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Just standing by social security could send them falling off a populist cliff. joining us now to give us some historical perspective is al fromm. his new book "the new democrats and the turn to power" chronicles those years and offers advice. welcome to the show. >> delighted to be here. >> let me start with a thought. you are old enough to remember when vietnam and crime haunted the democratic party. im old enough to remember the last time hillary clinton was the inevitable nominee for presiden...

0 >> tis the night before congressional recess, and all through the house, theres lots of stirring. debate continues in the house of representatives as congress moves towards a vote on that $85 billion bipartisan budget deal. but dont let all that bipartisan holiday spirit mislead you. there are all kinds of political attacks on this plan, including a potentially significant split for republicans. many criticize john boehner for caving to tea party republicans, but the speaker neared his boiling...

And tone of debate in the country. im also worried about the fact that we cant get anything done now because of crazies on the right. so you want to then bring not the equivalent but folks on the left who are just as recalcitrant. >> second of all, again, this is actually where the men people are at. that what kills me in all of this. the entire political system, including the main stream of the democratic party is actually to the right of where the american people are, the sort of bread and but...

Founder of the democratic leadership council. and one of the things he said, hes never been a huge alloy of president obamas. one thing he said, he feels throughout obamas presidency, he has been a counter puncher was his word. because he has always been reacting, whether to the tea party or the left or to various events, he has failed to really outline a strong and unifying ideology for the democratic party will you see in that speech, he says, i kind of walked the line between the economic pop...

0 africano language, they were voted into office in south africa in then 48. they set about passing a series of impressive laws of racial segregation. they western considered citizens. in 1960 when drarts went to the police station in the black town of sharpville and redanded to be arrested, they were protesting the node to have them in the first place. in response to that small act of rebellion, south african police officers opened fire on the crowd and scene people were killed that day. the yo...

at a merger acquisition? >> under the statute, the fcc looks at mergers through the public interest standard. and thats really our only hook and again, thats a merge wrer theres a transfer of licenses. if theres no transfer of license, it doesnt come before us. we have a different standard from the department of justice or the federal trade commission might. so the public interest standard is broad, but its also within our core mission, obviously, that congress set up in 1934. so going...