ambac what is it doing to the roads? is it cheering them up? >> no, -- is it chewing them up? the bank note, the suspensions are very good on the roads. i think the truckers would like to have everything a level playing field. the truckers, the truck makers and the truck drivers. the truck operators. the truck makers want to compete with their technology, their quality, on a level playing field. so they would like to have whatever regulations are in place, the same for everything. as for the truck operators, whether it is the driver or the big fleets, they want the same. they also won the enforcement the same. they do not want the road that truckers that cut you off getting away with it repeatedly, and they do not want bald tires. it is safe, economical. they do not want the bad apples spoiling it. >> there is not a person driving the highways that has not seen the police stations for trucks, the way stations. what happens at the way stations? all the -- the weigh stations? why does it have to be weighed after it is loaded? >> that is a brilliant question. it knows its weight

he wasn't well-known, though he has an impressive track record of being ambac-- ambassador to china,nd mitt are very close, newt and mitt are very close, a sentence you don't often utter. >> ron paul is also doing well in iowa, and romney has been about 23% the entire time. >> dave: the only criticism i hear of mitt romney is he's kind of stiff. why doesn't he loosen up. he ain't going loosen up. that is the guy he is. is that the worst thing we have in the white house say guy who's not, you know, wacky? he's not like-- gallagher or something, you know-- i mean is that really the worst thing you could say about him. >> that's true, yeah. the christmas parties would be great, though, if he was gallagher. >> dave: well, sure, don't kid yourself there. now listen, anderson, now you do this new year's eve thing. >> right. >> dave: and are you out there in the cold all night long. >> with cathy griffin. >> dave: and she's fun to be with, right? >> yeah, exhausting, but yeah, i mean we're friends and i like her but she-- you know, it's very cold out there but i never sweat more than i do i

ambac i think what we were doing was responding to a letter that was sent to us and sending the letter back in response. >> i am just curious because that would probably be the most efficient use of time and resources rather than the back and forth of making sure we have the language. >> my guess would be that having the director show up would be the person who would have to be briefed in order to do that exchange of information. it is probably better to have the people lower down and closer to the facts. if you look at the emails, you would see that was the case. >> in talking about that letter, do you know when the last time was that the department of justice had to withdraw a letter that it sent to congress? >> i don't know. >> so is it a rare thing? >> sure, it is a rare thing. >> i know that mr. gowdy already addressed the issue, but what sorts of policies or structural reforms have you put in place so that something like the grossly factually inaccurate letter sent to congress does not happen again? and if it does, that this department of justice will act more swiftly in withdraw