this rivals the greatest keynote address mario cuomo. neil: i was thinking the same thing. "the shining" city on a who criticizing the ronald reagan approach but this was a different week. >> the indictment the challenge to america if he was the nominee right now the election would be over. i don't know how obama fights this. mitt romney has to match the speed. he deserves credit. they know what are they have set, but he moved to the debate beyond the b.s. of politics. neil: but you are a great writer but twistings the old jfk line ask not what you can do but new jersey. >> our job is not to read the polls mr. president but to change the polls. listen to the liberation of. we change the polls with our principles. i don't know how many times he used the word truth. it was not an attack speech but he framed in the election for the urgent voice which i have said the country is worried. neither party can do anything other than run for office. he laid down a cause. it is about us, our generation, what our children will read in the history books about us. that is powerful, powerf

mario cuomo who spoke in 1984, could have had the '88 or '928 nomination, never ran for it.this position christie for 2016? i'm looking at the reviews. you have peggy noonan. i think her taking is fairly representative what i'm hearing. it speaks to something i was talking about yesterday, there is a disconnect between the chris christie who talks to hecklers and journalists and has these colorful off the cuff comments and the chris christie who reads from a prepared text. he gave a perfectly proficient speech last night but i do wonder if republicans out there just have the this image of him they don't understand and were expecting more. >> steve and i were positing maybe they should have planted a union teacher in the front row that they could ask their pensions. we'll have to see what happens tonight. up next, we've got former world champion lumberjack, real world reality tv star and representative ryan's fellow wisconsinite. freshman congressman sean duffy pumped up the crowd in tampa and joins us live in the guest spot straight ahead. whoa, look at all those toys. insur

proven wrong in that you're you're always exposed to the empire you know it's interesting that this mario cuomo his office the financial regulatory office they made a big you know virtual perp walk demonstration against energizer and then timothy geithner over the treasury popped up as a way way way way way you know that you don't do this because you're going to upset the status quo of all the graft and malfeasance that we all profit from incredibly don't upset the applecart by starting to force ethics in the law into global banking that would kill the golden goose well that's a good point to make is that standard chartered thought and they say that they were they had to deal with the department of justice and the f.c.c. and these other regulators but there is this new regulator new york state department a financial service. this is the andrew cuomo created in last year so this is just perhaps their way of making their mark on the scene on the global mafia sort of racket shakedown scene and they're saying hey we're the new al capone on the block we have to play it big we have to make a big mark

. >> it is the old mario cuomo line.mistake, s.e.? go all in in pennsylvania? >> no, i don't think pennsylvania would be a consideration for romney. he went in for a couple of times in charter schools. he was burned. >> colorado is the democratic fire wall. obama wins colorado, he can afford to lose ohio. it expands the map for the democrats. >> shameless plugs. mr. buzz feed. >> i don't know if this is buzz feed. anna north published "america pacific." it is like what will happen if we go over the fiscal cliff. >> does it involve us living on water? >> it's a bad sin. >> s.e. >> "new york daily news" has a section called the rumble. it is a blog. >> i love buzz feed. check out thecareer.com. i'm interviews joan walsh. we had never met until i was here. >> pay it forward. that is it for this edition of "the daily rundown." we will have the numbers. did romney get a bump? we have pete williams interview with the supreme court justice antonia scalia. coming up next is chris jansing. ♪ ♪one smile that cheers you ♪one face t

want him to -- they want him to give a blockbuster keynote and not like jon glen, but more like mario cuomo or barack obama who gave a keynote that people remember. it seems to me that christie, being an ethnic, catholic, from a northeastern state, will try to appeal to that. probably the most featured speaker is ann romney. when i talked to neil newhouse, he said we're going to snow a different side and they want to show ann romney and feel that she's an affective spokesperson, more humanity and i saw his brother and didn't know he had a brother in the michigan delegation and people try to interview him and he said i don't do introduce and that does not seem to be in keeping with the more open and accessible. and they feel confident. newhouse believes that the economy will drive the election, not romney's likability. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> can you see so mark all week here and we'll have live reports from tampa from up up on sun up to tune down. >>> his was one of the greatest triumphs of the 20th century and neal armstrong is being remembered as a true hero. his death t

