your senator john mccain, of course, has always listed teddy roosevelt as his favorites. he goes out of fashion. and now he's this progressive whom some people on the right side of the spectrum are trying to disown. other years, you know, the left sees him as this, you know, warmonger, although he was also the first president to win the nobel peace prize, which he did for negotiating a settlement between the japanese and the russians. now, let me tell you a little bit about roosevelt. most of you -- some of you will know this already. and this is important to our national forests and the fire. he was a sickly child. a product of wealth. his father was very wealthy. he grew up in manhattan. the only president born and raised in new york city. you can still see the place where he grew up. and very sickly. and the doctors told him, you know, don't go outside. don't exercise. don't -- you probably won't live to see your 21st birthday if you spend any time in the outdoors. and roosevelt said, i just won't live with that. he willed himself to strength. this is what he said in h

teddy roosevelt and gifford pancho. ople like so many americans who sorted new about roosevelt does this figure on mount rushmore, this bull moose person who said bully, invented the term bully pulpit, and then i started to read about him and read his autobiography and read the many biographies of him and i absolutely fell for the guy. we have never had a president who was such a renaissance man. he wrote 15 books for his 40th birthday. he wanted to be a zoologist. he would write sometimes 10,000 words before noon in letters, in personal letters. he burned 4000 calories in a day. he was always active. i read recently that, this was last week, president obama is now reading roosevelt biography. interestingly at a time when republicans are trying to do some this most famous republican. senator john mccain of course has always listed teddy roosevelt as his hero among presidents but he goes in and out of fashion. and different groups embrace prm some people on the right side of the spectrum are trying to to do some. other ye

my favorite is teddy roosevelt. he came up with some doozies. one of his was a lunatic fringe. >> teddy roosevelt came up with that? interesting. >> call up the channel and tell them that they are doing well. >> the other was muckrakers. that was one of his terms. jefferson was a great, great creator of language. >> he was a wordy. >> electioneering, indecipherable, monotonously -- pedicure. the noun did -- he invented a word for new words. his big contribution was anglo phile. he picked that up in a way that people were too cozy with the british culture, so it was a pejorative to him. almost every president right through -- >> that is very interesting, the way waterloo has become universal for defeat. the allies won. but it has become a synonym for defeat. >> but it is the vagaries of our language. look at the word raise. if it is r-auiei-se, it is tearing down -- it is building a building. if it is our azt, it is tearing it down. >> gerrymandering -- changing district in massachusetts to been democratic. it looked like a salamander after he di

starting with teddy roosevelt, straight through to you, mr. president, everyone else tried.they were great men. they gave it their best but they came up short. you succeeded, mr. president, and we owe you for that. [applause] as i said before the president's time the health care bill, i quoted virgil the classic greek poet who said the greatest wealth is helalth, the greatest wealth is health. ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states, barack obama. [applause] >> we want to do this twice because force -- there are some of the people we have to thank. as i look around the room, we have leaders of labor who helped to make this happen. we of ordinary folks who knocked on doors and made phone calls at the last minute to get this thing over the top. extraordinary members of my cabinet, we still have additional members of congress who helped lead the charge on this. my staff who i see are still here. [laughter] at any given moment, i thought they were going to quit. they just stuck it out with me. the main purpose here is to say thank you. thank you on behalf of the ame

nearly every president since teddy roosevelt has tried to enact health care reform of some kind. the 44th president of the united states thanked all of them plus teddy kennedy. >> i'm signing this bill for all the leaders who took up this cause through the generations. from teddy roosevelt to franklin roosevelt. from harry truman to lyndon johnson. from bill and hillary clinton to one of the deans who has been fighting this so long, john dingell. to senator ted kennedy. and it is fitting that ted's widow, vicki, is here. i remember seeing ted walk through that door in a summit in this room a year ago, one of his last public appearances. and it was hard for him to make it. but he was confident that we would do the right thing. >> when it came time to talk about the legislation the president said health care reform would soon speak for itself. >> in a few moments when i sign this bill all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform. this year tens of thousands of uninsured americans with pre-existing conditions, the parents of children who have

