Jacob Javers News Today

>> you had republican monday rat moderates who were -- john lindsey, a congressman from new york at the time, who were strongly for civil rights. so he had big majorities. he could break that filibuster. >> and republicans not as far to the right, like you said, jacob javers, john lindseys, you dont have anyone like that in the party and they are acting naive. >> i agree with that. absolutely. the truth of the matter is if you look at the composition of the republican party in the 1960s, it was ...

Is all gone, they couldnt survive in this party. and when the american public, not the just iowan conservative, but the american public hears that, youre going to see a rude awakening. i was reading gayle collins column this morning, and with all due respect to iowa, we are talking about a state that is very, very conservative, never elected a woman govern or congresswoman and about 150,000 people go out and vote. now, we must respect that, but thats not reflective of america. you have some foot...