ronald reagan would have become the william jennings bryant of the republican party. a guy who ran three times and lost three times. what worked in reagan's favor were two things. one, himself, because he chose to take control of his own destiny and two, new hampshire fell in two weeks after the iowa caucuses which allowed him time to get back in the race. >> so i think what you're saying is if he had not -- if we took modern day schedule, overlaid it on the reagan campaign, he wouldn't have been president reagan. >> he would not have been president reagan. >> talk to me about new hampshire now. because at least my impression is and modern politics as big debates may be important in a a campaign, they are often a slugfest and end in draws, but the nashua -- at the nashua high school debate that you write about seems to be an extraordinary exception to the rule. can you talk to us about the importance of that. >> well, reagan leaves iowa. he's collapsed in all the national polls. his campaign is heavily indebt. and still his campaign aides say -- and reagan campaigns th

the real ronald reagan stood taller than any statute. we know the source of the strength. ther, you end president reagan lifted our nation when we needed it most. america is still grateful. you will always have a special place in our hearts. when ronald reagan began the journey that led to the sunset of his life, he remained optimistic about america even then. and as he put it so memorably in a hand written letter, "i know that for america there will always be a bright dawn ahead." holding firm to the ideals that he embraced throughout his remarkable life, we can say the same. and inspired by the example of ronald reagan, we can pay an even greater tribute and the monument that rededicate here today. we can build that hopeful future he always saw before him. that is a living tribute we owe this great man. it is the tribute that this memory and this nation that he loved deserves. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, majority leader of united states senate, the hon. harry reid. >> his earliest days of an actor on the las vegas strip, to his profound partnership with paul laxal

he really -- dick worth never knew a competition as much as ronald reagan. elished confrontation. this idea that reagan floated from opportunity to opportunity is nonsense. everything he had in his life he fought for. and when he took matters into his own hands, as he did in new hampshire and won the primary, and as he did in the fall when he decided and, you know, that he was going to debate jimmy carter, that reagan was best off when he took matters -- his own career and matters into his own hands. absolutely. >> any other questions. over here. >> it's an honor to give you an modern. -- microphone. [laughter] >> dr. shirley, a question. [laughter] >> you spent an enormous amount of time studying the campaigns, the '76 campaign and the '80 campaign and yet most academics focus on 1981, january, 1981 to 1989. what is it that you have learned from those campaigns about ronald reagan that we don't learn from studying his presidency? >> yeah, good question. is what i learned was how much the republican party establishment opposed ronald reagan. is that -- there

the real ronald reagan stood taller than any statute. we know the source of the strength. esident reagan lifted our nation when we needed it most. america is still grateful. you will always have a special place in our hearts. when ronald reagan began the journey that led to the sunset of his life, he remained optimistic about america even then. and as he put it so memorably in a hand written letter, "i know that for america there will always be a bright dawn ahead." holding firm to the ideals that he embraced throughout his remarkable life, we can say the same. and inspired by the example of ronald reagan, we can pay an even greater tribute and the monument that rededicate here today. we can build that hopeful future he always saw before him. that is a living tribute we owe this great man. it is the tribute that this memory and this nation that he loved deserves. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, majority leader of united states senate, the hon. harry reid. >> his earliest days of an actor on the las vegas strip, to his profound partnership with paul laxalt -- the same we

but it is remarkable some of his ideas especially on supply-side economics found their way to ronald reagan and he started espousing them quite earn the. jack kemp was truly an influential figure on reagan t when somebody will have to do a book on how important jack kemp was to the conservative movement and the republican party. he brought fire to the republic and kind. he gave us a hopeful economic message, which conservatism and republican as some have never had before. we, republicans and conservatives, had been the agreed vice balance the budget and democrats were the party of hope and opportunity. they're economic message was spread the wealth or soak the rich but we did not have something that was hopeful. september 1976 jack kemp introduces a jobs creation and act in the house. anybody can introduce legislation but he introduces the bill and it is brought to reagan's attention and it is a massive across the board personal income tax for all americans and reagan unseasonably the political opportunity but what it does economically and endorses it immediately and less than two years lat

