ron johnson, rand paul has been against this. mike lee another tea party guy from utah. i'm interesting to see who goes against it many the left. we know bernie sanders was a no. we talked about the numbers, john boehner was deliver to deliver to the house of representatives getting about i believe 166 republicans to come on board. nancy pelosi's caucus was split in half 95/95. i suspect you'll see some liberal opposition to this in the senate. over all, i don't think they have to whip this very hard it's pretty much a done deal. >> luke russert watching this on capitol hill. i want to bring in three observers here. mark fry, reed wilson and michael steele in new york. oh, no, he's here in washington. >> that's okay. >> michael steele, tea party to me doesn't know how to declare victory or are you look at this now and saying, well i don't blame them for not declaring victory? >> i think it's a little bit of both, actually. you don't want to be too premature. you want to make sure the final vote's done and you have all of your players committed to their particular positio

senator ron johnson, wisconsin republican, on the senate budget committee, joins us.enator, nice to have you with us. immelt is create be jobs, all right. for the chinese. he's doing a deal with the chinese, which will compete for jobs with u.s. workers. should the president fire immelt and, moreover, should this deal be stopped because immelt will be giving the chinese our aerospace technology partly developed by nasa? >> he's also shipping jobs right from wisconsin, over to china as well. but, truthfully, i don't see what good replacing basically deck chairs on the titanic is going to do. president obama just replaced bad advisors with somebody else, that shares his ideological of a large and expanding government and looking for government to solve the problems and what we need to do is repeal and replace his policies. those policies, obamacare, dodd-frank, all the regulations that he is imposing on job creators and people who actually can get our economy growing again, that need to be repealed and replaced. gregg: i'm get to those regulations in a moment. i want to

. >> the republican senator ron johnson calls the secret behind the door's debt ceiling negotiations disgusting. is he satisfied with the proposed deal. the great state of wisconsin i might add. sorry to senator landrilandrieu. >> is it disgusting? >> yes. >> still? >> we are talking a deal that will be $2.4 trillion worth. think about what that is $2.4 million worth. you have a couple people negotiating this. it is ridiculous. talked about the federal government's budget here. >> we really do need time to review this. we don't want it like the healthcare law where nobody read the thing. we don't want to pass to see what's in it. >> in terms of what you know so far the same question i possessed to senator landrieu and senator sessions. does it look like something that put your hands around something you are likely to vote for? >> here's the first problem. the rating agency everybody is keying in on that. they are saying we need $4 trillion to afford it. this will only be 2.4 trillion. >> i hate the rating issues. they are the ones who got into that mess the way the toxic cdo's they g

. >> the republican senator ron johnson calls the secret behind the door's debt ceiling negotiations disgusting. is he satisfied with the proposed deal. the great state of wisconsin i might add. sorry to senator landrilandrieu. >> is it disgusting? >> yes. >> still? >> we are talking a deal that will be $2.4 trillion worth. think about what that is $2.4 million worth. you have a couple people negotiating this. it is ridiculous. talked about the federal government's budget here. >> we really do need time to review this. we don't want it like the healthcare law where nobody read the thing. we don't want to pass to see what's in it. >> in terms of what you know so far the same question i possessed to senator landrieu and senator sessions. does it look like something that put your hands around something you are likely to vote for? >> here's the first problem. the rating agency everybody is keying in on that. they are saying we need $4 trillion to afford it. this will only be 2.4 trillion. >> i hate the rating issues. they are the ones who got into that mess the way the toxic cdo's they g

bill: we just heard from ron johnson. he is not happy. thank you for your time. the republican out of utah. we'll talk again soon. thank you, sir. alisyn: switching gores, bill. a dr. thattic update on one of america's most infamous crimes. 40 years ago this man jumped from a plane in a parachute and $200,000 in ransom. then he disappeared. now there are new details that could help track him down. bill: we just heard from mike lee, a tea party member of congress. will the democrats go for this deal? how many do we need to pass it? . . the best approach to food is tkeep it whole for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the otr guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal. ♪ let me make you smile ♪ let me do a few tricks ♪ some old and then some new tricks ♪ ♪ i'm very versatile ♪ so let me entertain you ♪ and we'll have a real good time ♪ [ male announcer ] with beats audio and flash, you can experience richer music and download movies straight to the new

