oh, by the way, we're out of beer. >> and john kerry. here was s.n.l.'s take on his problems with james carville coaching him back in 2004. >> john, we've got to get you more tough. you know what i'm saying? we've got to get you more republican. give you some edge. they say you're a flip flopper. what do you say about that. >> my voting record has many knew answers. >> well, i just fell asleep and when i woke up you just lost the whole election. chris: back to barack obama. did the white house change him? be right back. chris: welcome back. if he wants to end 2010 with a big comeback in the polls and a democratic victory in the mid terms. barack obama new year's resolution could include some fixes to his image. in our first segment we talked about how he's giving his critics evidence that he's a lefty and that maybe he's not really a change agent. let's look at the storylines that are a bit more personal. politico expressed it, here he's giving his critics with two lines of attack. in love with the man in the mirror. the president carrying a copy of "gen

john kerry -- long faced by. his face starts to appear and it is a long face, long phase, long face. look at that, look at that. no. ok, this is better. it goes up like this and like this and his nose is like this and his hair is like this and there's hair and his use come here like this and we have a line here and in line here. ladies and gentlemen, what you think? john kerry? [applause] not to. -- not bad. not bad for a few strokes. who wants this one? can you pass this to the gentleman back there? that is a good way to start a riot. let's go with another democrat war. bill clinton. ok. he has kind of a turned up nose like this. he has a little bit of it turned it up mouth. and then there are the bags under his eyes. poor guy. have you noticed that he has more and more bags under his eyes. that is really hard. he travels a lot and they charge for every extra bag. [laughter] and then he has the used car salesman hair cut. and then look at this. here is the bid. that is the bet that distinguishes the man. what yo

let me read for you the words of john kerry back when the whole lott situation happened. i do not believe the country can afford today have someone who made these statements be the leader of the united states senate. >> tara, trent lott's statements -- trent lott's -- tara, tara. >> in the same situation. if we have this wonderful moment talking about race -- >> trent lott's statements -- >> we are going to stop here because we're out of time. when we come back on this, tara, there's so many people that want to rebut your rebuttal, we're just go to hold on to the other side. we have opinions and analysis on both sides. we want to hear your opinions as well. go to cnn d.com/larryking. ahead, why did sarah palin call senator biden joe during their debate? it's not what you think. stay with us. that's ahead. okay, class, our special guest is here -- ellen page. hi, ellen! hi, ellen! hi, ellen! hi, ellen! we're going on a field trip to china! wow. [ chuckles ] when i was a kid, we -- we would just go to the -- the farm. [ cow moos ] [ laughter ] no, seriously, where are you g

senator john kerry accepts the democratic presidential nomination, but the biggest story of the yearook place in april when cbs news man dan rather and the staff of 60 minutes, too, first break the story of abuse by american g identify's at abu ghraib prison in iraq. those photos, judy from abu ghraib, shocking obviously, the press coverage of them pretty thorough, what did it do for coverage of the war and maybe the conduct of the war? >> i think it began to change the way in which americans and a lot of reporters thought about the war. until then, it was-- there hadn't been as that was pointed out, a lot of questioning of our need to do it. abu ghraib was shocking, shocking development because it was-- we all know that bad things happen in war, but they're rarely caught on camera as this one was and the tone of the coverage totally changed after that. >> would you say, judy, the new york times might have overcovered it a little bit? >> well, it depends on what you mean by overcovered (laughter) >> that's a bill clintonism. >> let's take a look at 2005. president george w. bush begi

. >> senator john kerry is trying to push this through the senate. >> funs are built on what are presidentama's least-sung successes this year. he is on the 11th yard line of his presidency if he run worse full terms. hiss success in energy and environmental policy is substantial. stimulus put a lot of money in clean technology. >> enormous -- >> let me finish please. the legislation, the waxman-marky legislation. the president in this week year will pass legislation in the senate, he will sign and i think in this next, relatively early in the first six months, and i think it is going to set the u.s. business on a court of unprecedented innovation that i think is going to be, i think the prospects are very good because i think in the first term or the first year he laid the ground work for significant success in this area. >> there are so many big questions surrounding the cap and trade system that is being supported by some lawmakers and that is how to price carbon emissions and that is something that seems impossible at this point. >> you're exactly right. there is no way to put a price

