i'll ask michael steele and tim kaine. they're tanneding by live. >>> also this how, new york governor david paterson says he won't run for a full term in office after all. will that satisfy his critics and cool down a red-hot scandal? >>> seaword says on with the show, keeping the giant whale that killed a trainer. is the park doing enough to make sure that no one else dies? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." president obama's only days away from revealing what's called a way forward for health care reform. the white house says he'll consult with democratic leaders in congress and then make an announcement next week. today the house speaker nancy pelosi all but confirmed an open secret here in washington, democrats are making tentative plans toia a controversial legislative shortcut known as reconciliation, that could allow them to pass health care reform without any republican votes, all this playing out a day after the summit at blair house across the street from the white house. by cnn's count, they have

. >> chairman michael steele, thanks for being with us. i am a student at pepperdine university, and along the same line of communicating with americans and getting them to understand what the principles are, i think most people would agree the republican party historically has a problem communicating our ideals to the american people. i've come up with an idea of creating something very simple to pitch to the american people, something i like to call the three ours and i think it goes perfectly, number one you respect everybody no matter what their race, religion and creed. we believe in the traditional values along those lines. member to come your response will for your actions it includes response will become a free markets not relying on the government and the third would be a report, if you produce your way to be rewarded and that's the american dream and what we all agree with me america strong. what do you have as far as the idea to pitch to the american people some kind of a simple marketing strategy that is going to say less than

up next is michael steele, chairman of the gop who was that the reagan library talking about his new book, a 12 step program for defeating the obama agenda. you will hear from pulitzer prize-winning economist joseph stigma on our afterwards program. his newest book is called free fall and he is interviewed by lori wallach of private citizen. on bos coming up on booktv in prime-time. you can follow booktv on twitter at twitter.com/booktv. we have updates throughout the weekend on the weekends when we have 48 hours of programming on c-span2. now here is michael steele. >> seth jones 11 is a political scientist at the rand corporation and professor at georgetown university. for more information visit rand.org. mark moyar is professor at the marine corps university. visit mark moyar.com. chicago parents transform their neighborhood school. jacqueline l. berger addresses this in how to walk to school. this event is an hour. >> my name is jeff smith, executive director of d.c. voice. i want to tell those of you who are not volunteers or affiliated with our work a little bit about what we d

would like to remove from black history including clarence thomas and republican party chairman michael steel. alongside the dc sniper and hatian dictators papa-doc and baby doc. they say the black republicans are as bad as evil jenna sigh dahl main maniacs. how weird is it that a socialist would have the stone to say capitalists are worse than hitler? sorry, bernie, look it up. hitler was one of yours, d-bag. anyway, it serves to remind us all that the people on the other side don't just disagree with you, they hate you. they want to ruin you. that's why we should look to andrew bright bart for some inspiration. he is right when he says bullies crumble when you hit them back. so let's hit them back as hard as possible. metaphor rickly, of course. prison sucks. if you disagree, you are worse than bernie sander's under underpants. >>> does bernie sanders have a point? they are just like nazi apeasers. >> i don't understand how anybody cannot be skeptical during climate-gate. they say, gee, there doesn't seem to be warming and we tried to use trickery and we still couldn't make it work. at the

be careful what you wish for, you know michael steele and even sarah palin.ther or not they have complete command or control over seriously, potentially violent with a very small v, but extremely angry, rather anarcic movement on the right, whether it's ever compatible with party organization when you come to have to win an election is really a moot point. obama will never want to win an election by default, but with the excellent ross perot analogy, that may well be the case, that if the tea partiers, who will straight out of chapters from richard hofstadter's book on american politics -- it's striking, isn't it, actually how hostile they are to some republican party stalwarts right now. if they don't feel they can take control of the republican party in the name and sake of constitution, they may well-rounded the party. >> we will be back right after this. >> so, if you're thinking about a holiday and grace period. >>> we are back with the editor of "the financial times" lionel barber, and simon schama, the famous historian, author, columbian professor. we

