to richard nixon. he was never comfortable in front of the camera and so he had this sort of fascination of being surrounded by celebrities and this particular picture has its historic significance because sammy davis jr. was disinvited from kennedy's inauguration by frank sinatra who produced the show which was very surprising to me but it was his interracial marriage that was at stake. so politically they decided that wasn't going to be the best thing for the country to seek at inaugural -- kimmage you say that sinatra declared jfk and on every member of the rat pack; correct? >> yes, sinatra did that. jfk was one of our most charismatic president and i think you have to really sort of count and even more charismatic than save ronald reagan who was an actor, and he wasn't on the member of the rot pack but peter lawford, on the cover, was in the ret pact and married into the kennedy family and it was considered the first marriage of politics and hollywood. >> of one to the back to sammy davis jr. very

this is richard nixon and elvis presley. >> sure. again, a great photo of elvis and nixon, the most-requested photo from the national archives which out of -- when you think that everything that the national archives keeps in storage, this is the one that people want to see the most over the years. >> now, is it true that elvis had asked richard nixon to allow him to carry a badge of some sort? i've heard this story many times. >> he did. he was very concerned of the hippie culture at the time and wanted, he actually rolled his limousine right up to the west gate at the white house and asked the guard to see nixon and wanted to be made a federal martial at large to help with the drug problem of young people. of course, he was turned away but only for a few hours because when the word got to nixon that this kind of incredible request had taken place at the west gate, nixon reconsidered and said, hmm, i think, you know, bring him over, let's do this. he called up his directer of narcotics and had a badge sent over, and that day elvis pr

and we'll start with richard nixon here and sammy davis, jr. >> absolutely. this is -- this is -- any photo with richard known is comical, you know, when you have a hollywood star standing next to richard known. he was never really comfortable in front of the camera and so he has this sort of fascination of being surrounded by celebrities. and this particular picture has got some historic significance because sammy davis, jr. was disinvited by frank sinatra who produced the show which was surprising to me. but it was his interracial marriage that was at stake and politically they decided that wasn't going to be the best thing for the country to see at the inauguration. >> in your book you say si-nat came jfk an honorary member of the rat pack? >> sinatra did that. jfk was one of our most charismatic presidents. you have to really sort of count him even more charismatic than say a ronald reagan who was an actor. and, you know, he was not only a member of the rat pack but peter lawford, who's on the cover, was in the rat pack and married into the kennedy family

. >> president oba has flowed richard nixon's great dictum, that a leader s to be challenging his ba at any moment to really be a leader. he was certain challenging his base. his candacy was launche on his anti-war position in 2002 against thiraq war, a position which i think has been vindicated and valated by the arguments made to vance that war -- weapons of mass destruction, wave of democracy sweeping across the islamic world, and no connection to 9/. that is where his base and enthiasm came from, and right now, disilsionment, and certainly at the best, lack of enthiasm. >>hold that thought. leme play the nger version of the sound bite we pyed at the beginning of the brocast. >> i definitely did notxpect it from him as our new president. thats something i wouldave expected from bush. it has tak me byurprise and i don't agree th >> it. >> we allnow about the youthful oma brigades that turned o during the campaign. how disillusioneof these people going to be as nsequence of this? as i said, i thinkast week, heas a window here. if they don't start to be some real resultsn afghanistan

by was not approved until later in august of 1974 after richard nixon had resigned in the aftermath of watergate. so he can essentially a gerald ford appointee and really cut his teeth in the wake of watergate in the ford administration and his very first assignment as an assistant attorney general was to determine who owned the watergate papers and tapes. no easy task right when you come into office. but he -- his opinion on behalf of that office was next in owned those tapes and other documents from his tenure the congress quickly reversed that and that is why the american public has access to the tapes. >> host: could he replace four assistant -- >> guest: a man named robert dixon and at that time another person you are familiar with, larry silberman, who has gone on to become a federal appeals court judge here in washington, d.c.. mr. silberman was a deputy attorney general, not sure his exact title, but his job was to find a new assistant for the office of legal counsel, and a man by the name of john burroughs, this is sort of like your life, ted, too because you know all these

