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and it turns out that the man who became my husband placed that ad and--ron brownstein. i came to washington as a journalist for ralph. i worked on his personal staff. and again, i didn't come as an activist. i was re--reluctant, to some extent, to co--to come work for a--you know, an activist group like that, but it was the opportunity presented. and it turned out to be terrific because we were given wide breadth to write op-eds, magazine articles. we're covering national politics, and we're doing this at 22 years old. we wrote this book, "reagan's ruling class," which profiled the top 100 people in the reagan administration. because the assistant to caspar weinberger at the time, the defense secretary--because he had been a nader's raider back in the early '70s, he got us an interview with caspar weinberger. we used that to get interviews with everybody from william casey to frank carlucci. i mean, it was just--we got probably 60 interviews out of those 100. c-span: who was the nader's raider that worked for caspar weinberger? >> guest: it was robert taft. c-span: four
and it turns out that the man who became my husband placed that ad and--ron brownstein. i came to washington as a journalist for ralph. i worked on his personal staff. and again, i didn't come as an activist. i was re--reluctant, to some extent, to co--to come work for a--you know, an activist group like that, but it was the opportunity presented. and it turned out to be terrific because we were given wide breadth to write op-eds, magazine articles. we're covering national politics, and we're...
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i want to bring in ron brownstein, senior political analyst. the president says there's no winners here. some look at the president and say, perhaps he won in this whole stand-off situation. how do you see it, in terms -- he says economically, nobody's winning here, politically, are there winners, losers? >> right. for the country, there are no winners in this can kind of standoff. by the way, the president's right. what he said echos what bill clinton said during a famous moment during the '59 shutdown and looked across the republican leadership and said if you want to get this budget passed you have to elect a president. the same is true here. if they want to repeal the obama health care law they have to elect i president. his goal deledges my the use of the tools. a means of trying to extract policy concessions, he's gone a long way toward doing that. there could be another winner, the pragmatic wing of the republican party. i think one of the big stories in washington this year has been that the conservative vanguard of the gop, the tea par
i want to bring in ron brownstein, senior political analyst. the president says there's no winners here. some look at the president and say, perhaps he won in this whole stand-off situation. how do you see it, in terms -- he says economically, nobody's winning here, politically, are there winners, losers? >> right. for the country, there are no winners in this can kind of standoff. by the way, the president's right. what he said echos what bill clinton said during a famous moment during...
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at the white house, and coming up, we have amy stoddard and ron brownstein standing by. we're going to talk to them specifically about what they think as the congressional leaders head to the white house. we have also asked them to make a list to rank who or what has the most influence right now as the negotiations are under way. their answers surprised us. we're going to run through them coming up next. >>> plus, where is vice president joe biden here? he's been on the sidelines, but in just about 45 minutes from now, does that all change at this white house meeting? you're watching cnn's special live coverage. people don't have to think about where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch-- and the light comes on. it's our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes. generating electricity that's cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions-- it matters. ♪ i put in the hourswhere i am today by luck. and built a strong reputation in the industry. i set goals and worked hard to meet them. i
at the white house, and coming up, we have amy stoddard and ron brownstein standing by. we're going to talk to them specifically about what they think as the congressional leaders head to the white house. we have also asked them to make a list to rank who or what has the most influence right now as the negotiations are under way. their answers surprised us. we're going to run through them coming up next. >>> plus, where is vice president joe biden here? he's been on the sidelines, but...
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let's bring in senior political analyst ron brownstein. what's taking so long? why hasn't the president invited these republican and democratic house and senate leaders over before to shake things up and say i'm the president. we've got to fix this, you're not leaning the room till we resolve this. >> i think the white house believes correctly this is a critical moment to try to break this cycle of confrontation and crisis. look, if you go back through american history at any given moment, the two parties disagreed about dozens of issues. and the idea that you would defund the government to try to leverage a resolution of one of those issues is, you know, a very kind of confrontational motion. i think they feel if they in effect give anything on this, you're basically inviting the behavior again. oh while the president i think has an obligation to try to sig that will he's willing to open to broader negotiations on the budget and other issues not necessarily in the context of this standoff. >> if he's not willing to make any concessions whether to keep the gover
let's bring in senior political analyst ron brownstein. what's taking so long? why hasn't the president invited these republican and democratic house and senate leaders over before to shake things up and say i'm the president. we've got to fix this, you're not leaning the room till we resolve this. >> i think the white house believes correctly this is a critical moment to try to break this cycle of confrontation and crisis. look, if you go back through american history at any given...