teddy roosevelt knew it was right. harry truman knew it was right. ted kennedy knew it was right and if you believe it is right you have got to help us finish this fight. you have to stand with me like you did three years ago and make some phone calls and knock on some doors and talk to your parents and friends and do not give up. we keep on going. we are going to get this done. we are going to make history. with your help, god bless you and god bless the united states of america. [the stars and stripes forever] [the stars and stripes forever] [the stars and stripes forever] [the stars and stripes forever] [the stars and stripes forever] [the stars and stripes forever] >> nancy pelosi's briefing was devoted to health care legislation. she believes her party has the votes for passage this weekend and is confident of the assurances she has to pass the reconciliation bill. nancy blows he speaks for 15 minutes. >> good morning. impressive. it is a good morning. this is quite a week. a couple days ago we gathered in this room for the traditional st. patri

i am reading a biography of teddy roosevelt right now. he was talking about it. teddy roosevelt. we have failed to meet this challenge during times of prosperity and also during times of declined. some people say don't do it right now because the economy is weak. when the economy was strong, we did not do it. we talk about it through democratic administrations and republican administrations. i have all of my republican colleagues out there saying that we want to focus on things like costs. you had it 10 years. what happened? [cheers and applause] what were you doing? [cheers and applause] every year, the problem gets worse. every year, insurance companies to deny more people coverage because they have pre-existing conditions. every year, they'd drop more people coverage when they get sick, right when they need it most. every year, they raise premiums higher and higher and higher. just last month, anthem bluecross and california try to jack up rates by nearly 40%. 40%. has anybody paycheck gone up 40%? [laughter] why is it that we think this is normal? in my home state of illinois

from teddy roosevelt to franklin roosevelt. from harry truman to lyndon johnson. from bill and hillary clinton to one of the deans whose been fighting this so long, john dingle. to senator ted kennedy. i remember seeing ted walk through that door, in a summit in this room, a year ago, one of his last public appearances. and it was hard for him to make it. but he was confident that we would do the right thing. >> well he was right to put hillary clinton as well as her husband, because she was out front in that effort. let me go to doug brinkley on the negative side. every time history is made, i think about the election of abraham lincoln that stirred this country and caused the civil war. your thoughts about the relatively peaceful reaction to this so far, in terms of some broken windows, some threats over the phone. and by the way, in all honesty, anyone in public life is familiar with the phone calls. thank god the phone calls often don't mean violence, they mean that somebody is venting their spleen. somebody is trying to scare somebody, spook somebody, it make

talking about their experiences on the border, the last presidential election, and the legacy of teddy rooseveltnday, history, the war in afghanistan, and the military leadership. the tucson festival of vibooks this weekend on "book tv." >> which four presidents live past 90 years old? -- lived past 90 years old? find this information and more in the new c-span book, "who is buried in grant's tomb"? >> is a tiny biography of each of these presidents. you can tell a lot about people at the end of their lives. >> stories of their final moments and insights about their lives. now available at your favorite book seller. get a 25% discount at the publisher's web site. >> "washington journal" continues. host: member of the u.s. house with us now, representative john shadegg from arizona, appreciate your time this morning. should there be health care legislation? caller -- guest: absolutely. there are a lot of things wrong with the system. it delivers quality care, but too few people are not getting care. it has some major flaws. my older sister with breast cancer is trapped in a pre- existing situatio

teddy roosevelt knew it was right. harry truman knew that it was right. ted kennedy knew it was right. and if you believe that it's right, then you've got to help us finish this fight. >> he mentioned some former presidents and of course, ted kennedy. all of whom couldn't get health care done. if, indeed, it proves that he does get it done, is this his crowning achievement, is this what puts him in the history books, anita? >> you know, david, i would think that given the fact that he's got another two and a half years of his administration there would be other achievements as well. there's no question this would be a huge thing to the american people for this congress and presidency to show that you really can still deal with big issues in this town which is something many people thought just wasn't possible and the political courage of taking on a very complex, very difficult issue that republican and democratic presidents have tried to deal with for over a century now is something that i think would be a significant achievement, but the winner is the a

