The first and so far only debate in the senate race monday night. Live on cspan networks joining on the phone is joe gerth who covers politics for the journal. Thanks for being with us. Get a sense of where this race is three weeks out. Guest i think its safe to say that race is very close. The polling in recent months has been trending towards mcconnell asked month up by four points in the bluegrass poll along with two television stations in the newspaper here in kentucky. We recently showed a twopoint lead though these polls are in the margin of error and it wouldnt be a shock if either one of them comes out a couple Percentage Points ahead. Host Allison Grimes was asked whether she voted for barack obama in 2008 and 2012. First of all, why this question and what kind of news did she make . Guest the question was asked because mcconnell spent the past year playing her to do Barack Obamas policies. People dont like her personally, people dont like the policies and mcconnell has been t
They admire most, and Nelson Mandela will likely as not be the answer. Other world figures are usually famous within their own professional disciplines, sections of society, Interest Groups or age groups. Many attract cynicism or play at indifference. Nelson mandelas achievement was to combine fame, affection and admiration from virtually anyone anywhere in the world. So if, i believe, he is more iconic than anybody else, then why . His life story of sacrifice, courage, endowns and suffering in the great and noble cause of democracy, liberty and justice, places him alongside a very select few; suffragists, gandhi himself, anticolonial african leader, che get around rah, often sang suu kyi to name just some. But mandela towers above all of them in popular imagination. Perhaps in part because he was the first such figure to be projected to the worlds peoples through the powerful media of the modern Global Television and the internet. He was quite simply far better known than any comparab
On capitol hill. Why . Because we will have reached Critical Mass. I think that is where we are going. You have to prove the point. You have to have Critical Mass in order to move the market and that is where we are going to be this next year. This is for both of you gentlemen. With cable news, with whether it is on the left report right or the right there is a dialogue and tends it would seem to perpetuate that polarization. When do you say to an elected elected he figures when they have to go official when they have to go back and face a constituency. What do you say to the elected official . How will you convince that elected official that forging the compromises is not going to cost them their next election because of the polarization and the perpetration of that by both the left and the right . Well, that is an excellent question. For those who arent familiar with my states politics, as the senator mentioned Richard Luger served for 36 years in the United States senate in indiana.
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 90, the nays are 7. The nomination is confidence. Is confirmed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nominations, which the clerk will report. The clerk nominations, department of state james d. Neelan of the New Hampshire to be ambassador to the republic of hon hong. Robert a. Wood of new york for the rank of ambassador during his tenure of service as u. S. Representative to the conference of disarmaments. Department of transportation, paul nathan janichen of kentucky to be administrator of the maritime administration. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the wheaton nomination. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar we yield back time on all three nominations. The presiding officer is there ob
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