And for independents and others, 202 7488002. You can also join us on twitter. Welcomed onare facebook. Comments are welcomed on facebook. We want to start with a series again yesterday in the lookingn post called for america. The headline of yesterdays piece was the great unsettling. The first of four pieces. They travel for three months talking to voters about the political situation in the country, particularly on the president ial situation. The headline in the Washington Post. They write that each president ial campaign has its own rhythm and meeting meaning, but this one has an exaggeration of everything that came before it. Of so the culmination many longemerging trends in american life. The decomposition of traditional institutions. The dissent of political desk politics into reality tv entertainment. Demographic and economic shift quickening the impulses of inclusion and exclusion. And us versus them all of it leading to the moment of settling with the Republican Party unraveling. Reflecting the splintering not only of the body politic but of the national ideal. I will review a bit more from is. Id moran us morran we want to ask you your ideas for fixing politics. We go first itsalso from oklahoma and robert on the republican line. Good morning to you. Caller this is then sent. Vincent. I believe we should wait for the president to come in. When cruz is elected he should do it. Host more broadly. Lets broaden the question a little bit. That is particular on the Supreme Court pick. Given the state of washington, the partisan nature of washington, what other ideas do you have . Caller host here is omar in maryland. Go ahead. Caller good morning. My idea to fix politics is simple. I think we have to take the money out of it. Right now there are too many corporate interests. Whether you are a democrat, republican, independent, everybody has their own agenda and it is not the politicians are not working for the common good. The government is for sale. Host how do you explain in terms of money the selffunded Campaign Like donald trump . He is using his own money so they would say hes not beholden to any supporter in terms of money. Caller in theory that is true, but i disagree. He does have a lot of donations still. A candidate like donald trump in my opinion is a bit of an anomaly. I dont think he is out to support the common good either. There is a lot of power to be had. Maybe if you dont have any corporate interests you still have the self interests and i dont think that is the helper, good. Host the partisanship nature in washington on both sides. We want to show you the comment of harry reid lending to Republican Party. For the rise of donald trump [video clip] Many Americans are scratching your head about donald trump. I know i have on more than one occasion. Most of us cannot fathom how he is gone so far and so fast. His vile rhetoric is embarrassing. His proposals are dangerous. Republican step establishment is the will did with a should not be be welded. As much as they try to distance themselves, leaders are responsible for his rise. They replace thoughtful engagement with resentment and hatred. We are seeing it right now with president obamas nomination for the Supreme Court. A full month before they knew who the nominee would be republicans already pledged to block him or her and treat him or her but you cannot. Like a pinata. Behaviorhe mindless that is holiday out our political debate and given the tradition that conditions for trump to rise. Donald trump has simply struck the match. Host gary reed at the center for American Progress earlier this week harry reid. Your ideas for fixing politics. We get a harbor city, california. Caller yeah. Is our last three president s had to terms. As soon as they got their second term and were sworn in they were lame ducks. Right from the beginning of the second term they are lame ducks. We are only getting four years. Theyng is when he could have had three terms and they would have been all right. Into 12. T years what happens is they are not going to do anything they know they are not under be running for office again. To then going they can say why we vote for a Supreme Court judge. Host the last three term president we had was fdr, right . Caller yes. People are healthier now. Our president s can take three terms. Host lets hear from james in seattle, washington. Good morning. Caller yes, thank you. There is nothing wrong with donald trump. The United States has always been a racist country. Donald trump these are the people are George Wallaces age. This is how america thinks. There is nothing exceptional about america with white people. If you look at what donald trump is saying, im an african american, some of the things sayingat donald trump is like the rule of law. The governments foot has been on our nexus we came over here. These people are not mad about their own situations. These people are angry. He used the here talk when people would say the angry black man. Now it is like is popular for white people to be mad. Tell me about yourself. Do you feel politically angry towards washington . Caller we do not want garland. Host james in seattle talking about the anger of the voters. Some comments from donald trump on the campaign trail. [video clip] trump what of the broadcasters was saying is there anger . No, we love the way things are working. We love the deal he made with iran. He gave them 150 billion in we get nothing. We love all the deals. The trade deals are wonderful. You lose 500 billion a year with china. Wheelies 58 billion a year in terms of an balance. Its a total imbalance. We dont make good deals anymore. As a country we do not win any more. Is there anger from your people . They are not angry people, but they want to see the country properly run. They want to see borders. They want to see good health care. They want to see things properly taken care of. Host your ideas to fix politics in washington and elsewhere. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 four republicans. And all others, 202 7488002. Send us a tweak. A couple here starting with bill. The twoyearwith term limit for congress and the senate. You cannot serve two in the house and then run for senate. It is easy. Make government smaller with less power than it will not matter what those morons in d. C. Do. Nobody will care. In the duopoly of the corporate dominated republican and republican parties democrat and republican parties. Calls. Back to calls. Pa on the republican linet. Caller good morning and thank you for cspan. I really do appreciate the program. I am in agreement with overturning Citizens United. I think the pac money and everything is really corrupting our politics. As far as donald trump, he will have to take money. He has already said he probably will because it will cost 1 billion. Run thends terrible to campaign if he gets the nomination. I would like to see him get the nomination because i like i would like to see him shake things up. We have checks and balances. There is not too much he can do. He scares me a little bit but i think the establishment needs to be shaken up. And also im in agreement with term limits. Ofont think for a period time you have served in congress you should be allowed to be a lobbyist. Thingsre a lot of those but only so much time. Thank you for letting me express my comments. Host some good ideas there. Pat talked about money and politics. A recent opinion piece in the seattle times. Bigmoney politics has damaged our economy. I will read it bit from the piece. Money politics has damaged our economy but americans are standing up for and winning reforms in state after state. Voters and legislators have passed legislators legislation that would overturn Citizens United and offer reasonable limits on bigmoney politics. 16 states and nearly 700 communities have called for an amendment to overturn the decision. That is from the seattle times. Your ideas on fixing politics. Bill and maryland. Independent line. Caller good morning. I think one of the things that is hurting or creating the discourse between the two parties is the gerrymandering of all the districts. It makes it easy for them to say radical things on either side. And still be elected for the next term. The other thing that i think is hurting is the money everybody has been talking about. The superdelegates. I think that has made it easier for the Democratic Party in the createdere it has also because of the rules being different on the republican side and on the democratic side, i feel like the superdelegates being added into hillarys numbers has made it easier for people to go for the winner as opposed to making it a more fair race between the two of them. On the republican side it is not like that. Host when is the primary in maryland . Caller april 25. It is a closed primary. I was in myself as a republican side. In are you in the congressional districts are Chris Van Hollen . Caller yes. It was actually gerrymandered many years ago. Host thank you for calling. The piece in the metro section of the Washington Post about the contentious nature of politics even within the party. They write into democrats battling for a rare open seat in maryland hit each other hard on friday in the first debate of the primary season with representative Chris Van Hollen describing presented Donna Edwards is dishonest and ineffective, and edwards calling him an establishment figure it was out of touch with everyday voters. It was held in a local Radio Station in the nations capital. They write the highstakes for clear and the test exchanges between the lawmakers who share similarly similar liberal voting with little debate in terms of issues. They focused on effectiveness and background. Here is morris in minnesota. Good morning. What are some of your ideas for fixing politics in washington and elsewhere . Caller good morning and thank you for cspan. Mention that io think it goes down to respect. We have a house and the senate that doesnt respect the elected president. We have other people they know how to play the political game like they were mentioning earlier. Look at president obama. Eight years. He was subject to a record amount of filibuster. I heard that on a program a couple days ago on cspan. It is just frustrating how nobody respects the office that these elected officials are elected to. And allow them, even though they disagree with the policies, allow them to exercise their office and use their office for the betterment of the United States citizens. We are all just americans. We might disagree with each other but we should at least respect each other enough to be able to entertain a different idea. Host you mentioned the respect issue. The Approval Rating of the president has gone up. Obamas Approval Rating rises as election heats up. Who recentlyma, has seen a rise in his Approval Rating, if you be benefiting from increased confidence in the economy and the intense focus on him on the campaign to succeed him rather. The shift comes as mr. Obama steps further into the 2016 for a. A good healthy chances of a democrat winning the white house in november, but there are risks for the nominee in clinging to closely to his legacy. For the first time in three years mr. Obamas Approval Rating rose above 50 . That is a significant shift from its low of 38 in the fall of 2014 and higher than the 47 average for president at this point in their final year in office. To nashville. Clarence, good morning on the republican line. Caller good morning cspan. Appreciate the program. The concerns i have for this country and the Division Takes place within the two inner circles of both parties. Thing of anyrtant of these elected officials once they become an incumbent their loyalty is to those within that very tight