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Then finally, when i was 25, i took my fathers name. Cspan where did you get the name skippy . Guest from the time i was born the day i was born, my uncle raymond called me skipper, and then it became skippy. We were piedmonts on the river piedmont, West Virginia, is on the Potomac River, two hours west of washington, so theres a whole marine mentality there, and so i became the skipper. Cspan before we go back and talk about the past, what are you doing now . Guest im the chairman of afroamerican studies at harvard and a professor of english. Cspan and how long have you been doing that . Gues...

To represent their issues and values. What ive not ever heard on the campaign trail was besides the fact that youre black or because youre black, heres what we want to do. Theyve asked me questions about values and issues, and thats an amazing thing. I think it speaks to the evolution of South Carolina and of our nation. It speaks to the heart of the good people in our nation and specifically of our state. I would say this more importantly than the complexion that i have, i think back to growing up in a singleparent household. Id love to speak to the single moms out there and say dont give up ...

Americans out of work on top of 23 million americans. Thats not the right direction. So my objective would start with a conversation of tax reform and spending control. \[inaudible] i would think that most americans are members of the tea party principally. We believe in limited government. We believe in lower taxes. We believe in keeping the government out of your pockets. If you believe in freekts, free markets, those are the basic tenets of the tea party. I would hope we all believe in that. That would be a decisive yes. \[inaudible] you look at his scorecard with the heritage action. He wa...

Did exactly the right things, and man in many ways managed it as best they could under the circumstances. Would a more dramatic move like that be helpful in iran, or not . Of course areas we should recognize that without direct talks between iran and the u. S. We would never have reached a deal. Progress progress with direct talks, again, it would fail. However, we should not limit talks to nuclear. We need to enter a broader dialogue. We have a crisis in afghanistan. The u. S. Is a big player. Iran is a big player. We have many common interests. We have a crisis in iraq. The u. S. Is a big pl...

[ theme ] stephanie hello representative John Yarmouth coming up right at the top of the hour to tell us about the fiscal cliff clayen. Jacki schechner healthcare geek. I ahead an article on the hill, we should warn the cockles leave medicaid out of the talks. Liberals are pressing to take medicate off the table in deficit reduction talks. You talked about this in our last jackis healthcare corner. The Medicaid Expansion is interesting because part of the way that were going to get everybody covered is expanding medicaid up to 133 of poverty. Thats part of the Affordable Care act. And the pres...