. >> michael steele in particular has really aggressively tried to figure out some comfortable mergerween the tea party and republican party. until this week, the rnc had a website that was teaparty.gop.com, where you could accepted republican branded tea bags to your favorite democrats. when you do that, are you accountable for the, you know, i want to hang patty murray rhetoric? are you responsible for the more extreme rhetoric that happens at the tea parties? >> that's a really good question. i guess i get really worried because i remember back during the bush years when reporters on the right would go and find some crowd of 200,000 people that were protesting a war and say, you guys are maoists. >> but there's a difference. there's the republican party and there was the democratic party saying, it's us and code pink. >> that's right. >> was the democratic party saying, it's us and answer. >> to the degree that you invite them in, that's the degree to which you were held accountable. >> that's right. >> that's the issue that the republican party was facing this week. with the repub

up, a snapshot of today's republican party, i don't mean republican leadership in congress or michael steelei mean, average every day self-identifying republicans, joe the republicans if you will, polled coast-to-coast by research 2000, this poll was commissioned by daily coast, now, daily coast is an influential liberal website, the polling firm that did the survey is a nonpartisan mainstream polling organization, and this is what they found out about today's republican party. not just its base, but the party. you ready? the number of rank and file republicans who think president obama should be impeached for something? is 39%. the number of rank and file republicans who think president obama is a socialist? more than 6 0%. the number of rank and file republicans who think the president was not born in this country or are not sure, almost 65%. the proportion of republicans who think the president is a terrorist sympathizer who wants terrorists to win, that he's rooting for terrorists is nearly one in four. the proportion of rank and file republicans who think that acorn stole the presidenti

things for being with us this evening, now here is michael steele. .. >> type thena of the author, book, or subject into the upper left-hand corner of the page. click the "watch" link. now you can view the entire program. you might also explore the recently on the programs box. >> coming up next, book tv presents after words, an hour-long programs where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week at ken gormley discusses his new book "the death of american virtues: clinton v. starr", an examination of the scandals that led to the impeachment of the 47th president. the author of "archibald cox: the conscience of a nation" an expert on the watergate talks with former white house counsel greg craig. >> host: my name is greg craig. i'm here with ken gormley. we are talking about his new book which is "the death of american virtue: clinton v. starr." before we get into this book let me find out of the bit about yourself. >> guest: i grew up in pittsburgh. i somehow went astray and went to harvard law school. after i get out of law school i went back home and i teach currently. i am

up next is michael steele, chairman of the gop, at the reagan library recently talking about his new book the 12 step program for defeating the obama agenda. following that you will hear from to its surprise winning economist justin let's on or after words program, his newest book is called a free fall. he's interviewed by laurie walletf

michael steele comes on. and it's fascinating every time he comes on. you just never know what he's going to say. [laughter] >> i know. it's exciting, isn't? >> but you know, we had -- a friend told me we sort of, some of the republican presidential candidates got concern after template became on twice. the first one i asked him five times if he really believed that there was a death panel contained in this bill. and if so, and he wouldn't say no. i said okay, and then the second time he came on, we asked him five times if he was glad that olympia snowe was a republican. and i asked him politely, five times. yes or no. and he would answer the question. and it we had haley barbour on next. and i said governor barbour, are you glad that olympia snowe is a republican? hell yeah. i wish jim jeffords was still ever boatman up in vermont. [laughter] >> because even if he is the most liberal senator in congress, he is the most conservative to in vermont. sir, you had a question. >> i am a veteran of the trenches of 4001 nebraska, so love your program. i've wat

michael steele comes on. and it is fascinating. you never know what he is going to say. >> i know. it is exciting, isn't it? >> i had a friend told me we sort of, some of the republican presidential candidates got concerned after tim pawlenty came on toys. i asked him five times that he really believed there was a death panel contained in this bill and if so-- and he would not say no. in the second time he came on we asked him five times if he was glad that olympia snowe was a republican. i asked him that politely five times, yes or no. and he would not answer the question. and, then we had haley barbour on next. we said governor barbour, are you glad olympia snowe is a republican? he said hell yeah. i wish jim jeffords were still a republican up in vermont because he is a more liberal senator in congress and the most conservative guy in vermont. you had a question. >> i am a veteran of the trenches of 4,001, nebraska. love your problem-- program. i watched the wand homepage ms. brzezinski when i got started in the game. i have a question and then three follow-ups. how much of a wo

up next is michael steele the chairman of the gop. he was at the reagan library recently talking about his new book the 12 step program for defeating the obama agenda. following that you will hear from pulitzer prize-winning economist joseph stieglitz on our after words program. his newest book is called free fall and he's interviewed by laurie wallach of public citizen. that's coming up on booktv prime time. remember to give all booktv rn twitter at twitter.com/book. we set up when we have 40 hours of programming on c-span2. thanks for being with us this evening. now here is michael steele. >>> it's a lot of fun to be here. it is a lot of fun right now as you can imagine in washington and around the country on the heels of what has been one of the most profoundly important elections i know i've seen in my lifetime in massachusetts and the win of scott brown in taking back the people seat as he put it. [applause] incredibly, incredibly important. so, we are having a lot of fun. and it is a good space to be right now. just as this is a

