strategy diment has had for the past year, obama wanted to pass health care and he said let it be his waterloo and we'll stop it. now, gahere he wants to obstruc again and i wish they were a party of ideas and not obstruction. >> without focusing on one person or senator the fact is it is the flexibility of workforce that concerns people and if you are in the job and unionized you will tend to be more stuck in a particular position outside of which you may not be able to keep medium power secure. >> well, and you don't have the flexibility. even in the private sector, look at an auto plant with gm and chrysler, even ford compared to the ones without unions, they have less productivity because everything has to go by the rule book and change a light bulb, you can't change it and you have to call in somebody and it becomes more rule based, and procedure based instead of mission based. >> and i talked a couple days ago to the former chief of security for el al, the el al airlines have a terrific record dealing with terrorists and he said if you unionize the workforce in america you will deal a de

then they felt they found an opening with healthcare be in their waterloo.ongress bears some responsibility. republicans have abdicated their responsibility with healthcare reform. republicans never did care about passing health care reform. if they had it would have come to the table with real ideas and the beginning, not waited until the end to say they need more time or needed chance to read it and throwing out ideas that would not move the ball down the field to solve the problem. guest: let we disagree with you and the previous caller who said the republicans do not care about health care reform. i don't know anyone on capitol hill who does not want reform but the differences are on the fundamentals and that the specifics. we have a vision and said the democrats. the president had an incredible reservoir of goodwill with the public. the public essentially gave him a mandate to help to change washington. as soon as the process had a bump, as it always does on capitol hill, he returned reflexively partisan as did his party. the reason health care has had

john boehner said it's his waterloo. i told you a million times, the man is david copperfield.hat they're doing. lights, please. the man is david copper field. it said to you over and over again, just watch the other hand. see the money? see the money? here is the money. watch the other hand. the guy is a physician. the -- the guy is a magician. instead of putting the spotlight on fox, and have you watch us, what else is happening. if we turn the lights back on, oh my gosh! as you were watching this, healthcare was snuck in the back door! >> money is coming from all over the world. this is the engine of any big company. >> the law puts them first in line. >> correct. >> then you have what? stockholders are next. or preferred shareholders. >> with a we have done here if i'm not mistaken, these people are gone. they're out. theme people are put here. >> you need another train. >> got to be jenga there. he blows. >> speaking of game players, what are your favorite lawmakers you've talked about this year from washington? >> do you have a choice? i can't think of a single one. is th

then they felt they found an opening with healthcare be in their waterloo. congress bears some responsibility. republicans have abdicated their responsibility with healthcare reform. republicans never did care about passing health care reform. if they had it would have come to the table with real ideas and the beginning, not waited until the end to say they need more time or needed chance to read it and throwing out ideas that would not move the ball down the field to solve the problem. guest: let we disagree with you and the previous caller who said the republicans do not care about health care reform. i don't know anyone on capitol hill who does not want reform but the differences are on the fundamentals and that the specifics. we have a vision and said the democrats. the president had an incredible reservoir of goodwill with the public. the public essentially gave him a mandate to help to change washington. as soon as the process had a bump, as it always does on capitol hill, he returned reflexively partisan as did his party. the reason health care has ha

party in opposition with a smart political strategy, total opposition, viewing health care as his waterloo at the same time that you have this opposition, you have a strategy that took three months to bring republicans on board. if you get rid of those three months, we could pass health care and move on to something else. guest: that explanation leaves out the voters. we had a situation where the majority party in congress was representing a minority position in favor of the democratic health care plan. of all likens were representing the majority opinion, opposition. look at the polls if starting in august. -- republicans for representing the majority opinion, opposition. look at the polls starting in august. de 55% nationally, you had some bipartisan support in the senate. -- 55% nationally, you that some bipartisan support in the san teh. guest: people that is approved of the president's handling or because the bill does not go far enough. there are people that believe in single payer. when you look at disapproval, you have to break out. what has happened this time has gone on, i agree,

from waterloo.ate. they are made of phosphate. and they can be use of fertilizers, and it turned out they were great deposits of them that could be mined. and so one of the commentators at the time said isn't it ironic that the england going to be rescued by these fossil doo doo just as it was rescued in the industrial revolution by the oil and gasoline. all these prehistoric deposits were fueling the modern industrial revolution. well, the copper light, deposits were all over east anglia. and particularly huge deposits, and right under cambridge university work when i said in england, i said you know, it's very hard for me to imagine one of the greatest universities in the world is founded on top of a huge pile of crap. they just roared over there because they got to the joke before even finished it. they knew exactly where i was going. well, these mines sprang up all over england. and these young men they couldn't get work were now making big bucks mind, very unsafe funds that they were not proper

