and every time ralph nader comes to busboys and poets, you get a gift. this is a perfect present for the holiday to give friends. so if you want to have it personalized to a friend that you want to give it to, please stick around afterwards. we're going to have a book-signing here. so i'd like to welcome to our stage, one more time, mr. ralph nader. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much, andy. we all read the cover article of the "washington post" magazine this last sunday where he's called democracy's restaurateur, something that i thought was an inappropriate label for him, and he brings so many people together. it's so good for many of you come this evening. we want to welcome booktv. c-span is here, so we'll stress the informality of this effort as this is tradition of booktv, which is going to relay some of your comments as well. now, we've all heard about dozens of corporate abuses, and we've all heard how ineffectual the responses have been to these corporate predatory activities, whether they're economic, financial

ralph nader. [applause] >> thank-you. >> thank you. thank you very much. we all read the cover article in the "washington post" magazine this past sunday. democracy's restaurateur. something that i thought was inappropriate level for him. you bring so many people together. very give you to come this evening. want to welcome book tv. c-span is here. so we will stress the informality of this effort as this is tradition of book tv, which is going to replace some of your comments as well. now, we have all heard about dozens of corporate abuses. we have all heard how ineffectual the responses of ben to these corporate credit for it -- predatory activities, whether economic, financial, health, safety, environmental, war, poverty, damaging, posterity. again and again the media, although it could do much better, does report phar-mor then we as citizens are organized to use, whether it's national, international, local, or regional. and the district of columbia bereft of any voting rights in the congress's an example of that. that documented many times, and we have

host: could ron paul be the next ralph nader? they could vote their conscience and voiced their frustration. could i ron paul b. the next ralph nader? guest: we are not that much alike. if ron paul feels badly treated by the republicans. mitt romney hardly ever goes after ron paul. if he makes them into an adversary, ron paul can get the libertarian party nomination and win 10% of the vote. i do not think the republicans want that. they just want a two-party contest. host: you said you are not that much alike. but there are things that you do like about ron paul. here is a tweet. let's go to west virginia. caller: good morning. i would say that one of the best documentaries ever about your work and your campaigns is a movie called "unreasonable man." you can watch it instantly on netflix. joe paterson is one of those hypocritical democrats. the people who came after you during your campaigns, be little your campaigns. now that you are not running, they're saying, what a great man he is. the hypocritical democrats who say he is a

discriminated against -- >> host: of course. >> guest: but, i mean, if they got better scores than ralph nader, ralph shouldn't have been in there. >> host: but, you see, pat, here is the point. you give too much credence. you've got to look into the s.a.t. nonsense. it's heavily correlated with family income. overwhelmingly. far better are the assessment tests. >> guest: wells, let me ask you -- >> host: not a, b, c, d, none to have above. do you know this about economics, do you know this about history? the assessment test. harvard and all the ivy league use these multiple choice which correlated with family income. >> guest: family income? >> host: yeah. >> guest: well, you know, when i was growing up, a lot of guys were very wealthy with family income, maybe they got rich by some scheme or something, but most of them these lawyers and doctors were very smart people, and that's why they made more money. >> host: yeah. well, anyway, i want to go on to one other thing here. because i think you're overestimating the clashes. i think corporate commercial culture is pervasive, i think a lot of -

the super rich can save us." >> ralph nader is here. after three years in office, what do you think of president obama? >> i do not think he has been aggressive enough. they seem to run the show. he should never have run the government in a way to allow republicans to control the house, so now, he has the argument that he is gridlock, so he cannot do anything, but he did have two years when he could have done a lot more, but he is not a very transforming president, as one writer has pointed out. he is not that. he is also too concessionary to wall street, not tough enough on law and order on the wall street crooks. the unemployed workers. the taxpayers. in on the military, i think he is even worse than george w. bush. he has been aggressively flouting any sovereignty of any nation, going anywhere on his own sake, and he has turned himself into a prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner, and that is a serious issue with law, and that is why there is a new group that is a forthcoming caucus in the congress on the misuse of intelligence to

