doug schoen is here, he's a former pollster for president clinton and a fox news contributor. is the chairman of gopac and organizations dedicated to electing republicans to state and local offices. good to see both of you. doug, i'm going to start with you. what do you think will be ultimately most harassing for the cain campaign, full, will it be the claims of sexual overtures or perhaps his inconsistencies? >> well, i think it's both. i think that the problem he has is that his story has changed. there are now three women who have come forward. the advantage that he's got is so far it's all anonymous sources making allegations that at least as far as the public record is concerned, are not specific. and yesterday the lawyer for one of the women, michael bennett, had said the woman might welcome forward. she didn't. so at this point, he's managing to get through it, but at the very least, the conversation has moved off the 9-9-9 plan to what herman cain did more -- did or didn't do. >> arthel: i'm talking about some of the factual mistakes that mr. cain has made and then sor

tonight on our great, great american panel he's a democratic pollster, he's work with bill clinton, doug schoenack., an emmy award winning comedian -- i don't know where you are heading. the word comedy has five letters in it. the comedy club. and you look very handsome tonight. not as nice -- do that again when you are on camera. there is real sexual harassment. the former spokeswoman for the house republican conference, currently the executive director of public notice, gretchen hamel is here. is real sexual harassment, right? oh, yeah. okay. apparently this isn't it. a come says not of a gesture, not of a sexual nature. we have two allegations. source, there's no specific allegations of harassment. a settlement 15 years ago. role does this have in a presidential race some. it's politics as usual, by is unfortunate. i don't speak german but if you ask me if this will hurt him, i would say 9-9-9. it's out there and whether it's real or not, it's about how you respond right now can't contradict himself. has to be clear and concise in his answers and stay on message. i would argue he was probabl

panel is coming up next. xd >> tonight on our great, great american panel, fox news contributor doug schoens here. she, an editorial page, online producer opinion writer at the washington times, kerry picket is with us. he's from the show fox news "red eye" and sits in a leg chair. what does that mean? >> we have no idea but i don't sit in it. >> they don't even let you sit in it or in the room. >> nope. >> and you got the interview with russell simmons that he called me homophobic and racist. but he did call me to apologize. >> yes, that was very good of him. well, he was still his old self and not saying a whole lot of different things than he said to me. >> first of all, let's show the gop ad comparing obama and carter. you will love this. watch this one. >> we lost our ambition, our imagination. >> only things and consuming things. >> you go to a bank and you use an atm. you don't go to a bank teller. >> all the legislation in the world can't fix what is wrong with america. >> the country is bad and has gotten a little soft. >> these changes did not happen overnight. >> change cannot ha

let's bring in doug schoen, and brad blakeman. doug, i guess it pays to stay in and you really don't have to spend that much yet, advertising wise? are the debates really what these candidates count on? >> when you have 20 or 25 debates, jaime, yes, you're absolutely right. the other thing about politics there is more than one job at stake. there is the presidency, but the vice president see, cabinet, ambassadorships, and i suspect this a good number of these candidates recognize that they are not going to win, but have other ambitions that they believe continuing their ca candidacies will benefit. >> reporter: what do you think is going on behind the scenes, and if you know please tell. >> i don't know. i can surmise after being in several political presidential races myself is that nobody is talking about anything but for the presidential race at this point. those who are getting a free ride, the second and third tier candidates are doing so for exactly the same reasons that doug is saying. they get the ability to appear at these

. >> reporter: doug schoen says newt gingrich has been espousing this position on illegal immigration for a longtime. it's coming under greater scrutiny because of his frontrunner status. it's a position that poses potential risks and benefits for newt gingrich. >> republican and primary voters are really harshly imposed to any immigration reform, any path to citizenship or legality for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the united states. but as a matter of policy it's where newt gingrich has been, and believes, and ultimately is a issue for the general election, should he get that far, it's good politics. >> reporter: it may be especially risky for gingrich in iowa where evangelicals are deeply opposed to any kind of amnesty. gingrich is firing back to the accusation that his policy is amnesty for illegal aliens. he says that is explicitly false. >> reporter: are republican lawmakers shunning newt gingrich? i'll be talking to a political expert live. stay tuned for that. rick: ready, set, buy, customers are racing inc into stores early this morning officially kicking off the chris

