themselves as the people's party as opposed to the corrupt political parties that had been perverted by the catholic interests as they called it. the formal name of the party was the american party, and they were very successful, especially at the state level, in the mid-1850s. 1853, '54, '55 they were quite successful in -- well, even in states like massachusetts. the know nothings won several key state elections because there was a general feeling among the voters they wanted to throw off the old party organization. in other words, in some respects the american party was a kind of no party or anti-party party, right, in that it was really saying, hey, we're different from the other two conventional traditional parties. they wanted to destroy, they said, the power of hack politicians and party wire pullers and bag men. they pushed for party nominees being named by votes in local lodges rather than, you know, in huge national nominating conventions that could be manipulated by, you know, the proverbial men in smoke-filled rooms. and there's some indication political historians have analyzed the people who supported and participated in the american party. there's some indic

the whig party is dying. the democratic party is changing. it survives but it doesn't survive unchanged. new minor parties vie for the support of americans who are disenchanted with the present political situation. for many americans something had gone terribly wrong so the minor parties that emerge in the 1850s are addressing the question, you know, what's gone wrong? what's the most serious threat to the republic and to self-government? what's the most serious threat? what is it? is it slavery's expansion? is that it? a lot of northerners would have said yes. some southerners would have said yes in terms of defending their right to expand and take their personal property anywhere. some would say immigration. i want to turn, as i said, and look at that group of the question -- of the -- for voters, the people who are most concerned about immigration as the primary issue. all right. well, as we said, the influx of roman catholic immigrants had helped spawn groups of anti-catholic nativists. they were organized first into secret fraternal organizations, so-called know nothing lodges. you know how they're given that name. they're secret fr

forty five percent now disapprove of the tea party and the more americans hear about tea party policies like ending social security the more they dislike it so what does this mean for mitt romney in the tea party in american politics moving forward that's an phillips joins me now to offer his take he is the founder of tea party nation judge them welcome tom thank you for inviting me to meet you in person like what i thought thank you what can mitt romney expect from the tea party. a good question he can expect a little bit of support i mean the tea party does not like barack obama's policies so we've got two choices this year it's obama or it's romney well if we don't like obama we don't have many other choices but what we're looking for in the tea party what we're really looking at are the. house and senate races because i've described mitt romney as a soulless technocrat and i think that's a pretty good description of the man he really don't have any leadership so if we get a good conservative senate get a good conservative house we're hoping that congres

said that one of the key features of a vital and vibrant two-party system is to really have different positions, distinctive positions on issues, especially issues that most americans cared a lot about. well, if the agreement was enforced in this way, the two major parties would have consensus over this issue. some politicians thought that was okay. they viewed the slavery extension issue or the slavery question in general as too difficult, as too controversial. as a political hot potato that they simply couldn't handle. and they thought that new issues, perhaps maybe even new parties, would emerge once the compromise had been universally accepted. well, as we'll see, the issues don't go away. new parties do emerge. the question remains, what if the two major parties did agree about the finality of the compromise but voters in the north and the south remained unhappy about its features and remained concerned about the larger issue of slavery's extension? what then would happen to the once loyal constituencies of the major parties? might they grow disenchanted with the major parties while looking elsewhere for political groups that were addressing these concerns? yo

system well it isn't the choice of americans the ordinary americans that you have a monopoly of two corporate back parties i mean the the it is in the interests of those two corporate back parties to exclude any voices that challenge the political monopoly of the financial elite over society. no none of the major decisions that affect the lives of millions of people are ever put before before the population and no one asked the american people whether or not an invasion of iraq in two thousand and. we should go ahead no one asked the american people in two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine should trillions of dollars be handed out to the reckless financier's on wall street that destroyed the economy if they were asked they would clearly say no that money should go to schools should go to jobs it should go to health care the basic needs of the population so the political monopoly that exists isn't because of there is a. general consensus in the population for that it is it is if it is a monopoly against genuine democracy against genuine democracy and pierce amy america's leaders don't represent

