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Fides by several thousand percent would be alan simpson. he and i might agree 25% of the time, but every time ive interviewed him or visited with him, its been a delight and hes been a pragmatist, because it seems to me, the old-fashion way he represented what is now missing. its not kumbaya and we went drinking after 5:00 and the rest of that -- >> although they did. >> they did, but thats what people remember, if they remember anything, because they did too much drinking. but the element was, ...

Administration with a deficit of $1.3 trillion, hostile to president obamas plan to create a bipartisan commission, the sole purpose of which would be finding ways to cut the deficit. the president still doing it, without them, scheduled to create the commission by executive order tomorrow and to tap as its co-chairman former clinton chief of staff,erskin bowles, a moderate democratic businessman from north carolina who made an unsuccessful run for the senate. and the republican, since no curren...

Can serve the public interest. maybe that would have to do with campaign finance reform, getting rid of lobbyists, whatever you want to pick. but he was not seen as a reformer, and only on the way out the door is he kind of whining about the situation. so it happens often, when people leave, they become critics. but that didnt really lead to much change, does it? >> no. but a guy with a few more bona fides by several thousand percent would be alan simpson. he and i might agree 25% of the time, b...

Partisan. you did, in fact, give and take, you did play ball, there was bipartisanship. instead, now, everybody is ultra-partisan, all the time. could the simpson message be of some value now? be partisan when it matters and back off when it doesnt? >> well, i think there have been periods in american history that have been hyper partisan. go back and look at what happened with thomas jefferson and john adams. they actually arrested political opponents back in those days. i mean, the thing is th...

Fides by several thousand percent would be alan simpson. he and i might agree 25% of the time, but every time ive interviewed him or visited with him, its been a delight and hes been a pragmatist, because it seems to me, the old-fashion way he represented what is now missing. its not kumbaya and we went drinking after 5:00 and the rest of that -- >> although they did. >> they did, but thats what people remember, if they remember anything, because they did too much drinking. but the element was, ...

Wondering if you think theres a possibility it may manifest itself as something positive. you hear former lawmaker, like allan simpson, not surprisingly, speak out. but to some degree, as with senator bayhs complaints this week with on his way out the door, do they not both have a responsibility, if the partisanship is so poisonous in their assessments, do they have some responsibility to do more than lament it? do they have to propose steps to fix it and point out who, individually, name names,...

Go back and look at what happened with thomas jefferson and john adams. they actually arrested political opponents back in those days. i mean, the thing is that we have real, honest to goodness philosophical and political and policy differences in this country. and theres nothing wrong with having dragdown fights over this. but what is wrong is when its only about partisan politics. when there is no concern about facts and about policy making. and i think, perhaps, simpson maybe a throwback to t...

>> thank you, keith. the purportedly deficit-hating republicans in congress, never mind their last president saddled the current administration with a deficit of $1.3 trillion, hostile to president obamas plan to create a bipartisan commission, the sole purpose of which would be finding ways to cut the deficit. the president still doing it, without them, scheduled to create the commission by executive order tomorrow and to tap as its co-chairman former clinton chief of staff,erskin bowles, a m...

kerry, and whitehouse. more joining? it is possible that its still passable? palin to tea party. drop dead. the tea party movement is not a party and we have a two-party system so the smart thing will be independents who are such a part of this tea party movement to, i guess, sort of start picking a party. in other words, dont you dare run your own candidates. californias recalled governor, gray davis. miss me yet? >> be nice to me. youre talking to the future governor. that guy? ...

gillibrand, and merkley. today, say so senators franken, kerry, and whitehouse. more joining? it is possible that its still passable? palin to tea party. drop dead. the tea party movement is not a party and we have a two-party system so the smart thing will be independents who are such a part of this tea party movement to, i guess, sort of start picking a party. in other words, dont you dare run your own candidates. californias recalled governor, gray davis. miss me yet? >> be nice...