not as the art who said -- who promised a balanced budget -- not fdr -- >> walter mondale threatened to raise taxes. >> not reagan will promise that tax cuts and then, only then -- >> he did cut them. >> then he increased them 11 times. >> a long history of political cowardice. i agree. obama is well in the mainstream of political cowardice. my take is that we manage to have gotten ourselves in a corner where the old formula just doesn't work. >> can i finish this? i do think that there is a deal that has to be had, and it probably has to be had before 2012. and if you look at the deficit, the debt numbers over the course of -- we always said, in the out years it will come back to haunt us. the out years are getting closer and closer and suddenly the interest on the debt becomes bigger than the debt. >> jack lew, director of the office of management and budget, says if we don't continue to invest in and you cajun and and the structure it will undermine the ability to generate -- don't continue to invest in education and infrastructure, it will undermine the ability to generate jobs.

not as the art who said -- who promised a balanced budget -- not fdr -- >> walter mondale threatened to raise taxes. >> not reagan will promise that tax cuts and then, only then -- >> he did cut them. >> then he increased them 11 times. >> a long history of political cowardice. i agree. obama is well in the mainstream of political cowardice. my take is that we manage to have gotten ourselves in a corner where the old formula just doesn't work. >> can i finish this? i do think that there is a deal that has to be had, and it probably has to be had before 2012. and if you look at the deficit, the debt numbers over the course of -- we always said, in the out years it will come back to haunt us. the out years are getting closer and closer and suddenly the interest on the debt becomes bigger than the debt. >> jack lew, director of the office of management and budget, says if we don't continue to invest in and you cajun and and the structure it will undermine the ability to generate -- don't continue to invest in education and infrastructure, it will undermine the ability to generate jobs.

out as early as 1984 he had concerns with that moment in that first presidential debate with walter mondale that his dad, ronald reagan, was becoming forgetful. guest: i'm not a clinitian and i don't -- clinician and i don't pretend to have been around the president that much, but i think the best evidence that refutes it, it may have been ed mcmorris who as we know is not an uncritical observer of reagan -- host: he has a piece this morning in the "new york times." " guest: but edwin morris had an opportunity to work at the reagan diaries which were kept with great self-discipline every day during reagan's presidency, and this was long after his bad night with walter mondale and during and after iran contra. and morris saw no evidence to suggest impairment of the president's intellectual faculties. part of this is a gray area called "getting old." he had real hearing impairment. that was an issue. host: in being shot at the movies. guest: exactly, from having a gun go off near his ear. host:: our next caller from -- for richard norton smith. caller: i am an admirer of ronald reagan and i w

news and fox news the walter mondale's former chief of staff is key aide call for the death penalty for joining us on johnny said well if they if they can do it legally they should just go out and kill the s.o.b i won't use those words but in other words they're talking like this on american national t.v. i don't think it's likely but i certainly mr assad has reason to fear for his life given the atmosphere of hysteria that's been created here just very briefly what is sweden getting out of this. well. an independent country is nonetheless although not a member of nato are part of the partnership for peace program since one thousand nine hundred four close cooperation with nato what us dominated a military alliance that's been true for since one thousand nine hundred four i think sweden is vulnerable to to american pressure as are most of the european countries but i think that's really what's going on here brownback i live in washington thanks very much for your insight into the second case thanks for joining us. the continuing crisis in north africa has highlighted the need for russia

out as early as 1984 he had concerns with that moment in that first presidential debate with walter mondalet his dad, ronald reagan, was becoming forgetful. guest: i'm not a clinitian and i don't -- clinician and i don't pretend to have been around the president that much, but i think the best evidence that refutes it, it may have been ed mcmorris who as we know is not an uncritical observer of reagan -- host: he has a piece this morning in the "new york times." " guest: but edwin morris had an opportunity to work at the reagan diaries which were kept with great self-discipline every day during reagan's presidency, and this was long after his bad night with walter mondale and during and after iran contra. and morris saw no evidence to suggest impairment of the president's intellectual faculties. part of this is a gray area called "getting old." he had real hearing impairment. that was an issue. host: in being shot at the movies. guest: exactly, from having a gun go off near his ear. host:: our next caller from -- for richard norton smith. caller: i am an admirer of ronald reagan and i wish