has paul got what ralph nader had? with us today, "new york magazine"'s john heilemann, nbc news' andrea mitchell, the "washington post"'s nia-malika henderson and "the huffington post"'s howard fineman. if mitt romney wins in new hampshire, this would be the first time a republican has ever won the first two, iowa and new hampshire. but he still can't win those who call themselves very conservative. just 14% of them voted for him in iowa. that enthusiasm gap is a young problem for republicans this fall. they're asking themselves what would it look like if the republican convention come tampa time with the more moderate romney accepting the nomination? would republicans by rallying around him or dying inside? howard, that's the question. what would it feel like for a mostly tea party, conservative republican party, angry at obime with all kinds of attitude and gut feeling to put a guy like mitt romney on the stage who's so cool and unseemingly conservative? >> first of all, never would victory seem more boring. second,

plus ralph nader. now he's turning his focus on cisco systems and what they should do with their cash. and can twitter help you be a better trader? we've got a guest that tracks social media sentiment to help make trading decisions. find out what he's watching rite now. live from the nasdaq market site. this is "fast money." the results of amazon sending shares sharply lower in the after-hours. it's also the guidance that is trading below forecasts in terms of revenue also could post an operating loss for the current quarter. >> amazon is a phenomenal company. i love the product. it's the valuation. it almost doesn't matter what they put out there. the valuation to me is so stretched they can't possibly grow into it in time sort of to have this work out. so i think that -- you know, down 15 or 20 bucks, i still wouldn't touch it. the valuation is still crazy even though i think they do so many things right. but they have to sort of ignore where their stock is trading. >> this is the tumble in the after

i w sitting there was ralph nader. i went into the little off stage holding room. he said you look pale. i said yes. he was tickled pink to see the reaction of all of us. his philosophy, i think, was extraordinarily important and set a new tone. the theory was simple. if you included folks in the policy discussions on the way in, they will be more inclined on the way out to sell the american people to support you or if they disagreed with you, to disagree with civility rather than rankor. given his personality and style, that was important for him. the president came in with very strong feelings that he wanted to listen to what everybody had to say. if you cared enough to organize as an interest group, you probably had something intelligent to say about a topic. he was a ver rash yus reader of public policy. the clean air act discussions where he met in the roosevelt room. the president knew more about co 2 and emissions than socks and rocks. i said where the hell did that come from? hey, i have been vice president for eight years. thank you very much. i do read. h

to him i don't know i'm certainly not going to vote for mitt romney i don't know maybe i'll call ralph nader national. dimitri thank you for sharing your very passionate insights with your frustration i think a lot of americans share that frustration with you that was senior producer for our teeth capital account. and tension heating up in the middle east take a look at this. iran has fired a cruise missile today further straining the country's relationship with the u.s. europe and israel the focus now is in the critical strait of hormuz a waterway where about six of the world's oil is transported by see this as hawkish rhetoric on both sides suggest another war in the middle east is virtually so when it comes to foreign policy what's in store for two thousand and twelve to discuss a range of foreign policy issues earlier i spoke to pepe escobar and gave me his predictions for the year ahead take a look. two thousand and twelve is going to be a really really hard core either it's brinkmanship and blustering on both sides us and to run. for a gap that on the thirty first of december or past w

ralph nader. and we would do, you know, we would do a lot of what you saw later on. we did, my husband doesn't kiss me anymore and kaboom, the phones just smoked. couldn't get to them fast enough. shows like that were -- obgyns were great for us. women could audit their own doctor. call. this is when the pill was new and women were complaining about side effects. >> what do you think of the way that television has evolved since your show stopped? >> well, you know, it's hard for me to, i don't want to criticize them, because i took a lot of heat. we did, you know, we brought male strippers to daytime television. it wasn't my idea. i said, where we going to put the microphone? and these guys came out all pumped you know, and they started throwing things and the women in the audience were screaming. i have never seen such unbridled elation and excitement and fun that you -- and all the women were there, your baby sister, your grandmother, were all there. this was in boston. and they had the time of their lives and boy, oh, boy. that was a real -- >> given that you were

