Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181204:12:35:00
We balanced the budget for the first time in a generation and balanced it four years in a row for the first time since the 1920s. a century ago. that was the work of republicans and democrats alike. >> and i worked for ted kennedy, as you know. ted kennedy i think was one of the charter members of what i call the accomplishment swing of the democratic party. he wanted to get things done. he understood idealism and pragmatism wasn't mutually exclusive. he had great respect for the institution of the presidency. which is why he would work with george herbert walker bush and later with george b. ...