>> boehner: no. >> stahl: how come? >> boehner: i don't know.lly, what happens is the president invites you. >> stahl: and you're a much better golfer than he is, right? >> boehner: he understands that. ( laughter ) >> stahl: which... and that's why he hasn't invited you? >> boehner: no, i don't know. but listen, playing golf with someone is a great way to really get to know someone. you start trying to hit that little white ball, you can't be somebody that you're not, because all of you shows up. >> stahl: so is this a hint? are you saying, "come on, mr. president, let's go get to know each other." >> boehner: we've talked about it. we've talked about it a number of times. it just hasn't happened yet. >> stahl: the president teased boehner about something else they share... >> obama: after all, we have a lot in common. he is a person of color... ( laughter ) although not a color that appears in the natural world. ( laughter ) >> stahl: debbie boehner, his wife of 37 years, says he's had dark skin as long as she's known him. >> boehner: listen,

photos of generals dwight eisenhower omar bradley and george patton barton says that speaker john boehner is our dwight eisenhower in the battle against the obama administration what jordi leader eric cantor is our omar bradley and i want to be george patton put anything in my scope and i will shoot it wonderful wonderful so congressman barton is actually comparing the g.o.p. to world war two leaders and the obama white house as the enemy regimes of that era was born you know who the enemy was during world war two you know the nazis that's a really tasteful they at least he isn't calling democrats socialists right sounds like joe barton has done of the get made another dumb and irresponsible comment and that's why his nights to a time where. now for the holiday season how would you like to get your hands on the hottest item out there it's shiny it flies without a pilot and it can do a whole lot of damage any guesses yet well if you're thinking drones then you're right according to wired dot com several countries are looking to the united states to fulfill their christmas wish list it turn

boehner says. >> this is not any ordinary job.ever would would have ever thought that he'd be in this position. >> somebody who's gone from mopping this floor to being speaker of the house. >> yeah. doesn't happen every zpie welcome to america. >> yeah, gosh, what do you think they would have don nancy pelosi if she had gotten all worked up? they would said that she's unstable, couldn't do the job. ooh, yes, welcome to america where the republicans are using the unemployed to extort tax cut for the rich and john bane serabout to be rewarded for it. joining me now is congresswoman donna edwards. congresswoman, good to have you with us tonight. >> it's great to be with you, ed. >> do you think that john boehner might have some emotional issues? >> you know what i'm not going to begrudge john boehner his tears over sending to the house leadership but the question is what are we going to do for the unemployed whose benefits expire on december 1st, what are we going to do for homeowners who are losing their homes, what are we going to

this is not the old john boehner, you said. that's true. but the old john boehner was not dependent on the tea party. i saw this in my effort working for scott brown. leases sa murkowski, robert bennett, not simply that they disagreed with them substantively but they had to work with the democrats. boehner has people that he thinks shouldn't work with us. i wish we could expect more cooperation but this kind of name calling thaw just quoted it, that undermines any cooperation. >> i completely agree with your take. we've seen the republican party in the early stages of control in the house and taking the agenda of this president and congress hostage and taking the agenda that we need hostage. is there any hope and is this a vain hope on my part that the president will make an appeal to the nation, you could get the middle class tax cuts alone through the senate? could he persuade those wavering democrats and a few of the moderate republicans that this is good economics, that 60% of the american public wants it and it's critical to our future

as that scene faded out boehner lit up a smoke then i could see why, this is no joke. potus was running hard in the tropical sand birth certificate clutched real tight in his hand. can't be too careful, he told his wife's mother, arizona police may be here undercover. it's been a tough year, difficult trip and wouldn't you know, i busted my lip. my own party against me, will that be my fate or can old clinton teach me to triangulate. my dream got confusing i really was torn, the old bull still fought locking horn against horn, the way they were acting it was sure easy enough to see no good thing coming from this kind of stuff. then i thought of this year and for all the bad talk, how before it was over, the lame duck did walk. the start treaty was beginning to gel, taxes stayed even, we can ask and yes tell. that's why i can close this holiday letter, with happy new year to all. it's bound to get better. back in a minute. >> schieffer: that's all the time we have for today. thank you for watching "face the nation." harry smith will be here next week. i'll be at the ros

