and really held the party together, mirs as treasurer of the democratic national committee and then as chairman of the democratic national committee, and the democratic party then looks like the republican party today in that it's very fractured and an extreme wing, starting in, you know, 72. the democrats and the republicans have a tea party. they are still there, and he came in at a key time and researchedded his time at the dnc first. the first chapter that he wrote. started in the middle, and his election to the chairmanship, and the national archives have all the transscripts from the dnc meetings, executive committee meetings, and these are pretty dull reading material. [laughter] bob was known around town and around the country because he was a household name when he was chairman which you can want say of the current rnc chairman. i was laughing at the national archives. they frown upon everything in the inarm archives, but especially upon laughing. [laughter] bob was hilarious. he went about the job of keeping the party together with a sense of humor, and during this -- it was a very controversial election when he became a chairman. this was after mcgovern lost in 19 # 7 # #. ni

in america the pre-election wall of war is between republicans and democrats is heating up ahead of november's presidential vote rock obama's party's convening to form a new nominee to him as a candidate and hit back against criticism from their opponents republican mitt romney's camp has accused the incumbent leader of a failing to deliver the promised results on high unemployment and recovering from recession but the democrats claim the country is better off now than when obama stepped into office the president's current be tied with his challenger in public polls let's not get some reaction from wes benedicts a member of the third largest political force in america terry and. that's about it they don't think very much for joining us here on our team that mitt romney and barack obama are going to great lengths to point out the differences in their policies but how much of a choice will americans really have when they head to the polls in november. well most of them will select the same choice which is either the republicans or democrats that's unfortunate because while they talk like you kno

and is not left versus right or democrat versus republican and.t is the ruling elite verses the regular people. [applause] john: kennedy said what do you mean by weak? not if they give us orders. >> they mean people who think alike some describe two different velocities but that diversity of thought makes our country great. john: and think you. coming up i will tell you what president obama should have said. john: the obama administration and announced the campaign theme for were. in makes me wonder for work? bankruptcy? serfdom? obama's campaigned yes we can and enthusiast said yes we did. what did they do that makes them proud? yes we did increased military spending. of spending. a lot. another $4 trillion in debt. we continue our pointless war on drugs. we took over american health care without reading the bill. hear this. is we did pass more regulation. not as many rules as president bush but obama cost more. we now have thousands of pages of rules for you to obey. you don't understand? it will bankrupt you? don't worry. you will get an except

republicans and democrats will come together. he can't do it. >> jay, i guess the question is, when you hear mitt romney say i can change washington, i will change washington, i'll bring republicans and democrats together, it just seems like a totally -- doesn't seem -- that's not the guy that you necessarily think of in this sort of big like change like moment, you know. he has not been that kind of candidate. the other thing i thought was interesting, republicans and democrats will work together. there has been not a lot of doving of the hat to the other side of the aisle in this election cycle and certainly not in mitt romney. >> i think we all keep waiting for specifics. and, obviously, the debates will be somewhat telling. i can't imagine him getting through debates without saying something specific, but lowering taxes and cutting the deficit two contradictory goals are the only general points of policy that i can really pin on mitt romney. you know, i think, you know, i think it was a little bit odd and unfortunate that the

and i'm here to help you. i was a good laugh line under republican meeting. i think the democrats, despite what is going on, have stretched out their hand. barack obama agreed that there would be no taxes in the new budget, just spending time spirit and the house republicans would mix up. so i don't think it's the same on both sides and i think things are suggesting would help anyone to suggest the mouse of an oklahoma. >> i do suggest an oklahoma, everywhere, all over the country. i think people will have different ideas about which party is worse or where it came from, i mean, you mentioned obama's outreach and i think he did with double what he did. nancy pelosi said no, we won the election. will write the bills. there are some people on the republican side this a totally outrageous nasty things, but they have a hard time competing with harry reid in that regard. but we have to do is break it down where people like that can sit together and say what's good for the country, not how do i score political points for my party? and i agree, we do. today say something to your ploy abo

