find is the republicans in advertising and speeches, they are in a way having to juxtapose john with nancy pelosi. if you hear an advertisement for the republican party, you will hear that john voted with nancy pelosi 89 -x percent of the time. the democrats are focused on we've goten better over the last few years, stay with us. >> congressman baun bow cherry. he says he's ibbednt but who is his real boss? first he was against president obama's health care reform. but when speaker nancy pelosi needed his vote, congressman john botchry did it. 93% of the time he voted with nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi can count on him. what about us? the national republican congressional committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> to think that the republicans are trying to maybe tap into the fact that people are unhappy with some of those votes, like health care. i think the economy. i mean, there's, no matter where you're going to go you're going to find a lot of unemployment. it's a heavy manufacturing area. we've lost a lot of those blue collar jobs over the last 10, 20 years. if you go to

some democrats claiming they voted with republican leader john boehner 60% of the time or more. but using the math, they are, consider this: even nancy pelosi. john is here to explain. john, i started to look at this in your brilliant column and i put two and two together. it's not what it appears. explain. >> mark twain said there is lies, damn lies and then there is statistics. both parties are misusing the percentage of time a member might vote for a leader. if a republican says the democratic congressman voted 92% with nancy pelosi, it doesn't tell us so much, just as if you a democrat who is worried about losing the republicans say i'm with you guys, i voted with john boehner 65% of the time. the bottom line is most of the votes in congress are about completely meaningless things. naming post offices, giving mother teresa a gold medal. >> neil: did anyone vote against the mother teresa thing? >> yes, one person. >> neil: really? >> ron paul. >> neil: that is interesting. >> ron paul said it cost too much because it was going to be a gold medal. >> neil: the point is they do a lot of nonsensical stuff that looks good, tribute to moms. i

with nancy pelosi. and nancy pelosi can count on john bocceri. what about us? >> the republicans are trying to tap into the fact that people are unhappy with some of those votes, like health care. and i think the economy. no matter where you will go in the 16th district you will find a lot of unemployment. it is a heavy manufacturing area. we lost a lot of the blue-collar jobs over the last 10 or 20 years. if you go to ashland, canton, wadsworth -- a lot of and people need jobs. this year they are going to try to find a candidate who will help get the job is to turn the economy around. >> i have been retired since 2005 but my company, the hoover co., that makes hoover sweepers, has left canton, and 50 years ago this verdict went to texas -- excuse me, mexico. from 2005 until now, there were young people working there, husbands and wives, both losing their jobs the same time, losing their insurance. in canton, it was devastating. >> my husband is a small business owner. he had to let two people go. it definitely affected our son, he lost his job. they have four c

this is our race for the gavel between nancy pelosi and john boehner. democrats with 205 seats. look what happens if they get 50. it gives them 228 republicans and it would give john boehner the specificer's gavel. for the senate map, a much bigger playing field. republicans need ten seats. at this point, concentrate on all those blue states on my map here. republicans need ten of the 12 at this point, to pull this off. they feel good about seven of them but four in particular, they still want to get but they're struggling with. out west, washington, california, nevada, and then there's west virginia. republicans got to win three of those four to get control and the democrats have to hold two of those four to keep control. you were talking about the raw emotions. with a week out, they're everywhere on the campaign trail. just watch. >> reporter: the nastiness of the kentucky senate race spilled over to supporters outside the campaign's final senate debate on monday night. tim profit, a rand paul volunteer, has since apologized. for stomp k on the head of a move-on activist. the

nancy pelosi. by dozens i mean 47 states. take a listen to some of them. >> john adler says he's independent but adler has voted with nancy pelosi% of the time. is nancy pelosi right over 90% of the time that's how often chris carney voted with her. chris carney staggering debt here sending jobs to china who is he working for. megyn: is pelosi becoming a tkrog on the democrats? richard socarides is a former special assistant to president clinton and a strategist. he is one who says you do not mess with nancy pelosi. something i'm going to guess, richard, a gentleman by the name of roy herron who is running to replace john tanner out in tennessee just found out the hard way. he says -- he's a democrat he came out and said he would not vote for nancy pelosi as house speaker if she maintained her speaker ship, and low and behold the next day the democratic national campaign committee yanked his funding. he says there was no coincidence. >> reporter: i'm sure it's a coincidence and i think it's not her fault. the fact that she's become this very powerful symbol. megyn: not? >> reporter: she's become a very powerful symbol of what is

