republicans. 23 seats are held by republicans that are up compared to 10 democratic seats because of the 20 10 wave. this much we know. harry reid s retirement means two new faces. a new senator from nevada and new leader for the democrats. let s bring in the panel, joe, chuck schumer, for harry reid what changes do you expect? that s a big tradeup for the democratic party and america. trade up? trade up. harry reid is majority leader in the senate and the tea party in the house it was a disastrous combination. chuck schumer is an interesting person who not only will be better for his party, because it is going to be be able to tateke the message to americans more. like tip o neill, one thing he hates more is gridlock and getting nothing done. i think we re all better off now. i agree with almost everything there except harry reid was described as this guy the behind the scenes guy and harry reid was the guy the republicans secretly cut deals
one part he s become this big mental health advocate. listen to what he says, he thinks we need to make mental health more of a normalized thing when it comes to medical. 40,000 suicides and counting a year 16,000 overdoses more than are killed in car accidents, the epidemic of addiction and mental illness in this country and we re paralyzed as a nation in the way that we cope with it. we re doing a lot of one-offs, but we have no agenda for mental health and addiction. he continued, his hope is that the way you get an annual physical you do the same thing an annual mental physical. and there would be no stigma to that. you know, we don t spend relatively that much money on mental health services in this country somewhere under 6% of our national health care spending. so clearly there is room for growth there. science and research, the brain initiative to give us science into this thing. with the context of this we need to remember two things.
that s a big tradeup for the democratic party and america. trade up? trade up. harry reid is majority leader in the senate and the tea party in the house, it was a disastrous combination. chuck schumer is an interesting person who not only will be better for his party, because it is going to be able to take the message to americans more. like tip o neill, one thing he hates more is gridlock and getting nothing done. i think we re all better off now. i agree with almost everything there except harry reid was described as this guy the behind the scenes guy and harry reid was the guy the republicans secretly cut deals with, they couldn t deal can tom daschle. does the job itself polarize you. harry reid used to be what joe described. i think it is polarizing a little bit. i think harry reid responded to the tea party. the truth is that harry reid
wood. before you jump in, later in the show, i have this interview with patrick kennedy i did, and one part he s become this big mental health advocate. listen to what he says, he thinks we need to make mental health more of a normalized thing when it comes to medical. 40,000 suicides and counting a year, 16,000 overdoses, more than are killed in car accidents, the epidemic of addiction and mental illness in this country and we re paralyzed as a nation in the way that we cope with it. we re doing a lot of one-offs, but we have no agenda for mental health and addiction. he continued, his hope is that the way you get an annual physical you do the same thing an annual mental physical. and there would be no stigma to that. you know, we don t spend relatively that much money on mental health services in this country, somewhere under 6% of our national health care spending.
the show, i have this interview with patrick kennedy i did, and one part he s become this big mental health advocate. listen to what he says, he thinks we need to make mental health more of a normalized thing when it comes to medical. 40,000 suicides and counting a year 16,000 overdoses more than are killed in car accidents, the epidemic of addiction and mental illness in this country and we re paralyzed as a nation in the way that we cope with it. we re doing a lot of one-offs, but we have no agenda for mental health and addiction. he continued, his hope is that the way you get an annual physical you do the same thing an annual mental physical. and there would be no stigma to that. you know, we don t spend relatively that much money on mental health services in this country somewhere under 6% of our national health care spending. so clearly there is room for growth there. science and research, the brain initiative to give us science into this thing.