and which convention was more of a party for the political press? >> the republican convention is over. ♪ the democraticion done, too. which party's party had the press dancing in the aisles? and cheering for a win? and what can we expect from the media now? find out nex >> the republican convention shortened by a day because of a hurricane threat held the media spotlight for three days and that spotlight then moved to charlotte for the past week for the coverage of the democratic convention and about 15,000 members of the media attended each one. both conventions featured the wives of the candidates trying to convince voters their husband is the best choice and the rising stars in both parties also made prime time appearances taking their turn to ref up the crowd and the vice-president pick gave their speeches and gave the american people a chance to compare two choices and the two candidates did their best to convenes voters that their plan is the best for america's future. and so, you know, the same kinds of conventions from each side of the aisle. how would you compare the coverage? >> well, actuall

i have a proud record of working with both republicans and democrats, which is what our nation needs. somebody that can come to washington and say let's forget all the finger pointing and get positive things done on medicare, prescription drugs, social security, and so i take him for his word. >> jim, if i could just respond. i know that. the governor used the phrase phony numbers, but if you look at the plan and add the numbers up, these numbers are correct. he spends more money for tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% than all of his new spending proposals for health care, prescription drugs, education and national defense all combined. i agree that the surplus is the american people's money, it's your money. that's why i don't think we should give nearly half of it to the wealthiest 1%, because the other 99% have had an awful lot to do with building the surplus in our prosperity. >> three-and-a-half minutes is up. new question. >> i hope it's about wealthy people. >> governor bush, you have a question. this is a companion question to the question i asked vice president gore. you have que

and is not left versus right or democrat versus republican and.ite verses the regular people. [applause] john: kennedy said what do you mean by weak? not if they give us orders. >> they mean people who think alike some describe two different velocities but that diversity of thought makes our country great. john: and think you. coming up i will tell you with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! put it on my spark card! [ high-pitched ] nice doin' business with you! [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? or double miles on every purchase, every day! questions. when you're caring for a loved one with alzheimer's, not a day goes by that you don't have them. questions ab

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and is not left versus right or democrat versus republican and.is the ruling elite verses the regular people. [applause] john: kennedy said what do you mean by weak? t if they give us orders. >> they mean people who think alike some describe two different velocities but that diversity of thought makes our country great. john: and think you. coming up i will tell youn't fo. i was always interrupting my teammates. earlier in my career, my coach approached me. he said, "i think that, you know, sometimes i don't feel like you're focused." so the next day, i went and saw a doctor. it was my adhd. like many kids with adhd, i didn't outgrow it. if you were diagnosed with adhd as a kid, you might still have it. find out more. take a quiz at ownitquiz.com to help recognize the symptoms. then talk with your doctor. it's your adhd. own it. john: the obama administration and announced the campaign theme for were. in makes me wonder for work? bankruptcy? serfdom? obama's campaigned yes we can and enthusiast said yes we did. what did they do that makes them pro

of the aisle because i believe if we are going to solve the problems facing the nation, republicans and democrats will have to come together and solve them. >> you have one minute. >> i think it is very important we do work together. we do on many issues. one of the things i recall working across party lines is for the elimination of the state tax. -- the estate tax. i worked with mr. brady and we worked together to eliminate that tax. that was across party lines and breaking with my own party to make sure we do what i think is right for the american people. one of the issues that is very important and we talk about a lot is jobs. and making sure we provide an environment where we can create good-paying jobs and keep them right here in the state of nevada. small businesses, making sure we pass the hire act, which my opponent voted against. the small business jobs back to which my opponent voted against. making sure we make nevada the clean energy jobs capital of the united states, which my opponent voted against investments for renewable energy. >> senator heller, nevada is the leader of national

