roosevelt says to play the game.d love to sort his stamps in that room. >> this is a room that i have had a baby showers and met with the dalai lama. we had a luncheon for queen elizabeth and friendprince phil. we were able to point out the mantel sat that were heard gift from her father to president truman when she visited the white house as princess elizabeth. there are years of history in nearly everything in this room. >> it is a room full of history in a houseful of the stories of those that have lived here and altered this home over time. >> 1 if you will be president, i don't advise you to try to be. the happiest day i ever spent my life was that day i left the white house. >> when the left, the president is determined to make the house a home. the home that into it is beginning to show its age. >> when they began to see the home on tour, they were appalled. there were marks on the wall where the pictures had been panther she could not a magic live in there. >> the roosevelts took an lot of stuff out. the plac

it is roosevelt was directly responsible for the construction of the west wing. >> and the rooseveltived, the up white house was just over 100 years old. it roosevelt draws this map, showing how crowded things are. with the needs of a large family colliding with the growing responsibilities of the presidency, the presidential suite of offices on the second floor where lincoln had worked are converted into family bedrooms on the east end of the house, and it has stayed that way ever since. when looking for space to but the president and his staff, roosevelt has his own ideas about what to do with the greenhouses and conservatories to the west of the home that had been started during the began in presidency. >> first he looked at the beginning conservatories, where the west wing is located now, and characteristically said, smashed the glass houses. equally important in reminding everyone, i am getting rid of anything that reminds anyone of james buchanan. so the glass houses disappeared, and on their site rises the west wing. >> considered contemporary at the time, the executive office

white house, and the first person they tell is eleanor roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt is attending a concert when she gets a notice to come back to the white house immediately. she comes back to the white house. office is playing out outside of the public eye. and then harry truman, it is eleanor roosevelt who summons harry truman to the white house. it is the former first lady who has no constitutional role or power who informed the vice president, harry truman, that roosevelt is dead and that harry truman is now president. and within a few hours, within a few hours in the white house, harry truman takes the oath of office. will what's so different about this is it just takes place in the full glare of the media. you cannot understand the assassination and understand the impact it has had on an entire generation. i look around and i see people who are my age, and some older dude you remember where you were when kennedy was shot. in large part because of the media. this was the first event in human history that the entire nation experienced, an entire nation experienced in real tim

at about the same time franklin roosevelt had another building built. on the eastern end of his family estate. he called it a top college. it was his own private retreat where -- top cottage. it was his own truck private retreat. it was on the hudson river that many believe he first discussed with winston churchill the effort to build an atomic bomb. today we gather at the library here, strengthened by the belief that in examining our past we can better safeguard our planet and our future. we will analyze how the news and american presidents shared in 1942 with his british counterpart would reshape history and the american presidency. we will discuss president truman's decision to use the bonds and world war ii. the famed 13 days in october in which a cataclysmic nuclear exchange was barely avoided. and efforts since that time to limit the use of proliferation of nuclear weapons. we will hear directly from two former presidents, a secretary of state and winner of the nobel peace prize, presidential advisers, diplomats, pulitzer prize-winning historian,

in 1944 knew that roosevelt was not well, roosevelt did not spend that much time picking his vice presidential nominee. the nominee and his first term had been henry wallace. the democratic leadership did not want wallace. they thought he was too liberal. they were forcing residents to pick someone else could result kind of in -- surround the working roosevelt -- they were forcing residents to pick someone else. roosevelt kind of dance around, not making a commitment. he finally said that truman was the one -- they finally said that truman was the one they wanted. he said ok. he was not particularly concerned about trimming of being vice president -- about truman at being vice president. "who will help me win the election?" pretty much sums it up. host: indiana up next for sidney hart. caller: whenever a vice president takes over for an elected president, as in the case of johnson and kennedy, is that dubai's president going into the presidency -- new vice president going into the presidency -- does he choose a vice president for himself? guest: good question. that is a major change in the evo

