Host and on the leadership side, who are the ones to watch . Guest we have a woman on the Budget Committee and of course, nancy pelosi on the house side. As you mentioned earlier, the new congressman from phoenix, ariz. , when she was growing up, she lived in such poverty that her family lived in an abandoned gas station for two years with no electric anything. By the way, this she is in her 30s. This was not 60 years ago. This was 30 years ago. These are some folks who have been through some life experiences. They know what people are going through. Get some solutions and that means getting our economic house in order and giving opportunity for folks to succeed in this country. Host in virginia, good morning. Caller good morning. I understand that your goal is to increase the number of women in government, but i have problems squaring up with not a a supporting republican women or women who are not prochoice. Are you quitting makers . Or are you are you queen makers . Are you just there to raise a lot of money for a particular party . Your comments say that you are setting the nation forward, which is almost an arrogant thing to say. Guest youve got to keep in mind where we have been and where we are going. We have 20 women in the United States senate. We have 80 men. There are only 16 Democratic Women in the senate, and four republican. We have a long, long ways to go. WasUnited States of america 77th in the world in the percentage of elected women to office. We cannot as an Organization Take on the whole problem. We believe that we need more women. Our piece of the port of the puzzle is to elect pro choice Democratic Women. The Democratic Party is for the most part prochoice. The vast majority of the women we work with our approach was anyway. Our pro choice anyway. As the organization, when we started women were not running. Part of what we do is not so much to choose them and make it happen, but we encourage women to step up and take this on. We need a lot more of that. We do not have enough women running for office in this country. Host why not the Republican Party . Guest it is not something that women think of doing right away. There is a study done by rutgers a couple of years ago that asks the question of all of these legislatures, women and men. How many times did you need to out be asked before you ran . The women had to be asked seven times before they would say yes. And of the men cannot they did not really have to be passed and of the men, they did not really have to be asked. It is not a good or bad thing. It is just the difference. Part of our job is encouragement. We are here to say you can do this. It is not impossible. And we have an organization of support around two to take this step. Around you to take this step. Host richard is on our democrats line. Caller good morning. Sheila bair, who leads the fdic and others, they want the bankers they warned the bankers and wall streeters that they were taking too much risk. Naturally, they were not listened to. A bunch of white males. There is a difference between house, between men and women. You are much more risk averse. You look at the picture, women do. You compromise. And in the business were worlds in the business world, there are very few women who sit on the board of directors of these corporations. That is a Glass Ceiling that has not been broken yet. I would like your comments. Guest im glad you mentioned the corporate boardrooms. There are none there is Much Research done about corporations. When they get three or more women on their boards, they actually see their profits increase. There is a liberal research that shows you do better when you have a closer to equal number of men and women at the table, not just in government but in corporations. That makes sense to me. It seems logical to me. People think differently. Not all women are the same and not all men are the same. But we all know that women and men are different. I think we need both views to move things forward, both in corporations, law firm partnerships. I would like to see women and there as well. And part of what we need to do is think about whether there are barriers for women to move into these corporals or into these law firms . Do we have an Education System supporting women in this process . It comes down to how we are supporting the family structure. That is often what it comes down to. And that is a question for more and more men today. You think about men who are on the part of track and women who are on this mommy track. Men who are on this partner track and women who are on this mommy track. I know more and more men who want to go coach soccer at night. Host there is a story in psychology today in january talk about women voting and the psychology behind it. Part of the information was the data behind the pilot test. Guest it is tough. We just did some research this postelection. There has always been a sense that women will vote for women. Women will vote for women if they really see that woman in a way that she is accomplished, viable, and have the same belief system. It is more likely women will vote for democrats first. And there is an 18point gender gap in the president ial alexian. And it went to president obama. In the president ial election. And it went to president obama. Does it matter that we have women in there . Why does it matter . And we ask the question, we just elected an historic number of Democratic Women. You think it will matter . And 56 of these independent and said yes. Only 8 said no. That is a significant change. Part of our job here at emilys list, and argue in government and politics, is to say it does matter. Womens leadership is important for our society. That is part of what were doing here. Host republican line in georgia. Caller thank you for taking my call. The fellow from va a kind of stole my thunder. You keep presenting your position and the position of your firm as a womans organization. In actuality, all it is is a Democratic Womens