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Says yes, i want that too, they change their mind and they run from them. i'm thinking about things like cap and trade and individual mandate and health reform, even some elements of immigration reform that democrats and the president now support, the republicans used to support and they have run from. are there issues like that that the president has on his plate right now that would be better for him to not put his imprimatur on by putting it in this speech? >> no, i think the president is -- i think the inauguration showed that. the election showed that the president needs to step forward, ...

Since looked back on that and put into perspective and realize that you know, it's all part of god's plan for me and i appreciate the race i had now, but you know, i remember running into that tunnel in the olympic stadium and i dreamed of that moment my entire life and coming in in 10th place and being grumpy in a bad mood and in the tunnel all you hear are your footsteps, oh, god, i don't understand what went on and i was grumpy and felt like god was telling me this wasn't everything you've dreamed of, but everything you need to this point in your career so i was glad to get that from god in...

I was thinking, because i think there is a lot of people in america on both sides of the aisle that are not going to sit down. god help hus if it gets violent and spirals out of control. but it requires someone like lincoln who could spin things and get them back. that is a one in a million find. to have someone to squash like that, you don't do that. that is dangerous. how does the system work when you have people gaming the system, playing the system, in the system? is there any escape hatch or a way to without violating liberties? is there anything to do? or is it just all public morality? ...

Jefferson was just an explorer i think. explorer on everything. who is he? >> the first thing he wanted to do is a lot of people came to the convention wanting to fix a broken system. he wanted to do something epic, historic. he wanted to build a republic that would last for generations and decades. he had studied every republic that ever existed in the history of the world and he believed he had figured out a formula. part of the formula was enumerated powers, not general powers and decentralizing power. >> glenn: do you guys, does it bother you -- when people used to say, "we're a democracy....

Do. wouldn't he? he would be crazy on a politician saying that. >> a true mrooefr -- believer in self-running government. >> glenn: he said you can amend the constitution and i think the amendment system is brilliant because for instance, prohibition. that amendment is there. plus the repeal. so when you look at the constitution, you're like oh, really? we banned alcohol. that didn't work out well. the scars are left there and it goes to what jefferson said and i'm hearing the same thing from madison that the people -- trust the people. they're going to make mistakes. but they will eventually ...