. >> tomanning will be kicking off for the wildcats p and it is roosevelt boone. for the maine plaintiff and maine will bring it out to the 20-yard line. >> maine was the main attack and they will be facing an unh defense. which will bring pressure. >> they are starting to play a lot better and look at chris treister, the quarterback from maine, he is throwing against an unh secondary. where they are the top 10 in the deflected passes and vasso matching up against landis williams. a key, key match up today. >> the leading runningback is out with a concussion and tried to go with it to the right right away. unfortunately for maine. landis williams can't get anything on them. we will take a look at the starters of the university of maine. brown will take over for derek session. out with a concussion and roosevelt boone and you have the receivers. and landis willis. and tyrell jones for the maine black bears, the number 1 ranked offense. it is going to be 2nd down now for the bears. and brown is just to the left of treister. >> here comes the blitz and coming up. and

roosevelt went and greeted them at the train station. then they had a parade back to the white house. they said a half million people lined the streets of washington to see the king and queen of england on the first visit by the -- probably our most famous royal neighbors and relatives. there was a grand dinner at the white house. the first one held beneath this portrait of abraham lincoln which had just been given to the white house by the lincoln family in 1939. the animal heads were long gone. they were kicked out of the white house in the early 1920's. the king toasted to friendship between the united states and great britain. and a world of peace. two months later world war ii broke out in europe and peace was gone for a while. so were state visits to the united states. but that visit in 1939 was perhaps most famous for the fact that president and mrs. roosevelt took the king and queen to their home at hyde park new york and had a picnic for them. nobody remembers what was served at the state dinner at the white house. everyone reme

but what roosevelt and his colleagues realize was at that time, the largest concentration of industrial power in the world was in the u.s. automobile industry. after his state of the union address he called leaders of the industry and said because you guys represent such a large share of our industrial capacity, we were making three million cars a year during the depression, you represent such a large share of industrial capacity, we will rely heavily on you to meet these production goals. these arms reduction goals. they said mr. president, we will do everything we can but it will be a stretch. you don't understand, we are going to ban the sale of private automobiles in the united states. that is what happened at the beginning of april 1942 until the end of 1944, there were no cars in the united states and we exceeded every one of those arms production goals. we produce not 60,000 planes but 229,000 planes. fighters, bombers, troop transports, cargo transports. it is extraordinary. i was in seattle last friday. airplane country. the idea of producing 229,000 planes is even today intimi

the statue of theodore roosevelt is really dynamic, as you expect theodore roosevelt's bust would be.e the doors and the senate chamber are latin phrases as well as symbolic imagery, basically marble reliefs. the marble relief are by an artist that is done in the early 1950's, as was the leitmotif. basically, it was part of the renovation of the chamber in the 1940's, 1950's. the imagery that you see his patriotism, careers, and wisdom. -- patriotism, courage, and wisdom. they were given a lot of latitude to design and thought it would be appropriate in the senate chambers. these are quite lovely pieces. the latin phrases, the first one is "got has savored are undertaking" over the east insurance building, the west entrance, which is "the new order of the ages." then you have "in god we trust." finally, over the presiding officer's desk is "e pluribus unum," "want out of many." -- "one out of many." >> why did you plan active role and opening up the senate chambers to television? >> i did not want to get too sanctimonious, but i generally do not like secrets. i just think life is a lo

and roosevelt is coming. and he decided he could take it out. >> there, it is very clear. the guy who is going to catch the ball. gets told by the guy who is back there and what to do. and tells him stay. that is a bad play right there. >> nothing you can do about that. and has to be smarter. and couple of yards deep in the end zone. and critical field position error right now. >> here is treister. and two interceptions and 264 yards. leading. and it is the full back back in. and he has a direction. brown looking. and still on his feet. and for a first down. longest run of the day forepushaun brian. >> doing a nice job of protecting the football. and the unh defenders are interested in stripping them out and forcing brown to cut back t and watch this. you get 17 in. there and ryan hind and go up there and stick someone. brown gets the call and up to the 26-yard line. and up for the hit. >> what do we have? >> clock is starting to tick away. and we have a new hatch hatch defender down. 13:01 to go in the ball game and when the wildcats came from behind. and 28-24. and that