do you remember when ralph nader ran in 2000? he took 2,000 votes in florida. that is important.uld pull 200,000 -- >> greg: the it better comparison is perot and what he did with bush. >> bob: those were states that were heavily republican. if perot had not been in the race, the results would haven't been different. >> dana: paul, a lot of college students back him. they are on winter break. their chances of showing up in new hampshire is raised. >> bob: decent weather. >> eric: they may be so stoned they can't find the caucus. >> dana: my goodness. no. >> kimberly: i think palin is running around, she doesn't want to be anyone's v.p. anyone would be happy to get her endorsement. what weight it will carry to be seen. >> dana: they don't hurt you. >> greg: mine does. every time i endorse something it goes bankrupt or they just destroy. >> bob: give her this. she probably could help in iowa. outside of that, the votes are cast. 2008 is forgotten. >> eric: do we a favor. we want to get to charles krauthammer's comment on who the good vice president nominee would be. with romney is

just like steve said, ralph nader, he said people close to the president shut down that effort.hite house denied that. clearing the dnc was worried about a primary challenge. >> neil: bob, thank you very much. >>> think of these headlines. do you think they are fair? media watch, former certain massachusetts governor, they are total boldness. streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use . [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >> neil: now the question is by how much could mitt be it. if google is any gauge, mitt could be it by a lot. john roberts is here to explain from manchester. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, neil. we're back from with our friends from google. what they tell us about what the voters are thinking about and what candidates they will vote for. when it comes to issues, what are they thinking? >> four big i

different dynamic, because in 2000 t reason president obama carried new hampshire i think is because of ralph naderrom al gore. that's one of the things about the campaign. it's not just who's at the top in terms of votes, it's always what are the expectations and i think one of the challenges governor romney has here is the expectations are very high for him. >> it's funny, you say that, just as an observer, what surprised you about this primary? i can tell you just personally, i can't believe i haven't seen any attack ads, and that's sort of different for a new hampshire primary. what surprised you. >> there hasn't been the same level of grass roots activity. my husband and i went through the seacoast and we only saw two signs, going through durham, dover and ports smichlt there's still republicans there and campaigns in a primary always wanted to get out to all republicans and there are a lot of independents and there are going to be a lot of independents voting in this election. >> what is it that president obama has to do to sort of win back some of these independents. off the economy is not s

i vote for ralph nader. i just have to vote my conscience. and my vote does not count any way.now my vote will be democrats, and i do not to worry. it does not matter. that is all i have to say. thank you. new orleans go to where charlie joins us on the republican line. caller: the republican party is about white people. welfare --talk about where fa host: you called in on the republican line come as a you are republican? caller: yes, i am republican. host: so are you concerned about that? caller: i am concerned about the racial profiling. [inaudible] thank you. host: if you are still with us, who do like the republican field? what do you think about some of the candidates that could not perform as well in the primary? caller: well -- hello? i think mitt romney is going to win. host: you think mitt romney is going to win? caller: i think so. host: let's take a look at one of the speeches last night by a contender in the presidential campaign on the gop side. this time let's hear from newt gingrich. clip: this is up to of a long process. and having both been a historian a long t

we saw that with ralph nader, when he ran, with people feeling that it affected the ultimate outcome2000. i do not have an answer for that. i think that to make an omelet, you have to break some eggs, i guess. to build an independent movement, i do not know what to say, it could impact the outcome of the election. >> -- host: soccer moms became legendary in the 1990's. you broke it down into four categories. first of all, the npr republicans, socially moderate, fiscally conservative, turned away by the gop embrace of the religious right. influential in new england. second, living in the rust belt, the american first democrats, mostly male, standing -- standing for traditional american values. the millennial, mistrustful of organized groups and the two- party system, least reliable to turn out a less motivated by a core issue. fourth, the starbucks moms and dads, the largest voting bloc, tend to be socially moderate, acceptable of the government -- skeptical of the government, education and national security issues being keep. >> -- guest of those are the four key constituencies of th

