Done and by opening up more competition, we will save taxpayers money in the process. Launched anly easier and upgraded health care. Gov. Priceans will be able to comparison and shop side by side. Just like you go online and compare the best deal on cars or computers. Because you will finally be part of a new pool with millions of other americans, insurance insurers will be competing for your business. We have worked really hard to make these marketplaces user friendly. When the prototype of an application came in at 21 pages, we rejected it. It is now three pages long. That is a lot shorter than the application you have to fill out for private insurance. Year i asked congress for the authority to reorganize and consolidate the federal bureaucracy. Were doing a lot of the work administratively, but unfortunately there are a bunch of roles. That haslegislation poorly designed some of the agencies and forced folks to hoope in the bureaucratic jumping instead of focusing on mission and delivering good service to our citizens. What we ask is consolidate. Almost every president have this authority. To redesign the federal government to deliver services better, just like every Service Owner is required to keep pace with the time. Currently we do not have that capacity. I will keep on doing what we can administratively, but we sure could use congress help. Were operating under severe fiscal constraints. Makes sense for us to be able to redesign government so that it can lead it can deliver on the function people are looking for. Tore working really hard uphold the trust. Those of you that believe the government has a responsibility to guarantee some level of basic security and make sure everyone gets a fair shot at success from on corporate or that was to start a business to those that will work in the business, we also have a responsibility to make sure that government works. That is why i am glad we a people like stockton and many other talented women and men who have signed up to help us tackle the challenges. Be asking more people around the country to sign up to serbs. We have to have the brightest minds to help solve the biggest challenges. It is a reminder that in this democracy, we did people recognize that this government belongs to us, and it is up to each of us and everyone of us to make it work better. We cannot just stand on the sidelines. We cannot take comfort in being cynical. We all have a stake in government success, because the government is us. We are doing things right. When we are tracking whether more effectively, that saves lives for folks better in the past of a tornado. When we are delivering it effectively stayed on improved health care choices, that will save lives and reduce costs. To do sohe potential much better than were doing right now, but we will need that help of private sector, not for profits, and most of all, make sure we are powering some of the folks sitting here today to make sure they can deliver on the 21st century government at the American People want. Thank you very much, everybody. Keep up the good work. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2012] what are we doing now . Congress returns today from a weeklong july 4 break. The house and senate meet at 2 00 eastern. The house has bills dealing with corporate accounting. Later today the Senate Voting on judicial nomination. Key legislation expected to do was subsidized Student Loans. You can see this and that live on cspan2. As energy and commerce subcommittee on health looks at the current medicaid system and considers ideas for possible changes. See the hearing live on cspan3 at 4 00 eastern. Today willsey discuss foreign and domestic oil affecting National Security. Now we wills from still be looking at a world dominated by its the traditional pay tv packages. People have waited for years to see this blow apart. It started to happen. Were starting to see erosion around the edges, not from seismic change, but through the leakage of people out of the system at a slow but accumulating great. Over 10 years that will be a very large audience that the programmers and Entertainment Industry will have to address and serve. We are trying to set up an opportunity for broadcasters to turn in some of their respective rights, if they choose to, to decide to channels share or moved to a different part of the spectrum, and in return, in return, get a part of the auction proceeds can turn around and sell it to the Wireless Companies for front flexible use. More of what is happening in the cable industry from this years annual cable show. That is to bite on cspan n2. Ight on cspa the discussion on redefining of the Republican Party. This discussion from the annual aspin ideas festival festival is just under an hour. Chairman of the audit committee, so i think were spending too much on these banners. Other than that, everything is going well. A delight to be with everyone here to talk about the future of the Republican Party. Shortught to be a discussion. That is not our view. There are three challenges i want to explore. I could not be more delighted to have some of my friends that represent the best thinking in the Republican Party on the panel today. I think you know all of them, but i will do a brief set up introductions. Elaine chao, former secretary of labor and fellow at the cherry did each heritage foundation. Speechwriter for president bush and currently writes columns for the Washington Post and appears on news hour. Your name was . To be introduced as a status for the Republican Party when karl rove is on the platform is a little daunting. I listened to him for about 50 minutes talking about the last election mainly. That is how i interpreted what you talk about. Clearly the premier republican strategists of my generation and our time. I do not want to talk about the last election particularly. Ado want to talk a little bit policy perspective. Then you can go to the audience and you can ask anything you want. It seems