richard nixon, two-term president elected on his own power. it is amazing that these people did not clash more than they did and, what stands out in my mind is the warmth between the two and appointing, and. i'm not just talking mystically about workplace over here which in every respect is a replica of but i'm also talking about a shared american experience, the way they crossed america. the groups from europe that were forbearers, they just intersect one point after another. we are not quite cousins we don't thing. [laughter] >> my cousin marine is doing a genealogy. >> we got along real well, kind of immediately. >> david. >> ben, go ahead. >> you you are both historians. you have both observed the world at large, the big picture. is there any hope in afghanistan? is there any hope of a satisfactory resolution of that situation? >> resolution of what? >> of the situation in afghanistan. [laughter] >> hot potato. you know, to be honest, -- [inaudible] [applause] >> i think there is something, you know in principle. i think that people do not

songs have been number one on the charts including "hokie from ma scogey," which he performed for richard nixon right here in this room back in 1973. and through meryl true power is from the details about life and love and everything in between. and as he says, the best songs feel like they've always been there. so tonight we honor a man who feels like he's always been here, meryl hag haggard. >> growing up in new jersey jerry herman and his family used to play broadway tunes in the living room. jerry on the piano, his mother on the accordion and his father playing the sax. he never took a music lesson but always had the ability to play anything he heard by ear. then when he was 14, jerry went to see the great ethel merman perform in on annie get your gun." in his words, i got a load of that great lady and was gone. jerry was determined to be a songwriter, even though he didn't think he could ever make a career out of doing something that was so much fun but that's exactly what he's done, penning songs for such iconic musicals as "hello dolly" and drawing audiences everywhere oust their seats a

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go back to what you're really good at. >> maybe he called the 49ers. >> richard nixon?> might have some good advice for us, who knows. outside from ballmer peak and the east bay hills looking back at the city. we have clouds and light rain now in the north bay but no fog. not like yesterday. yesterday we wouldn't have been able to see the city from the shot. increasing clouds over the area as a result of a storm system that's still sitting offshore. it is moving in our direction. it has produced light rain from novato up to ukiah, now moving across napa, sacramento, into the sierra where we have light snow at this hour at south shore lake tahoe as well as truck y. so it will turn much rainier later this afternoon. heavy rain expected with gusty winds. still wet through early tomorrow and scattered showers and then a very cold system moving in on thursday. right now it's 47. light rain santa rosa. 46 novato. 50 downtown san francisco. 48 san jose. 45 los gatos, mountain view, los gatos hills, 49. the first moving onshore but the main front offshore. one inch an hour. as

it started in 1960 with richard nixon. it has been going on 50 years. nobody has even kept count of how many people have been arrested -- 10 million, 20 million, 30 million? it sounds like something out of stalin's russia. turn in your neighbors, turn in your friends. if you turn in 10 people, you get less time in prison. that is what it is, you know? this war on drugs is something out of stalin's russia. and let's stop this war on sex offenders before this gets way out of hand. it is already way out of hand. [applause] i know we are concerned about sexual assault and rape and people assaulting women and children -- i know that. most of the people in prison as sex offenders are not those people. i call them romeo and juliet's. he is 19 and she is 16 or she is 19 and he is 16. that is the most of the mark. let's face it -- we should know, especially in san francisco, that as human beings, we are not really comfortable with sex. some of us do not even know who we are, right? from day to day, right? you know, i mean, sex is a very complicated issue. the id

i think richard nixon was one of the most dangerous presidents we have ever had. nk he was truly close to being a madman. >> host: you can. both johnson and nixon to caligula, which is -- >> guest: johnson, in terms of his private life, i mean, we haven't mentioned that but each of these presidents has a private life for a love life, and they are often at complete odds with the public figure and you have to ask yourself, well, is the private life actually impact. >> host: it raises that question. clearly john kennedy behaved recklessly in his private life, missile crisis it was the opposite of reckless. so what is the connection? >> guest: if i was a psychologist or sociologist, i might try and draw some statistical inference, but i don't think, i think the fact is all these users were individua individuals. you need a hell of a lot of individual and ambition to get to the white house. and their extraordinary characters. and going to extraordinary tension just to get to the white house, let alone the responsibilities they carried. and how they managed their private

