starting jan three, 1977 gerald ford is 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. in 1977 only one state in america has republican control of the governorship and legislature and that's kansas. 49 other states have a year or total democratic control of the state governments. there are states in the south of the drug don't even have elected republicans in the constitutional office. that is how bad is. and only 18% of the american people claim allegiance to the republican party and only 11% of the voters under 30 claim allegiance to the republican party. so, read in books of the landscape and says we can do better than this. so he goes out and starts giving speeches about the new republican party he envisioned. the republican party cannot be the party of the 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 cop on the street, th

way before president jimmy carter talks about a foreign policy based on human rights, william worthy was talking about this. and worthy as one of the people who is part of the ropes and generation. i call the roads generation the group of activists who come of age during the prime political time of the key african-american political and cultural figure of the 1930s and 40s and 50s who is going to be really marginalized by the cold war. between 1951 and 1958, paul robeson's passport is revoked it is not going to be able to earn a living outside of the country because of his left wing please. robeson never joined the congress party but is certainly sympathetic to marxism and communism and he is going to suffer because of that. but worthy is extraordinary and he provides a different genealogy of the black power. people like william worthy, richardson who was the activist from cambridge, maryland, who was called the legion of the civil rights movement who waged an unprecedented struggle in cambridge, maryland in 1963 and 64 to help desegregate that city, met with attorney general robert

we have johnson and jimmy carter, it to bush's and some say obligor elected president. say we have to prove clinton johnson did not do that. lyndon johnson still has tremendous clout in the south. jack kennedy had weaknesses both because of the catholic issue and civil-rights issue and because the south was trending back for the first time to the republican party , apple let loose when eisenhower it could slide even more under jack kennedy. you had to play nice if you were jack kennedy. but it does see? he makes them joe biden choice and takes the safe choice initially. somebody who may be can't hurt you but it will not hurt days help you. he will offer the vice presidency and private to a senator from missouri. the but before it is made public jack kennedy's wheels start rolling. he really a out of courtesy should offer this to linda in. we will not take it. he is senate majority leader and has immense power. he lives for power. he will not be vice president. rose about vice president said a vice president isn't worth of bucket of spent. johnson knew that and saw what

jimmy carter was the first to make it front and center since the creation of the un.emain part of our foreign policy? guest: it has to remain part of our foreign policy. president bush used that rhetoric during the war on terror, drawing on language that jimmy carter used, and tapping into the image of a president that he wanted to separate himself from. host: gerry, republican line. caller: earlier you talking about the tremendous attrition and the tension between republicans and -- the truman administration and the tension between republicans. i think in the defense department -- you glossed over that, but it was proven to be true when the soviets released the files i guess in the late 1990's. guest: i could comment on that. yes, we have had the release of the soviet archives saying that there was a soviet spy network in the united states and some of those accused were guilty. importantly, a lot or not. it was kind of scattershot, the attacks during that period. it does not mean that people like joseph mccarthy, the senator from wisconsin who leveled a lot of these

it used to be, for example ronald reagan could beat up on jimmy carter's leg say in the '80s because the news cycle wasn't so fast. but to be this far into 2010 and president obama is evoking george bush -- he made campaign promises on iraq, gitmo, going into new york with the terrorist bomber, and then there's a renege. part of it is a fear of using executive power and a constant desire to tell people how tough he has it. people want a harry true man president. if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. it's a mistake to take the malaise approach. stop putting blame on others and inspire the country with optimism. yesterday he criticized las vegas. don't spend your money in las vegas. don't buy a new boat. it was like carter saying keep your lights off. people aren't looking for a scold at president. they're looking for an optimist. >> if you're going to vilify someone, your predecessor, be legitimately and pupulist about it. he was rallying against big american industry and corporations and he felt it in his bones. you could agree or disagree but it was the real deal w thi

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we've had jobs and we've had jimmy carter. we've had clinton, we've had the two bushes and some say we had al gore elected president. but it wasn't a given them. jack kennedy said i had to go to the primaries to prove that a catholic would be elected. lyndon johnson didn't do that. the lyndon johnson still had tremendous clout in the south. jack kennedy had weaknesses, both because of the catholic issue and because of the civil rights issue and because the south was trending back for the first time really to the republican party. the south had broken loose on the 1952 and 56 elections when eisenhower took a bunch of states. and they couldn't fight even more under jack kennedy. so you have to play nice with lyndon johnson if he were jack kennedy. but does he? he makes the joe biden choice. he takes the safe choice initially. somebody who maybe can't hurt you, but someone that's not going to help you. he asks to offer the vice presidency and private to a senator from missouri named stuart simonton. simon didn't accept, but the c