teddy roosevelt knew it was right, harry truman knew when it was right. we are going to affect health care in america, with your help. >> i loved it. inspirational, exciting, inspiring. >> reporter: in fairfax, peggy fox, 9 news now. >> this was the fourth time the president visited george mason university. the first, three years ago just three weeks into his presidential campaign. the president said he didn't have a lot of money or staff back then and nobody could pronounce his name. the house was slated to vote on that bill sometime today. the fate of health care reform now depends on a few waiverring democrats and one of those at the type of this show's taping, freshman democrat conolly of northern virginia. he insists he's undecided about the current package. his office has been bombarded with phone calls and visits from people on both sides. >> reporter: jerry conolly is still wearing his st. patrick's day carnation and still working for the massive health care reform bill. he's one of just five democrats now who can decide the fate of a package that

health care has been on the american agenda for 100 years starting with teddy roosevelt in 1912. it went through harry truman, through richard nixon, bill clinton, and today barack obama. we are there to fulfill ted kennedy's dream and the work of many congresses and many people. i have had several constituents come to me andle it me of serious illnesses they have had that they would have gone broke if they didn't have insurance. and if they didn't have insurance and their cancer surgeries were covered, we would pay for it and the tax we pay we don't know about of $1,000 for person for uncompensated care. let's do something worthwhile. let's pass health care. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute to address the house. >> thank you, i rise today to commend the forerunner of today's women's military

all the leaders who took up this cause through the generations, he said, naming leaders from d teddy roosevelt to teddy kennedy. republicans haven't taking this likely. long-shot legal challenges have already been filed in 14 states. so, tonight, we ask, are republicans being sore losers are simply serving their constituents? tell us what you think by clicking on the "nightline" page at abcnews.com or any time at the "nightline" twitter page. and tomorrow night, can a sport as ferocious as mixed martial arts find a peaceful co-existence with christianity? we meet a fighter who says yes it can. that's tomorrow night. but that's our report for tonight. for all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel with a message from progressive insurance, the number one motorcycle and truck insurer and a leader in rv and boat coverage. for more on that, we go live now to our spring break correspondent, guillermo. in florida. hello, guillermo. >> hello, jimmy. i'm here on spring break in miami beach. >> jimmy: oh. and how is your spring break going? >> it's been wild. first, i dr

i am signing this bill for all the leaders -- up his cause to the generations, from teddy roosevelt and franklin roosevelt, from harry truman to lyndon johnson, from bill and hillary clinton to one of the deans who had been fighting this so long, john dingell -- [applause] to senator ted kennedy. and it is fitting that ted's widow is here. [applause] it is fitting that teddy's widow is here and his niece, caroline, his stoon patrick, whose vote helped make this reform reality. i remember seeing ted walked through that door and a summit in this room a year ago, one of this last public appearances. it was hard for him to make it. but he was confident we would do the right thing. our presence here today is remarkable and improbable. with all the punditry and the lobbying, all the game playing that passes for governing in washington, it has been easy to doubt our ability to do such a big, complicated thing. to wonder if there are limits to what we as a people can still achieve. it is easy to succumb to the sense of cynicism about what is possible in this country. today, we are affirming tha

we have failed -- teddy roosevelt'. some people say do not do it right now because the economy is weak. when the economy was strong we didn't do it. we talked about it during democratic administrations and republican administrations. i have all but republican colleagues saying we want to focus on things -- you had 10 years. what happened? what were you doing? [cheers] every year the problem gets worse. every year interest companies denied more people coverage because they have pre-existing conditions. every year the drop more people's coverage when they get sick right went they need it most. the raise premiums higher and higher and higher. last month, blue cross in california try to jack up rates by nearly 40%. 40%. has anybody paycheck gone up 40% ta? what is it that we think this is normal? in my home state of illinois, rates are going up by as much as 60%. you just heard leslie who was hit with more than a 100% increase. 100%. one letter from her insurance company and their premiums doubled. just like that. because s

