New york times by andrew nassau. Look at the life and career Richard Norton smith joined us on a q a program. The program is available on www. Cspan. Org. Another comment from our viewers saying that the media will force congress to new extremes. Caller my party is certainly ready to lead. Im glad i came on after the last caller. The irony of him talking about republicans in the war, when obama just sent 1800 more troops 5100 my main concern about all this is not necessarily the willingness of republicans to lead or not, it is the kneejerk reaction from democrats, playing the race card. Give me a moment to explain my point so my point is well taking. I was almost 40 years old in january. For over 20 years, i was a democrat. Voted democrat straight down the line. Would not consider any alternatives. Now, i voted for obama in 2008. I had some of my friends him. Ign for what he asserted to do to the country, it was antithetical to what i viewed the Democratic Party to be. I did not have m
Certainly when i was at the anchor desk and i suggested that both ides break bread preferably at a an italian restaurant. Absolutely. Grow up, guys. All right, noo quite italian restaurant, but the white house because apparentty this show moves political mountains. Enough about me and my power. Back to what theyre doing about me and my power. What will come of this opening lunch. George allen thinks my idea was a good one because he sees a lot getting done by republicans regardless. Governor, senatoo, alwayssgood to have you. I always think its good to break bread. I always fear in the end theyre just going to break each others legs. What did you see happening. I think its important to listen to the other side and understand each side. I think they do. I think the republicans now that theres a majority in the senate as well as the house, need to act. It was a great election victory, but now its an opportunity to turbo charge this economy, and i do think there are grounds or aaeas where
I love illinois. And i cannot stand to see what pat and Rob Blagojevich have done to our homes that are at risk. The future for the children is in jeopardy under the failed leadership of the corruption, cronyism, the patronage of job losses, the brutally high taxes, to be funded schools. We are failing as a state and i will not let it happen. We need bipartisan solutions. We need real leadership. We can make illinois the greatest state and the greatest nation in the greatest nation on earth and i can drive the process. The people of illinois are fantastic. We are the hardest working families to the most fertile farms. We have the best location. We are the heart of america. We can strive leadership that solves problems on a bipartisan basis and brings a real work ethic and integrity back to the government. Im excited to go to work for you. Moderator this is a terrific studio auditions. But get an applause to those both of our candidates. [applause] thank you governor quinn and republica
Welcome. As you all know, a campaign has a long job interview. We will be approaching this debate as an interview. We have selected a series of questions dealing with the most salient issues of our time and we will hear where the candidates stand. Is going to be that each candidate will have two minuss for a remark, two two minutes for a closing statement. All of the questions in mind section of the process were selected by me alone. We will take some questions from the students in the audience. We have ushers walking through now reading paper. We asked students write their name in the year they are here at osu. Is that willn it review those questions and bring me the top three. With that, lets start with our opening statement. Based on the coin toss, the state senator Connie Johnson will be going last. Start withord will your opening statements. Thank you. It is my honor to be here. The folks that are here in this room. It is a privilege to be here. We carry a responsibility to our st
Campaign talking about little else. My school, my education, my family, thank god you have not picked on my dog yet. What is really at stake here is the lives of the other 750,000 people in this district and america and how they will get their education. Mr. Romanoff, your second question . Is a bit of a vocabulary question for you. He said that you voted against every measure that produces this result and that you support Immigration Reform. You called the house bill and the dream act a nightmare. What the support mean to you . Let me take your first question, you asked three. We have made tremendous progress as a country in reducing Carbon Emissions in america. Do think that we can be a country that simply provides services, but we must get country that makes things. I think that the greatest export to the United States has been manufacturing jobs to china and we have got to strike a balance and bring them back. I think that we should continue to reduce carbon in this country, but wh