. >> that from walter mondale. >> the footage we saw at the ranch, you say that lyndon johnson didn'talk about the fact they had a meeting. why and where did that footage come from? >> that footage actually came from the l.b.j. library. johnson had this -- he had a -- i guess for historians it actually turned out to be a nice thing to have. but he had someone follow him around all the time with a 60 millimeter camera and then at the end of the month they would have the president's month and they'd edit something and show it to him what happened the previous month. those were outtakes of the month he spent with the two of them. the news we can tell -- it's hard to get in the mind of lyndon johnson, it's hard to know. but he really was almost to the end of the election, was probably more interested in nixon becoming president than humphrey. and as near as we can tell the reason is, and michael has done a lot of research about this, is that he didn't want to be the president who lost the war and he thought if humphrey got elected he would end the war and nixon might continue it or find a

our guests have included robert gates, hillary clinton, walter mondale, and the late tony snow.ined this remarkable intersection of media, political communication, and public affairs. that is what we do -- we study, teach, and explore political communication and the fundamental connection between government and the media. this event is an ideal conversation for those of us at the university to explore this intersection. i am happy to say it is being broadcast live on c-span. it will be heard on the potus channel. i am also privileged this year to help as one of our visiting fellows, cnn's senior white house correspondent ed henry. i watched ed henry with a very close eye having been in the white house correspondent job for a few years. i know a little of what he goes through every day. every day he reports to work at the white house. he is teaching a course with us at the university of this semester along with joe what part, a former white house press secretary, who is unfortunately not able to be with us this evening. he passes on his regrets and disappointment. he was having s

our guests have included hillary clinton, robert gates, tom ridge, walter mondale, and we examine this remarkable intersection of media, political communication, and public affairs. we study, teach, and explore political communication, the fundamental connection between the government and the governing and to the role that journalism and media play in making that happen. tonight is an ideal conversation to explore this strange intersection, and i am happy to say it is being broadcast live on c-span. it will air multiple times on satellite radio. it will be aired on the podus channel. i am also privileged to have as one of our visiting fellows ed henry. i watch him with a close eye, having been in the white house correspondent job at cnn knowing what he does every day, and every day he reports to work at the white house. it is not a bad address. he teaches a course here at the university this semester, along with joe la carte, who is -- joe lockhart. he is unfortunately not able to be with us tonight. he has just gone home. i am happy to say he started physical therapy and he sends his

in the past, our guests have included hillary clinton, robert gates, walter mondale, and the late tony snow. we examined this remarkable intersection of media, political communication, and public affairs, because that is what we do. study, teach, and explore political communication --the connection between the government and the governing and the role that media plays in making that happening. tonight is an ideal place for this conversation, for all of us to explore this strange intersection. i am happy to say that it is also being broadcast live on c- span. it will air multiple times on sirius and xm radio. will be heard on the pto -- it will be heard on the potus program as well. i am also happy to have on the program cnn's senior white house correspondent ed henry. i have watched him with a close eye. i know little bit of what he goes through every day with his obstacle course of a job. every day, he reports to work at the white house. it is not a bad address. he is with us here at the semester -- at the university this semester, along with one of the former press secretaries who is

this is the land of walter mondale. this is the land of jesse ventura. now it is the land of the united states senator al franken. if we can do this in minnesota, as frank sinatra would talk about new york, we can do it anywhere. we took the spending trajectory of my state which was 21% every o years for 40 years. that was the average spending pattern increase in my state. we got that down to a low over 1% a year during my time as governor. we were able to bring in government spending in a historic way. we actually reduced government spending for the first time in a 150 year history of minnesota. of course, that is not easy when you are up again a culture that leans pretty hard the other way. there is a lot of hard work that went into that. including having the first government shut down in the 150 year history of my state. but the point was, we were not going to have business as usual. we will want to draw lines in the sand and we were going to get government to live within its means and we began to see a big change in my state. the unemployment rate is