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boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >>> it's my party and i'll cry if i want to. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, one down, one to go. the senate has just passed the tax bill that angered so many on the far left and the far right, a number of progressives are still promising to fight it in the house but our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows americans left, right and center approve of the bill, which raises two questions. why is the minority making all the noise and why is the majority staying silent? two great questions. and speaking of today's poll, it has some surprisingly good news for president obama. contrary to the buzz, voters have not given up on the president. that includes independent voters. truly alarming, by the way, in terms of numbers, are the latest test scores that show american schoolchildren falling behind further and further the rest of the world. is it because unions keep us from firing bad teache

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>> boehner. arthel: who do you say, bob? >> choose boehner, bob!dding me, i've played golf with boehner. it would not be close. basketball, i'd give it to obama, but no, it's no, not close. arthel: all right. >> they should put a repeal of obamacare on a golf game! arthel: guys, talk to you soon. bill: double or nothing on hoops! >>> arthel, it might be the mother of all reality tv shows, sarah palin meets kate gosselin, true story. the former governor, meeting kate and her # kids, together for tlc's latest episode of sarah palin's alaska. here is a portion of that. watch for yourself: >> can i try one? >> oh yeah. >> it doesn't touch the bear? >> nothing hits the bear. it's just a firecracker. it stays at the end of the barrel. pop that off. there you go. >> whoa! >> holy -- [laughter] >> that felt good. it does! and it smells good! >> want to give it a try? okay, i'm going to push the safety off for you. the safety is now off. it's ready to go. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> whoa, that was a good shot! >> what did i hit? >> bill: how about that recoil? it's a 12 g

now that boehner did it? >> yeah. >> did it?ndearing to watch george herbert walker bush do it he talks about his family and he cries it just she is human side. >> let's take a look, here he is defending his tendency to emote. here is a boehner. >> what you see is what you get. i know who i am. i'm comfortable in my own skin and everybody who knows me knows i get emotional about certain things. >> here is what speaker pelosi said about her counterpart, mr. boehner, "he is known to crime he cries sometimes when we are having a debate on bills. if i cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that but when he comes -- it comes to politics, no, i don't cry. i have deep emotion about the american people. if i were to cry for anything, i would cry for them and the policies" -- oh, come on. just too much talk about this from these -- is this comparative crying? >> exactly. my tears are more normal than your tears it makes no sense whatsoever. it is ridiculous. >> i don't think the public cares. >> michelle and i ha

he can't feel anything. >> i like boehner.because he smokes, but why can't the republicans just do normal -- >> please don't cry. >> can't they find a normal person somewhere? >> i think he is normal. >> he is normal, but he's emotional. >> look, i have cried in interviews. i can get choked up. >> the bottom line is if obama cried they would collect the tears in the bottles like it was the blood of christ. >> i can't be a hipocrite. if obama cried i would be the first ridiculing and laughing at him. and therefore i cannot sit here and go to boehner going, oh look at his sensitive side. frankly, that was more than crying. that was blubbering. >> it was intense and a little uncomfortable, but i won't hold it against him. >> is he just showing his sensitive side? isn't that a good thing? >> for one thing he is my kind of cryer. he cries about love, not sad things. >> that's true. >> he is overwhelmed with emotion. "toy story 3" probably left him in pieces. they were happy tears. >> well, he cries over things he is grateful for wh

i think there's a lesson to be learned for incoming speaker boehner.n election night he got emotional. he's known for being emotional. barbara walters on "the view" had harsh words to say about it. >> incoming house speaker john boehner known to get emotional cried several time during an interview on "60 minutes" that has a lot of people asking would his tears get a different reaction if he was a woman. >> this guy has an emotional problem every time he talks about anything that is not raise taxes, he cries. [ laughing] >> if had seen nancy pelosi all these past years, crying what would you say? >> sean: there's a part of me that wishes he wouldn't do it. i'm going to be honest. >> he does because that his -- back to 1994 what did news week manage soon say about crying what did they say about -- "newsweek" magazine say about crying? when it is a liberal who is crying they love it. they don't believe conservatives have he motion. they believe all we care about is tax cuts and global warming and other ways of polluting the planet and destroying mother ea