of course, ronald reagan is such a good example of that journey from the new deal democrat as he was to expounding a reagan revolution parker a fair real majority is over. it is over. three big revolutions are happening in the united states today. first, we have a new demography. that revolution is a racial revolution. when the real majority was in full swing, nine out of 10 voters were white. in 2004 that is 77% of the electorate that is the reasons why i say watch the number, it is declining. of course, it declines even more in 2008 at 74%. partly because we have the first african-american run for president with barack obama. but that number was going to decline any way. why? because by 2042 whites would be a minority throughout the united states by 2042. of the census bureau a four years ago estimated 2050. and as a parent of a 12 year-old, i think about what country he is living in? and i see it already in the schools that she goes to. and her school, she is a minority of being white. what is going on? immigration. we have more foreign-born with and in the state of california toda

the dalai lama, ted kennedy, or ronald reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell and others. and then, a look at what is ahead for the new year. vladimirthe creator of the segue co-founder of "guitar hero." >> >> , a discussion on president obama's economic agenda. from today is "washington journal," this was one hour. -- this runs one hour. host: for the next hour it is the obama administration and economy. we are joined by dean baker,

>> this looks like it ronald reagan moment. >> have you been moved towards voting by anything the senator reid has proposed? >> as i said last night, we are having constructive discussions3 . it is not finished yet. we have learned in the last couple of weeks that we should all be looking at paper. this legislative process and we should look at specific legislative language before agreeing or not. if, as appears to be happening,

dalai lama, ted kennedy, what ronald reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell and robert byrd. and on new year's day, a look at what is ahead for the new year. vladimir putin discusses his future from its annual call-in program. presidential adviser austin goulsbee on the global economy, the creator of segue and the founder of guitar hero on innovation and entrepreneurship. plus, the art of political cartooning. >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this began on "american perspectives" -- on "book tv" three hours with her sunday live at noon eastern on both tv -- on "book tv" part of a three day weekend starting friday. correct this panel looks at cost-effective methods to provide quality education for all american youth. it is about one hour, 50 minutes.

and so whether it's henry kissinger or hillary clinton or bill clinton or benjamin franklin ronald reagan, i have auld -- always tried to look at what made somebody stand out, what special characteristic that made them different from the people around them. i got inspired by the first real writer i ever knew, walter percy, and i hope his books are still here because i will tell you, i marvel at his philosophical agrees and his understated wit. everytime i pull down the well-thumbed copies of the movie goer or the last gentleman from my shelf. he was the uncle of my best friend, guy named tom cowen, so when we we are young we used to go over lake ponchatrain and party skiing, and nobody quite

it was entitled "ronald reagan speaks out against socialized medicine." it featured an impassioned 2,000-word speech intended to get people to write to their congressman against the idea of medicare that was beginning to make its way through the congress. that was 1965. it was referred to as operation coffee cup, something of a precursor to today's tea parties. in his recorded message against medicare, ronald reagan said -- quote -- "one of the traditional methods of imposing socialism on people has been by way of medicine. sound familiar? sound familiar in the year 2009, in the debates we've heard here on the floor? when he became president, one of the pillars of his health policy was cutting benefits, in particular, to increase cost sharing from medicare and medicaid recipients. he was wrong then just as our conservative friends on the other side are wrong now. madam president, in the face of yet another landmark piece of legislation, is it possible that there is not one of my friends on the other side who does not in their heart believe we need to pass

ronald reagan, 1984. now, i point out these quotes from our history, could read volumes and volumes of quotes basically along the same lines. not trying to push christian religion on anyone, but just so that people understand where we came from. it's incredible the amount of ignorance on the basis of this nation. the foundation of this nation. let me go to some of our founders directly. sam adams, he was called back at that time by those who knew and knew well the father of the american revolution. samuel adams was a signer of the declaration of independence. in the will of samuel adams, he says this, i recommend my soul to that almighty being who gave it and my body i commit to the dust, relying upon the merits of jesus christ for a pardon of all my since. that was the father of the american revolutionary --, samuel adams -- revolution, samuel adams. in a letter from charles carol to charles wateren, charles carol was a signer of the declaration of independence, one of the 56, he said, on the mercy of my

