And actions undertaken during the transition period. Led the president bush most determined transition out of office that we have experienced. He began the transition cycle in 2007 in discussions with his chief of staff, josh bolten, who lead that effort. Closed the circle that truman proposed to structure by having representatives of the incoming and outgoing chief executives meet well before the election. He brought together representatives of the two candidates in the white house in july, almost too much fire to the 2008 party conventions. , lead theon transition as executive director for president bush into office in 2001, clay johnson was the deputy for management at the office of management and budget and was the department and agency planning, gathering information for a new team. He is going to be on our second panel. Equally important in the 2008 transition was interest in making use of these administration preparations by those leading the transition effort for senator and th
Captioning sponsored by cbs good mornings, welcome to face the nation from the center here in greenville, South Carolina. At last nights Republican Debate was anything but peaceful. The reputation for brass knuckle candidates they took their brawling primary on to the stage. Donald trump was on the offensive attacking george w. Bush for the war in iraq. Obviously the war in iraq is a big, fat mistake george bush made a mistake. We can make mistakes. But that one was a beauty. We should have never been in iraq. We have destabilized the middle east. Dickerson you still think he should be impeached. Do whatever you want you call it whatever you want i want to tell you they lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none. They knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Dickerson okay. All right. I am sick and tired of him going after my family. While donald trump is building a reality tv show, my brother was building a Security Apparatus to im
Speedy a process as possible. Holds the necessary hearings and hopefully appoints and selects the president the Supreme Court justice that the president nominates. Dickerson what levers, senator, do the democrats have though if the republicans in majority they decide to slow walk this, what could democrats do . How far could it go . Well, i think should do everything that we can. I think the main leverage that we have is rallying the american people. Look, you could be conservative, you can be a progressive. But you cannot allow, we cannot allow the republican majority in the senate to deny the president his basic constitutional right. There are very important cases that need to be heard that are not going to be determined if we do not have a ninth member of the Supreme Court. I think the issue is taking the people. And i think fair minded political point of view will be say this is absurd. This is obstructionism. This is not what democracy and what the congress is supposed to be about
Speedy a process as possible. Holds the necessary hearings and hopefully appoints and selects the president the Supreme Court justice that the president nominates. Dickerson what levers, senator, do the democrats have though if the republicans in majority they decide to slow do . How far could it go . Well, i think should do everything that we can. I think the main leverage that people. Look, you could be conservative, you can be a progressive. But you cannot allow, we cannot allow the republican majority in the senate to deny the president his basic constitutional right. There are very important cases that need to be heard that are not going to be determined if we do not have a ninth member of the Supreme Court. I think the issue is taking the situation to the american people. And i think fair minded political point of view will be say this is absurd. This is obstructionism. This is not what democracy and what the congress is supposed to be about. Dickerson let me switch back to polit
All ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good mornings, welcome to face the nation from the center here in greenville, South Carolina. At last nights Republican Debate was anything but peacefef. The reputaon for brasss knuckle candidatesthey took their brawling primary on to the stage. Donald trump was on the offensive attacking george w. Bush for the war in iraq. Obviously the war in iraq is a big, fat mistake george bush made a mistake. We can make mistakes. But that one was a beauty. We should have never been in iraq. Have deststilized the middle east. Dickerson you still think he should be impeached. Do whatever you want you call it whatever you want i want to tell you they lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none. They knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Dickerson okay. All right. I am sick and tired of him going after my family. While donald trump is building a reality tv show, my brother was keep us saf