. the other courses or upper-leve elective courses are mostly political science majors come upwith all sisters throughout the majors across the naval academy. >> host: what are some of the equent questions you get from e cadet? >> guest: faired midshipman. it's a common name given to cadets at west point and air force. so the mid, they have lots of questions. they're curious about the esidents are less commander-in-chief. this on teaching our campaigns and elections class and they'e very interested in who has the presidential election, how can daystar curlicue groups, the attention they get to questions of their role as commander-in-chief and there hasn't been as much emphasis and not in this presidential election and others. >> host: can members of the military done a presidential campaign? >> guest: yes, they certainly can. the restrictions about what members of the military can do. they can attend political rallies. can put bumper stickers on their cars. they can

near the balboa park station and we got to further development our relationship both as political science majors at sf state and we both had taken an active participation in some community groups. mestly at sf state. and in our time together i got a chance to see his work ethic and what he applies himself as. we took the l s.a.t. recently and w i think the board would be delighted with his attitude and his effort he would part put form. >> is there any other public comment? if you did come to the last rules committee and if you want to speak at this time? >> my name wasn't on the agenda last time. >> i did present, but i received notice from the rules committee to come back and make it official. i grew up in diamond heights and i'm currently distribute district 11 and district 8 is where i was born. i'm pursuing this seat primely because of my connection as the student trustee for city college of san francisco. we have 85,000 at city college of san francisco balboa park is the gateway to the city college and the surrounding communities and there needs to be more connection between the station an

host: amanda is a political science and journalism major and a senior at miami university. morning. many political pundits and analysts have claimed that romney has been very vague and avoided talking about specifics. if you agree, why to you agree that he has avoided telling the nation is true plans? guest: thank you for that question. no, i think there has been a kind of duck and cover in the way that president romney -- i'm sorry, candidate romney -- has campaigned. if people learn about the full nature of the tax plan, they would, one, not support it, or actually it recoil. 60-7% of americans support medicare, support social security, what does that mean? having the richest in this country pay their fair share. i think there is an awareness that, for example, the ryan budget, is not popular with the voters and the american people. there's a lot of smoothing and a duck and cover in order to sell something other than what is actually on the table. host: thanks very much. let's take a call from loretta. she is watching us in cleveland, a democrat there. caller: good morning

i'd been a political junkie since the time i was 10, and i was a political science major. i thought that's what i wanted to do with my life. >> sounds like steve kornacki. >> this complex country, nation of immigrants will make a decision about who will lead them for the next four years, and we won't have tanks in the street. we we won't have the white house barricaded in some fashion. >> it's far more toxic, right? >> it's much more polarized, and that's in part because the instrumentation makes it possible to do that. information technology and the internet. you can divide and conquer this country in a keystroke. times are tough. people didn't see the downturn coming nor did they think it would last as long as it has. the world has changed. we used to be the dominant economy. we are still number one but we see china coming up fast. people can go to the factory and get a job at an assembly line because they have good hands and a strong back, they can't get those jobs anymore. more than any time families come to me and parents and dprand parents say i'm worried my kids won

i mean, it's almost impossible, if you're a political science major at any university, to take a course in the federalist papers--or in law school school, for that matter. you'd think law school would be interested in finding out what the founders really thought. but, no, there are no courses in the federalist papers, or at least not many, either in law schools or in political science departments. c-span: why do you think--let--what's--how important were the federalist papers? >> guest: well, i think if you want to understand the political philosophy of the founders, they're very important. i mean, what else do you have to go by? you have to go by the arguments that they proposed for the ratification of the constitution. i mean, this was their explanation of why the constitution should be adopted. you have the debates of the constitutional convention, plus the federalist papers, plus, i guess, the ratification proceedings in the various states. but the federalist papers are so brilliantly written, largely by madison, some by jay, and are full of so much political wisdom that i really fe

her next question, uncertainty and the job market that comes this question from software political science major andrew donnelly. >> what the unemployment rate is college graduates hovering around 40%, but if anyone thinks can the federal government do to get a return on their investment? >> moderator: mr. pires. pires: at a think the federal government creates jobs, but the small businesses do. what can the government do? i think we should do something about the deaths students are carrying. we subsidize everything else. we subsidize all tom carper's banks, why not the students? i think we should have a program helps students get out of this massive debt issue and has so much pressure if he didn't have all the stat on your back. over trillion dollars a student debt. >> moderator: now we have a chance to talk about the economy. for things we need to do. this is a four lane superhighway to prosperity. this is how to make america shiny penny nail. overhaul the tax code. simple but difficult to do, but it needs to be done. rationalized regulatory system. depressor suit out of lebanon as an pages so