party in opposition with a smart political strategy, total opposition, viewing health care as his waterlooat the same time that you have this opposition, you have a strategy that took three months to bring republicans on board. if you get rid of those three months, we could pass health care and move on to something else. guest: that explanation leaves out the voters. we had a situation where the majority party in congress was representing a minority position in favor of the democratic health care plan. of all likens were representing the majority opinion, opposition. look at the polls if starting in august. -- republicans for representing the majority opinion, opposition. look at the polls starting in august. de 55% nationally, you had some bipartisan support in the senate. -- 55% nationally, you that some bipartisan support in the san teh. guest: people that is approved of the president's handling or because the bill does not go far enough. there are people that believe in single payer. when you look at disapproval, you have to break out. what has happened this time has gone on, i agree,

said, in july of 09, if we are able to stop obama on this, referring to health care, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. i tell my friend that i have discussed with him and mr. blunt, my good friend, who was his predecessor and with whom he worked, and asked him to participate with us. i did that early this year. i did it a little later in the air. sometime before i met with you as well. . . in a bipartisan fashion? unfortunately, that did not result in a bipartisan fashion. i will tell my friend on a smaller, more defined matter, the children's health insurance program, i spent about 100 hours trying to work with many on your side of the aisle to try to get in the last congress to try to get bipartisan agreement on moving children's health insurance. and as i'm sure you'll recall, because you weren't with us on that issue, we couldn't get bipartisan fwrement. so the answer to your question is, i'd like to have bipartisan so the answer is i'd like to have bipartisan discussions moving forward on this issue. but i have concluded from my experience over the last year, and not just thes

in july of 2009, if we are able to stop obama on this, referring to health care, it will be his waterloo. it will break him. i will tell my friend i have discussed with him and my good friend, representative blunt with whom he was your predecessor and asked him to participate with us, i did that early this year, i did that later in the year, sometime before i met with you as well in trying to discuss was there a way forward to work in a bipartisan fashion. unfortunately, that did not result in bipartisan fashion. i will tell my friend on a smaller, more defined matter, the children's health insurance program, i spent about 100 hours trying to work with many on your side of the aisle -- in the last congress -- to try to get bipartisan agreement on moving children's health insurance. and as i'm sure you recall, because you weren't with us on that issue, we couldn't get bipartisan agreement. so the answer to your question is, i would like to have bipartisan discussions moving forward on this issue. but i have concluded from my experience over the last year and not just these -- i quote thre

in july of 2009, if we're able to stop obama on this, referring to health care, it would be his waterloo, it will break him. very frankly, i tell my friend that i'm disgust with him and with mr. blunt, my good trent, who was his predecessor and with whom he worked in the whip organization and asked him to participate with us. i is it that early this year. i did it a little later in the year. sometime before i met with you as well in trying to discuss, was there a way forward to work in a bipartisan fashion? unfortunately, that did not result in a bipartisan fashion. i will tell my friend on a smaller, more defined matter, the children's health insurance program, i spent about 100 hours trying to work with many on your side of the aisle to try to get in the last congress to try to get bipartisan agreement on moving children's health insurance. and as i'm sure you'll recall, because you weren't with us on that issue, we couldn't get bipartisan fwrement. so the answer to your question is, i'd like to have bipartisan discussions moving forward on this issue. but i have concluded from my expe

in july of 2009, if we're able to stop obama on this, referring to health care, it would be his waterloo, it will break him. very frankly, i tell my friend that i'm disgust with him and with mr. blunt, my good trent, who was his predecessor and with whom he worked in the whip organization and asked him to participate with us. i is it that early this year. i did it a little later in the year. sometime before i met with you as well in trying to discuss, was there a way forward to work in a bipartisan fashion? unfortunately, that did not result in a bipartisan fashion. i will tell my friend on a smaller, more defined matter, the children's health insurance program, i spent about 100 hours trying to work with many on your side of the aisle to try to get in the last congress to try to get bipartisan agreement on moving children's health insurance. and as i'm sure you'll recall, because you weren't with us on that issue, we couldn't get bipartisan fwrement. so the answer to your question is, i'd like to have bipartisan discussions moving forward on this issue. but i have concluded from my expe

bill that president obama produced with a -- with the congress, that they will have presented the waterloo to president obama's career. terrible to have that kind of attitude. serve the people. forget about stopping things. talk about them. come out here on the floor and say why you don't want to help people. that's what we're talking about. today we see an example of the simplest form. republicans have used the filibuster over 100 times since the start of the congress. they used to block legislation including health care reform, funding for our troops and even help for our surrenders. they're using it to block well-qualified judges from serving on the federal bench. filibustering led to the lowest confirmation of judicial nominations in 50 years. the republicans are sitting on their hands to block the senate from considering qualified nominees for months on end. last week we had a vote on the confirmation of beverly martin to serve on the circuit court of appeals she was unanimously supported in the judiciary committee and forced to wait over four months on the senate calendar for no good