you're what's his name -- >> john boehner? >> boehner. you're boehner and you're steny hoyer. you hold about 30 or 40 members an hold them in cattle stalls around the leadership. you say, you can't leave the floor until we have your vote. it's called corralling. right? >> that's why they call it prime rib. >> that's how it works on the hill. howard's down there covering the mark foley race for mayor, aren't you, down in west palm beach? >> i'm getting some perspective on the world inside the beltway, let's put it that way. >> i think you're getting a wider view and brighter view and warmer view. howard, thank you, you deserve a break, at least for one day at least. anyway, thank you. from the southland, howard fineman, richard wolffe up here in the coldest washington has been since i can remember. >> next year in palm beach. >>> coming up, the clinton/obama alliance is the most important political coalition we've come across in years. it's certainly helping to unify the democrats who can use unity. boy, is it interest to watch. we have two clinton heavyweights coming here toni

john boehner will be in charge. it's his party and, as congressional correspondent nancy cordes reports, he'll cry if he wants to. >> making sure that these kids have a shot at the american dream... like i did. it's important. >> reporter: americans who watched "60 minutes" last night saw a side of their new speaker that's familiar to those on capitol hill. >> and i think the top of our list... is providing for the safety and security of the american people. >> reporter: he cries. >> now my nose is running. >> reporter: what set you off that time? the water works earned him ribbing today. >> we call him the weeper of the house. >> this guy has an emotional problem. >> reporter: but in his 20 years in office, republican john boehner of ohio has never been afraid to show his softer side. >> when are we going to defeat them! i put my... myself through school... working every rotten job there was. >> reporter: crying in public derailed ed musky's political aspirations in 1972 and haunted pat schroeder in 1987. >> it was

i have a feeling that boehner will be able to keep support behind it. but remember that this bill is only popular because of the unemployment extension that president obama said that he fought for. and i think that that's important to remember going forward. if it goes into the new year, the president has the moral authority here and the public support to say, look, we need to have this. and we need to have a better bill than this. i absolutely reject the notion and i think adam will back me up here that this is the best we can do and we have to take it because there's this absolute deadline of december 31st. >> jane, you have written in the past that you felt that they should be taking a deal, making the best deal possible in order to avoid the rate increase and other problems on january 1st. >> in order to be able to protect specifically the 99ers, the 2 million people who are unemployed who are not having their unemployment insurance benefits extended and these people are left out of this deal. if they don't try to do something for these people in th

it made me feel bad for john boehner.t made me realize what a hard couple of years he's about to have. if you talk to his staff, he would like to believe he's not going to be a partisan, polarizing speaker like his pred serw predecessors. he would like to bring the house together. this who is he sees himself as. he has a base that won't let him use the word "compromise" when you are in that position, when you need to legislate on the country and to please people so extreme they're against the very idea of making a deal with the other party, you're going to have a tough couple of years ahead of you. sounds good on "60 minutes" but it's real testify when you cut that deal. >> there are those who suggested if nancy pelosi cried, it would have been viewed differently about the first lady just got a standing ovation. now, she's commenting on the nutrition bill. let's hear from her. >> to work very hard to make sure that this bill was a priority in the session, and i am grateful to you. >> because i would have been sleeping on

john boehner has said they don't be does not want that to happen. yesterday i heard that there is some acclamation to shrink the size of committees and some freshmen are afraid that if they shrink the size of the committees to much, none of the freshmen would get on 'a' committees. they feel they represent the desire for change. if they all get but 'b' committees, that is not responding to the will of the people. that would be an interesting test. whether they take a lot of time off -- congress gets sworn in and takes three weeks off. the members of this class say they want to go to work. how quickly they have a vote to undo some of the worst parts of all bombcare or -- obamacare and if they take that seriously and genuinely work to pass legislation repealing it and replace it with better things and offering good ideas to solve the problems in health care, all of that will be early tests. the big one people talk about is the vote to increase -- increase the debt limit. that will come very soon and that will test if republicans are truly committed to