host: amanda is a political science and journalism major and a senior at miami university. thanks for waiting. you are on now. >> good morning. many political pundits and analysts have claimed that romney has been very vague and avoided talking about specifics. if you agree, why to you agree that he has avoided telling the nation is true plans? guest: thank you for that question. no, i think there has been a kind of duck and cover in the way that president romney -- i'm sorry, candidate romney -- has campaign. people learned about th -- if people learn about the full nature of the tax plan, and they would, one, not supported, or actually it recoiled. 60-7% of americans support medicare, support social security, what does that mean? having the richest in this country pay their fair share. i think there is an awareness that, for example, the ryan budget, is not popular with the voters and the american people. there's a lot of smoothing and a duck and cover in order to sell something other than what is actually on the table. host: thanks very much. let's take a call from lorett

but we actually were -- i was a political science major. you know, we were doing different things.lk about -- why is this show, why has this show been so popular? >> the show is really popular because it's like black or white. it's people watch the show and saw us and they were like, these people actually exist. and they're in awe, like we're new species. and there's people that watch the show and, i did that when i was younger and i can relate to the show and i enjoy watching it. it's escape to their real life. >> or they're going to do it. >> or the little ones. >> i want to do that. >> pauly d., the question for you, is how long have you going to keep that hair style? >> i feel like god has blessed me with this hairline. i'm not going to let him down. i'm not going to cut it so it doesn't go away? >> change, no? and, dino, what do you think jersey shore's lasting impression will be? what will they say about "jersey shore" 10 years from now? >> i think they'll be able to relate. our show was, like -- we never thought it was going to be this big. and i don't think anybody did. and

the senior political science major here wants to know how you can protect connecticut defense businesses? >> i have been proud to have stood up for spending cuts. i do not think we need $6 billion in agricultural subsidies to midwestern farmers. i do not think we need a $3 million to put the engine. -- duplicative engine. i have been clear that on our medicare budget we need to gruen efficiency by stopping to pay insurance and drug companies. deficit-reduction has to be balanced. there's no way to do this without spending cuts and some additional revenue. linda mcmahon signed this pledge to grover norquist saying that she would never vote for any revenue increases into the federal government. we do not need to send someone to washington who will be part of the obstruction. we need to bring people together and recognize you have to be serious about spending cuts. the approach has to be balanced. >> we cannot close the dead by not reducing spending. what he describes is a very dim view of the american economy. my plan will cut taxes for the middle class and put them back to work. they will

. >> this question from the sophomore political science major. >> with unemployment of recent college graduates hovering around 40%, what can you do to help get a return on investment? >> i do not think the federal government creates jobs, but i think small businesses do. i think we need a program that helps students get out of this massive debt you would not have this problem. it is over one trillion dollars in student debt. >> overturn the tax code, difficult to do, but it needs to be done. we have had a 11,000 pages in federal regulations. that is too much. we need to reduce the size of the federal government. we need 4 mpg for every dollar of revenue we put in, and we need to be serious about having energy. we need to keep our money at home, bring our troops home, and rebuild this economy, and if we claimed a $15 a barrel royalty on the one trillion barrels beneath our feet over the next 50 years. >> just a minute. >> all-simpson provide certainty can we govern. guys like me, we do not create jobs. governors, mayors, and senators do not create jobs. what we do is create a nurturin

first, olivia, 8 junior political science major. go ahead. caller: my question has to do with the rhetoric involving the war on women and a recent article you wrote in reference. is it fair to classify women as one of voting bloc? guest: i do not think any group in our society is a monolithic society. i do think we have seen a concerted assault on rights. i'm not just talking about reproductive rights but on economic rights. if you think about, for example, can it romney's on president obama and how he contributed to win an's job losses -- candidate romney on president obama and how he contributed to women's job losses. it is a term that has often been demonized by governors, like governor scott walker of wisconsin. you see independent women, as i said before the you see a growing block of women, not as progressive democrat who do worry about how their daughter may not have access to planned parenthood. that is really about women's health, mammograms, and other health issues. not just these hot-button issues of reproductive choices. i think t

