. >> i was an independent during the time of reagan bush. reagan bush. >> that was mitt romney when he was running against ted condition di. 18 years later, having taken nearly every position on almost every policy, mitt romney is going back to reagan bush. >> to say that russia is this country's number one political foe is indicative of how mitt romney is really made for the last century and not this one. mitt romney writes i will not allow entitlement spending to swallow the defense budget as happened in europe and now president obama is now allowing here. this is a remarkable statement. not only does he cast dispersions of nato he is also completely out of touch. >> as all the leaders today here agreed, growth and jobs must be a top priority. a stable growing european economy is in everybody's best interest, including america's. >> while romney talks up military spending, the rest of the world is trying to work on economic growth. romney tries to relitigate a conflict with reissue, the rest of the world tries to move forward. most of it h

. >> i was an independent during the time of reagan-bush. i'm not trying to return to reagan-bush. >> that might explain some of the awkwardness when he met with mr. bush to receive his endorsement. there was nowhere near as awkward as what the former president asked in front of that meeting right in front of the reporters. >> have you met with george w. bush and sought his endorsement? >> i haven't met with president george w. bush. we speak from time to time. >> now you see why. >> we speak all the time. >> has he endorsed yet? >> no, no. >> has he? has he? we'll talk about that later. we'll talk about that behind closed doors. less said in public, the better. it's a dilemma, right? miss me yet? in his last year as president he had the highest disapproval numbers of any president in the 70-year history of the gallup poll asking americans that question about their president. if you were mitt romney, would you want that guy's endorsement? my colleague steve schmit tried to convince me that mitt romney would want that endorsement. >> i suspec

element, procedurally, given the guy george bush was, he didn't want to throw on the street his reagan bush appointees as the bush quayle team came in. he said if you would like to stay in your position until your successor is confirmed, you can do that. took until late spring, early summer. that's when you have to do the policy review process, looking for new ideas, jolting ideas. how can an assistant secretary come up with a new or jolting idea in january or february if he or she didn't come up with that in november, december, of the previous administration. sort of a self limitation on that. i recall when we went through the policy review process, "the new york times" in a lead editorial said they've come up with status quo plus. actually, i was sort of happy with the plus, given the fact there were so few new people involved in that process, and that goes into the whole question of nominations, confirmations and how do you get a presidency off the ground. substantively, though, i would look really closely at how much work was done during the transition on trying to set that strategic di

we're just going to keep talking about is going to borrow it just like they have you have you know reagan bush and bush they were the big borrowers certainly do you have any evidence that they'll stop my scene on these because those are republicans so i don't know if you are ok speaking of which speaking of partisan politics in florida it looks like the fix is in you we had after katherine harris strip seventy thousand african-americans off the voting rolls all of them legal citizens back in two thousand george bush won by five hundred thirty six votes now their concern is going to be a title action again and so rick scott said to his secretary of state please find a couple hundred thousand or over one hundred thousand people that we can take off the voting rolls this guy found a bunch of people but he's but he was so horrified by this he quit his job so now scott's got another toady to do this and they've already started taking people off the voting rolls people are getting these letters that say you've been targeted you're not a citizen you have thirty days to to come before a board and prov

what we are experience hearing today. 20 years ago of course we were coming to the end of the reagan -bush era and our nation somehow in the time that has passed between there and 2009 had fallen asleep. and unfortunately an enemy crept in among us, and it planted seeds of discord among the american people. in the last two and a half years we as americans must have learned something, and i have a feeling that the two things that we have learned is, one, if you take for granted liberty and freedom, they can and they will leave you. and, two, is that we as americans must understand that we have enemies all across this world. and they hate us because we're free. they hate us because we have the right to pursue liberty and freedom. there are those who actually covet what we have here in this country. they covet our success, they covet our lifestyles, they covet our wealth. somehow when they see us, and they look around at places like this, the broadmoore, which is a fine, fine place, somehow they think that this just happened. they hear our message, they hear our message that america is a plac

during the horrible days of aparthe apartheid, if any president, reagan bush were to be asked about tremendous individuals they would launch into a defense of those brave men and women and yet no comment from the president. your thoughts on that, if i could. the hurry up offense, time is on our side. we could have worked this pain stakingly before allowing chen to leave the -- leave the embassy. anl finally let me say when chang was in moscow, i met with him in the early 90s when the chinese wanted olympics 2000. he was such a high value political prisoner they thought if they just gave him up, they would get the olympics. when that didn't happen, they re-arrested him. while he was out i had dinner with him. he made a at the same time that he repeated