. >> schieffer: i would add that the chairman of the foreign relations committee john kerry and the chairmanf the senate armed services committee carl levin are both fairly luke warm about this too. the president will be on his own on this one. i agree with you. i think in the end he'll probably get the approval. >> it will be a lot of republicans and a small number of democrats most likely that give him the majority he needs. >> schieffer: let's round this out and get the thoughts of all of you on what is going to happen. what is your prediction for this year, chip reid? >> well, bob, health care reform. i think it probably will be passed. and signed into law. once that happens i think it's going to create a bit of a void in washington. the white house has hoped all along that that void would be filled with jobs, jobs, jobs. and making progress on the economy. but i'll tell you, i don't see how you can take all the oxygen out of the room with summits on jobs at the white house and town halls on jobs. i mean there's only so much the government can do. something has got to fill that void. i t

john kerry. not bad. who wants john kerry? right there. you with the white shirt. good way to start a riot. let's go with another democrat. let's try bill clinton. bill clinton. work on a profile. to get the kind of singular line of his face. he has kind of a turned-up nose. kind of a turned-up mouth. and the bagsg of his eyes. this is really hard because he travels a lot and they charge for every extra bag. then he has the used car salesman aircraft. and then put it back. this is the bit. this distinguishes the man. what do you think that bill clinton. you saved me before. he gets this one. let's go to h.w. bush. let's go straight to w. bush. you really need three sheets of paper. i want you to use your imagination. the nearesears can never be too. the images show you quickly where you go with him. perry strong flared nostrils -- very strong flared nostrils. his chin is a w. little tiny eyes. then we at the perdd the ears. we have lines like this which i call the perplexoids. then his hair there. what you think? george w. bush. not bad. who wants this one? but get

sounds like you are talking to somebody over a kitchen table and not a crowd, that is why a guy like john kerry could never be elected president. he always seemed to be emphasizing how smart he was. we do not elect people like that. i do not know if obama is an example of that. >> here comes the fun stuff. >> what have we been doing up to now? >> ♪ love won't hurt any more ♪ it's an open smile. on a friendly shore. >> it is not just today, it is always get a haircut, do this, do that. i have been on every cruise and he tells me to do something at least 20 times. >> gopher! >> that is one. >> that seems like forever for me. >> that is not the best and not the worst? >> i do not think people realize how enormously difficult it is to succeed. i have two older children in show business right now. even though they are beneficiaries of my success, i stay out of trying to counsel them as to whether they should do this or not. the only way you do it is to go out and do it. it is one of those things where in the right place at the right time. it is almost a cosmic mix of talent and luck. >> we found som

coming up next, john kerry and the sunday gardener. >> time to talk about the indoors. you have got to shrink down in the winter. maybe this is a bit extreme. >> a great plant. bonsai are great managers. we will talk about all kinds of things, coming up. we will talk about all kinds of things, coming up. >> good morning. welcome to sunday gardener. do i have in my hand a complete garden. but in miniature. >> is a great way to enjoy these kinds of plants. we have terrarium's, or you can use these small plants as companions for your bonsai. >> these stay small? >> they do. they are pretty cool. this one is related to the frosty for that you love. face it -- kind of moss that will give you nice, low color. >> this is delicate. what is that? >> a type of violent. it is gorgeous. some of the things are pretty common. that is a type used in the gardens all the time in the summer. this is a great plant for indoors. impatients, right here, it has no color but you get the idea. also, baby ferns, just all kinds of fun stuff. >> this looks like something i have seen in tropical ar

we don't say john kerry came in second place for the presidency. hooray. that was historic. so i think it was folly for some of us in the wake of 2008 to say it was the year of the woman. because they both lost. and at the same time they also lost after undergoing a really rough time in first the primary for hillary clinton, then in the general election for sarah palin. they exposed some of the problems that i think any woman who's going to run for president going forward is going to experience in terms of harsh treatment, being ridiculed, their credentials being dismissed right off the bat. >> there's a moment where you reveal for the first time in the book of hillary clinton breaking down in tears when she's on the telephone on a conference call with some of her staff. explain what happened. >> well, as you probably remember during the campaign, there was a rival cable network, one of the anchors said that chelsea clinton had been pimped out. she was calling some of the big donors and some of the superdelegates. and when that word got back to the candidate herself during a

