this president? can you look at where he is, economic issues, war issues, other issue like that, social issues, poverty issues that you can say there are analogies to be made? it s a really complicated time now. i mean, clearly the recession wasn t as big as the depression. but at least fdr was able to concentrate on the domestic politics for a number of years before the war broke out on the horizon. but now you ve got that world banging in from the outside in, he had to deal with two wars, very unstable situation ray ai broad and he still has economic trouble and he s got the modern-day bully pulpit problems. the bully pulpit used to be stronger in the old days because you could give a speech and everybody listened to it or everybody read it or lincoln s speech would be in the newspapers. now your attention is so divided, on the internet, a blog, a twitter and the next problem comes up and that takes the television s news or internet s news. dwroint have that concentration that the
jared may not run for election. he s about 75 years old, but she in a poll in west virginia, very troubling poll for senator rockefeller in august was leading him 48 to 44. very bad poll to be in that situation and the republicans are saying she s not conservative enough. this is fascinating, but i think you re right to spotlight it. just this moment. it became national news. are we on national television? number one, the cultural war is over because we won. tolerant people won. liberal people won. women won. what you see is a challenge to people like capito, who on nonculture war issues, pretty
he s about 75 years old, but she in a poll in west virginia, very troubling poll for senator rockefeller in august was leading him 48 to 44. very bad poll to be in that situation and the republicans are saying she s not conservative enough. this is fascinating, but i think you re right to spotlight it. just this moment. it became national news. are we on national television? number one, the cultural war is over because we won. tolerant people won. liberal people won. women won. what you see is a challenge to people like capitoe, who on nonculture war issues, pretty normal conservatives and the tea
say ron, why did you do that because you violated the constitution they decide that my efforts to stick to the constitution suddenly they don t like it, and things like on the money issue, and the war issues and civil liberty issues, and there is so much going on where our freedoms are attacks and i want to defend the fourth amendment and defend the 5th amendment and the 9th and the 10th and they will not talk about that principle but talk about him supporting something here and trying to twist it around but they should look more at the real issue on whether or not i will live up to my oath of office. neil: it is a natural progress to say no involvement in a lot of foreign conflicts, even when you pushed on potential involvement with iran, that people are intrigued by you thing, well, i really like that
say ron, why did you do that because you violated the constitution they decide that my efforts to stick to the constitution suddenly they don t like it, and things like on the money issue, and the war issues and civil liberty issues, and there is so much going on where our freedoms are attacks and i want to defend the fourth amendment and defend the 5th amendment and the 9th and the 10th and they will not talk about that principle but talk about him supporting something here and trying to twist it around but they should look more at the real issue on whether or not i will live up to my oath of office. neil: it is a natural progress to say no involvement in a lot of foreign conflicts, even when you pushed on potential involvement with iran, that people are intrigued by you