look who the last nominees have been after reagan. bush, dole, another bush, john mccain, who talks to known democrats and now mitt romney, right? these are not the -- how come we can't get another ronald reagan, right? i've had this thesis for a long time i really need to develop which is among the differences of the party is the republican party has been a more executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic

look at the last nominees after reagan. bush, dole, another bush, john mccain who talks to known democrats. and now mitt romney. right. i mean these are not the -- how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i had this for a long time that i needed to develop which among the differences of the parties that the republican party has been more exclusively maybe all the way back to lincoln. the democratic party for a variety of reasons has been more a legislatively oriented party. why they tend to dominate congress, one of the reasons they govern better when they run congress. there are institutional differences too. one reason you are especially accentuate, right now they control the house. newt gingrich and his dynamic is unthinkable if he had been senator gingrich, i think. back to california, bueller after term limits, the assembly was a food fight. the assembly, the state budget would pass by one vote. and the senate would pass nearly unanimously. what's this about. so after your six years are up in the assembly, get along, go

limiting immigration and changing french trade policies the french people know who he is he's a reagan bush that you're really libertarian and they now know that the policies of austerity and so-called free markets that he's been pushing for years are not only failed it's stupid even if he wins this sunday's election which is unlikely he'll never again be able to push that sort of story libertarian absalom on the french people who dream of one world whether it's run by hitler the polian king george the pope the ottomans the soviets or the american based transnational corporations libertarian paradise is dead and appropriately so now it's time for us to get busy with the work of undoing thirty years of insanity and reclaiming the wealth stolen by the one percent restoring our national independence and economy and building a nation in a world that works because we allow for our differences and we again respect national sovereignty. it's wednesday you ready to rumble joining me for tonight's lone liberal rumble or adam bitly editor in chief of net right daily and marc harrold conservative comm

however did add more debt than all other presidents before him combined and reagan bush bush one clinton and george w. bush all added a higher percentage to the debt and president obama has that was a lie too but as you were saying well. as president obama and old school liberals like him up short more and more of our economy into government and government gets bigger and bigger and the private sector which is efficient gets smaller. everything we do becomes more expensive that's another lie government hasn't gotten bigger and bigger under president obama in fact is this chart shows government spending revenue and debts of all decreased since president obama took office mitt romney is a bit you a liar and he's clearly decided that this is going to be his strategy all the way through november and unfortunately with millionaires and billionaires like karl rove and the koch brothers pledging to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help him get elected it may just work. it's wednesday are you ready to rumble joining me for tonight's lone liberal robillard dustin stockman

from the progressive era through the bush and reagan administration. they were to the right of center but did not challenge the consensus. do we refresh and restore the traditional american consensus? that is what obama represents in this election. >> plenty of things to think about in the run-up to the election. thank you for joining us. he is known as the godfather of soul, and careless performer and talented musician. according to a new biography, he was also deeply troubled individual. the life and music of james brown's sheds light on the musical genius by examining his complicated life. we hear now from the author of the book. >> my book is titled "the one." it was the secret to his music and his being. he hit the first beet harvest. -- he had the first beat the

. >> i was an independent during the time of reagan-bush. the principles that ronald reagan espouse were as true today as when he spoke them. i think people understand that i am a man unsteadiness. >> who is this guy? can you trust him? >> mitt romney's reputation as a flip-flop error -- he has changed his position on a number of issues. >> some people will see changing his mind as convenient. >> it does not seem to have a core. >> i am running for office, for pete's sake. host: that was put together by the democratic national committee. joseph ramirez has this point of view. next is michael on the independent line from florida. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i am independent and a christian. i believe it was adam and eve and not adam and steve. on the inside of a flop, that is romney. for sure. he flip flops on a bidding group but -- on everything. but with obama, see who elected him. wall street. i joined the tea party recently could i have to do what i can to get obama out of this. for the first year of his term, he had the sen

