eric kantor has 100% rating to the right to life committee. candidate who works with president obama some of the time compared to 32% who said they would vote for the candidate who opposes virtually everything as kantor and the rest of the g.o.p. have insisted on for much of obama's first term. asked about kantor specifically, they disapprove his handling of healthcare and reigning in the budget deficit. but otherwise a really great job. >> by the way wayne powell -- >> stephanie: 43% would vote to replace him and wayne powell who is awesome 30-year army veteran is running against him. >> colonel wayne powell. madeleine stowe is campaigning for him. >> the lovely madeleine stowe. >> married to brian ben ben. >> stephanie: dream on. >> dream on is the reason why hbo is on the map as an original program. everyone will blame it on the sopranos, dream on was david crane and bright who brought you friends. genius people. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] >> stephanie: wendy malick the most hilarious woman in the world. >> i have a massive crush on wendy malick. >

okay so did eric kantor show up? boehner did all of these people who beat up on the president show up? >> yes. i saw congressman isa coming in and here came eric holder. i was just waiting for them to go and get some peach cobbler together. that did not happen. >> bill: did not happen. >> no. >> bill: in a sense it is goods to see them hang out together the way like tip o'neil legendary -- tip o'neil and ronald reagan used to knock back a couple of drinks in the evening after they fought during the day. but with this gang, you're never sure they're sincere right when they pretend to have a good time. hanging out with the president shaking his hand, getting their pictures taken. >> it is a real opportunity for members to actually have family come with them on the white house lawn. other than the christmas party you really don't get there. this is a great opportunity for your family and so -- but i would say it is not like the old days. my dad was in congress for 37 years and it definitely has changed during my 14 year

eric kantor met with mitt romney and saying if you are looking at an electoral strategy, you have to a way they can identify. it appeals to everybody across demographic lines. it's about the classic entrepreneurship in the country. it matters to hispanic americans and of course women. immigration is one of the number one issues for the hispanic community. mid-mitt romney has not touched it. the gop trying to block legislation for fair paychecks. it is a difficult time for mitt romney to do whey termed officially a delicate ballet. >> beyond that it's difficult for him to be not awkward. you are better off speaking french to latinos. is this too little too late. he hasn't supported the dream act. rubio is quiet on that. he hasn't done much. it is necessary that he reach out to the groups. i don't know. i didn't see latinos in the crowd. i am worried about his ability to gain voters in the latino crowd. the last place he was down 27% to romney's 61. i don't know how much room you have there. >> president obama is 61. it's fairly massive, but he has to have the vail of outreach. >> his

both jane boehner and eric kantor said there is not a lot of time to get it done.s unclear how the losing party on capitol hill will react. there is a lot of balls up in the air and we are fooich months to the election. it'sy in clearer. the mystery thickens. >> thanks so much. you didn't cheer us up, but thanks for the information. mitt romney is calling for armying the rebels, but who are they? the former ambassador is and the party chair send me your thoughts is facebook and twitter. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> topping the headlines right now, queen elizabeth made a trip to the hospital where her 90-year-old husband is recovering for a bladder infection. he is improved considerably and is in good spirits. he will be home for his 91st birthday this sunday. the space shuttle enterprise passed the statue of liberty in the last leg to the intrepid space museum on the westside. the banks of the hudson river where it made its final approach to the new home. it will have to be prep

>> well, in an abundance of caution, speaker boehner, eric kantor, our leader, sent a letter to the whitetorney general holder, asking them to answer some very basic questions. that's been nearly a month. and i think the speaker is probably going to be sufficiently embarrassed by the fact that the attorney general has also blown him off as they have the subpoena that was issued in october, and i find it totally an embarrassment, i find it totally wrong that the attorney general would just ignore a subpoena. you can't do that in this country and get away with it bill: so what happens now? is there a new deadline? >> well, the attorney general is coming before the house judiciary committee on thursday' our chairman, darrell is. a, there are five of us on the committee, also on judiciary and we have more questions for the attorney general. bill: what happens now? you have more questions, maybe he listens, maybe he responds, maybe he distance. is this thing dying slowly? >> no. it's not going to go away. the attorney general has to answer these questions. remember, bill, brian terry's killed

i love your colleague eric kantor has already said if the supreme court leaves any of healthcare intacthing done about the cost of their healthcare and they want access to healthcare so that they're never in danger of being bankrupted. and i -- i think that the republicans continue to swim the wrong way yet they say in the rivers in washington that salmon that swims with the tide is dead. and they are dead. they're not swimming upstream trying to fix this thing. they are just saying well, let's get rid of it. we'll do it for them. >> stephanie: that's such an awesome pike place analogy. >> only a dead salmon swims downstream. >> i think of myself as a salmon that's swimming in alternate directions for america. >> stephanie: he asked why -- he said we can start over and tell the american people we're on your side. we care about your healthcare. we want quality care at affordable price. this is exactly what the president's affordable care does. it kills me he, representative. i was listening to some -- they had this right-winger conference recently. i forget. they literally said something