he was joined by others, john kerry and others. patriot act renewal. when it came time to renew the act which was passed by large virtually unanimous vote of congress in 2001, when it came time to renew it and came under fire from people like senator finegold of wisconsin and senator sanders of vermont, that was their right in a democracy to speak their opinion. i thought it was disingenuous of the president, this president was on the front line of attacking the previous administration's use of gitmo as a repository are for these enemy combatants. he was a frequent opponent of interrogation techniques which were vital to keeping us safe. he was opponent of the surge. we had a democrat nominee for president in 2004 who voted against a war funding bill while our troops were in combat. and nobody on the left thought that was inappropriate. and frankly, it's not. what is inappropriate is when when it goes too far. when you question motives. for example, when al gore stood up and had a speech in 2003 or 2004 said george bush lied us into war and betrayed th

we don't say john kerry came in second place for the presidency. hooray. that is historic. it was folly to say it was the year of the woman because they both lost. at the same time they lost after undergoing a really rough time in first the primary for hillary clinton and general election for sarah palin. they exposed some of the problems that any woman who will run for president is going to experience, harsh treatment, ridicule and credentials exposed off the bat. >> there was a moment when hillary clinton broke down in tears on a conference call with some of her staff. explain what happened? >> well, as you probably remember during the campaign there was a rival cable network, one of the anchors said chelsea clinton had been pimped out. she was calling the donors and superdelegates. when the word got back to the candidate she either broke down and cried or she got extremely angry. a couple aides told me different versions. she was emotional in a way her aides had never seen her be in the campaign. what it reflected was this difficulty she had as a mother, as a woman runni

john kerry -- long faced by. his face starts to appear and it is a long face, long phase, long face. look at that, look at that. no. ok, this is better. it goes up like this and like this and his nose is like this and his hair is like this and there's hair and his use come here like this and we have a line here and in line here. ladies and gentlemen, what you think? john kerry? [applause] not to. -- not bad. not bad for a few strokes. who wants this one? can you pass this to the gentleman back there? that is a good way to start a riot. let's go with another democrat war. bill clinton. ok. he has kind of a turned up nose like this. he has a little bit of it turned it up mouth. and then there are the bags under his eyes. poor guy. have you noticed that he has more and more bags under his eyes. that is really hard. he travels a lot and they charge for every extra bag. [laughter] and then he has the used car salesman hair cut. and then look at this. here is the bid. that is the bet that distinguishes the man. what yo

nader's lawsuit slams the presidential campaign of democrat john kerry and the democratic party.is lawyer says they used the courts to sabotage nader's independent campaign. he appeared on the ballot in 34 states and won less than 1% of the popular vote in 2004. >>> defense secretary robert gates plans to stay at his job another year. gates was first appointed to the job by president bush and reappointed by president obama. in an interview last year, he described his job as a very painful thing and not a job anybody should like. but a spokesman says just before christmas gates told president obama he would stay for at least another year. >>> just because you can drive in icy conditions doesn't mean you should. it's impossible to know just how many vehicles are now dinged and dented across the eastern u.s., but atlanta alone is reporting hundreds of accidents after frozen rain and snow. and staying inside is no guarantee you're going to escape problems from the arctic blast. ruptured pipes are keeping plumbers busy. this video comes from houston, where some folks obviously ignored

another move in this chess game signals that senate john kerry chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, might travel to tehran. the obama deadline comes in the midst of the worst political violence in iran since its disputed elections in june. making it harder for the obama administration to calibrate its next step. whether punishing the iranian government might actually strengthen hard-liners, undercut reformers and hurt average iranians the most. >> we will continue to bear witness to the extraordinary events that are taking place there. >> reporter: opposition leader mir hussein whose own nephew was killed in demonstrations soenz his website he's ready to die to defend the people's peaceful right to protest. my blood will not be any redder than the blood of the other martyrs, he says. but friday, deadline or no obama deadline, pro-government supporters focus ed their anger on america chanting, "down with usa." that symbolizes mr. obama's deadline dilemma. sanctions can be a delicate balances act hurting not just the leadership but the iranian people, injecting the american

