before we start a new session. let s get it done. look. at some point, and i guess one of my frustrations about the place is, at some point the country has gotten to come first. and we re there. in terms of the long-term challenges to america, this is a time both sides need to put aside the more intense partisan feelings and get a result for this country. you know what? it s time for people to step up and lead, and if that means they lose their seats, so be it. there s something more important than serving in office. that s getting a result for this country. that s just a small sampling of some of the interesting discussions you ll see all next week only here. a political panel will be
senator, touching on crucial issue foss their party, country, and the institution itself. when you hear the criticism the senate is broken, what do you say? i would say the senate is different. it s still there. it s still working. there comes a point where we should be compromising on these differences, and that has not come about as often as it did before. and we were able to work it out. i knew the senate was a place designed to slow things down. a lot of the frustrations here, and there have been frustrations really are demonstrative of of frustrations their in the country right now. we just have to accept that. i see the senate as not that different in terms of the way it approaches things than it s ever been. i think what s happened is the country is so calcified right
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now, finally over the years, we ve come to expect a stock answer from presidential nominees about running mates, someone who is fit to be president. mitt romney has been given a lot of stock answers. when i asked him idea about his vp pick, he responded a little differently. take a look. what do you want your rung mate to say about what kind of president you re going to be? i don t think i have anything for you on the vp running mate other than i expect a person with strength of character i. vision for the country, adds something to the political discourse. i happen to believe this is a defining election for america, that we re going to be voting for what kind of america we re going to have. you think thinks bright lines, big differences. the president says the same thing, it s where you guys agree. we agree. the question is what will happen to the middle class in america. if people think the last 3 1/2
palin pick, because she was so out of left field. but that was a decision by somebody who was a noted risk-taker, and mitt romney is that much of a risk-taker. so in the always attempt to find some piece of nugget let me play again what romney said to me. what do you want your running mate to say about you? what do you want your selection to say about what kind of president you re going to be? i don t think i have anything on the vp running mate, other than i expect strength of character, vision for the country, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country. i happened to believe this is a defining election for america. we ll be voting for what kind of america we ll have. jonathan? a phrase and word he didn t say, governing, ready to be