economic uncertainty and insecurity of their own lives and that we re fighting to address those issues. you talk about that. you talk about engaging with young voters and young members, for example, with the house of representatives. you talk about reaching out to blue collar voters. those blue collar voters have to vote blue as he said. is that the message? it seems that would be the message based on your comments you want to hear from a member of house leadership. do you think congressman ryan should have a shot of leading democrats down that path? what s really important what our leadership has really focused on and what we focus on as members of the democratic caucus are ways we can raise people s incomes, how we can create good paying jobs. how we give people some comfort if they work hard, play by the rules they can actually get ahead. what we saw in this election is some sense washington was completely broken. people didn t believe that government was working for them that t
fertile ground for good storytelling. is it a cynical are we going to walk out feeling cynical about american politics? oh, not at all. i think to me personally is about the average joe being a victim of politics and kind of the poker faced gamesmanship that goes on around, and he is just he is like me. you know, i m in hollywood, and i just say what i feel, and things get a little out of hand. you pay for it. hollywood has its own corrupting influence as well. oh, my god. jackals, high evena, sharks. piranhas. governor rendell, have you actually held elected office, and i guess when we talk about the corrupting influence of power, you re someone who can speak from example. do you think in that sense washington is as bad as it ever has been, or is it par for the course? it s a little different. there have been a number of movies about corrupt mayors. boss with kelsey grammar that s on tv. we were talking about city
spoilers are spoilers, but for 930,000 votes that ralph nader won in florida al gore could be president, too. how could you not be bitter? i think it s great that he finally at least got that off his chest. people forget. at the time he spent an enormous amount of money, $60 million, at the time, which is a big deal, his own money. the equivalent of probably $250 million of his own money today. today it s adelson money. but i think about perot actually here and he sort of hechd cr helped increase the negative what happened to why is it romney and obama didn t end up generating a third party? you can make an argument a lot of the tea party folks, a good chunk were perot voters. i ve heard this. there are folks who are very concerned about the deficit who are not perhaps a totally antigovernment. they still like their benefits but the deficit worries them. they have the sense washington
the regime. human rights activists say at least 2,000 people have been killed in the regime s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters over the past several months. as the crackdown has played out, the administration has gone from urging assad to stop the violence and implement reforms himself to of late saying the dictator has lost legitimacy, but until now the administration has stopped short from demanding he yield power. here s how the u.s. ambassador to the united nations described assad s behavior right here on this program last week as she promised to push for more aggressive international response it s horrific. it s appalling. he s massacring his own people who are coming out simply to express themselves peacefully. it s absolutely unacceptable, appalling behavior, and it deserves not only the condemnation but the full force of the international community. and today at the state department, this public hint, u.s. patience with assad had run out if you
killed in the regime s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters over the past several months. as the crackdown has played out, the administration has gone from urging assad to stop the violence and implement reforms himself to of late saying the dictator has lost legitimacy, but until now the administration has stopped short from demanding he yield power. here s how the u.n. ambassador to the united nations described assad s behavior right here on this program last week as she promised to push for more aggressive international response it s horrific. it s appalling. he s massacring his own people who are coming out simply to express themselves peacefully. it s absolutely unacceptable, appalling behavior, and it deserves not only the condemnation but the full force of the international community. and today at the state department, this public hint, u.s. patience with assad had run out if you offer engagement and rather than taking up engagement your partner cho