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brownstein is exerting a lot of pressures you know for the last twenty years the u.s. where outside from iran and the the french businessmen i do quite good position in iran to pose or knowing the automobile sector and now they are afraid that these all these years of force will be cleaned by the new deal which will happen between us and iran for sure that the european companies will be most probably losers in this kind of agreement. this week the olympic torch rig on its long journey from moscow to sochi on the twenty fourteen winter games the flame involved on a fourth for miles relay covering more than sixty five thousand kilometers across russia and space lit in greece last sunday it was then taken to russia by plane it was a school trip to red square by a two hundred strong cavalcade of bikers for as a producer personally led this ceremonial cauldron of the relay they torched on toward moscow for two more days before setting off on his epic trip across washer it will visit nearly three thousand cities and towns it will scale the country's store list peak on descen
brownstein is exerting a lot of pressures you know for the last twenty years the u.s. where outside from iran and the the french businessmen i do quite good position in iran to pose or knowing the automobile sector and now they are afraid that these all these years of force will be cleaned by the new deal which will happen between us and iran for sure that the european companies will be most probably losers in this kind of agreement. this week the olympic torch rig on its long journey from...
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brownstein is exerting a lot of pressures you know for the last twenty years the u.s. where outside from iran and the the french businessmen i do quite good position in iran to. know the automobile sector and now they are afraid that these all these years of the force will be cleaned by the new deal which will happen between us and iran for sure that the european companies will be most probably losers in this kind of agreement. and always more dot com for you including needs phone books the employees of the u.k. ministry of defense it seems they racked up a phone bill of more than a quarter of a million pounds by simply calling directory enquiries and talking. thought of starring in an ad what you now well whether you want it or not to buy liking something on you tube or google plus the internet giant can use your name and image in ads across its past network find out how this works or not it up. this week the olympic torch began its long journey from moscow to sochi and the twenty fourth in winter games the flame embarked on a full month a relay covering more than six
brownstein is exerting a lot of pressures you know for the last twenty years the u.s. where outside from iran and the the french businessmen i do quite good position in iran to. know the automobile sector and now they are afraid that these all these years of the force will be cleaned by the new deal which will happen between us and iran for sure that the european companies will be most probably losers in this kind of agreement. and always more dot com for you including needs phone books the...
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our moderator is ron brownstein a two-time finalist for the pulitzer prize. he is the director and writes a weekly column and regulate contributes to "national journal" the atlantic and courts and the coordinates the political coverage across all of our media publications. a reminder please tweet using the hashtag mj countdown and ron with that we will turned over to you. >> you welcome to cafÉ "national journal." we have to really moments of storylines unfolding at the same time the launching of exchanges under the affordable care act in the shutdown of the government in the dispute over the affordable care act. let's start with the exchanges. to some extent we are looking at dueling anecdotes at this point. on the one hand plenty of stories of people expressing frustration about their ability to get through the process sign up and get the information they need and complete the forms they need. on the other hand there was someone quoted in the hartford courant yesterday who said he signed up in 20 minutes and he said it really made my day. >> i read the pap
our moderator is ron brownstein a two-time finalist for the pulitzer prize. he is the director and writes a weekly column and regulate contributes to "national journal" the atlantic and courts and the coordinates the political coverage across all of our media publications. a reminder please tweet using the hashtag mj countdown and ron with that we will turned over to you. >> you welcome to cafÉ "national journal." we have to really moments of storylines unfolding at...
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joining us, the cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, the editorial director of the national journal, and columnist amy stoddard of the hill newspaper. guys, thanks very much. ron, i've just gotten a statement from brendan buck, spokesman for john boehner. he says the administration will be briefing house democrats tomorrow on this website. no briefing was offered to house republicans. they're upset about this. i assume they're going to have to fix that, right? >> understandably. one of the issues here has been the amount of information and the transparency about what's happening which has been lacking. but you know, we are really in a situation where political problem overlaps and slides into actual substantive problem, because one of the key issues for the exchanges from the beginning was whether they were going to get enough young, healthy people to sign up to create a balanced risk pool. the assumption has been that people who are in ill health who need health care desperately are going to find a way to do this, and they are going to wait through long delays on the website, they
joining us, the cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, the editorial director of the national journal, and columnist amy stoddard of the hill newspaper. guys, thanks very much. ron, i've just gotten a statement from brendan buck, spokesman for john boehner. he says the administration will be briefing house democrats tomorrow on this website. no briefing was offered to house republicans. they're upset about this. i assume they're going to have to fix that, right? >> understandably....
