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commission and think that this, too, is washington at its worst. but when health care was being debated it was the democrats in charge, now it's the republicans so the g.o.p. is taking some of the blame. >> ifill: but the tea party has remained as active or not in these... in these districts and in the media. >> well, i think certainly tea party has remained active. but i think there's more of a split now between tea party activists at home and tea party lawmakers in washington and i think their goals often don't merge. when you look at earlier polls, poll wes did at the time in july during the debt ceiling debate, tea pay supporters wanted republicans and democrats to find some compromise and they thought the debt ceiling agreement should include both tax increases and cuts in spending whereas tea party lawmakers were saying we're not going to compromise and do anything like raise taxes, we're not even going to close tax loopholes because that might be seen as a tax increase. it's got to be done purely through cutting spending. so there was a diverge glens what people voting for tea party lawmakers wanted and what tea party lawmakers were trying to do. >

commission does nothing. we're really frustrated and i think that that frustration is we've seen the flavor of the week or month with regard to g.o.pates as they look for somebody who will take their fight to washington for whatever reason, they've had real question marks about whether or not romney would do that and so they've looked at a number of different alternative candidates. right now, gingrich is the guy standing. we'll see if that stays. >> all right. well, we thank you, governor, for joining us during this holiday week. thank you very much. have a happy new year. see you next year. >> you too. >> thank you. >> still ahead, who will be more successful in life? you or your kids. the new research might actually sfriez you. -- surprise you. drop that dessert. meet the woman who had her cupcakes confiscated by the tsa. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. ♪ oh, yeah ♪ 'cau