do you think the republican party will go the way of the american wicc party? >> i hope so. [laughter] >> i saw senator allen simpson speak. he's demoralized. i want to say something about that. one of the bravest things i did in life. i wore an i like iraq. i know,izer headquarter was flawened. we had a panel on it. i love iraq because -- ike. they were reasonable and sane. he did not want to get into another -- he was i argue -- and, you know, he did attack the military. i hunger for the day when we had a republican party that was reasonable and could keep the democratic party in check. it's sad this day in age. i interviewed richard nixon. there's a blerp on my other book. it's a sad day in america when i look back on richard nixon. thank you all very much for coming. great panel: >> it was within a few months, and my mother followed him very quickly, and suddenly i went being from being a child with parents to without parents and becoming one of my own, and i took on that position. in 2005, i lost friends, an mortality was weighing on my relatively heavily at the time and

i think the third party is the libertarian party. the largest segment of americanpolitics today are independents. so who is representing them? >> stephen: well, governor, when are you in vegas, if you have time, remember the words of jesus, hold on and 16 and split your atss. thank you very much, governor gary johnson, libertarian candidate for president, we'll be >> that's it for the report, everything. good night. (ch

the same party at all. the modern contemporary republican party has become essentially the american white conservative party. let's face it. and douglass would have no home there. now, times change. history changes. parties move on, people move on. new political persuasions, no issues, no coalitions grow and he would understand that. but i can tell you that if we can guess at one thing, he would resent current modern day republicans calling themselves the party of lincoln. >> david blight from the yale university study of slavery resistance and abolition and one of the five historians participating in the person of the year 1862 at the library of virginia. good luck with the results this afternoon and thanks for taking the time to speak with our viewers. >> thank you very much. you are watching a museum of confederacy foreup, who "time" magazine would have chosen as person of the year in 1862 in the midst of the civil war 150 years ago. our civil war coverage continues this weekend when we focus on the battle of shilo in southwestern tennessee, april 6, 7, 1862. the civil war, on american history tv, this s

i think the third party is the libertarian party. the largest segment of american politics today are independents. so who is representing them? >> stephen: well, governor, when are you in vegas, if you have time, remember the words of jesus, hold on and 16 and split your atss. thank you very much, governor gary johnson, libertarian candidate for president, we'll be r having one of those days? tired. groggy. can't seem to get anything done. it makes for one, lousy day. but when you're alert and energetic... that's different. you're more with it, sharper, getting stuff done. this is why people choose 5-hour energy over 9-million times a week. it gives them the alert, energetic feeling they need to get stuff done. 5-hour energy...when you gotta get stuff done. e two car insurances that we're going to have you taste. the first one we're going to call x. go ahead and take a sip, and then let me know what the baby thinks of it. four million drivers switched to this car insurance last year. oh, she likes it babies' palates are very sensitive so she's probably tasting the

and in the end i think the highest priority here is to protect the interest of the american people, not the democratic party or democratic candidates or republican party or republican candidates. the american people have the bottom line stake here and they have a right to know who is putting up the money and who is spending it to influence their votes. >> well, i had hoped we could have a second round here of questions but they moved up the vote. it started at 11:15 so we're going to have to vote. i hope people will submit questions in writing. i hope we can move this bill to the floor in a relatively short period of time. i think it's a really important issue. i think that my worry, this is me speaking, i think that what's happened after citizens united is corroding the very essence of our democracy and when a handful of people -- free speech is not an absolute. you can't scream fire in a crowded theater falsely, we have libel laws and when a handful of people can have a disproportionate effect, that corrodes our democracy and i worry about this country in terms of accountability. my view is we have to mov

