without further ado, steve scully. >> thank you.organ, senator lott, thank you for being with us. let's get right into this. in terms of the word bipartisanship and compromise, we're hearing this today, the line's been drawn in the sand when it comes to taxes and the deficit. when it comes to the big issues, senator lott, medicare, medicaid, social security, the economy and taxes, can there be bipartisanship and if not, why? >> biparty anship is very hard to achieve no matter what the issue is or when it is. it seems more difficult now than it has ever been but we're all involved in revisionist history. it was tough in the 1980's and the 1990's. i first came here as a congressman when i was 31 in 1973, and those were some tough times, too, particularly in the house of representatives where the majority has ultimate power there and i think that's one thing that happened to bipartisanship in the senate over the years, at some point, the majority of the senate had served in the house and the house kind of turned you into a partisan war

without further ado, steve scully. [applause] >> thank you. senator dorgan, senator lott, thank you for being with us. let's get right to this. in terms of the word bipartisanship and compromise, we are hearing today the lines been drawn i in the sand when it comes to taxes and the deficit. medicare, medicaid, social security economy and taxes, can they be bipartisanship, and if not, why? >> bipartisanship is very hard to achieve no matter what the issue might be or what it is. it seems like it's more difficult now than it has ever been but i think i guess we all kind of, it was tough in the '80s and '90s. i first came it as a congressman when i was 31, 1973. and those were some tough times, particularly in the house of representatives where the majority has ultimate power there. and i think that's one thing that happened to bipartisanship in the senate over the years, at some point the majority of the senate had served in the house. the house kind of turns you into a partisan warrior. when you get to the senate it's hard to get over it. but i