roosevelt, we're going to let you out in a minute. and he was -- first day in the white house, he couldn't make the thing work. the wheels were turning around. and he was trapped and there was nobody there. and he called for help, and help did not come. and he finally, he yelled and somebody came to rescue him. and mind you, he had only been to the white house maybe one day. and there he was, locked in his chair. and so he said, the next over in the old executive building, he was a navy man, always to the end of his life, he said get me somebody from the navy to look after this thing. he was a good user of expletiv expletives. he was terrified. his head was this big. [laughter] >> and it went that way to. you never knew which side you had it coming at you. and so there he was waiting to be rescued. and they got a kid from the navy department who started to push his chair in front of him across the cabinet room. and the kid didn't know where he was going. so the president is beginning to vanish in one room after another in the white ho

>> a fascinating experiment the first lady eleanor roosevelt wanted to convey to the american people that racial harmony can exist on the u.s. army base. so she came up with the plan her and the secretary of the army to have to, high-profile blacks core around the u.s. army bases and a engage in physical training with the soldiers. the first person she picked was the heavyweight champion of the world, joe louis and he had a young cat to was a friend of his whom he had known and you had actually road in a boat with joe louis and his girlfriend lee no horn and that person growing the boat was sugar ray robinson and the war comes in there are riots in seven cities of blacks who say they're being asked to go to war to die but can i get equal treatment in the u.s. >> host: democracy abroad fighting for being treated horribly where they are being trained. >> guest: right. joe louis and sugar ray robinson lead this physical training troops from more rebates to army base. up north they are fine and everything goes okay. then they go below the mason-dixon line alabama and mississimississi ppi

the project was initiated to create propaganda for roosevelt's new deal but expanded to create a democratic picture of the rural united states, one that emphasized particularly those who did the work of farming rather than the owners of the great plantations of mississippi and california. there are several paradoxes in lange's like including the fact that this quintessential city girl ended up working for the department of agriculture, never even having visited a farm when she was tired, but my favorite of the paradoxes is the way it turns around a typical story of women's emancipation and the usual story, you start with a woman who is a dependent on her husband and you gradually works are way into perhaps getting a profession, getting a job and having an income of for own feeling independent. lange mir bursted. she got the opportunity to become a great photographer when she married her second husband it would support her on his academic salary from the university of california and released her from the responsibility of earning for her whole family and it was a large family because, when w

found themselves getting more and more out of political step with the other white members of the rooseveltlition. the attachment of these non jewish as no religious groups to the democrats was steadily declining in direct proportion to the improvement in their economic and social condition but not the jews. a substantial majority of whom camped on voting for the democratic candidates in every presidential election. it was this phenomenon that gave rise to milton him willfraud's deservedly saying this epigram -- jews earn like episcopalians and vote like puerto ricans. in short, i told you it was deservedly, in short, by 1967, the jewish commitment to the democratic party was already an anomaly from a socio-economic point of view. so far as discrimination is concerned most of the barriers against jews had already been toppled. the principle that was responsible for this development was a belief that justice required individuals to be treated on their own merits as individuals without regard as the old liberal catechism we used to recite when i was a kid in public school, without regard to r

my classic example is the real strategic decision of roosevelt's decision in 1941 and 1942 to first establishnd then stick to a germany first approach to winning the war. i think it is interesting that whatever else went wrong with the clinton administration's russia policy -- and there were some important successes particularly in foreign policy -- it wasn't for lack of a strategy. it was a clear decision that this was important and a clear decision of how to do it which was to back yeltsin both materially and medically and emotionally. there was a good deal of money and lots of presidential time put into the effort. i think part of the problem is that grand strategies dark first of all, there is a real reluctance to make real strategic decisions because they do involve choices and commit you in the future and they involve taking things away from one thing and giving them to another. second, i'm always -- i con fells i don't understand business school models. but with great respect to expand our market share from 35% to 45% is not a strategy. it is a hope or an aspiration or something like t