host: independent in surprise, ariz., go ahead caller: the republican party embraced african-americans early on. if barack obama is reelected, would he visit the site of reparations? guest: what happened with african-americans and republicans is interesting. abraham lincoln was a republican, the party that opposed abolition in the 1860's and pushed reconstruction. in a contested election, they decided to give up a reconstruction but they still remain stronger than the other side on civil-rights issues. over the course of the late 19th century and early 20th century, the american public stopped caring about what happened to african-americans and the south and the interest of trying to get past the old wounds of the civil war. you see republicans gradually stepping away from civil rights issues and you see democrats take the lead on further disenfranchising african- americans in their state. up until the 1930's and 1940's when the new deal measures began to bring african americans to the democratic side, 50% were still voting for republicans. the democrat adoption of the sobor rights iss

the tea party and the remaking of republican conservatism. they report that tea party supporters are predominately middle-class older americans. who according to the authors, enjoy medicare and social security benefits, but are reticent to pay taxes to a those that they think are undeserving. this is about one hour. >> thank you. we are delighted to be here in durham, north carolina today. and we look forward to a lively discussion after we have introduced our research and our book. just to remind you all, the tea party in its contemporary manifestation, verges on being very rapidly and amazingly, just weeks after barack obama was not greeted as president of the united states, following an election, that itself was rather amazing and historic. on february 19, 2009, rick santelli, commentator on cnbc, went onto a rant in denouncing obama and his administrations policies to help underwater mortgage holders who he called. [inaudible] he invoked the founding fathers, that they would feel and that all good americans would feel what is happening to our country. within days, conservatives who had been quite dejected following the 2000

made him seem really out of touch with the american people. >> this race? the big engine is the tea party. correct? the tea party likes rubio. does that make a difference in >> you can't be elected president just with the tea party. they have the tea party. >> that is one of the miss. romney had a huge problem with the very conservative voters that will be with him no matter what. mitt romney does not need a choice that shores up the state. >> they have to be motivated by their hay dread of obama. he is go to guy now for republicans on trying to tweak the dream act so they vote for it. what he wants to do is offer kids who were brought here illegally by their parents. student vie a is a -- visa to go to school. it's a more palettable way to give legitimate city to people. >> the ax >>> this businessman people assume because of that somehow he will bring some magic elixir to the economy. when they get under the hood and see what he is proposing more massive tax cuts for the wealthy. fewer rules for wall street. deep cuts in the things we need to grow, education, research and development an

we had david walker on talking about how he's the latest idea of a third party candidate. americans most organized effort we've seen of a third party. they don't call themselves a party. they'll get ballot access it looks like in all 50 states. big names have passed it up. they've been out there trying to recruit different people. they passed it up. david walker is not a household name but may end up with this nomination. considering there's an appetite for an alternative, is he enough to fill the vacuum? >> i don't know the answer to that, chuck. as you suggest there's an appetite. there's a kind of ripeness for some kind of messenger to carry that message. i don't know whether americans elect will be able to carry it off or david walker has the strength and charisma and things you would need to really make a dent on the american people. >> a more buzzy name if it jumped in and sometimes every day i start to think maybe he's interested is jon huntsman. he seems to be wanting to send his party a message that he's mad. >> i don't know what he's doing. he seems to also dig a lot of ho

front of the book about conservative movement in japan and whether it can bring the energy of the american tea party of rides rising sun. >> go national popular vote. and number two, we all send our condolences to the rick santorum family. >> and i'd like to offer condolences to chris wallace and all the wallace family in the passing of mike wallace. great journalist. >> it's been good to have everybody mike's career remembered in a way that it should be. >>> tomorrow on the show, republican strategist mike murphy joins me. never know what he's got up his sleeve. coming up next, chris jansing. bye-bye. to roll over my old 401(k) into a fidelity ira. man: okay, no problem. it's easy to get started; i can help you with the paperwork. um...this green line just appeared on my floor. yeah, that's fidelity helping you reach your financial goals. could you hold on a second? it's your money. roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an