organization. Since the other guy stole my thunder, i just wanted to make that point. I hope my friends and colleagues in the Republican Party are listening to how the Democratic Party and folks like yourself have done a fantastic job of packaging the little pieces of a voting bloc and appealing to certain people and basically saying, here is the only option that you really have. I think you have done a wonderful job of presenting your case. I hope that my republican brethren and sisters will get together and create groups like yourselves. Guest i want to address one point theyre prepared the packaging of little quirks. One point there. The packaging of little groups. We talked to women in this country. Women are 51 of the population. The last time i checked, that is the majority of the voters. And actually, women vote more than men anyway. Were talking about a huge majority of the population. Granted, they are not all democrats. And i realize that. What we have seen at analyst list among independent and at emilys list among independent women, two things. One is, theyre really looking for candidates who understand their lives and you have the right priorities to move the country forward. And they are very opposed to candidates who want to roll the clock back, particularly on our rights and freedoms when it comes to access to health care or economic rights. That is one of the reasons we did so well this year with women in electing women. Women want someone who is going to move this forward. That is a big part of what were doing here. And what these independent women do not want our candidates who are going to roll the clock backwards. Our candidates who are going to roll the clock backwards. Host next caller. Caller i am an independent and an africanamerican male. I am concerned because i understand the struggle and plight of women. I have never been chauvinistic with equality. But i also understand the backlash from the struggle of women trying to reach equality of as people, regardless of gender. But i notice that has more women progress in the urban community, the more households are broken up. The more men that are in prison. Women and of Single Parents. Women and up single parent, i would like to know your opinion about what solution we can offer to keep Families Together long term, despite our different light plights in order to stay together. We have seen a lot of changing in the last decades with women entering the workforce. I will not pretend to have the answers to this these questions, but i will say this, the women stepping up to run for office, these are women who have either come out of this environment, out of an urban center in particular. We have our own struggles in the rural parts of america. We need to bring these things to the discussion. That is what we need to do. I do not think we will find solutions to the questions that the caller had until we get those People Living with the struggles of the table. That means more women, more africanamericans, more hispanics, more men and women of color. I feel strongly that we need more women in this discussion. Were still sitting at 20 of congress. We have a long way to go. Host caller in richmond, democrats line. Caller i was wondering how we will ever get equal pay when states like virginia have the right to work law and they can fire you for any reason. And the company i work for, if you discuss what you make to another employee, you can get fired. Guest it is about laws. Laws are made by elected officials. Who is representing us at the state legislature and in congress matters. We can overturn right to work laws. And we can pass it will pay laws. We need the right people to support these kinds of changes for our economic future. Host hillary clinton, if she decides to run for president , what does she have to consider in your opinion . Guest in my opinion, shes got to decide to run. She would be fantastic. She has been an incredible secretary of state. The Democratic Party even in a poll earlier this week in a primary setting, already at 56 and the next person at 16 . It is really up to her to make a decision. I think she deserves all the time she needs to make it. If she makes the decision not to take it on, because she has given so much of her life to sure shervice, and im will continue in one way or another, i do think it is time to have a woman on the ticket in 2016. I think we will see really great women stepping up and running in 2016, 2020, and 2024. The bench is deep and growing. We have senators who right now, Joe Klobuchar senator klobuchar from new hampshire. We have secretaries like kathleen sebelius, who was the governor of kansas, not an easy gig to get. And janet nepalitano, previously the governor of arizona. Both of them could step up and running for president. And that is before the next two years before we when we have 38 governorships up for reelection. That is the bench for 2016, 2020, and 2024. We want to see a woman on the ticket. Host thank you for your time. Today, we take a look at the difference between how older and Younger Voters view the upcoming budget battles and issues related to the budget. Adkins could hopkins could read the president s move unlike anyone else. He came as close to getting in his madness his eyes were tortured crawled heavily forested. He knew when to be still in the presence of the president. He knew when to press him. And when to back off and tell a joke. After he won the election, Wendell Wendell willkie, whom he beat, with in his office. They remain friends. And he said to the president , why do you keep that man so close to you . That man, being hopkins. Will he did not like hopkins. And pres. Said kamal you may be it the president said, you may be in this Office Someday he asks for nothing but to serve me. David role on the hopkins touch sunday at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on book tv on cspan2. If you ask how many ourself identified libertarians, people who would describe