and he was not made by richard nixon, but was not approved until later in august of 1974 after richard nixon had resigned in the aftermath of watergate. so he became essentially a gerald ford appointee. and really cut his teeth in the wake of watergate and ford administration, and his very first assignment as an assistant attorney general was to determine who owns the watergate papers and tapes. no easy task when you have come into office, but his opinion on behalf of that office was that nixon owned those tapes, and other doctors from his tenure and congress quickly reversed that and that's why the american public has that. >> host: who did he replace as assistant attorney general for the office? >> guest: robert dix and. at the time another person who you are very ugly with, larry silverman, who has gone on to become a federal appeals court judge here in washington, d.c., mr. silberman was deputy attorney general. >> i'm sure that's what it was. >> guest: his job was to buy a new assistant for the office for the office of legal council, and a man by the name of john rose, sort of lik

richard nixon temporarily imposed price controls during his administration and also fought to introduce universal health care. richard nixon has been accused of being many things by his allies and enemies but nobody has ever accused him of being a socialist or more access. host: 05, california, you are next. caller: i hope everybody had a merry christmas yesterday. professor, i am a longtime student of politics. i had a fellowship at the school of communications at usc. i go back and forth between extra in disagreement and some agreement with you. the agreement part is your phrase "girls tried to re-brand them selves as progressives." what is progress of about being a socialist? i agreed with the description of obama earlier. my main point of disagreement is that i just understand this -- you went back to nazi germany, that was the national socialist party of the left. r)ethe nazis a limited other socialists in a political power push parenth. there were in direct competition with the bolsheviks and others. the nazis were of the left. the direction of this country is very much now social

richard nixon, in 1960, when vice-president nixon ran, he got about 30% of the black vote. >> can you tell me what happened that began the shift? >> it was not just one moment. i trace it back to the republicans in dealing with a construction. if you want to come into the mid-20s century, you can book that harry truman. what has to be noted is that the republicans began to retreat from some of their commitments. as a result of black migration, democrats began to get a new black voters that they had to beg -- had to deal with. the final straw, i would say, was the 1964 goldwater campaign which was an abomination to most black people. >> you are married to a woman that is a lawyer? >> yes, my lisa. she is a wonderful woman. i am lucky because i married up. she probably cannot say the same pain. she is a lawyer. i am very proud of her. it she is the highest ranking attorney in the company. she has been there for 13 or 14 years. >> wanted to name your daughter sunshine? >> -- why did you name your daughter sunshine? >> that is not her official name. her official name is loading. but she i

. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for the conditions in which that happen. >> jack kemp. >> it was so thrilling to be in his presence. he was so ebullient and energetic. i think he kind of went off some of the rails with some of his idea

. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for the conditions in which that happen. >> jack kemp. >> it was so thrilling to be in his presence. he was so ebullient and energetic. i think he kind of went off some of the rails with some of his idea

richard nixon was the subject of a border fee title one of us in which he described nixon as having empathy with the suburban white middle-class voter. today, one of us is entirely different. our demography is our destiny. know we're out the part that we have been waiting for to get your questions. thank you. [applause] >> the hostesses will collect. can you hear me? no? held. i have a microphone but i have a couple of questions already. hot while most of us would agree tolerance is preferable to intolerance, is of the new cultural individualism at odds with the community of the democratic party values? >> yes. there is a great line that we have a two-party system because if we didn't they would have to be invented. we have a republican party that of course, the use freedom and individual rights and more libertarian minded but democrats have always placed and value those they also very much value equality of opportunity. i think it is that particular value in many respects that is on the rise. unquestioned. we go through moments in our political history, it is not one or the other but we wa