we have late michael jackson with ronald reagan and nancy reagan. >> this photograph in some ways inspired the whole book because when i was 16i wasn't interested in watching the news every night like most 16-year-olds may be. but i remember one night watching ronald reagan and michael jackson with his sequence love walking out of the white house on nbc news, and i was shocked to but i thought it was the most bizarre thing i had ever seen in my life and i think from that that kind of put the idea in my mind well, gee, what is this taking place here when these stars are visiting elected officials? what are they doing? why are they fair and what are they accomplishing if anything? >> what are they accomplishing? >> i think it depends why they are there but they certainly i think in the end you have celebrities and actors entertainers who are americans after all and they really want to influence policy and decisions or in the case of michael jackson it was a great publicity stunt. >> this last 1i really like and it's totally bizarre. andy warhol and president jimmy carter and it looks like a

and we have the late michael jackson with ronald reagan and nancy reagan. >> well, you know, this photo in some ways inspired this whole book because when i was 16, i wasn't very interested in watching the news every night, like most 16-year-olds maybe. but i remember one night watching ronald reagan and michael jackson with his sequinned glove walking out of the white house on nbc news, and i was shocked. i thought it was the most bizarre thing i'd ever seen in my life. and i think from that that kind of put an idea in my mind, gee, what is this sort of taking place here when these stars are visiting our elected officials? what are they doing, you know, why are they there? and what are they accomplishing, if anything? >> what are they accomplishing? >> well, i think it depends why they're there, but in the end you have celebrities and actors, entertainers who are americans, after all, and they really want to influence policy and decisions or in the case of michael jackson, it was a great pr publicity stunt. >> this last one i really like, and it's totally bizarre. it's andy warhol and

and just a few months later, in 1982, he was officially appointed by ronald reagan to the u.s.court of appeals for the d.c. circuit claymont so he didn't get to be solicitor general, but he got at least -- i would say second place. the d.c. circuit is considered to be the second highest court in the land by some people that it's equal with other circuit -- federal circuit courts, but it's in washington and it handles cases many of which go to the supreme court. >> guest: and some people would say if you become solicitor general and taken some pretty tough stance he might never have been on deck and a pointer to the u.s. supreme court. who knows? but it worked out better for him in the end. >> host: so in 1982 he goes to the d.c. circuit. then when does he get appointed to the supreme court? >> guest: he gets appointed in 1986. the real battle their insight is what he's going to beat robert to that nomination. as you know, robert bork had been really the man on deck for the supreme court. he had been a very strong intellectual force behind conservatism tram and a former solicito

the mood changes when ronald reagan wins in 1980 but those first few years were grim. >> when you were asked "national at "national review" in those years you were experiencing his full charm which is a mixed billblessing. talk about that a little. >> the biggest blast of it i got, the biggest bolt was one day when he took me to lunch. i had been at the magazine a year and i was 23 years old. he takes me to lunch and he says, "rick, i have decided you will succeed me as editor. he also said when that happens you will all the magazine. -- own the magazine. i was flabbergasted. there was no preparation for this. no hands or anything i picked up. i had older colleagues. i asked him one of this one or that one and he had various reasons. he said it is going to be you. so and then to reinforce this a year later, he took me, he said, "let talk." and that that were going to lunch but instead we go to mexico city. and then to tasco. that was his idea of going around the corner. then he sort of emphasized the offer. it was a way of underlining the offer. this was to be the plan of my life at ag

in the 1980 election cycle, ronald reagan swept into office. congressional campaign in 1980, they did not have biographies for some of the republican challengers who won. they were not even on the map. it was stunning. you can beat somebody with nobody of the political and learned is that bad. it does happen. you have to be aware of that. if you have an incumbent with a 30% unfavorable rating, and setting four point above 50, you could be in trouble if he has a ballot test where your number is under 50%, you look at this number, you are not 10 points ahead. you have to look at it as four points under 50%. you have to be at least a 50% to win the race. 46% does not cuti!. if the last poll before election day was a wednesday or thursday before election day and your numbers were 46% democrat and 44% republican, my prediction is you lose. in a this political environment. undecided voters voter against the party in power. ñrÑç' in the bloomberg race in w york, what did they do? they did not vote for black corporate he got what he got. vg6ççs][[óms$v

ronald reagan did and he carried the country with him. now, increasingly, the reaganites vision of american goodness and uniqueness that most conservatives embrace seems both more exceptional and more vulnerable than ever. with what arguments, symbols, rituals, and vocabulary can conservatives make their case for the american way of life that they cherished to those for whom the traditional arguments, symbols, rituals and vocabulary are either unfamiliar or seem hopelessly passe? again, this is not a trivial concern. it lay at the heart of our recent presidential election campaign. behind the disputes last year over public policy and personal fitness for the presidency, behind the vehemence of the culture wars surrounding governor palin worked the question, what kind of a policy does america desire to become? as the conservative british commentator dirard fakir has noted, the election of 2008 turned into a struggle between the followers of american exceptionalism and his supporters of global universalism. as the election outcome made plai

