mr. jefferson's innocence. and let me borrow from david letterman's top 10 reasons, and i've expanded this a little bit. these are the top 16 reasons why thomas jefferson did not have a sexual relationship with sally hemmings. the top 16 reasons why thomas jefferson did not have any relationship with sally hemmings. number one, i feel like i need a drumroll. randolph jefferson, the president's younger brother is sally's most likely sexual partner. he would have the same jeffersonian y-chromosome as his older brother, and it matched perfectly good dna. randolph had a reputation for socializing with the slaves at night, and he was expected at monticello approximately nine months before astin was born, the dna back. what a coincidence. this was proven by a letter that i found in the university of virginia archives. this is not mirko incidents, since the oral history of astin's descendents in 1976 held that they descended from a jefferson uncle. randolph was known at monticello as i'll go randolph. number two, the m

mr. jefferson's university of virginia. alan murray is executev editor on line for "the wall street journal" and author of the papers weekly business column. he has served as washington bureau chief for snbc and "the wall street journal." we are fortunate to have him on our govern n counsel ill here at the university. next we've robert sam uleson, contributing editor at "newsweek" and "the washington post" where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977. his articles have appeared in the wall street journal, "new york times" and other papers. his latest book is on the past and future of american avenue will youence, in case you are wondering about a holiday gifment paul solomon is occasional correspondent for the pbs news hour. he answers questions on the business desk. recently he has become a fellow at yale's berkeley college and for those of you who were why our discussions this afternoon you know that he was a loud -- lovely moderator in the panel that just preceded dinner the with that i'm going to t

mr. jefferson's university of virginia. [inaudible] [laughter] alan murray is the executive editor online for the wall street journal 3 he was previously assistant managing editor for the "wall street journal," and offered a weekly business column. he has served as the washington bureau chief for cnbc. we're fortunate to have al-anon are governing council at the miller center of public affairs here at the university. a distinction of many years. next we have robert samuelson, compared shooting -- i comparative -- a contributing editor to newsweek. his articles appear in the los angeles times, the boston globe, and other leading newspapers. his latest book, "the great inflation". in case you're wondering about all holiday gift. he is also the business, economics, and occasional correspondent for the pbs and news hour. he answers questions on the business does. he has become a fellow at yale's berkeley college and the brady johnson distinguished scholar for political economy at yale. it is for those of you who are in our disc

mr. jefferson received his bachelor's degree, so it's a pleasure to come to u.v.a.ts. lee is absolutely correct about the partisan nature but it is a case that has gotten worse since the 1970s and if you look at the distribution, it used to be that 20, 30 years ago that we had democrats who were more conservative than a lot of republicans and we had liberal republicans. since about 1980 that overlap has all but disappeared. in the senate it doesn't exist anymore. the most conservative democrat bill nelson is more liberal of the most senators in the house and there is one individual, one democrat who is more conservative than the most liberal republican and i assume he eats alone and is a pretty if task really before us is how to deal with these daunting structural deficits within that kind of a political context. frances makes the point that we have research that shows in the past landmark legislation almost always has been passed with large bipartisan majorities and to some extent that is the case. look at final passage votes and they tepid to be lopsided and parti

mr. jefferson and prohibiting free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press orlly to assemble and to petition the government. >> can you require them to saying? about their funding. >> one thing is and i forget exactly when it happened but we had mccain-feingold that released this and mcconnell said that you're going to weaken the par tis. you may not like party, but which they have to repeat and be accountable and the tresz gets a solid look at that. and basically ma what you're going to do is weaken the parties and lose accountability and create a plethora of an interest groups that will not have to account and so folk wills not know the origin of this money and you're actually going to take politics down a side road and i think he is's been right. >> it does raise the question of unintended consequences which will be present in senate reforms. >> my name is matt newmark. i'm retired but i want to point out during my peak learning years the government was not afraid to increase marginal tax rates which i was paying. they used it to pay for wars and similar thi

mr. jefferson that i am not going to last much longer but am about to die in the administration where i finally feel at home and in peace the why and going somewhere better. and then years pass. 18 years pass and through this period adams and jefferson don't talk to each other and it was cold, artery and friendship that has broken apart over things like alien and sedition and things like priestly. they don't speak and then all of a sudden that terse start to appear going back and forth between currency and monticello and it's the beginning of the famous correspondence with the first letters if you go back and read them they are very kind of delicate and tiptoe. they don't get into anything of substance. it's too old lions who got into a fight and we are figuring out a way to talk to each other so they do it by talking about how many grandchildren and a half. like where is the weather down there and it's like they are always going to have the mail, that letter got here in 11 days, that was passed. how long did my letter take? and they are all kind of birds. they are a founding mertz quality to t