applause ] >>> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. this week a look at the compromise of 1850 ands collapse of the secretaries party system with gillis harp, a professor at grove city college in grove city, pennsylvania. the class is part of a survey course called history of the united states to 1865, which covers american history from the colonial era through the civil war. this is about 50 minutes. >>> all right. we'll begin as usual with a short selection of psalms. blessed are they whose ways are blameless who walk according to the law of the lord. blessed are those who keep statutes and keep him in his heart. they walk in his way. you have laid down precepts that are fully obeyed. oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying you are decreed. that's from psalm 119. okay. well, last time we left off talking about the election of 1848, and we said, remember, you may recall, that the whigs had taken a page out of the playbook of the -- once again had taken a page out of the playbook in nominating a war hero. this was general zachary taylor. now we have a poster from the 1848 campaign with taylor and the immortal mil

the highest priority is to protect the interests p of the american people, not the democratic party orlican party. the american people have the bottom lineúp stake and they hae the right to know who is putting up the money and who is spending it to influence their votes. >> i hope we could have a second round of questions. they moved up the vote. it started at 11:13. -- 11:15. i hope we can move this bill to the floor in a relatively short. bank of time. it is a -- short period of time. citizens united is corrupting the essence of our democracy. you cannot scream fire in a crowded theater. we have libel laws and anti- pornography laws. when a handful of individuals can have a hugely disproportionate effect on the election undisclosed, i think that corrodes the roots of our democracy. i worry about the future of our country in terms of accountability. i take the liberty as chairman of making the closing statement. we have to move forward. with that, without objection, the hearing record will remain open for additional statements or 10 additional days. -- for 10 additional days. i want t

. >> an sos and present the tea party and the authors examined several regional tea party offers and they are predominantly middle-class older americans who according to the authors mostly enjoy medicare and social security benefit that are reticent to pay taxes to assist those they deem undeserving. this is about an hour. [applause] thank you. we are delighted to be here in durham, north carolina today and look forward to a lively discussion after we introduce discussion in our book. just to remind you all, the tea party and its contemporary manifestation, first arm being very rapidly and amazingly, just weeks after barack obama was inaugurated as president of the united states following an election that itself was rather amazing in history. on february 192,009, rick santelli, commentator on cnbc went into west indies gained our rants announcing obama administration policies to help underwater mortgage holders that they called losers. he invoked the founding fathers to talk about that they would feel at all that americans are too sealed what was happening to our country. at the end conservatives who have been quite injected falling t

a colombian woman who claims she was the escort who partied with the americans is speaking out.ree secret service fills are out of a job as new details emerge in this investigation. the colombia woman says she argued with the secret service agent over the bill for her services. after a night at a local hotel in colombia. prostitution is legal in colombia. the woman says the night started at a strip club where she agreed to go back to the hotel with an american man nor $800. but the next morning she says he would only pay $30. after a loud argument, police were called in to resolve it and the man agreed to pay $200. now the secret service has not confirmed this account. one secret service officials has resigned. another supervisory employee was allowed to retire and the agency dis missed another supervisory employee because of the scandal. >> as far as the culture, you got to change that culture. heads don't roll under these circumstances, no behavior changes. >> nothing thus far that's been revealed. the investigation will take place and there will be able to know. but nothing s

books and lectures the fear machine is generating enormous fortunes for those who are banking on americans being afraid of muslims not to mention the political benefits the republican party receives when americans hit the polls and vote based on fear so when a planned parenthood clinic gets by on wisconsin there's a real simple reason why that fear machine. isn't fired up there's no money to be made no political points to be scored no one wants to install a porno scanners in planned parenthood clinics no one stands to profit from a never ending war against christian extremism and republicans don't win elections by defending planned parenthood so the fear machine falls silent and the brazen attack and women's reproductive rights is ignored we americans go about our day as if everything is fine least until a fairly sheen gets rebooted when a muslim does something or an african-american does something could be spun into it throughout our nation was not conceived in fear we stared down the greatest military in the world and one of our independence of the british we were a nation that in the midst of the great depression one of the worst economic catastrophes that we've ever

