party today.i say conserve the moment is i wouldn't say yes, sir no. it's up for grabs right now is whether or not conservatism is going to follow tropism all the way down or not. >> (202)748-8204 and (202)748-8201 if you want to call anticipate in our conversation with craig shirley. >> guest: you don't register by parties in virginia so i'm a independent. >> host: do you consider yourself a reagan republican. >> guest: yes one is reaganism still alive? >> guest: i think so. reagan's evolving philosophy is american conservatism at its roots in the enlightenment and the belief in the rights and dignity and freedom of the individual and that is where reagan and the conservatives ended up in the 70s so by 1980 the organizing philosophy of conservative movement and later the pumpkin party was freedom where is the organizing philosophy was justice and oftentimes these conflict with each other. one man sense of justice complete with another man since freedom and this is what the debate is really about

i introduced party fit into studies of party emergence. it matters. the ideological congruence between a candidate and the party to which she would belong upon election. argues it would matter for people to choose their party and personal goals. moderates are less likely to receive the benefits than those at the extreme. it's difficult for moderates to influence the agenda given the party leadership is primarily in chargers setting the agenda. the congressional environment has been hostile in isolating for those in the political middle. there are fewer members who share their worldview. i depart from the idea of legislative leaders as single-minded seekers of reelection. instead i focus on the benefits of the office itself. the idea that there is more to running from congress in jeff flake's recent speech he said we are not here simply to mark ti time, sustained incumbency is not the point of seeking office. -- said that it's just a realization that i could keep getting reelected but it's not about getting elected. a party recruiter said the ability t

the republican party was richard nixon's party. the republican party was george bush's party. the republican party was donald trump -- or dwight eisenhower's party. so, yes. i say the conservative movement is -- i wouldn't say yes or no. i think it's up for grabs right now as to whether or not conservativism is going to follow trumpism, you know, all the way down or not. >> host: 202 is the area code, 748-8200 in the east and central time zones. 202-748-8201 if you want to participate in our conversation with author craig shirley. craig shirley, you are a republican, correct? >> guest: yeah. we, actually, in virginia you don't register by party, so i'm an i. independent. >> host: do you consider yourself a reagan republican? >> guest: yes. >> host: is reaganism still alive in the republican party today? >> guest: i think so. reagan's evolving philosophy of american's conservativism had is roots in the enlightenment and the belief in these rights and dignity and freedom of the individual, and that's where reagan and the conservatives ended up in the '70s. so by 1980 the organiz

one of the established parties. zeevi had what many would include them in that category i hope and i working to ensure that that isn't quite the case before the country. now you are no longer in parliament are you back in the extra parliamentary opposition. i've always been a part of it. still take part in demonstrations as long as my health. i will be active but i will be active in the greens. i'll be there at the next party congress and the one after this. i'll do everything i can but i also want to be involved in the discussions that's something i do now not just with speeches or leaflets but via twitter every week. it was a total mystery to finish here are three sentences that i'd like you to complete the greens are currently the smallest parliamentary group. i hope for the future of my party like. you. that some day if it will become a party that is indispensable to forming a government. and big movement for the left as left politicians are back in place discarding four is. the three and something that hasn't b

the minority within the party. his stancecessions, against what he would describe as mandatory or forced nothing, this is one example. that was consistent with the -- party's view that the federal government had overreached in its effort to enforce desegregation and integration to ensure the voting rights of all of the american -- afghan americans. >> and needs to be noted that those pieces of lit legislation -- of legislation were on the books. what we are talking about is the fallout and local the of some people in america, particularly to that.uth, adjusting ultimately, they had to adjust. american politics had to adjust. what we are talking about is the process during that period of adjustment and the difficulty that some people had come and how the political system was going to make its way to that particular period. host: daniel, your next. -- view our next. caller: i see the problems of for policy of yesterday and today of being quite different. yesterday, the soviet union was a problem. i think richard nixo

we have a central executive committee of the party that makes party policy, that decides party policyush, i am 29 years old and iam init am in no rush, i am 29 years old and i am in it for the long haul.|j am in no rush, i am 29 years old and i am in it for the long haul. i knew in control of the party? do you work together? we worked together. pakistan and the pakistan people's party face a lot of challenges. these challenges are not going to be defeated in a single day. one of your challengers is that your popularity is really plummeting as a party. in the elections, the last elections in 2013, he won 1a, seven seats and the pml and, they have 189 seats. even in a by—election in lahore, where your party was born recently, the party guests at a fraction of votes, and part of the problem is that the ppp has been seen as problem is that the ppp has been seen as mired in corruption, the masses feel that, the opposition politician has called your father the biggest illness of sind province and he talks about this the wealth has skyrocketed and it is these kind of allegations swirling aro

