president obama will deliver his second civilian address tomorrow night thanks
to the midterm elections last a member of the president face a more hostile
crowd this year
and previous addresses to joint session of congress
in just the first few weeks ago a hundred fault session of congress
republicans in the house repeal the president's signature health reform law
pledged to defund the environmental protection agency
threats are not increase the debt ceiling
and volume our programming is valid
as the president remedies are exceeding readies for a address to it
how'd his accomplishments that spark and call for new investments in job
infrastructure and technology keep american competitive around the world
what to expect the g_o_p_
republicans and democrats more deeply divided them
anne other time in our nation's history
divides that surely won't be bridged by the two parties sitting together
tomorrow night
two possible for president obama's message an agenda to be heard
here offer unique perspective i'm not going to save the union address is
former republican congressman from ohio
bob mary
bob may walk up but some argue great to have you with us and hear you've uh...
for our listeners adult perhaps no
you've you've had this wild ride from member of congress different objective
remarks to prison
to last week came out of the dalai lama and arm sala india
to our show and i and we've known each other for a few years i think we should
be no
as a matter of the schools are
as a former super insider first electoral politics for certain what to
expect from the state well you know tomorrow night's prom night
political from nigeria be sitting together
and then that's nice in itself but that doesn't mean they'll be sibility after
that doesn't mean that the go to work together
amazing grace stepped in and in all seriousness
but tomorrow the president's going to focus on job creation kazi he has to see
it in the economy cares about it
uh... he's also no address on the this situation doing something with a del cid
but in a prudent way in a
measured way because you know this didn't happen overnight in such a system
illustration that's it
added to the desert just this congress had starter when i was there in with
with bush treasonous even trade was very much and i think it will just leave etc
uh... but he's got mention that and then the third element is would be
we know what's he going to do the new
and summer you'll see drift towards this would be the controversial part i think
a stimulus to package
education transportation
had the message is going to be one of bipartisan from the president let's see
besi sittin next to each other on this political problem but let's see what
they actually do afterwards
and there are examples est anywhere when i worked with stony
he could have politicized every single hour after nine one one of the decisions
we have we had to make centurion do that he put the institution first so there
are people who can do this is going to be the will to do it not just the
rhetoric
and that's what and
in fact congressman ryan and congresswoman bachmann are going to be
giving
post stating his speeches
to what extent i mean paula dry onestat totally privatize social security and
basically blow-up medicare roll back the new deal
bachmann wants to do that and make sure reno says armed and dangerous her phrase
to what extent of these guys
yeah i mean
men and women
represent the republican party
we are going to be
represent of the republican party in the sense that they can they give a speech
tomorrow night and all the republicans in the nation's take while that's it
that's that's not userid going to be the uh... the waves it's communication
you bachmann of course has a lot of other ideas you know what i'll ryan
has allocated position that's important which is the budget position
but i think
that today's levy american electorate dont both sides of the hour analogously
fickle
that might not be flattering but they're they're fluid and and just as quickly as
they
assured in change this year
in two years taken assured out with another congress and they could also
in all theory uh... would keep president obama's president
you were recently a pretty major character animal recall casino jack
which the reason i want to see
here at the streets among couple which they are recommend every but if it still
plane and you'll find it but that's not
figure out how to get a dvd or something
its storage akimov
how did you hook up with jackie
and and
and what happened
when jack was a big-time player in the and i did a documentary myself alex
kidney wonderful work issue jack
united states of money in this is the spacey film version
but jack abramoff was it was the player this is we have in the lobby communities
democrat republican
and he was close to tom delay
and people said to me if you ever want to cheat anything if you want
yeah he'll run for office harrow level lounge chair of the committee
now you've got to get out
smooth over some things with the latest on local government the union that
supporting republican always happy rights
i think this is a squishy mother and i said you know
but i'd i did and so friend suggested hey you know one of the things you
advance kids in the labor market in you'll get to know
delay in his inner circle
the course mike's kaelin was working for him at the time x ever so that's what
initially began the uh... the path
and and that
blood ultimately going to have as we all have federal prison that we'd like to
call lovingly the bush housing program touched etc
i'm ralph reed
you know what was his role in all the studies of
prominent character in the movie is well it was rejected the hand i'm astounded
