Room that does not see the future of israel through the lens of your legacy. Last year, i had the honor of meeting president peres on a trip to israel with some of my colleagues. It was an incredible visit from jerusalem to ramallah, to galilee, tel aviv. Of all the memorable moments, though, theres one that shines through. And a dinner tel aviv, i met a. She helped one community in particular for years. And without disclosing much of who she was or where she came from. One day she finally let the syrian commander know that she was an israeli. He was stunned. And right then and there, refused her help, calling her a sworn enemy, despite the lives she had saved and the selfless assistance she had given his people. Luckily, she was not willing to be easily deterred. She took it to the community for a vote. If they said go she would pack up. If they said stay she would continue to serve. They begged her to stay. So she did. Mr. President , this is your legacy. Every bit as integral to isr
Its not unique to this election or Republican Party. In 2004 Many Democrats believed he had a device on his shoulder so he would be given instructions during the debate. Its snanty. I think in our Politics Today both parties want to construct an image of their opponent that is not grounded in reaty. So the alternative universe. There are two. One is the Romney Campaign had an unrealistic view of what the electorate was going to be and that was one of the reasons they lost. Certainly one of the reasons they went in the election confident. Th wasnt an act. They thought they were going to win. But there is this view of barack obama. If you read and watch the conservative Entertainment Complex how could this guy get reelected because were socialist and week on terism and were not honest and tts not how most of america cease the president. Even those that voted against us, most of them dont see us that way. So that is the problem. I think its an underestimating of your opponents strength an
Speaker boehner he will have to take that message back and he gets a little bit more behind him. Week and a shop with a meeting between the leaders and the white house. What is the dynamic . It will be very interesting to see. Hopefully we will hear from them exactly what their conversation was with the president. It is unlikely that were going to see a detailed agreement on specific issues. Are we going to hear about tax breaks or how entitlement reform is going to happen in the deal . On not sure. These figures are going to be out there. Theyre all going to be scrambling to set the tone in the way that they want to set it. Of they will have discussions like the Democratic Leaders also say let these are the areas where we made clear to Republican Leaders where we are not going to budge. Thank you for your time. The country is changing and changing. But that is i think not the reason the president won reelection. The American People think about what the president was offering. In terms
What happened here was the crux of our terrible National Trial and even americans who arent sure what transpired on these fields know that all the glory and all the tragedy we associate with the civil war resides most indelibly here. Thursday night at 8 00 Stephen Spielberg on the battle of gettisburg beginning thursday on cspan 3 American History tv. Next president obamas former Campaign Manager David Plouffe and Steve Schmidt talk about the 2012 election. Both mr. Playoff and mr. Schmidt attended the university of delaware. Welcome back to the National Agenda program. Im director for the center of political communication. This is the final program of the 2012 president ial election season. Im very very pleased that all of you are here tonight and i know thats a tribute to our two guest speakers this evening. Two years ago in the wake of the sha lacking president obama took in the midterm congressional elections, the architect of the president s 2008 victory David Plouffe stood on thi
The issue is important and there is a general agreement on the solution around high skilled immigration. The problem is is the politics and the economy and jobs have been prumped by the politics of immigration. I think there are four paths. One could be the pass the senate not be taken up in the senate. There is a lottery that would flult raising the overall level of immigration. If there was an agreement to include that that bill could be passed. A second option which is what the president has ind indicated he favors is to link high skilled immigration with the dream act. So it is a broader solution around immigration. The third would be to say this deals with the 50,000, this deals with a million five. The third would be deal with 11 million which clearly we have to as a nation deal with and there is a desire now more than there might have been a month ago to do. That and ive heard a number of people talk about the need to take up the issue and called for a comprehensive solution. So