Currently have their largest majority in generations and many believe that the democrats chance of winning back the house are slimmer than slim. 2016 . S your goal for victoryld qualify as a and can democrats win back the house . Rep. Lujan it will be a different year. One was a larger turnout, its generally better for you candidates. Most pundits, especially inside the beltway, are saying there will be a floor of eight to 10 seats that will be picked up and it does not seem that anyone is pressing against that. If that is the floor, it depends on what the battleground would look like. I believe that will be in play. What does that look for the ultimate numbers. I do not have a crystal ball. There seems to be no question we will win seat. As we look at the battlegrounds across the country, starting with the 23 that president obama narrowly lost in seats out in utah, i think those made the race very close. He is working very hard already. Places like new jersey, scott garrett, that was
Standing up for working americans and is prepared to take on the billionaire class. [cheering] [applause] we love you bernie all across this country, we have drawn some of the largest turnouts at our rallies. We have overt that 400,000 people in this country who have made individual contributions to our campaign. [applause] word about that. You are looking at a candidate who does not represent the agenda of corporate america. [applause] who does not represent the class. Of the billionaire i stand before you today to say loudly and proudly, i do not want their money. I do not want a super pac. We will do it on our own. [cheering] [applause] i understand, i understand that when you have a super pac, you the room ofo millionaires and billionaires, and walk out with a heck of a lot of money. I get it. We will do it a different way. We will raise our funds from working people, averaging 31 a piece, and i am proud of that. [cheering] [applause] begin by telling you about an old song, remindi
Undesirable development insofar she thought moving towards being a federal state would inevitably mean a breach in the long run with the united states. As for her, as for churchill, of course, remaining friends and allies with the americans was at least the second and probably the first principle of foreign policy. Next, john, i would like now to bring the doctor back into discussion in terms of Margaret Thatchers time in office. Oxford. I might ask you the question. How important do you think lady thatchers views were in shaping her later views in life . Why is it that Oxford University has been so incredibly successful in terms of producing british Prime Ministers, i believe, 26 have been educated at oxford. Far more impressive than cambridge, i might add, by i mile, i believe . Nothing parochial here. No bias. What was it about her oxford time that fashioned one of the truly great leaders of our time . Well, one thing i would say just to supplement what i have just heard from John S
On this deal. We get your views. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a tweet, if you would like, cspanwj, or join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan, or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. Your thoughtst here in just a minute about your views on Social Security and medicare. In this twoyear budget deal that was announced on monday, there were changes to Social Security and medicare. Joining us on the phone is jonathan nicholson, a reporter with bloomberg bna. Lets begin with Social Security, the disability program. What changes did they propose in this deal . Guest the thing to remember is Social Security has not just one trust fund, it is actually two. The problem is that the Disability Insurance trust fund , not beed to run low able to pay full benefits with the amount of money coming in starting in 2016, so basically to forestall that, the proposal is kind of a twostep kind of thing. One is to reallocate some of th
There is no military solution to this problem. That is misleading. The real problem is will achieve nothing. Changing those conditions is what the administration is consistently failed to do. Instead it is assumed our nation could withdraw from the middle east and avoid the conflict. On those occasions where the administration has felt compelled to respond after the use of chemical weapons or with the rise of isil, and now amid the ii, the administration has address the symptoms of the problem rather than the problem itself and made that problem worse. There no clearer example than this than the syrian train and equip program. The fighters can only fight isil, not assaults forces which have slaughtered more syrians then isil has. The Administration Made no commitment until only recently to provide these forces with any meaningful military support was they returned to syria. After millions of dollars and months of effort the Program Failed to come to the department original expectations