i arer when george wallace said there is not a dime's worth of difference between the republicans and the democrats. for those paying attention, there is not a dime's worth of difference between mitt romney and the republican fringe. sarah palin accused the president of palling around with terrorists. romney accuses obama of sympathizing with the attackers in the mideast. he not only exploits the range winlg of the right he is enjoying it. the birthers say obama isn't one of us. romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. today, the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name appear on the ballot. the birthers are still at it. they want more evidence of the president's legitimacy. his birth certificate isn't enough. his new ally, newt gingrich, talks of our food stamp president. one state after another tries to limit minority voting in the cause of making out the president as the other, the foreigner who needs in the words of romney surrogate, john sa into into, to learn how to be an american. the campaign is coherent, comprehensive. to convince the working class white guy ob

the republicans >>> california democratic chairman john burden makes headlines he spoke on kcbs and compare the republican vice- presidential candidate paul ryan to let not see leader known for creating propaganda during the holocaust >>> they lied then in care that they lied to us like joseph garbles the big lie you keep repeating that was curveballs the big lion face said that care about fax they're going to lie it is not a pejorative to talk about their >>> no question he went too far >>> political analyst joe touman says it is the wrong message to send a day before the democratic convention >>> i would be mad is that they one has read this thing up the lead story in the news cycle is about that of the california democratic party comparing republicans to not seize that is not the kind of introduction you want. >>> after getting pummeled by republicans and democrats including the jewish coalition john burton released this statement called a did not call republicans not to ignore what i ever i did not even use the word paul ryan and republicans are consulted i homily i humbly apolo

but this is a huge ideological difference between the republicans and democrats and the democrats saidwell last night. they said you are in the government. >> this is the part that's amazing to hear from republicans again and again. this notion that somehow they have the answers. 8 years you had control of the government. 8 years. you passed these policies that helped create this crisis. mitt romney does not have one policy different than george bush. >> i strongly disagree with you on that one. >> you talk about the deficit. i don't see the have you cans willing to negotiate about the deficit. >> they have. what do you think paul ryan has done with his budget. >> i know the budget. you cannot -- i don't care what paul ryan says ... you cannotific the budget without revenue and cutting spending. when paul ryan says it can happen without tax, without revenues and some times of -- >> 40 cents of every dollar we are spending is borrowed money. we can't sustain that. megyn: i have got to leave it at that. thank you, ben, chris, a pleasure. what happens now that the pentagon has accused a n

and it's true for republicans and democrats, as well. you do not know how many hours every single week, how many hours every single day people walk into the democratic senate campaign committee or the republican committee. and you know what they do? they dial for dollars. they dial for dollars, hour after hour after hour. >> who are they calling? >> they're calling a list of people who have money. that's who they're calling. and what happens when you do that day after day, month after month, your worldview becomes shaped by those people. and most of the money coming into your campaign coffers comes from those people. and you begin representing their perspective. >> well, there are more -- it's more than that, isn't it? because you just released a long report on the billionaires -- >> absolutely. >> who are pouring money into the -- >> absolutely. we have right now, and this should frighten every american, as a result of this disastrous citizens united decision, we're looking now at people like the koch brothers, putting in one family, $40

his speech to go to commercial and never would have happened with the democratic convention, never. >> what about the coverage of the platforms, ellen, you know, the republicantform was derided as extreme and right wing and so, for the democratic platform didn't steam to get the same kind of scrutiny. >> it did, although i have to say that the democrats-- i mean, it did in terms of one issue, but we pretty much knew where the democrat platform was going, it's been in one form or another very similar since 1948, actually, in which first came out with some health care. but it's interesting, the democrats actually put a copy of the platform on everybody's seat and all the media got it, too. so they did a different kind of thing with this platform and i don't think that was covered at all by any actually. >> brian williams of nbc was preoccupied with the republican platform and its lack of exception on the abortion plank, but he had nothing to say when it came to the democratic platform totally open on abortion up to the moment of live birth and partial birth. a double standard. so the other thing that the media doesn't do or covered the two conventions differen

