that was ted kennedy. yes, ted kennedy supported a conscience clause. we all do.nd president obama has taken care of that. he has stated it clearly in his compromise that if you are a religious institution, you don't have to offer birth control coverage, and if you are a religious-affiliated institution, you don't have to cover it directly but you do indirectly. that was a solomon-like decision by our president. but that's not enough for my republican colleagues. they have to fight about everything. so i have to say -- and i would like to put into the record also the letter that patrick kennedy wrote to senator brown in which he said you are entitled to your own opinions, but i ask that moving forward you do not confuse my father's position with your own. and he said i appreciate the past respect you have expressed for his legacy, but misstating his positions is no way to honor his life's work. so i ask my colleagues here in this debate, come here and state your own views but don't misstate the views of a dear departed colleague who for 12 years supported the woma

on the other hand govern and ted kennedy said we need a new china policy. jim thompson and others who saw the need for this were pushing it. henry and company were trying gingerly to take this issue away from the democrats. teddy kennedy went up in may of 71 to see the new ambassador in the hope of being the first to go to china and before nixon and kissinger. the chinese were not having any, especially because ted kennedy refused to say that taiwan was part of china and under beijing's jurisdiction. had he been willing, he might have had a chance to go. this was part of the democrat republican preparation for the 72 election and it was all part of a rising american opinion for china change. they told a group of us in late 66 it was only the full bright committee hearings that showed american support for a new chi policy. i said to him, you mean it's the function of the congress to lead public opinion and the function of the state department merely to follow? we had to say this in the context of the democratic party people trying to take over this issue and

that was ted kennedy. yes, ted kennedy, supported a conscience clause. we all do. and president obama has taken care of that. he has stated clearly in his compromise that if you are a religious institution, you don't have to offer birth control coverage. and if you are a religious affiliated institution, you don't have to cover it directly but you do indirectly. that was a solomon-like decision by our president. but that is not enough for my republican colleagues. they have to fight about everything. so i have to say, and i would like to it this in the record also, the letter that patrick kennedy wrote, to senator brown in which he said, you are entitled to your own opinions but i ask that moving forward you do not confuse my father's position with your own. and he said, i appreciate the past respect you expressed for his legacy but misstating his positions is no way to honor his life's work. so i ask my colleagues here in this debate, come here and state your own views but don't misstate the views of a dear departed colleague who for 12 years supported the women's

and, yes, ted kennedy when mitt romney signed that bill was standing right behind him applauding. now, any time you have ted kennedy standing behind you applauding something, you know this is not a freedom bill. [applause] there's governor romney in the health care debate advocated not for the other states but for the federal government to adopt. and then during the debates he said i never did it. until we found out yes he did do it again and again. why? why would the republican party even contemplate on this most central issue of the day the issue that got the tea party and millions of americans off their couches and out into the streets, helped us win the 2010 election is the central issue a constitutional issue whether the federal government can force you to do something? and yet we would possibly here in the state of illinois put forward a candidate who was for that unconstitutional authority. when he was asked the question by fred thompson in the 2008 debates about mandates of health care in massachusetts governor romney responded, i love mandates. mandates work. he defended

and this meeting is going on and in the door comes ted kennedy. people can't believe it.in the back says what is this guy doing in wyoming? and i think i stand up and says that ted kennedy is here in wyoming. that guy is a horse's. since then jumps up, ratcheted back of the room and throws them into a snow bank. and when it comes that can come a kennedy says him, heavens, that was magnificent, al. i had no idea this was kennedy country. [laughter] and outlook.m. [laughter] senator alfredsson. [applause] >> i have to prepare here. several people have come up to me and say al, let me tell you a story. i said go ahead, i'm wired. both save it for later. i started to run the stream, there's some wonderful people you're not going to do that. haven't had a drink. i will do the later, but i have to say don hardy took the silver and what he forgot to say was when he was 17, he borrowed a car. i think it was a rental from western chevrolet enter it to seattle. it was not a rental. it was called stolen. and he came to me and said i've heard during mass. what about me i said you're

