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up here on the slide panel, this is my first time addressing such an organization, my name is michael cooper and i am the lead and her founder of the group con function, we hold about four, gold records in the one good platinum. and i have had the pleasure of three concerts playing in the razz room. and i don't have a lot to say, except for i have had... it was a wonderful experience. this fine city of san francisco would be a treasure to have the razz room or live at the razz room remain within the city limits. i'm looking forward to playing the base, and i understand that tonight i have gotten an education on the sound restrictions and the problems and i am sure that we all know my band is going to rock the house. so, i really want them to do the best that they can. i want you guys to give them a chance and let them play it and do the sound proofing and make this another great san francisco landmark in this great and wonderful city. thank you very, very much. >> thank you very much and thank you for speaking to us. i love confunction. >> thank you. >> personally. >> commissioners, my name
up here on the slide panel, this is my first time addressing such an organization, my name is michael cooper and i am the lead and her founder of the group con function, we hold about four, gold records in the one good platinum. and i have had the pleasure of three concerts playing in the razz room. and i don't have a lot to say, except for i have had... it was a wonderful experience. this fine city of san francisco would be a treasure to have the razz room or live at the razz room remain...
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thanks for a great roundtable, david ignatius, kathleen parker, helene cooper, and michael crowley.that name. that's the show. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here next week. >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "on the money." i'm maria bartiromo. easy money. what a fed decision will mean to your wallet. whether you should care about banks in cyprus. and is dow 15,000 next? >>> reading the tea leaves when it comes to coffee. my conversation with starbucks ceo howard schultz about the minimum wage, farming, and high-tech in the world of java. >>> plus, can anybody topple apple from its smartphone perch? we'll see what's new from two new competitors, and whether apple is right to be plucked. "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week "on the money." the federal reserve speaks and the markets listen. at its meeting this week, the fed announced it will maintain its near zero interest rate policy and will continue its purchases of $85 bi
thanks for a great roundtable, david ignatius, kathleen parker, helene cooper, and michael crowley.that name. that's the show. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here next week. >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "on the money." i'm maria bartiromo. easy money. what a fed decision will mean to your wallet. whether you should care about banks in cyprus. and is dow 15,000 next? >>> reading the tea leaves when it comes to coffee. my conversation with starbucks ceo...
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thanks for a great roundtable, david ignatius, kathleen parker, helene cooper, and michael crowley.that name. that's the show. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here next week. >>> right now at 5:00, a father is in the hospital after he and his wife were shot while driving through the east bay. >>> and secretary of state john kerry makes a stop in iraq. what he says the country's next step should be. >> announcer: nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. an active search is underway in half moon bay for a man last seen at the beach. the coast guard says the 22-year-old man was playing football at roosevelt beach with friends when he disappeared. he went into the water after the football and they haven't seen him since. his shirt and shoes there on the wae beach. no trace of the man. the coast guard has called in its helicopter. we'll keep you posted on the search for that 22-year-old man off of half moon bay. >>> in hayward, this afternoon, a family driving on a busy street ended up in the wrong place at the wr
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helene cooper and michael crowley.irst up, what does barack obama know what we don't know pledging to use american power against iran and getting more deeply involved in syria? the american mood when it comes to using force feels like 1915, the end of vietnam. after that war, reluctance to commit power abroad was called vietnam syndrome. then came desert storm in 1991 and the first george bush told us that the lightning victory there had banished vietnam wearyness. >> it's a proud day for america and by god, we have kicked the vietnam syndrome once and for all. chris: after the second george bush launched two long wars, many feel war wearyness like against vietnam. against the wearyness, how should we take this week's statements from this president on veryia and iran? >> we are clear that the use of chemical weapons against the syrian people would be a serious and tragic mistake and i will repeat, all options are on the table. we will do what is necessary to prevent iran from getting
helene cooper and michael crowley.irst up, what does barack obama know what we don't know pledging to use american power against iran and getting more deeply involved in syria? the american mood when it comes to using force feels like 1915, the end of vietnam. after that war, reluctance to commit power abroad was called vietnam syndrome. then came desert storm in 1991 and the first george bush told us that the lightning victory there had banished vietnam wearyness. >> it's a proud day for...
