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
And believe it or not, mccain who is very critical of the president on Foreign Policy is a guy who is willing to work with the other side. Hes a person to look for leadership. You know, Hubert Humphrey when i worked for him, i asked him one time, i said why arent there more statesmen around him . And we looked back. Dirksen and humphrey were statesmen. He said a statesman is a dead politician. So when they leave office, they are dead. When they die are, they are dead. So they dont look like statesmen now, but i think they will reach out and try to work together, and i think we have got to look at both leaders. You know, boehner is pretty moderate guy in his background. He got in trouble for it in the past. I think he will bring people together. We will see more compromise than you realize. This is speculation but do you think this is the final term for mitch mccog . Do you think harry reid will run in 016 and you mentioned senator mcca mccain. Will he leave when his term expires in fou
Number of recommendations in that regard on how to institutionally change, a lot of which dovetails with senator mcconnells proposal. It will be crucial because if you dont have a process, you cannot move legislation forward, and that is what has been absent for too long on so many of the issues that the American People care about. If either side becomes obstructionist, they face peril in 2016. That window is very limited in which they can function. Successfully and effectively and it is true for the president in his own legacyng in the final two years. There is a lot of interest on a effectivesis to be and not to be viewed as obstructionist. Dont think that the publics blood lust for throwing people out of office was satisfied with the 2014 election. If congress cant function there are are a lot of people who will in 2016. Uble really it is in both parties interest to get some agreement the republicans interest because they have an awful lot of their people up in in 2016. E we have to
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