dan miller. how do you know so much about politics, mr. miller ? let's just say i work for people in business who work with people in politics. i do not understand. what was wrong with jess' speech ? nothing. the bottom line is, you can make speeches until doomsday. what you need more than anything else is money. without that you haven't got a prayer. i have a few hundred dollars available. i would give it to jess in a second. no, i'm talking big money, as in lots of zeroes. well, that's not going to happen. of course not. jess is not going to win by buying votes. i'm sure you're right. well, good luck to you. and thank you for the coffee. what does he know ? probably a lot. [ narrator ] "government of the people, by the people and for the people--" a basic principle that is the foundation for governmt in the united states. most citizens see the close relationship between govement and the people... at the local level close to home. the mayor of a city or town represents the executive branch of local government. motion to second to approve recommend

dan in california, you're on the "stephanie miller show." hi, dan. caller: hi, stephanie. by law abiding citizens. they had no criminal background before they shot. stephanie: you're right. apparently everybody's a good guy with a gun until they're not, and then they're a bad guy with a gun. caller: i don't see the deal about being responsible with guns. i don't own one, but i was a veteran. they're only made to kill, so i don't understand the arguments of no regulations. stephanie: i know. yes, exactly. john from illinois, you're on the show. caller: hi. i got a couple little comments here. i don't know if everybody else would go with it, but i think congress should be paid on merit. stephanie: that would be a tough slog for them, wouldn't it? >> if they did they'd finally start getting something done in washington because all they've been trying to do is punish the president of the united states. they're not punishing him. they're punishing the country. stephanie: yeah. caller: by not getting anything done. stephanie: yep. caller: look how long it took to get sandy's rel

to my team, from dan, to lawrence, john stewart, a special shout out to our very own margaret miller who has spent much of the last seven years of her life helping make this dream come true. (applause) >> so, thank you, thank you, and truly happy new year to all. thanks. (applause) >> thank you, jeff. so, this is, again, one of those san francisco moments, right? we don't do things easy and we want to do things that are pushing the envelope. and one of the things that we're pushing the envelope on is trying to look at how we provide for the services for the families. and one of the things that this unique to this development is that we have the campaign for hope sf. and this is a campaign which is -- whose goal is to raise $25 million for funding of what they would call transformative or disruptive social services for the residents. the goal is to help the city overall do thing better, to find new things, to new services to provide, and to really transform the lives of the residents of today and tomorrow. as the mayor said, it's not about the bricks and mortars. it's about the lives

you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi, dan >> caller: i just watched marco rubio's performance last night. >> stephanie: yes? >> caller: the entire time i watched him he looked like a combination of herman cain and mitt romney. [ laughter ] all i could hear was charlie brown's schoolteacher. >> stephanie: exactly. yeah. apparently they had a -- there was a meeting of republicans. he stopped it. they were talking about immigration. and i guess he stopped in and they asked him if he was nervous about last night. he said -- no. why, do i look nervous? >> this is crazy. you're nervous. you're the one who's defensive. >> it's not him. it's me. >> i don't know what i'm saying. >> stephanie: karla in ann arbor, you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, stephanie. good morning. >> stephanie: good morning. >> caller: i thought the president nailed it! but you know, i love the part about the voting but the end was just -- brought tears to my eyes. how much -- enough is enough of this gun violence, my god. but being from mich