host: was he in the wrong party? there would bey, no place for him in the republican party today. arguably, he claimed that he was committed to fiscal discipline, and on social issues he was more progressive. he came out of this northeastern tradition of liberal republicans. office as ain politician in the 1970's or 1980's it would be an easy fit to see him in the democratic party. says in 1964 richard nixon we are rockefeller republicans, goldwater republicans, but we are all republicans. what was he doing as he had his on 1966 for the midterm elections to potentially run again in 1968? position was trying to himself as the one to bring the fractured party back together. because he supported goldwater, and it did not go after him as he managed toand maintain some association with the more liberal elements of his party, he was the one who positioned himself. it is interesting the extent of which the liberals had already been left behind. all of those people who thought that they could recapture the party from the extremists did not understand what hit them. , the governorrals of n

german social democratic party the s.p.d. we want to learn more about her morning and first. welcome to the interview ms lagat. interview for long yeah thank you we're going to welcome feeling about what does andrea and alice think about you competing with her for votes that's why is it and i don't know because neither know the s.p.d. national party executive have come and has had some one has there at least been some contact and was five had nothing from the party executive and only had brief contact with andrea not us she asked me if we could meet for coffee at some point i said yes but unfortunately she doesn't have time now. so you actually haven't even met her that's not exactly eye level does that bother you a bit of. an additional race does yes it also bothers me i believe that the s.p.d. could handle things much more confident they are can be several candidates for the top jobs after all leadership is the highest s.p.d. position in germany and i think it would benefit the s.p.d. to show that we've got several intellig

party. it's not clear however where they're going to go. what's going to happen to them. because the republican party in the 1950s was not yet the conservative party. we saw that when we talked about gold water, and attentions within the republican party over gold water's domination and many people in the aftermath in 1964 goldwater's historic loss thought the party had gone too far right and they should recover the moderate voters and embrace the new republicanism that eisenhower represented. and see that in the quick slides. this is the map in 1900 where you can see the solid democratic south here and compare that to 2,000. this is representative of the maps that you'll see. the solid wave of red throughout the former states of the confederacy. so that's the big story, right? is the solidly democratic south becoming the solidly republican south. how did it happen? how did it happen here in the second half of the 20th century that the south moved from being the solid south in favor of repub

polls his pro-business party is expected to remain in power but could lose seats in congress. the syrian government forces have been carrying out as strikes on districts in damascus held by jihadist groups the targets included the palestinian refugee camp the strikes are part of an operation by the syrian regime to retake the remaining opposition holdouts in and around the capital. activists in nicaragua say at least twenty five people have been killed this week amid a wave of anti-government protests among them was a journalist who was shot dead while broadcasting live on facebook thousands have taken to the streets in recent days over proposed changes to the country's pension system. images of the unrest that has rocked the central american nation of nicaragua for four days now police using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters the violence erupted as nicaraguans took to the streets in an unusually direct challenge to president daniel ortega's rule. that protesting a proposed change to the social security system forcing workers and employers to pay more towards

we have a central executive committee of the party that makes party policy, that decides party policy political career is concerned, i'm in no rush and i'm not worried. i'm 29 years old and i'm in this for the long haul. are you in control of the party or is your father in control of the party or do you work together? we work together. we absolutely work together. but pakistan and the pakistan people's party faces a lot of challenges. these challenges aren't going to be defeated in a single day. you have to be committed for the long haul. one of your challenges is that your popularity's really plummeting as a party. the last elections in 2013, you won 14—7 seats, and the ruling party, the pml—n — pakistan muslim league—nawaz — got 189 seats. even in a by—election in lahore, where your party was born, recently the partyjust had a fraction of votes, and part of the problem is that the ppp‘s being seen as mired in corruption, the masses feel that, the opposition politician, imran khan, has called yourfather "the biggest illness of sindh province," and he talks about asif ali zardari's we