there is a sense that going back to teddy roosevelt, president after president have been trying to dealith this and my friend regularly says scott we as republicans when we bring in the majority did nothing. we ignored this issue. i would like to disabuse people of that notion by a pointing to a couple issues. recognizing we could go along way towards increasing the number of americans who have access to health insurance and in light of the argument we have made, mr. martin and mr. ryan made share the economic growth of $569,200,000,000 tax increase that will slow economic growth, i am hard-pressed to believe we will see health insurance made available for thirty-two million americans for our proposal will make health insurance available for three million americans. i don't accept that notion. if we actually see the economic growth in this country resources will not be there. in response to this argument, we were not working on this issue, i am proud of the fact that we initiated 23 years ago the existence of medical savings accounts and those who played a role in increasing the access

i mean, teddy roosevelt i guess it started this process. so it's been republicans and democrats. and i don't know when teddy roosevelt was president, must have at least 100 is ago, but we have been through this where we all, as americans, felt that it was time time to provide for our citizens, time to provide citizens. and we go uphill and downhill. we go up, we come down. we're doing this again. we are at this crest now. we can almost get there, almost get there. and we could just bring up the pass as much as we can't about you did this come you didn't do this and all of this pic i think we all agree that we've done things, right? but i must say, that i have to tell you, each one of us and our families have it personal stories. maybe, you know, i look around, and you know, when you get to talking with your colleagues on a personal basis, you know you've had challenges. you know that. and i must say that when you get down to that level and then you hear from their constituents, not the ones who are loud, not the ones banging on your doors, but the ones who come up to you later, t

. ♪ >>> teddy roosevelt, republican, was the first to advocate that everybody get healthcare in thisry. [ applause ] >> every decade since, we have had presidents, republicans and democrats, from harry truman to richard nixon to jfk to lyndon johnson to every single president has said we need to fix this system. >> how about the seniors out there. we will have $500 billion in medicare cuts and a bunch of seniors, you will see a lot of them, a couple million lose their medicare advantage plans. are they going to be happier about that? how about the small business owner who is going see higher taxes, more mandates and higher fees. think it is going to become more popular with them? i don't think so. this healthcare bill will ruinure country. we have to stop it. >> geraldo: and the eve of what is going to be an historic vote, tea party protesters holding a vigil outside the united states supreme court where challenges to the legislation even if it passes will undoubtedly be heard. with more on what the protesters did today, here is our molly henneberg. >>> thousands gathered in what the

starting with teddy roosevelt. they tried. they were real bold leaders. but mr.sident, the right of every american to have access into decent health care in reality for the first time in american history. [applause] >> mr. president, i've gotten to know you well enough you want me to stop because i'm embarrassing you. [laughter] >> but i'm not going to stop for another minute because you delivered on a promise, a promise you made to all americans when we moved into this building. mr. president, you are to repeat myself literally about to make history. our children and our grandchildren, they are going to grow up knowing that a man named barack obama put the final girder in the framework for a social network in this country to provide the single most important element of what people need, and that is access to good health care. [applause] >> and that every american from this day forward will be treated with simple fares and basic justice. look, the classic poet virgil once said that the greatest wealth is health. the greatest wealth is held. well, today america be

teddy roosevelt knew it was right. harry truman knew it was right. ted kennedy knew it was right. do not quit. do not give up. we keep on going. we are going to get this done. we are going to make history! >> despite his optimism, the arm twisting and turning for the 216 votes is still going on behind the scenes with joe biden just one of the guys working the phones on capitol hill. >> what are you telling them and what are you hearing back from them? >> i'm telling them two things. one is that, a, it does take care of preexisting conditions. b, your since rates aren't going to skyrocket. c, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before. d, you will be in a position where you can senior insurance that you have. once the american public realizes that yo realizes thatl get a reward for in. >> joining us, dick morris, the author of the brand new book "2010, take back america." great to see you as always. >> people order 2010 now from amazon or bn.com you can get an autographed copy. i broke my right arm signing 25,000 of them. >> if we have any mon