it's a choice between nancy pelosi and john boehner. it is almost impossible with only months to go and they have been doing it for maybe a month to fill up the tank as much but it is worth reminding americans that every election is a choice. if you have to run against the ideal, if it is a referendum, everyone has to get beat. nobody would get elected. we would have nobody in office, because there is no such thing as the perfect public servant. the choices you make in politics are like the choices you make in life. you look at the facts as best you can and you make the best available choice. >> each and every nice, chris matthews delivers your daily dose of information. don't miss "hardball" weeknights at 6:00 and 7:00 only on msnbc. >>> in california, the drama facing the candidacy of meg whitman is reaching hollywood portions. she as denied she knowingly ememployed an illegal immigrant for a decade. he admits he may have been aware of a letter sent back in 2003 by the social security administration raising discrepancies about the housekeepers's documents. it did

. >> reporter: disillusionment with nancy pelosi has led matt gonzalez to support the republican running against her john dennis. >> in 2008 people rejected jorge bush and what the republicans did for the previous 8 years and they, i think this administration made a mistake, they thought the country was looking for a left ward shift and they gave them that and it's being roundly rejected. >> reporter: two weeks is an eternity so you can expect a lot more commercials, a lot more campaigning, including an appearance by president obama here in the bay area later this week. in san francisco, joe vasquez, cbs5. >> yeah, that campaign visit by the president is scheduled for thursday afternoon. president obama going to headline events for the democratic national committee and for state attorney general candidate pamela harris. president obama will stay in the bay area overnight and return to washington friday so expect traffic delays if you happen to be in the area of the presidential motorcade. >>> bart's giving away prizes to passengers this week in its biggest push ever to get more people to ride. try b.a.r.

sort of consider themselves moderate, who do not find it comfort to believe be associated with nancy pelosi or john boehner or sarah bay lynn palin right. if there's a vehicle that came together, mike bloomberg is mention in this regard, it might have a chance of success under certain conditions. >> he's a billionaire, a multibillionaire, i should say. he could self-fund it. the last time we saw that, as you remember, was ross perot. at one point, he was doing remarkably well if you remember back in '92. >> in '92, there was a time he was ahead of bill clinton ahead of the republican nominee. for whatever reasons, he fell apart, dropped back, got back in. still had an influence in moving the country toward dealing with deficits. it was a positive influence. but back to bloomberg for a second. you know, he looked at this in 2008 and decided not to run. he thought he maybe could win the popular vote, i'm told, by people close to him. thought maybe he could win the popular vote. couldn't win the electoral college. people close to him said one circumstance under which he might run and he might do it in

it's a choice between nancy pelosi and john boehner. and it's almost impossible with only a month to go and they've been doing it for maybe a month to fill up the tank as much and -- but it's worth reminding americans that every election is a choice. if you have to run against the ideal, if it's a referendum, every one of us will get beats. nobody will get elected. we'd have nobody in office because there's no such thing as the perfect public servant. the choices you make in politics are like the choices you make in life. you look at the facts as best you can and you make the best available choice. >> that's part of a long interview that we did today for an upcoming documentary on the former president. >>> coming up congressman james clyburn said yesterday on "hardball" that if republicans win the house they'll use subpoena power to try to delegitimize president obama. republican congressman darrell issa called us and said that congressman clyburn was being, quote, paranoid. up next i'll ask issa what republicans are actually planning. you're watching "hardball" from

with nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi can count on john boccieri, what about us? the republicans are trying to -- people are unhappy with some of those votes like health care. the economy. no matter where you go in the district, you'll find a lot of unemployment. it is a heavy manufacturing area. we've lost a lot of blue-collar jobs in 20 years. if you go to ashland, to worcester, people need jobs. especially this year, they are trying to find a candidate who will help turn the economy around. >> i have been retired since 2005, but my company, hoover, has left canton. 15 years ago, they started going to mexico. from 2005 to now, there are young people working there, husbands and wives, moving their insurance. in canton, it >> husband is a small business owner. he has had to let a couple of people go. my son lost his job, he has four children. it has affected everyone somehow. everyone knows someone that has been affected by losing jobs or being taken from full-time to part-time. >> you don't know if he will have with those voters that vote on party lines. if they w

