gather today as a community drawn from across the nation to entrust the life of senator edward kennedy into the hands of god and to provide you consolation and support. we bring with those treasured memories of ted kennedy, a member is not only of a national leader and a master legislator, but of a beloved husband, a great father, a terrific grandfather, a sweet uncle, a dear friend, a trusted

. >> i will say ran out the vote in illinois for jimmy carter that year. >> okay. >> very poorly you might add. i actually got notices the get out the vote in illinois that year. >> i did one -- i wanted to welcome you professor cox for the purposes of the record, professor cox, you have been active in a number of very important consumer issues and has helped me on some of the work we're doing with cell phones, which has now emerged again this week with the early termination fees charged by verizon and other things. so i want to thank you for that. and i know were you working -- was mike hatch the attorney general? did you file the suit and similar things like this before? >> senator klobuchar, yes, i filed suit against member works which was the predecessor to virtue and u.s. bank corps. there was five suits filed including feet mortgage. -- fleet mortgage. we were going to go up the chain and hold people responsible at the financial institution level and we had some success but then this whole thing sort of died away and -- i'm giddy. i'm giddy that you're taking a look at this hug

some of you are old enough or done enough to remember the televised television debate between jimmy carter and gerald ford in 1975. [e7v that if the saudis never complain -- if they ever imposed a oil embargo on us again, what would you do? they said there would put a food embargo on them. you could hear a pin drop. that is when they viewed food production as a strategic issue. this was when they brought in a whirl middle-class that was not there before. the became the world's seventh largest exporter of wheat inside of one ticket. they became famous for exporting strawberries to france in january and tulips to the netherlands. they did it to a huge -- they did it at a huge cost to their own natural water resources. they said there are going to stop that and are going to purchase all necessary food imports because of the strategic value of water. it is a gamble. they do not have the control over it and it is in another country. it is a gamble in terms of what you do with the middle class of the hundreds of thousands of saudi arabian sea have created who works -- who work on these farms. th

some of your young enough to remember the debate between jimmy carter and gerald ford. 1975, when carter and ford were contesting the presidency there. one columnist said, governor carter, if the saudis ever put an oil embargo on us again, what would you do? what i put immediately would proclaim was a food embargo on them. you could have heard a pin drop between washington and the area. it was a strategic issue again. this is when a broad and their businesses that did not exist before. they expanded their chambers of commerce and became the world's seventh largest exporter of wheat, okay? inside one decade. they became famous for exploring other exports. they did it at great cost to their own natural water resources. they have now said that they are going to stop that. we will purchase all of their and necessary food imports, because of this -- value of water. it is a gamble in two ways. they do not have any control over it, in other countries. and it is a gamble in terms of what you do with the middle class of hundreds of thousands of people do you have created, who worked in these coop

we want to throw out and one of the the reasons why, bill clinton was elected and the same with jimmy carter. it is a bipartisan feeling that we do this. and i think you know, it is -- it is a tough year for the incumbents. to pick up on what i think david and adam were saying, one positive sign for the democrats, one positive sign is the election is a while from now. i don't think the president is responsible for the problems but he owns them because he's the president. there's no getting around that. the second thing and it geese to democrats and republicans and where they are as far as figuring out what they want to do and what their o-their leadership is. democrats have an advantage, that they do have the presidency as far as message orientation. and they had, there's a lot of negatives there. and i think if you -- as to what is really interesting looking at democrats is the reaction to the afghanistan speech. fully 50% of the party in congress did not support that speech. but do you know what? they're swallowing it and moving forward they're going to be with the president of the party.