mario cuomo wonderful person. he's also been a mentor to me as well growing up and pursuing a career path. in terms of reporters i look to, diane sawyer is a woman i look to and charlie rose is an amazing interviewer and story teller. of course, al hunt i think has taught me how to cover washington. how to ask the right kind of questions and the right way to frame how i approach. >> here you are with charlie rose. [video clip] >> what they're saying that this is a domino detect in the middle east. you have to take each country by country and the leverage the united states has is different with each country. for example, other relationship hosni mubarak. the kind of things that we're talking about our economic sanctions right now that can be imposed unilaterally while working with the international community to impodes some of the kinds of things that you were talking about potentially multilaterally. >> when did you have to start doing things like that? >> a f months into the beginning of the obama administration,

. >> the obvious one, the barack obama moment, the mario cuomo speech. i like the unexpected and the one i'm coming back to is a weird one. i was walking down the hall in the middle of the afternoon and al sharpton had given like 6 minutes and he took 27 minutes and he was fabulous. it was an unexpected speech. i'm sure the people organizing the convention were ripping their hair out. he went off script but he's a good speaker. you could see suddenly the whole crowd, something important is happening. those unexpected thing that drive the establishment crazy. >> ifill: how about you mark. >> the most historic moment and i wasn't there but reading it and hearing it was hubert humphrey's 1948 speech at the democratic national convention to take up civil rights for the first time. the party had not, it had been a party that was on a solid -- >> ifill: sorry to interrupt you. we're going back to the podium to a small business owner running for governor. >> two years ago i would never have imagined i would be here with you tonight speaking at the republican na

and mario cuomo. but the bloomberg?ut of all the issues i had this big macs studying the effects therapeutic for ptsd victims and makes a compelling case. >> why all of garden? >> i love the olive garden. i eat their all the time. we love fast-food and chain hotels. the basis of our relationship. [laughter] wrinkles, burger king, red roof inn, soda. we do not care about our house. >> host: the title? >> that was hers. i take no credit. >> we were in the capital which fathers in turn -- in terms the statue of freedom and said the sun never sets on freedom and i said ameritech is a sexy bitch that is why. we all started to laugh. >> to say i find the title charming. >> host: what is good goal of the book? big people should least start having the conversation. what do i believe? not for "politico" but those who care about the country but have no way in to start talking about it. >> it nears my own political education. make it is fortunate came for family heavily involved. i was a the democratic by being born into it but i

possibly mario cuomo at this point. andrew, i'm sorry. but bloomberg?it's just a i don't a i do another scary thing but that was in the book of all the issues that i had that i finally really don't get a lot of time to discuss and we have a friend whose father studies drugs, i just speak he is studying the effects of hallucinogenic as therapeutic for ptsd victims, and he's made a pretty compelling case. >> that was one thing that really changed me. >> y. olive garden? >> who doesn't love the olive garden? i love the olive garden. i eat all the time i'm on the road. we love fast food and chain hotels. actually the basis of our relationship. we both love licking to him, red roof inn, olive garden, mc donald's, burger king, we both love pringles, soda. both of us don't care about our health of that much. >> who picked the tidal? >> the title was naked. i could take no credit for it. >> we were touring the capital with one of my father's interns and his to do so to india showing us the statue of liberty for you and the congressional hole. he was saying, as

and possibly mario cuomo at this point. i'm sorry, yeah. but limburg?it's just, that was definitely in the book all the issues that i had that i finally really had a lot of time to discuss and we had a friend whose brother studies drugs. >> he studies the effects of hallucinogenic as a therapeutic for ptsd victims and made a pretty compelling case. >> that was something that really changed. >> why do all of garden? >> who doesn't love the olive garden? i love the olive garden. i be there all the time when i'm on the road. we both love fast food and chain hotels. that is the basis of our relationship. we both love looking to him, ian, red with and, olive garden and mcdonald's. burger king. we both love pringles and so do. we don't care about our health that much. >> who thought up the tidal? >> the title is meghan's. i take no credit for. >> where did you get inspired? >> we were touring the capital with one of my fathers and turns and he was showing us the statue of lady freedom in the congressional hall. he was saying as you can notice in sun never set