john boehner on the gop agenda. in little less than an hour, a briefing with house speaker nancy pelosi and other democratic leaders. after that, a news conference with the republican candidate for governor in california, meg whitman. on "washington journal" tomorrow, the progress of's guide to raising hell. joseph henchman with that tax foundation looks at how raising taxes has affected state budgets and we will be joined by sidney friedberg, who recently wrote an article on how military families are affected when soldiers returned from deployments in iraq and afghanistan. watch "washington journal" every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> i believe that the record indicates that at no time during the interrogation and prior to his confession was he buys either of his rights to remain silent or his right to counsel or of his right to consult with counsel. >> brenda vs. arizona, this saturday on c-span radio. >> now, house minority leader john boehner on what the republican agenda would be if they win a majority of seats in the upcoming elections. he spoke at the american enterprise institute for little less than an hour.

>> i asked our viewers tonight to make a comparison how often nancy pelosi's been home and how often john boehner's been home? come back withtory on monday. i think that you'll find it to be very interesting. justin coussoule, can you beat john boehner? you don't have the money he has, but what does it feel like on the ground when you're out and about? >> we've got the momentum building, ed, where you can't outspend your opponent. you can sure as heck outwork them and that's exactly what they're doing and i'll tell you one thing for sure we've got a fighting chance this, this race and what i do know for sure is john bane sernot nearly as popular if his home district that hinges he is. we're going to prove him wrong. >> and how much do you think this choreographed event could hurt him today? do you think that that plays well with ohio voters? >> no, i don't, because this is as you alluded to, ed, this is an instance where he's come back to his district for the first time in months. comes back to the staged event. the voters here want an opportunity to engage with him in an open forum, asking questions, have the media ask que

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nancy pelosi, thank you very much for talking with us. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> suarez: we have requested an interview with house republican leader john boehner. >>rown: next: a story about how federal stimulus dollars are helping build a new transportation system in rural mississippi. it's another in our "blueprint america" series-- a collaboration with wnet.org in new york city. the reporter is special correspondent miles o'brien. >> unit one, gonna be 10-80 leaving the center. >> reporter: it's 6:00 a.m. in natchez, mississippi a small town of about 20,000 people right along the mississippi river. >> good morning, kenny. >> morning time right back charles, how you doing? >> reporter: before the day is over, natchez transit driver kenny watson will have driven more than 300 country miles and picked up about 25 passengers. >> people look for that transit system like they look for the sun to come up. they know it's got to be there. >> reporter: there are small, door to door public services like this throughout rural america. they transport people who can't drive or don't have access to a car. around here that's about 10% of the population. >> thi

nancy pelosi's. >> greta: there's a slight problem with that one. ken salazar is not a congressman from colorado he's the secretary of interior and former senator. the ad meant johner brother. oops. the dope i group that made that ad is fiske the -- fixing the mistake. >>> the pennsylvania republican party released this video reportedly from a joe sestak rally. >> they don't touch people. >> where are they? . >> don't get close i'll take you down right now. >> you are going to take me down? i don't that i is a good idea. you give me a little space. [ inaudible ] >> don't touch my foot sir! >> whoa! >> what are you pushing me for? he just pushed me. >> greta: on the record contacted the sestak campaign for a comment. so far, no response. >> this is an interesting approach to campaigning. it is no secret president obama and vice president end have been tough on the base lately trying to get voters fired up. today vice president end on a role. he passionately told the crowd how democrats want to keep jobs in the united states. apparently the response was silence. could you hear a pin drop. after a few moments of silence he jokingly said you are the dullest audience

with nancy pelosi so many percentage points of the time." and that seems to be one of those ads that you've seen replicated in races across the country. the nancy pelosi connection. >> brown: johnmyers, you got a lot of big races out there. how does the economy play into them specifically? >> it's been playing pretty well. it's interesting to hear about people talking about nancy pelosi in virginia because she represent this is area not far from here. she's not in trouble but the two races we're watching are the race for governor and the race for u.s. senate. governor's race, megawhitman, former c.e.o. of ebay who's on record here par to spend somewhere around $140 million so far on her gubernatorial effort. jerry brown, the former and hopefully... he hopes to be aspiring future governor of the state. they're talking a lot about jobs. as i said, the economy is bad here. interestingly enough, the polling we got last night showing brown is up by eight points shows that while the voters think the economy is the number-one issue, they think whitman would be better on it-- the republican-- and yet they're still picking brown by eight point which is goes to show there's something the