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. >> great conversation with ron brownstein. >>> more devastation this morning as the death toll continues to rise following that massive earthquake that hit the central philippines, nearly 130 people are dead, many more injured. millions are still recovering. officials say more than 20 people are reported missing and fear some people may still be trapped in collapsed buildings. that 7.1 earthquake was centered around 400 mights southeast of manila. >>> abu anas al libi has pled not guilty to terrorism charges brought against him in a federal court. he is currently being held without bail after posing as a flight risk and danger to the community. he was seized earlier this month by u.s. army delta forces in libya. >>> 63 cleveland police officers will be suspended for their role in this high-speed chase that left two unarmed suspects dead last november. 13 other officers are still facing disciplinary action for collectively firing 137 shots at timothy russell and melissa williams near an east cleveland middle school. the city's police chief says all the officers violated protocol, merely b
. >> great conversation with ron brownstein. >>> more devastation this morning as the death toll continues to rise following that massive earthquake that hit the central philippines, nearly 130 people are dead, many more injured. millions are still recovering. officials say more than 20 people are reported missing and fear some people may still be trapped in collapsed buildings. that 7.1 earthquake was centered around 400 mights southeast of manila. >>> abu anas al libi...
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i'm joined now by will cain and ron brownstein the editorial director of the national journal. we've been talking a lot about the "the wall street journal" which shows republicans are getting a lot more for the blame of the government shutdown, the bugtd impasse, the debt creel debate that is looming over our heads right now. but this crowd watching ted cruz speak, the tea party faithful, values voters as they say, i'm not sure they blame the republicans more and what do they think of ted cruz right now? >> i'm sure they don't think poorly of ted cruz. this has become a cliche. i have spent self-appearances on cnn and other places talking about the legit masy as a tool to exert minority power. however, the legit masy of this tool is a separate argument from the strategy of this tool. and what we're seeing today is the reper suggestions of what looked to be a bad strategy. it decided conservatives. and the entire thing was predicated upon turning the american public. making them see, making them recognize obama care is a bad proposition and putting pressure on their senators. it
i'm joined now by will cain and ron brownstein the editorial director of the national journal. we've been talking a lot about the "the wall street journal" which shows republicans are getting a lot more for the blame of the government shutdown, the bugtd impasse, the debt creel debate that is looming over our heads right now. but this crowd watching ted cruz speak, the tea party faithful, values voters as they say, i'm not sure they blame the republicans more and what do they think of...
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there was an article written by ron brownstein, national journal. he went on a campaign and said our goal is to win 60% of white voters, and if we hit that mark we'll be good. and this is the kicker -- this will be the last time anyone tries this. one time too many because that's not what america looks like anymore. the gop needs to make inroads with understanding that america doesn't look like a country club anymore. on the other hand, i am proud of the republican party for some of the steps that they have made. i think that there are certain things like around birthism where i wish people had been more aggressive about calling out and saying that's not okay. but recently, it was about two months ago, there was a disheartening incident in illinois. an exciting young black woman candidate running for congress. erica harris, who used to be miss america. she's running against an incumbent republican in a primary. no matter who you are, that's going to be a controversial move for the republican establishment. a local republican who just sent out this h
there was an article written by ron brownstein, national journal. he went on a campaign and said our goal is to win 60% of white voters, and if we hit that mark we'll be good. and this is the kicker -- this will be the last time anyone tries this. one time too many because that's not what america looks like anymore. the gop needs to make inroads with understanding that america doesn't look like a country club anymore. on the other hand, i am proud of the republican party for some of the steps...
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let's bring in cnn senior political analyst and editorial director of the national journal ron brownstein and chief business correspondent christine romans. politics and business. let's talk about both of them and figure out where we go from here. christine, what kind of confidence, what does this mean for the economy that this is not a grand bargain. they just got a short term deal, many calling it a delay. >> it's important to kick the can but it would be nice to have a budget deal. we haven't had a budget since 2009. we're fighting over a debt ceiling because they haven't been able to get their act together and do their job, run the pursestrings of congress. it takes away uncertainty. takes away a risk. it also probably means the fed keeps pumping money into the system. that's something wall street likes. the fed can't pull back and congress still could be having trouble in january and february. it reduces the risk but doesn't fix anything. >> talking about investments which means your 401(k), so let's talk about the politics. three different lawmakers on this morning, ron. all of them
let's bring in cnn senior political analyst and editorial director of the national journal ron brownstein and chief business correspondent christine romans. politics and business. let's talk about both of them and figure out where we go from here. christine, what kind of confidence, what does this mean for the economy that this is not a grand bargain. they just got a short term deal, many calling it a delay. >> it's important to kick the can but it would be nice to have a budget deal. we...