susannah martinez of new mexico. the first female hispanic governor.h carolina, first female. mary fallin, oklahomas first female governor. brian sandoval, nevada's first hispanic governor. it's face of diversity. >> well, and for a parent that's known as sort of a white guy's party, this was an important election year, and the operatives put a lot of effort into this. recruiting a more diverse array of faces to run for high office. and they had some early impressivp success. there are now two indian governors. both of them are republicans. so i think that they definitely made strides when it comes to minorities. however, there's obviously still work to do for the party. if you look at exit polling part of the reason that the gop didn't fair as well out west this year is because of hispanics. so they still have that challenge when it comes to sort of moving beyond their core demographic group but there's no question about it, they have an easier case to make to attract minorities when they have folks out there who are being elected to stay in office wh

susannah martinez of new mexico and carly fee reason that of california. -- carly fiorina of californiaare in the forefront of american women confidently affecting not just theje8ñ republican party but america itself. >> sean: this was the year of the momma grizzlies. conservative women scored huge victories from coast-to-coast. many had the backing of former governor sarah palin. author of the new book, "america by heart." in the "new york times" piece mary matlin said i don't know her well enough, meaning you, to know if she developed the thick skin you need to be endlessly resilient the way reagan could take things for decades. i think you answered that a little in the last segment. you know, why are conservative women more often attacked than anybody else in the political arena? >> first let me say how proud i am of these common sense constitutional conservative women they have the blood of the pioneering whoeupl forged new lands and through waterways of the west and helped settle this nation. they are the women who raised families and taught their children and provided within their

and one side note on susannah mar martinez, and her camera crew was putting her microphone on and theinteresting woman. >> dana, look, let's talk about john boehner. things are really looking up for him. >> they are in a way. there is a new gallop poll out that's talking about his approval rating is at 34%. you might say, wait a minute, that's good? actually, it is a slight uptake. it was 27%. but you know what? only four out of ten people in the survey said they had even heard of john boehner. that, obviously, tony, is going to change with his profile raising since he will be the next speaker. maybe it will help by the fact that he's going to fly commercial. he's going to continue to be in airports. he's not going to take military planes like the current speaker, nancy pelosi, has done. >> terrific, dana. good to see you as usual. >>> your political news in the next hour, go to cnnpolitics.com. >>> take a look at this. my understanding -- guys, put this on the big monitor if you would, please -- we're about to see in a moment some of the passengers disembark from that carnival cruise