he met with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, massachusetts democrats john kerry and paul kirk, and republican senator john mccain. brown won in part on a promise to stop health care reform in its present form. he was asked today about working with democrats. >> am i open? i'm open to looking at every single bill on its merits and making a decision based on that and my first is going to look at is whether it's good for my state and then obviously if it's good for the country. >> reporter: but republican leaders-- invigorated by brown's election-- said democrats' health reform efforts are dead. house minority leader john boehner said congress should start over. >> listen, our goal is to stop this monstrosity. and we're working with our members so that we don't find ourselves in a position where they're able to pick off a few of our members and to get this bill passed. >> reporter: a white house spokesman said today president obama now agrees on the need to let the dust settle before trying to craft a health care bill that can pass, possibly with republican support. >> sreenivasan

it contends that john kerry and other democratic leaders conspired to try to keep him off the ballotn more than a dozen states. ♪ >>> sounds like him but does it look like elvis? dozens of elvis presley impersonatetors converge in the englishtown of blackpool. they took part in what would have been the king of rock 'n roll's 75th birthday. now, let's hear the real thing. ♪ >> that's all right, that's all right. any way. ♪ well, mama should have told me ♪ ♪ that gal you are fooling with, she ain't over you ♪ ♪ that's all right, that's all right that's all right any way you do ♪ ♪ >>> five ways to make extra money in 2010. the dolans have the secret. they are back with us now with some of those tips on how in the world we can do this. ken and darya dolan from a frigid west palm. >> it is. >> we decided we are not telling you. >> we are not telling you. >> we are not telling? why not we have to guess. how do you do this? >> here is four quick ways. >> four ways, not five. >> four. we have a lot more. we will do it another time. number one, i called the u.s. census bureau myself here in

he also co-authored "john f. kerry: the complete biography." now you have a republican in the senate seat. what does that mean for folks up there? guest: a lot of house members are concerned about their jobs. last night, one of the first persons interviewed was a gentleman was a republican-who was a republican, and there are lots of people saying if scott brown can take kennedy policy, a lot of republicans are saying i maybe i can take the see that so and so holds. guest: we are reading here, dee, that you voted for president obama but also for scott brown. tell us what your thinking. caller: i am originally a new yorker, lived here for about six years. i voted for bush in 2004, obama in 2008. but i have begun to really -- i disapprove of his policies. i believe he has behaved as an ideologue. dissenters have been dismissed as racists. i think as mr. kranish will probably note, since he wrote about jefferson, when jefferson began to behave like an ideologue when it came to this embargo, the federalists made a comeback, especially here in massac

four years earlier you had john kerry and i'm from massachusetts, love the man as a senator, forth a very successful campaign. where you can't answer the question what is the campaign standing for? where i could go around the room and get 15 different answers and there was even confusion sort of in the campaign of what does this actually mean. so, it kind of came down there was not that clear a story line. the last thing i want to talk about is how to talk about policies an issues. i want to be clear on this. you shouldn't be polling to figure out what your policy s. you should know what your policy s. your candidate should know what issues they think are important. you should have a good handle on with the big issues are in your state and what is going to come up. right now education, economy, jobs are important things. fending on what state. there will be local issues. it is not rocket science to figure out what the important issues are. but what it really is is there are always six different ways to talk about an issue or a policy proposal and trying to figure out the best way to

. >> warner: in the closing days, senior massachusetts senator john kerry has emailed supporters for donations to coakley's campaign. and president obama recorded an internet video on her behalf. >> as your attorney general, she has taken on wall street schemes, insurance company abuses, and big polluters on your behalf. she represents the best progressive values of massachusetts. >> warner: today, ted kennedy's widow vicki added her voice. >> it's the peoples' seat-- the mother struggling to make ends meet, the father trying to find a job. my husband fought for them, and so does martha coakley. >> warner: brown's campaign has been active on the web, too, with ads and vigorous fund- raising. though a "boston globe" poll last sunday had coakley up by 15 points, a suffolk university survey last night showed brown with a four-point lead. one further wild card, with implications for the health care vote-- the massachusetts secretary of state says it will take ten days or more to certify the results of the election. >> lehrer: and to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columni