. >> richard nixon once said in 1972 after he won a landslide reelection, i had to go out campaigning and shaking hands with these people when i really felt like kicking them. ted kennedy was the exact opposite. it also affected his career. at the same time, he had these great friendships across the aisle with people like orrin hatch and others. the founding fathers always hoped that members of the senate and all of america would it do get out during the day strenuously, but at the end of the day, have a glass of ale together. it is a quality that is not very present in the senate now. >> i don't think there was a republican in the senate he did not work with on something at some point. you asked the question, what is it about this guy who could be, who was such a strong and principled liberal, how could he do that? one of the paradoxes of politics is precisely because he knew where he wanted to go, he knew what he wanted and where the country should move, that only someone with that clarity can actually enter into compromises. in the end, if i can only get here this time, i will get

he was in charge of the new federalism for richard nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter. ronald reagan came in and actually put the whitdwight in . he was kidnapped once by colombian drug lords while leading the war on drugs in the state department. soon after he retired. one story i love about dwight, he was in a meeting when kennedy was first elected. they did not have the national security council. he was sitting in on the limited nuclear test ban treaty. in that meeting, arthur schlesinger was there, the president's historian, very close to the kennedy family. dwight was arguing for the limited nuclear test ban treaty, and schlesinger was arguing against it. they got into really heated argument, and after the meeting, dwight went back and tendered his resignation. he peered they would not want him around any longer. -- figured they would not want him around any longer. the funny thing was, during the meeting, who was looking over -- he was looking over and realize that bobby kennedy was watching. he thought he would have to have another career and go into the private

. >> richard nixon once said in 1972 after he won a landslide reelection, i had to go out campaigningand shaking hands with these people when i really felt like kicking them. ted kennedy was the exact opposite. it also affected. >> he was absolutely happy to be a maverick on issue after issue but at the same time he had these great relationships. and that's spirit of the founding father's who always hoped that members of the senate and all-americans would duke it out during the day, but at the end ju$e day have a glass of and say we're all-americans and that doesn't get personal. >> interesting. that whole notion of ted keep dithe guy i worked with. i don't think there's a republican in the senate. didn't work on something at some point. >> extraordinarily owed use people. >> and he - you know you asked the quqáurjjy what is it about this guy who could be - who was such a strong and principal liberal. how could he do that and i think that's actually one of the paradoxes of politics. precisely because he knew where he wanted to go and he new where the country should move. any someone w

. >> richard nixon once said in 1972 after he won a landslide reelection, i had to go out campaigningand shaking hands with these people when i really felt like kicking them. ted kennedy was the exact opposite. it also affected. -- it also affected his career. at the same time, he had these great friendships across the aisle with people like orrin hatch and others. the founding fathers always hoped that members of the senate and all of america would it do get out during the day strenuously, but at the end of the day, have a glass of ale together. it is a quality that is not very present in the senate now. >> i don't think there was a republican in the senate he did not work with on something at some point. you asked the question, what is it about this guy who could be, who was such a strong and principled liberal, how could he do that? one of the paradoxes of politics is precisely because he knew where he wanted to go, he knew what he wanted and where the country should move, that only someone with that clarity can actually enter into compromises. in the end, if i can only get here th

. >> richard nixon once said in 1972 after he won a landslide reelection, i had to go out campaigningand shaking hands with these people when i really felt like kicking them. ted kennedy was the exact opposite. it also affected. >> he was absolutely happy to be a maverick on issue after issue but at the same time he had these great relationships. and that's spirit of the founding father's who always hoped that members of the senate and all-americans would duke it out during the day, but at the end ju$e day have a glass of and say we're all-americans and that doesn't get personal. >> interesting. that whole notion of ted keep dithe guy i worked with. i don't think there's a republican in the senate. didn't work on something at some point. >> extraordinarily owed use people. >> and he - you know you asked the quqáurjjy what is it about this guy who could be - who was such a strong and principal liberal. how could he do that and i think that's actually one of the paradoxes of politics. precisely because he knew where he wanted to go and he new where the country should move. any someone w