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helene cooper and michael crowley.hat does barack obama know what we don't know pledging to use american power against iran and getting more deeply involved in syria? the american mood when it comes to using force feels like 1915, the end of vietnam. after that war, reluctance to commit power abroad was called vietnam syndrome. then came desert storm in 1991 and the first george bush told us that the lightning victory there had banished vietnam wearyness. >> it's a proud day for america and by god, we have kicked the vietnam syndrome once and for all. chris: after the second george bush launched two long wars, many feel war wearyness like against vietnam. against the wearyness, how should we take this week's statements from this president on veryia and iran? >> we are clear that the use of chemical weapons against the syrian people would be a serious and tragic mistake and i will repeat, all options are on the table. we will do what is necessary to prevent iran from getting t
helene cooper and michael crowley.hat does barack obama know what we don't know pledging to use american power against iran and getting more deeply involved in syria? the american mood when it comes to using force feels like 1915, the end of vietnam. after that war, reluctance to commit power abroad was called vietnam syndrome. then came desert storm in 1991 and the first george bush told us that the lightning victory there had banished vietnam wearyness. >> it's a proud day for america...
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michael underhill from capital innovations. and cooperontinuous index funds. good to see you, everyone. darren, you're up first. what do you want to be prepared for tomorrow? >> all eyes are going to be on cyprus again. i do think we're going to get a restrike of terms with regard to thresholds for taxation. i think that based on that we will see the markets grind higher. i don't know if we're going to take out new highs again tomorrow or the next day. and you know, looking ahead, it's all going to be -- it's going to be all about earnings. >> all about earnings as the quarter is kickly coming to an end. thank you so much, sir. michael, you're up. what do you want to look at? >> hi, maria. good afternoon. i'm looking at housing. specifically looking about 910,000 house starts tomorrow. i'm looking at weyerhaeuser as a stock. you look at the rebound, it's going to hit 52-week highs. i'm looking at leverage to the up side. and i think this market's going to continue to grind higher. >> all right. so you're not worried about cyprus? >> not i
michael underhill from capital innovations. and cooperontinuous index funds. good to see you, everyone. darren, you're up first. what do you want to be prepared for tomorrow? >> all eyes are going to be on cyprus again. i do think we're going to get a restrike of terms with regard to thresholds for taxation. i think that based on that we will see the markets grind higher. i don't know if we're going to take out new highs again tomorrow or the next day. and you know, looking ahead, it's...
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cooperated with u.s. authorities investigating the company. >> michael: yes, it's incredible. on blackwater there in dubai in the uae. to hear you talk about it, it's interesting. he's a fanatic. he wanted to be in the c.i.a. so badly he started his own little c.i.a. which is incredible. of course, the still secret testimony that was unsealed a little bit by the daily beast goes on to reveal another numerous facts. the agency, the c.i.a. had their own secure telephone line and facility for handling classified information within blackwater's north carolina headquarters. c.i.a. officers trained there and used the area fully shielded from view inside the rest of the blackwater compound coordinate their operations. what we know now about blackwater, how does that make us feel about what they did? should we be more anger less angry or just keep asking questions? >> i think we both should keep asking questions, also to a certain extent be angry because obviously we were paying for this. we, the american taxpayers were paying for this. i think blackwater is a private security firm di
cooperated with u.s. authorities investigating the company. >> michael: yes, it's incredible. on blackwater there in dubai in the uae. to hear you talk about it, it's interesting. he's a fanatic. he wanted to be in the c.i.a. so badly he started his own little c.i.a. which is incredible. of course, the still secret testimony that was unsealed a little bit by the daily beast goes on to reveal another numerous facts. the agency, the c.i.a. had their own secure telephone line and facility...