leader boehner, speaker-designate boehner, got choked up on the things you would find somebody who'siot getting choked up about. i didn't have a problem with it. i sat and watched the interview on sunday night. i thought it was perfectly appropriate, and i thought what "60 minutes" was trying to do was find something that they could find to suggest that the man is mentally unstable, and i really think d. megyn: what about that, leslie? listen, so you're not a crier from the sound of it. you know, listen, i'm pregnant, so i confess right now, i could cry right now. my first outburst might appear at any moment. >> megyn, i could cry right now, but i won't let myself. megyn: i think it's kind of sweet when i see a man or a woman crying. i don't usually get disturbed about it because they're so used to projecting strength, and when they show their human side, it makes you relate to them. you're having a very different reaction, leslie. >> oh, don't get me wrong, yes, it's nice to see that people are human, but i'm really, really -- especially being a woman in this business, okay? i feel

barbara walters said, quote, boehner has an emotional problem, unquote. others are now questioning the emotional stability of a man who would be second in line to the presidency. of course, there's some stereotypes at work here. you may recall back in 2008 hillary clinton revived her presidential campaign when she started blubbering in a new hampshire diner. the voter saw those tears as showing her human side. if a man cries, typically it's seen as a sign of weakness. when nancy pelosi was recently asked about boehner's crying, she says she cries about a personal loss, quote. but when it comes to politics, no, i don't cry. unquote. where pelosi is concerned, it's the tack pairs who usually cry. but then that's a story for another day. here is the question, did john boehner's crying on "60 minutes" diminish his credibility? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. >>> once the tax deal is out of the way, senate democrats want to take up a vital spending measure. this would continue after the current auth saiz runs out attend of the week. the bill provides for plenty of

. >> but john boehner told "60 minutes" that he is not for compromise. >> when you hear compromise, a lot of americans say, they are going to sell me out. >> and the vote this week, some democrats are angry about the tax cut for the rich and especially those who inherit millions of dollars. >> is this your line in the sand? >> i will have a difficult time. >> and kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill, and what are you looking to the nr the test vote today, kelly? >> well, it is an important first step, because we expect the senate to move this to the next point which is debate and shapes the next week. it will not get going until 3:00 this afternoon and to give you a matter of the sense of what is going on. normally the votes go by quickly, but harry reid will leave the vote open for hours if necessary to allow the senators who are traveling back with the bad weather around the country today. and this vote will signal what people are prepared the do. you heard dick durbin saying that they have the democrats on the whole spectrum of the party willing to go along with this. some of them ar

it's a huge victory for the white house depending on how you look at it, but john boehner is already giving the president the cold shoulder. by commentary on that, plus reaction from house majority whip, jim clyburn and ohio senator sherrod brown coming up in the program tonight. >>> darrell icea is planning a witch-hunt against the obama white house, but democrats are ready with a counteroffensive. there is a big development in the democratic strategy tonight. congressman dennis kucinich will join me to talk about it in the bottom of the hour in the "battleground" story. >>> and coming up, "club ed" lizz winstead finds common ground with sarah palin? plus, michele bachmann has just been named to the intelligence committee. l lizz will have something to say about that but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. the hostagetakers of the republican party got $9 billion in ransom and now let's see if they will have the character to let the american people free on the job front. now the party of no just got everything they wanted when the president signed the tax compromise bill

have you guys been following the john boehner story?as on "60 minutes" this past sunday, and he cried, like, three times during the interview. i guess he's a pretty sensitive guy, john boehner. i like him. he's actually talking to the press right now. let's watch via satellite. >> we now join the speaker of the house-elect, congressman john boehner, in a press conference already in progress. >> and that's why i think a tax deal is totally unacceptable for america. i'll now open the floor to questions. >> congressman boehner. >> yes? >> what do you think of republicans' attempts to repeal parts of obama's health care law? >> well, look, there -- there are some things in there that i don't obviously agree with, but president obama worked -- [ laughter ] -- worked very hard, very hard on it. [ laughter ] hard work is part -- it's part of the american dream. [ laughter ] i can't talk about health care. next question. next question. >> yes. as a politician, do you use any websites to communicate with your constituents, like twitter? >> i am

boehner. is he stable?ould president obama be president obama if he acted like this on the campaign trail? >> no. that's easy. short answer. no. i don't know what to say. look, he cries a lot and he cries inexplicably. when he talks about his humble ornlgsens, maybe he's crying because he feels guilty about the fact he sided with the rich and powerful against the interest of people like the family he comes from. i don't know. i can't psychoanalyze the guy. it is a little bit strange that it seems to detached from anything that would necessarily trigger tears. unlike speaker pelosi. >> and this is a man who has obviously very -- he's very sensitive. he says no to the unemployed repeatedly and beyond that, he says he rejects compromise. isn't it a jekyll and hyde? >> it's clearly a jekyll and hyde. he's not cries for the growing number of families living in poverty. the growing number of children living in poverty. the people who have been kicked