that's the plan richard nixon offered ted kennedy and ted kennedy made the mistake of turning it down. he backed away from that deal under heavy pressure from fellow democrats who wanted to hold out for a single-payer system once the party recaptured the white house in the wake of the watergate scandal. well, 38 years have passed and single payer is still out of reach. not even on the table. some people want to give up what we have available to us here and repeat that greatest mistake? the lesson that teddy learned is this: that when it comes to historic breakthroughs in america, especially in social policies, you make the best deal that you can. and then, immediately, you start pushing for ways to improve the deal. let me share a quick story with you. we all remember how ted kennedy on the floor of the senate kept pushing and pushing to raise the minimum wage, which hadn't been raised in years. and, finally, he pushed so hard that robert dole, who was then the majority leader, who was then running for president, decided he couldn't run for president while ted kennedy was pushing that

is this -- this -- this is an item, an issue, that has never come to the floor for a vote under richard nixon, under bill clinton, under harry truman. now, it's passed bog -- now it's passed both houses. that's important. but the important thing to remember is this. we passed medicare in the middle of the 1960's which was probably the apex of american confidence. we were doubling the nation's gross national product in that decade and there was just a sense of unlimited possibilities. to pass this -- this major, major difference in a time of uncertainty which itself produces uncertainty to -- among people, 80% of whom have health care -- 83% of whom have health care is a signal -- signal achievement to do that, because american confidence and optimism are among their lowest -- >> with 35 or 45% support depending on how they ask the question with the majority opposing, which is a risky thing to do and the other thing i would say is in the short-term if you oppose the bill or support the bill, there is i think -- even the supporters acknowledge a short-term problem which is a lot of the benefits

guest: we have had the privilege of hosting every president since richard nixon.ward to president obama being at the detroit economic club. caller: i like your club. if we continue to be strictly democrats, republicans, independents, we are not going to get the infrastructure jobs. it will go to people in other countries. i am a health professional and my husband is a health professional. we have health insurance, however, our son is very sick. he has a severe allergy to milk. the doctor prescribed a specific, expensive formula. the insurance companies refused to pay for it. as americans, we have to put aside our petty this and get together proper -- if we had your club nationally, it would be great. thank you. host: she touched on health care. you said at the beginning of this the businesses want certainty. in the health-care debate that is happening now, what do businesses say about health care? guest: we have had several speakers on health care this season. people are all over on this. obviously, what we've seen in the last couple of months in washington. healt

. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for the conditions in which that happen. >> jack kemp. >> it was so thrilling to be in his presence. he was so ebullient and energetic. i think he kind of went off some of the rails with some of his idea

the was migration through the successful use of the so-called southern strategy by richard nixon in to republican party. now i think we have the opportunity to refrain this entire debate. i don't think it is necessarily a republican/democrat debate. he needs to be a more profound question of who we are as a society. health care, are we responsible to each other? priorities that create full employment. are we responsible to create that? or do we simply draw to the market as republicans would do entirely? or as obama would be largely? on that note, i think we need a jobs program. mark, you mentioned earlier the terrible, rising unemployment rate. the jobs stimulus package passed is now creating jobs at a cost of of boards of $200,000 per job. it is funneled into a corporate version of trickle-down job creation. if you have something like the works progress administration that fdr launched, you can create jobs through federal jobs programs at a much lower cost. and with much greater effect. host: along those lines, mark, you say that the conservatives offer nothing but fear -- that is wha

richard nixon temporarily imposed price controls during his administration and also fought to introduceniversal health care. richard nixon has been accused of being many things by his allies and enemies but nobody has ever accused him of being a socialist or more access. host: 05, california, you are next. caller: i hope everybody had a merry christmas yesterday. professor, i am a longtime student of politics. i had a fellowship at the school of communications at usc. i go back and forth between extra in disagreement and some agreement with you. the agreement part is your phrase "girls tried to re-brand them selves as progressives." what is progress of about being a socialist? i agreed with the description of obama earlier. my main point of disagreement is that i just understand this -- you went back to nazi germany, that was the national socialist party of the left. r)ethe nazis a limited other socialists in a political power push parenth. there were in direct competition with the bolsheviks and others. the nazis were of the left. the direction of this country is very much now socialis

. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for the conditions in which that happen. >> jack kemp. >> it was so thrilling to be in his presence. he was so ebullient and energetic. i think he kind of went off some of the rails with some of his ideas. he could also like the sound of his own voice. he could also think, i am the only person i

. >> richard nixon. >> my wife was a liberal democrat. would always tell our, nixon is my problem, clinton is yours. he destroyed himself and took a lot of conservative energy down with him, to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. the first thing i wrote for the review was about cambodia. there was a jesuit there, and he said the khmer rouge has killed several hundred thousand people. he was low balling it. they killed millions of people. and the communists, it was there enablers on a left that enabled them, but also there was a final piece of that. reagan, the things he did, he teaches a lesson that you cannot do many things, you can do a few things as president. he stopped the economic slump. and he said, here is my strategy for the cold war, we win, they lose. and he stuck in place the conditions for that happening. it happen on george bush's watch, but he put it on place. it was thrilling to be in jack kemp's presence. he was soaked abelian and energetic -- energetic. >> george w. bush. >> i'm going to see what i said

are smart teachers that have said the upheaval did not officially end until the resignation of richard nixon -- the man kennedy beat out for presidency in 1960. a resent edition of time magazine called this decade, the decade from hell and why the next one will be better. >> how would you define this decade? >> i would say the war on religious stances. especially the war in the middle east. we don't know what's next. to let our religions be a reason to kill one another is a little bit goofy to me. >> do you see a shift happening in the next decade? do you think we've learned anything from this past decade >> well, we shouldn't allow religious and belief systems to define us and make us keel one another. host: what do you think is the defining event of the past decade. caller: i think it's 9/11. it's interesting that since this thing happened on obama's watch, the republicans are blaming obama. host: do you think anything has been learn frd this event? >> in this time magazine, writing book ended by the begin ing with 9/11. we are still weeks away flt end of 2009 but it is not too early to pa

. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for the conditions in which that happen. >> jack kemp. >> it was so thrilling to be in his presence. he was so ebullient and energetic. i think he kind of went off some of the rails with some of his ideas

are smart teachers that have said the upheaval did not officially end until the resignation of richard nixon -- the man kennedy beat out for presidency in 1960. a resent edition of time magazine called this decade, the decade from hell and why the next one will be better. >> how would you define this decade? >> i would say the war on religious stances. especially the war in the middle east. we don't know what's next. to let our religions be a reason to kill one another is a little bit goofy to me. >> do you see a shift happening in the next decade? do you think we've learned anything from this past decade >> well, we shouldn't allow religious and belief systems to define us and make us keel one another. host: what do you think is the defining event of the past decade. caller: i think it's 9/11. it's interesting that since this thing happened on obama's watch, the republicans are blaming obama. host: do you think anything has been learn frd this event? >> in this time magazine, writing book ended by the begin ing with 9/11. we are still weeks away flt end of 2009 but it is not too early to pa

the was migration through the successful use of the so-called southern strategy by richard nixon in toparty. now i think we have the opportunity to refrain this entire debate. i don't think it is necessarily a republican/democrat debate. he needs to be a more profound question of who we are as a society. health care, are we responsible to each other? priorities that create full employment. are we responsible to create that? or do we simply draw to the market as republicans would do entirely? or as obama would be largely? on that note, i think we need a jobs program. mark, you mentioned earlier the terrible, rising unemployment rate. the jobs stimulus package passed is now creating jobs at a cost of of boards of $200,000 per job. it is funneled into a corporate version of trickle-down job creation. if you have something like the works progress administration that fdr launched, you can create jobs through federal jobs programs at a much lower cost. and with much greater effect. host: along those lines, mark, you say that the conservatives offer nothing but fear -- that is what is said to