mario cuomo at this point -- [inaudible] it's another scary thing, but that is stuck selling a book aboutese issues that i have to leave a lot of time to discuss and a friend whose father studies strives -- a >> he studies the effects of homogenic's as therapeutics for ptsd victims cover therapy for ptsd victims and he makes a pretty compelling case. >> was something that really changed me. >> y À la garden. >> who doesn't love the olive garden? i eat there all the time when i'm on the road. we love fast food and chain hotels. that's the basis of our relationship. we love looking to an, mcdonald's, burger king, gringos, soda. we don't care about our help that much. >> what about the title? >> the title was megan's. >> we were actually touring the capital with one of my father's interns and it showing us his statue of lady's freedom in a congressional hall and he was sane as you can notice the sun never set on freedom. and i said america is one. that's why. it was such a ridiculous thing to say. and they're like that's really funny. >> your charming. >> to viewers can even say i find the t

mario cuomo is a friend of mine, period. i'll admit that and i might as well say it. c-span: do you like him? >> guest: yes, i like him. do you know why? because he likes me. c-span: is he a leader? >> guest: yes, terrific. i don't know why he isn't in this. i have no idea why he wouldn't get in this. the democratic party crumbled here because it doesn't believe in anything. there's no beliefs. there wasn't a matter down here of the republicans being tougher or swifter -- "we're tough." what is this tough business? they at least retain a simplistic belief of reagan which had the country happily going along as if out on a delightful afternoon of ice skating, and over these years as they glided across the ice they happened to glance down but really didn't notice the faces of all these children trapped under the ice. i think that's the way these last years have gone. i think the democrats crumbled because with the republicans at least there was that simplistic belief, "we can glide along." the democrats have no belief. they don't believe in anything. they proved that. th

eight years later, reagan was running for re-election, and in the other party, new york governor mario cuomoaker, boldly challenged reagan's vision of america as a shining city on a hill. >> there is despair, mr. president, in the faces that you don't see, in the places that you don't visit in your shining city. >> reporter: historians called it the landmark speech that catapulted cuomo into consideration for the presidential candidate, but his indecision left him the nickname "hamlet on the hudson." in 2004, barack obama also became an overnight sensation after his convention speech. >> i stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger american story that i owe a debt to all of those who came before me and that in no other country on earth is my story even possible. >> reporter: just four years later, obama accepted his party's nomination. sometimes, it's the humor that makes for a memorable speech, like ann richards mocking george h.w. bush, the republican standard bearer in 1988. >> poor george. [ laughter ] he can't help it. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. >> reporter

was in the hall that night, and i remember going, wow, i have not heard a speech like that since mario cuomo'ss that, 1984 in san francisco? >> yep, 1984 in san francisco. >> this guy has it. this guy's got it. and i think we'll see that from rubio. we are definitely going to see that from paul ryan. and, you know, mitt romney, gosh, sorry, guy -- >> you're wearing state senator obama's suit that ultimately led -- >> and tie. >> right, that led him to become president. you have called mitt romney both a russian doll where each time you open it up there's something more and you also suggested he could be overshadowed by a groundhog. you can come back to nerdland any time. up next, a very serious topic and one very close to my heart. seven years ago this week hurricane katrina hit new orleans. i don't live there then but i do now. coming up, you'll take a tour of my house. don't miss it. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgive

