What Gov. Jerry Brown said on national TV: 'The Democrats have to wake up'

Transcript of California Gov. Jerry Brown on 'State of the Union,' as provided by CNN

CANDY CROWLEY, HOST, CNN'S "STATE OF THE UNION": Governor, first of all, thank you so much for joining us.  I wanted you to take a California look at what's been going on in Washington.  We have just finished up a very grueling debt debate.  From your perspective, what did that tell you about Washington?

GOV. JERRY BROWN (D), CALIFORNIA:  Well, the obvious, that's it's dysfunctional, but more than that, that the Washington of today is suffering and experiencing a governability crisis.America can't govern when you have two parties so diametrically opposed. I think that is an ominous sign going forward. 

CROWLEY:  Do you have a solution for that, because I think you're right, I think people look....

Sunday shows: Ryan, Brown, Adm. McConnell, Dean

ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour: Gloria Steinem, Robert Ford, U.S. ambassador to Syria, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Md.), with George Will, Cokie Roberts and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).

Bloomberg's "Political Capital" with Al Hunt: Carmen Reinhart of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), former Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vt.) and former Obama White House aide David Axelrod.

CNN Fareed Zakaria "GPS": Arianna Huffington, Joe Klein, Reihan Salam and Nick Wapshott, with Sharif El-Gamal, ground zero mosque developer.

CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley: Steve Forbes, Anita Dunn, Larry Summers, Tom Davis, Adm. Mike McConnell, former director of National Intelligence, and Gov. Jerry Brown (D-Calif.).

Fox News Channel "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) and Bill Miller of Legg Mason Capital Management, with Byron York, Juan Williams, Kirsten Powers and Susan Ferrechio.

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), with Alex Castellanos, Austan Goolsbee, Rachel Maddow and Alan Greenspan.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Photo: Steven Elliott / MCT (Ryan).

Sunday shows: Graham, Norquist, Lagarde, Conrad

ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Obama advisor David Plouffe, with George Will, Grover Norquist, Amy Walter and Paul Krugman, and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on extremism.

Bloomberg's "Political Capital with Al Hunt:" Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.).

CNN Fareed Zakaria "GPS": Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, and Daniel Akerson, chairman of General Motors.

CNN's "State of the Union" with Gloria Borger: Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Gene Sperling of the National Economic Council and Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics.

Fox News Channel "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and Sperling, with William Kristol, Steve Hayes, Juan Williams and Charles Lane.

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Plouffe and Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) with Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), Jennifer Granholm, Jim Cramer and Tom Brokaw.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Photo: Scott Eells / Bloomberg (Lagarde).

Sunday shows: Geithner, Pawlenty, Warner, Daley

ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former senators Trent Lott and Tom Daschle.

Bloomberg's "Political Capital" with Al Hunt: Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.).

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

CNN Fareed Zakaria "GPS": Taïb Fassi-Fihri, foreign minister of Morocco, David McCullough, Gideon Rose and Anne-Marie Slaughter.

CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) and Geithner.

Fox News Channel "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Reps. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) and Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Geithner, with Brit Hume, Bill Kristol, A.B. Stoddard and Juan Williams.

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Obama Chief of Staff William Daley.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images (Geithner).

Sunday shows: Cain, Pawlenty, Durbin, Norquist

ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour: Jack Lew, Jon Kyl, Raul Labrador, Ken Auletta

Bloomberg's "Political Capital with Al Hunt": Tim Pawlenty

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Richard Durbin, Tom Coburn, Marco Rubio

CNN Fareed Zakaria "GPS": Larry Summers, Bjørn Lomborg, Ayman Mohyeldin

CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley: Jacob Lew, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Ron Klain, Tom Davis

Fox News Channel "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Herman Cain, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Chris Van Hollen ,

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Grover Norquist, Jack Lew, Jim DeMint

-- Tony Pierce

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Photo: Herman Cain at theRepublican Leadership Conference in New Orleans in June, 2011. Credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

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Sunday shows: Sessions, Pawlenty, Geithner, Nelson

ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour: Christine Lagarde and William Daley.

Bloomberg's "Political Capital" with Al Hunt: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner.

CNN Fareed Zakaria "GPS": Bret Stephens, Simon Schama, Chrystia Freeland and Peter Godwin.

CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley: Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), James Garvin and Rick Santorum.

Fox News Channel "Fox News Sunday" with Bret Baier: Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), with Brit Hume, Steve Hayes, Mara Liasson and Juan Williams.

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Geithner.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Photo: Jim Cole / Associated Press (Pawlenty).

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter joins the GOP race on July 4th weekend -- patriotic, yes, media-savvy, maybe not

Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter announced his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination today.

Who knew?

It may have been carried on local media, but CSPAN was running coverage of the progressive Netroots Nation conference, which took place in mid-June; CSPAN2 was in the middle of a tribute to historian Manning Marable; Fox News Channel had "Huckabee"; CNN had "Nepal's Stolen Children," with Demi Moore; and MSNBC had its prison documentary series "Lockup."

However, you can now scroll down for a video of McCotter's understated announcement.

Perhaps announcing a presidential candidacy at a music festival in a park in Whitmore Lake, Mich., on a holiday weekend was not the best timing to garner national media coverage for the 45-year-old father of three..

The event was neither live-streamed on McCotter's Facebook page nor his official campaign website, and fans were casting about unsuccessfully Saturday evening on Twitter for.... 

Sunday shows: Sinise, B. Clinton, Kasich, Walker

ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour: George Will, Mel Martinez, Michelle Heee, Jose Antonio Vargas, Richard Stengel, Jill Lepore and Michael E. Dyson.

Bloomberg's "Political Capital with Al Hunt:" Bill Clinton and Rahm Emanuel.

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Govs. John Kasich (R-OH), Scott Walker (R-WI) and Deval Patrick (D-MA) and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-LA).

CNN Fareed Zakaria "GPS":

CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley:

Fox News Channel "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Gary Sinise, Sens. John Cornyn (-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), with Chris Stirewalt, Bill Kristol, Nina Easton and Kirsten Powers.

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Tennis instead.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Photo: Karen Bleier / AFP Getty Images (Sinise, R-Hollywood).

Sunday shows: Bachmann, Kyl, Christie, Karzai, Pelosi

ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), with George Will, Martha Raddatz, Jonathan Karl, Vali Nasr, Chrystia Freeland and Anita Dunn.

Bloomberg's "Political Capital with Al Hunt:" Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).

CNN Fareed Zakaria "GPS": Afghanistan Pres. Hamid Karzai, Mohamed El-Erian and Jeffrey Toobin.

CNN "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Reps. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA with Michael Gerson).

Fox News Channel "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace: Bachmann and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz), with Brit Hume, Bill Kristol, Kirsten Powers and Juan Williams.

NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory: Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) and Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Jack Reed (D-RI), with Matt Bai and David Brooks.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Photo: Michele Bachmann. Credit: Nicholas Kamm / AFP /Getty Images

Jon Stewart admits he voted for George H.W. Bush in 1988 and is disappointed in Obama

Jon Stewart, the Comedy Central funnyman, said that even he couldn't vote for Michael Dukakis in 1988 and instead pulled the lever for George H.W. Bush.

In a fiery interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace on Sunday, Stewart was asked when he last voted for a Republican president. The award-winning host of "The Daily Show" said it was in 1988 when Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor, ran against Bush, who was vice president at the time.

Why Bush? "He seemed like a different -- there was an integrity about him that I respected greatly," Stewart said. 

"And there's something about tiny people in helmets," he added, referring to the widely ridiculed image of Dukakis riding in a tank during a photo-op.

Wallace, the son of "60 Minutes" legend Mike Wallace, asked Stewart point-blank, "Are you disappointed in Barack Obama as president?

 Stewart replied, "Yes, I think I am."

Wallace followed up by asking Stewart whether Obama has "lived up to his promise to fix the economy."

"No. I don't know the kind of sway that a president can have on the economy, but do I believe that he is lived up to the promises? No," Stewart said.

"He came in and said you can't expect to have a different result with the same people. That was, in many ways, his seminal campaign focus. And all I see as far as economic stewardship are the guys that got us into this mess in the first place."

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-- Tony Pierce
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Photo: Michael Dukakis, decades before social media, was widely ridiculed when this photo of him wearing a helmet in a tank made the rounds. Credit: Associated Press / File