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michael moore. that's tomorrow night on cnn morgan live. "anderson cooper" starts now. and authorities have 3 1/2 years to investigate this man's killing. now people where he lived in mississippi and died want to know why didn't his life count. one of whom, the victim's mother, joins us tonight. >>> yet another stunning claim in the jodi arias trial about why she's so fuzzy on the details. can stabbing, shooting and slashing somebody just slip your mind? we'll ask an expert. >>> we begin with breaking news you'll only see here. a mother speaking out tonight about the rape of her 16-year-old daughter and the verdict against the two young men who were just convicted of it. in steubenville, ohio, a town where high school football is king, these two rapists who assaulted this woman's 16-year-old daughter were local royalty, heroes on the playing field. elsewhere, seemingly untouchable. so much so that despite their rape convictions yesterday, they still enjoy the loyalty of many in steubenville, including two teenaged girls arrested today, accused of making online threats a
michael moore. that's tomorrow night on cnn morgan live. "anderson cooper" starts now. and authorities have 3 1/2 years to investigate this man's killing. now people where he lived in mississippi and died want to know why didn't his life count. one of whom, the victim's mother, joins us tonight. >>> yet another stunning claim in the jodi arias trial about why she's so fuzzy on the details. can stabbing, shooting and slashing somebody just slip your mind? we'll ask an expert....
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michael from charleston, south carolina. i'm here today with my six-year-old grandson, cooper, whose father was on the 19th of this month -- killed in action. and i just want to thank you, jay, for writing the book. it's been part of the healing process. it's help those of us who have suffered or lost immeasurably and i don't see it all as an antiwar book, and thanks for writing it. >> thank you. [applause] >> i was asking about you at the beginning. i didn't know if you were here. there was a lot of traffic. high, cooper. how are you? cooper's dad, buddy, a very, very brave man with the obama national guard -- with the oklahoma national guard was taken six years ago tomorrow. i believe. the 19th. to say, okay. so thank you for being here. i'm fine. >> given your experience in researching what do you think of the reaction against chuck hagel being secretary of defense, and then who was clearly reluctant to send soldiers into harm's way having been there yourself? >> it's an interesting -- the question was about former sergeant, former senator chuck hagel and infantrymen who is two purple hearts, and all the controversy over him.
michael from charleston, south carolina. i'm here today with my six-year-old grandson, cooper, whose father was on the 19th of this month -- killed in action. and i just want to thank you, jay, for writing the book. it's been part of the healing process. it's help those of us who have suffered or lost immeasurably and i don't see it all as an antiwar book, and thanks for writing it. >> thank you. [applause] >> i was asking about you at the beginning. i didn't know if you were here....
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cooperation. i would ask consent that we consider sherry shapell, michael j. mcshane, nitza al handrow, lee wuse strapo and jeffrey schmell, - louise -- luis philippe. we consider enplanning, all of those in favor say aye. opposed? the ayes will be unanimous. and shapell, mcshane,al handrow, strapo and schmell. reported to the floor. >> following up on that i would like to bring up something you hearing i very much appreciate your bringing up. and that is at the oversight hearing with general holder there was a significant discussion about the oil sea memoranda regarding targeting killings americans abroad. chairman leahy and i wrote to president obama on february 7, one month ago, asking that he instruct the attorney general to provide these memoranda to the judiciary committee. i don't think -- at least i haven't, i don't think the chairman's received a response. i wanted to highlight a statement that chairman leahy made to general holder yesterday this committee subpoena the documents. i want everybody, both i fully effort and would urge that absence a resp
cooperation. i would ask consent that we consider sherry shapell, michael j. mcshane, nitza al handrow, lee wuse strapo and jeffrey schmell, - louise -- luis philippe. we consider enplanning, all of those in favor say aye. opposed? the ayes will be unanimous. and shapell, mcshane,al handrow, strapo and schmell. reported to the floor. >> following up on that i would like to bring up something you hearing i very much appreciate your bringing up. and that is at the oversight hearing with...