john boehner practiced when he preached in this tax bill. they found common ground which was a signature issue in the white house. the president rain against the bush tax cuts and what john boehner was talking about was compromise principle. it's a battle of semantics, what you call it. the most important thing is what you do. i think john boehner is willing to find common ground, not willing to compromise his principles in the old tradition of ronald reagan who worked with democrats. megyn: dick, it's interesting to hear him say this he's not going to compromise, that he wants common ground, when we have steny hoyer who is the majority in the house saying the senate is going to vote on this tax deal and it's going to come to the house and you can expect some changes by the house in particular with respect to the estate tax. the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell already said this is the deal. and they said joe biden went to the house and senate saying this is the deal take-it-or-leave-it. he's talking about changing it just lik

boehner. is he stable?

boehner as speaker boehn boehner. >> he has been a fairly mediocre chairman.om the standpoint of min especially. the rga and these outside groups really thrived because people didn't want to give money to the rnc because they didn't know what michael steele was going to do with it. you need someone who is an honest broker and who will be able to run an organized campaign to revitalize the republican party. >> two things. there are two rules. one is the spokesman rule, the other -- and gorge bush. they were the spokesmen. then you get guys under him, really raise the money. ipg that combination is good. the problem is we don't have a president who can make that selection. >> here's the president, prepared remarks -- that reference was taken on what -- did report -- is he saying if you dump me for a white guy, you're dumping a black guy for a white guy. >> lincoln did not pick a black guy in those years, chris. there's no question about it that one of the attributes steele's got is that he was an outspoken republican who won a credible race hand thought he would

. >>> and chances are john boehner does not take the gavel in three weeks, but the white house is working behind the scenes to build a relationship with the republicans. >>> and speaking of republicans, will he stay or go? decision day for republican national committee chairman michael steele. >>> plus, the case for ratifying s.e.a.r.t. and we will speak with sam nunn, the former author of the initiative. >> if i come to you and say, mr. mayor, i want to take a hard look at this and this is not a vanity play and we could win this thing, would you change your mind? >> no way no how. >> no way, no how. mayor michael bloomberg says he is not running, but he is offering a new political vision, politics without labels. this hour we will talk with another key player behind the effort. los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. >>> and michelle ree is not done fighting. we will have more on that union fight as msnbc continues. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington, and we begin with news that ta virginia judge has struck down part of the president's health care law as unconstitutional. and pete, l

classic john boehner i was best and you notice how his face got a different shade of orange what his blood pressure went up we later discovered why he was upset there was a ten percent tax on tanning in the health care bill and even though he denies that boehner has to use spray on tan i mean nobody nobody looks like that naturally and finally tonight's other political moment goes to new york congressman anthony weiner he was the live it over republicans in the house using procedural moves to block a vote of health care for nine eleven first responders and i agree with him on this one so here's his very memorable outburst. if you think this is a bad idea to provide health care. because we do. the job we do not sit down i look up. to this person sitting. anthony weiner taking republicans to task that was good stuff and not something you see every day on the floor of the capitol passion. is a good thing and it makes for some great t.v. so there you have jan brewer john boehner and anthony weiner the top three who created the most buzz for their stumbles screams and rants here's looking

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and that prompted john boehner to say this very colorful, i guess, we'll call it a sound bite. >> trying to catch my breath so i don't referring to this maneuver gone on today as chicken crap, all right. but this is nonsense. the election was one month ago, we're 23 months from the next election, and the political games -- >> yeah, as you can imagine, chicken crap popping up on twitter over and over again from reporters off the hill. but back to these votes in the senate, none are expected to get these 60 votes that are needed to pass. the real action going on right now behind closed doors where the white house, republicans, democrats, are continuing their efforts to hammer out a compromise and time is running out. >> it's interesting because democrats prior to the election said we need to use this. this is a slam dunk for us in terms of most people agree with our side about it. and you have a poll about what people say. >> yeah, there's some division

republican john boehner says congress must ac now to cut spending and extend those tax cuts for everyone. if you are looking for a job you might find one at th next job journal hire event. it's next tuesday from 11:00 to 3:00 at the windham hotel in san jose. >> the meers of the president obama budget deficit committee voted in favor of a plan to flash the nation's growing