to make, the question about technology, the question about demographics, all of that is very important. Candidate recruitment was right, whether mitt romney connected on whether there is a i think there are serious different hearts about with eachfirst of all, i would like Significant Development for your panel. It has gotten overwhelms a lot serious national figure. I served with his father in congress. Liked him. He was a smart guy. I do not think he ever went into an election with anybody he was proselytizing for an idea. By that standard, he made quite a bit of traction. His son seems to have a different ambition. The polling that i see shows it needs to be taken seriously. Not just as a republican nominee, but maybe even as a potential president of the United States. Later. But my experience over the decades really you have been vision of conservatism. You talked a lot about that over the years. Is rand pauls libertarianism consistent or compatible with communitarian conservatism, even the kind that Ronald Reagan emphasized with family, work him a church. Are these compatible in your mind . [laughter] would you elaborate . I think it comes to fundamental matters of governing issues. To apaul really represents vent to support a verythere are everythingvents now from exhaustion with a traditional libertarian pursuit with money. Conspiracy theories, whether widely overblown reaction, but problem that the republican stagnant for them, no matter americans who are concerned about social mobility. Recession was in the worst stage had a 4. 5 Unemployment Rate. I do not think libertarianism maybe the lincoln administration, quite frankly. [laughter] have to find an active, but mobility in this country. The traditions that speak to that are the lincolnian and traditions of protecting entrepreneurship and economic progress. The catholic tradition which talks about mediating institutions and solidarity with the poor. Theevangelical reform actual groups that republicans thento appeal to libertarian ideology. Elaine, that leads to a question again i want to focus on policy rationale for if i were a democrat, i will as far that goes. Obama, the fed quantitativethe stock market is rising. Policies . Different republican model, it is go to the democrats. Oh, good. I do not agree with your initial supposition. It is being questioned, yes. I also dispute that the economy the Unemployment Rate is 7. 6 . The net jobs created in the last month are well below the jobs that need to be created every month just to keep even rate is quite low. From the year d 7. 7 . Now, with a higher actually 53. 7 . The labor force, who cannot find jobs. Economy in 2008, given all the economy not oust back more quickly . And all past recessions when there has been a deep rock in the economy, he bounced back has seeing that. Sharp and quick. And were not seeing that. Back the full recovery of the national dynamism of the inonomyyou can have a lot of the present and in the future. Theut the health care, Affordable Health care act, doddfrank, that has been proposing tremendous instrictions on banks and fact, i will show you the result on an economy that is not bouncing back as quickly as it should. Stagnant income and social hough libertarianism is not consistent problems of the economy are tooaddress that. Is attention to between the kind of libertarianism we have every republican has a school choice. Acknowledge is the libertarian what they tended to do on issues what Grover Norquist calls government out of their lives. Join thatve people the big boys get . These things have a libertarian flavor, but it will require republicans. We have most libertarians who say, if i do not have 100 , i more liberal than any other republican. Voting with nancy pelosi. I am voting no, because unless my side at something perfect, i am voting with the bad guys. On elaines point, i agree with elaine that we do have a message being questioned. Has look at the other guys American People. The job approval of the president on the economy is 38. 58 . It has reached its lowest theoval rating since it has inian Household Income is decline. States. You look at the last 12 months, and we have created 177,000 new jobs each month. It will take until december 2014 to get back to the number of people, at 138 million, working went into recession in december of 2007. The workforce will have grown up people, depending on which economist youre talking about. Thebothand she reenters challengese economic and both parties need to have a robust debate internally about what they propose to do about it. I think mike is right. It needs to emphasize the lived experience of most americans. The idea that this has been settled by what has happened over the last five years dont believe me. Go read about jim messina going to be president in march and april in 2012 and saying, mr. Wesident, we cannot win a talk about this stimulus and people barf. Not win on the basis of your record. We are to take a fifth of the campaign [unintelligible] cspan. Org. Guest bund and go irradiate mitt romney. We have to take a fifth of the Campaign Fund and go irradiate mitt romney. That is not a winning message to say we of them the right things for the economy and as democrats have won the debate. It is very much up for grabs in will be will be determined in the next threefour years. Rove in thee karl next election, what is the platform . What are two or three policy related bangs . We all understand there are negative sides, but every canada it really wants to talk about something. What would you tell a candidate if you were the Campaign Manager that he or she should run on as a basic platform on economic and domestic policy . Id think republicans have a disadvantage. Come from kentucky. I lived in new york and have lived in california. Believe it or not, there is a whole swath of the country that does not agree with california or new york, and theyre quite vocal and increasingly so. We have to put it into perspective