are reminded of the 1963 march on washington which was organized by the great labor leader, a philip randolph. on this day, we were mesmerized by martin luther king speech's . all of these years later, it's still inspires us -- it still inspires us. we have the chairman for the democracy of america, chairman of the board of the naacp. >> we have come to this hallowed spot to remind american of the fierce urgency of now. now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of god's children. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. >> as we walk, we must make the pledge to we will march ahead. we cannot turn back. >> the go back to mississippi. go back to alabama. go back to georgia. go back to louisiana. go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities. it knowing -- knowing that somehow, this situation can and will be changed. [applause] >> i say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, i still have a dream. it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream. i have

he met with philip randolph, the civil-rights leader and said i believe everything you want me to do for the country. now, make me do it. i think obama has been saying that for a long time, make me do it. he doesn't have a lot of pressure from his base to make him do it. that will have to change. it does not change before the midterm, and has to change after. my belief is he has to use outside of the box thinking. executive orders, stayed allies -- state allies, or he will not have a job. a he will have to face that reality soon. and maybe the midterm is a wake- up call he needs. the problem is it will take a house of congress away that is a house that can do the job. i talk about in the book, we need to get rid of the filibuster. i think the president had a long time ago embraced the notion that we should allow 51 votes in the senate to change things, we would have a public option, we would have premium regulation. the rules of the game would be different. he is going to need to be radical if he wants to keep the house and ultimately i think he does. host: detroit, michigan. albert,

that there are more people here right now -- [cheers and applause] [inaudible] 47 years ago, philip randolphd if you look for the enemies of medicare, a higher minimum wage, social security, federal aid towards education, but there you would find the anime of the negro, the coalition of reactionary republicans that seek to dominate congress. advance those words to 2010. change it to the tea party. change reactionary republicans -- they are still there. and we cannot let them dominate congress or the white house prese. we stand on the shoulders of the people who are here in the front row, and in the front row is where they should be. let me recognize someone. ladies and gentlemen, please, ernie green, give an air round of applause. [applause] >> before barack obama accepted his nomination, in my generation, there was an man by the name of [unintelligible] [applause] he would have been here with us. i want to give special recognition to dr. walters, who would have been hit with us here. ladies and gentlemen, please, and moment of silence for one of the greatest political scientists, activists,