take away from them. marlin fitswater who was press secretary under reagan and stayed for the first bush term for 41 stayed in that job for eight years. there was no internet then. fox news was not even a glimmer. we had nothing like that at the time. the job changes dramatically with how much preparing you have to do and how on call you are constantly. the job he did in the late 90s compared to the one i did in the latter part of 2007 and 2008 were completely different jobs. when i was there to when jay carney was there, the technology leaps were so dramatic that i don t think anybody could have done the job for much longer than jay carney did it. he looked exhausted yesterday
what s more controversial to sitting office holders or aspiring politicians than voting rights? and i think that sooner or later, they re going to work out a compromise on some of the minor technical points of which they ve differed. but i ve supported the voting rights act, both as attorney general and as a private citizen, and i hope and expect that it will remain an important part of our arsenal. and do you think speaker boehner should hold a vote on that voting rights act? it will come, sooner or later. all right. that is an important place, to, i think look at the future and the actions that the congress can still take. former u.s. attorney general under reagan and bush, dick t n thornbur thornburgh, thanks for your time tonight. good to be with you, ari. that is all in for this evening. you can find me on facebook at facebook.com/arimelber. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. congratulations on a great run in that chair, ari. we re all e
and i think that sooner or later, they re going to work out a compromise on some of the minor technical points of which they ve differed. but i ve supported the voting rights act, both as attorney general and as a private citizen, and i hope and expect that it will remain an important part of our arsenal. and do you think speaker boehner should hold a vote on that voting rights act? it will come, sooner or later. all right. that is an important place, to, i think look at the future and the actions that the congress can still take. former u.s. attorney general under reagan and bush, dick thornburgh, thanks for your time tonight. good to be with you, ari. that is all in for this evening. you can find me on facebook at facebook.com/arimelber. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. congratulations on a great run in that chair, ari. we re all excited to have chris
what s more controversial to sitting office holders or aspiring politicians than voting rights? and i think that sooner or later, they re going to work out a compromise on some of the minor technical points of which they ve differed. but i ve supported the voting rights act, both as attorney general and as a private citizen, and i hope and expect that it will remain an important part of our arsenal. and do you think speaker boehner should hold a vote on that voting rights act? it will come, sooner or later. all right. that is an important place, to, i think look at the future and the actions that the congress can still take. former u.s. attorney general under reagan and bush, dick thornburgh, thanks for your time tonight. good to be with you, ari. that is all in for this evening. you can find me on facebook at facebook.com/arimelber. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. congratulations on a great run in that chair, ari. we re all excited to hav
brad blakeman. you just heard pelosi. she pretends that the debt ceiling votes are supposed to be clean, no conditions. i ve got to tell you, she is bluff organize oblivious. under reagan, bush 41, bill clinton, the debt limit increases were almost always tied to spending cuts. every major effort to deal with the deficit over the last 30 years or so has been tied to the debt limit. so it s not unreasonable, is it, steve, to ask for some corresponding cuts? look, i think the debt limit fight is not going to be a fight this month because the speaker boehner clearly learned it is a disastrous political strategy to recklessly tie actually paying the nation s bills scattered under previous administrations to conditions that you point out there may have been some discussion in the past, but the