ronald reagan had none of it. ronald reagan had no sense of malaise and no sense that could be anything wrong with the american people. of course the optimism combined with reagan's right-wing populism will lead in to win the 1980 election intake down a president, which is a fairly often not as people while now. so the speech in many ways becomes not just a speech about the energy crisis, moral crisis that plagues america, because the story of a turning point in our history. it is a turning point away from carter's evangelical humility towards falwell's return did in triumphal nationalism in many ways. it is eternally from carter's critique of consumerism and materialism and his return to ronald reagan celebration of the free market, including free-market embrace him. and i think it is precisely this idea that speech serves as a turning point for history can help us go back for the country should have gone. i've been asked this question in numerous interviews about do you think jimmy carter's speech is read today

this is london, not washington, and the flags are out in grosvenor square to celebrate president ronald reagan. a new statue is ready to be unveiled. today revives memories of an extraordinary political partnership between president reagan and then prime minister margaret thatcher in the 1980's. both were outspoken cold war warriors, a hugely controversial figures. critics of president reagan hated the re-arming of america to challenge moscow, in the also negotiated arms reductions with soviet president carter jeff and ignored the charges of dangerous 90 the day when he said this in front of the berlin wall more than two years before it finally fell. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. the berlin wall did come down, of course, but today, britain's saluted ronald reagan. the foreign secretary brought a message from lady thatcher, who had hoped to attend but was not well enough to attend. >> ronald reagan was a great president and a great man, a true leader for our kind. he held clear principles and acted upon them with purpose. >> and ronald reagan's legacy was hailed by condoleezza rice as

very much modelling himself after ronald reagan. >>> let me finish tonight with ronald reagan.e make a mistake when they overdue this thing about the great communicate or being the great compromiser. he despised every notion and >>> let me finish tonight with ronald reagan. people make a mistake when they overdue this thing about the great communicate or being the great compromiser. he despised every notion and refused to accept the demand that the united states promise not to develop a missile shield, but he did agree in 1982 to let taxes go up as part of a deal to cut the deficit. after the following year, he agreed to a compromise reform of social security. it leaked heavily on tax breaks and in other words, it reflected the results of the election that had just been held. so the relevance is right here in front of us. president obama just had his party get licked last november. he's now going to the republicans with a debt reduction plan that leans heavily in the republican area, spending cuts, he's doing what reagan did, giving the other side the benefit of an election vic

. >> ronald, ronald reagan. thru go again. >> and suddenly president obama's hero is ronald reagan. time and again suppressed for a debt deal. i wonder what art laper . first images from inside of the white house. i screwed things up for my producers. we know that the meeting was started. they made themselves invisible. man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man 2: allow me to crack...the bubbly! man 1: don't mind if i doozy. man 3: is a gentleman with a brostache invited over to this party? man 1: only if he's ready to rock! ♪ sfx: guitar and trumpet jam vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> the microphones didn't catch them and they went in another entrance. underground tunnels and the like. some viewers took me literally when i said they made themselves invisible. that is not the case. i was joking. only a couple in congress can make themselves invisible. >> in the cabinet room and not the oval office. the president turned off the air conditioner. again i am kidding. we'll get the at the same times of the president and we'll it l

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what was actually in the diary, what ronald reagan wrote in the diary was d , dash, dash, n. maybe it was something even worse than every darn thing. we'll never know because that's how he wrote it in his diary. while ronald reagan was president, the nation raised the debt ceiling 18 separate times, 18 times. this week a radio address from ronald reagan from 1987 from one of those times they were raising the debt ceiling. they circulated this reagan radio address to encourage today's republicans that even if they can't believe the tri-lateral commission democrat party all caps crazy communists that are saying it today, perhaps they could believe the saint, ronald reagan, when he explained how important it is to raise the debt ceiling. >> congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibility. this blankmanship threatens those who rely on social security and veterans benefits. interest rates would skyrocket, instability would occur in financial markets and the federal deficit would soar. the united states has a special responsibilit

the flags are out to celebrate ronald reagan with a new statue. today revives memories of an extraordinary political partnership. both were outspoken cold war warriors. critics of president reagan hated his rearming of america to challenge moscow. he said this more than two years before the wall fell. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> the berlin wall did come down, of course. today, britain's saluted ronald reagan. the foreign secretary brought a message from lady thatcher who hoped to attend but was not well enough to attend. >> ronald reagan was a great president and a great man. he held clear principles and acted upon them with purpose. >> his legacy was hailed by connolly's arise as an example for today, particularly in the middle east. >> it gives us hope and optimism to continue to stand for those who are still trapped in tyranny. "the reputation of some leaders fade with time but for reagan, it seems to be the reverse. critics during his presidency regarded him as a second division actor who had no business trying to play a part on t