teddy roosevelt, a republican president, started this over a hundred years ago; teddy and now president obama has done what other presidents over a hundred years did not succeed in doing, although they all recognized that it was important. it was important for the health of the american people, it was must stand your ground for the american people. and good policy, we hope, will be good politics. but we did what we came to do. we are public servants. we have it inside of us to do the right thing for the american people and that's why i've always had confidence that we would pass this historic legislation to make progress for the american people. >> lehrer: madame speaker, thank you very much. >> thank you, my pleasure. >> ifill: so what does the new health care law mean to you? we continue our series tonight with the changes it will bring to medicare coverage. julie rovner, who covers health care for national public radio, joins us to explain. welcome back. >> thanks. >> ifill: let's talk about prescription drug cover rafe. obviously, there was a problem. >> this is unfinished business

. >> everybody knows the story, starting with teddy roosevelt, they tried.hey were real bold leaders, but, mr. president, they fell short. you have turned, mr. president, the right of every american to have access in the decent health care into reality for the first time in american history. [ applause ] >> bill: and a few moments later the vice president echoed dick cheney actually saying the f word. >> ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ applause ] >> bill: sorry. as the loyal opposition -- as for the loyal opposition, well, they are seating. that's not good. some shouted racial insult at democratic congressman are now being played big by the far left who want to brand all americans who oppose barack obama's agenda as being racist. truth is there are nuts in every crowd but one loon can do damage. republicans and tea party people would be wise to keep their dissent on the high road. right now most americans aren't happy with the democrats and the president, but that could change fast if unsavery tactics are u

there is a sense that going back to teddy roosevelt, president after president have been trying to dealith this and my friend regularly says scott we as republicans when we bring in the majority did nothing. we ignored this issue. i would like to disabuse people of that notion by a pointing to a couple issues. recognizing we could go along way towards increasing the number of americans who have access to health insurance and in light of the argument we have made, mr. martin and mr. ryan made share the economic growth of $569,200,000,000 tax increase that will slow economic growth, i am hard-pressed to believe we will see health insurance made available for thirty-two million americans for our proposal will make health insurance available for three million americans. i don't accept that notion. if we actually see the economic growth in this country resources will not be there. in response to this argument, we were not working on this issue, i am proud of the fact that we initiated 23 years ago the existence of medical savings accounts and those who played a role in increasing the access

in 1907, president teddy roosevelt reminded the congress that though we are blessed with a rich, natural bounty in america, we must develop our resources with an eye to future generations. >> we are listening to the secretary of the interior, ken salazar, as he introduces president obama who will be speaking on the drilling for oil and natural gas off the u.s. coast. the president is going to keep some potential drilling sites off-limits. however, we'll continue to follow what's being said there and perhaps go back to hear what the president will say a little bit later. >>> rit now the world is making a promise to haiti. here's a live look at u.n. headquarters in new york where a donors conference is under way right now expected to raise $3.8 billion to help haiti recover from that catastrophic earthquake. the effort is getting big help from the obama administration which will pledge $1 billion over the next two years. >>> breaking news out of russia. at least 12 people are dead in twin suicide attacks. another twin suicide attack. could be from the same people who bombed moscow's subway

has done something big and large, that presidents and teddy roosevelt has talked about. >> let's look at it from the other side, here again for discussion purposes it passes and eventually goes. what are the politics for the republicans who unanimously oppose this all the way. how do they handle it? >> well, they say listen, we had a year and a half debate on this. and most people, especially independents by almost a 2 to 1 margin think it's too expensive. it will be a fiscal catastrophe. it will not cut costs and it centralizes too much power in government. and that is pretty much locked in. the polls have narrowed a little in the last couple of weeks. but not tremendously. and so that is-- that argument seems to be locked in. and so they'll hit that argument again and again and again. they may run on repeal. i doubt they will actually get to repeal, if not wholesale. but they may run on repealing it. and then they'll just hit it again and again. they are absolutely convinced it is a complete winner issue for them. >> lehrer: in other words, they would continue to argue that after th