ralph nader will talk about his latest book.t -- michael singh will talk about iran. that is tomorrow morning, at 7:00 am eastern, here on c-span. shad, lake, on "newsmakers," region -- chad connely, on "newsmakers." >> our road to the white house political coverage takes you on the campaign trail. look at town halls, campaign rallies, and meet and greet. but >> thank you for coming. it was enjoyable. >> it was a pleasure. >> i have a question for you about bringing manufacturing back to the united states. what are your plans to do that? going after the big companies that send work overseas? >> watch your new hampshire primary coverage on c-span television and our website, c- span.org. >> in central new hampshire, newt gingrich held a town hall meeting in wolfeboro. the former reagan national security advisor and former senator bob smith will make remarks as well. currently, the former house speaker is third in the latest polls, behind mitt romney and ron paul. [applause] i am really pleased to be up here. my son went to brewste

also, ralph nader, former presidential candidate and consumer advocate, on his latest book, "only the super rich can save us" and later, michael singh of the washington institute talks about u.s.-iran relations. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern every day here on c-span. >> on "newsmakers" a preview of the january 21 south carolina primary with chad connelly, chairman of the south carolina republican party. he talks about how the south figures into presidential politics. >> if you really want to see the candidates, c-span's "road to the white house political coverage" takes you on the campaign trail. >> go to town halls, campaign rallies and meet and greets. >> thank you for coming. it was enjoyable. >> it's a pleasure to have a listening ear. thank you for giving one. >> i do have a question for you. >> sure. >> you talked about bringing manufacturing back. what are some of the plans to do that? are you planning on taxing some of these big companies for shipping work overseas? >> i want a tax code that clears out all of the loopholes -- >> watch the new hampshire p

we will also have ralph nader, a former presidential candidate. we will wrap up the show with the managing director talking us about the u.s.-iran, and the movement of the military ships through the straits of hormuz. that does it for this edition of the "washington journal." we will see you tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >>

ralph nader had a good idea. none of the above on the ballot. paul should get it, but he will not because he is a shill. thank you. host: wayne macdonald? guest: congressman ron paul has a long and distinguished history. i think that i speak for my counterparts throughout the nation, having spoken with him about candidates, they can speak for themselves. it is a refraction -- reflection of what we all believe. congressman paul's service is certainly appreciated. today we will vote for these candidates and impact their number of delegates. it will be true or around the country. citizen participation is critical. this is not a smoke-filled back room. this is an open process. i wish congressman paul well. we welcome his candidacy. i hope that he does well. between now and the time that the nominee is voted on in florida, i hope that they feel fulfilled. they need it. everyone is needed in this process. the real goal is defeating barack obama. whether it is congressman paul, mitt romney, rick santorum, or newt gingrich, we have got to defeat barack

you had ralph nader on over the weekend saying the president has committed about four or five acts of impeachment -- taking a to war in the middle east, without not only authorization of congress but without even notifying congress. also with this national defense authorization act, which basically gives of the president martial law. we are under martial law right now. we have a dictatorial president who is a global marxist. it is very obvious. none of these candidates -- it is a big show. ron paul -- host: you are supportive of dr. paul. if he does not run as a third party, what happens to your vote as far as republican presidential candidates? caller: i will write in dr. paul because he is the only real candidate, the only real person who is for the people. host: georgia. glenn, a republican line. caller: good morning, pedro. i am kind of leaning toward sanatorium -- santorum. but i want to address the caller who called in and said bush got us into this mess. i would like to know how bush done it. it was the democrats who took over the house and senate in 2006. that is when things w