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but you know who else believes raising the debt creeling is ronald reagan. ave the ad run now by the democrats quoting reagan? >> kimberly: i love now they compare him to -- >> greg: he's dead. >> eric: ronald reagan had sense, as george bush to raise the deficit without anarchists trying to stop it. bring this up and listen to your hero. >> congress consistently brings the america to essential of default before brink of responsibility. it threatens those rely on social security and veteran benefit. interest rates would skyrocket. instability would occur in financial markets and the federal deficit would soar. the united states has a special responsibility to itself and the world to meet its obligations. it means we have a well-earned reputation for reliability and credibility. two things that set us apart from much of the world. >> eric: go get, bob! >> greg: that was impersonator. that was not ronald reagan. >> bob: that was suck cinct. >> dana: what would help democrats is show humility and show that president obama as senator wrote a letter to president b

ronald reagan was 65 years old.s. but he had a reunion with his former aides in the spring of 77. he said, "i know you are depressed, but we should be of good cheer. there is a great opportunity ahead of us puzzle first of all -- ahead of us." he picked out a card and said, "we are beaten, but we are not slain. we shall lay down and leave a while, then rise and start again." conservatives lose when two things happen at the same time, when the people we elect disappoint us and go in a direction we did not elect them to go in. that just happened with richard nixon. the second and that happens is the liberals are smart enough to run someone as a moderate even though they are liberal. jimmy carter, a southern governor, evangelical christian. they run someone who claims to be a moderate. but even if jimmy carter wants to be moderate, he can't be moderate as president because his congressional leadership and the bills at the democratic party will not let him. reagan says he will govern from the left. if he gathers -- if h

ronald reagan raised the debt ceiling 18 times. >> when ronald reagan was president he made tough decisionshe cut taxes. but as senator simpson pointed out he raised revenue 11 times in an effort to get the budget deficit deal and raised the debt ceiling 17 times. >> democrats, democrats, democrats page ronald reagan in debt limit talks. and now the house democratic caucus using the gipper as their so-called "secret weapon." listen to this. >> congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibility. this threatens the government bonds and those who rely on social security and veteran benefits. interest rate -- interest rates would skyrocket and the federal deficit would soar. >> my next guest knows a thing or two about president reagan raising the debt ceiling, art laffer is a former reagan economic adviser. good to see you. >>guest: amazing, isn't it? >>stuart: what would ronald reagan do if he were president today, if this current situation, what would he do? >>guest: goodness know, i hope he wouldn't be in this situation because, frankly, while

ronald reagan be willing to engage in those same kinds of compromises? >> pelley: do you regret any of the things you have said in all this? >> no, i think i have been pretty restrained. >> pelley: well, you told the congress they don't do their work as well as their daughters do their homework. >> what i said was that they procrastinate, and that is absolutely true. i don't think i would get any dispute about that anywhere in the country. i mean, the fact of the matter is that we should not be leaving an issue of this magnitude that affects the world economy as well as the american economy to the last-minute, and yet, congress often leaves things to the last-minute and engages in the kind of brinkmanship that i think is pretty dangerous. >> pelley: how optimistic are you that a deal can be done? time is running out. >> if it turns out that the other side won't budge on anything, we're going to be here every day until we get this done. >> pelley: but sir, the republican leader in the senate said today they can't do business with you. "as long as you occu

in 1987, how ronald reagan badgered a democratic congress, both chambers, senate and house, democratic, into raising the debt ceiling. president reagan then scolded the 87th congress. >> congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibility. this brinksmanship threatens the holders of government bonds and those who rely on social security and veteran benefits. interest rates would skyrocket, instability would occur in financial marks and the federal deficit would soar. the united states has a special responsibility to itself and the world to meet its obligations. >> bruce bartlett, you worked for ronald reagan. how did he handle the situation? >> the debt limit problems? well, he had a big problem, as you just saw, and he also wrote a letter that democrats are using in 1983, begging the congress to raise the debt limit. every president has had this problem. it's often referred to as a tax on the party that happens to control the white house. it's just something you have to suck it up and do. >> did it work for reagan? >> yes. well, the debt