sarah palin is no ronald reagan and why think i'm alone in thinking that. she has got some increasing poll numbers now but she has recently been charged with traveling around the country promoting a self-serving revisionist account of an election, whereas president obama, by contrast, has been presiding over a war or two and the economy. i mean, i don't think that her poll numbers mean much in terms of her long-term political credibility. >> larry: penn jillette what is your read on sarah? >> i didn't read it i didn't read her book and why know anything about t and i find it very difficult, even on tv with larry king talking to me, to care. >> larry: you don't care? >> well, i just don't care about her. >> larry: okay. all right. you don't care. stephanie, what do you think? >> oh, i know the mall thing t is attack of the killer liberal tomatoes, is another poor sarah story, larry. you know, i have to say my dad ran for vice president with barry goldwater in '64 and took quite a drubbing, larry. let me just say there is no whining in politics to me that is

i think james mann in his book which i read was interested about ronald reagan was right in saying that reagan's speech was aimed more at his domestic audience and the soviet union. because reagan was under a lot of pressure in 1987. indeed not only did conservative republicans the people who regarded themselves as real as. they were all very critical of reagan's apparent willingness to trust gorbachev, even though his willingness to sign the imf agreement banishing intermediate nuclear missiles in europe. the former american massacre to moscow, and acts of ambassador italy 1987 and 1991, remarked in his book, how the cold war ended, that it was rather ironic that a lot of these people had been supporters of reagan's zero option. this inf agreement signed in 1987 was essentially what reagan had enforced in 1981. then it was dismissed out of hand by the soviet leadership. a lot of people supported it only in an assumption the soviet union could never accept it. and once gorbachev accepted it, they were against it. i don't think it was reagan's rhetoric which brought this profound change

and there is a lot of discussion around about what the causes of that work and the world that ronald reagan played in that event. so i want to say a few things about that. first i want to tell a story about this goes back to when i worked in the white house for jimmy carter as a speechwriter. one day i was reading the paper and saw a little item in the paper about how comes also get -- [inaudible] the youth newspaper, the communist league of the soviet union had run a kind of letter writing and campaign and obviously responding to carter's human-rights -- human rights campaign, in which they printed postcard and people were supposed to sign the postcard and send it addressed to the postcard, just a little item in the paper. so i was curious so i went to the mailroom of the old executive office building and said have you been getting mail from the soviet union and they said yeah, follow me. and they took me to a room that was filled with sacks of mail and there were hundreds of thousands of these postcards, which is a stamp collector's treen when we have these stamps on them. so, this was 19

in terms of ronald reagan, his performance was very real. he inherited after the 1970's, high inflation, 18% mortgage rates, 21% somewhere rates, higher unemployment than what we have today. as a result of his policies, inflation plummeted, interest rates came down, the u.s. became a font of innovation, and they created more jobs under his watch and subsequent watches of more jobs in western europe and japan put together. so overall, not a bad record and one that i think any president today would love to grab on to. host: to our republican line next. steve is from parksville, mfment you're on. caller: yes, good morning, mr. forbes. i've been following up for many, many years. guest: good morning. caller: one of the questions i'd like to you play somewhat of an economic north radio come as for just a minute. the -- an economic north dam us for just a minute. we have situations in iraq and afghanistan, and all the global situations that exist. we also have a congress that is spending more and more money that we don't have and we're borrowing f

the highest since the ronald reagan era in 1982.ons, but certainly not at the proportion they voted in the presidential election one year ago. host: good morning to herald the over-30 line. -- harold on the over-the line. caller: i have been disappointed in the system for so long. i'm a veteran of the vietnam war. there is not only a problem with the two-party system, but the way the media is covering what is going on in politics today. i don't and there is enough access -- don't think there is enough local access for people to get the information out and to receive this information. i don't think they are getting involved enough with the way politics is being paid for by the health insurance industry. there is just so much that should be talked about that is not being covered in the media. i'm just disappointed in the media. also, i think something should be done -- the public ought to have more access to the facts, and there should be some type of watchdog media to cover this and to get the truth out. and to see where both parties