mr. jefferson's university of virginia.managing editor and executive editor on line for the wall street journal. he was previously managing editor of a wall street journal and author of the weekly business column. he has served as washington d.c. bureau chief for nbc and the wall street journal. we are very fortunate to have alan on our governing council at the madison of public affairs at the university. a member of distinction for many years. next we have robert sanders, contributing editor of newsweek and the washington post where he has written about business and economic issues since 19707. his articles also appear in the los angeles times, boston globe and other reading newspapers. his latest book is entitled the great inflation and its aftermath, past and future of american capitalists in case you are wondering about a holiday gift. paul sullivan is the economics and occasional correspondent for the cbs news hour. the answers questions on the business desk. recently he has become a fellow at yale's berkeley college a

mr. jefferson received his bachelor's degree.t's always a pleasure to go to uva to see all these insights he's applied. [laughter] >> lee is absolutely correct about the long-term partisan nature of congress but it is the case, i think, it has gotten worse since the 1970s according to the best measures if you look at the distribution of ideology, 20 or 30 years ago there was a lot of overlap. we had democrats who were more conservative than a lot of republicans and we had liberal republicans. since about 1980, that overlap has all but disappeared. indeed, the senate it doesn't exist anymore. the most conservative democrats ben nelson of nebraska is more liberal than the most liberal of the senators. in the house i think there's one individual, one democrat who is more conservative than the most liberal republican. i assume he eats alone and is a pretty lonely guy. so the task really before us is how to deal with these really daunting structural deficits within that kind of a political context. now, frances makes the point that we

jefferson clinton. [applause] thank you -- >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. mr.nator lott, mrs. lott, members of the family, senator reid, senator mcconnell. i am still wondering what i am doing here. [laughter] actually, for the first time in my life, i found myself agreeing with most of withnewt said. -- most of what newt said. i was told that thomas jefferson was elected president in that room back there. i reminded trend that if it had not been for thomas jefferson, and neither one of us would be here. it because he bought louisiana. arkansas and mississippi were part of it. he probably wishes they still were. [laughter] i like to be here with all these republicans, because i am a private citizen. i don't have to convince you of anything. [laughter] the great thing about not being in office is that you can say whatever you want. witness my notes. but nobody cares anymore. [laughter] i would like to say a couple of things seriously. we were laughing back there about how people get all exercised a around here. my party is understandably exercised, whether the p

mr. president, one of the most cherished charters this nation has, drafted by one of our most beloved leaders, declared life to be the first among several of our absolute rights. jefferson put it even before liberty, even before the pursuit of happiness, life. if we still truly value life in america -- and i believe we do -- if we still truly value the life of every american, we cannot turn our backs on the 14,000 of us who lose health care coverage every single day of every week of every month of every year in this country. no weekends off, no vaiks. how many of the -- no vacations. how many of the thousands of men, women, and children who today will be kicked out of the cold will next year become one of the tens of thousands who die because of it? if we value the sanctity of life, as i know that we do, and fix what is broken, as i know we must, we won't have to find out. i believe in this bill and what it will do for our country for generations to come, what it will do for our constituents, my children, my grandchildren and their children and their grandchildren. i'll not support efforts to undermine this historic legislation. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i ask unanimou

and when jefferson said the natural course of progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground, he knew what he was talking about. he knew our history. mr. lungren: sounds like they were talking about freedom or liberty with responsibility. and i think we need to talk about both ends of it. if we are going to be a free people, we have to be responsible people. if we are going to be a people who cherishes freedom, we have to be a people who cherish responsibility. and we must ask of ourselves, each and every one of us to be responsible in our actions to understand there is something of the common good that requires something of all of us, but that if we, in fact, mistake that notion or misinterpret that notion such that we think that no longer are individuals free and that only important questions can be decided by the federal government and in the federal context only by the supreme court, what we are doing is not only becoming dependent on others, in this case government, but we are undercutting the tremendous, as i say, vitality that this country has always had. we are not only cheating ourselves, but we're cheating everybody else as