number is not good, either, u 9,000 from the week before, joining me, wisconsin republican senator ron johnson, who's part of the senate budget committee and a former business man, in his prior life, senator, welcome, good to have you here today. >> good morning, martha, thanks for having me on. martha: we'll call it a good morning, except when we look at the dow. what is your reaction to what we see happening in the markets this morning, senator. >> it is a real tragedy today and, honestly, martha, has been for the last three years and has been a disaster for the economy and is really hurting people and 401(k)s are plunging and we don't have leadership in the country and the president stood up in front of the american people two fridays ago when the dow was plunging and the market continued to plunge because, i think the american people saw what i saw, a president that really does not know what to do. and, martha, i don't think he ever has known what to do because he never had experience in the private sector and doesn't know how to create jobs and honestly believes the government can create

we have senator ron johnson, that's next. >> our nation's credit rating is sliding downward.street taking a beating. is congress jumping on the problem? not exactly. not exactly. this may surprise you [ male announcer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. >> greta: who did it to us? who is claim for our nation's credit downgrade? -- who is to blame for our nation's credit downgrade? >> the fact of the matter is, this is essentially a tea party downgrade. the tea party brought us to the brink of a default. >> i believe this is without question, the tea party downgrade. this is the tea party downgrade, because a minority of peop

i thought about covering the ron johnson senate campaign in wisconsin. we woke up. we are finally awake. that is a wonderful thing. what lincoln believed is we like to think the constitution is our ultimate protection. if not if you lose people. public sentiment and public opinion is everything. that is why you need people engaged with every fiber of there being and you need to be pushing on all fronts to change public opinion and shift the center of public opinion. you mention big education and glen beck, we need everyone on all fronts. some people think the national review doesn't do and never would as our nature as a publication but it is all for the good. if you conseco this country and our founder's principles you need everyone on all cylinders. >> trevor carlsson of the university of san diego. i was hoping you could comment on the creation of west frigid new with reference to article iv section iii. >> west virginia is more problematic. do we have west virginians in the room? your state never should have existed. are you really a west virginian? the creation

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i thought of that when i was covering the ron johnson campaign in wisconsin.ke up, we're finally wake a awake. he would love the reverence for the founding and what lincoln believed ultimately and i think this is correct, we like to think the constitution is our ultimate protection, it's not if you lose the people. public sentiment and public opinion is everything. that's why you need people involved and engaged with every fiber of their being and need to be pushing on all fronts to change public opinion and shift the center of public opinion. that's why you're mentioning andrew and big education and glen beck. we need everyone pushing on all fonts. some of the people that do think the "national review" would never do because of our nature of the publication, but it's all for the good. if you can save our country and our founder's principles, you need everyone going on all cylinders. >> chuck carlson, university of san diego. i was hoping you could comment on the creation of west virginia with reference to the article 4, section 3. >> you got me. i think west

i thought of that when i was covering the ron johnson senate campaign in wisconsin.hese rallies would say, we woke up, we're finally awake. made me think, you're wide awake. such a wovenderful thing. he would love the reverence for our founding. what lincoln believed ultimately, and i think this is correct, we like to think of the constitution as our ultimate protection. it's not if you lose the people. public sentiment and public opinion is everything. that's why you need people involved and engaged with every fiber of their being and you need to be pushing on all fronts with every means you can to change public opinion and shift the center of public opinion and that's why, you know, you're mentioning andrew big education and glenn beck, we need everyone pushing on all fronts. some of these people do things that "national review" doesn't do and never would do, given our nature as a publication, but it's all to the good if you're going to safe this country and our founders' principle, you need everyone going on all cylinders. >> i was hoping you could comment on the