. >>> up next, newly released tapes of richard nixon and what he really thought about a man who became of the most popular presidents in the modern era, ronald reagan. >>> we are learning more tonight about what went on behind closed doors at the nixon white house during two very busy months, february and march of 1973. there has been a new release of white house audiotapes and documents just out tonight from the nixon library in california. what you're about to hear is president nixon talking to then aide chuck colson about the possibility that ronald reagan might make a run for the white house in 1976. >> remember those words, "anybody but reagan." a year and a half later, nixon was gone, gerald ford became president. ronald reagan did run in '76. he challenged ford, a fellow republican for the nomination, but ford won. reagan did have to wait another four years for his next chance. >>> the big show in washington tonight, the lighting of the national christmas tree. first lady michelle obama read a visit from st. nicholas and blues legend b.b. king and the trusty lucille and acts inc

it's probably the oddest pairing since elvis turned up to show richard nixon. >> he didn't sing. >> reporter a duet with bing of "the little drummer boy." that duet became such an odd and enduring icon of christmas that this year -- >> why, it's jason seigle, the actor. >> reporter: not only is there an animated version from jack black and jason seigle -- ♪ our finest gifts we bring >> reporter: there's a parody by will ferrell and john c. riley. >> are you is new butler? >> it's been a long time. >> reporter: a short by short recreation of the original, right down to bing's baby blue cardigan. ♪ >> reporter: we tracked down the composures from the 1977 crosby special and reunited them at the hollywood musician's institute. they told us the original duet almost didn't happen. >> david walked in, said, god, i hate that song. >> can we do something else? >> reporter: so, what did you do? >> we came up strong. >> reporter: knowing it was too late to do a different song, the composures decided to improve the original. >> we decided the best way to do it was to write a counter melody, leave "the

it started in 1960 with richard nixon. it has been going on 50 years. nobody has even kept count of how many people have been arrested -- 10 million, 20 million, 30 million? it sounds like something out of stalin's russia. turn in your neighbors, turn in your friends. if you turn in 10 people, you get less time in prison. that is what it is, you know? this war on drugs is something out of stalin's russia. and let's stop this war on sex

the public sees it as that and we should remember that when richard nixon was president he secretly invaded cambodia and secretly bombed cambodia without any knowledge on the part of congress and that was one of the charges that he was brought up for impeachment with so that was extremely serious then and it's the exact same situation now secret bombings with the drones and secret invasion. now the u.s. has been trying to get pakistan to deal with insurgents but would this mean that washington is as given a given up trying really. if if i heard you correctly you are you are saying that the us is trying to get pakistan to. do its part. in this this is assumed that the. the way to do. security is through the military option and cranking up the violence in the military operations and every fact that we can see tells us that that's exactly the app is it that the more military operations you have the more civilians are killed the more people decide that they are going to take up arms against the occupiers and against the the people that are bombing them i mean it's just perfect sense but our gov

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it is time the americans started moving again. >> now the opening statement by vice-president richard nixon. >> nixon addresses himself to kennedy. >> the things that senator kennedy has said many of us can agree. there is no question tt we cannot discuss our internal affairs in the united states without recognizing that they had a tremendous bearing on their international position. there is no question that this nation cannot stand still because we are in a deadly competition, and competition not only with men in kremlinut in taking -- peking. when you are in a race, it the only way to stay ahead is to move ahead. i sscribe completely to the spirit of senator kennedy, the spirit that the united states should move ahead. where do we disagree? i think we disagree on the implication of his remarks tonight and on the statements that he has made on many occasions during his campaign. to the effect that the united states has been standing still. >> the nixon campaign stretch thvice president maturity. they seemed evenly matched. for years, men and women will argue who lost the chicago debate. an

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kennedy and richard nixon. charles gibson recalled that encounter. this is just under an hour 20 minutes. my name is carl cannon. i.n.d. executive director of politics daily. the reason i am here is i was a fellow at the institute of politics and i am happy to be back. i would like to recognize senator john culver and breaux. [applause] he is the interim director of the institute of politics. he was a lifelong friend at ted kennedy and family friend of the kennedys. he has been on the board since 1975. he is a great friend of harvard and to the institute of politics. as we mark the 50th anniversary of the nixon kennedy presidential debates, that is the first presidential debate we ever had. and i am the question that does not match appear. these people have all had our role and presidential debates. it is a very interesting panel. i will introduce our speakers briefly. you probably know most of them. i will start with gov. michael dukakis. he began his career at a town meeting. >> as low as you go on the total poll. and-- totem poll. >> of the democr