strategy and then reagan take up the torch and here's how it worked in one nine hundred eighty ronald reagan went to philadelphia mississippi this little town of the population of six thousand people who right after he was nominated to be president it was his first public speech why would ronald reagan pick philadelphia mississippi he gave a speech there on states' rights with which in mississippi has historically meant the right to discriminate against african-americans why would he do that as his first speech in philadelphia mississippi a little town in illinois where his promise this is what he said these are actual quote from ronald reagan's speech he said he was going to restore to states local governments their power that properly belongs to them he said i believe in states' rights i believe we have distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the constitution to that federal establishment this was his first speech after his nominated president ronald reagan why philadelphia mississippi well it turns out the reason why philadelp

that's a direct quote from ronald reagan.appened just a couple years after the nation looked with concern when richard nixon no matter -- whatever the president does, it's legal. just a couple years later ronald reagan was saying this to great fanfare. and in our presidential politics this metastasizes into stuff like this. you get george bush now, and nobody blinks an eye -- or not enough people blink an eye -- when he says things like this: god wants me to be president. or when he says, i'm the commander, i don't feel like i owe anybody an explanation for anything. and, unfortunately, it also becomes barack obama. we have similar examples. this is a direct quote from barack obama: i'm a better speech writer than my speech writers, i know more about policy issues than my policy directors. when a staffer sent him an e-mail said you're more clutch than michael jordan, he said, just give me the ball. these are examples, but i highlight this because so much of our politics today is about saying i'm not going to ask as a citizen

as ronald reagan often when he rejected isolationism, when he decried appeasement and identify churchillis the greatest hero of the 20th century, reagan said, it takes generations to build freedom. you can visit a new generation and if you do said, it is often going to be because he withdrew from your responsibilities in the world. i handsome, eloquent colleague quoted actually teacher i know for, not cardinal newman when he was citing examples of what happens when you wake up and find you have no friend. naturally the quote proves the opposite point. von hawker was making that observation can decried appeasement and withdraw in the 1930s exponentially raise the cost of dealing with hitler. they're gathering dangers dangers in the world which only american power can deal with. you don't want to do it, that the alternatives to not doing it are infinitely worse. klotzbach [applause] >> well, i never thought i'd see anyone ever defend world war i. i mean, that's absolutely phenomenal. if there was ever an example of that horrendous failed, ill-advised military adventure, it's got to be worl

those words were spoken by ronald reagan. but today many republicans in the house refuse to consider this kind of balanced approach, an approach pursued not only by president reagan, but by the first president bush, by president clinton, by myself, and by many democrats and republicans in the united states senate. so, we're left with a stalemate. now, what makes today's stalemate so dangerous is that it has been tied to something known as the debt ceiling, a term that most people outside of washington have never heard of before. understand, raising the debt ceiling does not allow congress to spend more money, it simply gives our country the ability to pay the bills that congress has already racked up. in the past, raising the debt ceiling was routine. since the 1950s, congress has always passed it, and every president has signed it. president reagan did it 18 times. george w. bush did it seven times, and we have to do it by next tuesday, august 2nd, or else we won't be able to pay all of our bills. unfortunately, for the past

ronald reagan was revolutionary change this country as much as franklin roosevelt did i actually sat down i actually sat down with david good morning but. he said down with david brooks on tuesday for an hour long interview in the new york times washington bureau you can see the daily caller dot com he he he brought up that column and we discussed that at some length and he also we also brought up the larger budget battle and what he said on the larger budget battle and that democrats were being serious and it's been republicans who have been coming to the table with a serious plan what the democrats. and i would like to see those i would like to see democrats go out and campaign on tax increases see how many people say well you along with alan simpson you look at it and you will be looking for you because i want to pay more taxes sixty six percent of americans live on taxes increase some people making over a quarter million go eat percent american lives and we're going to you know if that's true it surely will be a tax return on that well it worked for bill clinton we got a bala

the fact of the matter is that ronald reagan raised taxes. re just talking about stopping tax cuts. so we wouldn't even be in the reagan tradition. we would be talking about stabilizing taxes the way they were. he actually raised them. >> i think part of the reason you are seeing such popularity of the doctrine with members of their particularly party is that it resonates with people. people hear taxes, they are covering and consequently they don't look at what you're looking at. >> people shouldn't use things they can't live up to. >>> thank you for great panel. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. it is a spectacular deal. show-me-the-carfax. carfax is only for grown-ups. well, then show me the carfax. he doesn't work here. before you buy a used car, get a carfax vehicle history report. see accidents and service reporte