you've raised this tax credit last promoted by president jimmy carter but the first question i wouldlose -- would you be willing to consider embracing in the name of little carter jr. today, in the name of every struggling family in the country did they come up the across-the- board tax relief that the republicans have advocated, the president reagan advocated, that have always given a stimulating, broad based economic growth? >> there is a lot packed into that question, sir. [laughter] first of all, let me say that i will be going back to that young men and family and i appreciate that. let's talk about just the jobs environment in general. you're absolutely right that when i was sworn in, the hope was that unemployment would remain around 8%. that was based on the estimates made by both conservative and liberal economists, because at that point, not all the data had trickled in. will loss 650,000 jobs in december. -- we have lost 650,000 jobs in december. i am assuming you're not faulting my policies for that. we have lost, it turns out, 700,000 jobs in january, the month i was swo

we have that with gerald ford and jimmy carter and george bush 41.st to keep our country together. very few presidents do not get an upward bounce later. as tough as it is slugging it out, there will probably be moment in our country 20 years from now, 30 years from now that we are looking at it a bit differently than we are now. it is hard to have historical insight in the thick of things. host: what is on the schedule for a presidential historian on president's day? guest: thanks for asking. i am here in boston and will be speaking at the jfk library today with katherine dalton, who wrote a very good book about the president. it will be taking comments focused on kennedy. i tried to spend every president's day at one of the presidential libraries because those are our great depositories of our archives. they are a museum and a place where you can use primary documents. i am privileged to be at the kennedy library today. host: douglas brinkley, thanks for being here. guest: i always loved being on c-span. host: we will be back to dr. james allen fox

arguably, emanuel is the only person keeping obama from becoming jimmy carter.now, if your chief of staff people call for your head, that sort of goes with the job description, don't you think? we've seen this with lots of chief of staff. what's interesting is both the white house staff and the national securities team enjoyed very close relationships, there were very few leaks and very few tensions. but when they hit the wall with the health care at the end of the year and then lost massachusetts, there was a rumbling that started outside the white house that changes ought to be made with the inner circle and a lot of that criticism is now being directed at robert emanuel because he is the chief of staff, he is the man in charge of the white house, and dan milbank, in this very controversial piece in the washington post, seemed to be channelling the response, if you would, the backlash from the emanuel people. he said he never talked to rob. i think people generally agree, he didn't talk to rob, but clearly he was prompted by some of the allies, and the argumen

jimmy carter was the first to make it front and center since the creation of the un.a remain part of our foreign policy? guest: it has to remain part of our foreign policy. president bush used that rhetoric during the war on terror, drawing on language that jimmy carter used, and tapping into the image of a president that he wanted to separate himself from. host: gerry, republican line. caller: earlier you talking about the tremendous attrition and the tension between republicans and -- the truman administration and the tension between republicans. i think in the defense department -- you glossed over that, but it was proven to be true when the soviets released the files i guess in the late 1990's. guest: i could comment on that. yes, we have had the release of the soviet archives saying that there was a soviet spy network in the united states and some of those accused were guilty. importantly, a lot or not. it was kind of scattershot, the attacks during that period. it does not mean that people like joseph mccarthy, the senator from wisconsin who leveled a lot of the

guest: i am finishing a book on at jimmy carter and what ronald reagan and the republican revolution and another one on president bush. host: we thank you for taking your time. that will do it for "washington journal" this morning. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern. see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> this week analysis from the associated press. tonight, on c-span2. for educators, c-span offers the new website. it has been redesigned to make it more useful for teachers. we have the most current and timely c-span videos. you can find the most-watched video clips organized by subject and topics. he will also have the chance to connect with other teachers. it is all free. stein up at the new web site. -- sign up at the new web site. a live look at the u.s. capitol. the region continues to dig out of the fourth largest record snowstorm. the u.s. senate will be in session today. when everyone is back the focus may return to health care. president obama announced that he has invited leaders to discuss legislation. polls are showing th