but none of the candidates aside from ron paul and gary johnson have actually advocated for defense cuts quite the opposite we just heard many of them ministration inside congress or even try and go down that path well that's true you know look this is presidential politics this primary season an easy thing to do the safe thing to do and politically smart thing to do if you're a presidential candidate in primary season and republican side is to say you know they made a good effort if the debt deal everyone wants a solution but personally i can support this so you get mitt romney saying that he would support you the shock in saying that he wouldn't support it there's a lot in there to complain about no matter where you're coming from but i think when it comes to defense spending it's it's tea partiers who are willing to can't make compromise on hacking away at the giant defense bureaucracy to parties who are willing to tax expenditures there's a willingness to reassess how it is that conservatives govern that i don't think you necessarily would get in there out of but if we talk about spe

when i was covering the ron johnson senate campaign in wisconsin, everyone at every one of these ralliesescribed being finally awake. such a wonderful thing. he would love the reverence for our founding. what lincoln believed, ultimately, and i think this is correct, the ultimate protection in the u.s. constitution does not come from losing the people. public sentiment is everything. that is why you need people involved and engaged with every fiber of their being. you need to be pushing on all fronts to push the center of public opinion. your mentioning andrew and glenn beck, we need everyone pushing on all fronts. we do things at the national review, things that we would never do given our nature as a publication, we can save this country and save our founders principles, we just need everyone firing on all cylinders. let's thank you. >> i was hoping you could comment on the creation of west virginia with reference to article 4, section 3. >> you got me. west virginia's creation is more problematic than habeas corpus. the creation of your state is constitutionally dubious. but we love y

he lost his reelection bid in 2010 to ron johnson. fine gold has been involved in politics since then. the public action committee and a strong voice against the governor during the budget battle over collective bargaining rights for state employ ice. there has been talk of him running for governor or taking another shot at running for senate since there will be an open seat once democrat herb cole retires. he said simply, "in my case, i don't need an excuse and will simply say that the time with family, friends and loved ones in the past few months has been among the best in my life and i am not eager to give that up." so there you have it. >> all right. kate baldwin from washington. >>> thank you for joining me. i'm elena cho. cnn continues with brooke baldwin. >> nice to have you here. >>> thanks very much. hello to all of you. i'm brooke baldwin. i want to begin this hour with the west memphis 3. >> i'm 36 years old. released today from death row for a crime i did not commit over 18 years ago. >> 36 years old. serving 18 years for

you know, wisconsin senator ron johnson, a republican, is also blasting the white house, kyra, for havings. he says that un-do the agenda, repeal health care reform, end the stimulus, scrap dodd/frank banking reform, and kyra, we are shaping up to have a big fight on our hands about how to create jobs. >> and back the krueger, because he has to get the thumbs up from the senate, right? >> yes, and he is a known quantity and worked in the administration before, and he has worked at treasury, so all of the people i'm talking to the are expecting him to be confirmed. they don't expect a bruising battle there, but the bruising battle they are expecting is over what the president wants the do to create jobs and whether the republicans are going if go along with it. i mean, simply this idea that stimulus didn't work, and the president's ideas have not worked and anything warmed over that we have tried before is not going to work, and that is something that the republicans will not let go of. one last thing, kyra, the cbo, the congressional budget office, had to do a report on the stimulus, and

also probably senator rand paul of kentucky, maybe ron johnson of wisconsin. so no votes there but certainly not enough to change the course of this thing being signed by the president later today. alisyn: the debt ceiling has been raised 40 times in the last 30 years. how does today's vote change the course of politics in d.c. >> it's difficult to overstate how much this has changed poll nick d.c. when congress comes back it will be looking at the end of a fiscal year the even of september. this super committee which starts to organize in the fall will be looking at $1.5 trillion in cuts. very, very difficult dede significance --very, very diffis to make. senator jim demint spoke to the tea party and the senate floor. >> there is no one tea party. what we are talking about are thousands of citizen groups across is country who are being vigilant about their government which is what our founders asked them to be. they are not radical people. they are center common sense people, and they understand what we are doing here in washington is about to destroy the cou