the puritan if you take the longterm point of view, there will be differences. Downs inl be ups and fortune. I think the Republican Party is looking at itself very seriously and intently. I think the republicans felt very intensely the loss of 2012 so they know something needs to be done. And there is a lot of different opinion as to what is really going on. And as for me, i am focused on jobs and employment in think that is still very relevant. Still good number one issue. We need to speak about these issues with compassion. Nottimes the republicans do speak with a voice of compassion. I sing that needs to be improved. There needs to be more out reach to groups of color. We are not doing that. I think the economic message is still pretty set, but that is the advantage of the problem. How many times can you talk about tax cuts, taxations, regulations and too much spending . I sink i am in no position to think i am in no position to call for a fight. I think the basics, and you have to say it in a way that is appealing and there has to be much more outreach to the people were trying to our reach. Hereic cantor will be during a panel. What would you say he should advise his caucus in candidates to talk about in the next election . Fundamental, a previous decision you have to make. The question right now is does the Republican Party need to motivate the coalition or modified . You always have to motivate your coalition when you go into an election. That is necessary. The question is whether they need to modify in significant ways . I think there are good reasons they need to. Generational change. Calls of governing vision that includes everyone. Reach to even people you know will not agree with you. It is the reason we were involved in the campaign in 2000 when one of the president s first speeches by president bush he specifically criticized the idea that there is no higher purpose, no greater goal then leave us alone. That was a criticism we made to prove the point. That as a criticism you snuck into the speech. [laughter] we could have been more artful. But then the Republican Party needs to overcome, i think through symbolic policy, needs to communicate, we get it. We know there is a problem. And the problem on immigration, just to be blunt about it, is not that republicans have not done enough outreach the last couple of decades. It is that an element of the party has set out to alienate, positively alienate the hispanic 187,nity in proposition pete wilson, the arizona law, defeating the bush immigration reform, talking about self deportation. The message here, that require some kind of shock therapy. We understand this has been on the wrong track. At is the reason immigration reform, i think, is an important symbol for the Republican Party. It is not enough. Then you have to adjust peoples real World Economic needs, and that is an entirely different set of issues. I would also say there are some other issues where you can communicate where we are taking a different approach. In an essay i did with pete why notor commentary take on the big banks or corporate welfare or other things to symbolize you are not on the side of the corporate culture, that you are actually on the side of individual entrepreneurship and social mobility and other things. Tomorrow on the issue like prison reform. That is an interesting issue where libertarians are concerned about 2 Million People in prison , fast incarceration. Had thes have the humanitarian concerns with ministries with prisoners. Liberals are concerned about the racial implications. Why cant republicans pick some issues like this that show we are different, we are changing . Offectly within the bounds our coalition, perfectly within the bounds of our ideology, but show a kind of creativity that says, we get it, we are shifting and changing. Saying,ust conclude by parties win when they come to the point where you say we are tired of losing. That in 1992 with bill clinton, where they gave their nominee the leeway to do unexpected outreach on welfare and crime and other issues in order to reposition his party and shift their coalition. With georgedid that w. Bush in 2000. They trusted him on the essentials, on tax policy and other things, and then they gave him the leeway with compassionate conservative is talking about faithbased institutions. The question is whether republicans right now are in that place or whether they are going to have to take another loss in order to reach that place. Go ahead. I have a slightly different view from my 2000 college. I dont think they gave him leeway. I think they liked it. And i think that is the recognition. Ordinary republican primary voters want a candidate rand paul is doing this. When he stands up and says we need to go campaign and the latino and hispanic community, we need people with tattoos, it strikes a hopeful note on people who do not agree with him on Foreign Policy, for example. In 2000 we constantly had the conversation that is sort of risky, but by having bush and the sizing compassionate conservatism. No, it isnt. People rally to it. , whos paul ryan represented districts carried twice by clinton, by by al gore and twice by obama, how did he it reelected with 60 of the vote . Because he has an optimistic road growth message that is not the typical republican message, and he talks about it endlessly in every community of his district. If you are an auto worker in janesville or latino family are africanamerican in the exurbs of milwaukee, he is making the pitch to you. Youve got the message better developed than the party does at large hes got the message better developed than the party at large. But my one difference would be with if we had candidates with coverage who stood up and said, heres my message, and it is an optimistic one, and it will grow our party, i have yet to meet the many republicans his attitude is i want fewer people in the Republican Party and fewer victories. You cant really trust a guy who thought