themselves as libertarian, the penny on which poll you are looking at, you may get between 10 to 15 . If you ask people a battery of questions about different ideological things. If you believe in export do you believe in if you believe in this or you believe in god, you may get up to 30 of people if you believe in this or you believe in that, you may get up to 30 of people identifying themselves as libertarian spiris. If you ask most americans if they want smaller government, they say yes. If you want them if you ask them if they want a government to spend less money, they say yes. But if you ask them to cut a particular thing out of the budget, they do not really want to cut anything. It is as low as 10 and as high as 30 . Libertarians, if they were political, they could be a big movement. It could be a big group of people that have a shared ideology and influence in politics. For various reasons they are not organized that way. Political primary and libertarianism. Author Jason Brennan on what you might not know. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. On c spans q a. Host joining us, Michael Demoss michael by mark of the pew Research Center. Any report looking of voters, but our young voters and or old a new report looking out voters. But how young voters obverses older voters look at entitlement. Guest these clearly have different implications for the process. The other generation is skeptical that they ever will be part of the process. Host common philosophy would say, if you are younger, you are not paying attention to it much, but if you are much older, things like Social Security, it matters more. Guest young people are not paying a lot of attention to these debates. It is not there type priority. It is not and they are thinking about regular. Regularly. Host one of the information pieces that came out as far as age influence, when it comes to the idea of Social Security verses reducing the deficit. For those 18 to 21, reducing the deficit was more important. Could you give some context to those numbers . Guest this is a fascinating charge because it goes the opposite direction of most generational break and come to the world of government and spending. In general, the number generation is much more positive about the role that government can play in society. They supported obamas stimulus earlier on. They see a broader role for government in solving problems, dealing with poverty and other things. When it comes to Social Security and entitlements, the curve bens the other direction. Part of it is linked to the fact lets seniors, who are often skeptical of government, see these programs working very well and being very effective. Part of it is that young people are less focused and confident that these programs will be there to help out. Host the sustainability of these programs, how does that factor into how you ask these questions . Guest we ask the people in the survey if you think there direc. Part of it is linked will if we keep these programs as they are, how you think we will pay for them down the road . The other generation the Younger Generation is skeptical that we will have them. Even in the 3045 age range as well, they are skeptical. Host our guest is talking about entitlement programs and the like. We have divided the phone lines by age. The numbers are on the screen. You can send us a tweet or e mail. Clarify which age bracket you fallif we keep into if you do t. Another chart, instead of me going through the details, what is this jar trying to say and what did you find from it . Guest the government should be helping younger people and older people at the end of the day. If you ask people individually, they want to help both groups. Theres a lot of support for helping the young and old. But as a tradeoff, the younger folks in think that the government should be more focused on helping people get started in their lives. Seniors really do want to protect the role that government plays in making sure that seniors do not fall through the cracks. Host as they get older, 59 of the respondents say, no, pay more attention to the older adults. Guest and you do not want to get the impression that there is generational warfare behind us. In fact, one of the things that stands out about generation in american politics is that even though there are some very big polite divided politically in terms of the role of government and spending, there is not a lot of friction or tension between younger and older americans. They do not see a lot of difficulties or distinctions. I think a big part of that is that we are all parts of families have one level or another. The challenges that seniors face are not the challenges that i face are the challenges that i face or the younger people face because we have grandparents and grandchildren. At the end of the data end of the day, we are not heading in the direction of generational warfare. Host on capitol your view capitol hill you hear the rhetoric about our children and our childrens children. Guest right, and at the end of the day, the question remains of what kind of sacrifices theyre ready to make. Host pick the line at best suits you. Call with your question or comment. This is jack, a first, massachusetts. He registers himself as under 35. Caller i am 22 years old when i see it on the page account much money is going to Social Security and medicare, i wish i could opt out. I have no faith does it will be there when i would want it or use it. Other than that, i cannot comprehend how Dysfunctional Congress is. Everybody is arguing about what to cut when everything needs to be cut. Host to your response, the recent expiration of the payroll tax holiday, which would affect every americans jet. Guest the issue of Social Security is an interesting one. Younger generations are very confident in government programs. They think they run better than older adults do in a variety of ways, whether it is respect with respect to the environment or something else. At with