kennedy and richard nixon.hers. this lasts an hour and 20 minutes. >> is everybody ready? welcome to the kennedy school of government and politics pur. this is the fifth anniversary of the first televised presidential debates between then senator kennedy and vice president nixon. i in the executive director of politics at the institute of politics. i would like to recognize senator john culver who is in the front row here. he hails from the great state of iowa powe. he is a lifelong friend of the kennedy family prep. he is a great friend to harvard and the kennedy school. as we mark the 50th anniversary of the first presidential debate, that is the first presidential debate we ever had. i am really honored. these people have all had a role in presidential debates. it is a very interesting panel. our speakers, i'm going to introduce them quickly. you probably know most of them. i will start with michael dukakis. he rose to the ranks of politics and became lieutenant governor. he was governor a mashie to ship --

guilty to two charges in connection with the legal corporate campaign foundation to both president richard nixonnd democratic candidates. >>> cc sabathia was back home today helping community groups. he and his wife amber are hooking up for cc's christmas caravan. it's like a home make over for vallejo programs which focus on infant, teen, youth and adult services. the group is delivering mattresses and pitching in to help with a number of projects including carpeting, painting and landscaping. >> i feel obligated to doing what i'm doing. from infants to women. i'm doing everything i can to help my community. >> cc's caravan is sponsored by sabathia's foundation. >> reporter: christmas time at one bay area mall is known for more than santa claus and shopping. it's also known for a mayor tragedy that happened 29 years ago. >>> we're talking about valley fog then i'm talking about rain as we get to the holiday weekend. i'll break it down and let you know exactly when you can expect showers to begin. >>> charging for something that used to be free. where bay area residents are now having to cough u

. >>> it's been 40 years since richard nixon signed a national cancer act. when the u.s. government really started a push to battle the disease. four decades later, a presidential panel is taking stock of the progress and figuring out what else can be done beth parker has more on that. >> reporter: hey, will, look over my shoulder here. believe it or not, these are cancer cells under a microscope and every day in this country, cancer kills 1,500 people in one way ear another. it touches just about everyone. as a kid, la salle nursed a tiny broken bird back to health. he would spend his adult life trying to fix people. he's an oncologist and surgeon at howard university and has seen the cost of cancer. >> many lives. >> reporter: he entered medical school 62 years ago. >> and we had then from today. we have so much more. we have so much reason to be hopeful because of what is actually going on. >> reporter: dr. lafall chairs the president's cancer panel. they met tuesday at nih and report annually to the president. he will tell you there is no bigger battle than the one ag

richard nixon told me shortly before he died, one of its proudest moments in politics came early on in his career. nixowas part of the world generation. that was the year of the big republican sweep. harry truman really down in the polls. in 1947, he wanted to have a rescue plan. he asked george marshall if he would have it under his name. it became the marshall plan. it was very unpopular. truman called in a lot of republicans. they gradually got public support. one of its proudest moments came when the marshall plan would to a vote on the floor of the house and heat stood up on one side of the aisle in favor of this democratic plan. on the other side of the aisle was another freshman member standing up in favor, john f. kennedy. the importance of american politics is when the chips are down, we stand up together. that was the spirit of the world war oii generation. [applause] >> i wonder if some of the worst of it is in the echo chamber. maybe america does not reflect what we are seeing on television or hearing on the radio. there is a media component. >> one of the most fascining fe

. >> larry: richard nixon declared war on it. what ever happened to the war?we have had a war, larry, and i think cancer -- >> larry: but it was late, wasn't. >> it we have made tremendous progress. we should look at this very optimistically, more than 12 million people in america and tens of thousands around the world are living normal lives, i couldn't be happier to be with you here larry 17 years after i was diagnosed and they gave me 12 months to live. as we see people living more and more successful lives, cancer no longer is a word that's not spoken from that standpoint. we sometimes forget that the greatest achievement of the 20th century was a doubling, a doubling of life expekt 20% of the population didn't make it to 5. today you go to 62 before 20% of the population passes away. and so, yes, we're living longer, cancer is more common, one in two men, one in three women. but as we focussed our attention and modern technology on cancer, the death rate from prostate cancer from projected levels has now dropped almost 50%. >> larry: how much of this is d