the new deal was geared towards a nation that was one third joe clark, ill housed, ill marist as roosevelt told us in 1937. in short, there was work to do and that work was successful. so that by 1980, we had a relatively prosperous middle-class suburban country that wasn't worried about what government ought to be doing for them, but saw themselves as the proprietors of government that taxed too much, spent too much, put on the green eye shades of government. and of course ronald reagan is such a good example of that journey, if you will, from new deal democrats as he was to expounding a reagan revolution. well, the real majority is over. it's over. three big revolutions are happening in the united states today. first, we've got a new demography and that revolution is a racial revolution. when the real majority was in full swing, nine out of ten voters in this country where whites. in 2004, that was 77% of the electorate which is one of the reasons i tell my friend mark shields watch that number, it's declining. and of course it declined even more in 2008 to 74%. partly because we have th

first lady eleanor roosevelt wanted to convey to the american people that there can exist racial harmony on u.s. army bases and so she came up with the plan, her and the secretary of the army to have to high profile blacks go around to u.s. army bases and engage in physical training for the soldiers. the first person she picked was the heavyweight champion of the world joe louis. joe louis had a young cat who was a friend of his, who he had known who had actually rode in a boat joe louis and his girlfriend, lena horne, and the person who was running the boat was young sugar ray robinson. and so anyway, the war comes, there are riots in southern cities of blacks who say that they are being asked to go to the war and die but they can't get equal treatment in the u.s. -- >> host: fighting for democracy abroad being treated terribly in the three army bases they are being trained to fight. >> guest: right. so joe louis and sugar ray robinson lead this physical training troupe from army base to the army base. up north the army bases are fine. everything goes okay. then they go to the mason-dix

and you know, i mean, there is political precedent for combating this in the form of his theodore roosevelt who was famous for what is colloquially referred to as busting up the trusts, you know, and sort of pushing their rewind button a little bit on capital some away from the vertical monopoly back to frankly a more natural state. and it's not coincidental that these companies he forcibly broke up were meatpacking companies and meatpacking is just one form of the farming conundrum that you're talking about. so, you know, but you have to start talking about it honestly first. that's number one. [applause] >> thank you very much >> nick reding is also the author of "the last cowboys at the end of the world." his writings appeared and outside, food and wine and fast company. for more information, visit methlandbook.com. >>> did you know you can view booktv programs online? go to booktv.org. type the name of the author, book or subjected to the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you can view the entire program. you might also explore the recently

national emergencies i can remember or 9/11 and maybe a national emergency declared under franklin roosevelt. i objected to george w. bush in doing the book having passed and signed two executive order which give the president the right to self-declared national emergency without the congress involvement and looking at the swine flu 1,000 people have died, that's tragic. but how many people this year by from automobile accidents? where is the national emergency? the agenda of government control where there is the vaccine, health emergency, i have written in "america for sale" extensively in the eye of light on speed where i am a reporter let's see where this crisis develops. was this a, you will but the attempt to protect americans from legitimate health crisis or was this an excuse to get a power grab by the federal government to say health scare we need to grab more power and a suspect and people like rahm emanuel, and i quote in the book, and hillary clinton also, rahm emanuel, chief of staff in the white house, hillary clinton, secretary of state declared don't let any crisis go to waste

health care coverage for all of america's families has been an illusive goal since teddy roosevelt firstroposed it nearly a century ago. our dear friends, ted kennedy, senator ted kennedy, whom we miss so much, fought for health care right here on this senate floor from the moment he arrived in the senate in 1962 to the moment he died. today i am proud to say we are moving closer to fulfilling this promise of health care for all. robert kennedy once said, few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation. mr. president, this is our time, this is our moment, this is our moment for us to come together as a nation nation and make surr people never again have to face what nikki white faced in her last days, filling out forms, praying to god she could get health care and not being able to get it and dying at age 32. that is immoral. it isn't necessary. and we can fix it. and we should. and i thank you very much, and i yield the floor. the sparn healt

