let's continue to talk about it with alan colmes and tammy bruce. y spent 16 years as a member of the house of representatives. in that time he managed to sponsor one bill that became a successful law and 15 amendments. that's an average of one a year. if this is such a burning issue to him, couldn't he have started working on it some years ago? >> we talked about everybody running for president and whether or not they have a good or bad legislative record? the only reason -- bernie sanders is getting media attention he never got before because he's running for president. if the media had given him more attention for the last 16 years we'd have a much more robust dialogue in terms of what really matters in this country. he's had the same message for a long time. >> he woke up -- >> no, the media's waking up to bernie sanders. >> no, you have got to be doing something to want to be able to make a difference. by the way to get into the house it was the most expensive campaign in vermont history. mr. social democrat, socialist democrat. money matters to

let's bring in alan colmes mike gallagher. both of fox news contributors. i'm making my way over to you. it's interesting to take it in perspective. >> the fear is there will be so many they are going to see republicans start cancelling each other out. i had the most refreshing conversation today with governor rick perry. he was about praising the other republicans in the field. he was talking about having worked with carly fiorina when he was governor of texas. i'm hoping republicans resist this circling firing squad. there are so many these guys risk alienating voters. >> yeah. go for it. >> like a ronald reagan optimism. >> it's interesting because last time around when there were a lot of republican candidates as well part of the strategy was to start the back biting because that was one way to try and get yourself noted. >> it was like the traveling vaudeville show with all these debates. they are smart to limit the debates this time. only 10 of the 415,000 candidates. i had john kasich on my show. he said he thinks this is doable for him. he is probab

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i got a note thanking nice things i said on alan colmes show.that he knew that i'm empathetic. also a little bit of a critic. i'm not shy about giving advice. in west wing there was young woman who was republican, basically bring her up every once in ail what ask you questions, we'll plan to do this, what do you think? i always wish the obama white house would put me in that position once in a while. melissa: maybe they're watching. >> with the nike thing, i could have said, are you crazy, the left is going to destroy you. i was quite paranoid meaning that meant i'm prepared. on mondays i didn't prepare for monday's briefing. i prepared for thursday's because i had to look ahead. if they hand you crap to say you have to make the crap better. send the crap back. bring me something a little bit better. melissa: was there somebody from the opposition in there giving you hints from the other side? >> entire media. we just had to read it every day. it wasn't hard. melissa: i can't wait to open it on sunday look surprised and then read it. thank you v

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. >> alan colmes goes from standup comedian to the fox news channel. how did that happen? also, the amazing stories behind much of our fox news talent. it's "did it you know that?" and it starts right now. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. it's the "did you know that" spectacular. for the next hour we will showcase the back stories of fox's fascinating talent and there is plenty of it. beginning with "fox & friends," co-anchor elisabeth hasselbeck and fox business anchor melissa francis. so you were born in rhode island. >> i was. >> right? you are a new englander. what kind of kid were you? >> as they say in long island i was a pretty wicked awesome kid. >> were you a bad kid? i can't look at her. >> i was pretty nice. >> so you grow up and you go to b.c., boston college. you are an eagle and you meet your husband tim hasselbeck quarterback on the team. >> wasn't what i envisioned. i thought i had that role figured out and it's not what i tho