12 years after his presidency and we have reinvented once again what his presidency was all about, it was an era of bipartisan deal making between democrats and republicans on welfare, on spending it was a time of economic prosperity and republicans and democrats apparently didn't hate each other. of course that is a significant revision of reality, but both parties at this point have an interest in making that revision, the republicans are using bill clinton as their touchstone to say that obama guy he is no bill clinton, bill clinton was a man of the center and a bipartisan figure, obama is a leftist and of course in clinton's interest to refashion his presidency is one of grave success and bipartisan achievements all of which forgets the various struggles and painful fights that happened to get to where they finally got to. >> so what did you think of clinton last night? >> oh, he is masterful, one of the things that i find interesting is his evolution as a speaker, the first big speech i ever saw him by, i was on the floor of the 1988 convention in atlanta and he laid such an egg that when he said in conclusion, the delegates cheered, and he got bett

through my foundation, both in america and around the world i am working all the times with republicans, democrats and independents i couldn't tell you who i am working with because we work on solving problems and seizing opportunities and not fighting all the time. [ cheers and applause ] >> so here is what i want to say to you and here is what i want the people at home to think about. when times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. what works in the real world is cooperation. what works in the real world is cooperation. business and government, foundations and universities, ask the mayors who are here. >> los angeles is getting green and chicago is getting an infrastructure bank because republicans and democrats are working together together. they didn't check their brains at the door and didn't stop disagreeing but their purpose was to get something done. now, why is this true? why does cooperation work better than constant conflict? because n

there are five republicans and four democrats. i will speak for somewhat longer. but this is basically all you need to know. if there is a takeaway i've gotten to the point earlier there are five republicans and four democrats and that tells you much of what you need to know. it is true the justices where the roads because they are supposed to look alike and it's supposed to give the perception that they are all pretty much the same. but just as the united states congress is a deeply divided according to the party, so is the united states supreme court, and this is a moment of partisan division at the supreme court, and of that is exemplified in case after case. why this is of important you need to go back in history in the supreme court to a different period in the court to the mid 60's and the late 50's because that was the last time because it was a unified ideological force. it was a divided so narrowly. there were seven liberals on the supreme court in the late days of the war on court and there was a liberal agenda. every saturday morning the chief justice wa

plus it's almost dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to set apart their remarkably similar plan. b. but with more on those stories with the news team and other stories for in fifty minutes from now in the meantime the latest in the world of sports with kate's. but i thank you for joining me for this force to help on the. front runner as the red bulls fail to finish mclaren's louisana also holds up sergio perez to win his first ever a tally and drawn from paul to go second to the overall standings. while fighting through holder novi joke of it comes back from a second down to be daddy. sets in the rain delayed encounter to set up and us open final against andy murray. alice cuts about heavyweight champion vitale kitco stops manwell cha in the fourth round to retain his w.b.c. crowned here in moscow. but first to formula one where mclaren's lewis hamilton has won the italian grand prix for the first time from pole to clinch his twentieth career victory and go second in the overall standings this was a dominant perf

it's a dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to set apart their remarkably similar platform. plus russia turns the support of the asia pacific summit economic and political ties with china growing ever stronger which could unnerved the u.s. and its influence in the region. but up next our exclusive interview with president vladimir putin where we discussed russia's budding partnership with china among other issues facing the country. hello are you watching r t with me kevin o. in a very pleased to say today that we're joined by the president of the russian federation of let him approaching mr president thank you very much for making the time to talk to us what i want to talk about first of all is the ongoing at the moment apec summit no way pick is primarily an economic vessel there's a lot of politics involved as well in the course of all the key players including you including america a lot of key players disagree on some very key issues and thinking about syria and thinking about missile defense thinking about iran is