it's been nearly 40 years since then president richard nixon signed the national cancer act. that's when the government really started a push to battle the disease. now a presidential panel is taking stock of the progress and figuring out what else can be done. fox 5's beth parker has the story. >> reporter: as a kid lasal lasol nursed a tiny broken bird back to health. he would spend his adult life trying to fix people. he's an oncologist and surgeon at howard university. he has seen the cost of cancer. he entered medical school 62 years ago. >> we have so much more today. we have so much reason to be hopeful because of what is actually going on. >> reporter: dr. lasol chairs the president's cancer panel. they met tuesday at nih and report annually to the president. he will tell you there is no bigger battle than the one against cancer cells like the ones you see here. >> cancer is a very formeddible adversary. it's -- formidable adversary. it's a wily foe. it's there and you think you're getting it here, but it shows up here and so you have to be very, very careful. >> repo

the united states versus richard nixon today on c-span radio's went work supreme court case. >> what are want to do is simple but important, 8 issue the administration of criminal justice which the president can withhold material evidence from the court. the assertion that the evidence involves confidential communication. >> listen to the arguments on c-span radio in washington d.c. at 90.1 fm, nationwide on 132 end of line on c-spanradio.org. >> on thursday the federal reserve proposed the fees charged to merchants to accept credit card payments even if it is $0.12 for a transaction. this was part of the dodd frank financial regulation bill passed earlier this year. this is an hour. >> the board requests public comment on those rules implementing section 1075 of the dodd frank act. this provision deals with regulation of interchange fees of debit cards and related matters. u.s. financial regulatory agencies have been given significant new responsibilities under dodd frank. in a number of cases the law requires the board and other agencies to address complex and challenging issues wi

. >> larry: richard nixon declared war on it. whatever happened to the war?we've had a war, larry. >> larry: but it was late, wasn't it? >> well, we have made tremendous progress. you know, we should look at this very optimistically. not -- more than 12 million people in america, tens of millions around the world are living normal lives. i couldn't be happier to be with you here today, larry, 17 years after i was diagnosed when they gave me 12 months to live. i think we underestimate, as people see more and more people living normal, successful lives, cancer no longer is a word that is not spoken from that standpoint. and we sometimes forget that the greatest achievement, the greatest achievement of the 20th century was a doubling, a doubling of le expectancy on this planet in 100 years. one out of five americans lost their life before 5 years old. so 20% of the population didn't make it to 5. today you go to 62 before 20% of the population passes away. and so yes, we're living longer. cancer is more common. one in two men, one in three women. but as we focus

richard nixon started the process with henry kissinger into first limit nuclear weapons, and then ronaldn really began the process of really limiting nuclear weapons. we've seen the total in the united states and russia declined by over 70%. u.s. and russia have 95% of all the nuclear weapons. they have been steadily reducing their arsenals. the start treaty is part of that process. it now has bipartisan support, even though this is the first nuclear reduction treaty negotiated by a democrat to win senate approval. host: with regard to this treaty and others that have preceded it, has it been as difficult to get them ratified as it seems it has been as difficult to get this one ratified? guest: there have always been opposition to arms control. i was just watching "7 days." hard coreways been a opposition. some of the same people now, for example, who were critical of the treaty for selling out or weakening the united states were critical of other arms control treaties. they also oppose the regional ronald reagan start treaty. they opposed ronald reagan's nuclear force treaty. they ran a

." >> the united states via richard nixon today on radio. >> we are bound to something important issue in the administration of criminal justice and that is whether the president can withhold material evidence from the corporate there is an assertion that that evidence involved confidential communication them listen to the argument on cspan radio at 90.1. >> i can only sort of get people to consider the words of daniel l. berg that we have a serious case here where the obama administration is trying to create new law through changing the interpretation of existing law. >> at the justice department considers the legal case and congress with its options, see what journalists, lawmakers, and founder julian assange said about wikileaks online on the cspan video library. search, watch, a share, washington your way. >> as the tax cuts -- at the tax cut and unemployment benefits bill signing, president obama said should be a future model for other issues. the bill passed the house last night to its 77-148. it extends all bush-you're a tax cut for two years and extend unemployment benefits for