but it is very difficult to mount a third party -- going back to teddy roosevelt and the bull moose partyat the turn of the century, it is very difficult to mount a third party challenge. so, there's been no history of success. i doubt this year -- i mean, i don't think barack obama, we don't know how healthcare is going to play out, but i think people are discontented with congre congress. 2012 is a long way off in politics because two years is a life time. but i don't think the discontent is so high with barack obama that it would be the time to sort of have a really successful third party challenge. i think that is very difficult. >> i just want to say one thing before we conclude the panel. i want to thank darrell and linda for joining this great conversation. i hope you got something out of thatç that. i want to say something about in the role of corporate influence, money and politics. it is very easy to become cynical because i think most of us can acknowledge that is true and i think that the way i see it and i would want to encourage you to see it is we do have a democracy in th

am signing this bill for all the leaders who took up this calls through the generations, from teddy rooseveltklin roosevelt, from harry truman to lyndon johnson, from bill and hillary clinton to one of the deans who been fighting this along, john dingell. to senator ted kennedy, and it is fitting that ted's will come vicki -- that tads widow -- ted's widow, vicki, is here, and his knees caroline, and his son patrick, whose vote help make this reform our reality. i remember seeing ted will through that door to a summit in this room a year ago, one of his last public appearances. and it was hard for him to make it. but he was confident that we would do the right thing. our presence here today is remarkable an improbable. with all the punditry, all lobbying, all the game playing that passes for governing in washington, it has been easy at times to doubt our ability to do such a big thing, such a complicated thing. to wonder if there were limits that we as a people can still achieve. it is easy to succumb to the sense of cynicism about what is possible in this country. but today we are affirming

since teddy roosevelt said that, presidents and members of congress from both parties, seeing the same costs that theodore roosevelt saw in the failure to assure health care for all, have grappled with this issue. these attempts at reform have largely fallen short. they floundered for many years. health care is personal and complex. the timing was wrong or the politics were difficult. leaders on all sides failed to find the compromises that would have enabled them to move forward. but the recurring theme is that time and time again reformers have failed to overcome the enormous obstacles that those who profit from the status quo have been able to erect. and because we have fallen short in the past, americans today face a health care system that costs too much and too often delivers too little. in our united states today, mothers and fathers wonder what else tech cut from the family budget to afford yet another increase in their health care premiums. parents file for bankruptcy because their insurance fell thousands of dollars short of providing for a child's lifesaving treatment. nearl

teddy roosevelt, they go way back trying to get health care reform passed.xactly right. i think the importance of this is to underscore how tough this task was. we've been trying to do it for decades. it was a hard task. it was a difficult vote. it was an essential task and it was the right vote. i think at the end of the day what was so satisfying about this is these legislators understood that politics is not about getting elected just to get re-elected. it's to make people's lives better. >> you're a student of the senate. you worked in the senate, ron. put aside all the politics right now. this is a historic moment. >> it's a historic mistake that the democrats have just made. they spent all their capital on passing health care reform when americans, especially independents and centrists left-wing democrats wanted jobs in this country. they wanted job creation. instead, they took the football and pushed it down the line and passed health care. they have six months left. it's going to be hard to explain to people in the polls why they didn't listen to wha

with western about what -- values from the road is good to have a strong fist, if you will as teddy roosevelt said speak softly and carry a big stick. soft power but the availability to influence and adopt principles that are peaceful and promote human rights is critical for our country and i think we vastly under use the resources we have. we are an extraordinarily wealthy nation we want access to the market and two our technology, health care technology and education skills the we can provide in a way that nations would think more kindly of us and work with us. but i kept hearing when i was in latin america about the miracle cure or the miracle operation. what is that? they said fidel castro provides cataract surgery to people he has surgeon's that travel around latin america and brings site to people. i said he does that for a tiny fraction of the investment we make and he is appreciated because he has branded it so effectively but we're great at some branding of we can sell coca-cola and pepsi all over the world for half a day's wage for a can of coke real we're not selling democracy as w

