Were political factions, really political parties. He said he worried that future americans would put the interests of the political faction ahead of the interests of the country. Really, were living washingtons nightmare today. Used to be quite diverse. Do thisee if i can quickly. Every year, one of the magazines washington rates members of congress in three areas, social policy, foreign and National Security policy. Ad they rate them, us, on liberalconservative scale. Years, most years, youd middle, about 20 or 30 people, which was a mixture of democrats and republicans. The last recent years, you a democrat who is more liberal than any republican do i have that right . No. The other way around. Seepublican who is more what an independent i am . You know what im saying. Its like warring camps. Heres the bottom line. Youmain point, are republican, democrat or an american . And obviously youve got to put america first. The second thing is, youve got to be willing to compromise. You can
Little earlier. That was my mima. Ok, i have to go. Thank you all so much. I hope you all buy the book today. I will be around. [applause] we need your support. Thank you so much. And i am sorry. [applause] i knew maggie would be a tremendous it with this audience . She is amazing, amazing. Next, cspans coverage of campaign 2014 continues with the colorado governor debate. Then, a 1991 interview with ann dlee, who ben bra passed away this week and then we will show you the women of color empowerment conference from lauderdale, florida. With the 2014 Midterm Election just over a week away, cspans Campaign Debate coverage continues. Monday, the Illinois Senate debate with some dirt dick oberweis, jim followed by the coverage of the Massachusetts Governor debate. Then at 9 00, the georgia Senate Debate between david purdue, michelle nunn, and amanda swafford. At 10 00, the minnesota Senate Debate, with al franken and mike mcfadden. At 11 00 eastern, the hawaii governors debate. Tuesday ev
Students to that a 1 interest rate. He voted against it. We should not have a cap. It is the wrong type of thing. The people paying the most taxes and never getting benefits back. We need to take care of the low and middle class without a doubt. We should increase the base level for our income tax rate starts. It should not start at a few thousand or higher. That is where we need to give them a break. Every middleclass person. Governor deal, thousands across the state and counties have cast ballots in this election. Sunday voting has upset many in your party who have said they would eliminate and you said you expect lawmakers to bring some degree of uniformity in election law next session. Isnt the best solution to ensure that all 159 counties, every eligible and interested voter has an opportunity to participate and the state support that . I would hope every eligible and registered voter exercises their opportunity to vote. I think is going to be an issue that the General Assembly wi
Took seriously his oath to defend the constitution. This is [applause] this is where i usually offer my caveat, and tell people i am not a philosopher. Im going to do something a little different and im going to speak as a conservative, and as a conservative judge. One who had the good fortune to be particularly ill educated. Having escaped an ivy league education, i find myself free to think however i like. [laughter] i suppose if i have been around when judge story was teaching at harvard i might have rethought that. As a conservative i spend most of my time thinking about the present evils of this world, unlike my liberal counterpart to spend their time thinking up new ones. [laughter] these days, frankly i find myself a little bit like gladys knight, ive really got to use my imagination to think of good reasons to keep on keeping on. For those of you too young to know gladys, youtube. [laughter] as i grow older i have developed a new appreciation for justice ash berries reform, ref
Campaign. Would you support senator feinsteins most recent version of an assault weapons ban . I believe, and we talk about this throughout the campaign, in the second amendment. I believe every lawabiding citizen should have access to guns. I have parents and grandparents and now a son who are hunters and gunowners. But i do believe in common sense measures as put forward by folks like senator manchin and senator toomey, Bipartisan Legislation that would put forward universal background checks to ensure that criminals, terrorists, and the mentally unstable do not have access to guns. I do not support any other form of legislation around guns right now. , one attack has to do with the notion that you want to get rid of the department of education. Do you . 86, and my mom and dad were schoolteachers. By my philosophy is this. One of my first jobs was teaching kids to read. The problem we have is we put billions of dollars in federal funding, and the results of gotten much worse. One out