president richard nixon called for universal health coverage in 1974 and, to accomplish that, he wantedployer mandate to provide health insurance. interestingly, that plan was opposed by powerful labor unions. and when america revisited the health care debate in the 1990s the word "mandate" re.500, but it didn't come from the clinton administration. hillary clinton who led the ill- fated reform push actually wanted a single-payer system. republicans countered that the plan with the 1994 consumer choice health security act, which included, yes, the individual requirement to purchase insurance. that requirement was even supported by the heritage foundation, a conservative think tank. >>> and just before it was suggested by president obama, it was signed into law by a republican governor. that would be mitt romney, who is now considering another run for the republican presidential nomination. the individual mandate was part of the health care from -- reform bill that he approved as massachusetts governor in 2006. at the time, romney called the individual mandate, quote "a personal responsi

he drove richard nixon crazy. the white house has all these attempts to get anderson to ultimately, it in an actual plot to poison them. >> to you know if anyone else had previously written about this particular aspect of the knicks in history? >> no. nobody had. it was really surprising to me. i was an investigative reporter myself. i went to grant school. so this intersection between history and journalism, a lot of great beard in the past to be found if you know where to look and how to look an interview the right people. there are amazing tales that i found in my book. scandals and love letters and blackmail and burglary and bribery. fortunately all of this stuff in history, specific text books leave out. >> what are the more surprising things that you found in writing this book? >> and not sure i can see them on the air. one of them was the late j. edgar hoover. that has been known. i got a hold of the transcripts and memos that describe actually what hoover distributed to the press and all over washington of

think richard nixon. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, the attack is what pulled the united states into world war >>> todayarks the 69th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. hawaii. it's what pulled the united states into world war ii. president roosevelt called the 7th of december a date which will live in infamy. more than 2,000 americans were killed then. veterans and bay area school students gathered tonight for a commemoration service on mount diablo. ann notarangelo joins us with the symbol that's clearly visible and what the day means to those groups. >> reporter: every year there are fewer and fewer pearl harbor survivors who are able to attend, in their 80s and 90s. this is the 47th year that they had the beacon lighting here on mount diablo and for all of nuts bay area it is a reminder of why the united states got involved in the world war ii. >> usa! >> reporter: the colors of the holiday season turned red, white and blue as excited children remembered a somber anniversary. >> it was today when the japanese bombed pearl harbor in hawaii. >> a lot of people died. i was amazed at how many. >

richard nixon and the liberals wouldn't help them. they supported the dixiecrats.was the terrible history. both parties are afraid of the other party dominating. >> if you don't like it, toss everybody out. >> robert reich, if you break the filibuster rule, if you get rid of the 60 -- you'll be the most famous progressive in history. i think. >> wait a minute. chris, chris, one thing. with reconciliation, the way george w. bush got this tax extension mostly for the -- this tax cut mostly for the wealthy, he did it through reconciliation, said it was only going to be ten years and be a tax bill. another question arises. why didn't the democrats try to do this under reconciliation and actually get what they wanted instead of what the republicans wanted? >> i don't know how many reconciliations you can do a year. they already did one this year. thank you. a great question. terry mcauliffe and robert reich. >>> up next, the republicans are set to take over the house finance committee. the guy who says he's going to do it say washington regulators exist, catch this, to

can you think -- even richard nixon, who hated other people. >> he supposed was a loner. >> spent hishouse tapes talking about how much he hated them. he was garlous. >> when the president goes on vacation, he goes with the same group of people. >> well, and the wrap on the press see -- >> same group of 15 people he picks from. >> let's merely say that one -- if bill clinton wrote an honest boyhood autobiography, his years as a loner would not be part of it. >> would not be a chapter? >> all right. well, it's an interesting take on an old book, but worth reading again. >> suddenly made it. maybe it's time to download it. >> i know. to read again over the holidays. but that would be like working for us. >> obama 2.5. >> walter sha peero, thanks. >>> let's do our trivia. which president slash grinch banned christmas trees in his home, even when he lived in the white house. walter, do you know the answer? >> i'll go with grover cleveland. >> always a favorite. why not? no, it was teddy roosevelt. the conservist in him. roosevelt resisted the idea of chopping down a christmas tree as a wa

