The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We thank you once again that we, your creatures, can come before you and ask guidance for the men and women of this assembly. Send your spirit of peace as they visit their families and constituencies back home. May their hears and hearts be ears and hearts be open to listen to those whom they represent. Bless the people of this great nation with wisdom, knowledge and understanding that they might be responsibly participate in our american democracy by making their interests known to their representatives. Please keep all who work for the peoples house in good health that they might faithfully fulfill the great responsibility given them and their service to the work of the capital. Bless us this day and every day and may that is done here be done for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair
Hello and welcome to the National Press corps and the kalb report. I am amrtimartin calb. Most would agree for the 2012 election being too long, too loud, and too noisy. Except for the last month, with three president ial debates and one vicepresident ial debate. 70 million watched the first and 60 million watched each of the other three. Only the super bowl did better than that. In 11 of the last 14 debates, there have been these debates and they are a fixed feature of the political landscape. We have a wonderful opportunity to talk to three moderatores of the 2012 debate. To my right is jim lehhrer, who has done 12 debates. Nobody will catch up to that. The most honored former anchor and prolific author and winner of every prize in journalism. To my left, bob schieffer, anchor of face the nation and an author and winner of many journalism awards, and Martha Raddatz, the chief Global Affairs correspondent. She spent a lot of time in iraq and afghanistan and winner of many prizes for h
One thing that happens in the debates is the candidates come in, and they are ready for what ever debate that they are ready for. I think that joe biden thought that this would be a little bit more contentious. It took him awhile to get adjusted to that. I thought that this was a very interesting thing, to realize that. That this was happening with the candidates. What would you get to see those rehearsals . Now that i have thought about this at this very moment, i dont think obama was prepared for what romney was doing. I was not having done this three times, you cover all the people that you interview in these president ial debates, what do you pick up, and what are the ingredients of political success . Your interviews with people who have risen to the very top, what is it about them . Every debate is different. You talk about the things that were missed in the 2008 debate, which i moderated between president obama and john mccain, these are two very different people and personaliti
If there was reasonable evidence suspecting somebody of terrorist activity they to do surveillance. They could dig up the records on any american at this point for any reason. They are just looking for suspicious activity. One of the things they are looking at, my wife and i had done some traveling. The medical records these things i find very troubling. I love my country. But when i see stuff like this i find it troubling, particularly when the protection we have had from the legislative branch now they are worried about fiscal cliff and guns. It is almost like a stealth program that is moving right by us pass moving right by us. If they suspect me of something then fine. I am not doing anything wrong. They just need to leave me alone. Guest he said the right to be left alone is the most important right in the constitution. He did not say freedom of speech, he did not say due process, he said the right to be left alone. I am afraid your fears are well founded. This president has given