that he is not present how to that
wisely well cutting of what all of the ac went to prison i went to prison and
their reader t person was got to seduce
and this guy
irb yeah ok but uh... i get with ralph reed i know you know there were so many
in a row inner workings daring connections a lot of i wasn't aware of
but it's a question i mask well frankly i don't know the insides but you know he
was
deftly absolutely involved
very interesting with with uh... with his situation never called upon by the
senate
opposing question as to why
to testify so it's a blessing
explained earlier disinterested
all by the french who's a member of congress
and her who was a member of congress
high pressure com arnet point something i've known for a number of years but not
super super well done
farm you sure the story with me
last year
uh... after the citizens united decision that was in january and thus probably
around man
and he said that the fella came to him and said
i got a lot of hormone embarks on a drop in to the annual campaign in your
district
i can use it to build you up or i can use it to destroy you
didn't ask for anything
didn't ask even for response
drops that i think if you'd go any farther he might have broken the law
and that was one of the things that caused by front and not run for congress
again
enemies dot a congressman shirt
and
it almost seems like
with citizens united now and and businessmen
able to say that kind of thing ur billionaires able to say that kind of
thing
that you don't need lobbyists anymore to go through to get to members of congress
and how we see now
change in the dynamic of how congress is
influenced poet has been she looked mccain feingold was good and all this
money
if this money is going on a smaller plane itself
the other thing is you know dejected him off if he made mistakes i made mistakes
right
but that's not the whole world you two apples rotted in the barrel
the bearer of bad
mindy she's been bad this monies out there
i've had people in the past that have told me in these were obvious by the way
that said you know that much that with you i don't like your position on some
of the coalitions
and i'm i'm going to take you out to be a quarter million lady issue i've had
that
stated to me last
so it's out there and there's all kinds of groups
spree citizens united as a street yep rescissions united
so i i think the transfers she's going to be critical
we need to know every single persons contributing neither giving too
but the system has not
changed it's just
people feel a bit comfortable few people
democrats unity pulls together this closer to the house representative would
have required disclosure of all money spent on campaigns career
even if it didn't go through it
campaign
the republicans filibustered in the senate
fifty nine votes to block that filibuster one vote short
but it was
the republican party in lockstep
how is it that corruption in our government has become a partisan issue
and why is it uh... it seems like the republican
party is all in favor of the democrats
by and large are opposed to it
byron or am i being too simplistic why i think there is problem both sides and i
think is democrats uh... that create problems of the republicans have been on
the both sides of the out
but the issue remains i think in my mind very clear
who could oppose full disclosure
why not have for disclosure so if the republicans have won against that
that tactic bearing i guess it is this is more government bureaucracy
insights transparency
so if you have people make mistakes besides the albert transparency if
they're blocking transparency
livestock could be favorable to the electorate
it's interesting it'll be in cc how many people figure this out
what the people not know about how congress works
that they should know american citizens
i think that uh... the first saw that on the positive side members work a lot
they don't just eat dinner on the hill home who are very much
they way work very hard a lot of members do
i think that that
that people need to know many times they call members congressmen earthbound a
member's office that doesn't mean that this happens all the time
in the the issue doesn't get to the member
the word doesn't get to the member of the opinion doesn't get to the member
there's a lot of staff shenanigans arcadia that are out there in a lot of
good staff with a lot of shirts fascinating and
things are shelter from the member
so i think that whole direct link has been lost so much
so i members are sarai showing up that uh... that events in the district
attorney jobs not and i wouldn't believe obviously and write a letter
because the email to come and tens of thousands of can open mall
can write a letter sent to the district office
product personal
very sensitive stafford open i'll really if they don't like to be from an old
girlfriend are slated uh... oranges
should we have
public financing of campaigns to think that that's the solution of money into
this problem when politicians when mccain feingold came around
if you'd asked me this question is an absolutely not public places in his
constitutional
and it now looks kidneys were casino jackie late night talk about in their
i'd ideally
we need topic financing
we have constitutional issues but you're still ways you can limits the amount be
amounts of outside money so you don't get groups from both sides of the out
korean tons of money
i think public financing needs to be broached i think it's it's got to be a
better
thing to look at uh... and they should look at them what we're doing that
because the money's just more fun time you know bonus the conflict that's
republicans realize some of the bought many thanks so much for being with us
it's crazy