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Makes the old seniority system look good. where if you just sat there, they couldn't take it away from you, you didn't have to give them anything back. if you sat there and waited long enough, they would get your chairmanship and they wouldn't make you pay for it. >> it's true. it does make seniority in ten years seem like a good cd. because also this idea of this fund-raising and you give them your wallet, you give them your voting card. this ties into this idea of the party as the ruling apparatus, that the only way to move forward is give money to get money, give votes to get ahead. and it ...

Lawrence, i spent today on your old stomping grounds up in the senate with my old boss max cleveland, who had his 78th birthday, chuck rob was there, a lot of these older, moderate members of the senate. in the senate, you still have a little bit of that collegiality. i remember when max was getting attacked by saxby chambliss and people like john mccain and chuck hagel were willing to come to his defense. you don't see anything like that in the house of representatives, and it's really tearing the country apart. >> you know, there's another issue that latourette brought up today, which is thi...

You're an appeaser. i have always believed, and ralph taught me, that the art of being a legislator is to find common ground and get the things that you can get, to pass legislation, to solve the country's problems. >> latourette in his 18th year of congressional service was in line for a committee chairmanship, but he decided he didn't want to play the republican game you have to play these days to get it. >> i had one fellow who is interested in running for the chair and says that, the expectation is that you want to go up in the ranks of either party, you've got to give them your wallet and...

Being a legislator is to find common ground and get the things that you can get to pass legislation, to solve the country's problems. >> latourette in his 18th year of congressional service was in line for a committee chairmanship, but he decided he didn't want to play the republican game you have to play these days to get it. >> i had one fellow who is interested in running for the tni chair said, you know, the expectation is that if you want to go up in the ranks of either party, you've got to give them your wallet and your voting card. and the overwhelming criticism with me over the years i...

the reality is that employers will hire, if they've got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses aren't going to hire someone because the government's going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here in washington. they've been slammed by uncertainty from the constant threat of new taxes out of co...