, the ted kennedy of chappaquuddick and these men could sit in judgment of this man of parents who were share croppers. he did everything right including allowing for anita hill to rise through the ranks of the legal profession through jobs with him where she never had a sexual relationship with him at all, he did nothing untoward and she was party to this take down and i did not understand how it could be that these white people of privilege were attacking this black man who was in this historic position while the mainstream media took him down, while the naacp and the urban league and other liberal leaders sat. >> from our interview conducted last year by armstrong williams for c-span 2's book tv. eric was 43 years old. he collapsed near his home in the brentwood section of los angeles. he oversaw a number of sites including big hollywood.com, big government.com and big journalism.com. and helped to start the hufrgton post. some background in 2010. he post ad video of an address by shirley, an official with the department of agriculture that she had given a speech to the naacp. now in

ted kennedy spent his whole career arguing for national health insurance. this is the result of that. >> professor gruber, i've got a curveball for you from left field. if the supreme court strikes down the original mandate which is the most conservative way to have national health for everybody, requiring people to take responsibility, if that fails and the left of the democratic party says no, now is our chance to go for a single payer, which i guess is the same thing because there won't be a better option, really, is that a better economic condition that the government simply provides health insurance for the country? is that a better economic deal with no profit motive? >> i think that single payer, if you could start over, i think single payer is the lot to recommend, and we can't. the bottom line is -- >> we may have to after this ruling. >> if we start over, if this ruling goes against and the law fails, we'll see the same pattern we've seen in the past century. it will start over again, which on average will be 17 years from now, it's going to be fu

and this raucous meeting is going on, and al's presiding over it, and in the door comes ted kennedy. and people can't believe it. someone in the back says what's this guy doing in wyoming? another guy stands up, and he says that ted kennedy, he's here in wyoming, that guy is a horse's ass. [laughter] simpson jumps up, runs to back of the room, grabs the guy, opens the door and throws him into a snow bank. [laughter] and when he comes back in kennedy says to him, good heavens, that was magnificent, al. i had no idea this was kennedy country. laugh of -- [laughter] and al looked at him and said, ted, it's not. it's horse country. [laughter] [applause] senator al simpson. [cheers and applause] >> well, this is, this is beyond repair here. [laughter] several people have come up to me and said, al, let me tell you a new story. i said, go ahead, i'm wired. [laughter] oh, jeez, all right, i'll save it for later. [laughter] anyway, now, if i started around this room, there are some wonderful people here that -- and i'm not going to do that. haven't had a drink, will a little later. [laughter

he's in a radio interview trying to cite ted kennedy's position on this in the past. >> like ted kennedyore me, i support a conscience exemption in health care for catholics and other people of faith. i believe it's possible to provide people with access to the health care they want while at the same time protecting the rights of americans to follow their religious beliefs. for me, the conscience exemption is a matter of fundamental fairness. >> patrick kennedy, obviously the son of the late senator ted kennedy, put out a statement subsequent to that saying my father would have never supported this extreme legislation. just to clarify what scott brown said there, it doesn't just give a religious exemption but a moral exemption. anybody regardless of affiliation can say i don't really believe in that. >> correct. >> then you don't have it for your employees. they are all out to lunch. >> exactly. >> no birth control protection. >> exactly. it goes beyond contraception. the motivation, i think, was contraception. and we're happy to debate that issue. but the legislation goes so far, if an

you have ted kennedy make contact with the kgb in russia to try to undermine jimmy carter to allow tede aelection away from jimmy carter. in 198 oh goes to his friend john tunney to contact the kgb to tell them he agrees with their afghan policy. and if indeed he will support ted kennedy in what what he wants to do, he will send barbara walters and walter cronkite to moscow to make him look good in front of the public and the united states of america. 1980, jimmy carter goes to arm & hammer. he -- you let the soviet jews go back to israel. carter if reelected will remember you after he's reelected and be good to the soviet bloc. 1983. kennedy wakes up again and through john tunney reaches out again to the soviets and says, i'll help you with reagan if you will help the democrats win the election in 1984. jimmy carter this time. goes to them and says we can't have reagan as the president. this world is better off if we have another president in 1984, walter mondale. 1984. tip o'neil at a dinner goes to a dinner with the soviets and says it's in the best interest of the so yets and the d