rausm nader made a difference -- ralph nader made a difference in 2000. he's a legend in the third party movement and just i think a person who is part of the contenders. >> carolyn barta, last 30 seconds, did ross perot make a difference? >> oh, absolutely. i think he was a wake-up call. he put issues on the agenda. and the deficit ended up being a surplus. the budget was balanced during the clinton years. so now maybe that tea party people think that we need another wake-up call. yes, he definitely had an impact. >> as we close out the series, two special thank you's to the producer of this series and a guiding light. and to richard norton smith who has been our consultant in this project and really the brainchild behind it when we first got started thank you both for all your hard work. we close our last program with the look at his theme song, election night, 1992, as he is reading his supporters. >> having just said that, you have to play our campaign theme song, crazy. ok? here we go. crazy. ♪ crazy for feeling so lonely crazy crazy for feeling so b

clinton, a win for al gore when we're talking about ross perot and other third party candidates, ralph naderi look back at 2010 election and the tea party was an important part of why we became as republicans the majority party in the house of representatives, had massive gains in the united states senate. seven seats so i'd like to see that channelled in and i think ron paul has gone to that and i would say also as an aside, just purely politically that would put his son rand paul, senator from kentucky in a sticky situation. >> so you don't see a ron paul or a tea party member rub running as a third party candidate because you believe they will coalesce within the g.o.p. we've seen within the house, that hasn't really happened. >> well, what we've seen is house members united at the end of the day. certainly, there are squabbles but i'll tell you, you know, we're talking to my friends this wee week, worked for speaker boehner and the majority leader cantor, those are good problems to have. the alternative is not being able to stop the obama agenda. that's what this house of representatives

ralph nader wrote a piece recently a few months ago about it, and congressman ron paul has legislation there trying to decriminalized this resources that could be grown in all 50 states and used to be grown in all 50 states. the whole reason why it was criminalize was because it was a threat to the petrochemical industry. any product you can make at a petrochemical you could make out of industrial hemp. i hope you folks report on it and ron paul efforts. that is why i called on republicans, because i have to register to vote for ron paul here in florida as a republican. i look forward to the day when c-span does not have these different numbers. and that is a sign that the people have regained power. thank you very much. guest: the calller knows more about industrial hemp than i do. that is very interesting. thank you for the tip. it is the various ways we have been looking at, but not specific implications for manufacturing. it is going to be interesting to watch the republican candidates moving to south carolina today for the next primary. it will be interesting to watch how they tal

ralph nader gave me a call on the way over. >> you're going to run -- >> now, you're announcing. >> my everybody take a vacation for a year. regroup and let's get back at it. >> i think you've just won. >> fix the housing market. >> so interesting platform and great show. here's a clip. >> he was transforming this dried up landscaping into an exclusive estate. >> nothing going to stop us. >> we're adding some massive gates and tons of color. >> wow. putting a tuxedo on this bad boy. but nothing ever goes according to plan. >> delays, delays, delays. >> we're pulling out all the stops to make this front yard pop. >> oh, yeah! >> never seen anything like this. oh, my goodness! >> wow! so the cool thing is that you have rigged a house that you can control entirely from an ipad. how does it work? >> it's a smarthouse and i love introducing this to everybody out here. you're going to hear more and more about it. you can control everything in the house, drapes and electronic. i built a lazy river in the backyard. 2 miles an hour, you can go around the lazy river with your pina coloda. it's s

i would get younger versions of ralph nader and pat buchanan. i think it is a huge market for chicago -- no, for a down market. pull everybody home abroad, and then just rock, social conservatism and economic populism. i think there is a market for that. >> the perfect third-party candidate is we should take americans elect and give this country what it really needs -- experienced leadership that will add to the phone at 3:00 a.m. -- hillary clinton. "just trying to help began laughing -- just trying to help." [laughter] i think this is less about it more rigid mitt romney and more about the president. in his three years -- just take last year -- there has been 1.7 million private-sector jobs created, the most since 2006. you would not know it, though, based on feeling. he has never had a long run. it has come in spurts. you get four months, you get the surprise on the 200,000 -- we have this panel right now, four months from now, after the heel of four months of consistent, above average, above expectations, 190,000, 200,000, 220,000 -- the fev