Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121122:00:50:00
Should we given we're in the age of barack obama? >> because jefferson was a tall, cool cerebral politician who w kennedy and richard nixon in the past. i wanted to recover him as a politician. as someone who, from 1769 until 1809 was all about trying to find solutions. principled solutions to problems in realtime. he would cut a deal, he would make a bargain, as long as it didn't compromise that fundamental principle about the survival and success of republican liberty. and politics and politicians -- politics is always going to be contentio contentious. it doesn't always have to be frustrati...