Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) was on the show tonight. We talked about the president's nominee for CIA Director, Michael Hayden. We also mentioned Senator Feingold's censure resolution, Democratic reaction to it and how the party needs to be stronger in general in fighting back against the administration. Finally, we talked about what Democrats can do to help bring down gas prices.

Here are some quotes from the interview:

On Michael Hayden to head the CIA:

"This is a guy who's been in charge of all of the secret spying on Americans!"

In reference to selecting Hayden to "cover the ass" of the Administration, Harkin says:

"I have no doubt about it... this Administration doesn't really want intelligence. They want confirmation of their ideology... The President is trying to CYA (cover your ass)." (This quote was in context to a question we asked about the president's effort to CYA. The Senator was simply responding to the question.)

It Smells Like 1974 (my personal favorite quote):

"A lot of people are saying this could be like 1994, when the Republicans took over... I have to say it's not like that. It's like 1974. Think about it: we had a war we were stuck in we couldn't get out of, people were fed up with it. 1973 we had the first oil shock... people were mad about the price of gasoline... and we had all these scandals -- Nixon, Agnew... and Nixon had to resign. What have we got this year? We have a war stuck in we can't get out of, all of these oil shocks, and all of these scandals of all of these Republicans out there. It smells like 1974."

On the Democratic Party:

"We don't have a clear leader in the Democratic party now... the Democrats better get their act together!"

Also, listen for what he has to say about Al Gore for President. Very interesting. The whole interview can be heard here:

Interview with Senator Tom Harkin.