. >> i did give out the vote in illinois for jimmy carter. very poorly you might die. it actually got notices of how about get the vote out west. >> i wanted to welcome you professor cox for the purpose of record, professor cox has been very active in a number of very important consumer issues and has helped me on some of the work we're doing with cell phones, which is now emerged again this week with the early termination fees charged by verizon and other things. so i want to thank you for that. and i know you were working with mike hench, the attorney general, did you file the suit on similar things like this before? >> senator klobuchar, yes. it was the predecessor to vertrue and u.s. bank were. there was about five suits including fleet mortgage company. we try to go up the chain and hold people responsible at the financial institution level. we had some success but then this whole thing sort of bag away and this is just i'm giddy. that you're taking a look at this huge problem. >> do you think that there are things we can do -- what would you suggest that we do? t

after all, we survived jimmy carter.cheers and applause] it doesn't matter how many slick press conference as the left has and their cronies in the democratic arty. it doesn't matter how much they vilify us. when it comes to standing up for our freedom and our basic rights, we will not be denied. we will not be silenced. [cheers and applause] and let me just tell you. i don't know about all of you over there but i think about christmas and hanukkah and i think of the season as the christmas and hanukkah season of giving, right? all these people know how to do is take, take, and take. and let me tell you something, does anyone should get a lump of coal in their stocking this year, if senators reid, boxer, schumer, and now joe lieberman. [cheers and applause] and barney frank, that's just a given. let me just tell you something. they are noddy and we are nice. and we are voters who are making our list and checking it twice. we are gathered today to declare anew our independence. and for the nice part the dinosaur media. th

if you look back it when jimmy carter was president, if you took out a loan on your part it was 12%. but you are getting 11% on your money. but big money and big influence has really come to control this money. host: was that a better situation when you said you were getting 11% on a savings account? caller: yes. we were getting 11% on savings accounts and paying 12.5% to get a car. people were able to save money and put money back into the economy. then reagan came in and everything switched around. we got nothing on our money. they took all of our money. that is the way it has went. also, when the republicans got full control of the house, the senate, the president passed some of the laws that they passed. that really gave us problems. host: here is a tweet. good morning to julien on the republican line. caller: i do not think they have too much power. i think it is how it is delegated. it is important to put money back into the system. they were giving the money to banks and corporations. they are not delegating the money. they are sitting on it. if you want the money to flow and

in attendance were former president jimmy carter, bill clinton, and george w.h president obama who gave the eulogy. other speakers included senator kennedy's two sons, edward and patrick. musical performances were provided by a tenor and soprano. this runs one hour 40 minutes. the family, your mother, a sister everyone in the world would love to have in eugene with your devotion. dr. larry in the great team of doctors and nurses and is so many helpers' at hyannis port these last weeks and months and most especially the youngest of ted's gang, gracie an dma, lkylie and teddy. the christian burial weave together memory and hope. the worship of the church locates us precisely between a past we really remember in the future in which we firmly believe. we gather today as a community drawn from across the nation to entrust the life of senator edward kennedy into the hands of god and to provide you consolation and support. we bring with those treasured memories of ted kennedy, a member is not only of a national leader and a master legislator, but of a beloved husband,

jimmy carter once said that the people that work should live better than those that don't. i caught that when he said that. it seemed a little odd to hear from thank from him and i don't know that he efforted to live by it but he said that and i believe that as well. this bill is another class leveler. it's another take from the rich and give to the poor. it's a class envy bill. it's born out of spite and born out of class envy and it's driven by ideology and it's driven by the idea of social medicine. and today i was asked a question to answer a series of questions that were requested by a publication here on the hill and it was, what is the biggest problem republicans have? mr. speaker, my answer is fighting off marxists and socialists that masquerade as liberalists and democrats. this is a socialist eath and that's one of the reason why the blue dogs have gone underground and become ground hogs. the shadow of socialism has pushed them underground and they're not out here fighting for truth, justice and the american way and balanced budget and personal responsibility and

vote for jimmy carter if you think things are not as good, give me a chance.been 84 he stood up once did and he said if you think things are better off today than they were four years ago, though for me. if not, you can go for walter mondale. the beauty of ronald reagan was how direct and simple it was. think about your congressional races over the last four years. i think in 2006 and 2008 the republicans, the congressional question was kind of easy. how am i going to a vote against him or her. for the republicans, it was often about trying to change the message or change the question so that the question became something other than what the national question was at the time. going in 2010, what things will happen now? there's a big anti-incumbent by still in america with frustrations taking place in d.c. collared by an antidemocratic bias seems to be developing at least in some parts of america that i flipped over in 2008. so as you are putting together your campaign plan for your particular races coming up here, part of what you have to decide is whether you