into the tea party movement. idea that what we are going to reward are people who want to blow up the system, who are bomb throwers, who are firebrands, who appeal toge who appeal to grievance. >> i'm not going to washington to seek their good opi i'm going to washington to serve the people of this great country. >> narrator: she electrified the crowds with her own brand of "prairie populism"-- attacks on the washington establishment and those she labeled "the elites." >> i've learned quickly ese last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the inshington elite, then som the media consider a candidate qualified for that reason alone, but... (audience booing) but... >> she didn't talk like politicians. she wasn't careful with her words.dn she make a lot of sense sometimes. >> i love those hockey moms. you know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? ck.s (laughter, cheering) >> sarah palin was whatever she needed to be to get attention and applause a money. she was an eertain

and have every right to be in the party and want to be part of the labor party. and i believe my voice from within will sound much stronger than from being without. my intention is to try and change things within the labor party. is that going to be easy? no, it's not. but they really have to change their attitude. you have heard what corbyn has been saying. let us see if the words get into action, which is really what is so absolutely relevant today. >> you know, some people have said that this anti-semitism really -- it just -- well, for many reasons, it shouldn't be happening. one of the affects of it, the side effect is that it blurs the line of legitimate criticism of let's say israeli government policy, government policy, for instance over the politics and peace process and the rest of it. does that concern you? >> well, i really do believe very strongly that there shouldn't be any blurring between the israeli situation and anti-semitism. if one says one doesn't believe in the state of israel, one doesn't believe in the existence of the state of israel, i t

republican party in utah. what happens under that scenario? it's not something i've i can walkere, but you through it. we expect michigan and pennsylvania to go democratic, but wisconsin not to go democratic. this would result in a very narrow one point electoral college win by the republican party. the reason that would happen is because the maine second district are some of you might remember in 2016, maine apportions its electoral votes are not known who wins the statement also wins than the congressional district. it went towards donald trump, and he got one electoral college vote. because single vote we would anticipate in a situation where third-party voters went home and everybody else turned out to vote. anything else did the same that it would be a a republican, a very narrow republican win in 2020. what happens as we go forward? business 2020. i'll walk through some of the results and give you timeline is 2036. essential in 2024 we see florida flipping to the democratic column just a result of demogr

they voted for a third party. i think one potential electoral weakness would be a backlash, some of which we're seeing already when you think about #metoo and the women's march, a backlash against democrats from male voters. women are majority of the electorate. majority of the democratic party. but i think you could see something like that happening. >> sean, let me ask you about something you mentioned that near and dear to my heart, which is the emerging democratic majority thesis. i do feel, speaking as someone who's pretty close to the genesis of that thesis, that it's been widely misunderstood and oversimplified to the point of, you know, just being sort of a trope without being a real analysis. maybe you could expand a little bit on the difference between the weak and the strong versions of the emerging democratic majority thesis. again, speaking as someone close to the emerging democratic party hq, i do feel like you're on to something. >> yeah, d -- >> and for those in the audience who don't know what he'

because the republican party in the 1960s was not yet the conservative party. we saw that with the gold waterism and the gold water nomination. there are many people in the aftermath of the debok l in 1964 thinking they went too far right and should recover the moderate voters and embrace the new republicanism that dwight eisenhower represented. so it is not clear that they are going to go to the republican party in the 1960s. all right? and yet, one of the biggest stories over the course of particularly, the second half of the 20th century, the break up of the solidly democratic south and the emergence of the solidly republican south. you see it in the slides. this is the electoral map. you can see the solid democratic south going for the democratic candidate. and compare to the map in 2000. this is representative of the kinds of lektorial map-- electo. that is the big story. that the silently democratic south becoming the solidly republican south. how did it happen here in the 20th century that it went from the solid south in favor of the republicans? that's

by making clear what their profile is of the party and what the party stands for not only now but also in the next few years the picture you're painting thomas of course plies the social democrats across europe parties that have been losing support in you know dozens of percent as it were how is this what's her recipe going to be to revive the fortunes of social democracy both in germany and perhaps also in europe. it's important christopher to stress precisely that this is not a crisis only of the s.p.d. here in germany social democracy in most countries in europe has also suffered and it has to do precisely with the fact that many simply don't know what those parties stand for and their knowledge will have to clear goals on the one hand obviously try to to bridge the divide between the different groups here between those who are vehemently against the party joining another grand coalition those who want. believe that that was the way forward and on the other hand over there trying to present to the broader public in germany and in europe what the party wants for the next few years wh