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doug schoen joins me now, former pollster to bill clinton. clintons a very long time. a fox news contributor. karen hand raty, former communications director for the republican national committee. doug, what is your old boggs up to? >> i think he is right, martha. i think newt is thinking. he is managing in the campaign make it clear he have can speak about issues voters outside the republican primary electorate find important like health care and immigration reform and talking about concerns that republican primary voters are interested in and he has become the anti-romney because he is a palatable alternative to the former massachusetts governor. martha: hmmm i think there may be more to this than that. karen, what do you think? >> first of all this is hardly a new idea that newt's come out with. it is essentially a rehash of the immigration proposal that president bush came out with that john mccain endorsed and that drove conservatives like insanely wild back in 2007 as we were headed into the presidential primaries back then. you know, ha

martha: doug schoen is former pollster for bill clinton and fox news contributor and gretchen hammillexecutive director of the public -- the public spokesman for the house republican conference. good to have you here. >> good morning. martha: doug, let me start with you, all of this harkens back to the 2010 election and the gubernatorial elections across the country, governor complaint asich wanted to do a lot to save the budget, everybody seemed to rally behind that budget until it became clear what that meant and that became a major issue for him, the union poured tons of money into this election, $30 million to get the vote they got last night. what's your take? >> my take is this is a classic case of republicans overreaching. voters in ohio do want to fix the state's fiscal problems and they're prepared to take on tough measures to do it, but what they're not prepared to do is roll back collective bargaining for labor unions. there was another vote on health care in ohio that effectively abrogated the individual mandate. so it's not clear that ohio voters moved sharply left or sha

fox news contributor doug schoen is a former pollster for president clinton and david webb is host ofid webb show on sirius xm and cofounder of the tea party patriots. the white house did not object to thing not going another layer at the 11th circuit court of appeals. they could have asked for the full 11th circuit where they lost to review one more time before it went up to delay but it didn't. tell me, sally, as a democrat do you think president obama believes either way, win or lose the decision could help him? >> first of all all indications they are going to prevail, that the mandate is constitutional. beyond that it puts issue of health care front and center back on the conversation national table. megyn: does he want that? it was so devisive. >> he actually cared there are 36 million uninsured americans and everyone else suffering from declining care and rising cost. he did something about it. that helps him. megyn: what do you think, doug, that is such a devisive issue? >> i think they see it as a no-lose situation. if the individual mandate in the bill is ruled unconstitutio

doug schoen, former pollster for president clinton and rich lowery, editor of "the national review." th are fox news contributors. good morning to you. doug, you go first. what do you think about this? >> look, his choice of words was wrong but we can do a better job attracting business, the president is right about that and he was right today when he said we have to make china play by the rules. he was very tough in his rhetoric today. i think the president is making it very clear we're going to stand up for america, be clear, attract business and not let people play by different rules than we do. martha: rich? >> there have been a series of statements over the last couple weeks, martha. we've become lays estimate we've gone soft. we lack imagination. there is really undercurrent of contempt for his own country. you wonder why he danes to be the president of the united states in such a unworthy, lazy soft nation. he is talking out of both sides of his mouth here. you want to attract foreign investment? you need a pro-business climate. look what we saw last couple days in investment i

. >> the real story of last night's ohio vote, we're going to talk to karl rove, doug schoen and others the storm. how about that christmas tree tax? what do you say? ho, ho, ho, or ba humbug? bill and i join you at the top of the hour. >> brian: guiness book of world records named him the fastest fiddler player in the world. i'm not going to dispute it. he leads a renowned irish folk band. >> gretchen: they a new album out. frankie is here. good morning to the band. >> good morning. >> steve: if you're going to be in a world record book, the guiness book would be great for you guys, right? >> the appropriate one. >> gretchen: how did you become the fastest fiddler in the world? >> i played as fast as i could. >> gretchen: but what does that mean? >> 150 beats per minute. >> steve: you're good. we got to see you in action. what are you going to play? >> we're going to do a nice slow piece. >> steve: we'll get out of the way. here they are, folks. ♪ when first i saw love light in your eyes ♪ ♪ i thought the world held not but joy for me ♪ ♪ and even though we drifted far apart ♪ ♪ i'd ne