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cooperation. i would ask consent that we consider sherry shapell, michael j. mcshane, nitza alejandro, luis strapo and jeffrey schmell. all of those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? the ayes will be unanimous. and shapell, mcshane, alejandro, strapo and schmell.will be rep orted to the floor. >> following up on that i would like to bring up something you brought up yesterday at a hearing i very much appreciate your bringing up. and that is at the oversight hearing with general holder there was a significant discussion about the oil sea memoranda regarding targeting killings americans abroad. chairman leahy and i wrote to president obama on february 7, one month ago, asking that he instruct the attorney general to provide these memoranda to the judiciary committee. i don't think -- at least i haven't, i don't think the chairman's received a response. i wanted to highlight a statement that chairman leahy made to general holder yesterday regarding the possibility that this committee subpoena the documents. i want everybody, both republican and democrat, to k
cooperation. i would ask consent that we consider sherry shapell, michael j. mcshane, nitza alejandro, luis strapo and jeffrey schmell. all of those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? the ayes will be unanimous. and shapell, mcshane, alejandro, strapo and schmell.will be rep orted to the floor. >> following up on that i would like to bring up something you brought up yesterday at a hearing i very much appreciate your bringing up. and that is at the oversight hearing with...
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michael, thank you again for joining us tonight for a very lively hour, as always. >> thank you. >> do something. make your voice known. that's all for us tonight. anderson cooper starts now. >>> early in the war, cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> breaking news tonight. ten years after we found chemical weapons in iraq, possibly using the chemical weapons that we know he has right now. >> you're going to hear from one very brave and lucky young man tonight. >>> michelle bhrks achman, she claims that president obama is wasting her money on his lavish lifestyle. we tracked her down and asked her to see how she responded. basically, she wouldn't stop walking or running, almost. we begin now with breaking news. news that just triggered military action by the united states in syria. the news tonight that the possib possibilitity might be doing the one thing that could trigger american military action. might be using chemical weapons. crossing a redline that president obama himself lay down. now, they have used chemical weapons, that would leave the president with a major challenge as he heads tonight to israel. now, the s
michael, thank you again for joining us tonight for a very lively hour, as always. >> thank you. >> do something. make your voice known. that's all for us tonight. anderson cooper starts now. >>> early in the war, cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> breaking news tonight. ten years after we found chemical weapons in iraq, possibly using the chemical weapons that we know he has right now. >> you're going to hear from one...
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michael is joining us, the current president of redlands strategies, security consulting firm. a band or you're wrists used box cutter, not knives to hijack planes on 9/11 and murder roughly 3,000 innocent people. cooperateth knives, pocket knives? >> since they armed the cockpit door, it's less of a concern. >> it could still happen. >> if they got into the cockpit, and that's the question. but you just -- the defining moment was 9/11. that's the threat we all try to prevent with tsa. congress is trying to prevent that. since 9/11 there have been three evend. the 2005 i can witness explosive plot, the richard reid shoe bombing, and the bomb in the underpants. what is more concerning about everything that is going on, can you detect explosives? >> i realize they're saying and you're saying, got to look out for the bombs because to the are the latest techniques of al quite. but al qaeda often goes back to their earlier deeds and in this particular case, why can't tsa focus both on hand weapons like knives as well as bombs? shouldn't they be dog both? >> that's a fair statement. you should -- the reality of it is that even though tsa was created to prevent taking down a plane -- >> there's no intel about t
michael is joining us, the current president of redlands strategies, security consulting firm. a band or you're wrists used box cutter, not knives to hijack planes on 9/11 and murder roughly 3,000 innocent people. cooperateth knives, pocket knives? >> since they armed the cockpit door, it's less of a concern. >> it could still happen. >> if they got into the cockpit, and that's the question. but you just -- the defining moment was 9/11. that's the threat we all try to prevent...