guest: in december, 1967, richard nixon was giving his first interview on public television., somebody in providence, rhode island, accused me of not being an expert your way out of my pay scale on this one for it i don't know anything about the difference between commercial banks and breaking up banks. i pass on that i can pass it on, if you wish, to the economist at brookings. i always tell them that if they are so smart, why are they not rich? host: a bill that passed the house and is sent to the senate about regulating the plan met -- the banks? guest: that's right and something has to pass because you cannot leave the house out there by itself. ., exposed. the senate will have to deal with it and it involves a consumer board in this regard. there are other things that have to do with these questions about derivatives. i listened to some of the things my economist friends tell me at brookings and i am shocked at the money that is being made without any utility to the united states. we knew what wal-mart makes the gross domestic product of service has gone as skyrocketed.

richard nixon twice as their person of the year.hope he at least turns out better than most of those people. four years ago when chairman ben bernanke was nominated to be chairman of the federal reserve i was the only senator to vote against him. e i was the only one to raise serious concern about his nomination. i opposed him because i knew he would continue the legacy of alan greenspan and i was right. i did not know how right i was and could not imagine how wrong he would be in the following four years. from monetary policy to regulations consumer protection. transparency and independents. chairman ben bernanke's time as fed chair has been a failure. we must put an end to his and the federal reserves failures and there is no better time than now. as i said two weeks ago the greenspan legacy on monetary policy was breaking from the taylor rule to provide easy money and thus inflate bubbles. not only did chairman ben bernanke continue that policy, when he took control of the fed, but he supported every greenspan rate decision when

he was in charge of new federalism for richard nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter.onald reagan came in and actually put dwight in charge of shutting down the first federal agency to chullly be shut down in 50 years. not a pleasant task for a civil servant, but he got the job done. he was even kidnapped once by colombian drug lords while leading the war on drugs for the state department. soon after dwight retired. now, the one story i love about dwight is he was in a meeting when kennedy was first elected, and they didn't have the national security council completely done. so dwight was sitting in a meeting on limiting the nuclear test band treaty, and dwight, in that meeting, arthur schlesinger was there, you know, who was the president's historian, very, very close to the kennedy family. and dwight was arguing for the limited nuclear test band treaty and schlessinger was arguing against it, and necessary got into really heated, heated arguments. they got all head-faced and everything. and dwight after the meeting went back and tendered his resignation because he fi

richard nixon created during his administration and received credit for and that's what these presidents do, the creation of 9.4 million jobs. you understand president ford, under strenuous circumstances, his administration was credited with creating 1.8 million jobs. under president reagan, reagan, coming in, with a near identical in many respects after 9/11 footnote write interest there, when my colleague mentioned katrina, i'm sure he knows that we haven't finished what's needed to be done with with reference to the -- reference to the people on the gulf coast and specifically in the city of new orleans, but to president reagan's credit and duringhood administration and whatever tax decreases on however else it was achieved, i can assure you that the exact number are 16 million jobs. under president bush, george h.w., 2.5 million jobs. under bill clinton, 23.1 million jobs. under president bush, and my friend from texas' majority congress that at one point had the house, the senate and the presidency, under his administration, taking into consideration everything that he has talked ab

like joseph stalin twice, yasser arafat, adolf hitler, the ayatollah khomeini, vlad mire putin, richard nixontwice as their person of the year. but, i congratulate him and hope he at least turns out better than most of those people. four years ago when chairman bernanke was first nominated to be chairman of the federal reserve, i was the only senator to vote against him. in fact, i was the only senator even to raise serious concerns about his nomination. i opposed him because i knew he would continue the legacy of alan greenspan and i was right. but, i did not know how right i would be and could not imagine how wrong he would be in the following four years. from monetary policy to regulation, consumer protection, transparency, and independence, chairman bernanke's time has fed chair has been a failure. we must put an end to his and the federal reserve's failures and there is no better time than now. as i said two weeks ago, the greenspan legacy on monetary policy was breaking from the tailor rule to provide easy money and, thus, inflate bubbles. not only did chairman bernanke continue that po

