there was no real assurance that there would be a proper investigation. we know that there was a senate watergate committee and two special prosecutors got in on the act. foo finally, the house judiciary committee voted impeachment. this was larry o brien the chairman and the dnc s way of saying, we want to make sure this is investigated, because we think this wasn t just a break-in. we think this was connected not only to the nixon campaign but the nixon white house. am i right looking back on that era, in remembering or at least thinking about the time because i wasn t born yet that i was. that george mcgovern running against nixon in 72, that other democratic candidates hadn t figured out a way to talk about the watergate scandal or decided they didn t want to talk about the watergate scandal in a way that resonated with people.
there would be a proper investigation. we know that there was a senate watergate committee and two special prosecutors got in on the act. finally, the house judiciary committee voted impeachment. three days after the break-in h there was no way of knowing that, and this is larry o brien the chairman and the dnc s way of saying that we want to make sure that this is investigated, because we don t believe that is just a break-in, but it is connected not only to the nixon campaign, but the nixon white house. am i right looking back on that era, in remembering or at least thinking about the time because i wasn t born yet that i was. that george mcgovern running against nixon in 72, that other democratic candidates hadn t figured out a way to talk about the watergate scandal or decided they didn t want to talk about the watergate scandal in a way that resonated with people. it wasn t a major campaign issue that was working for individual democratic politicians. that s part of w
representation or access to federal aid? i m in the same boat as your husband, i wasn t born in the united states but i became a citizen. constitution requires only citizens vote in federal elections. but it doesn t require any amount of welfare be given to aliens or citizens. congress has said only citizens are going to receive federal welfare benefits but it s not constitutionally required. the l.a. times has gotten mixed up on the constitution. dana: the other thing, just process. the to 20 census, it s not like you can just get it ready at the drop of a hat, it takes lot of planning and hire people, get it out there. 1 states going to sue at what point might we know something about the process that the courts will go through, how soon might the courts rule? they re going to have to rule pretty soon. there s a big lag time before when you do the census, when you create the forms and decide on the questions. a lot of people used to think the courts wouldn t review questions a
he really began his political career saying barack obama wasn t born in the united states. the original sin, the whole birther story. and he got a lot of fuel from that. he was able to differentiate himself in the republican presidential bid by taking tacky kind of hard right on obama and he feels he scores points with his base. i ve never seen a president who so routinely has to say i m better than my predecessor, and we saw it on his first major thing with the inaugural, with the crowd size and all that. it is interesting because president obama got a lot of criticism early on in his administration when he would talk about the economy and point to what happened under president bush and people after a certain time said look, after a certain point you own it, stop talking about it. i m wondering, how common is it for presidents to criticize a former president this long after a year in office? it happens. franklin roosevelt ran on
wasn t born in the united states, he got a lot of fuel on that. he was able to differentiate himself in the republican presidential bid by taking tacky kind of hard right on obama and he feels he scores well with his base. i ve never seen a president who so routinely has to say i m better than my predecessor, and we saw it on the first thing with the inaugural. president obama got a lot of criticism early on in his administration when he would talk about the economy and point to what happened under president bush, and people said, look, at a certain point, you own it, stop talking about it. i m wondering, how common is it for presidents to criticize a former president this long after a year in office? it happens. franklin roosevelt ran on herbert hoover got in on the great depression, hoover bills. fdr even took the name off