in some cases, i hate to meant going back to the second world war, i think president roosevelt did the right thing by helping the british before we got into the war. the other ones, that fbi i doubt was involved in 9/11. i don't even want to talk about the u2. host: a couple of sundays she rode about the potential nuclear treaty with russia. u.s. officials optimistic about a new nuclear treaty with russia. why does this have to be done? guest: the current start treaty runs out december 5. it is important to keep, particularly the verification issue going. i think they may or may not reach some kind of agreement. what they will reach is in agreement on straddling the of period of time between finalizing a treaty which is very complicated and reaching the agreement to keep the current agreements in effect. this treaty was put together in 1991 at a time when we and the soviet union are facing -- thousands of warheads on alert. in the intervening time the russian systems have gradually been less-well taken care of, so the threat is not there. but we have to keep the treaty in place because

the statue of theodore roosevelt is really dynamic, as you expect theodore roosevelt's bust would be.e doors and the senate chamber are latin phrases as well as symbolic imagery, basically marble reliefs. the marble relief are by an artist that is done in the early 1950's, as was the leitmotif. basically, it was part of the renovation of the chamber in the 1940's, 1950's. the imagery that you see his patriotism, careers, and wisdom. -- patriotism, courage, and wisdom. they were given a lot of latitude to design and thought it would be appropriate in the senate chambers. these are quite lovely pieces. the latin phrases, the first one is "got has savored are undertaking" over the east insurance building, the west entrance, which is "the new order of the ages." then you have "in god we trust." finally, over the presiding officer's desk is "e pluribus unum," "want out of many." -- "one out of many." >> why did you plan active role and opening up the senate chambers to television? >> i did not want to get too sanctimonious, but i generally do not like secrets. i just think life is a lot ea

the roosevelt summoned the people to washington to figure out how to play the game better. it is important to realize that football has evolved into something that was never intended to be. i read believe that the cte research shows is that it is time for new change and may be a new committee like roosevelt potts, except one to save football. because it cannot in good conscience allow this scenario to continue. if we agreed that the game is broken, and needs to be fixed. we can develop a solution. it may be easier than we think. today the members of my institute along with other doctors posted a 10-point plan at our web site which i would like to enter into the record. >> without objection, it will be. >> it highlights 10 different proposals for a safer game and everything is on the table, from rule changes to mandatory education. reevaluate how we practice, which could cut the number of blows to the head in half. the plan as a whole could indicate 75% of brain trauma and concussions without a fundamental change in football. is simply a question of leadership. so much of th

teddy roosevelt saved football at the beginning of the last century. things such as the flying wedge were allowed, and players died. the question is whether they were going to outlaw this game in the united states. teddy rose velts brought the leaders of the -- roosevelt brought the leaders of universities here and said get your act together. this hearing serves a very good purpose. i would like to concentrate on two things. one is education. the other is on-the-field enforcement. players have a responsibility to do the right thing. we had a quarterback for the redskins not long ago who head-butted a wall before a game and gave himself a concussion. we see players head-butting one another in celebration today. that is just nuts. there is peer pressure that needs to be utilized with information that the commissioner's office and the owners and the players association can give. i mean it is not macho to be head-butting one another before the game, for goodness sakes. so education is extremely important based on scientific information, i have no doubt abo

when i say long marks because it started with theodore roosevelt and continued on through the new deal, continue on to harry truman's administration and onto this time. every time we've been turned back by the status quo forces, those that just want to stick with what we've got. those who were afraid of making changes. well, this time they are not going to stop us. this time it is on stoppable. we have come this far and we are not going to come back. now, just listening to a little bit of the discussions on the republican side today and sort of listening to what the republicans have had to say about health care reform in the last few months and anticipating what we will hear from republicans in the next few weeks it will be a message of fear that somehow by changing the status quo the american people are going to be worse off than they are now, that somehow we are going to take away something that they have. that somehow if we just stick with what we have everything will be fine. but you will hear a lot of words and messages from the republican side meant to frighten people, to put fea

teddy roosevelt saved the game of football at the beginning of the last century. when things such as the flying wedge were allowed and players died. and to the question was whether they were going to outlaw this game in the united states. teddy roosevelt brought the leaders of the universities to washington, d.c., without legislation, and said get your act together. so we don't always have to have legislation here. and i think his hearing does serve a very, very good purpose. i would like to just concentrate on two things. one is education and the others on the field of course there players have responsibility to be educated and to do the right thing. we had a cornerback for the redskins not too many years ago to head butted a wall before a game and gave himself a concussion. we see players headbutting one another in celebration today. that's just nuts. there is peer pressure that needs to be utilized, with information, that the commissioner's office and the owners and the players association can give to -- is not macho to be headbutting one another before the gam

