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Description: Show up every day, Broder says. Transcript: Well the best advice is to show up every day. I mean there’s nothing that substitutes for being on the scene when […]

Broder would like to have a chat with Mike Mansfield.

David Broder talks about his book on a younger generation of politicians who came of age during the Vietnam era.

Broder thinks there is room for an Independent party.

Broder talks about the challenges of sharing a party with an unpopular president.

Broder talks about Democrats today.

Broder believes we should judge presidents as individuals.

Broder remembers a time when Congress wouldn’t leave an issue alone until it was fixed.

Stop the gerrymandering, Broder says.

The current model of politics by soundbyte is stifling real debate.

These days, few newspapers have the resources to send people past the briefing room.

No, says Broder.

Broder believes that we’re seeing a transition, rather than a steady decline.

The rich are always more satisfied with life, Kohut says.

America is the only religious country in the world that is rich as well, Kohut says.

Americans are not only disliked, Kohut says, we are hated because of our policies.

Andrew Kohut wonders how we can help American society to make it stronger.

We can choose among an increasing array of information sources, Kohut says.

Kohut says it’s hard to be sanguine in light of the way things are going.

Technological progress, the development of democracy and the value of freedom of expression have all shaped humanity, Kohut says.

A pragmatic nation reconsiders how it uses force.

Americans are becoming more socially liberal and less trusting of government, Kohut says.

The way in which we assess information has changed so much with the advent of the Internet that traditional media outlets are taking it on the chin, Kohut says.

Capitalism should let the rich get rich and let the poor get a little richer too, Kohut says.

There is still a sizeable population of alienated and marginalized African-Americans, Kohut says.

We are the only country that has the capacity to take in people and “make them American,” Kohut says.

Kohut is deeply concerned by a lack of moderation in our political landscape.

According to Kohut’s polls, the most important influence on the US today is “the system.”