congressman dennis kucinich.teresting year ahead. >> happy new year. >> same to you. >>> next, some proof that things tend to balance out just as one prominent couple calls it quits. another big name's ready to say i do, again. we also have much more from iowa. two-time caucus winner bob dole tells us who he thinks should win this year. wanted to visit us...ausso manye in louisiana. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldn't wait to get here. this year was great but next year's gonna be even better. and anyone who knows the gulf knows that winter is primetime fun time. the sun's out and the water's beautiful. you can go deep sea fishing for amberjack, grouper and mackerel. our golf courses are open. our bed and breakfast have special rates. and migrating waterfowl from all over make this a bird watcher's paradise. so if you missed it earlier this year, come on down. if you've already been here come on

and dennis kucinich would say something like, i think we should get rid of the defense department and, ú&d they'd cut back to hillary and obama. but here with these republican debates, you're just like looking for thhm and you can't find the main characters because everybody -- rrn paul is saying like we could pay for the entire country with a dime and yoo know and then you have you know, rick perry just ssys we should execute everybody and you know if we don't, you know if we don't get rid of social securityythere won't be enough money to execute our children's childrenn-- [laughter] -- and, you kkow, thinks that libya is n asia andd you knnw, it's just so &-this creates a very target rich environmentt but the other thing that's beenni think good for all of these various fake news operations is that the actual media has lost all credibility. the cable news and lot of the newspaperr have really lost credibility. writing off a lot of the actual news stories..3 they're looking at jon stewart because they think, you know like in a court, inn3 a king's courtt the jester seems to be ttllin

the same year dennis kucinich ran an unsuccessful bid for congress. >> i start to see the system, andhe system is failing the american people right now. >> reporter: the eight swing states that have seen the biggest democrat disappearing act. colorado, florida, iowa, nevada, new hampshire, north carolina, and pennsylvania. >> i think the political state it is, everybody is scared about what's happening. >> people are searching for signs of improvement. >> mostly i blame the republicans. i think they're very much in the mode of just saying no, and are willing to take down the entire country and the economy just to make sure that obama doesn't get reelected. >> i think the republicans are trying to make a play. what you saw happen with the house republicans last week was interesting. it was what the president wanted and what the house republicans wanted. >> reporter: in washington, 9 news now. >> though democrats have taken a big hit, according to this poll, they still dominate the political field with more than 42 million voters. but independents have shown the most growth since 2008.

exposing what was really going on behind closed doors back in two thousand and six congressman dennis kucinich knew what the knew that this law would be abused and he went on the house floor and said this. there are some specific principles with respect to humane treatment of animals and my concern about this bill is that it could have a chilling effect on people who the law says well their first amendment rights are protected but the law also is. it in such a way as to have a chilling effect on the exercise of the constitutional right to protest i understand the intent here but i just think that. it's going to be very careful about painting everyone with the broad brush of terrorism who might have a legitimate objection to a to a type of research or treatment of animals that is not humane and so i unfortunately his colleagues didn't listen and today it looks like these animal rights abuse or these animal abusing corporations as succeeded now the patriotic activists who are well within their first amendment rights to engage in protests boycotts and whistleblowing are being treated like identif

we want a candidate not in the dennis kucinich wing of running for president. >> michele bachmann isclinging to her campaign in iowa, no longer talking about what she'll do as president, but rather explaining why her iowa campaign chair kent sorensen, abruptly deflected to the ron paul campaign. >> clearly what that reflected was the nervousness on the part of the ron paul campaign that they were losing steam in iowa. they told all of our campaign that he was on board and got in his car and announced he was going with the ron paul campaign. he told me specifically that he was offered a great deal of money and that's why he was leaving. >> kent sorensen says it's not about the money.ç it's about stopping romney. >> i believe we're at a time when michelle is not going to win iowa. he came to my aid when i was in two tough battles. do not want mitt romney to be running for our nominee. i was never offered a nickel from the ron paul campaign. >> mitt romney who used to be afraid lest anyone think he care about the results of the iowa caucus is now so confident of victory in iowa that he

the same year ohio congressman dennis kucinich ran an unsuccessful bid for the white house. >> when i first came to congress, i came there with the intention of trying to make the country a better place. i still want to do that but i start to see the system and the system is failing the american people right now. >> the eight swing states have seen the biggest democrat disappearing act, colorado, florida, iowa, nevada, new hampshire, new mexico, north carolina and pennsylvania. >> you know, i think the political state it is, everybody is scared about what's happening. >> people are searching for signs of improvement. >> mostly, i blame the republicans. i think they're very much in the mode of saying no. they're willing to take down the entire country and the economy just to make sure obama doesn't get re-elected. >> i think the republicans are trying to make a play. what you saw happen with the house democrats last week was interesting. they were trying to get a year deal and somehow in the media, it was turned around that they were being obstinate by the fact it was what the presiden