serving on your board of directors is ron johnson, who -- >> right, formerly of apple and now ceo ofnny. we have a number of others. we put together what i consider to be the team of people necessary to build the next generation fast casual restaurant chain. >> reporter: good luck. thanks very much for joining us. suzanne, as they say, only in america can you see a guy going from inventing a camcorder to re-inventing the grilled cheese sandwich. looks pretty good. we look forward to trying it and that's the melt. back to you. >> dan, i got two questions for you. first, have you tried the melt, is it a good sandwich, and second, how soon will we see this in atlanta? >> reporter: well, i have tried one. it is a very good sandwich. what he was talking about is they have created this technology that allows you to do this quickly and they are using natural ingredients, eco-friendly, wholesome, as they say, and suzanne malveaux is asking when will we see this in atlanta? >> atlanta is probably about two and a half years away. we will do the west coast first, then move east and probably you

it is a wonderful thing to see a guy like ron johnson come to the senate. a new senator from wisconsin. he built a business from the ground up and he doesn't care if he ever gets reelected again. he is running to help save our country. he left the family and is making the sacrifice to try to change things because he knew he was unable to build the business because of the environment this country created. he sees it at risk. i think what you have to do is stay informed and don't be timid about communicating what you believe to be in the best interest of the country. we can cheat history. you look at history, all republicans died. we can cheat them. we are the only republic that has ever come together that is this massive mix of everything. we have the ability to teach history and survive. the way you survive is get your fiscal house in order and the economy running so you can project the power and confidence necessary for our people to live in freedom. that is what has to happen. you control it. if you decide to sit back and not do something significant, you

ron johnson, he brought over from target to create a retail experience that's been so key to apple'sevival. all the tools he's brought together plus the outside work he did at pixar. it reinvigorated animation for disney. he's a unique ceo and executive in america. >> john fort live in california for us. thanks so much. obviously, not just a gadget guy. he changed the way music is delivered. the apple stores have become places of worship for people to get apple stuff. mike allen has a look at the playbook. hello, mike. >> hey, good morning. >> good morning. we were talking rick perry. he's got a sizable lead. 12 points over mitt romney. how is the gop establishment going to react? >> they are surprised at what he's saying out on the trail, taking pot shots on washington wall street. if you are going to raise money for a presidential campaign, if you are going to compete with mr. moneybags, where are you going to go? he's the front-runner in the polls by being mr. outsider do they want pictures of him coming to new york-d.c. to raise money? his early fund-raisers, the first wave of tr

ron johnson says few on mr.d or marketed a product or balanced the books. they have no clue how to get our economy reignited and no clue how to create an atmosphere in which the private sector can create the jobs we need. senator johnson says the first steps to get the economy moving is do away with the stimulus program and repealing health care reform and

believe in legalizing and taxing marijuana those are things that we have candidates like ron paul and gary johnson that also support the same time you think that maybe we need to reform our tax system corporate taxes should be lower and health care reform is a bad idea you think that terror suspects should be tried in military commissions not in civilian courts that sounds like what all of the rest of the republican candidates really feel so where is it that you stand out because. your views on roe v wade because of your views on gay marriage i mean let's face it every other candidate out there said that they believe in a constitutional amendment to make marriage between one man and one woman. yeah and for of even side is this pledge by the national organization for marriage which would create a witch hunt for people like myself who are gay activists i am consider myself an independent republican and i'm going for that in new hampshire for instance forty two percent of all the registered voters who are independent have left the republican party and the democratic party are looking for someone who

anybody to break in for americans to find someone that is different to honest i don't see ron paul or carrie johnson going for the libertarian ticket and i don't see. the tea party breaking away from the republican party so it's unfortunate but i mean i wish we had more choices we have choice all over i mean you go to the coffee shop you have choice everywhere but when it comes to our government we only have two options and two really terrible options so why is that i mean you could say that right part of the problem is the system that of course it's expensive how many people can actually afford to run for office these days but do we have not enough people to actually want to be politicians i mean career politician doesn't sound like my dream job and i think we just don't have that many quality candidates i mean people are just really they aren't excited about any candidates and so it's unfortunate i'm michelle and i thank you so much for join. yes tonight thank you. all coming up next we have our fireside friday and then we end the work week with happy hour push to allow to sesame street muppets ge