jimmy carter was president. "the dukes of hazzard" was the hottest tv show. i loved my saints. >> reporter: and for 31 years, the dream and the piece of paper, her contract, she calls it, sat in the bank's vault. >> for 30 years, it was a wonderful bet because i could inflict all sorts of pain and agony on poor peggy. >> sends the saints to the super bowl. >> reporter: and when they won the nfc championship, you know who peggy called first. >> i tried to ca him from the dome. but he didn't answer. >> that must have been a -- must have been a bad connection. >> i'm just so excited. and i'm so proud of him for honoring this bet. that was made 31 years ago. >> i wish i would have never signed it. >> robin, what a terrific story. you know, before you go, you have to check this picture out. right there, you see the x-ray of a woman. a couple of nights ago, she was taking her vitamins. and she swallowed her saints earring. there it is right there. >> no. >> she is fine. but she's so dedicated, she had that earring right by her night stand. now, she has that for pos

i said harold, did you see on the news this morning president jimmy carter has made a statement that he intends to rid the world of nuclear weapons. he said it's the first time

in fact, every single president since jimmy carter has dealt with the idea of burying it deep insidemountain, but as you can guess, that is is a political hot potato with the folks in nevada not keen on the idea. every one of the presidents, democrat and republican, and every one of them have passed the problem on to the next guy until now. broken government at the most ineffective and dysfunctional with nuclear waste. it is not like the spent fuel is gone. it is at nuclear power plants across the nation, and that used fuel is stored in vast containers and containers like these go into concrete bins sitting there waiting for a place to move it. now, here is the astounding part. while government has been too broken to move forward, science has moved leaps and bounds. in fact, in france where they goat most of the power from nuclear energy, they have what is called used fuel reproce reprocessing, and they have one plant that takes nuclear waste, breaks it down into nuclear, into usable material leaving much less to be stored and you only need one for the whole country. nuclear scientis

we have that with gerald ford and jimmy carter and george bush 41.d they did their best to keep our country together. very few presidents do not get an upward bounce later. as tough as it is slugging it out, there will probably be moment in our country 20 years from now, 30 years from now that we are looking at it a bit differently than we are now. it is hard to have historical insight in the thick of things. host: what is on the schedule for a presidential historian on president's day? guest: thanks for asking. i am here in boston and will be speaking at the jfk library today with katherine dalton, who wrote a very good book about the president. it will be taking comments focused on kennedy. i tried to spend every president's day at one of the presidential libraries because those are our great depositories our archives [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> indiana senator evan bayh says he will not be seeking a third term. is expected to make that announcement at 2:00 p.m.

we are still paying jimmy carter's pay. we're still paying clinton's pay.ona quits. arizona willw3 no longer participate in a groundbreaking attempt to limit greenhouse gas emissions. a change of policy that will include a review of all of the state's efforts to combat climate change. she starts aç short up. arizona out of a multistate coalition the plans to regulate greenhouse gases. arizona will not endorsed the plan of any program that can raise costs for consumers and businesses. we have this story below a picture from snow coming down in new york. climate change is heating up. millions of people along the east coast hole up in their homes. they are seizing on the mounting pressure to bolster their arguments. skeptics are using the snow to mock those who warn of climate change. in looks like global cooling. most scientists respond the ferocious storms are consistent with forecasts that a heating plant will produceç more intene weather events. there is an editorial about global warming. it is part of a conclusion. it is not backed up by science. it is

ford -- she is being a cheerleader in the moment where jimmy carter was congratulated.president elect. mrs. ford always like this picture looking out toward the oval office from the west wing. she did not know i was in the room. the day before they left office, mr. ford made a tour of the west wing and was shaking the hands of the people. we went by the cabinet room which is a male-dominated place. she was a dancer and a mischievous person. she says i have always wanted to dance on the cabinet-room table. this was pre-photoshop. [laughter] the moment where carter became the president and chief justice -- this was board looking out over the capital where he had spent all those years. he had been a member of congress since 1948. at the funeral, i was the official family photographer going into the house of representatives side of the capital. the picture i took from the top of the dome. it was the first time five presidents have been together -- the reagan library opening in 1991. the last time was this one where president-elect obama with carter, bush, the senior bush, a

for instance, under jimmy carter, i thought american leadership rather flag and collect inspiration and articulation but then under president reagan it came back again in a big way and reagan led the world, helped of course by two other great figures, margaret thatcher and pope john paul ii. the three of them together managed to destroyed the seemingly impregnable soviet supire and reduced soviet communism to rubble. heat was the case of a resurrection of american leadership. it is a matter of opinion whether it flag again under bill clinton and was resurrected again and whether it has flagged again under president obama. president obama has had a year or so in office and the feeling ou britain for instance is that pea -- he talks too much and thinks too little. there is a flagging of american leadership they're too. underneath it all i don't agree that america is lacking inre to. underneath it all i don't agree that america is lacking in kintical or other morality. america is a religious society with religious freedom and flourishing churches and religious organizations and i don't thi