is this because liberals have fallen in love with ronald reagan reagan? because ronald reagan was right about the economy? no. no, no, no and no. it's because liberals are now to the point of using anything they can think of to try to get through to republicans. if you don't believe the treasury department when they say default would be a disaster, if you don't believe the republican economists when they say default would be a disaster. do you believe ronald reagan? could ronaldus magnus really be

those words were spoken by ronald reagan, but today many republicans in the house refuse to consider this kind of balanced approach. an approach that was pursued not only by president reagan, but by the first president bush, by president clinton, by myself, and by many democrats and republicans in the united states senate. >> that was the president earlier tonight quoting ronald reagan in his call for a balanced approach to deficit reduction. joining any now, former special assistant to george w. bush and current editor of from forward and also ari melbourne. thank you both for joining me tonight. ari, did you expect to hear a democratic president quoting ronald reagan in an inspirational speech about deficit reduction? >> no, i'm afraid not. in fact, the last time that barack obama quoted ronald reagan it was during those contentious democratic primaries. he was talking about having the transformational effect. now i guess it's all going in that direction, although under dres duress. the real problem tonight and you've been confronting it with tough questions you had to do with repub

those words were spoken by ronald reagan, but today many republicans in the house refuse to consider this kind of balanced approach. an approach that was pursued not only by president reagan, but by the first president bush, by president clinton, by myself, and by many democrats and republicans in the united states senate. >> that was the president earlier tonight quoting ronald reagan in his call for a balanced approach to deficit reduction. joining any now, former special assistant to george w. bush and current editor of from forward and also ari melbourne. thank you both for joining me tonight. ari, did you expect to hear a democratic president quoting ronald reagan in an inspirational speech about deficit reduction? >> no, i'm afraid not. in fact, the last time that barack obama quoted ronald reagan it was during those contentious democratic primaries. he was talking about having the transformational effect. now i guess it's all going in that direction, although under duress. the real problem tonight and you've been confronting it with tough questions you had to do with republican

those words were spoken by ronald reagan, but today many republicans in the house refuse to consider kind of balanced approach. an approach that was pursued not only by president reagan, but by the first president bush, by president clinton, by myself, and by many democrats and republicans in the united states senate. >> that was the president earlier tonight quoting ronald reagan in his call for a balanced approach to deficit reduction. joining any now, former special assistant to george w. bush and current editor of from forward and also ari melbourne. ari, did you expect to hear a democratic president quoting ronald reagan in an inspirational speech about deficit reduction? >> no, i'm afraid not. in fact, the last time that barack obama quoted ronald reagan it was during those contentious democratic primaries. he was talking about having the transformational effect. now i guess it's all going in that direction, although under dur russ. the real problem tonight and you've been confronting it with tough questions you had to do with republican members tonight. we're in an era of the p

. >>> and celebrating with ronald reagan. we'll explain. >> vice president joe biden has joined twitter. sent out the first tweet today asking americans to take time to think of u.s. troops and their families on this holiday. the vice president known for his gap, don't expect to see many of those on zitter -- twitter. the vice president joe biden's am is at vp.  >> americans in london celebrated the 4th of july at griefnor square today with the -- grovenor square. the likeness of ronald reagan is celebrating the park and to end the cold war. greg palka has the story. >> reporter: americans celebrating independence day in london's griefnor square. a 10-foot bronze statue of ronald reagan adorns this park. and marking $100 years since the birth as relatives were helping and the cold war. the former secretary of state condoleezza rice said reagan would have a hard time imagining -- . >> a europe whole free and at peace. a europe in which we enjoy friendship and alliance with the former captive states in the tr

i was an early supporter of ronald reagan. he was the governor of california before he became president. you look at american history, a of our best presidents, i think, came from the ranks of governors. the governor is the chief executive unlike a united states senator or congressman who is in the legislative branch of government. they're in the executive branch. so i think that's an advantage. congresswoman bachmann, however, is a tax attorney. she understands finances. our country is in dire straits because it's been mismanaged for way too long. so i think she's got some good ideas. i also think -- she's a very attractive, articulate, energetic candidate and has been able to generate a lot of interest and enthusiasm among tea party people, but also among other voters as well. >> as you know, governor palin has announced that she's going to attend an event in early september in your state. do you think it is too late for her to get into the race and mountain effective campaign in iowa? >> well, i don't know that i would say