but the fact is no one ever talks, dana, they never talk about wouldn't it be great if ted kennedy becameif you are liberal, you are always heroic. if you're very conservative, you're a nut. >> dana: starting to feel that a lot lately. because sometimes in d.c., especially like on the cocktail circuit, to get invite to the parties, you're the only conservative that anybody can stand. they invite you to the party. then it's like see how balanced we are? they make a point to the one person they have. but let me say this about olympia snowe. i think she has been a great leader. she has been someone that is a reliable person who for maine was a good senator for maine. obviously, they re-elected her so many times. i also think that it's maybe time. i think maine actually -- a lot of people said oh, no, republicans will lose maine. i don't think it's necessarily true. >> andrea: they are probably going to do well. >> dana: you think so? >> andrea: in 2010, in mid-term election they took over the governorship from a democrat. republicans won. and the house and the senate in maine flipped to repu

host: a piece that connects mitt romney with ted kennedy, this photograph of mitt romney as governor of massachusetts son in the health care bill. the headline "kennedy's influence haunt romney's career." sang, tried to distance himself , mr. romney cannot escape senator kennedy's influence. guest: i did a piece in "mother jones" in the past for the found video ofi the bill signing ceremony. and it, mitt romney just praises ted kennedy profusely for the health care initiative. i answer -- i am sure she mentions that in this article. i am stunned that newt gingrich's campaign and a santorum's campaign have not used that in a commercial attacking mitt romney. pirelli is every conservatives nightmare to see mitt romney standing next to ted kennedy and acting like the best of friends. it is just part of this albatross that mitt romney has around his neck during his campaign. >> back to the book. utah, the so-called cable chatter. you're right -- guest: the guy is human. he knows what is going out there. he read and pretension to this stuff before he was elected to the white house and unde

. >> jon: i used to vote against ted kennedy [squealing] he has an adrenalin rush.who needs partying or cursing when you have cross party endorsing. i'll be up all night. that guy makes it way too (bleep) easy. [ laughter ] all right. of course, the main story tonight the economy. the dow closed above 13,000 for the first time in four years today. and that's not the only arbitrary indicator making a move this first february. >> a whole slew of good news about the economy and a record-setting day on wall street. the jobless rate inç january fl two tenths of a point to 8.3%, the lowest in three years. the economy created $243,000 jobs. the dow soared to the highest close since before the 2008 financial crisis. >> jon: you had to go and get better while obama was still in office, didn't you? you couldn't hold off nine little months. not teeny tiny little months. it's good news unless you work for a media organization whose job it is to make sure obama doesn't get reelected. you know what this means? to the return-a nateor. >> it's an anemic recovery. >> there ain't no

he ran to ted kennedy and lost.called himself a progressive and no wonder he doesn't relate to the grassroots of the party and can't seal the deal. he spends four to 12 times as much as every other candidate and still can't win. rick santorum never led anything. they know that newt gingrich was the guy who had 10 million vote swing. 9 million more voters showed up to vote republican in '94. that is a 10 million vote swing. no other candidates can claim that or that they led to the fight to balance the budget. bill clinton signed it. welfare reform, debt paid off. these delegates know this. they know that rick santorum did not do that and certainly know that mitt romney is not only didn't do this he's not even one of us. >> erick erickson, red state's erick erickson has written something you are not going to like. i want you to listen to this word for word. >> par for the course. >> newt gingrich last night proved he is neither a regional candidate nor a spoiler. his influence is heading in to ron paul territory. doe

he might have done it for all the right reasons policywise and in terms of his relationship with ted kennedy, but politically, it's very, very tough. >> you're dead wrong, howard. it's a win/win for the president. i'm sorry, that's the way everybody talks today. you're probably right, howard. i was going to do the usual thing where you disagree with everybody. it was a sad commentary but probably a very accurate one. professor gruber, thanks so much. jonathan gruber from the best economics department in the country at m.i.t. >>> up next, how desperate is newt gingrich? well, the usual. his latest money-making scheme on the campaign trail. he's selling pictures of himself with you. would you like one? i think they're $5. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. r