the roosevelt summoned the people to washington to figure out how to play the game better. it is important to realize that football has evolved into something that was never intended to be. i read believe that the cte research shows is that it is time for new change and may be a new committee like roosevelt potts, except one to save football. because it cannot in good conscience allow this scenario to continue. if we agreed that the game is broken, and needs to be fixed. we can develop a solution. it may be easier than we think. today the members of my institute along with other doctors posted a 10-point plan at our web site which i would like to enter into the record. >> without objection, it will be. >> it highlights 10 different @@h)')r@ the plan could easily eliminate 75% of brain trauma without fundamentally changing football. this is a question of leadership. so much of this crisis is connected to tobacco and its connection to lung cancer. if you could create all the awareness that we have today in the 1950's, when the first conclusive pathological research was done,

in some cases, i hate to meant going back to the second world war, i think president roosevelt did theight thing by helping the british before we got into the war. the other ones, that fbi i doubt was involved in 9/11. i don't even want to talk about the u2. host: a couple of sundays she rode about the potential nuclear treaty with russia. u.s. officials optimistic about a new nuclear treaty with russia. why does this have to be done? guest: the current start treaty runs out december 5. it is important to keep, particularly the verification issue going. i think they may or may not reach some kind of agreement. what they will reach is in agreement on straddling the of period of time between finalizing a treaty which is very complicated and reaching the agreement to keep the current agreements in effect. this treaty was put together in 1991 at a time when we and the soviet union are facing -- thousands of warheads on alert. in the intervening time the russian systems have gradually been less-well taken care of, so the threat is not there. but we have to keep the treaty in place because n

health care coverage for all of america's families has been an illusive goal since teddy roosevelt first proposed it nearly a century ago. our dear friends, ted kennedy, senator ted kennedy, whom we miss so much, fought for health care right here on this senate floor from the moment he arrived in the senate in 1962 to the moment he died. today i am proud to say we are moving closer to fulfilling this promise of health care for all. robert kennedy once said, few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation. mr. president, this is our time, this is our moment, this is our moment for us to come together as a nation nation and make surr people never again have to face what nikki white faced in her last days, filling out forms, praying to god she could get health care and not being able to get it and dying at age 32. that is immoral. it isn't necessary. and we can fix it. and we should. and i thank you very much, and i yield the floor. mr. dorgan: m

possible candidates, but the modern republicans have to rise up and have a plan that follows teddy roosevelt. paula dockery here will be a start in florida for woman power. host: that may fall with the question. why of this note for caller: president because she has experience and represents a moderate approach to government, balancing both parties. i only ashost: i only ask that because of the senate debate. guest: i'm a lifelong feminist and am all for woman power. i remember when geraldine ferraro was given the deep slot on the democratic ticket. i think the problem with moderates -- yes, and i think we all miss the moderate republicans, is that it is hard to get up a lot of enthusiasm for moderation. enthusiasm generally goes to people who have a bone to pick, who were not seeking the middle path. i think it would be good for america even though i would not be voting for olympia snowe most likely, good for america to have a moderate choice. our politics are cyclical. one side wins, the other side wins. the more extreme, the more difficulties arise. guest: that is right. there are not man

the democratic party have represented them since the time of roosevelt.e president of the labor union. he made great appeal to blue- collar voters. the democratic party historical league represented them. obama has reorganized the democratic party into the elitist party of america. the american people see a concentration of power between the governing elites in washington, monetary elites in austria, entertainment deletes in l.a. he is not only governing from the left, but also on this capitalistic socialism, but it has also cut off the working man and woman in america. that should be very obvious to the powers in the republican party. populist. cuts across all populist host: are you saying that it is not obvious? guest: i don't think they understand it. newton gingrich does. many do not understand yet because they're too busy squabbling. -- newt gingrich's does understand it. host: what names do you see filling the void in the republican party? guest: congressman mike pence gets it. gov. sarah palin is talking to a lot of people about their frustration.