up next is michael steele the chairman of the gop.he was at the reagan library recently talking about his new book the 12 step program for defeating the obama agenda. following that you will hear from pulitzer prize-winning economist joseph stieglitz on our after words program. his newest book is called free fall and he's interviewed by laurie wallach of public citizen. that's coming up on booktv prime time. remember to give all booktv rn twitter at twitter.com/book. we set up when we have 40 hours of programming on c-span2. thanks for being with us this evening. now here is michael steele. >>> it's a lot of fun to be here. it is a lot of fun right now as you can imagine in washington and around the country on the heels of what has been one of the most profoundly important elections i know i've seen in my lifetime in massachusetts and the win of scott brown in taking back the people seat as he put it. [applause] incredibly, incredibly important. so, we are having a lot of fun. and it is a good space to be right now. just as this is a

up next is michael steele, the chairman of the gop.he was out of the reagan library recently talking about his new book, a 12 step program for defeating the obama agenda. following that you'll hear from pulitzer prize winning economist joseph stiglitz on our afterwards program, his newest book is called freefall and is interviewed by a board of folic of public citizen. that's all coming up tonight on the tv in prime time. remember you can always follow the tv on twitter at twitter.com/booktv. we send updates about the week and of course on the weekends when we have 48 hours of programming on c-span 2. thanks for being with us this evening and here's michael steele. >> it is a lot of fun to be here. it is a lot of fun right now as it can imagine in washington and around the country on the heels of what has been one of the most profoundly important elections that i know i've seen in my lifetime in massachusetts. in the way of turn scott brown and taking back the people seat as he put it. [applause] incredibly, incredibly important. so we

michael steele would have been proud to oversee this, but that is not a case.d numerous times, senators and congressmen do not wake up one morning in washington d.c. they start as commissioners, school board members, and small- town mayors. the distance between their home town and washington so far has changed remarkably, and that is what people are angry about. at this point, what you would see is people saying, we put it there, we expect you to represent us. host: the convention is meeting at the gaylord opry land hotel right there in a national -- nashville, tenn. caller: just recently, mr. brown got in. what is he going to do try and block everything? that is not a doubt. they like the long ranges out there. they cannot get it accomplished if they do not know. guest: it is new, it is maturing. from the tape parties that took place in april until until scott brown got elected, that changed the whole dialogue on health care. one thing we talked about yesterday was the ensuring liberty form, and to build that coalition of people who would represent the first p

michael steele would have been so proud to have co-opted sth and steal it.i think they are looking for that singular leader to move this -- pull this movement together. the fact these local organizations send to work in their communities, as i shared numerous times, senators and congressmen don't wake up one morning in washington, d.c. what they do is start out as school board members, local councilmen, perhaps county commissioners and small-town mayors and move through the political process through which they finally change washington. he the distance between their hometown and washington has changed, and that's what they are angry about. what you will see is people who stroll through the event saying, look, we put you there, we expect you to represent us. we want conservative values, fiscal responsibility, in particular, represented in washington. >> the tea party convention is meeting at the gaylord opryland hotel. we will go to the phone lines now. caller: i'm thinking about the tea parties now. once they get -- recently mr. brown got in. now, he's just

the tea party people and the republicans, other than michael steele, they are all white. that is a problem. forget about everything else. there is a problem when you have a party, the tea party people, and the republicans and they are all white. i even personally agree with a lot of the things the republicans say, but there is no way i am going to all white. point. she's absolutely right. the first month president obama was in office, americans lost 700,000 jobs. you can't blame president obama for that. that was the previous administration's economic policies. most voters agree that president bush did get us into the economic mess that we're into today. however, it's now president obama's problem to solve and he has not solved that problem. congressional democrats have not solved that problem. that's why democrats are facing big problems here on the economic pro-front. host: before we get to that second point, we had representative chris van hollen on this show a couple weeks ago, he is the assistant to the speaker. he heads up the effort on the the house side to reelect

it's also michael steele and other republican leaders trying to kill the health reform package by standing up for a medicare bill of right that is said we will support every dollar of medicare spending into perpetuity. that does make it a little bit difficult to deal with the issue that is everybody here has talked about. when you get the kind of politics that suggest that there is reward that coming from that kind of behavior and objectively, reward has been coming. the come we nation of massachusetts, the gubernator corral elections whereby and evan bayh's process doesn't lead to the kind of politic that is we would like. is there a glimmer of hope was jim suggested? it is a bare glimmer. it requires more than more than -- it requires perhaps enough of the bump in the road that we can get to a more meaningful commission that isn't going to have a true action forcing mechanism that will require an upper down vote that will put people on the record for some kind of a pack aage that can make a difference. at the same time, i think there's a slim chance to move so meaningful reform. one of t