circle. And that is what is happening now within our own Republican Party. I will state right away i am a cruz supporter. Sent him a few dollars along the way. I have already voted in our state. He came in second to trump. What is a real concern of mine now is the discussions being held on who will wind up with the republican nomination. On your program i just watched john kasich speak about the sibility of five people any one of five people and he hoped to be the one to one of the nomination. I think where are the other two coming from . I think the Republican Party is going to have to, instead of making the wrong decision this vet their potential nominees for for the next president ial election so you dont have 17 people starting out and destroying each other. God bless america and they do for cspan. Host what if the eventual nominee wanted being donald trump . Would you support him . Host i will support him reluctantly. I think he would be a better winge than the far left candidates on the Democratic Party. I think that would not be the best choice but it would be the better of the two. Host pendleton, oregon. Randy up early. Welcome. Caller good morning. I just want to say that i think washington is a mess. It needs to start making some cuts. Sides. Ou have got two cuts inant to make spending and visitor calling for more spending. The mandatory spending, Social Security and medicare and things like that, where do you begin to solve on the specific mandatory spending . Have you begin to make cuts when people are protecting themselves . Caller i am not saying it would be an easy pitch,m but cuts need to be made. Host thank you for joining us this morning. President obama was asked about about ate in Washington Week or so before the Supreme Court pick when the canadian Prime Minister visited the white house in a joint News Conference. [video clip] president obama i said that one of my regrets is the degree to polarization and the nasty tone of our politics is wanedrated rather than over the course of the last seven and a half years. I do all kinds of soulsearching in terms of are the things i can do better to make sure we are unifying the country. Thato have to say objectively it is fair to say republican political elites and many of the information outlets, social media, news outlets, talk radio, television stations have been base forhe republican the last seven years. Do ison that everything i to be imposed. Compromiseation or somehow is at the trial a betrayal. That absolutist positions on are politically advantageous. There is a van and and them ared an us, and causing the problems you are experiencing. Host president obama. We are asking you to ideas for fixing politics in washington and elsewhere. This is ohio, democrats line. Billy . Are you there . Lets go to don in california. Good morning. Republican line. Caller i am a donald trump supporter. One thing we can do to fix politics is to try to teach the left to quit being so violent and hateful because people who have dissenting opinions. And also to respect her constitutional rights. This rally they had utah, this hung trumpeaceful, in effigy, be it with sticks, and they cheered when pieces fell off of it. They tried to invade by chanting shut it down. The left has become very violent, hateful and antiamerican. That needs to stop. Host im sorry to interrupt. Go ahead. Caller the only other thing i would suggest is getting out these career politicians like ted cruz who just want to use the government as a way to cement their fame and fortune. Get some outsiders in their that can actually affect change, that are not living up the status quo. Host he was talking about the utah donald trump rally. There is a report this morning in the Salt Lake City tribune, protesters meet supporters in an intense show town outside utah rally. A picture of two of the protesters on either side. A quick look at this article from the Salt Lake City tribune. Protesters carrying signs and chanting against arnold trump donald trump marched down the street. The two sides shouted at each other for about an hour outside the offending Events Center where trop held a rally on friday night. Trump held a protest on friday night. Two people allegedly tried to breach a barrier on the west side of the event center, but they did not get in. South bend, indiana. Line. Go to don, democrats caller hi. I have been thinking about this and i think the problem is congress and the senate. Here is my solution. House if they the ever get to a point were they are not effective, their people that think they are not doing can calls, the country for a no vote a noconfidence vote for the senators and the congressman that are in office right now. If the vote comes out to be 60 , over 60 noconfidence, then the member ranat each against would replace him in the senate and in the congress. Congress, the senate and the congress would have something over their heads to get things done. Something to give them the incentive to get things done. I think that would probably solve most of our problems. Elections,y for the i think each party would have to put up the money. Parliamentary a levy sq this let me ask you this. Some say getting things done would mean cutting spending acrosstheboard. Some say getting things done would be providing money for this program or this program. The two different ideas on what getting things done might be. What are your ideas . Caller i understand what you are saying. There comes a time where the United States, the people of United States did to the point where they just feel that there is no type of compromise. They are not sitting down and talking to each other and trying to compromise and getting some type of bill out. Anything out there was so the process of fixing the problems they are trying to fix. If the American People feel they are not doing what they should be doing, then we should