recently announced an early pull out of troops from the violence ravaged country by the selfish interests of american parties are still the term in washington scholars see there says unity and enjoyment who co-founder of the anti-war activist group code pink. unfortunately we've seen during the primary campaign of the republicans hard lined with saying that we should be staying beyond twenty four teams and that tends to bring the obama administration into a more hard line position as well we don't have any challengers to obama coming from the war progressive position saying our plan our and the ways of the american public seems to be muffled i have been entrenched in beer is always the theory dad should things fall apart in afghanistan and even more than they are right now that that would be blamed on the administration and the republicans would use this as a hammer to. ministration on the head with during the coming months. now take a look at some of the stories from around the world guitar has reportedly seen an attempted to military coup organized by high ranking officials aimed at overthrowing the countr

>> reporter: charlie, all new this morning, a colombian woman who claims she was the escort who partied with the americans is speaking out and three secret service officials are out of a job as new details emerge in this investigation. the colombian woman says she argued with the secret service agent over the bill for her services at avenue a night in -- after a night in colombia. prostitution is legal in colombia and the woman says the night started at a local strip club where she agreed to go back to a hotel with an american man for $800 but the next morning she says she would only pay her $200. the police came in and the man agreed to pay $200. one official has resigned and another supervisory employee was allowed to retire and the agency dismiss another employee because of the scandal. >> as far as the culture, you got to change that culture. heads don't roll under these circumstances, no behavior changes. >> nothing thus far that's been revealed. the investigation will take place and we'll be able to know but nothing so far. >> reporter: now the scandal may go beyond the secret service. as many as te

the only black member of congress who represents a predominantly white district. there are only two african american members of congress who represent predominantly white districts. i used to be the recruitment share for the democratic party this is african american -- if an african american candidates in the democratic party surfaced it was always in a black district. the staff took a look at it and said, he is a good chap, but he is not electable. 20 and 25-year-olds are going to figure that out. and eventually they are going to figure out that there are more of them advancing in the republican party today in predominantly white environments then black democrats are advancing in predominantly white environment. -- environments. >> i do agree with the. we have to try to get all the voices in. i am going to ask each of you to speak back-to-back. we will answer both of your questions. please introduce yourself and ask a question. >> thank you. thank you for all coming out. i'm a first-time legislative from minnesota. -- a legislator from minnesota. i wanted some clarity on a comment i heard. it was a republican supreme justice that determined that there was no fraud in the election. 133 have been found to have committed fr

"the new york times" has interviewed a colombia woman who claims she was the escort who partied with the americanser told me they were with obama. they were discreet. and she said she is the woman who argued with an agent for her services of a night at the hotel caribe. she said it started at a local strip club where she agreed to go back to the hotel with an american man for $800. the next morning, he said he could pay aren't $30. i tell him, baby, my cash money. after a loud dispute with police called in to resolve id, he said the man agreed to pay $200. congress is demanding answers and today we learned that a senate judiciary committee will put janet napolitano on the hot seat. >> if it's part of the culture, you got change that culture. heads don't roll under these circumstances if no behavior is changed. >> reporter: while it may put national security at risk, there is no indication the prostituted for spies or obtained classified information. >> there is nothing thus nar has been revealed. an investigation will take place but nothing so far. >> reporter: tonight, the ax is falling. one supe

. >> in your view does the republican party have the responsibility to reach out to african-americans? >> they do and i think they failed to be quite honest. i was disappointed to hear representative alan west from florida had a meeting on capitol hill with a dearth of black conservatives and invited a member and they didn't show up, and while the pragmatic side of me understands the feeling they're going to invest time building a coalition they probably aren't going to get a whole lot out of working in the black community. one of the things i learned as a person in the political arena and has run for office myself is very much into a return on investment approach to dealing with voters. if they don't like they're going to get a quick and substantial our ally going after particular demographic the the right to dismiss it and move on and that is essentially what they've done with the black community. they concluded there is no fertile ground there and i think that's a mistake. the need to take a long-term view and remember why the republican party was created in the first place and the