i think americans are very proud of majority leader, eric kantor's position to put the house of representativesly say we want this law repealed. we know that's what the american people want. all of the pundits in the world can say it's dead on arrival in the senate. well, miracles can happen. i don't think they will under the leadership of harry reid, bumt the american people understand that we are their voice in this congress. we will continue to be -- >> okay, i'm going to take issue with what you just said though. >> the law may not be unconstitutional but it is un-american. >> i'm going to take issue with what you said when you said americans want it repealed. i have statistics that show that the majority of americans actually oppose obama care. 43% favor, 51% oppose. but if you go into that 51%, it's not because they support what you're saying. it's because they are 13% of them who said we want it to go further, we want a more liberal version of this. when you say the majority of americans oppose obama care, it's a little misleading. >> you know, we can argue those statistics -- >> no you

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eric bates. the "new york times" jodi kantor, author of "the obamas" and the always buzzy ben smith.n just a moment, where he will deliver a speech to the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. it comes a day after governor romney delivered his speech, where he kept mum on whether he would repeal the president's new policy on immigration. meanwhile, the romney campaign released four new television ads today, each individually geared towards separate swing states. the ads much like the governor's speech, are short on specifics and set vague goals. >> president romney's first 100 days, what will they mean for iowa? day one, president romney moves to repeal obamacare and attacks the deficit, starting with $20 billion in savings. by day 100, president romney is working towards a balanced budget. >> that was romney's pitch to iowans. in his north carolina ad, romney vows to cut taxes and spur growth in the high tech sector. romney tells ohio he will stand up to china on trade and repeal energy industry regulations and to virginia, he promises to reverse the presid

eric bates. the "new york times" jodi kantor, author of "the obamas" and the always buzzy ben smith. president obama is set to arrive in orlando in just a moment, where he will deliver a speech to the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. it comes a day after governor romney delivered his speech, where he kept mum on whether he would repeal the president's new policy on immigration. meanwhile, the romney campaign released four new television ads today, each individually geared towards separate swing states. the ads much like the governor's speech, are short on specifics and set vague goals. >> president romney's first 100 days, what will they mean for iowa? day one, president romney moves to repeal obamacare and attacks the deficit, starting with $20 billion in savings. by day 100, president romney is working towards a balanced budget. >> that was romney's pitch to iowans. in his north carolina ad, romney vows to cut taxes and spur growth in the high tech sector. romney tells ohio he will stand up to china on trade and repeal energy industry regulations and

heard that there's a battle going on between eric cantor and john boehner to whether or not there should be a highway bill, which is the transportation bill. kantor, of course, i'm told by others, he wants to not do a big to make the economy worse, because he feels that's better for them. i hope that's not true. kantor's response -- rather than making up stories that have no basis in reality, leader reid should follow the house's example and focus on pro-growth measures that will get the economy going and get people back to work. >> reid has to name his sources. >> yeah. there is some tension between -- i mean, we've seen john boehner seems mor willing to make deal. he's been pulled back by members of his caucus, we've heard that eric cantor is one of those leaders. we've heard that harry reid might be the problem. >> does congress exist for a purpose other than being -- >> period, full stop -- >> other than being a puppet theater for a presidential campaign. when you look at congress these days, there's no way to divorce the fact of what is going on with the fact we'll be voting in november. so it's hard to take any of this stuff seriously excep

right across the tracks from eric kantor.e i said look, you know, i need a poll. i need signs. if this thing is not runnable, i'm not ready to come up here and sacrifice, you know, i'm 63 years old. i don't want to give up time now. we did a poll and we got the best -- i got to pick the pollster. we got the best in america at southern campaigning that, is harrison hickman. and the results came back and it was incredible. everybody says that you know, eric kantor has a red district. it is red. but it is more red, white and blue. and his approval rating is 37%. >> bill: whoa. >> in the district. his re-elect is 41%. to replace him is 43%. the reason is because everybody in the district knows -- he doesn't show up. he's never done a town hall meeting ever. when he does, you've got to sign some pledge of allegiance to eric kantor. >> bill: just to get in. >> just to get in. it is absolutely ridiculous. and you know, he's turned his back on the district. i mean taking money from everybody. just last week, he got $5 million, the yo