after reagan. bush, dole, another bush and john mccain that talks to known democrats and now mitt romney, right? these are not the - how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i really need to develop a three this. among the republican party that's been executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic party for a variety of reasons is more delegislativy dominated and that's why they run better than republicans can. there's one reason now where your especially suppose to the extremisms that control the house which is the chamber. newt gingrich is unthinkable if he'd been senator i think. in my observation you have to go after term limits and watch the assembly which was always food fight in california. the assembly of the state was passed by one vote and the senate would pass nearly unanimously. after your six years throughout the assembly and a couple of cases someone would be gentile and start throwing food fights again. that's kind of the nature of our institutions that we design them on

after just four years of president obama mitt romney is running on the same platform that harding reagan and bush all ran on and all of them with that platform actually acting out that platform eventually crashed our economy it's simple running a government like a business flat out doesn't work never has never will and there's a pretty simple explanation why that is the declaration of independence spells it out thomas jefferson wrote we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. that's the purpose of government to secure our rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness that's government what's the purpose of a corporation to secure profits that's it corporations don't exist to secure the right to life if they did health insurance companies wouldn't be denying children preexisting conditions life saving medical care to maximize their profits corporations don't exist to

his five for nixon, ford, carter, reagan, and bush. >> they had all been turned out of office. >> had to spend much time on them? >> when you could only write a book of so many pages that was the place to start. hoover goes up to truman on the diocese of ike swearing in says let's start a president's club. truman says great. bbv president. i will be the secretary. -- you be the president appeared i will be the secretary. >> they were joking, but that language, reagan uses it with .archecarter their souvenirs. at one. kennedy center's eisenhower a bunch of golf balls with the presidential seal and says i cannot use these in new a the only one that legitimately can. >> when reagan leaves office, here are some rules are going to need to follow. you're going to have to say no most of the time. they what try to drag you into financial deals. you have to ignore this. people will try to take advantage of you. we will talk about this as it goes on. we will have to consult. there is a kind of real process. even now, the chiefs of staffs talk quite aent's bit in e-mail quite a bit. >> i want to

. >> when i was a marine at camp david, under the reagan and bush administrations. it's surrounded by woods. a lot of deer and wild life. >> it's serene -- serene. quiet. you can take a stroll, the president can, knowing that the marines, air force and everyone up there in secret service are guarding him and he with k relax. >> we live down here. and we'll see the president's motorcade and the helicopters flying and everything. >> reporter: there's always some frustration here. >> putting our kids' life at risk. plus, i have my pit bull with me. he's fine. he'll protect me. >> reporter: but there are signs of a warm welcome. auto hard not to find a place decked out in red, white and blue. it's the american way. >> reporter: people in town are pretty much amused for the most part. because we live it. camp david is just over the hill from us. we see camp david coming and going. auto really in the anything that we don't see on a daily basis. >> reporter: and there's certainly a lot of drama going on behind the scenes with the tension between the united states and russi

. >> when i was a marine at camp david, under the rage know -- reagan and bush administrations.s surrounded by woods. >> it's serene, quiet. the president can take a stroll, knowing the marines and air force and everyone up there is guarding him and he can relax. >> we live up here in camp david on the mountain. when the president is up there, we'll see helicopters flying everywhere. >> reporter: along with the excitement, there's also some frustration here. >> put our kids' life at risk. plus, i have my pit bull with me. he's fine. he'll protect me. >> reporter: but there are signs of a warm welcome. it's hard to find a place not decked out in red, white and blue. it's the american way. >> people in town are pretty much amused, for the most part. because we live it. camp david is just over the hill from us. so we see the president coming and going. we see dignitaries coming and going. it's really not anything we don't see on a daily basis. >> reporter: and at times, it seemed like there were more police than protestors. the local government still hasn't been reimbursed from the

the republican party under reagan, bush senior, bush ii ran up $10 billion worth of debt. and the second thing they did was they deregulated the savings and loan in '87. look what happened. they had a recession then. a bad one. i went back to college and got another degree because i couldn't get a job. >> guest: thank you for your call. i mentioned this earlier. we focus on this administration because it is the administration that's in power. but i think we need to look back, we need to be careful about its both parties that contributed to the debt and deficit. but the question is now not at the past, it's about how we're going to really move forward as a nation. how we collectively are going to figure out how we can cut spending, stop spending money we don't have, and most importantly put together a pro-growth economic agenda where we can send a message to our businesses and we can get the economy back on our feet and get the american people back to work. we've had 30 plus months of unemployment above 8%. that's a disaster for the american people. and underemployment prob