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cooperation in that. i would ask consent then that we consider sherry chapelle, michael j. mcshane, nitza alejandro, and jeffrey shmell. we consider them en banc. without objection, they'll be considered en banc. all of those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> opposed? the ayes appear to be unanimous, and chapelle, mcshane, alejandro, ishmael will be reported to the floor. >> yeah. and then following up on that, i'd like to just bring up something that you brought up yesterday at a hearing that i very much appreciate your bringing up, and that is at the oversight hearing with general holder there was a significant discussion about the olc memoranda regarding targeted killings of americans abroad. chairman leahy and i wrote to president obama on february the 7th, one month ago, asking that he instruct the attorney general to provide these memoranda to the judiciary committee. i don't think he -- at least i haven't, and i don't think the chairman's received a response, so i wanted to highlight a statement that chairman leahy made to general holder yesterday regarding
cooperation in that. i would ask consent then that we consider sherry chapelle, michael j. mcshane, nitza alejandro, and jeffrey shmell. we consider them en banc. without objection, they'll be considered en banc. all of those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> opposed? the ayes appear to be unanimous, and chapelle, mcshane, alejandro, ishmael will be reported to the floor. >> yeah. and then following up on that, i'd like to just bring up something that you brought up...
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michael ray stafford, was found guilty of the stabbing at a disciplinary hearing and received extra time in the prison segregation unit. but no criminal charges were filed against him because ellerman refused to cooperate we caught up with ellerman on the day he returned to general population. >> after pat recovered from his injuries and we saw him back out on the yard, again, one of the first comments he made was about his shoes. >> see the blood on my shoes? that's why i stopped fighting, because i seen blood on my shoes. >> it's indicative, actually, of prison life. you have so few personal items and you certainly don't have very many things that are brand new. these shoes were new. they were a symbol of him having some kind of success, or look, if you will, as a convict in prison, and he wanted to keep them as pristine as possible, even during this horrific situation. then we went back with him to his cell, at which point he took us on a tour of his injuries and how they were healing. >> i can't open my hands but it's getting better. i'll be able -- i'll get it back. i can still punch. i can close my fist, i just can't open it. and now i got stabbed in the stomach over here. stabbed here. got cut i
michael ray stafford, was found guilty of the stabbing at a disciplinary hearing and received extra time in the prison segregation unit. but no criminal charges were filed against him because ellerman refused to cooperate we caught up with ellerman on the day he returned to general population. >> after pat recovered from his injuries and we saw him back out on the yard, again, one of the first comments he made was about his shoes. >> see the blood on my shoes? that's why i stopped...
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michael from tulsa, oklahoma. >> professor wolff, what can we as individuals in communities do to regain control of our economic destiny? >> we have an old tradition in the united states of doing things in a cooperative. we celebrate it with phrases like team spirit or team effort. it's the idea that a project will be better done if everybody has an equal stake and an equal say in the decisions that will determine the outcome. i like that idea, i believe it has a lot to do with our commitment to democracy. so my answer to the question is we ought to have much more democratic enterprise. we ought to have stores, factories and offices in which all the people who have to live with the results of what happens to that enterprise participate in deciding how it works. >> that's the subject of your book, "democracy at work: a cure for capitalism." and we will come back to it in a few minutes. here is jose from naples, florida, and kristin from joplin, missouri. >> professor wolff. on the last show you mentioned how you were against regulation. i agree with you on the most part that regulation has been a failure. what would be your alternative to regulation? >> without regulation how do we respond to widening
michael from tulsa, oklahoma. >> professor wolff, what can we as individuals in communities do to regain control of our economic destiny? >> we have an old tradition in the united states of doing things in a cooperative. we celebrate it with phrases like team spirit or team effort. it's the idea that a project will be better done if everybody has an equal stake and an equal say in the decisions that will determine the outcome. i like that idea, i believe it has a lot to do with our...
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cooperation with the white house historical association. here to tell us more about that time period it and the women who served in the white house are two guests. first, michael henderson. he served as the superintendent of the martin van buren national historic. and pat brady is back at our table tonight. she is a first lady's biographer and historian. her biography of rachael jackson. understand the amount of change that kantor jackson brought to washington. >> -- andrew jackson brought to washington. >> he is the first westerner. we have va. presidents before that. jackson is somebody completely different. he grew up in the frontier. the change is enormous. socially, the change is enormous. --n though he is a planter, he was not like a new england int -- new englanders island -- either. he brought very different values and very different ambitions. >> even though he was awaited -- would president. >> she was the one of his life. a few months, at before he went to be inaugurated, and he was bereft. he spent all of his time thinking about her and her memory and having her pictures, portraits in the bedroom. it really changed. >> we need to delve into the cam
cooperation with the white house historical association. here to tell us more about that time period it and the women who served in the white house are two guests. first, michael henderson. he served as the superintendent of the martin van buren national historic. and pat brady is back at our table tonight. she is a first lady's biographer and historian. her biography of rachael jackson. understand the amount of change that kantor jackson brought to washington. >> -- andrew jackson...