of john kerry.eanwhile, many are asking the supreme leader in iran to stop violence against protesters. at least eight people died across clashes last month. those are some of the latest headlines. >> coming up at 10:30 a.m., and the inauguration ceremony for annis parker, houston's first openly gay mayor. on "the communicators" -- dan the british prime minister questions returned as wednesday starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. host: james traub is a contributing editor to "new york times magazine." he wrote a piece on june biden. joining us from new york right now, good morning. you wrote in that piece, instead of the role every bus president wants, but which only his best -- predecessor had enjoyed, to be the last voice in the room. so, one year later, is he the last voice, in terms of policy decision? guest: i think so. if there was anyone who was the last, he is in it. being the last was in the room in the bush administration meant that you could drive policy. bush came into office knowing almost no

c'mon, i called john kerry's office one day and i said you gave his big speech on climate change.finds ready to give up their private jet? they said this call is done. they want the middle income people to do this, but al gore does not fly in anything but that private jet, that 20,000 square foot home that he finally been agreed after he was caught. why don't you talk about that? and the forest fires in california, there are people california, there are people setting them. host: we will leave it there. the one thing that i wanted you to address, is there anything regarding brushed clean up in either the house or senate bill? guest: no. there is always a debate over exactly this kind of issue concerning how much pressure clear out. one of the problems is that logging companies don't have the financial incentive. it requires taxpayer money. certainly, forest management is one of the things that addresses of forest fires although there are broader trends. host: thank you for being on the program. >> tomorrow, a former cia osama bin laden chief michael concerning a certain flight. ja

senator john kerry of massachusetts is undergoing a second hit replacement. having is that it replaced today at massachusetts general hospital. his right hip was replaced in august. the associated press has been told that the senator decided to have the operation now to be sure that he would be back in for the legislative period later this month, which could require a vote on health care. on c-span 2 today, the chief opg officer of common cause is talking about the role of coalition building and maintenance in advocacy campaigns. live coverage continues throughout the day on c-span 2. tonight, on "the communicators ," brought wrecks from -- rod becstrom, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> there is less than one month left to enter the c-span 2010 studentcam mccotter test. top prize, $5,000. create a eight minute to 20 minute video on challenges this country faces or a strength of the country. winning entries will be shown on c-span. do not wait another minute. c 02 studentsam.org for more information -- go to studentscam.org for more information. >> hill

the senator kirk of massachusetts, john kerry. [applause] i want to thank the entire kennedy family. they have been great friends for so long. [applause] to all the outstanding members of congress who are here today, thank you. we are so than all to the pastor -- thankful to the pastor for reminding us of the incredible obligation we have to help the people of haiti in their extraordinary time of need. [applause] it is good to be back in boston. [cheers and applause] i love this town. i spent three years here, trapped in a library, trying to graduate. i still had a little fun. [laughter] i had a good time in were scared to -- in were registered -- in worcester, too. i came back up years ago, gave a little speech, it turned out pretty well. you have always been good to me. [applause] even though, i have to say that, i was going to wear my white sox jacket today. [audience chatter] you want a guy who is loyal to his hometown team. i love boston. i have come to talk about one thing. i have come to talk about two things. on tuesday, y

john kerry. i want to thank the kennedy and the entire kennedy family. they have been great friends for so long. to all the of standing members of congress who are in the house today, thank you and we are so thankful to the pastor for reminding us once again of the incredible obligations that we have to help the people of haiti in this time of extraordinary difficulty. it is good to be back in boston. i love this town. i spent three years here stuck in the library trying to graduate. but i still had a little fun. [unintelligible] i have a good time in worcester too. i came back here years ago and gave a little speech that turned out pretty well. something about boston folks have always been good to me. even though i've got to say that i was going to wear my white sox jacket today. come on now. you want the guy that is loyal to his home town. but i love boston. [unintelligible] and today i have come to talk about one thing. i have come to talk about tuesday. on tuesday, you have unique and special responsibility to fill the senate seat that you sent ted k