senator ron johnson from wisconsin has introduced legislation that would place a moratorium on new federaluntil the unemployment rate falls below 7.7%. and as a newly appointed member of the joint select committee on deficit reduction, i am ready to work hard with my federal project fellow committee members to produce a proposal to reduce government spending and help us pripet -- create an environment where entrepreneurs can thrive. i have confidence that the 21st century can be a new great american century. another we can have a booming economy. but to get there, we have to remember the source of our national strength -- our street as i come from a bigger government controlling our economy. it comes from our free enterprise system and the hard- working, honest citizens to make it run, the kind of industrial folks i see every day in pennsylvania. when government lets these folks grow their businesses and work hard without being -- setting obstacles in the way, that is when we will achieve the flourishing recovery and job creation that our country needs and deserves. i am pat toomey and i t

it's a wonderful feeling to see a guy like ron johnson come to the senate. he as new senator from wisconsin. he built a business from the ground up. he left the business. and he doesn't care if her gets reelected again. he is running to help save our country. so he left the business, he left the family and making the sacrifice to try to change things because he knew that he was able to build that business because of the environment that this country created that he sees z at risk. so i think what you have to do is stay informed. and number two is don't be timid about communicating what you believe to be in the best interests of our future as a country. i think we can cheat history. you know, if you look at history all republicans die. go look. and we can cheat it. we're the only republic that has ever come together that is this massive mix of everything. and we have the ability to cheat history and survive. and the way you survive is get your fiscal house in order. and your economy back running so you can project the power and competence that is necessary fo

when i was covering the ron johnson senate campaign in wisconsin, because everyone at one of these rallies was just saying, "we are finally awake." that is such a wonderful thing. he would have loved the reverence for our founding. what lincoln believed ultimately, and i think this is correct -- we like to think the constitution is our ultimate protection. it is not if you lose the people. public sentiment and public opinion is everything, and that is why you need people involved and engaged with every fiber of their being, and you need people pushing on all fronts with every means you can to change public opinion and shift the center of public opinion. that is why -- you are mentioning andrew n. big education and glenn beck, and we need all these people pushing on all fronts. some of the things that we do not do as a publication, given our nature, but it is all for the public good, but if you can save this country and save our founders principal, you need everyone going on all cylinders. >> i was hoping you could comment on the creation of west virginia with reference to article four, sec

one of these people were to get elected aside from probably congressman ron paul and you're right governor former governor gary johnson the maybe we would see any action on that you know actually come into play but we'll see it does seem like finally there is another debate surrounding this issue and you know the ick nomic policies of today something is definitely going wrong there if you look at what situation what they want more than anything is jobs is to create jobs president reagan through race through a stable money policy president clinton through a stable money policy we're creating millions of jobs a month i mean it's it's striking much more than either of the presidents bush and much more than president obama once they key in what a powerful job generator of the gold standard is all of a sudden it's old fashioned reputation will become what will become sort of material they're desperate to create jobs they've tried everything else the gold standard has a wonderful track record for that so why not give it a try i think so much for joining us tonight thank you so much for having me. it's called standard econom

ron paul is correct me if i'm wrong is the only principled anti-war candidate period right now in the entire presidential field i think gary johnson is as well but he's he's in a game that wasn't registering the debate i what he certainly was ron paul was certainly the only a principled so does that i mean there's billions of dollars to be made off these wars so yes so if in the media in the defense industry i mean you know you were here in d.c. drive just fifteen miles into virginia and you can see these thirty bedroom mansions that are that the defense c.e.o.'s you know were behind the home for the maid for the butler and for the next guys or profitable business for a small group of people it's a it's a friggin empire yeah and and ron paul's column that out it seems you look at the you go to the for example they ruled on that you see that these big corporate media companies have interlocking boards with the big defense companies i mean you know to what extent are you do you think that there is some sort of. will conspiracy to keep ron paul out of the mainstream versus just what they're absolutely overlooking him or i die death o

