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Much, but i was pleasantly surprised. i do think there is areas of commonality and my sense is over the next few days or week, there will be something thats worked out. there is no reason that i can see that that wouldnt be the case. >> give us an example of what made you pleased. what did you hear from the president that you liked? >> well, i think again, most of our conversation was not about the tactics of how short term, how long term, those kind of things, but more about the bigger policy i...

So those are things that are good for the economy. when we think about this discussion, of the 53 times, 27 times something has been attached to it. policy issues, most cases dealing with deficit reduction. all the big budget deals were done that way. 1985, you had a democrat house, a republican senate and republican president, but that was done in association with the debt limit. we ought to do things that are good for reforming our spending, getting our country on a better fiscal trajectory an...

Number two, the president has a case to make, still some people saying do you have beyond a reasonable doubt to prove the chemicals were used and b the assad regime used them. when you have the inside game and outside became, the public hearings on capitol hill critical not only to answering the question questions but to shaping public opinion because right now a lot of lawmakers tell you the safe vote, unlike the iraq war vote the safe vote is a no vote so the president has to sway and the most...

>> what they importanting to, the tea party, are sub sanative issues and if youre going to call them a name theyre going to come back and show you the serious problems e they have with policy issues. >> neil: theyre far more galvanized and angry than the past, as if they have been let down enough on issues that are important to them. people can agree or disagree with the tea party but theyre not fading quietly into the night. >> i covered the audit the irs rally and that is an example where you ...

If you have to say you are pursuing policies you are not actually pursuing. if you have to deny knowledge of the policies that you are pursuing, that you are signing into law, it probably means that you dont have a good argument for those policies. which means you can only hold on to those policies and justify them through muscle, right, through pure political force. and political ends that can only be sought and held on to by pure political force are weak and vulnerable. it is not an accident t...

The policies that you are pursuing, that you are signing into law, it probably means that you dont have a good argument for those policies. which means you can only hold on to those policies and justify them through muscle, right, through pure political force. and political ends that can only be sought and held on to by pure political force are weak and vulnerable. it is not an accident that when hillary rodham clinton chose to give her first speech on policy issues since she stepped down as sec...

Record or pretend like it didnt happen when you were challenged on what you were doing. if you have to say you are pursuing policies you are not actually pursuing. if you have to deny knowledge of the policies that you are pursuing, that you are signing into law, it probably means that you dont have a good argument for those policies. which means you can only hold on to those policies and justify them through muscle, right, through pure political force. and political ends that can only be sought...

I dont need these. >> now, can you have him take his shirt off. >> its all for you, piers. >> let me turn to you, danny. its a brilliantly written movie. i tell you one of the things that really stunned me was the portrayal of lyndon johnson and the fact that he actually of all the presidents could well lay claim to have had the greatest influence potentially on the civil rights movement besides the fact he comes out quite indiscriminately with quite racist remarks from time to time. >> sure. th...

The last thing on my mind, especially if i had to pay for it. young people universally in this country and all over the world just -- they think their parents and grandparents get sick so they are not encouraged to sign up now. by having them to sign up it reduces dramatically the cost for everybody, no matter what stage youre in. the insurance companies for the first time in the history of the united states will be controlled by the law. >> how do you reach the youth to get that message to them...

Time. >> sure. that was one of the key portrayals of the all the presidents was how they behaved in their personal life was sometimes in complete odds with their policy issues. with lbj, he was a texan through and through. when he was in the senate, he was extremely detrimental and would block civil rights bills. but when he got into the presidency, he felt he could show his true colors on these issues and ended up being a huge advocate, one of the greatest in the history of this nation, for civ...