. >> he's pointed out that other candidates, evan bayh, for example, former senator, he lives in washingtonnd votes in indiana. you know, mitt romney voted for a while out of his son's basement in massachusetts. you know, how -- and didi is saying, you know, count these -- it's all kind of selective. they have all different laws around the country and everything seems to be different sometimes. >> well, we had a state supreme court ruling that evan bayh was eligible to run. charlie white misrepresented where he lived and he was still collecting salary as a town board member in fishers, i understand. that's the rub. >> you don't need that. they haven't had the trial and anybody can be accused of anything. that's unfair. to say that bob vasilly, he came in second. yeah, charlie white won 88 out of 92 counties overwhelmingly. hoosier state voted for charlie white. he deserves a break. he deserves a chance and his day in court. and to not have this liberal judge say let's throw it out. election commission doesn't matter. >> you know what, but didi disagrees with the judge because the ruling, th

former democratic senator evan bayh, ed rollins a first time panelist but the campaign manager for ronald reagan and mike huckabee and earlier this year, michele bachmann. and fox news political analyst juan williams. bill, are i can say with some relief all 13 2011 debates now over. two weeks of retail campaigning to go before the iowa caucuses. how you do you you handicap the race at this point? >> i wrote an editorial a couple of weeks entitled i do not know and i will repeat it. i do not know what will happen in iowa. i do not know what will happen in the race. it won't close early and the all the talk about whoever wins iowa is going to win everything or people are going run the table i don't buy that. i think it is honestly wide open. newt gingrich got pummeled with week with millions of dollars in tv ads. will he survive that? can he stablize? my instinct is that he has been through the worst and gingrich remains stronger than people in washington think he does but i can't prove that. >> let me pick up on to that. people in the rest of the country can't get the sense that every com

bill crystal of the weekly sad, former democratic senator evan bayh, ed rollins a first-time panelistaign manager for ronald reagan and mike huckabee, and earlier this year michele bachmann, and fox news political analyst juan williams. bill, i can say with some relief, all 132011 debates are over. we've got basically two weeks of retail campaigning to go before the iowa caucuses. how do you handicap the race at this point? >> i wrote an editorial a couple weeks ago entitled "we do not know." i will repeat it on the air, i don't know know what will happen in iowa, in the race. the one thing i know it won't close early and all the talk about whoever wins iowa will win everything, people will run the table, i don't buy that, but i think it's honestly wide open. newt gingrich got pummeled this week with million dollars of dollars of tv add ads in iowa, d free media after he made some mistakes. my instinct is he's been through the worst of it and gingrich remains stronger than people in washington think he does, but i can't prove that. >> somebody who spent three days in iowa, sioux city,

senator evan bayh, thank you for your time today.reilly's culture quiz. the following question follows a recent christmas controversy, a move by atheists in washington state to horn the winter stole advertise in the state capitol and a christmas tree. here is mr. o'reilly on that. >> what agent monument is believed to have been built to be perfectly aligned with the sunset with the winter stole cyst which one is aligned with the solist. that is correct stone hedge in england. you guys been there. >> yes. >> very interesting you get these big rocks, no one whose how they got there. >> i think lincoln chafee put them there. >> how about when the griswolds went there and knocked them over. bill: who won? martha: i did. we were calling him lincoln chafee last night. you're always now. martha: for our purposes here and now, sure i win. i say i have a news program in the morning from 9 to 11 every day as well. oh, really? it's fun as always. we have a good time. all right, so more serious stories coming up here folks. we talked about it th

but it's just -- if you get to know the members of congress, evan bayh who was at this press conferencethis reform, i think he was in the senate for 14 years and three times had meetings with members of the other party. that was stunning. and i don't think members now literally don't meet with other members at all. there used to be caucuses, monthly lunches, there's a series of steps here that would encourage members of the opposite party to meet on a regular basis with each other so they know each other. >> one final thing. harold and i working in congress for quite some time and we're deeply offended at this. >> uh-oh. >> make members come to work. what are you talking about? >> it's pretty radical. >> show up? >> you're getting out of bounds. >> we're pushing the limit here. great woody allen line. >> well, it was amazing. like during the debt ceiling debate, we actually tracked how often members were actually at work or showing up to work during this critical time when consumer confidence dropped 20 points, not because of the outcome, because of the nature of the debate and american