is president richard m. nixon and the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy. according to rules set by the candidates themselves, each man will make an opening statement of approximately eight minutes duration and a closing statement of approximately three minutes duration. the candidates will answer or comment on answers to questions put by a panel of correspondence. >> the audience for the first debate is almost too huge to measure. researchers will claim each debate caught the attention of almost 70 million americans. >> and now for the first opening statement by senator john f. kennedy. >> mr. smith, mr. nixon, in the election of 1860, abraham lincoln said the question was whether this nation could exist half slave or half free. in the election of 1960 and with the world around us, the question is whether the world will exist half slave or half free, whether it will move in the direction of freedom, in the direction of the road we are taking, or whether it will move in the direction of slavery. i think it will depend in great measure upon what we do here i

she wrote that she recalls the resignation and parts and of -- and pardon of richard nixon. and from the u.s. naval academy, a professor on the confederacy. >> tonight, john burns, foreign correspondent for "the new york times." then on the premonitions questions, british prime mr. david cameron on the state of the economy. also, look at the republican agenda in the upcoming 112 congress. congress.

fortees to be chief justice, the failure of that, the impact of that on the court because that meant richard nixon got to pick the next chief justice instead of lyndon johnson. the ethical issued raised after the chief justice nomination died and they found themself exposed in writing about financial scandal payment he had take that was deemed inappropriate, i mean, brennan was very concerned about that so much so that that contributed to his decision then in 1969 to basically withdrawal. if you watch the court in the 70s, unless you were actually in the supreme court chamber, you never laid eyes on william brennan for 13 years. he disappeared from the public. he withdrew from all speaking engagements. he withdrew from financial investments. he resigned from the american bar association. he basically disappeared from the public eye in part because his wife was suffering from cancer, and he spent a lot of time with her, but also because of the scandal. he was not going to take a chance that he had any finger in anything that might involve any kind of problem. >> i wanted to close tonight reading on

richard nixon started the process with henry kissinger into first limit nuclear weapons, and then ronaldgan really began the process of really limiting nuclear weapons. we've seen the total in the united states and russia declined by over 70%. u.s. and russia have 95% of all the nuclear weapons. they have been steadily reducing their arsenals. the start treaty is part of that process. it now has bipartisan support, even though this is the first nuclear reduction treaty negotiated by a democrat to win senate approval. host: with regard to this treaty and others that have preceded it, has it been as difficult to get them ratified as it seems it has been as difficult to get this one ratified? guest: there have always been opposition to arms control. i was just watching "7 days." hard coreways been a opposition. some of the same people now, for example, who were critical of the treaty for selling out or weakening the united states were critical of other arms control treaties. they also oppose the regional ronald reagan start treaty. they opposed ronald reagan's nuclear force treaty. they ran

house fellow earlier in my career and for some reason they gave us an opportunity to meet with richard nixonour hours. and we decided that ten years earlier he had opened relations with china. we asked him, why did you do that? because it was very counterto what most of america believed needed to be done at the time. and nixon said you know for my study of foreign affairs, what i realized is that every time america had tried to isolate a totalitarian regime, isolation caused them to become stronger. because it gave them the opportunity to control what people could know, and to blame america for everything that is wrong. >> rose: so they can say the reason are you suffering is to the because we are inept, but because of america. >> exactly right. and every time we had opened up our interaction with twhem, first for diplomacy and then ultimately to commercial interaction, always the totalitarian government collapsed. and he said you know we've been isolating china since 1959. mao just became stronger and stronger and we just needed to weaken him. and look what happened. we got rid of our most

the stations are owned by conservative and controlled companies that started back in the days of richard nixon they were smart and did nothing illegal. they bought radio stations, hired their talent, trained them, and today they dominate the air waves, and the fcc does nothing about it. it's not just that it's radio is so one-sided, the problem i see is when you listen to it, the content is so ugly, so partisan, so personal, and so disgusting, look, let me back up just a minute. a couple observations here. number one, it's -- i don't have anything against political date. just the opposite. i made a good living on my life with cross fire, the spin room, radio and television, i love political debate. pat bucannon, i've been up against the best, and i enjoy it and the more hard hitting, the beller. i'm not saying we have to be pansies or be nice to each other not not mix it up, but i'm not perfect. i'll tell you that before doug does. i go over the line. [laughter] remember scott mccellan? remember him? a -- well, he's not, but i just love saying that on cnn, and i should not have done it. the po