have 15% consumer loans and they have 21% mortgages, which you happen to see when a guy named jimmy carterwas president. they get irritated and the federal reserve is going toÑi b the bonds and as the federal reserve biases the bonds, there is an increase in the money supply and we're going to have inflation. this government overexpenditure causes all sort of things that you have to guess what is inflation going to be in 10 years. if i'm buying a 10-year treasury bill or if i'm buying ford motor company bonds that are due in 2023, i have to guess at what inflation is going to be. investors now try to anticipate what the government is doing rather than deciding what businesses are going to need to produce goods and services in the future, we now begin to guess what the government activity is going to be. a third way is they directly affect investment by deciding that we're going to give a tax credit for this for solar power or we're going to give a tax credit for that we're going to give a tax to whomever has the best lobbyist. that also causes people to start to guess what's the government

they have 15% consumer loans and they have 21% mortgages which you happen to see when a guy named jimmy carterident. they get irritated with that. so what's going to be the response? the federal reserve is going to buy the bonds and as the federal reserve buys the bonds there's going to be an increase in the money supply and we're going to have inflation. and so this government overexpenditureçó causes all sorts of things to you to now guess what's inflation going to be in 10 years? because if i'm buying a 10-year treasury bill or if i'm buying ford motor company bonds that are due in 2023, i got to guess what the inflation is going to be. so now what happens is investors now try to anticipate what the government's doing. rather than deciding what businesses are going to need to produce goods and services in the future, with you now begin to guess -- we now begin to guess what the government activity is going to be. a third way is they directly affect investment by deciding that we're going to give a tax credit for this, for solar power, or we're going to give a tax credit for that, we're goin

am young enough to remember jimmy carlter, and we saw 21% interest rates and we saw the famous jimmy carters of america. we cannot sustain that kind of debt. whether the gold standard is an appropriate action, i can't speak with any degree of competence in that respect. i know this much -- when you begin to inflate the economy with so many dollars coming in, can you look to other countries where that action resulted in economic chaos. i agree with you, i think the dirty little secret is, and many people are seeing this in the terms of government of goods, the cost of food stuff, et cetera, there is an undercurrent of inflationary pressure that is coming from the result of printing so many dollars and moving so much debt across our government. for me the solution is going to be a self-correct because the government cannot control that successfully. host: a call from dallas. caller: i appreciate the opportunity to speak this morning. i have two short questions. one is, how many people exactly are at this convention, and two, you should disassociate yourself from the comments of mr. tancredo a

for instance, under jimmy carter, i thought american leadership was rather flagged and lacked inspiration and articulation. but then under president reagan, it came back again in a big way and reagan led the world, helped of course by two other great figures, margaret thatcher and pope john paul ii. in the three of them together managed to destroy the great seemingly impregnable soviet empire and reduced soviet communism to rubble. so that was the case of a resurrection of american leadership. it's a matter of opinion, whether they flagged again under bill clinton and then was resurrect it again. and whether it is flagged again under president obama. president obama has had a year or so in office and the feeling in britain, for instance, is that he perhaps talks too much and thinks too little. so you could say there is a flagging of american leadership there, too. however, underneath it all, i don't agree that america is lacking in political or other variety. america is a highly religious society with complete freedom of religion and very flourishing churches and all kinds of religious or

for instance, under jimmy carter i thought american leadership rather flagged and lacked inspiration. and articulation. but then under president reagan it came back again in a big way, and reagan led the world, helped, of course, by two other great figures, margaret thatcher and pope john paul ii. and the three of them together managed to destroy the great seemingly impregnable soviet empire and reduced soviet communism to rubble. so that was a case of a resurrection of american leadership. you can -- it's a matter of opinion whether it flagged again under bill clinton and then was resurrected again and whether it has flagged again under president obama. pram's had a year or so in office, and the feeling in britain, for instance, is that he perhaps talks too much and thinks too little. so you could say there is a flagging of american leadership too. however, underneath it all i don't agree that america is lacking in political or other morality. america is a highly religious society with complete freedom of religion and very flourishing churches and all kinds of religious organizations