george herbert walker bush challenged by buchanan, carter by ted kennedy. you have a higher probability of losing. not challenged, a higher probability of winning. chris: let's talk about foreign policy. the president is worried about europe. he has to worry about right away is gas prices. if we see a number like $6 for regular, that is going to be something that the republicans can hang around his neck. drivers drive more in the summer. prices go up because of demand. we got fears of what is going to happen in the middle east. >> prices go out matcally this time of year. you're watching it this year. you got $5, and people are absolutely falling out of anything to do with this. at $5, it used to be $4. you can go above $4. where gas prices are or where oil prices were yesterday and today when you start looking at this into next week, get up to $110 a barrel. that's a big change for the entire election. you are talking about going right through $4 to $4.50. >> it's more tangible to everyday americans at the gas pump and 8.3% unemployment. chris: bob. >> jus

if you take the situation with ted kennedy, i was in the whirlpool. the hot tub.uit. he plops into the hot tub and the old theory about a rising tide lifts all boats, my head hit the ceiling. i also talk about president reagan when i was with him alone in the presidential limousine coming to philadelphia for the 200th anniversary of the signing of the constitution. the president talked about a joke, about sending condoms to the soviets and i don't want to tell you the whole story and this may not be -- >> you want us to buy the book, i understand. >> i do. i'll finish the story. sending condoms to the soviets. 16 inches long. marked medium. >> oh my. >> a lot goes on behind the scenes. this book is really basically serious about the destruction of the political system where you have the extremists on both sides. members are afraid to vote against the party line for fear that one vote may lead to a primary. bob bennett, senator from utah backed president bush's help for the banking industry and automotive industry and that one vote knocked him out of the senate. yo

. >> can i it happened to ted kennedy. i went out to, i don't know some community college in l.a.e way out the 10 and he was giving a speech and i never saw ted kennedy give a speech and i wanted to see it, he's at this college doing a speech, it's outside and this lady walks up in the middle of his speech and hands him a piece of paper and he's like, oh, ok, yeah, i can do that, sure, sure, sure, and he goes hold on a second. so the lunch specials -- >> no! >> yes. and he reads -- and he's laughing. roast beef on tuesday, a man like me an irish president wouldn't turn down a good roast beef sandwich. >> as long as he has no roast beef on friday. >> love the accent. >> there was this mexican lady i'm sure she thought, i don't know, just give it to the fat white guy. he's at the microphone. i need my lunch specials to get out there. i don't care who you are. and he actually did it. >> i would have eaten more of the crappy food at my catholic school if ted kennedy did the announcements. >> right in the middle of healthcare and i think that if senators have healthcare and excuse me,

working with the oldest anti- party organization in new england, which ted kennedy was a champion of. we created a series of workshops for the whole year based around a human-rights platform. not looking at these folks who need to be saved but as folks who can engage in a dynamic process to think critically about the situation they are in, understand the situation they are in so they can make informed choices and the other folks on to the information they are getting. we took malcolms idea. we got the united nations convention of the rights of a child. we constructed some of the basic elements. over the years, we created human rights report cards where the young folks in me this organization, who were just coming home, one month they did a report card with a graded the public schools. the next month, they greeted the police in their community. the next month, they greeted the health care services in their community. all of these things -- there's an international convention that says young people have a basic human rights. not citizenship rights but human-rights that need to be protec

but the chinese weren't having any, especially because ted kennedy refused to say that taiwan was part of china and under beijing's jurisdiction. had he been willing to give taiwan away, he might have had a chance to go. been willing to g taiwan away, he was willing to go. this was part of the democrat-republican preparation for the 72 election and part of a rising american opinion for china change. i remember arthur hommel, the secretary of state told us it was only the full bright committee hearings that showed american support for a new china policy. i said to him, you mean it's the function of the congress to lead public opinion on foreign policy and the function of the state department to follow it? we had to say this in the context of democratic party people trying to take over this issue and nixon and kissinger very cleverly took it away. >> the price of admission was to give taiwan away and you were willing to do that. how ironic. >> if you head the transcripts, it's amazing how blunt they are and how cavalier they are in the meetings with them in saying it's not that important