among his many honors, prince albert the ii has won the teddy roosevelt medal on his work. nature apparently runs in his family. according to the national press club archives, prince albert's great-great grandfather spoke here nearly a century ago in 1913 about his studies. the "washington post" reported prince albert i was, quote, the first ruler of europe to deliver a message to the press of the united states through this famous organization of news writers. the "post" wrote prince albert i wrote the means that scientists can reach the ears and brains of the public. today, we continue that royal tradition. will you please help me welcome to the national press club prince albert the ii of monaco. [applause] >> thank you very much. madam president, senator warner, angela and melissa, first, i would like to tell you how pleased and moved i am to be with you here today. pleased because i know our exchanges will be friendly and fruitful. i appreciate the possibility that we have to meet around this very important and genuine issue. moved, because this is a very special trip to

the democratic party have represented them since the time of roosevelt. ronald reagan was the president of the labor union. he made great appeal to blue- collar voters. the democratic party historical league represented them. obama has reorganized the democratic party into the elitist party of america. the american people see a concentration of power between the governing elites in washington, monetary elites in austria, entertainment deletes in l.a. he is not only governing from the left, but also on this capitalistic socialism, but it has also cut off the working man and woman in america. that should be very obvious to the powers in the republican party. populist. cuts across all populist host: are you saying that it is not obvious? guest: i don't think they understand it. newton gingrich does. many do not understand yet because they're too busy squabbling. -- newt gingrich's does understand it. host: what names do you see filling the void in the republican party? guest: congressman mike pence gets it. gov. sarah palin is talking to a lot of people abou

guest: it really goes back a century, theodore roosevelt was the first president to propose some kind of comprehensive health care program for all americans. it has certainly been a big issue since the clinton administration. in two dozen a president obama made it essential aspect of his campaign, tying it into the fiscal situation. on the campaign trail he never actually favored a certain type of health care plan, he stressed bringing down costs and making health care more accessible and affordable, leaving a lot of room for debate. host: vivian, good morning. caller: i was calling to say that with at the war's going on in afghanistan and iraq, they should be spending and on all americans. people are out of jobs. what can they do other than go to the emergency room? the right situation is to bring those folks home and use the money so that people can get their own health care. people are dying. host: this is richard on the independent line. good morning, richard? gloria? this morning, gloria. you are on the show. caller: but i am calling about today, in 2005 the legislators in the st

roosevelt said that he agrees with everything that we are saying. poll -- without your activism, i cannot even be your ally in the white house. than ever before. more of us with degrees. when i was in south carolina growing up, we did not have no degrees or measurable intelligence. there would be making all kind of noise in cleveland. you'd go to the valentine packing plant two blocks away. you could smell those hogs. they would back up to a pool of scalding hot water, boiling hot water. they would put the grease in the bottom and the hog would slide down and have no hair and the sausages on the other end. those hogs, smelling their death, those hogs squealed so loud, with a stink so odorous, people change the law because hogs had enough sense to squeal. [applause] if we have the highest unemployment and the most foreclosures and the most in jail, the least access to capital, victims of the most hate crimes, we should at least halve hope. thank you all. [applause] >> thank you for setting the tone and providing the framework for this discussion. tha

. >> by that sense, collinton, expect for the scandal, under the level of theodore roosevelt that helped reposition for the big problems that have got us by the throat right now. >> host: when you reconnected with him, how did he change from '92 to 2000. >> well, he got older right in front of me. i would say a little. i would say wiser. but definitely older. you can see the strain registering on it. i was surprised coming out forward the end of the book. i said are you still as idealistic as you claim to be about the american people to tackle big huge problems in politics? and he said yes. but he only meant that through the voters. he still trusted the voters. i had to tell him you didn't always trust the voters. there was a time after the '94 elections that you didn't. >> out of office by 54. he has a post presidential career for many decades. the personality, you've given a glimpse into his thinking and what was going on. congratulations on the book. >> thanks. >> host: temple grandin, what coyou do for a living? >> i'm a teacher. i teach a course in livestock handling. i consult on a