kennedy and ronald reagan. the fact is the notion of this regulatory burden and tax cuts that are not modeled after the pro-growth model of presidents kennedy and president reagan are not going to create the kind of opportunity that we need. why? because we constantly hear this class warfare argument of tax the rich. this week's economist has a very interesting piece, madam speaker, in which it focuses on the bonus tax that prime minister gordon brown in great britain is putting into place. the piece in the economist is entitled class warrior. it focuses on the fact again the prime minister brown is trying to, with his policy, get the economy going when the british economy is in fact among those in europe doing the worst of the economies in europe and we are in a position right now where he is engaging in class warfare and the economist has this great line, it says, market reforms are not what class warriors do. that's what we need to do as we continue with tax job creators, attack those at the upper end of the

. >> this thursday on c-span, a day of tributes of world leaders, including the dalai lama, ronald reagan and colin powell. and in innovation and entrepreneurship. >> up next the life and career of william f. buckley, jr. the author of two books, he passed away in 1982. this event is about an hour. >> good evening everyone, and welcome to the new york historical society. i am president and c.e.o. at the society. tonight's program, right time, right place, is part of bernard and louise schwartz and thank them. tonight's program will about a little over an hour and you with purchase programs in the museum store. our moderator tonight has written for a variety of publications, his book, legacy: paying the price for the clinton years was a best seller. he wrote fist first cover story in 1969 at 14 years old. and became the magazines youngest senior editor, and mr. brookhiser tells about his mentorship with william buckley, and he provides an account of the ferment that buckley lectured and lead. before we begin our program be sure your cell phones are switched off. and now help me in welcomin

ronald reagan took a different policy approach.does not change the reality that the government has responsibility. host: tim joins us from austin, texas. caller: thanks to the uk audience about the iraq war policy. concerning the is really a tie with the war. there is an excellent piece from a couple of years ago about the israel lobby. guest: well, i think a single standard of human rights helps people to avoid getting lost. it is a reliable compass. otherwise people get sort of jerk around and drawn into various eddies and hurricanes of ideologies and nationalism and theology. if you look at the question of human right, palestinians have lived in their land occupied now for more than four years in gaza and the west bank. a siege on gaza withholding basic health care and other resources. if we use a single yardstick of human rights than i think we should be critical of the israeli government particularly because taxpayers are helping to subsidize it. guest: the problem with this perspective is this -- everyone agrees there should

john kennedy came in, more or less, a man of the people, for the people, ronald reagan came in as a man of the rich, for the rich and eventually for the corporations. the same people that may or may not be a part of your consensus on the part of the problem. they brought this problem to us. this is not an individual problem by us because maybe we use too many cans or we use too much toilet paper. this is a problem of large-scale industrial production. my first one. second of all, i think you clearly cherry-picked the four most important things that you think global warming -- i shall. would you like to microphone? >> yes. spirit i think -- they are both point that the first president i remember is jimmie carter. then again, i think most people in europe, but the main point to get back -- i think we sort of have to live with the fact that we have this outside and i'm not going to lecture how you will make the u.s. a better place. but the u.s. is not the only place that has problems. look at britain which arguably the most advanced, we had tony blair arguing for 10 years that britain shou

ronald reagan tried on that in the 1980's. -- ronald reagan thrived on that in the 1980's. >> half of them did not even know who reid was. >> everyone has some amount of anger, and has shifted to pelosi and congress. >> i would go back to, for the obama people, he is our guy. i don't think democrat or republican leaders in congress could find any solace. >> i was astounded that the poster for ronald reagan referred to walter mondale as a great president. if barack obama grow a convertible with the top down through a car wash, congress would get wet. he has a teflon quality right now. i don't think it is perpetual. i think he has been given the benefit of the doubt and a long leash, but a year from tonight, we are looking at 12% or 11% unemployment, we will see a far different reaction. the willingness to blame both parties of congress, congress as an institution, rather than him. no one blamed him. it was just remarkable. i really think the wall street thing is just sitting there. i cannot believe the republicans are not running against both washington and wall street. if you are look