, unappointed individuals who went out and created things like major legislation because of their action. >> host: i teach political science. they almost have been one of the number one major people. i don't assume they added a technical school. or a value added major because they get their technical education. they get the social science foundation. i get media and then of course in the congress, campaigns and elections. i keep my finger in the american government course. we have a required government course. the congress with sunset was going on at the naval academy when ollie north doesn't understand control of the military. and so in the budget hearing, they required us to create a required current government court. but i was psyched about 75% anyway, pinelli teach 100%. i like each not of course because it's not only traditional command we teach the ethics of public service, the 80 when you get check, when you're in the military, there's an extra responsibility on you that normal individual doesn't have. >> host: one more project are involved in. you are in a book giveaway. what is this project? >> guest: it started o

the senior political science major here wants to know how you can protect connecticut defense businesses? >> i have been proud to have stood up for spending cuts. i do not think we need $6 billion in agricultural subsidies to midwestern farmers. i do not think we need a $3 million to put the engine. -- duplicative engine. i have been clear that on our medicare budget we need to gruen efficiency by stopping to pay insurance and drug companies. deficit-reduction has to be balanced. there's no way to do this without spending cuts and some additional revenue. linda mcmahon signed this pledge to grover norquist saying that she would never vote for any revenue increases into the federal government. we do not need to send someone to washington who will be part of the obstruction. we need to bring people together and recognize you have to be serious about spending cuts. the approach has to be balanced. >> we cannot close the dead by -- debt by not reducing spending. what he describes is a very dim view of the american economy. my plan will cut taxes for the middle class and put them back to work

to go to don andersen hall for two questions selected by the student government and harass political science major, aaron curtis. >> good evening. my first question. in 1988, montana's university received 74% of funding from the state government. in 2010, the percentage dropped 41%. what percentage of university funding do you believe should come from the taxpayer for what percentage do you feel the university have to make up on their own? >> mr. hill. hill: i'll be honest i've no idea what the percentage out to be, but i do know this, and that is that the cost of college education has gone up faster than inflation. in fact, the cost of college education is gone up assesses health care costs have gone up. we have the challenge. compactness and congress, i recall we were adding money to the pell grant program and adding the limits of the loan programs and were having a hard time keeping up with the cost of education. so one of the things we need to do at the university level, just that i propose a given state government is to adapt her to budgeting. through the priority patching process, so the que

i'm a san francisco college student majoring in political science. i am the youth commissioner for district 10 appointed by supervisor malea cohen. i spent time in group homes and two consecutive years in juvenile hall. since then i've come a long way and thankful for being part of the youth commission in addition to working with the juvenile department. we heard from the youth and what they expect from the m-o-u. we share similar concerns to how you'ring out feel. we believe that including youth in the selection and valuation of the sro [speaker not understood] between our youth and officers. we, too, believe that adequate training for our police on how to deal with the city's young people will ensure safety between the police and our youth. in our historical joint hearing between the police and the youth commission on march 7th of this year we had three simple recommendations that were agreed to by the chief. one of which included an updated m-o-u and i have three here for you so you guys can see. one of which included an updated m-o-u in addition

we say we aren't dead value added major technical education plus science i teach media and politics campaigns and elections since oliver north we have required of government course what is going on when oliver north is not understand the military? said that the budget hearings they required us. we don't talk about 75% but now 100%. it is heavily traditional but also teach ethics of public service. there is extra responsibility. proprieties the good stuff. >> what projects? a book giveaway? >> the one time, of one-shot activity to said bill load of books to an exchange student we will collect a bunch of books found out our county was paying $93 per truckload we had to many for one shipment it took on a life of its own just passed 5.6 million books would get a fulfilled full it full of tractor-trailers' side-by-side that is about 300. we ship 15 of those breyer library and a box. 25,000 added time iraq, afghanistan and arrangement with the c-span we get books from schools and libraries. we have the largest volunteer base in the world which means we can ship inexpensive labor go there are wonder

he had been schooling himself very carefully in the art of politics, both majoring in political sciencen he came back to the district it was clear that he was at pains to really present a somewhat different narrative to the voters of the district. >> i'm hearing these words, lydia, just have to ask, youwal indignati indignation, are you still irked so many years later that you lost? >> well, you know, there was a feeling that, you know, he used surreptitious names. so when i look back at my own license and i feel very blessed, we went through a situation in our family where someone was very, very ill, and i look back and know that if, if i had won that election, i likely would have had to leave congress to come back home for that family situation, fortunately we saw a full recovery and i have a chance to go on and really work with other families in similar situations. so i don't personally have a feeling of, you know, gee -- >> just curious. i'm listening to you and i wanted to ask. that was 1998. but you'll be watching, i presume you'll be watching, yes, tomorrow night? >> yes, absolut

