only war presidential aspirant i didn't support him but he did do this in charge and everything ross perot and member a whole world and we put up these people have never gone to the heart of any of the crises they've been describing they've never explained how they've started they've never shown what was involved they just say all we've got a major crisis here and i want to take a firm stand you know and then we get a policy and then ten years later somebody else wants to take a firm stand without explaining what it is that's happening right that's what happened what would you say is the core problem that has been happening that's led to this well i would say of a core problem at this point is the united states is a declining world power there's not able to deal with the sources of its decline which are economic economic. poor foreign policy that expects to play policeman for the world without anybody wanting us to win without being able to afford it. we're trying to support the dollar as the world's leading currency and i doubt that that's possible anymore oddly enough the dollar is but b

[laughter] my people are people like ross perot. john mccain. they tend to lose. a was pleased to see bob dole back on the senate floor last week. but bob dole rhymes with a lot of things. but to have bad names for rhyming this sounds easy because it rhymes with tusche but when george w. bush left office i wanted to write a poem i had a lot of middle names. it was a do to you george herbert walker of and never treasured as a talker your predicates were prone to wander down to less off alone. [laughter] so on your greenwich country day relax in never ordered japanese. clinton is a bad name. and in his second term with the unpleasant nests remember when hillary clinton said to take a lead she would appear on the today program and clinton would not work so i was forced to use the native name. the name of origen. or the slave name. it was up to hillary rodham to prove that his house is not sodom. [laughter] but obama of the jokes of his name it was a good name to rhyme but unfortunately i use them with osama bin london clap your mom up. so i get worried when they talk

bush unseated by clinton with 42% of the vote but ross perot was in there. but h.w.channel from buchanan -- challenge from b buchanan. smart u.s. move is to put hillary clinton in the cabinet so she wasn't causing mischief. >> do you buy that? >> it made his job more difficult. i don't buy -- i understand why tag romney said what he said. he wants to protect his dad. there is something noble in doing that. i don't buy the claim that the dad didn't want to run for president. he ran for president for six years. you have don't do that if you don't want to run for president. romney for all the good quality that he had, one quality that he lacked in my view was authenticity. this is somebody who seemed like he wanted it badly. seemed like he wanted to run. showed through in everything that he did. now, one could argue that is good. one could argue it's bad. it's a stretch for me to believe he didn't really want to run. >> doug: somebody said -- i wish i could remember who it was. mitt romney in some respect, i think it was meant as a compliment was a ward cleaver, father'

-- road building tower, some of the books bob minzesheimer looking forward to, the king years, ross perot, my life, al gore, the future, should also point out that a couple other books coming out, general stanley mcchrystal has a book coming out, my share of the tasks, dick cheney on coronary disease. his book is coming out in

the other book you are referring to was a true story, my only nonfiction book which was about ross perot and his employees who were put in jail during the iranian revolution, an adventure story across the country and also those revolutionaries at first appeared to be on the side of freedom but when they got into power like so many revolutionaries throughout history they were more impressive than the people who preceded them so tragically, no surprise, i wish there had been. >> thank you. i was just curious as to whether in your research you had come court across any changes because so much youth over the past few years, electronic surveillance, the spy business or by governments which had really changed the political reality radically -- various subjects. >> i haven't done much about that kind of thing but the reason is during the years of the recent incredibly quick technological development i have been running about the middle ages and the -- i was able to kind of escape from having to deal with all of that sort of stuff but i am sure you are right. the kind of intelligence that comes

scientology, hollywood and a prison of belief and bob minzesheimer is looking forward to ross perot and all gore, and should point* out to general stanley mcchrystal has a book my share of the task and exchange line coronary disease. teeeighteen and bob minzesheimer we appreciate your time today. . . almost nine years later she has a book and i'm still on the show. >> 100 chicken recipes with 50 vegetarian and you know i said i have to -- and what i've learned is chicken is the most fertile -- versatile ingredient you can use in the kitchen. you can do anything to it. you can bake it, rustic, barbecue it, just amazing. >> lorraine wallace are these are recipes? >> all of my recipes and they been tried and tested and it's what i love to do. >> i am the tester. i have not cooked any of them but i had eaten everyone. >> it has family stories, family recipes and a family tip that about a. >> can you give us a little background on you two, how long you have been married? >> we have six children and we have been together for 16 years. >> but i have to say if the old-fashioned way. i had four

one was that mario cuomo did not run for the nomination and ross perot did run for the presidency. them trying to find their way, but, also, circumstances out there that nobody can anticipate at this point. >> right, i do think there was an interesting thing that happened to the democratic party when it was in a similar situation and bill clinton kind of dragged the party to the center a little bit. that was a big debate and we'll see if republicans have a similar debate and names that were just up on the screen were proxies for different sides in that argument about where does the republican party go from here? i think it's more about that. what is the shape of the republican party than it is about any of the individual names. probably too early for that, but not for what they stand for. >> jerry is a little more optimistic about that debate than i am. before you can have a real debate, you have to be willing to anger some people in your own party. what is missing, in both parties on the republican side, the only ingredient is someone willing to take aside that not everyone agrees