the labour party has a great tradition of being an anti—racist party, from the leadership ofjohn smithand onwards. if you look at what tony blair and gordon brown used to say about these issues, nobody could be less racist than those two former labour leaders and prime ministers. and yet it all seems to be falling apart now because of a rather relaxed and negligent leadership. i go back to the mural and cartoon, what on earth wasjeremy corbyn thinking when he did not condemn that out of hand? it contains the classic anti—semitic blood libel, yet he apparently didn't understand it. what confidence can we have in a potential prime minister like that? jeremy corbyn has in recent days been very explicit in his condemnation, notjust of racism but specifically of anti—semitism as well. on that, what more do you say he should be saying? look at what many of his labour mps are saying about him? they do not accept what he is saying. it is too little, too late. there are very senior people in the labour party who do not hold these views and would, if leading these views and would, if leading the

but with far fewer votes than expected and dozens and islands have the support she needs to turn the party around three years of decline. from hell and a home free thanks for your company in afghanistan a suicide bomber has killed fifty two people including at least five children and wounded more than one hundred in the capital kabul the woman detonated explosives as a voter registration center afghans are concerned such attacks could prevent elections from going ahead they too this year. it was around ten am local time sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd outside a voter registration center in. schools died instantly dozens more were injured the work if most of the victims had come here to collect identity cards so they can participate in elections later this year but your mom and you will quote a bombing i was here with my son who was wounded and taken to hospital you know what if i counted many dead bodies on the ground right here and others over there of our father father had more particularly after doubled. my three brothers and i were all injured we had come to get

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that is the origin of your party, but it seems to me in recent years increasingly, you and your partyoned in — on a populist fashion — on the issue of immigration. immigration is an important issue to my party, as it is in many countries in europe and that has to do with the fact that we have seen a lot of migration and to some extent it has been damaging into many countries economies. so what we have done in norway is that we have... it hasn't been damaging your economy, you have one of, if not the strongest economy in europe. it is good, it is doing well. it was hit by the oil price shock in 2014, that affected us very much and at the same time we had the flow of migration also to norway, which meant that we had to tighten the immigration policy and now we have control. so we have less people coming in to norway than before, which means we can concentrate on integration, which is very important to secure economic growth for the future. in that sense, you acknowledge that immigration has been a key plank of your platform over the last few years. a very important part. in that way, co

but inside the parties.st: the election and politics division with our guest michael michael here in washington and fairfax, next ia, is where the caller is coming from, susan. go ahead, please. i'm susan and i'm calling with a comment and want kathleen.to i'm richard mace's niece. good to see you. ms. kennedy-townsend: ok. caller: good to see you. ou and your family have been very much on my heart. my husband was a high school elkton, maryland, in night he was showing the picture the so long arts and ure on the style on the "washington post" elizabeth last night and telling her a little it about the history of that time. i want to just say hello and ell you that i miss you and ope that -- glad to hear you separated your mother's 90th birthday and hope to see you some time s area soon. and my brother andy strayhorn as well. love ms. kennedy-townsend: thank you very much. very nice, susan. u.s. information agency put together this program, this documentary, democratic 968 and primary. here is an excerpt. now

you know the parties as well have gone to other parties for example some of the populist parties so her particular role will be to try and make sure that profile of the social democrats is defined and is also developed and thomas the candidate running against nihilists today seem on longer she's part of the speech left wing a wing that was firmly against joining chancellor merkel's coalition government how is knowledges going to unite what is clearly a deeply divided party at the moment. it is it is indeed deeply divided on the fact that simona is also a candidate simply shows that but on the knowledge will have to try and bring together different factions within the social democrats try and make sure that the different interests are also considered what's the social democrats are talking about is debating the issues of the future whether it is social justice a key issue for the social democrats or germany's role in the world so on that will try obviously to try and bridge that divide within the social democrats no one here is expecting simoni. to win against under their knowledge but m

because, the republican party, in the 1960s, was not yet the conservative party. we saw that when we talked about goldwater-ism, and the tensions in the republican party over goldwater's nomination. and there was -- goldwater's historic ross -- loss when the party went too far north -- right. -- the new republican that dwight eisenhower represented. so, it is not clear that they will go to the republican party in the 1960s. all right? and yet, one of the biggest stories, over the course of, particularly the second half of the 20th centuries. one of the biggest stories in american politics is the breakup of the solidly democratic south. and, the emergence of the solidly republican south. you see that justin these quick slides. this is the electoral map in the 1900s. you can see the solid democratic south here, going for the democratic candidate. compare that to the electoral map in 2000, where you see, and this is representative of the kind of electoral maps you will see. the solid wave of red throughout the former states of the confederacy. so, that is the big sto