ronald reagan was 65 years old. everything -- everyone thought he was too old to run for president in four years. but he had a reunion with his former aides in the spring of 77. he said, "i know you are depressed, but we should be of good cheer. there is a great opportunity ahead of us puzzle first of all -- ahead of us." he picked out a card and said, "we are beaten, but we are not slain. we shall lay down and leave a while, then rise and start again." conservatives lose when two things happen at the same time, when the people we elect disappoint us and go in a direction we did not elect them to go in. that just happened with richard nixon. the second and that happens is the liberals are smart enough to run someone as a moderate even though they are liberal. jimmy carter, a southern governor, evangelical christian. they run someone who claims to be a moderate. but even if jimmy carter wants to be moderate, he can't be moderate as president because his congressional leadership and the bills at the democratic party w

and acted upon them with purpose. >> reporter: ten feet tall and cast in bronze, the statue of ronald reaganation and paid for by private donors. ronald reagan's financial and social conservatism still make him a controversial figure here in the uk. but he is widely admired for his diplomatic skills and especially his willingness to engage the soviet union and help end the cold war. it is for his international statesmanship that ronald reagan will be remembered on this side of the atlantic and for a rare combination of skill, luck and courage that gave him a giant's role in modern history. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >>> and at three minutes past the hour, here's erica. >>> want to get you the latest on the sexual assault charges against dominique strauss-kahn. this morning the former imf chairman is free to go wherever he wants in the u.s. and may be rethinking his political future in france as new york prosecutors try to figure out how to salvage their case. our michelle miller has more. >> reporter: dominique strauss-kahn took his wife to dinner at an upscale manhattan restaurant

everybody today worships ronald reagan. i lived in the ronald reagan era. liberals called him an amiable dunce asset to -- and a threat to civilization. a sickly, on the question of the 14th amendment, the -- secondly, on the question of the 14th amendment, it would end up under the jurisdiction of john roberts. >> we've been talking about this stuff or 20 years, the need to fix entitlements. everybody says you have to do somethin nobody does anything, and here we are. >> think this is the most historic weekend of the obama presidency by far. the president of the united states has the chance to actually pull off the big deal that is going to secure our economic future. 8 he felt added, there are really dire consequences. -- if he fails added, there are really dire consequences. obama actually has a chance to be the leader that he wants to be. i think it will get him reelected if he does it, even out of it is squawking and complaining not go absolute, of -- this is his absolute moment of test as a leader. >> doing something about social security -- >> that i

ronald reagan was a big government conservative. not only did he increase spending, increased without paying for it. paying for it. he ran his first campaign called the new federalism. key action aggregated power into d.c. in a way that was much more than jimmy carter. >> you often start with characters that may be senator audience may not know what you are talking about. >> inouye gingrich styled himself as a revolutionary -- newt gingrich's style himself as a revolutionary. he clear this in many ways. he clear this and the 1990's. it was fun to liken people to historical characters. >> here is a video. >> here is a video. i remember this from the director. this is the former editor. >> businesses intro. this was a movie. -- this was an intro. this was a movie. >> good evening. out of common decency and a court order, i am obliged to warn you that the reason.tv videos are not only terrifying but real. members of the audience to are susceptible to seizures, high blood pressure politically induced rage should exit their browsers now.

. >> do you love ronald reagan? >> ronald reagan is a terrific fellow. ways there when i went into the white house and he told me what a mistake he made when he raised taxes in 1982. >> forget 1982. do you know ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times? >> hold on, pat. not just that. when he did deficit reduction deals, which he did, he put $190 billion worth of revenue increases into those deals. >> yes. >> so shouldn't you do just like reagan and put revenue increase niece the deficit reduction deals? >> have to. >> no, here is what we should do. >> i say no. >> here is what bill is talking about. he is correct that $1.6 trillion in cuts to which the democrats agreed. now, if the republicans, boehner says, we're passing the debt ceiling for one full year for the president, we are going to avoid and default and we are attaching the $1.6 trillion in cuts, that biden and dem krts agreed to and we agreed to and they send it down to the president. he will veto it and put the united states of america into default? come on! >> what i heard from pat -- hold on -- >