that means -- well, as dennis kucinich explained when he voted against this bill.he explained, this means if you had hoped that diplomacy would be a way to end this situation peacefully, it is a pretty big deal that the house essentially voted to ban diplomacy as a means of trying to resolve differences between our country and iran. also it has caused iran's own currency called the riyal to lose a third of its value in the last three months. that's inspired many to rush gold and dollars. if the money you normally have is losing value rapidly, you want to preserve your wealth. so iranians have been lining up at banks to buy any currency other than their own. anything but the riyal. here at home, another version of sanctions on iran's central bank made their way into the defense bill that president obama signed into law last week. the administration was against it. against that amendment. but congress passed it and president obama signed it into law anyway. so now iran is showing off its military right in the strait of hormuz. that is a threat both to europe and to u

dennis kucinich will face 14 term congresswoman marcy kaptur. the reason?islature voted earlier to kpin their two districts. we talk about voter i.d. laws which we'll get to later in the show. redistricting is an issue if we're talking about the democratic process. i want to talk -- one thing that seems too defy logic is why states have -- leave it up to the legislature and the party currently in control to redistrict -- basically draw the battle lines. it would seem to serve you not so well depending on where your party is at. >> it's about self-preservation. give it to the legislature to protect themselves and protect their jobs and you would hope idealistically speaking protect the constituents. it's about maintaining power for the individual or individuals or the party that's running things when they happen to be in power every ten years when this happens. >> or both parties, two-party system. they cut deals, right? majority does do thing in majority favor but minority goes along with it. it completely denies voters' choice and makes it hard for third p

we want a candidate that is not in the dennis kucinich wing of the democratic party running for presidentn, that was a shot at foreign policy. look, i went to a bunch of paul events yesterday. his entire message is an anti-war message. it isn't a little bit about the fed anymore. it is almost -- it is central to what he's doing. this is not about prying paul supporters away. those folks that are there, that is the number one thing they like. >> what santorum is trying to do is remind the main stream republicans who like paul's small government message. that's not all you're getting with ron paul. you are also getting somebody who comes from the isolationist wing of american politics. i think that explains the rise in paul's negatives because folks out here who have seen his tv ads don't necessarily realize this is somebody who is to the left of the party's main stream on foreign policy. i think if we do see paul slip here in the final days it is going to be because he ultimately can only get his hard core supporters and he loses the main stream regular republicans. >> who kind of like the

know, last time in 2008, six candidates in both parties managed to get on the ballot, including dennis kucinichidn't have a lot of resources, so, you know, i think, i saw the gingrich campaign was claiming it's too own herrous for them to get the correct address so you have to have your address match what's on the voter rolls, but that's not a great argument in a republican primary, you know, for all of the voter fraud. >> it's not a great, it's not a great argument and the problem is, too, that listen, newt gingrich would be great against obama, i think, and when it deals with policy and the fact that he's proven himself dealing with the contract with america. however, if you can't get on the ballot in one state and in another state, you don't think it's important, that's a problem, it's like he's snubbed his nose at the people in the show me state. >> i imagine virginia is not happy about it, what do you do as a candidate, angela. do you campaign at some point, ignore it completely and focus on iowa and new hampshire as kirsten raised? >> you can't afford to ignore it completely. as i stated

i think ron paul's -- as i've said many times in the dennis kucinich win in the democratic party on national security. that's not a good thing to contrast with president obama. i've mentioned mitt romney's problems with respect to a lot of the issues that i think are important to contrast in this election. health care being first among them. so, yeah, i'll draw my contrasts. but they're good people. i'd vote for them over barack obama. but we need something better. we can't settle at a time when our country needs major changes on national security and economically and with our culture. we need someone who can paint a very different vision than barack obama, to be able to lead, not only win the election, but to be able to rally the american public with that mandate to do something that's going to save our country. i think we provide a much better remedy than what they do. >> and rick perry is going after you. it's been sort of a battle of the ricks this year. some have called it a race for third place. but let me ask you, i know you want to win, but he's gone after you on these earmarks that

and dennis kucinich got in on the democratic side. so the rules are tough, but they are definitely doable. you know, gingrich not getting on the ballot, it's going to hurt. it will hurt him in prior states like iowa and new hampshire. are you going to vote for a guy who doesn't even make the ballot in later states? >> thank you. pleasure talking to you both. for the latest political news, go to our website, cnnpolitics.com. >>> coming up, the weather outside is frightful. we'll tell you where the holiday travellers could get stopped in their tracks. if you're flying today, y you'l want to listen in. there are some airport delays. that coming up just ahead. >>> and when irving kahn talks, people listen. we talk with this seasoned stockbroker. he is 1 06 years old, and guess what, still on the job. his story after the break. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for our military, veterans and their families. from inves