was george's bushes or dwight eisenhower's party i so the republican party is donald trump's party today i say conservative movement i wouldn't say yes, sir no but it isow up for grabs right now is whether or not conservatism is going to follow trump all the way down or not. >> host: crank surely, you are a republican -- >> guest: in virginia you don't register by party so i'm up independent but i consider myself a reagan republican, yes. >> host: is reaganism still alive in the public and party today? >> guest: i think so. reagan's evolving philosophy of american conservatism had its roots in the enlightenment and tthe belief in the rights and dignity and freedom of the individual and that is where reagan and conservatives ended up in the 70s so by 1980 the organizing philosophy of conservative movement and later the republican party was freedom where as the organizing philosophy of the democratic party was justice and often these conflict with each other and one man sense of justice conflicts is another sense of freedom and this is what the debates are about more or less going back to

host: was he in the wrong party? would bertainly there no place for him in the republican party today. arguably -- now he claimed he was committed to physical on social, whereas issues, he was more progressive. but he came out of his northeastern tradition of liberal republicans and, had he been in office as a politician in the 1970's or 1980's, it would be a very easy fit to see him in the democratic party. nixon,n 1964, richard and i am paraphrasing, says we are rockefeller republicans, goldwater republicans, but we are all republicans. tactically, what was he doing as he had his eye on 1966 and the midterm elections and potentially running again in 1968? guest: he was trying to thread the needle. he was trying to position himself as the person who could bring the fractured party back together. and because he supported goldwater and did not go after goldwater as an extremist, and because he managed to maintain some relationship or association with the more liberal elements of his party, he was the one who positione

republican party.so are you just we just have a quick as a write in the end of the show just so i understand this correctly you are suggesting who the government brings to your negotiations you are asking them to bring specific people. in this is. does not represent the republican party. purses can you see this is common can you see why they would be upset with here. can you not see why they they would be upset with you feel suggesting you need to pin these people to the table no because we use is just that sweet people who come from awesome movie concert going off its own does not represent the republican party that's not who you are suggesting d.c. book the speaker of the parliament and the head of the probably room party. he's in the parliament. at. least and they can be i think it is a way to make sure guarin any any concession that darker it just makes is a credible one because as lawrence said garbage and it doesn't have the full support of the republican party ok only way to make sure that anyth

and the party of the ideological, as was the democratic party.ut by 196 , even though three short years, that position was really no longer viable in the national republican party, which is why it was hard to see a path for romney or rockefeller, and given, frankly, the southern strategy, the idea that the republican electoral future was going to be through the south. so by 1968, i think we see, for example, the nixon negotiations with strom thurmond, reagan's victory in 1966, his ascend ens within the party. we see, i think, a party on the issue of race, even though there were still some voices, pro civil rights voices left, they were really in the minority within the party. and nixon, whether or not you want to call him concessions or not, but his stance, for example, against what he would stribe as mandatory or forced as one example, that was really consistent with the party's view that the federal government had overreached in its efforts to enforce decongratulation and ensure the voting rights of all african-americans. host: our next caller

party was the country club party. right? it was the party of a kind of business elite that couldn't connect with kind of, the mainstream of kind of -- of a region that was still disproportionately poor and working class. okay? they couldn't connect essentially with those kind of george wallace voters, right? those white southerners who were moved by george wallace's kind of mor visceral appeals. and they had a very hard time defeating the democratic candidates who were emerging out of the changes, the dramatic changes in southern politics that came about because of the civil rights movement. right? the 1964 civil rights act, but also importantly for politics. the 1965 voting rights act. right? which is bringing on line thousands and thousands of african-american voters in states of the deep south. okay? who brought about those choiang? the national democratic party brought about those changes and they are identifying with the democratic party. and what you see emerge in southern politics in the '60s and '70s. it is of

from the tea party to trump, the tea party did not espouse mainstream conservative principles, but rather motivated by a sense of existential threat. we don't mean in a material way, right? how would you explain, how can one explain so many college-educated whites voting for trump? how many college-educated whites who supported the tea party. this is not about material threat, this is more about a symbolic threat that their culture is changing too fast more their liking. for their liking. it is now well established that tea party sympathizers were mostly motivated by the threat to their status in a changing america and what obama represented. right? think about what the president of the united states represents in this country. the president of the united states is a commander in chief, chief law enforcement officer, the face of the country abroad, the face of the government at home, right? it has immense symbolic importance. and so what we argue is that that was just too much. and i'm just going to go here, that was just too much for some white folks to take. that was too much for these