now, of course, what prompted this forum was that the president recently gave a john kerry-like speech last tuesday that essentially said, we will escalate the war before we deescalate it. the president who is against the surge in iraq is now imitating that same surge in afghanistan. the plan seems to be surge, stabilize the cities and win time to train the afghan security forces. that is the hidden message that there is -- we're going to contain but not defeat the taliban. now, the president's afghan plan has some problems as i see it. .... >> there was also the fact there was so much ethnic cleansing that the warring ethnosectarian factions were separated. my prediction in iraq is violence will return. there have been periodic large, multiple bombings like yesterday that indicates that all is not well. now, the strategy in the short term was a good one, paying off the sunni awakening which successfully divide the opposition and cannot be awakening to attack al qaeda instead of the united states. this same strategy of dividing the opposition has actually worked before to win counterin

john kerry -- long faced by.s face starts to appear and it is a long face, long phase, long face. look at that, look at that. no. ok, this is better. it goes up like this and like this and his nose is like this and his hair is like this and there's hair and his use come here like this and we have a line here and in line here. ladies and gentlemen, what you think? john kerry? [applause] not to. -- not bad. not bad for a few strokes. who wants this one? can you pass this to the gentleman back there? that is a good way to start a riot. let's go with another democrat war. bill clinton. ok. he has kind of a turned up nose like this. he has a little bit of it turned it up mouth. and then there are the bags under his eyes. poor guy. have you noticed that he has more and more bags under his eyes. that is really hard. he travels a lot and they charge for every extra bag. [laughter] and then he has the used car salesman hair cut. and then look at this. here is the bid. that is the bet that distinguishes the man. what you t

who wants john kerry? you, right there. in a white shirt.. right, good way to start a riot. let's go with another democrat while we are on the theme. let's try bill clinton. working from a profile, a profile as a great way to draw somebody. you get the singular line of his face, and he has kind of a turned up nose like this. kind of a little bit of it turned out mouth. and then the bags under his eyes. poor guy, notice he has more and more bags coming under his eyes, which is really hard because he travels a lot, and a charge for every extra bag. then he has the used car salesman hair cut. and look at this. this is the bit. that is the bit that distinguishes the man. what do you think? bill clinton. all right. yes. he gets to get this one. ok, let's go to h. w. bush -- no, no, let's go straight to george w. bush. the problem is that you really need to be sheets of paper. one for each year. that is kind of a problem, so i want you to use your imagination. the years can never be too big. but the interesting thing about his face is that over ti

this includes john kerry of massachusetts who chairs the foreign relations committee. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. we will start the hearing. i think dr. farmer is not very far away. i appreciate everybody's ability to move this and disadvantaged. i think what we will try to do -- we have until that 1045 or so. that ought to give as an opportunity to be able to get through both the testimony and the questions adequately. i wish we were not press. the reality is that we are. haiti is reeling in the aftermath of white men have been the worst humanitarian disaster that the americans have ever seen. over 1000 are dead and more are dying every day. an estimated 1 million haitians are displaced. several outlying cities are flattened. does not explain the horrors that many haitians are living through. as you begin to understand the tragedy through stories and images, they probably better tell us what this is like. a haitian child dividing one rationed milk among eight members of his family. a 70-year-old woman arrested for a cathedral in port-au-prince seven days aft

mary mapes and cbs news and mary mapes on the fake national guard story, called joan lockhart on john kerry'ss their source on that story. so, it is the media that is spreading these stories and even the democrats are virtually blameless compared to the only attack machine that matters, the media attack machine. >> host: you wrote about how joe the plumber podlike became a halpenny ask a simple question about barack obama's economic policy. >> guest: right and i think that is relevant now as the democrats are telling us how fabulous it is going to be when the government has computerized records of all of our medical forms. and they will be confidential, will they? i think joe the plumber's records were supposed to be confidential too vignette those came out and linda trip's confidential records came out in what was it 800 republican files were supposed to be confidential, the raw fbi data. remember there was a cry when someone at the state department looked at the visa records of obama and the story faded when it turned out they access the records of mccain and it was just some nosy person at

caller: in massachusetts, i voted for john kerry, and in the presidential elections i voted for johnmccain. i voted for mitt romney as governor. i voted for senator kennedy. it doesn't matter your political party. it matters who you are as an individual and how outspoken you are as an individual and are you going to represent my voice as an individual? host: so based on that, mar martha copely and scott brown, who will you vote for next tuesday? >> i'm voting for scott brown for basically where he stands on the healthcare bill and how they were both raised. martha coakley is somebody who has never really experienced the hardships of the world. i don't know much of their difference but i see a lieutenant colonel in the national guard. this is somebody who has endured. i see that as a fine candidate. host: what is going to happen tuesday? what is your prediction? caller: i believe that brown will win because the voice of independents are the sleeping giants in massachusetts. host: your reaction? guest: the numbers don't suggest that the numbers are closing but if you look at the boston