ronald reagan lost to george h. w. bush in iowa because he and his family went to virtually every county and the man running reagan's campaign thought they could do it with one rally per congressional district. he would not return my phone calls. i was trying to tell him it was a bad strategy. of course, what they did was they went to new hampshire and did exactly what they should have done in iowa. that is when i knew that ronald reagan had not lost the touch. he knew what he was doing. they just blew it in iowa. >> i want to talk about the impact of ron paul in this race. for your years ago, he was seen by many as kind of the guy talking about issues that people necessarily were not focused on, but this time it seems the issue matrix points more towards him with the economy and the debt ceiling. what is his level of strength there? have you been able to gauge what is impact will be? he said he would aim to win the straw poll. can he? can he win the caucuses? >> that is a good question. he does have an ardent group of

those words were spoken by ronald reagan. in the house refuse to consider this kind of balanced approach. >> joining me now is mary jo jacoby special assistant to president reagan and former commerce secretary for george h.w. bush mary jo, it is great to have you on, because especially as we get through the speeches last night given to america where we stand as all of us try to figure it out and the president pointed out that president reagan raised the debt ceiling 17 times and george h.w. bush did it seven times and president reagan did it by a compromising philosophy with then house speaker tip o'neill, and some are looking to see if they can find that model in washington, and is there one that could exist there, mary jo, from what you know? >> i think that one of the problems with trying to get a compromise that includes revenue, tax increases is the fact that a number of times in the past, including with president reagan, there was this compromise that had a revenue component, and tax increase component as well as spendin

it is the view of today's radical tea party, the same view ronald reagan confronted. reagan went ton say -- quote -- "i learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom get everything you ask for. and i agree with f.d.r. who said in 1933, ' i have no expectations of making a hit every time i come to bat. what i seek is the highest possible batting average. if you got 75% or 80% of what you were asking for, i say you take it and fight for the rest later. that's what i told these radical conservatives who never got used to it." ronald reagan in his own words, a lesson from a conservative hero, for those modern-day radical conservatives who watched us walk 90 yards down the field but would rather move the goal post and meet us at the ten-yard line. ronald reagan would tell them grow up, step up and govern. but they have reiterated the mantra of the radical conservatives reagan faced, if you don't get it all, don't take anything. end phupbd burke, another conservative icon once said something radicals would label as weakness or too liberal. he said nobody made a g

you believe ronald reagan was wrong?wish at some point on both sides of the aisle, a congress in the past would say no. we are paying more than $600 million a day and if interest rates go up, the number goes up. on both sides of the aisle, we didn't have the strength to say enough is enough and now we are trying to avert. >> ronald reagan and both president bushes were belong. you disagree with all three of the republican presidents? >> republicans and democrats, there is nobody exempt from this blame. that's why we find ourselves in the precarious position we are in now. >> the republican congressman from utah, thanks very much. >> appreciate it. >> she captured the world's attention when she defended her husband ruper murdoch from a pie-wielding protester. who is wendy deng? that's coming up next. ♪ my only sunshine ♪ you makes me happy ♪ when skies are grey ♪ you'll never know, dear ♪ how much i love you ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ [ male announcer ] as long as there are babies, they'll be chevy's to bring

people say ronald reagan. it was before reagan.ourt decisions made all the difference. i call them the original citizens united. political speech was a first amendment right. and you could spend money and that was the equivalent of political speech. the disaster began there. in 1978, first national bank of boston said that corporations could spend money on politics, and it was their first amendment right. which is nonsense. corporations are not human beings. they are so less two jsoulless -- they are soulless machines, and they are destroying our country. it is time to fight back. since that decision, corporations have been taking over slowly. the way they took over is they bought almost all of our politicians. washington at this point is nearly hopeless. you look at the republicans, a wholly-owned subsidiary of america. -- corporate america. there is nothing that they actually care about. they do not have a single principle. it is not about that. i can show you case by case, issue by issue, when you go down the list, it is based o

an op-ed entitled why i won't raise the debt ceiling, and that will be awkward to take to the ronald reagan liberal as statements are being circulated from reagan that if you do not vote to raise it you are all but a traitor. and then there's bob mcdonald. bob mcdonald has had a wobbly takeoff as a national republican figure. just days after he was inaugurated as virginia's governor, the republican national party put his m fourth as their face of the party. standing before diverse virginians to give the party's response to the president's state of the union address. watch. >> good evening, i'm bob mcdonald. 11 days ago i was honored to be sworn in as the 71st governor of virginia. >> looks presidential, right? and for a glorious few day, he was the party's answer to barack obama. he was for a few days in january of 2010 the next generation of the gop. the launch as i say was a bit wobbly. it had emerged during bob mcdonald's campaign for governor that says in his late 30s he got a degree at pat roberts' university. and he said that public policy should be used to help god crack down on thin