[applause] our guest today is candidates gary johnson, alike fellow candidate ron paul, he would be considered to be a libertarian and republicans clothing. our guest is for limited government a fiscal conservative that delivered hundreds of vetoes during his governorship. i understand that was part of your job is to legislate that. he says he will take a similar approach to government as president. when many americans appear to be yearning for a more effective government one that can put country above party who were with governor johnson fit into that vision? he is an outspoken advocate of legalizing marijuana, and gay- rights and keeping government out of the way of the creation of jobs. he has expressed frustration and anger that he has yet to gain the news coverage. he has not been invited to participate in cnn's publican debate in june or participate in the iowa straw poll. the washington times dubbed him the rodney dangerfield of this year's presidential field that he gets no respect. apologies to those of you who are too young to know who rodney dangerfield is. it is about promoting tra

ago they opened reserves and that did not because the money -- ron paul actually does read his history. he's the only candidate besides johnsons trying to go to the framers that made this country great and the only ones trying to follow this policy and showing america is a state of america and doesn't get taken over by big government like republicans or democrats. host: thank you for the call. amy gardner if you include the nine names on the ballot and throw it rick perry, johnson and roamer, there are 12 candidates competing for this g.o.p. nomination. what have you heard from the viewers over the last couple of minutes and the first caller. caller: i'm not 100% sure what the caller meant by the field but i think i know there's been a lot of press and observation by republican leaders nationally that the person who they are looking for isn't in the field yet. and i think when the caller talked about the field of candidates, the caller may have been referring to a weak field. and certainly there's been quite a bit of showing that there's not been somebody in the race yet that has generated the excitement in the base. and also

caller: the only republican acceptable to me at all would be ron paul r. gary johnsonbut i could not vote for president obama. and i probably could not vote for any of the republicans. i'll have to find someone further left. maybe just kind who ran for governor hand -- joe stein, or sending shaheen. some candidate will emerge. only 20% of people approved of democrats and 20% approve of republicans. host: thank you for calling in. charles from gulf breeze, florida, you're up as far as campaign 2012. are you there? one more time for charles. as good a somerville, south carolina, max, good morning. caller: i used to be republican. i am an independent now. one of the reasons for that is because joe wilson hollered at the president during the state of the union. i'm going to vote democrat this time and give president obama another shot. this was at this respectful way that they have treated his presidency. host: berkeley springs, west virginia, bobbie. caller: i voted for reagan, the last republican i ever voted for. it is never amounted to anything. i will bow for obama. -

ron kirk. >> join me. as a fellow texan, i am proud of harry johnson for his love and commitment and stored ship of this wonderful project. [applause] even though that was the trickiest -- cheekiest way for him to ask me for more money again, i would give it. [laughter] i'm proud to be a part of the kickoff for this wonderful event. as i listened to the remarks from my brothers from general motors and tommy hilfiger, i started ripping pages out of my speech, because so much of what i wanted to say, they said. it has caused me to reflect on what i could perhaps add that you had not heard before. i could not help but think about my own experience growing up in austin, texas, which at that time was as segregated as any other city in america. like so many of you here, i grew up very much the first generation beneficiary of the civil rights movement. before i go further, if for me to comment on what an honor it is for me to be here as the son of the civil rights movement, it is my privilege to honor and acknowledged the children of dr. martin luther king and criticized king, who are here with us tonight. [applause] yo

huntsman, yes, and tim pawlenty no, and ron paul, no, and the texas governor rick perry who may get into the race said he supported the first plan and gary johnson of new mexico no, so, a resounding expression of no except for jon huntsman and you say what? >> well, i say that the republicans see this and they are boxed in with this deal come 2013 should they win and the bush tax cuts will expire on january 1, 2013, and the spending cuts and the sequestration goes into effect january 1, 2013 and see the republicans in congress boxing them in, but i have to disagree with at love the statements that the republicans and the dems and including paul are making. i see this as a win for barack obama maybe not on policy, but on politics. he is now managed to get the debt ceiling fight gone and managed to get tax reform taken up before january, and if the republicans were to block it through this committee, he could go out to say they are willing to cut defense and senior citizen's medicare and not do tax reform and in effect, he can push it off and if he does get re-election, he has secured locked in funding for the health care plan and lock in getting