i do see someone similarity with ronald reagan which is an interesting one. .s gone to a very broad agenda. he has had problems because of that. >> if you look at jimmy carter, he can being anti-washington and realized he was suddenly washington and triple legislature as he might treat the last georgia legislature which is not what you want to do. host: we're joined from cleveland, ohio, good morning. caller:x6 you might want to look at the commission on 9/11 part we are going by the model of comparative advantage which was made up by david ricardian in 1817. that is to outsource every job in this country. on what obama said was that he would look at the free trade policies. we will not compete with 800 million working people in china. i am not even talking about india. we cannot compete with and to the living standard in the united states. hostguest: as soon as he gets through health care which will be another six weeks, they will go as strongly as they can on the economy. they have to revitalize this by. their basic mistake was to not really understand the de

go all the way back to ronald reagan. ronald reagan won two elections by the exact same question.you're better off in 1980, you're better off today than you were four years ago? vote for jimmy carter if you think things are not as good, give me a chance. been 84 he stood up once did and he said if you think things are better off today than they were four years ago, though for me. if not, you can go for walter mondale. the beauty of ronald reagan was how direct and simple it was. think about your congressional races over the last four years. i think in 2006 and 2008 the republicans, the congressional question was kind of easy. how am i going to a vote against him or her. for the republicans, it was often about trying to change the message or change the question so that the question became something other than what the national question was at the time. going in 2010, what things will happen now? there's a big anti-incumbent by still in america with frustrations taking place in d.c. collared by an antidemocratic bias seems to be developing at least in some parts of america that i fl

kennedy and ronald reagan. america's ideals and the world's ideas.not only in the heart and minds of our countrymen, but in the hearts and minds of millions of the world's people, in both free and oppressed who look to us for leadership. obama's ideals for a large extent with the ideals that underpin the activities of the nobel committee throughout 108 year history. to strengthen international institutions as much as possible. to reduce the importance of arms and open a the nuclear armaments altogether. to promote dialogue and negotiation, and in the last few years, take protective measures to meet the climate threat. looking at the history of the nobel peace prize, we have several examples of awards to persons or institutions that have achieved from the mental agreements or are the result that have stood the test of history. we will find at least as many efforts that have gone to those that tried to bring about from the changes in international politics, but the result was still unclear at the time when they received their awards. the prize game whe

in terms of ronald reagan, his performance was very real.at he inherited after the 1970's, high inflation, 18% mortgage rates, 21% somewhere rates, higher unemployment than what we have today. as a result of his policies, inflation plummeted, interest rates came down, the u.s. became a font of innovation, and they created more jobs under his watch and subsequent watches of more jobs in western europe and japan put together. so overall, not a bad record and one that i think any president today would love to grab on to. host: to our republican line next. steve is from parksville, mfment you're on. caller: yes, good morning, mr. forbes. i've been following up for many, many years. guest: good morning. caller: one of the questions i'd like to you play somewhat of an economic north radio come as for just a minute. the -- an economic north dam us for just a minute. we have situations in iraq and afghanistan, and all the global situations that exist. we also have a congress that is spending more and more money that we don't have and we're borrowing

the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california is the host of this hour-long event >> all right. now, craig and i are going to do something -- hopefully you will find fun rather than him getting up and giving a long 30-minute speech

ronald reagan took a different policy approach.nge the reality that the government has responsibility. host: tim joins us from austin, texas. caller: thanks to the uk audience about the iraq war policy. concerning the is really a tie with the war. there is an excellent piece from a couple of years ago about the israel lobby. guest: well, i think a single standard of human rights helps people to avoid getting lost. it is a reliable compass. otherwise people get sort of jerk around and drawn into various eddies and hurricanes of ideologies and nationalism and theology. if you look at the question of human right, palestinians have lived in their land occupied now for more than four years in gaza and the west bank. a siege on gaza withholding basic health care and other resources. if we use a single yardstick of human rights than i think we should be critical of the israeli government particularly because taxpayers are helping to subsidize it. guest: the problem with this perspective is this -- everyone agrees there should be a standar

i happen to believe that the 20th-century president that was most like jackson was ronald reagan.and the 20th century president who was most like jackson's rival, henry clay, was franklin roosevelt. they were both great patriots. they hated each other, but loved america. they had nothing but the greatest designs for america's future. clay believes in the concentration of power in washington. whereas jackson believes the power should beÑi spread out amg the people as much as possible. in those days they would talk about strict construction. all the democrats were in favor of strict constitution. that is a republican phrase today. small government is a government phrase. >> we should really throw out the labels. what was the moment that led you to write a book about james polk? >> i love that question because it gives me an opportunity to note that this was not my idea. the idea came from my editorçó o is legendary in publishing circles as someone who loves and narrative history and his passion for american history. he asked me during a discussion i was having comment she said we wi