nancy pelosi for speaker. alabama freshman congressman bobbright says he won't back john boehner either, saying a centrist will get his vote. wright the former mayor of montgomery is in a tough fight with republican martha roby in that house district that leans obviously pretty far right. ♪ when the parts for the line ♪ ♪ come precisely on time ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ a continuous link, that is always in sync ♪ ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ there will be no more stress ♪ ♪ cause you've called ups, that's logistics ♪ >>> now to governor joe manchin, the democratic candidate in the senate race west virginia. governor, thanks for joining us. you know, there's been a lot of noise in our office about this crazy ad that's been run against you. you know, i'm from philadelphia, the only reason that's relevant is apparently these actors in this ad were picked up in philly. maybe we can were the philadelphia access, let's watch the ad and we're going to have some fun with this, governor. the ad that the republicans are running against you. >> obama's messing things up. >> stimulus, obama care. >> and joe manchin's supported it all. >> but when he's with obama. >> yeah he turns into "washingtonio." >> ap

from today, a lot of people in washington may wake up with their jobs quite different, especially some of the leadership there. nancy pelosi, johnreid among others. how is washington going to look that morning? >> it's going to be a great day. there's going to be a lot of things to watch for. you can see three of the top four leaders have serious challenges. nancy pelosi if democrats lose the house would likely retire in next couple months. even if they keep the house, that's going to be a great story. there's at least six democrats now on record saying they eat vote against her. another dozen suggesting they do the same. it's not a slam dunk she'll remain speaker if they keep control of the house. as for boehner, he definitely becomes speaker. expectations are so high that if they fall short, i think it's possible there be a challenge to his leadership. on the senate side, harry reid, if he loses his race against sharron angle, he loses his job. if he does, you'll have a great fight between chuck schumer and dick durbin. there will be a lot of action to watch not just as the lower levels. >> mitch mcconnell will inherit the wor

john boehner. he is voting for nancy pelosi. >> david mckinley has run many ads that aligns mike with nancy pelosi. a vote for mike is a vote for nancy, not very popular in west virginia. issue number one has been the obama administration and nancy pelosi, harry reid but not in the house race. that has dominated the discussion for much of this campaign. >> we're making it very clear that i'm not running for congress to get in step with washington leaders. i'm running for congress to get them in step with the people of west virginia. >> there is a tremendous amount of ads running. in fact, you get to the last couple weeks of the campaign and every commercial as an add for both candidates. the air waves are inundated with all of these political ads. the campaign has gotten fairly nasty in the last couple weeks. the polls indicate this is a close race. each of the candidates figures that a percent or half a percent is vital. mike tells an interesting story to the press. he said earlier in this campaign, he ran positive ads about himself and his lead evaporated. he said i'm done with that. i'm going to

nancy pelosi to sidestep john dingell. she greeted that committee to find a way to come up with global warming legislation because he was notetting behind it. she created a new committee to work around them. host: next is green bay, wisconsin on the independent line, good morning. quite a senate race in your state. caller: it is a tight race. from an independent voters. neither one of these parties deserve to have power. the only one who will lose this election is the american people that is my only comment guest: that is interesting because polls are showing and again this is one reason why you hear republicans talk about being subdued the that they do win the election is they have looked at the polling numbers and they see that the public is really unhappy with congress. and it's a entirety, both parties. another poet cannot recently said that 65% of respondents would want to throw out the entire congress and start over completely that is being generous to made. the approval rating of congress is in the 20's. people talk about the so-called republican way. it is more of a rebuke of democrats rather than embrace of the rep

john boehner and he is voting for nancy pelosi. >> david mckinley has run many ads that the lines might oliverio with nancy pelosi. a ligns mike oliverio with nancy pelosi. that has dominated the discussion for much of the campaign. >> we are making it very clear that i am not looking for congress to get in step with the leaders. i am running for congress for them to get in step of the people of west virginia. been a tremendous amount of ads. when you get to the last couple of weeks, every commercial is an ad for mckinley or oliverio. the campaign has got a fairly nasty the past couple of weeks because the polls indicate this is a close race. i am sure each of the candidates figures that a percent or half a percent is vital. mike oliverio telp an interesting story to the press, saying earlier in the campaign he ran politician -- positive ads about his self and his lead evaporated. as of both candidates have been extremely aggressive the last couple of weeks and the charges have been flying back and forth in the final days. the this has really been historic in west virginia. we tend not to throw out incumbents. thi