it's a dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to. other similar platforms. plus russia tons eastward at the asia pacific summit economic and political ties with china growing of a strong which could on the of the u.s. senate's moves for influence in the future. why with the latest on the ground. which. and i welcome to the latest sports here's what's coming up. front runner charles lewis hamilton holds up sergio perez to win his first ever italian grand prix from all that second in the overall standings while a cutoff of heavyweight champion batali kitch stops manuel shot in the fourth round to retain the w.b.c. around here in moscow. and gone with the wind u.s. open champion no one joke of each prepares to resume his sunny final against avid farah following a tornado warning i flushing meadows. but first of all no one where mclaren's lewis hamilton has won the italian grand prix for the first time from pole to clinch his twentieth career victory and go second in the overall standings this was a dominant performance from

but you are right because there are more registered republicans and democrats nationwide and it's howany. a lot of the polls where you see the president with a five or six-point lead you go into the internals and they have been oversampling democrats by 13 points. you have to take it as a grain of salt. you take a look at the polls two weeks before the election because a lot of polls realize their reputation is on the line. likely voters getting a quick and accurate view who might come out on election day. two weeks before the election that is when you should start paying attention to the polls. >> jon: kirsten you worked in media relations? >> in the white house. >> jon: did you have a finger in trying on spin polls? >> not where i worked. it wasn't necessarily, we were much more focused on international affairs. i think the thing is, i think jim hit on most likely what will happen is americans will rally around the president in this situation because whenever we're under attack, americans tend to come together and tend to come around the president. the fact that it also hasn't gotte

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plus it's a dead heat between the republicans and democrats in the race for the white house but with both candidates looking to set apart their remarkably similar platforms. part of the sports is kate. and i welcome the latest for this sunday and the other headlines. front runner lewis hamilton starts from poland moans as the briton seeks a first ever italian grand prix victory. while the bob heavyweight champion the college coach stopped man while china pulls rank to retain his w.b.c. crown here in the last day i'm fighting a little bit champion andy murray comes from a second down to meet czech polish burdick to reach the u.s. open final at a stormy flushing meadows. the first formula one where mcclaren lewis hamilton started on pole alongside teammate jenson button as the italian grand prix is underway at monza in qualifying hamilton stayed focused on the task that hermit amid rumors of a move to miss avies next season well history is on the twenty seven year old side here with six of the last ten to tell you the races having been won from pole two thousand and nine world champion

almost a dead heat between republicans and democrats in the race for the white house with both candidates looking to set apart platforms that critics call remarkably similar . play to sports news up next with kate stay with us. and i thank you for joining me for the sports headlines. front runner as the red bulls failed to finish mclaren's lewis time also holds up sergio perez to win his first ever italian brawn prix from paul to go second in the overall standings. while fighting through holder novi joke of it comes back from a set down to be. set in the rain delayed encounter to set up and us open final against andy murray. alice cuts about heavyweight champion vitali klitschko stops manwell cha in the fourth round to retain his w.b.c. crown here in moscow. but first to formula one where mclaren's lewis hamilton has won the italian grand prix for the first time from pole to clinch his twentieth career victory and go second in the overall standings this was a dominant performance from the briton who held off the threat of severe paris late on the mexican also enjoyed a brilliant race scor

. >> neil: all out after the republican convention and ahead of the democratic one. a crucial weekend because pick a battle ground state. any battle ground state and that's where you will find a republican ticket trying to keep the momentum going and suddenly nervous democratic ticket trying to get something going. and mitt romney in ohio at this hour, the president scheduled for iowa later this day. two states you've already heard a lot about and will hear is lot about. half a dozen jump ball states that were all barack obama states four years ago, anybody's guess right now. because they are that close, and things are that tense, which explains why we are so happy to be with you here live. because this labor day weekend, allow your resident nerdy numbers guy why the parties are laboring so a hard today. and express it in my nerdy number terms, 92, you heard me right. 92 the combined electoral folks for some half dozen zwick states could and likely will decide this presidential contest, from ohio, where governor romney is today, to florida where he'll be joining his r