>> note, but perhaps we should bring michael steele.hem are showing up at ribbon cuttings. i do not know if they've decided it is good to make sure that you are seen being an active participant in trying to get the economy growing again rather than sitting on the sidelines and saying no. again, look at -- the unemployment rate it would be 11% or higher were it not for the recovery act. 2 million people getting paychecks today will not be getting paychecks. economic growth would be decidedly different in quarters 3 and 4. >> we know republicans are saying things, like what eric cantor is saying today, still no job creation, and john boehner has called it open about a year of broken promises, broken government -- call that "a year of broken promises, broken government," etc. -- >> eric cantor was trying to get high-speed rail money to create jobs. >> ok, fine, but -- >> no, no, no, let's not say fine. it is hard to square the circle of what the rhetoric is that someone says to a "new york times" reporter and what they say in virginia -- >

we were honored to have rnc chairman michael steele join us, speaking to a crowd of local media.ed speaker events with high-profile conservatives, this time, the conservative message was coming straight from us, the students, no different than our peers passing by. no difference except that we were passionate about defending freedom. given the overwhelmingly positive responses we received, we are proud to say that now many of them are aware, concerned, and confident, too. thank you. [applause] our next gentlemen, samuel settle, is a student at state college in pennsylvania. he is leading the call for penn state to conduct a thorough investigation of the climategate scandal. he is also an avid fan of "the simpsons," and can "most of the episodes. is that a good thing? [applause] >> ronald reagan once said there is no political right or left. there is only up or down. we all find ourselves as conservatives, and we define our opponents as liberals. strange as this may be to say at the conservative political action conference, i do not care for the terminology. if we call ourselves c

everybody opens their eyes -- the problem is the tea party people and the republicans other than michael stee steele all white. that's the problem. forget about everything else. there's a problem when you have a party, the tea party people and the republicans and they're all white. i don't even -- i even personally agree with a lot of the thing that is the republicans say but there's no way i'm going all white. host: i think we got your points. ifrpbltsdz let's talk about the jobs point. she's absolutely right. the first month president obama was in office, americans lost 700,000 jobs. you can't blame president obama for that. that was the previous administration's economic policies. most voters agree that president bush did get us into the economic mess that we're into today. however, it's now president obama's problem to solve and he has not solved that problem. congressional democrats have not solved that problem. that's why democrats are facing big problems here on the economic pro-front. host: before we get to that second point, we had representative chris van hollen on this show a couple week

everybody opens their eyes -- the problem is the tea party people and the republicans other than michael stee steelthere's a problem when you have a party, the tea party people and the republicans and they're all white. i don't even -- i even personally agree with a lot of the thing that is the republicans say but there's no way i'm going all white. host: i think we got your points. ifrpbltsdz let's talk about the jobs point. she's absolutely right. the first month president obama was in office, americans lost 700,000 jobs. you can't blame president obama for that. that was the previous administration's economic policies. most voters agree that president bush did get us into the economic mess that we're into today. however, it's now president obama's problem to solve and he has not solved that problem. congressional democrats have not solved that problem. that's why democrats are facing big problems here on the economic pro-front. host: before we get to that second point, we had representative chris van hollen on this show a couple weeks ago, he is the assistant to the speaker. he heads up the effo

did michael still refuse a request for an invitation -- steele refuse a request for an invitation? eventually come. caller: you can sit there and say this convention is not for the republicans all you want to. i do not think the democrats have that right either. i am an independent. those ideas to not fly with reagan. the republican party is a wolf in sheep's clothing. thanks. >> i think your caller should go back and look at who was coming out of power. it was the republican party not the conservative party. you deal with the world. our complaints about george bush is be worse spending too much money and not doing anything about the size of the government. he was not acting as a conservative as president. these people came to town and became what they ran against. that is one of the reasons why people are upset that both parties at these tea parties. we got a look at barack obama and maybe he is more like a cow and coolidge. both -- and he is more like calvin coolidge. host: next call republican line from syracuse. caller: yes, i think between the senate and the congress -- they c