you think it was the right decision to insist on three people in the debate given the fact that john kerryaid he could do it one on one. >> i think it was a very good decision. i can -- i think that joe has added a lot to the debate and discussion. i am familiar with the dates and massachusetts. people who are on the ballot should be able to get up when it is a public-sponsored debate and have voters judge them. we have had plenty of opportunities. there are a lot of ways that voters can compare us. in a public forum, it makes a lot of sense. >> do you have any second thoughts about your campaign? >> absolutely not. campaigns are not dress rehearsals. we had a tough primary. we worked every day on that. we are taking nothing for granted. we worked very hard. i took christmas day off. voters did not want to hear from me. to suggest that i am taking this for granted or not working hard, look at our policy papers. i do not know what is went to happen on january 19 but i am asking for voters to vote for one of the three of us and i am working for a heart to make sure we get our -- i am working

. >> john kerry took some shots of you during this campaign. have you had any communications with them with working with them within the senate? >> it was the second third person that i called. listen, i had a great relationship with him. obviously with his bout with cancer, and i have great respect for what he has done. i know politics but the campaign is over. the thing i am most appreciative of is the fact that people i am going to be working with are being very gracious. ok, game over, let's get to work. >> congratulations on your wan. few of the role of the republican poster boy, when you get down to washington. should this adhered to conservative principles or open its mark and build a big tent party? some people around the country might be sufficient of the republican from massachusetts. what is your advice for your party? >> i'll let the political pundits determine what is happening in the larger scale. i was asked what kind of republican i would be and i did not know how to answer that. i am going to be a scott brown republican. maybe

hillary clinton was the only candidate that was a populous, and she was taken out by ted kennedy and john kerryy this is drivenÑiy wall street interests. this would be a boon to the insurance companies, adding millions of people to the role and without putting new requirements on them. that is a big point of contention right now. host: the response of the unions, what is that? guest: one of the biggestçó -- the senate, the plan was to put the excise tax on how insurance companies would handle business, which would presumably affect wealthy people. one union person said those plans actually affect a lot of union folks. there was a development to reach an agreement. that was key. that was a key stumbling block, and with that in place, they can move forward. host: a short postponement? guest: it would be postponed until beyond 2013, and it would lower the threshhold. in other words it woo make it harder to -- would make it harder to tax union members. this is hurting democrats a lot, these closed door meetings with union members. it would be like republicans going behind closed doors with oil offi

. >> john kerry, he took it shots if you during this campaign. any indications on how you will be working with them? >> he was one of the second or third party "i actually called. i had great relationship with senator kerrey. my daughter has a picture of the senator and her from one of the challenges. obviously, his bout with cancer, and i have great respect for what he had done. the thing i have been most appreciative of is the fact that the people i'm going to work with there are very gracious and say, came over, get to work. >> congratulations on your wintered a question about your view of the role as the republican poster boy for resurgence. there is a big debate in your party about whether it should adhere to conservative principles and be the arrest or open its arm more and allow people with differing views on to the platform. my -- some people might be suspicious of the republican from massachusetts. >> i'll let the political pundits determine what is happening in the larger scale. the bottom step line is what kind of republican i would be

caller: in massachusetts, i voted for john kerry, and in the presidential elections i voted for john mccain. i voted for mitt romney as governor. i voted for senator kennedy. it doesn't matter your political party. it matters who you are as an individual and how outspoken you are as an individual and are you going to represent my voice as an individual? host: so based on that, mar martha copely and scott brown, who will you vote for next tuesday? >> i'm voting for scott brown for basically where he stands on the healthcare bill and how they were both raised. martha coakley is somebody who has never really experienced the hardships of the world. i don't know much of their difference but i see a lieutenant colonel in the national guard. this is somebody who has endured. i see that as a fine candidate. host: what is going to happen tuesday? what is your prediction? caller: i believe that brown will win because the voice of independents are the sleeping giants in massachusetts. host: your reaction? guest: the numbers don't suggest that the numbers are closing but if you look at the bosto