. >> brian: and mario cuomo never menged clinton. >> he was compelling and who is this guy.ike him. he's tough and has a compelling story. in that sense he overshadowed romney. in condi decided to run she would be. >> and so it would be a interesting fight. >> brian: tony horton want to get governor christie in shape. >> fascinating three or four day. jonah and jack and kirsten good job. gretchen carlson will tell me. they are kept the information from me. >> gretchen: you have no idea what we keep from you, my friend. they died saving the lives of others and now theirr families hit with a big bill to pay for the ambulance? >> steve: american idol to rnc superstar he rocked the stage last night. taylor hicks is live. two minutes. >> yeah. ♪ ♪ taking it to the street. ♪ taking it to the streets. [ female announcer ] you can measure the growth of children by the way they clean themselves in the bathroom. try charmin ultra strong. with a new duraclean texture, it helps you get clean. plus it's four times stronger than the leading value brand. and you can use up to four times le

. >> the obvious one, the barack obama moment, the mario cuomo speech. i like the unexpected and the one i'm coming back to is a weird one. i was walking down the hall in the middle of the afternoon and al sharpton had given like 6 minutes and he took 27 minutes and he was fabulous. it was an unexpected speech. i'm sure the people organizing the convention were ripping their hair out. he went off script but he's a good speaker. you could see suddenly the whole crowd, something important is happening. those unexpected thing that drive the establishment crazy. >> ifill: how about you mark. >> the most historic moment and i wasn't there but reading it and hearing it was hubert humphrey's 1948 speech at the democratic national convention to take up civil rights for the first time. the party had not, it had been a party that was on a solid -- >> ifill: sorry to interrupt you. we're going back to the podium to a small business owner running for governor. >> two years ago i would never have imagined i would be here with you tonight speaking at the republican na

>> for the great speakers, i remember watching mario cuomo, i didn't believe anything he said, he getshas a point. just like when you watch ronald reagan, i disagree with him and i go that's a pretty good point. >> one for romney, bush '88, out of nowhere, none of us thought he could do a speech like that, peggy noonan wrote him a great speech. they're very smart people working on romney's speech. bush '41 stepped up and changed everybody's impression of him. he was down 17 points and gave a speech made a big deal. romney has to do the same thing out of the blue. >> got to do it. >> his best speech, his announcement speech in new hampshire, when he announced for president, on the night of the new hampshire primary, his speech at the naacp. >> you are exactly -- i think we were all watching, we were all together the night of the new hampshire primary. >> that was a great speech. >> and we turned it off and we were like wow, okay, maybe this guy, maybe this guy gets it. but -- >> this will be out of the blue if he pulls it off. >> you saw him after that. thought about the opportunities,

sort of like the mario cuomo who, you know, you ask him a stupid question, that's a stupid question, i'm not going to answer your stupid question and that's the thing with chris last night who we know and love, i'm talking about mika and i, you know, that edge was off and i wonder if americans who were introduced to him going after voters in town hall meetings or going after reporters at press conferences, didn't go, wow, the edges are a little too rounded off. >> i think that's true and it didn't -- i think if you didn't know who chris christie was last night, you would not have walked away from that speech and had the kind of strong impression of the chris christie that we know and that we praise often on the show. i watched the thing at home, hotel, on tv because i wanted to see, we talked yesterday about different audiences and one of the things i did, something a republican media strategist told me to do watch part of the speech with the sound off. it was not -- he did not look like a happy warrior. there was a lot of that -- a lot of scowling and a lot of pointing the finger an

governor mario cuomo led the effort to pass the marriage equality lot in new york.deval patrick did this, and in maryland and other locations, democratic governors spoke up to protect the freedom to marry loss in their states. they recognize the right thing to do for all of the citizens they represent. it is not just government. more than 200 mayors from juneau to denver, cincinnati to tallahassee, they have joined. in addition, 170 democratic members of congress, they are co-sponsors of the marriage act, a repeal of the so-called defense of marriage act. these leaders reflect how far voters of come in supporting the right to marry. just recently, at a may 2010 cnn poll show a full 50% of americans, including 7% of democrats, 60% and dependents -- 60% independents. it is becoming increasingly difficult both morally and politically to justify not supporting marriage for gay couples. political professionals agree. according to one poll one year ago, 84% of democratic operative said their party should embrace marriage, compared to last just two years ago, and i would i