wait a minute, the government is going to be a little teddy roosevelt, they're going to grab hold of these big trusts and they're going to protect us. how do you grab hold of that issue and make that coming issue into a kitchen-table issue? >> i think there are lots of ways for the president to do this. two that come to mind -- bring to the white house some of the families of the children who have pre-existing conditions. where dad and mom were trapped in their jobs, because they couldn't move because they would lose the coverage for their child with a pre-existing condition. let them tell their stories. it can be as simple as that. i think also in a more political level, you know, one team worked very hard to try to fix a real problem for the american people. the other team demagogued it and lied about it. and i think independent voters, given the choice, even if they disagree with parts of the bill will say look, one team was in there trying. the other team was out there lying. we're for the team that's in there trying. at least they took us seriously as voters and tried to solve a

ala teddy roosevelt or anybody in the history of this country that has done such a thing. you can't tell them apart. some democrats are really corporatists in democrats' clothing. some republicans are the same thing. as a result, the voter doesn't know who to trust or where to turn. do you get any sense we'll really start to be able to differentiate between ds and rs as to who they really are as opposed to who they're pretending to be? >> we're talking about november. it depends on what kind of message candidates run on. there's a lot of talking about what the election is going to be about. and people talk about how it's anti-incumbent. my take is a little different. it's anti-politician. if you're a democrat or republican and out there talking like a politician and making these deals and not explaining why you're making those deals, if you're on the wrong side in terms of what the american people want, you're going to have a tough race. i don't care if you're a democrat or republican. but this is where i think the democrats have a real opportunity. to take a stand and mak

the firm that once sold men fishing rod and helped outfit teddy roosevelt's first afar and had a 12 storyshop in midtown manhattan with alike have been on the roof, abercrombie and fitch in the early 1990's changed its focus to sell overpriced wife beaters and half area meant to the youth of america. the blown up black and white shot of muscular self-satisfied blond pretty boy's and low-slung boxer shorts may have been attracted to my daughter, but all he kept thinking hitler youth. [laughter] and statutory. the deafening boom boom dancewear music was supposed to convey that like dude, we were in a totally cool sound, but i always felt like i was trapped in godzilla's left ventricle. for the homeric excursion was mercifully over, my daughter would be in possession of various items that would turn her into a walking billboard for abercrombie and fitch and carrying shopping bags with sushi grade torsos that proclaimed that nothing, nothing, nothing was more important than turning your self into a sexual commodity. it kept getting worse. entire tv specials based on victoria's secret bras or

teddy roosevelt trust busting.e feel that the politicians at least some of them are out there fighting for them against the guys who screw around with their money on wall street and always end up rich while people end up poor. joan walsh? >> well i think, you know, timothy geithner came out today and has begun to sound -- to sound a little bit tougher on the issue of really having a specific agency that looks out for consumers. there's a lot of pressure to collapse it. why can't the fed do it? fdic? there are all these different agencies. and he's sounding a little bit more populist. he doesn't like that word. he doesn't like to be a populist but he's really making the case in terms of consumer protection. protecting the little guy. protecting the american families. that can sell. you know, i think that -- i think that people are waiting for them to get back to jobs. that's what i'd like to see them tackle. they did that jobs bill and they actually got some republican support. >> yeah. >> that was because it was ma

this is the dream of the american people going back to presidents including richard nixon, teddy rooseveltas been a long-term struggle to bring some notion of the american idea of equity to people who don'tave health insurance, to people who are crowding emergency rooms to stop the excesses of insurance companies that were doing things. the congressman from ohio talked about hisother with breast cancer. president obama talked about his mother dying of uterine cancer and having to deal with the insurance companies on the phone. we have seen insurance rates going up all over the country. this is a tremendous effort in which most of the american people say we want healthcare reform. we want -- >> wait, wait, wait. let me put up the poll, if we can. this is the real clear politics average of all of the polls from the last few weeks and what the poll shows is that 40% actually voted -- here it is. 40% favor the democrats healthcare plan. not the idea, but the plan. 40% favor. >> and tt is why the poll is deceptive. if you ask about this specific plan, about all the procedures and tactics andarg