black church has strategized, immobilized in the midst of slavery and jim crow and in midst of reagan and the bushes. this is not the hardest time the black church has ever seen to mobilize our community. we cannot get to a place in which we have a black woman, a black mom, two black children and a black dog in the white house and now act like we've lost our mojo. amen, somebody. but you've got to remember who you are. get your swagger back. amen. you used to be beautiful. you used to be beautiful. i mean, really, it's time to reclaim who you are and what you do. and say, no, we know how to do this. we've done it before. we've done it in worse times than this and we can do it again with god on our side. but you've got to stop -- get the excuses off the table and remember who you are and whose you are. >> let's give all of our panelists a big round of applause. i just want to close this session by saying this one thing. in our community in the black community, we have always elevated our pastors. always. from the beginning of time. we have elevated you here today. but, remember, that you still have a

war era, the only two presidents under which the size of the federal government shrank, not reagan, nixon bushl it's a fact. so next time you are lectured by a republican member of congress who voted for all the budget busting measures under the previous administration, remind them of that record on my behalf. >> we're about to have a test of that. watch. >> what would the united states look like at the end of 2013 in terms of jobs, unemployment and economic growth. >> you would see a dramatic change in the perspective of small businesses, entrepreneurs, middle sized businesses and large multinationals who would say that america looks like a good place to invest. >> would you like to be more specific about what the unemployment rate would be like? >> i cannot predict precisely what the rate would be at the end of one year but at the end of four years we get the rate down to 6%, perhaps a little lower. >> promising to get the rate down to 6% or maybe lower by the end of his first term. 6%. here's the test. what did he say president obama should be held to? >> the unemployment rate has dropped t

he joined president richard nixon's cabinet and served under presidents ford, reagan and bush 43. his memoir "known and unknown" is now out in paper back and it chronicles everything as his time as a middle east envoy to one of the president's closestt% foreign policy advisors. as the u.s. ends tour two wars and faces turmoil in the middle east, i'm pleased to have donald rumsfeld back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: we talked for 30 minutes about this book, this is the paper back. let me just ask this question. suppose i pore over this. >> which i hope you will. >> there will be a quiz the next time i see you. (laughs) >> rose: i'm sure. look at you run for congress right there. >> think of that. with the hat on in 1962. >> rose: chicago, it must have been cold that day. >> indeed. what do you want us to know about donald rumsfeld other than he had this long and high level experience in public affairs. >> i think a couple of things. i've lived with a third of our country's his o)gÑ that says what a young country it is and what an interesting sweep it's been and wha

war and the role of the united states and think they're talking about ronald reagan but they're actually talking about george bush. i'd like to make four points in the time allotted me. one that the oral histories bring granularity to our understanding of president bush's national decision making system. despite strong differences amongst the players, the system was flexible and collegial. president bush expected loyalty, secrecy and time, and the system remarkably for contemporary washington gave him all three. he expected these three elements because the bush decision-making process called by some interviewees the listening bush, required that the president have time to kansas the opinions of his top advisers and allies and take advantage of u.s. intelligence. let's not forget that he had benefited and understood the weakness and strengths and has been described in a number of different oral histories as a superb consumer of u.s. intelligence. although an emotional man, and that's a very important point that we do have to discuss today. i hope we will today. george bush knew himself well enough, he knew what he

i worked for president reagan and president bush the first, and i think you can't make the perfect, the enemy of the good. you can't sit around saying we're not going to get anything done until we solve every problem in the world. that's never going to happen. you have it pick out the things you think are the worst problems and where you can move forward and do it. and i don't know that corporate tax rates can be done in isolation, because if that reduces revenues it has got to be offset. but it doesn't mean we have to solve every -- if we can have comprehensive tax reform of both corporate and individual, that's to me would be ideal. but if you're talking purely about let's get the, as much power as we can behind the broader economy, then i think cutting corporate-level tax rates would be the way to do it. >> well, you anticipated my next question, which is, if you cut corporate tax rates in isolation, and do nothing else, you make the revenue side worse. you make the deficit and debt side worse. how do you address that in isolation? >> again, both parties have in theory embraced the i