the highest since the ronald reagan era in 1982.all impact of young voters will continue to rise as they vote in even the midterm elections, but certainly not at the proportion they voted in the presidential election one year ago. host: good morning to herald the over-30 line. -- harold on the over-the line. caller: i have been disappointed in the system for so long. i'm a veteran of the vietnam war. there is not only a problem with the two-party system, but the way the media is covering what is going on in politics today. i don't and there is enough access -- don't think there is enough local access for people to get the information out and to receive this information. i don't think they are getting involved enough with the way politics is being paid for by the health insurance industry. there is just so much that should be talked about that is not being covered in the media. i'm just disappointed in the media. also, i think something should be done -- the public ought to have more access to the facts, and there should be some type

and the thing about ronald reagan not receiving the nobel peace prize for bringing down the wall, thats as usual with obama and i am disappointed. us, as black folks, in this country have always had to do things extremely better than the average bear. it is not going to matter what he does. he is still a black man. he needs to be a little bit more like fdr and just set things straight, say where we are, and if he has to come and go out on the white house steps and fast through lunch. we might get things change. host: the "new york times" is talking about the financial regulation bill. there is a depiction of barney frank here. next is a call from cleveland toma j.c., democrats line, you are on the air. caller: yes, i was listening to the show just now and some of the people were calling obama clown. i would just wonder how you and someone else wouldn't cut these people off to let them talk about the president like that. i have been 14-year-old. what is going to happen to this country? these white folks, everything that obama do, they have -- my kids have gotten so that they hate white

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the mood changes when ronald reagan wins in 1980 but those first few years were grim. >> when you werech is a mixed billblessing. talk about that a little. >> the biggest blast of it i got, the biggest bolt was one day when he took me to lunch. i had been at the magazine a year and i was 23 years old. he takes me to lunch and he says, "rick, i have decided you will succeed me as editor. he also said when that happens you will all the magazine. -- own the magazine. i was flabbergasted. there was no preparation for this. no hands or anything i picked up. i had older colleagues. i asked him one of this one or that one and he had various reasons. he said it is going to be you. so and then to reinforce this a year later, he took me, he said, "let talk." and that that were going to lunch but instead we go to mexico city. and then to tasco. that was his idea of going around the corner. then he sort of emphasized the offer. it was a way of underlining the offer. this was to be the plan of my life at age 23. i accepted it. i was very young. i accepted it without demur. that was how young i was.

in the course of my life i watched conservatism ormorph and it reached its pinnacle with ronald reagan. would you agree that conservatism has changed in appearance and is that a good thing or bad thing? >> i think there was a very depressing consequence of republicans who were most of them, not all of them, most of them taking over the house in 1994. and running the house till 2006. and the consequence was corruption. and it was just getting too used to be there and it was all othe k street connections. who was the congressman who strangled his mistress? >> mayor bower so many of them. -- there were so many of them. [laughter] >> don't strangle your mistress. you can saw we should have known this might happen because humans are humans and men are men but it is good to -- you have to take them as lessons. they are disasters but you have to make lessons of them and to remind yourself, ok, these are the temptations. do not do it next time. knowing that many will fail. hopefully some rather than many. the big change which we are still trying to adjust to was the fall of soviet communism. i

the mood changes when ronald reagan wins in 1980 but those first few years were grim. >> when you were asked "national at "national review" in those years you were experiencing his full charm which is a mixed billblessing. talk about that a little. >> the biggest blast of it i got, the biggest bolt was one day when he took me to lunch. i had been at the magazine a year and i was 23 years old. he takes me to lunch and he says, "rick, i have decided you will succeed me as editor. he also said when that happens you will all the magazine. -- own the magazine. i was flabbergasted. there was no preparation for this. no hands or anything i picked up. i had older colleagues. i asked him one of this one or that one and he had various reasons. he said it is going to be you. so and then to reinforce this a year later, he took me, he said, "let talk." and that that were going to lunch but instead we go to mexico city. and then to tasco. that was his idea of going around the corner. then he sort of emphasized the offer. it was a way of underlining the offer. this was to be the plan of my life at ag