i'm very proud to be from the party of abraham lincoln and teddy roosevelt and others that really stood up for the principles of our party, reagan and this is a great party and has a great future and we have a great opportunity to win in november. it is important we put a candidate up that... >> chris: are you ruling out that you will file as an independent by the april 30th deadline. >> that's right. that's right. i'm running as a republican. >> chris: you will run for senate and you will run in the republican primary. >> i'm running for the u.s. senate. i know our country needs help. i'm running as a republican. this man to my left is a friend but i hope to guite him on august 24 and d-defeat him on august 24 and urge every florida republican to get out and vote. >> chris: will you support the winner, whether or marco rubio. >> of course but before the decision is made -- >> i'll get -- give you an opportunity but you are saying you will run in the republican primary for the u.s. senate, and will not run on the no party affiliation. >> that's right. >> the governor likes to call himse

make sure that we have the time to get ready to pass a major historic piece of legislation that teddy roosevelt set us on the path to accomplish. that -- and many over a century ago. we have accomplished, i think, a significant piece of legislation today. in addition to that, we believe the jobs agenda is very important. we passed a bill through here last week. the senate passed a bill over to us. we're in the process of considering those bills. i want to say to the gentleman that i share his view, that we look forward to working together to try to get americans back to work. i won't go through the litany of how we got here. the gentleman has heard it before. the last administration, as he well knows, we lost over 700,000 jobs in the last four months here we have lost 27,000 months. surely, anybody who is fair-minded would say we need to -- we have -- people are hurting in america. families are hurting in america, and we need to get back to work. we need to ensure that people can support themselves and their families, not to the level they would if they were working, but certainly support thems

represents the historic accomplishments sought by presidents and members of congress dating back to teddy roosevelt, that the accomplish was achieved in the midst of difficult economic times, a toxic political environment without any bipartisan support makes it all the more remarkable. passage tonight will start making a difference for our families this year, and most important, the bill is fully paid for, we're reforming medicare, we improve the quality of health care in this country and we reduce the deficits. tonight's victory starts america on the road to better health and economic security. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. before i yield i'd like to remind the chair that medicare and social security passed with a large bipartisan majority. i yield -- mr. levin: regular order. mr. camp: 45 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from the ways and means committee, the gentleman from illinois. >> while i thank the gentleman for yielding. and, mr. speaker, just because it's historic doesn't mean it's good. i thin

it started with teddy roosevelt. they tried. they were bold leaders.elt sure to print you have turned the right of every american to have access to decent health care into a reality for the first time in american history. [applause] mr. president, i have gotten to know you well enough that you want me to stop you because i embarrassing you. [laughter] i will not stop for another minute because you delivered on a promise, a promise he made to all americans when we move into this building. mr. president, you are, to repeat myself, literally about to make history. our children and our grandchildren, they will grow up knowing that a man named barack obama put the final girder in the framework for a social network in this country to provide a single most important element of what people need and that is access to good health. [applause] and that every american from this day forward will be treated with simple fairness and basic justice. look, the classical poet virgil want said that the greatest wealth is held. the greatest wealth is held. today, america be

i am reading a biography of teddy roosevelt right now. he was talking about it. teddy roosevelt. we have failed to meet this challenge during periods of prosperity, and also periods of decline. some people say do not do it now because the economy is weak. when the economy was strong, we did not do it. we talked about it during democratic administrations and republican administrations. i got all my republican colleagues saying a " no, no, no." we want to focus on things like cost. you had 10 years. what happened? what were you doing? [applause] every year, the problem gets worse. every year, insurance companies deny more people coverage because they have pre-existing conditions. every year, they dropped more people when they get sick, right when they need it most. every year, they raise premiums higher and higher and higher. just last month, and from blue cross in california tried to jack up rates 40%. 40%. as anyone's paycheck gone up 40%? -- has anyone's paycheck gone up 40%? >> no. >> why do we think this is normal? in my home state of illinois, rates are going up by as much as