they said no to unemployment insurance when president roosevelt proposed it as part of the social security act. they said no when john kennedy and lyndon johnson fought for medicare, no to the live rights act, to -- no to the civil rights act, they said no the job program, no ioreasing unemployment insurance when people needed it the most. they have said no to government oversight of polluters who poisoned our land with toxic race and then they said no to cleaning it up. they have been on the wrong side of history for almost a century on every major piece of legislation that has leveled the playing field for average americans. and they're on the wrong side of history once again. all we hear from the other side of the aisle is the dim echo of the past with no plan for the future. madam president, americans are tired of the naysayers, tired of the shrill choices of no when so much is at stake. it's time to say yes. time to say yes to stopping greedy insurance companies from standing between doctor and patients. time to say yes to ending medical decisions based on risk management and the bott

they said no to unemployment insurance when president roosevelt proposed it as part of the social securityjohn kennedy and lyndon johnson fought for medicare, no to the live rights act, to -- no to the civil rights act, they said no the job program, no to increasing unemployment insurance when people needed it the most. they have said no to government oversight of polluters who poisoned our land with toxic race and then they said no to cleaning it up. they have been on the wrong side of history for almost a century on every major piece of legislation that has leveled the playing field for average americans. and they're on the wrong side of history once again. all we hear from the other side of the aisle is the dim echo of the past with no plan for the future. madam president, americans are tired of the naysayers, tired of the shrill choices of no when so much is at stake. it's time to say yes. time to say yes to stopping greedy insurance companies from standing between doctor and patients. time to say yes to ending medical decisions based on risk management and the bottom line rather than

franklin roosevelt taking us through a depression and war. we came at a greater country. ron reagan destroyed the character and spirit of our country. they got us all to be better. look at pop culture -- i have to nine rolls and everyday and thank god they are only nine. i don't have to explain to her why britney spears is on the cover of every magazine. i got to work with the great singers bono who said my platform was given to me by the good lord. that song "i still have not found what i'm looking for" is not about issues. he'd brought republicans and democrats together to do great work. pat robertson, billy gramm, -- that's a fantastic thing because we know there are so many people who proclaimed to be one thing and they are not. yet the billy graham's and pat robertson's have got us all to raise our game because the most important thing is a warship and to understand our creator and love our neighbors as ourselves. in business, there are some scoundrels out there. golden parachutes, giant bonuses, run off to florida and who cares about employees? think about bill gate

the transformation election and the curtain drops and it is this the world we live in much like roosevelt, kennedy, reagan, new world out there and we look at the transformational figure to make sense of it. who are we as americans and where are we going? the democrats had that in a candidate. they have evolve that way in a person but not in ideas. they have regressed to one pilfer every meal. we haven't done -- made that generational leap forward in either candidate's or policy. what would i like to see nick ronny or whoever renominated is next time around? stand up and tell us how we are going to get to the next place, how would you believe in and republicans believe in will take us to a better place. it may be a transformational election for republicans again. we have also seen that transformation scaring the hell out of us. the candidate republicans and americans and independents may look for next time may also be less of a transformational guy and more of a consolidator. who is going to make us safe? you can make the argument that there is a plenty out there. maybe we don't want the

they create what even teddy roosevelt called, a mere 20 anarchy. if it is true that the crucial cut political judgment is the choice of comrades, independents don't make it. detached from one another as party. recently confessed conservative independent columnist -- source of teenism, great corrector politics, where people crushed their own personality or use to fit in with the team. i think that is a characteristic position. independents are not sending a coordinated political message, even as analysts and not in the business of interpreting their votes. a report reads independents take center stage in the obama. 10 -- and as a group they remain difficult to pin down. fickle, and rounded, liable to mistrust and as you can see it and turn on a dime to oppose the people and policies. in particular, the public's to mindedness of active government product of the late independents not partisan. one cause that think of the widespread prediction that we would be better off without partisanship altogether is it leaves little appetite for reflecting on the