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cooper made very critical comments there. i continue with this is just ridiculously overvalued and i don't care what michael dell knows or doesn'tel dell has told me repeatedly. my company's undervalued. look, this has created a huge amount of value for the stock. i don't know whether going private will go anywhere near the value that the stock has appreciated. this is a $9 billion -- there is a huge amount of money. i would exit this. >> take a look at shares of oracle and finally an update and i believe this is the first up day since the dismal report. mike herd saying, no thanks, no interest in the offer for dell would install to herd. you would say to herd directly on the show -- not a good idea. >> you need to hear ellison say enough is enough. my charitable trust is trying to buy some here and it owns a tad and my take is this stock has come back every time. that was a horrible quarter. that was a horrible quarter and they need to say something good. >> you're looking at the chart. it's horrendous. you look at the drop on the right hand side of the screen ask remember back december 2011 and similar drop on earnings and it
cooper made very critical comments there. i continue with this is just ridiculously overvalued and i don't care what michael dell knows or doesn'tel dell has told me repeatedly. my company's undervalued. look, this has created a huge amount of value for the stock. i don't know whether going private will go anywhere near the value that the stock has appreciated. this is a $9 billion -- there is a huge amount of money. i would exit this. >> take a look at shares of oracle and finally an...
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cooperation with the white house historical association. here to tell us more about that time period and the women who served in the white house are two guests. first, michaelenderson. he served as the superintendent of the martin van buren national historic society. and pat brady is back at our table tonight. she is a first ladies biographer and historian. help people understand the amount of change that andrew jackson brought to washington. >> he is the first westerner. we have virginia presidents before that. jackson is somebody completely different. he grew up in the frontier. the change is enormous. socially, the change is enormous. he was not like a new englander either. he brought very different values and very different ambitions. >> she was the one of his life. when she died, a few months before he went to be inaugurated, and he was bereft. he spent all of his time thinking about her and her memory and having her pictures, portraits in the bedroom. it really changed. >> we need to delve into the campaign of 1828 to understand the presidency. 1828 was a year of -- how did it change? >> it was the first time we did not have the majority of electors.
cooperation with the white house historical association. here to tell us more about that time period and the women who served in the white house are two guests. first, michaelenderson. he served as the superintendent of the martin van buren national historic society. and pat brady is back at our table tonight. she is a first ladies biographer and historian. help people understand the amount of change that andrew jackson brought to washington. >> he is the first westerner. we have virginia...
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michael s. what are the one or two top actions we can take to restore competent government? hasink every one of you talked about the broader principles of trust and cooperation, the role of the voters, the role of the executive. when it comes to nuts and bolt changes, changing rules that can create an incentive for people to work across party lines, i'm wondering if anyone can offer a legislative or statutory change that might help the process along and grow the kind of trust that you've all talked about. and that is a question i'll open up to the floor. aboutve talked a little this already. but i would say that the two things that would have the biggest impact would be the money chase and how much time we spend trying to raise money and how much time away that takes us from the legislative process. and then i think the way -- the primary system today and the effect that it has on members. we've created an intimidation that is very concerning to a lot of members. they are worried about losing a primary, not a general but losing a primary. if i were going to address one thing it would be the money and the way we elect the people in our political process today
michael s. what are the one or two top actions we can take to restore competent government? hasink every one of you talked about the broader principles of trust and cooperation, the role of the voters, the role of the executive. when it comes to nuts and bolt changes, changing rules that can create an incentive for people to work across party lines, i'm wondering if anyone can offer a legislative or statutory change that might help the process along and grow the kind of trust that you've all...