. >> peggy is right, there's a possibility and the electorate embracing wilkey or even a ross perot typee, but to raise the money, to put together the political structure and to have the energy to do what's necessary in a campaign, dana, it's very hard for somebody who's never been in the process and you've seen it firsthand, you know how tough toss, tough for somebody with no experience to come in and do it. >> okay, thank you both. compelling and convincing, doug and peggy. thank you so much. [applause]. >> thank you, dana. >> coming up in the show. we're going to meet those from hurricane sandy having a tough time getting on their feet and first, i'll give you something i haven't done in four years, my question and answer session with the audience next. p a git in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is

yet republicans -- conservatives just can't seem to be able to do what ross perot presentation. would grab this better because we are visionary but if you would put up some charts and show just that over the last election, because when you're talking verbally, you're throwing out whole bunch of numbers, it's so much more difficult to follow along in your head. that's what i think ross perot was so successful when he ran, because we could see it on the screen. everybody made fun of him -- >> guest: i agree with you i think there was -- i was invited to be here with my charged today. i have them all, by the way. i use a lot of them on the floor but i think it's legitimate criticism. look, it's very flattering to have some say it to you but you have to look at your skill set, where you think your best to go such a look at your age and your health. and i've been through three pretty good bouts with cancer, and i actually would like to spend time with my grandkids and my wife more so in the future. and i think there are going to be far more talented people than me, more skill sets th

but clinton did quite well but only because ross perot was running. very complicated.n terms of it being a national figure, someone reaching across the aisle, you haven't seen that. one of the things that h.w. did while he was in office, he he cut a budget deal raising some taxes with some republican support. >> and that's what made his legacy as a one-term president. >> and that's what killed him. but he was at that turning point when conservatives were no longer willing to accept that. conservatives didn't complain so much earn him. so things were changing the the point being we've moved on from that period in which you can have that sen trit government leadership. >> views have changed. it does look like we could be headed over the cliff. we don't have much time left. we'll see retroactively if that allows for a deal to be reached. >> yes. >> tim stanley, going through all of this with us. an author, as well. >> merry christmas. >> and to you. >>> now, former u.s. president is. >> intensive care at a houston hospital. the 88-year-old was moved to the icu sunday. pre

well, 20 percent of you voted for ross perot, you jerk. [inaudible conversations] >> i told you he wasn't. >> i would have to say to my just wrote a check yesterday to romney. >> you did? >> i did. >> for how much? >> it was 4,000. i could have done more, but i haven't got enough money. >> sales in the book. >> i waited. ipad stuff everyone in america with the coach chairmanship of this committee. and we know we have succeeded so far because we have to stop everyone in america. erskine and i go all over this country. about 500,000 people. and we get a standing ovation. bursting. how you stabilize social security, not a burden all seniors. do something with medicare. it it doesn't matter what you call it. collett. [indiscernible] anyway. >> enjoy a little bit. >> i know. i know. i know. >> i didn't give a nickel. >> you have to change that. >> still be in a few minutes. a good job. >> i read it first. then i read it. and reading it. >> it's a lot more fun. >> zero, all over. >> thank you. >> all right. >> hi, sweetheart. are you kidding me?

. >> i also remember ross perot got 22% of the vote that time. >> you're saying that the threat to pull the plug on any representative who took the pledge is far greater than any desire to rise above. >> they like being members of congress. there's no doubt about that. >> they do, don't they. >> yes, they do. >> don't mention pumps. . >> when we come back this morning, a new report finds that exporting nat gas will actually help the u.s. economy, but not every day is a winner. >>> vice chairman alan blinder will tell us what he thinks. >>> a new study from the federal government shows exporting u.s. natural gas overseas has the potential to reshape the global energy markets. the obama administration has said the study will be central to the decision on whether to export. he said exporting the gas would be a bigger impact on the economy. >> slap in the face of dow chemical. of coke, not coke the beverage company. but this was something that was hotly disputed within the romney campaign. he really let this stuff go because the romney campaign had some very big givers that were chemical co

20% of you voted for ross perot. >> you are.not answered my question. >> i told you he was not going to answer it. >> i will have to say i just wrote a check yesterday for romney. >> for how much? >> it was for a thousand bucks. i could've done more but i don't get anything for this book. i have effectively off everyone in america with the co-chairmanship of this committee. we know we have succeeded so far because we have made everyone mad. erskine and i go all over this country and talk to 500,000 people. we get a standing ovation. people are thirsting for somebody to tell them what a trillion bucks is. >> what a why? >> what a trillion bucks isn't how you stabilize social security. how you do something with medicare which is being a hole through the entire -- call it obamacare, college elvis presley care. it does not work for this presidency. >> how are you? it's good to see you. >> good to see you. we enjoyed a little bit of cody coming to d.c.. >> who are these people? >> all your fans. >> it is bizarre. >> you have to change that. a second printing. you cover jokes for them, rig