ukipyou get party -- the party did very well. the conservative party candidates who ran on immigration themes did very well. there is an important at how we see immigration and the united states and in the u.k.. there was not the same nativist intolerance rhetoric about immigration that you did see in the united states. you see much less of that than you see in the 90 -- in the u.k. u.k. is grounded in this notion that the u.k. has this generous welfare state. states, it has very no regulations -- there is national identity card. you automatically qualify for benefits. unlike in continental europe. if you do not need all these -- meet all these requirements, it is difficult to participate. and u.k., it is easy. u.k. prior to the brexit was that there were a lot of lower middle-class voters who felt a real strain was being put on that generous welfare state. supportwhere the ukip came from. that is why the supporters won the election prior to brexit. i think the immigration debate was much different. differencenteresting is that p

who's going to lead this party? >> narrator: but flake's speech seemed to have little effect. >> there isn't a rush to stick up for jeff flake or side with him. everyone just kind of stays on the sidelines and wants to stay out of it. a lot of, when you would talk th someone, did you think about jeff flake?" "oh, i didn't see what he said," you know, or "i missed it, was in a meeting." like, there wasn't much ruminating on his decision. >> narrator: the presidentad won. >> jeff flake thought he was going to raise his profile to the point where he would have an opportunity to be somethg bigger than what he is. and what happened? tihe made a terrible calcu. he went against donald trump, who's a proven winner, and now jeff is a guy who also used to be a u.s. senator.d >> this wove been a really tough haul for them next year to really... >> narrator: it had been a year since voters had given republicans control of the congress and white house, but they still hadn't had a big legislative win. >> republicans are panicking

party conference. now it's been a free scoring weekend so far in germany's business leader in sport including a spectacular time yesterday between rb lights and hoffenheim both teams still have qualification for european competition next season firmly within their sights in their last encounter like they suffered its biggest been asleep defeat to date and embarrassing for neil defeats and as it turned out there was more of the same in this encounter. so goes the fight hoffenheim to within touching distance of the champions league places so it was no surprise to see the by lonely in the thick of the action once again he started the move which ended in march stopping the visitors in for fourteen thousand it leaves it left with a simple finish to mount his return from suspension. night six certainly weren't making life easy for themselves caught in possession gnabry doesn't miss chances like this i base his seventh goal in his many games often times so dominant even that defenders wanted to get in on the

the parties see that there is a vote up for grabs there.that begins to change the conversation, resilient the politics and bring in more overlap. it may be something that we see relatively syndic as we are seeing the rise of all these third-party candidates who are changing fundamentally where the polls are requesting a breakdown in consensus of conservative foreign-policy, of conservatives opinions country. everything is getting mixed up right now and you can imagine how that sort of crisis or out of that moment of change that the polls began to break and because they are not sustainable anymore. history provides lessons. it doesn't necessarily provide a crystal ball to see what happens next. >> i think it's important to remember, i argue that the nation as a whole is but nearly as polarized and politically divided as it is made out to be. certainly congress is and it is because of the recent i talk about. we incentivize the extremes in our electoral process, but most people don't wake up everyday thinking about what congress is up to you

hoping to reach the party's highest rank. i feel if no one can and yet many people know the glass ceiling that women are always faced with today at this party conference we've broken the glass ceiling within the s.p.d. party and it will stay this way ladies and gentlemen. leave again or say no and go no us this. not only says she wants to reinvent the party she's promising to encourage more firmly on the principles of social solidarity but many within the party say only brand new leaders can assure in dramatic change with some looking to not as challenger simona long or the mayor of flensburg mostly unknown until now at the national level one roughly one third of the vote is benoit arroyo today i am your turn to tell if you hope for real change within the s.p.d. that way we the s.p.d. can become winners again not just in germany but also in europe. that call appeared to resonate with many s.p.d. members the party is politically weak and so is under ten dollars with limited political capital to work with similar tenuously refo