>> there are compromises, but john boehner has tenuous ground to track with these tea party guys. for all the people in washington who like compromise, not all compromises are good and boehner knows that and wants to set the tone headed into january. he's not the spieaker yet. >> you've got pollsters involved here. i have a feeling somewhere focus groups -- i've stheen happen -- focus groups saying we don't like the word compromise. so you're trying to avoid the word compromise because it means weakness. >> i wasn't even going to throw cornell's profession under the bus with that criticism, but clearly, you know, john boehner feels that word connotes weakness. i really don't care what you call it, but it's interesting that he feels that is a sign of weakness and he wants to avoid the word. as long as we can find the common ground and build on it, that's a good day in washington. >> let's look at this one. since we have the pollsters front and center, this one to you first. a poll out tudjman, the president's approval rating is at 42% prk d, disapprove at 50%. let's look at his app

i think, i don't think boehner has to do that.dslide, the biggest shift in house power since 1948, what is they really want? what does he owe them as a legitimate part of a free society? calmly and methodically get it done. he has so far. his reaction has been to try to get the president to understand there was an election, which the president still seems to be confused about and communicate in a calm way. if they don't pass the tax bill before the end of the month my guess is the republicans win the house will pass no tax increase on anyone, no later than the 15th of january. >> chris: you talk about the president and i want you to analyze this from his point of view. you said that the period between the midterm and the "state of the union" is the defining moment for this presidency. how so? >> look, every president can redefine themselves every 30 days. the presidency is powerful and central to the society presidents have huge ability to regenerate themselves. he has an opportunity to stop. i read david plouffe's book, i recomme

. >> reporter: to drive home that no-compromise message on tax cuts, boehner later issued a statement insisting that the president must agree to stop all the tax hikes or new house majority will in january when boehner will be speaker of the house. the president did offer an olive branch, taking some responsibility for partisan tensions. >> i was encouraged by the president's remarks regarding his perhaps not having reached out enough to us. >> reporter: but republicans did not return the peace offering. the president also pleaded with republicans to help ratify the stark nuclear weapons treaty with russia but republicans dug in their heels. despite the lack of concrete progress, boehner called the meeting "very nice." >> of course, we've had a lot of very nice meetings. the question is can we find the common ground the american people expect us to find. >> reporter: both sides behaved themselves in this meet bug we've learned that doesn't mean much. what matters is the next meeting the one where each side has to give something up and nobody's ready to give anything up. >> reporter: p

the -- john boehner.lot of federal strings attached to the dollars that come back to our states and what boehner is interested in doing is to clear out the strings and let us be able to design solutions for the problems this we have. >>neil: so this was no talk about killing off health care, that infer came up. >>guest: we are talking about a private meeting and i know it gets me in trouble with the press when i don't want to talk about secret meetings but that was no the thrust of what happened with john boehner yesterday, what we are interested in because we know we are in a time where we will get fewer dollars, we will take the fewer dollars but do not attach the screens so we cannot design the programs so solve our own problems. and it is always a problem in washington. i dealt with it 18 years i was leader when i was chairman of cf the budget committee. >>neil: the reason i ask and i don't know whether your attorney general was among those trying to fight this in the courts. >>guest: the current atto

so speaker boehner assuming the obligation to buy health insurance will be found unconstitutional by the supreme court, assumes that other parts will, as well. >>neil: but didn't a judge say that was not the case? the beef was with the you have for get health care coverage. >>judge napolitano: the reminder of the statute was not before him. the only thing before him --. >>neil: the allowance, and all of that he said was untouched. >>judge napolitano: correct, so john boehner is saying to the states, before you raise your taxes and spend them the way the congress hold you, before you set up the co-opts and exchanges , if there could be no market for those things, and the rest of the statute could, therefore, crumple so i suggest to you, governor chris christie of new jersey, by way of example, and a friend of ours and one we admire, do not do it yet. because this house of cars could clap. that is a great american tradition of states. he is in risk violating the law but sometimes the feds are toothless, if 47 states say they are not complying with the real i.d. action, and the penalty