between the ruling parties of the communities and everything was set for a peaceful resolution of the crowd of the constitution praises and then it worse testimonies and information the american ambassador stepped in council with the muslim party to these even exit only really any agreement. having been promised american that which is what ended up happening in this week reciprocated the war. the war crimes court the friends team of saif ali islam gadhafi claims he's been assaulted in libya's custody the hague demands as a media hand there but tripoli wants to try the colonel son on home soil over the deaths of protesters in the revolt the deposed his father however middle east research has told me the i.c.c. has reputation as an additional bastion is questionable. and there are big questions over the fact of the justice of the i.c.c. if you look at the history there's only been one conviction recently and also who has been the target of the i.c.c. are africans african leaders and certainly africa is not the only continent to host war criminals and to experience grave offenses being committed and so really the i.c.c. hasn't necessarily proven its ability to effectively carry

the buffett rule. he did so last night at a tea party event in philadelphia. >> the american people are struggling right now and we have a president that doesn't seem to understand that he's been part of the problem, not part of the solution. and i listen to him, he's got these ideas. his big idea now is this buffett rule. which is that -- someone calculated by the way that the taxes he would raise from his buffett rule would pay for 11 hours, would pay for 11 hours of the government, all right. this is not exactly a grand idea. this man is out of ideas, he's out of excuses and in 2012, we're going to make sure he gets put out of office. >> the debate over this is certain to continue, with the tax breaks first established under president bush set to expire at the end of this year. >>> the second of four congressional hearings will take place on capitol hill today. in the growing scandal over wasteful spending by a government agency. current and former officials from the general services administration will face a new round of questioning this morning, over 2010 conference in las vegas. it follows a tens

i just can't believe that someone would suggest to the american people that they ought to be the majority party in control of the united states senate and not feel an obligation to lay out a plan that solves the biggest problem this country faces, which is the unsustainable fiscal crisis that we're in, but that's what we're hearing. that's what we see today. so, mr. chairman, i think your frustration must be enormous. it's probably maybe even greater than mine. but i want to walk through a few of the big ideas that i've wrestled with that i've laid out in this budget resolution to illustrate just how frustrating this is not to have a counter part that should be a negotiating koun part, but one that's unwilling to take a stand on anything and therefore makes it very hard to negotiate. for instance, one of the things that i think is important and in my budget, to demonstrate a way we can reach a balance within a ten-year window. that's not easy to do that. you have to make painful decisions. and we could have a reasonable argument about whether that's even necessary. i think many on the other sid

reviews in the choice of americans the ordinary americans that you have a monopoly of to corporate back parties it is in the interests of those two parties to exclude any voices that challenge the political monopoly of the financial elite over society no one asked the american people in two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine should trillions of dollars be handed out to the reckless financier's on wall street that destroyed the economy if they were they would clearly say no that money should go to schools should go to jobs it should go to health care so the. political monopoly that exists isn't because there is a. general consensus in the population for that it is it is it it is a monopoly against genuine democracy. the u.k. government is calling for an end to cheap deals on alcohol and the effort to curb binge drinking they say parking prices and supermarkets are encouraging people to drink more but others say creasing prices won't help. either but it reports some consequences could even be fatal. busier average friday night out in britain is not yet midnight but many people have alre

it isn't the choice of americans the ordinary americans that you have a monopoly of two corporate back parties it is in the interests of those two corporate backed parties to exclude any voices that challenge the political monopoly of the financial elite oversight no one asked the american people in two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine should trillions of dollars be handed out to the reckless financier's on wall street that destroyed the economy if they were asked they would clearly say no that money should go to schools should go to jobs it should go to health care so the political monopoly that exists isn't because of there is a general consensus in the population for that it is it is it it is a monopoly against genuine democracy. data from the flight recorders of a plane which crashed in western siberia on monday reportedly shows that the pilot's decision to spray the aircraft hunting freeze was the main cause of the accident he's paid suggests this ice forming inside the wings they crossed the ground just minutes after takeoff twelve forty three anything to see. three thank you