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More. we have to do the tough things in congress. that's why we're here. >> congressman mcgovern, will you take the heat? will the president take the heat from the right? it will come. you democrats cost us afghanistan by pulling the plug on this. >> the taliban are awful rotten people. but there are a lot of awful rotten people all over the world. we can't occupy every country. here's my hope. if we can set a time line f we can set an exit strategy,that will put pressure on the afghan government to either step up or not. the responsibility lies with the afghan government. we have been there t...

There's a rising racial consciousness here. i think jim webb is on the cutting edge of a huge national issue. >> we'll see. thank you. final thought? >> yeah, final thought. there's another question. this nation as pat pointed out is becoming more diverse. the leadership class of the nation had better be diverse, as well. that's where we'll go to do best. >> that's one of the things i began to realize in college. particularly for that reason. >> first take a look at the limited diversity you find in the ivy league. the scholar at princeton said no poor whites need apply. future farmers of amer...

He said three at home, four on the road, and five in the playoffs. >> you play the best players. when you go to win. that's very american. >> you are such an american realist. i say that with a certain degree of roux. >> charlie scott started winning for unc. all the sudden everybody wanted in on the act. here's senator webb. let's get back to the world besides sports. policy makers ignored such disparities within america's white cultures. when in advancing minority diversity programs, they treated whites as a fungible monolith. nonwhite groups receive special consideration in a wide variety o...

Attacks on afghan and american forces. my question will president obama's democratic base rebel against the war he has made his own? also, should affirmative action programs be ended? democratic senator jim webb basically says yes, because they diskrim narkts he says, against poor whites. we'll debate that one. plus the tax debate. it comes down to this. democrats will argue that republicans want to protect the rich. republicans will argue that democrats just want to raise taxes. we'll have that one out here. and don't meet the press. remember this bit of video of senate candidate sharron an...

Including those who roots in america go back over 200 years beyond our continuing obligation to assist those in needs. government diversity programs should end -- is senator webb right? eugene rob inson is a columnist for the "washington post." pat buchanan is an msnbc political analyst. pat, let me start with you i'm not sure, since this suggest has only been brought up today, how much is left in affirmative action? i know private schools look for diversity. what is left that bothers you in terms of affirmative action along with jim webb. what is left as a remnant of affirmative action? >> th...