like joseph stalin twice, yasser arafat, adolf hitler, the ayatollah khomeini, vlad mire putin, richard nixonr person of the year. but, i congratulate him and hope he at least turns out better than most of those people. four years ago when chairman bernanke was first nominated to be chairman of the federal reserve, i was the only senator to vote against him. in fact, i was the only senator even to raise serious concerns about his nomination. i opposed him because i knew he would continue the legacy of alan greenspan and i was right. but, i did not know how right i would be and could not imagine how wrong he would be in the following four years. from monetary policy to regulation, consumer protection, transparency, and independence, chairman bernanke's time has fed chair has been a failure. we must put an end to his and the federal reserve's failures and there is no better time than now. as i said two weeks ago, the greenspan legacy on monetary policy was breaking from the tailor rule to provide easy money and, thus, inflate bubbles. not only did chairman bernanke continue that policy when he

like josef stalin twice, yaws sar arafat, adolf hitler, the ayatollah khomeini, vladimir putin, richard nixone at least turns out better than most of those people. four years ago when chairman bernanke was first nominated to be chairman of the federal reserve i was the only senator to vote against him. in fact i was the only senator even to raise serious concerns about his nomination. i opposed him because i knew he would continue the legacy of alan greenspan and i was right. but i did not know how right i would be and could not imagine how wrong he would be in the following four years. from monetary policy to regulation, consumer protection, transparency and independence, chairman bernanke's time as fed chair has been a failure. we must put an end to his and the federal reserve's failures and there is no better time than now. as i said two weeks ago, the greenspan legacy on monetary policy was breaking from the taylor rule to provide easy money and thus inflate bubbles. not only did chairman bernanke continue that policy, when he took control of the fed, but he supported evergreen span rate

presidents theodore roosevelt, franklin roefrlt, harry -- roosevelt, harry truman, bill clinton and richard nixonmade health care reform a part of their agenda. now we stand on the threshold of history. never has this country been so close to bringing affordable quality health care to millions of american families. today under president obama's leadership, the goal is within our reach, and failure is not an option. all interested parties have been brought to the table. physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, small businesses, pharmaceutical companies, and many others have had an opportunity to present their suggestions and offer their input. dozens of hearings were held on all topics related to this issue. the house of representatives has acted. the senate "help" committee, through the diligence and dedication of senators kennedy, senator dodd, senator harkin, and the finance committee under the leadership of senator baucus held lengthy executive sessions and discussed all areas of reform and delivered and developed their respective bills. now due to the hard work and tireless patience of the

he was in charge of the new federalism for richard nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter.ame in and actually put the whitdwight in . he was kidnapped once by colombian drug lords while leading the war on drugs in the state department. soon after he retired. one story i love about dwight, he was in a meeting when kennedy was first elected. they did not have the national security council. he was sitting in on the limited nuclear test ban treaty. in that meeting, arthur schlesinger was there, the president's historian, very close to the kennedy family. dwight was arguing for the limited nuclear test ban treaty, and schlesinger was arguing against it. they got into really heated argument, and after the meeting, dwight went back and tendered his resignation. he peered they would not want him around any longer. -- figured they would not want him around any longer. the funny thing was, during the meeting, who was looking over -- he was looking over and realize that bobby kennedy was watching. he thought he would have to have another career and go into the private sector. actually

since 1968 when richard nixon ran against the libro warren court threatening to appoint a strict constructionist to the core republican presidents have appointed 13 justices and democrats have appointed three of whom are sitting on the court right now so one of the questions you might ask yourself is why is so much of justice scalia's ideal to which has been part of republican party platforms over and over on issues like abortion or affirmative action, why has now become the law of the land of my book and diverse to answer that question by suggesting an answer that i hope is a little surprising to folks which is public opinion. diptheria my book, the idea of my book is ultimately the supreme court is accountable to public opinion in a matter you appoint to the court in a matter what it is they believe in the final analysis the court is not going to stray very far from public opinion. i hope that surprises you. we tend to think about the supreme court in terms of being independent from the of the branches in from the public, judicial independence is an important part of the american story about w