. >> my major is political science international affairs minor. >> broadcast journalism minor. >> psycho thought we were going to have some fun. >> are you enthused for this debate. >> i'm very excited. >> i look cold. >> i'm excited i didn't decide to wear a coat. >> your mom is going to be angry. >> would you keep out of this? now shut up. >> you guys were there. you were aallowed to ask a question, what would that question be? >> what are you going to do about college tuition raises. >> you think you would get a straight answer "yes" or "no." >> absolutely not. [ laughter ] >> it would just be they enjoy the campus enjoy hofstra university. >> you're going to get one shot and you are going to ask how do you like the campus. >> you get one shot look at me, okay? >> i ask president obama where is the jobs? they are not here. >> what are they going to do to handle the recent immigration problem. >> i would probably ask about global warming. >> you would ask about global warming and it's really cold right now? >> yeah. >> the ice man cometh. >> how would you procedure advertise poor for t

. >> reporter: now, the political science professor said there was no major gaps or lines, but that they were well prepared. live in santa clara, california, i'm maureen naylor. >> many people join mitt romney as they watched the debate at his hotel in asheville, north carolina. romney was campaigning there earlier in the day and said he was certain that paul ryan would do great. president obama caught the first part of the debate on air force one. the president had been campaigning and fundraising in south florida. the president called his running mate earlier today wishing him good luck. >>> we have posted more videos. look for the news tab right on the front page. >> they will face off again next week in their own debate scheduled for next tuesday the 16th at 6:00 p.m. now, it is being held here at the university in new york and it will be a town hall meeting format. those in the audience will be able to ask the candidates about foreign and domestic policy issues, moderated by the cnn reporter. so now how will you vote? you can take the ktvu election quiz on our facebook page as you c

. >> reporter: now, the political science professor said there was no major gaps or lines, but that they were well prepared. live in santa clara, california, i'm maureen naylor. >> many people join mitt romney as they watched the debate at his hotel in asheville, north carolina. romney was campaigning there earlier in the day and said he was certain that paul ryan would do great. president obama caught the first part of the debate on air force one. the president had been campaigning and fundraising in south florida. the president called his running mate earlier today wishing him good luck. >>> we have posted more videos. look for the news tab right on the front page. >> they will face off again next week in their own debate scheduled for next tuesday the 16th at 6:00 p.m. now, it is being held here at the university in new york and it will be a town hall meeting format. those in the audience will be able to ask the candidates about foreign and domestic policy issues, moderated by the cnn reporter. so now how will you vote? you can take the ktvu election quiz on our facebook page as you c

political science department. the other courses are the upper level elective courses for the majors also for students from other majors across the naval academy. >> so, what are some of the frequent questions you get from e cadets? >> they are midshipmen. yes, indeed. 's a common name they are connected at the west point air force and coast guard.  mideast. >> yes. so, the mids have lots of questions and they are particularly curious about the president's role. this fall in teaching the campaigns and elections class and they are very interested in the questions of influence. who has influence in the presidential election which the states are particularly important, how the candidates are targeting particular groups. the attention that they give to the questions of the role of commander in chief, and there hasn't been as much emphasis on that in this presidential election as there are and others. >> can members of the

science literate. we will begin with congresswoman baldwin. glammed -- baldwin: well, i love this question. i was a math major in college double major in mathematic and political science. and i used to say that or somebody say that be and there would be an automobile gasp in the room. but i believe very strongly that the key to economic growth in this country, as i said earlier when we talked about jobs, are investments in education, and innovation and research. we make things in this state. we have seen that decline. but we need to start doing it again and that means we need engineers, and scientists and other innovators and entrepreneurs. i agree with the president that we need to make a huge semp on emphasis on getting 100,000 new stem teachers across the schools. thompson: education is really basic. we have to do everything we possibly can to improve the education quality, the graduates, college graduates, and vocational training in america. when i was governor, i was able to pick up two-thirds of the cost of education. the biggest increase ever so that local property taxpayers could have a break and we could put more money in to schools i increased the mo