and i think, finally, we know the answer to that question now that dennis kucinich has said that he'll run in that mistake by the lake. >> um, all right, i am going to open it up -- >> one quick comment. >> yes. >> and a question -- [inaudible] on the comment, i agree, the california experiment is going to be fascinating -- >> put your mic up. >> it's going to be fascinating to watch. louisiana has had it for a long time, smaller state, but it's going to be fascinating to watch that, and it could offer some of the answers, dan, to your question. second, a little anecdote. in the 1990 texas redistricting, martin frost, my colleague from dallas, got two rural counties. i mean, he'd been accustomed to representing the inner city of dallas, and he got two rural counties. within 48 hours martin called me and said, charlie, i'm going to need your help in the next election. would you come in to my two rural counties and say i'm okay for a city boy? and i said, sure, martin. it's not because we're good friends, we are. it's not because we're fellow democrats, we are. it's because you're going

he's even to the left of dennis kucinich. don't laugh. that was rick santorum. this, ron paul would be dangerous as president. that is michele bachmann. your response to that, doug? >> there is nothing dangerous about the u.s. constitution. if blocking the straits of hormuz or some other action by iran was deemed as an act of war, we decided we needed to react, as a president he would take it to the u.s. constitution, to the u.s. congress. we would decide to declare war. we would win it and we would get out. that's what he believes. the u.s. constitution is not dangerous. it's dangerous to take these risks of avoiding --. gregg: i'm trying to run through a bunch of subjectses. >> okay, gregg. gregg: here are some of the economic ideas. we heard some of them in the introduction. cutting one trillion in spending the first year alone. terminate five cabinet agencies. lower corporate tax rate to 15%. eliminate capital-gains taxs. narrow the new health care law. repeal sarbanes-oxley, the corporate financial reporting. doug, rick santorum, took a look at that and sai

>> ron paul is in the dennis kucinich wing of the democratic party when it comes to national securityticular good contrast for us coming into the general election. have ron paul who, anyone, in fact i have said his pledge day one to withdraw all of our troops. we have this issue with the straits of hormuz. under ron paul the fifth fleet wouldn't be there. they would come home. and iran would control oil flow in this country. t wouldn't be in the south pacific and china would control that entire region of the world. this is the dangerous thing that ron paul presents. it is one of the reasons that a lot of iowans in the last week or so are starting to take a look at that and starting to look at a leader, someone with experience, someone who understands the issues and the threats that face us and i'm the candidate has the most experience. i served eight years on the armed services committee. i championed two pieces of major legislation through the united states senate on syria and iran. that is one of reasons that is helping us surge. jamie: let me jump to the economy and let me ask you.

dennis kucinich said he will run in that mess. >> i will open it up -- >> one quick comment -- the california experiment is going to be fascinating to watch. louisiana has had for a long time. watch that and it could offer some of the answers to your questions. redistricting, my colleague from dallas got two rural counties. he had been accustomed to representing the inner city. he got two raw cabbage and within 48 hours, he called me and said he will need my help. i said i would sure to help. it is not because we are good friends. it is not because we are fellow democrats. it is because you will be a better congressman next year the new record -- and you were last year and he will admit that. the fact that you have to do more than give lip service to a different perspective makes you a better congressperson. talking about the voting rights act, will the day ever come in which it is no longer applicable and if not, why not? >> if the voting rights act is no longer applicable it will be because the supreme court decides is no longer applicable. if you look at the likelihood of congress take man

that they are paying attention, they are interested and that we have members of congress like dennis kucinichive keith ellison who was just on the show the other day, ron paul talks to our channel often. that to me is a testament to people in washington are starting to pay attention. like i said hillary clinton has mentioned, the broadcasting board of governors mentioned it. we are definitely on the radar here. c-span: you had a fellow on their named tom hardman? >> guest: he also does a program, yes. c-span: americans used to be an organ. he's now moved in this area i guess he's based here doing a show? >> guest: yes he does a show here. it amazes me how he fits into one day but he still does a radio show and also has a one-hour tv show. c-span: is it called cross talk with peter blundell? >> guest: he said moscow. c-span: of his american? >> guest: he is american. yes but i've never met him. i don't know much about him. c-span: what is the rest of the day on rt? what can people see? >> guest: it depends. where the bureau now is in washington, d.c. we are rt america. so we focus on u.s. poli