the world, the rick perry's, the michelle bachmann's, the ron paul's, jon huntsman, herman cain -- i do not want to leave anyone out -- gary johnson. whomever. i challenge them to accept this pledge. no pac money, no superpac formed. keep your limit at 25,000, i am fine with that. i think we will energize the campaign. no more wall street fund raisers. they might hear something -- did not know that. anybody else? >> national journal. correct me if i'm wrong. i believe you said last weekend in new hampshire -- you were in new hampshire rather than i with your colleagues. do you see yourself concentrating your energies in new hampshire or traveling to other states? >> i will concentrate on new hampshire. south carolina -- it is one of the only places where i do not have a draw. i love iowa. my first speech three months ago -- all the other candidates were there. i got up in front of a big crowd and i said we are going to eliminate the ethanol subsidy. i thought there would be heart attacks. but the point is, we can do anything together. i thought tim pawlenty, newt gingrich, were going to die. buddy, you cannot win. you cannot lead

our guest today is candidate gary johnson, two-term governor of new mexico. like rone considered to be a libertarian in republican's clothing. >> our guest is for limited government, a fiscal conservative who delivered hundreds of the vetoes during his governorship. i understand that was part of your job, was to manage that within the legislature, kev. he says he will take a similar approach to governance as president. that does raise the question today, while many americans appear to be yearning for a more effective government, one that could put country above party, where would governor johnson fit into that division? he is an outspoken advocate of legalizing marijuana, a gay-rights, and keeping government out of the way of creating jobs. governor johnson has express the frustration and anger that his message which he believes res an -- resonates with americans in one-on-one campaigning, has not received wide news coverage. he has not been invited to participate in the c nmple n debate in june. he opted out of the iowa straw poll last weekend. the "washington times"

ron kurtz. [applause] >> join me again -- i cannot tell you how proud i am of harry johnson for his love and commitment and stewardship of this wonderful project. even though that was the cheeky as a way for him to yet again ask me for more money, i have given it and so glad that have. i am so honored to be a part of this kickoff. as i sat at the table, you will be pleased to know as i listen to the remarks from our brothers from general motors and tommy hilfiger i just started ripping pages out of my speech because so much of what i wanted to say they said. it calls me about what i could add that you have not heard before. like so many of you here, i grew up very much our first generation beneficiary of the civil-rights movement. before i go further, for me to comment on what an honor it is for me to be here as a son of the civil-rights movement, it is my privilege to honor the children of dr. king who are here with us tonight. [applause] you have heard from previous speakers and were certainly here -- will certainly hear from all of us how each of us use his work and how it is either expired our life

perry's and the michele bachmann and the ron paul and the jon huntsman and anybody else who is there, herman cain. i don't want to leave anybody out. gary johnson, who matter. i challenge them to accept this pledge. no pac money. keep your limit at 2500. i can live with that. i'll keep my templates go get the american people. i think it was energized campaign. no more wall street fundraisers. could be out with folks. they might hear something. didn't know that. anybody else clicks yes, ma'am. >> on what the national journal -- adding a mac my first question would be for the disabled future, d.c. traveling to the other primary states? >> yeah, i will concentrate on new hampshire, but south carolina is the only place i don't have a job. and so i will sneak into south carolina. i love iowa. my first speech three months ago, on the other candidates are there. i get up in iowa, the crowd and say we'll eliminate the subsidy. my god they thought they were going to be heart attacks. my point is we can do anything together. how about xml? i thought poland tea and newt gingrich and those guys were going to die. buddy, you can't win. you can't lead. witho

ron kirk. >> as a fellow texan i cannot tell you how proud i am of harry johnson of his love and commitment andwardship of this wonderful project, and even though that was the cheekiest way for hary -- harry to yet again ask me for more money, i am proud to be a part of tonight's kickoff for this wonderful week. as i listen to the remarks from our brothers from general motors and tommy hilfiger, i couldn't help but think about my experiences growing up in austin texas which at the time was as segregated as any place in the country. i grew up as a first generation beneficiary of the civil rights movement, and for me to comment on what it is to be here a son of the civil rights movement, it is my privilege to honor the children of dr. martin luther king and coretta scott king who are here with us tonight. [applause] applause [applause] you have heard from each of us how each of us viewed dr. king's work or informed it, and i can't help but think how dr. king's galvanzing work demonstrated the powerful combinations of theology to inspire him to take actions collectively and individually to transfo