science literate? >> well, i love this question. i was a math major in college, a double major in mathematics and political science.and there would be an audible gasp in the room. i believe very strongly that the key to economic growth in this country, as i said earlier and we talked about jobs, are investments in education and innovation and research. we make things in this state. we have seen that decline. we need to start doing that again, and that means we need engineers and scientists and other innovators and entrepreneurs. i agree with the president that we need to make an emphasis -- 100,000 youths across american schools. >> education is really basic. we have to do everything we possibly can to improve the education quality, the graduates, college graduates and vocational training in america. when i was governor, i was able to pick up 2/3 of the cost of education, the biggest increase ever so that local property tax payers could have a break and we could put more money into schools. i increased the money for the university of wisconsin. i set up vocational programs for individuals that are not going to univ

majoring in architectural natural resources. >> whatever that is. >> last but not least, student government president -- wow -- adam rotti who is studying political sciencecot? "a," the fighting pickle? "b" -- >> keep going. keep going. >> banana slug, the leafy sea dragons or the trolls? >> go. >> the leafy thing. >> the leafy sea dragon. university of georgia school of the arts. while the trolls are from trinity college. question two. in the climactic scene in the film "rudy," what football team is notre dame playing when rudy finally gets in the game? university of southern california? georgia tech? university of michigan? or "d," university of tennessee? >> get it right. >> come on, you're on your own. >> michigan. >> not university of michigan. what do you think? >> georgia tech? >> georgia tech. okay. next question. listen up. on the periodic table of elements, the symbols "k" and "h" each stand for what? is it -- >> oh, oh! >> tennessee. >> natural resources. >> helium, carbon and mercury, potassium and hydrogen or krypton and hydrogen? >> potassium and hydrogen. >> it's potassium and hydrogen. all right. next question. >> cheater! >> next questio

major speculation and i want to be more careful. i think the general wisdom gom of the political science literature is that when there is some kind of a disaster, it is usually easier for the incumbent zero to occupy that space, that is a national function of government. >> rose: meaning that the incumbent gains something because he is in a seat of power and, therefore, he is even responding to an emergency. >> that obama can go and staley stay in washington, d.c. and monitor the disaster, right, and the press corps will treat that a as being appropriate and presidential strategy where romney goes and has. >> rose: a fund raiser. >> a fund raise never ohio and say it is just a campaign rally, so maybe it reflects bias media coverage but it does put him in more of a corner. >> has there been and is it still a momentum for governor romney that came out of the first geability in denver? >> so .. we perceived, we don't perceive anymore momentum for romney, and let me define momentum, how we would think of it and that means are you still making gapes in the polls? and what we found a is that romney gained for a couple of weeks, after den

ed rollins is a fox news contributors, he's had major roles in nine campaigns, and susan estrich is a law of political science she, too, is a fox news contributor. so gallup shows romney with a five-point lead, it's been a week like that, but it was seven points, it was six points, now it's five points. ed, your perspective on the latest gallup numbers. >> you know, my sense is everybody argues with polls they don't like, but to me it's always about motion, who's moving forward. and for literally a week, ten days all the movement has been on the romney side. so whatever poll you take, he's got the motion. so my sense is that whatever they're doing is working. he's now an acceptable alternative. the debate last night he sort of passed the commander in chief qualification. he looked presidential. and my sense is they both have to execute their game plan in the last two weeks, but he's in a very good position. he is an acceptable alternative to the president. megyn: susan, the stories today aren't how mitt romney is playing offense over the electoral college map and barack obama is playing defense over that same

science literate? >> well, i love this question. i was a math major in college, a double major in mathematics and political science. i used to say that and there would be an audible gasp in the room. i believe very strongly that the key to economic growth in this country, as i said earlier and we talked about jobs, are investments in education and innovation and research. we make things in this state. we have seen that decline. we need to start doing that again, and that means we need engineers and scientists and other innovators and entrepreneurs. i agree with the president that we need to make an emphasis -- 100,000 youths across american schools. >> education is really basic. we have to do everything we possibly can to improve the education quality, the graduates, college graduates and vocational training in america. when i was governor, i was able to pick up 2/3 of the cost of education, the biggest increase ever so that local property tax payers could have a break and we could put more money into schools. i increased the money for the university of wisconsin. i set up vocational programs for individuals that a