we before president jimmy carter talks about a foreign policy based on human rights william worthy was talking about this and he is one of the people we as part of the ropes in generation and i call it the robeson generation the group of activists who come of age during the prime political time when paul robeson was the key african-american political and cultural figure of the 1930's and 40's and 50's who was going to be marginalized by the cold war between 1951 and 1958 paul robeson's passport is revoked and he is not going to be able to run a living outside of the country because of his left-wing believes. robeson never joined the communist party of the united states of america but certainly is very sympathetic to the marxism and communism and he's going to suffer because of that. but were the's is extraordinary and provides a different genealogy of black power. people like william worthy, gloria richardson, the activist from cambridge maryland who was called the leedy general of the civil rights movement who waged an unprecedented struggle in cambridge maryland in 1963 at 64 to help

jimmy carter signed it into law, but the $175 million for the first year in his subsequent budget andhen lost the election. president reagan's abolish the whole alternative energy program. $960 million, proof, just without the window. dirtier leaders, i'm chairman now. we're going to do this thing. and we did it again. i dredged out my old know. my testimony before the committee was still in the committee files, including my own typewritten testimony in my unread might undermine. and we passed the bill and then we did it with the department of energy building. and now we put it into the stimulus. and i'll buy it has to happen all across america. we've got to do this year to >> mr. chairman, we also put the green earth on a building 37 years ago. really we were moving in a great direction and it stopped. we are relearning the lesson and we have -- we are going to be able to report to. we have photovoltaic in amazing numbers all over the country. foer also other technologies in which america is some behind. we have geothermal, chilled beams that saves energy. >> this is another arena wh

kingston: it was jimmy carter trying to get us off middle east oil. mr. akin: you go to the head of the class. the whole purpose of the department of energy was to make sure we aren't dependent on foreign oil. mr. kingston: i think at the time the import amount from the middle east was maybe 50% to 60% -- excuse me, 35% and now it's up to the 50% or 60%. mr. akin: the department has grown tremendously as we have grown more dependent on middle east oil. the compassion of the i.r.s. and efficiency of the post office. mr. kingston: let's talk about the department of education. school systems have done well. there is no way you can argue that. mr. akin: did you know there was a report that was done on the department of education, i think it was during the days of ronald reagan and their conclusion of the report was that if a foreign country had done to america what the department of education had done to education, we would consider it an act of war. i thought it was an interesting report that we're paying money for a department what would be considered an ac

way before president jimmy carter talks about a foreign policy based on human rights, william worthy was talking about this. and worthy as one of the people who is part of the ropes and generation. the group of activists who come of age during the prime political time of paul ropes and was really the key african-american political and cultural figure of the 1930's and 40's and 50's was going to be really marginalized by the cold war between 1951 and 1958 robison's passport was revoked and he's not going to be able to earn a living outside of the country because of his left-wing beliefs. robeson never joins the party but is very sympathetic to marxism and communism and he's got to really suffer because of that. but were these extraordinary and he provides this different genealogy of black power hearing people like william worthy, willie richardson who was the activist from cambridge, maryland, who was called the lady general of the civil rights movement to wish an unprecedented struggle in cambridge of maryland in 1963 in 1964 to help desegregate the city, met with attorney general ro

in the 1970's, when i was young enough to remember jimmy carter, and we saw 21% interest rates, the malaise truth is we cannot sustain that kind of debt. i cannot say with any great degree of confidence if the gold standard is appropriate. but would you begin to inflate the economy, you can look for other countries where the action resulted in chaos. so i agree with you that right now, the dirty little secrets, the cost of food stuffs, etc., there is this other currencies with inflationary pressure building that has to come as a result of so much debt been moved across our government. so the solution will be self correction, because the government cannot control but sufficiently under current policies. caller: i do not consider myself a literate, and i deeply resent the dividing approach. guest: the comments you are referring to, i did not directly hear them. i fully support this idea of an informed voter and the idea to understand what is happening. a lot of people say nasty things, suggesting that we are not is -- nazis. i do not use pejorative or degrade people. in my area, i try to enco

way before president jimmy carter talks about a foreign policy based on human rights, william worthy was talking about this. and worthy as one of the people who is part of the ropes and generation. the group of activists who come of age during the prime political time of paul ropes and was really the key african-american political and cultural figure of the 1930's and 40's and 50's was going to be really marginalized by the cold war between 1951 and 1958 robison's passport was revoked and he's not going to be able to earn a living outside of the country because of his left-wing beliefs. robeson never joins the party but is very sympathetic to marxism and communism and he's got to really suffer because of that. but were these extraordinary and he provides this different genealogy of black power hearing people like william worthy, willie richardson who was the activist from cambridge, maryland, who was called the lady general of the civil rights movement to wish an unprecedented struggle in cambridge of maryland in 1963 in 1964 to help desegregate the city, met with attorney general ro