john kerry of massachusetts chairs the foreign relations committee. this is about an hour, 45 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. we will start the hearing, and i think dr. farmer is not very far away. five votes been scheduled. if we had begun this hearing when it had been scheduled, we would not have had a hearing. i appreciate everyone's understanding. we will try to compress the hearing -- we have a grace period of 15 minutes beyond 10:30. we have to hold at 10:45 or so, and that ought to give us an opportunity to be able to get through both the testimony and the questions adequately. i wish we were not pressed, but the reality is we are. needless to say, today in haiti is reeling in the aftermath of what may well be the worst humanitarian catastrophe that the americas have ever seen. well over 100,000 dead, and more dying every day. an estimated 1 million haitians are displaced. large parts of port-au-prince and several outlying cities are flattened. an already weakened infrastructure has basically collapsed. the numbers simply do not exp

big development is conservative senator lindsay graham has joined forces with progressive senator john kerryenator joe lieberman in order to put together a compromise package that can get the support of moderates and conservatives. that effort is in its infancy and if that gathers steam, which we hope it will, then that will hopefully attract some of the swing senators. yes? >> [inaudible] -- making sure you're not going to target them. have you ever communicated with a senator before, doing any ads at all, saying we're going to run persuasion ads, if you tell us right now you're on board, we're not going to raise this issue in your district? is there any of that beforehand, or do you just generally go and wait and see? >> well, first of all, it's important not to promise any member of congress a quid pro quo. if if you do x, then we will do y, because that would certainly be wrong and in many cases, might even be illegal. now i'm not a lawyer, although i live with one, my spouse, which means she win wins every argume. so you don't want to do that. if you're running a persuasion ad, you want

the next in line is i would say probably representative bob in line to head his ticket punched john kerry after that we are sick of being spit on and walked over. and something else i want to point out, scott brown, that is ted kennedy's tom thorne. >> host: thanks for the call. scott brown continues to linger a hotel in downtown boston as he savors his win. the win that came to the surprise of many people. a couple of weeks ago the polls show a double-digit lead for the candidate winning tonight by five percentage points. you can watch both speeches and all of the campaign coverage on line at cspan.org. thanks for joining us this tuesday evening and as always, thanks for the calls and comments on the special election race. again the headline the democrats now lose a seat in massachusetts. it is a 41 republicans now in the u.s. senate and here are the final returns. 52% for scott brown, martha coakley at 47% and the democrats now with 59 seats in the u.s. senate. e brown to take the seat formerly held by ted kennedy. >>> we continue with our look at cybersecurity policy. this panel examin

>> guest: i voted for john kerry. i voted in the presidential election might vote for john mccain. i voted for mitt romney as governor. i have voted for senator kennedy. it doesn't matter your political party. it matters who you are as an individual and how outspoken you are as an individual and are you going to represent my voice as an individual. >> host: based on that, martha coakley and scott brough will you vote for? >> guest: >> caller: basically scott brown for the stand on the bil as a middle class individual i see marvelous the line as somebody that's not experienced the hardships of the world. i see, i don't much of the difference i see lieutenant colonel and national guard. this is somebody who has endured and i see that as a fine candidate. >> host: i want to come back to the earlier point was we to happen on tuesday what is your prediction? >> guest: i believe brown will win because the voice of the independents are the speaking giants of massachusetts. >> host: the reaction and follow up with you. >> guest: the numbers don't suggest that you get the numbers are closin

dan rather's producer on the fake national guard story called jill lockhart he was running on john kerry'sampaign to tell and to talk to the net to foams at the mouth when he talks to the media. that was their source of that story so it is the media that is spreading these stories and even the democrats are virtually blameless compared to the only attack machine that matters the media attack machine. >> host: you wrote about how joe the plumber's life became hell when he asked a simple question about barack obama's economic policy. >> guest: i think that is relevant now as the democrats are telling us how fabulous it is going to be when the government has computerized records of all of our medical forms. owen they will be confidential, will they? i think joe the plumber's records were supposed to be confidential too vignette those came soud and linda tripp's confidential records came out and what was the 800 republican files were supposed to be confidential. remember there was a human cry when someone at the state department had looked at the visa records of obama and then the story faded