host: was he in the wrong party? there would bey, no place for him in the republican party today.rguably, he claimed that he was committed to fiscal discipline, and on social issues he was more progressive. he came out of this northeastern tradition of liberal republicans. office as ain politician in the 1970's or 1980's it would be an easy fit to see him in the democratic party. says in 1964 richard nixon we are rockefeller republicans, goldwater republicans, but we are all republicans. what was he doing as he had his on 1966 for the midterm elections to potentially run again in 1968? position was trying to himself as the one to bring the fractured party back together. because he supported goldwater, and it did not go after him as he managed toand maintain some association with the more liberal elements of his party, he was the one who positioned himself. it is interesting the extent of which the liberals had already been left behind. all of those people who thought that they could recapture the party from the extremists did not understand what hit them. , the governorrals of new

the danger of a one party dominance whether it's a communist party or the ruling republican party isdevastating to the democratization of the country so actually let me make that let me jump in here because richard said something that completely corresponds with a tweet we got from petro who says if in the cold passion and does not act fast then the person who is now the acting prime minister cameron at ten. but i will try better next time it says he will stay in power and nothing will change the fight is not over we must continue what we started until the ruling party gives up power and most importantly we have to do it peacefully are men to this point it took about eleven days to see the prime minister stepping down but do you think that that's something that's permanent because people are worried that the person who is now in charge and that prime minister's office may not move over so look people today were asking why today you were in the street and you were to. the source the closely yes of the. car i got up to try to get up there paul. got in got up it's. sort of the former pr

i think this country needs two strong parties and a good republican party and a good democrat party, i'm a journalist now. i'm on air a lot on msnbc. i'm a contributor to nbc news, et cetera. and so i've written a lot of books. working on number four now. lawyer. lobbyist. you name it, i've done it in this town. >> in the lens of race then, what do you see things as particularly from your personal experience? >> as a woman of color we have a long way to go in terms of pay equity. if you look at the fortune 500 in this country, it tells you everything you need to know. there are maybe three or four female ceos. ursula burns is the only african-american one. she stepped down. kathy deloitte, but our white sisters aren't doing well, but women of color are very far behind. for men of color, again, this issue of imprisonment, how they're being treated by law enforcement, and it seems to be we're cavalier about this. it's like there is this malaise over us where we just don't care, so i'm concerned about us going backwards. it feels like we're going backwards instead of forwards. we've got

and try to make clear what the party stands for and how they plan to achieve what the party stands for well let's be realistic social democratic parties across europe has faced existential crises in recent years any chance now that not is can revive social democracy in germany and potentially in europe. her goal will be to try and revive social democracy in germany but some of the challenges that social democracy facing in germany are also challenges that other parties around europe face and that's something that we clearly saw here today by the way the social democratic parties are facing a very important question namely what they stand for some of the voters that traditionally voted for social democratic parties have now gone elsewhere so the challenge is that knowledge costs are also challenges that all the parties share right thomas sparrow political correspondent at the s.p.d. conference in these biden good to talk to you. in the wind as they get sunday's early match so our take all three points against strugglers meit's. critical or it should put out front shortly before half tim

so some parties, i'm not sure about the main party, mainstream party, very comfortable to -- i elaborate some immigration policies regarding the federal class. but last but not least, know it is not the case for the u.k. but the previous conservative president and france decided to create, it was the first time in france, to create the minister of national identity. the title of the minister was minister of national identity and emigration. this was very important to understand why there is so much tension when we talk about immigration, because it is to mean,oint connected to, i it is true that many immigrants and france come from middle east thatries and on the point, issue about national identity is also far right parties, connected to the capacity of the french republicanism to be with secularism. and, this question of islam is also, i mean, all the time a debate on immigration so you can imagine how much it is complicated for a party to have a clear position, i'm not talking about immigration, islam, religion, so one. it is like it all the time. think you're right. the u.k. has sort

national party executive have come into. that's in one has there at least been some contact and was i've heard nothing from the party executive and i only had brief contact with andrea not as she asked me if we could meet for coffee at some point i said yes but unfortunately she doesn't have time now. so you actually haven't even met her that's not exactly eye level does that bother you a bit. and the traditional place does yes of course that bothers me i believe that the s.p.d. could handle things much more confident they are can be several candidates for the top jobs after all leadership is the highest s.p.d. position in germany and i think it would benefit the s.p.d. to show that we've got several intelligent people in this party. the i'm just after martin fields resigned as party leader you spontaneously decided to run and what triggered that choice of healthiness it also is that the trigger was that the party executive was about to violate our own statutes by appointing under analysis as acting head of the s.p.d. statut