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These speeches? >> well, you know, i think shes got such a high profile, chris. but shes going to have to get out there. and she will be out there making much more public speeches. we will see her. we will hear from her. its also a -- theres a weird interval here where we have a president. hes doing mostly a great job. for her to be running for his position, i dont know. theres something a little bit unseemly for her to just come right out and take her political place right now. >> i agree. by t...

Fade, becomes a bit of a cloistered life, if she does become a reader or stays out in the sun room or whatever it is, people like martin omalley of maryland will get a couple steps toward her. theyll never catch her, probably. and maybe andrew cuomo or someone or the vice president. the vice president is running every day of the week by nature of his job. >> right. >> do you think she really ran a risk in not going public giving these speeches? >> well, you know, i think shes got such a high pro...

They asked him the reason why the department of justice has this is workplace violence as opposed to terrorist act. at the time, eric holder abouted if he did not know, he did not receive correspondence to this. so basically he was lying. if you look at the c-span video you can look at the face and he was a dear in a headlight. he didnt know what was going on. he had to get answers from those behind him. jhim. jo you were shot seven times and heard the suspect yell "allah akbar" and shortly this...

Your own conclusions but we would like to show everybodys name and face. >> the vote was 54-46. youll see some of the names. inside the west wing on gun control. just talk about how we got here. obviously the president but a lot of his weight behind this. his own capital and he toured the country with an outside strategy and seemed to have, at least on this issue, the country behind him. how did he fail? >> he did have the country behind him and he did something unusual which he really leaned in...

Dressing up their same old platform in a brand new coat and tails. i thought we were going to get extreme makeover uncut gop and instead this seems like c-span reruns of ralph reids greatest hits. >> absolutely right. to put it into historical concept, theyre looking for next ronald reagan or charleton heston but theyre stuck with bedtime for bonzo. the reality is this, the republic chance in two measures are out of step. first of all, the polling that indicates 53% of american people are behind...

First lady? >> heres whats interesting. i love listening to her. i listen to her on c-span. shes always been so down to earth and real, i always felt like there was an activist kind of flavor. i think this is ramped up and what make this is so poignant and emotional, unlike what rush limbaugh said, is that she has a real connection to hadiya. its a real, palpable connection. >> thats what i question because obviously ive met with her and talked with her a lot over the last few years. im not sure...

Policy debate we were having in this country about health care, their intention was to use that intimidation to get their way in our political process, but obviously it failed, of course, if failed. you do not get far in this country using tactics like that. it is a tactic and it recurs in different debates at different times, but it doesnt work. its not a tactic that works for good reason, we do not settle arguments by political force of arms, not since an important time in the 1860s and the on...

About public policy or a book about public policy and it looks really very nerdy in that awesome nerdy c-span way? a lot of the time the visual nerd charm on c-span is because the people on c-span are speaking at a place called the national press club. they do a lot of events that are the unveiling of reports and stuff. and as the places name implies, it is a club for the press. so, people go there to talk about their thing and they invite reporters and photographers, they invite questions, they...

Obviously it failed, of course, if failed. you do not get far in this country using tactics like that. it is a tactic and it recurs in different debates at different times, but it doesnt work. its not a tactic that works for good reason, we do not settle arguments by political force of arms, not since an important time in the 1860s and the ones who had an idea to take up arms then, too, were the ones that lost that last fight. yesterday, the nra unveiled a 225-page report about school safety. wh...

Nerd charm on c-span is because the people on c-span are speaking at a place called the national press club. they do a lot of events that are the unveiling of reports and stuff. and as the places name implies, it is a club for the press. so, people go there to talk about their thing and they invite reporters and photographers, they invite questions, they take questions on this thing, and they get press coverage for it. thats the whole point of this place existing. except yesterday, when the nra ...