ted kennedy was the ideal candidate. the moment he announced his candidacy, kennedy went downhill. on paper and in a fantasy world, these other noncandidates would be great, but once they come in, no one can see if the voters vote for them not. host: essentially there was an agreement they would support one another. guest: wild earth would any of them agreed after the time and money that's spent on the campaign trail, they are going to let someone else walk in and walk away with it. if they would agree on one thing, -- caller: i was just curious about the campaign in what is politically correct and not correct with the republicans. they are no longer kissing babies. obama, on the other hand, everyone in for the last three the year -- last three years that came up, that is improper for a president of the united states. guest: we have seen a lot of strange things in 2012 but the thought of the president kissing babies, that is one of the perks of being president. host: this is more from team gingrich -- [video clip] >> it means that anybody who can tell you can drill our way out of t

breitbart who called senator ted kennedy a villain and worse when he died called himself an accidental cultural warrior. most memorably exposing anthony weiner and grabbing the stage before the congressman could resign. >> the media says breitbart lies, breitbart lies, breitbart lies, breitbart lies. give me one example of a provable lie, one. >> reporter: one prominent breitbart target, agriculture department employee shirley sherrod, fired unfairly after breitbart posted edited video, making it appear she had opposed aiding a white farmer. in fact, she was using the incident as a lesson in racial healing. >> they called me a racist, of all people. they called me a racist. >> reporter: today, sherrod said her prayers go out to the breitbart family. three years ago, breitbart helped expose community activists in a.c.o.r.n. by posting undercover videos staged by other conservative activists. andrew breitbart was passionate, fearless and controversial to the end. at the young age of only 43, he leaves a wife and four children. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead here t

ted kennedy was the ideal candidate in 1979.nnounces his candidacy, he went downhill. in the fantasy world, these other non-candidates would be great but once they come in, they need to be vetted all over again. host: "politico" has a story that mitt romney had with rick santorum and newt gingrich and it was an agreement that they would vote for each other if one should drop out. guest: why would any of them agree after spending the money they spent on the campaign trail, millions of dollars, will they let someone else walk away with it? no way. it is natural for the three of them to get together to agree on this one thing. host: donna is joining us from louisiana, good morning. caller: good morning, i was curious about this campaign and what is politically correct and not correct with republicans. they are no longer kissing babies. obama, on the other hand, every woman for the last three years have pulled let him to them and kissed them very that is improper for president of united states. host: you are smiling. guest: we have

those people who were not like mine did like ted kennedy and head dinner with the family. then they were in florida. jerry prayed with rose kennedy. they were friends. and one letter of recommendation was written by senator kennedy. the most bizarre relationship was larry flint that went to with a relationship going to the supreme court. a dog and pony show. with that symbiotic relationship, they enjoy each other. the initial allocation was the plane had technical difficulty. larry said to reverend falwell. i can give your ride in my plane. it is foolish to have both of our planes. every time he was in los angeles he would visit plant he said we agreed on nothing but he was my friend. >> when i told somebody was starting a project that should be interesting i suspect that is not the most interesting thing about him. >> host: michael can now lend me his private plane. [laughter] there's a lot written before your book about how falwell came to politics and was recruited. i respect he was quite honest to make knowledge martin luther king did his work falwell was deeply oppose

president, this time jimmy cart carter, who you worked for in '76 being challenged by the left from ted kennedy. he ultimately lost the nomination. in new york city at madison square garden he gave this speech the night before jimmy carter was nominated. >> and someday long after this convention, long after the signs come down and the crowds stop cheering and bands stop playing, may it be said of our campaign that we kept the faith. may it be said of our party in 1980 that we found our faith again. may it be lsd of us both in dark passages and in bright days, in the word was tenneson that my brothers quoted and loved and that have special meaning for me now. i am a part of all that i have met. too much is taken, much obliged. that which we are, we are. one equal temper of heroic hearts. strong and will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. for me a few hours ago this campaign came to an end. for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. >> craig crawford parallels between reagan in '76 and cart