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where men meet in a secret place to figure out the affairs of the the word, but it was organized by frank luntz to be a drown your sorrows event. most were at the inauguration, and were shocked by the spectacle of the 1.8 million people at the mall. so they were there just to cry on each other's shoulders. but after talking about what went wrong and what to do, just the sort of dealing with the visceral shock of what was now taking place, but again, they talked about how to dig themselves out of a hole. as you were eluding to, they formulated a plan of newt gingrich, former speaker, the guy who did a lot of the talking up front -- >> wait a minute. so after crying in their soup, they started literally laying out a plan, that night, the night of the inauguration, and newt gingrich was a key player in the meeting? >> yes, frank asked gingrich to speak first. he led the republicans out of a deeper hole in 1994 than they faced now. so they thought it would be inspirational to have gingrich do some of the talking, and he harked back to, you know, where the republicans had been in the '80s and early

and the disgraced former speaker of the house newt gingrich, along with communications advisor frank luntz. after four hours, everyone agreed on the path forward for the republican party. show united an unyielding opposition to the president's economic policies when the spear point of the house in 2010 jab obama relentlessly in 2011, win the white house and the senate in 2012. you will remember this day, newt gingrich proclaimed to the others as they said goodbye, you'll remember this as the day the seeds of 2012 were sewn. in an interview with "rolling stone" magazine, president obama sounds like a man who has not yet read that passage of robert draper's book. in the interview, the president says, frankly i know that there are good, decent republicans on capitol hill who in a different environment would welcome the capacity to work with me, but right now in an atmosphere in which folks like rush limb what and grover for kwis are defining what it means to be a conservative american. after this next election, they'll feel a little more liberated to go out and say, let's redirect the republi

. >> so you heard our last segment with frank luntz, who suggested that the next six months will be an avalanche of negative campaigns. are the ads more negative? >> i think it's become completely negative. i think i said somewhere else once, this campaign's going to be so dirtgy that my advice is hide the children and hire a plumber because you are going to have to shower several times a day. this is total negativity. people often ask me, why is it that congress, washington, in general, is held in such low esteem by the population? they're about 9% approval. qaddafi country. you know, i say, it's not because they are lying, thieving hypocrites. that's not enough of an explanation. i think that american politics is the only enterprise, the only industry in this country where people spend millions of dollars on negative ads against each other. imagine if you had negative ads in airlines, instead of flying the friendly skies of united, they show the scene of a plane crash and they say, you want to die -- fly delt a. i can assure you if hutwo weeks of those ads, two weeks of that, not a y

well as newt gingrich when frank luntz. after four hours they came after this attack.geithner, show united and unyielding opposition to the president's economic policies. begin attacking vulnerable democrats on the air waves, and win the spear point of the white house in 2010. win the white house and the senate in 2012. newt gingrich boasted, you will remember this day. you will remember this as the day the seeds of 2012 were sewn. we have seen them carry out the plan since day one blocking and opposing everything. the question is, will it work? or did it tarnish their brand forever. joining me now is joe madison host of "the power" on sirius xm radio. joe, you're taking -- give me what you feel about exposing this secret plan. >> you're right, there's no surprise. i think there are things that the average person should are seen as signs. the senate minority leader si side -- said his number one goal was to make sure he did not get reelected. remember the interrue, on 60 minutes where the speaker of the house would not use the word compromise, and i wanted to add a thi

if you look straight directly back, you'll see frank luntz, the pollster from fox news. >> pigging out. >> you never know who you're going to see there. it's just my favorite restaurant. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> then last night -- >> yes, what happened last night? >> rege and joy came over. they're back from a three-week cruise to china. >> wow. that's a long -- >> yeah. i think they're happeny to be home, if you know what i mean. we had a great time. just a fabulous time. you know what he says to me in this is typical regis. "i got a job." i said, great, what are you going do? he said i'm going to be on "it's hot in cleveland." i said, rege, i suggested you get that job. he goes, what are you talking about? anyway, it's a very funny premise. he's going to be on. he's going to play betty's hairdresser whom she assumed all along was gay and ends up not being and is interested in her. so it should be fun. >> i like it. >> but he said, kath, i forgot to give you something. i was going through my office. this is from the late 1980s. that's rege and myself and that is perry como. rege was in lo

. >> so you heard our last segment with frank luntz, who suggested that the next six months will be an avalanche of negative campaigns. are the ads more negative? >> i think it's become completely negative. i think i said somewhere else once, this campaign's going to be so dirtgy that my advice is hide the children and hire a plumber because you are going to have to shower several times a day. this is total negativity. people often ask me, why is it that congress, washington, in general, is held in such low esteem by the population? they're about 9% approval. qaddafi country. you know, i say, it's not because they are lying, thieving hypocrites. that's not enough of an explanation. i think that american politics is the only enterprise, the only industry in this country where people spend millions of dollars on negative ads against each other. imagine if you had negative ads in airlines, instead of flying the friendly skies of united, they show the scene of a plane crash and they say, you want to die -- fly delt a. i can assure you if hutwo weeks of those ads, two weeks of that, not a y

this was initiated by pollster frank luntz, newt gingrich was a featured speaker.erson not at the dinner was john boehner, eric cantor, minority whip. these guys decided we have to be unified in attacks on democrat and any legislative initiative out of the white house. >> with all this negativity and people saying nothing getting done in this do nothing congress. a lot of people feel this way, you see approval ratings. could it turn out this and overall malaise with government not accomplishing anything. >> it could. what you'd like to see, the hougs of representatives paradoxically is the institution, hot wired to the public every two years. what you'd like to see is electorate respond. if they are disgusted they throw them out what they finally develop is a despondency nothing works, nothing can be fixed, why bother. >> for anybody that loves politics, it's a fascinating book. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >>> cash strapped post office. mandy drury, your money. how much are we talking about here? >> $10 million in cascia refund of overpayments made in previo

mitt romney, if he wins and-- >> frank, they're trying to look him rich and out of touch and a photograph decades go. for viewers, if you go to luntzyou, too, can react to the ads. >> thank you, frank, see you soon. you be well. >> thanks, it's a trip to the ballpark he's never going to get. that soldier he dad and his wonderful son join us after the break. ♪ [ male announc ] you plant. you mow. you grow. you dream. meet the new definition of durability: the john deere select series. with endless possibilities, what will you create? ♪ learn more about the new select series x310 with power steering at johndeere.com/x310. >> going to the ball field is always a good time, but for one kid there's one baseball game that he will never forget. 13-year-old kyle was picked to take part in an in-game contest and on the other end was a major surprise. >> kyle, is a big, big mariner fan and part after military family and his dad steve has been overseas in afghanistan, serving our country as a member of the u.s. army and kyle, there's a special surprise for you, that umpire, happens to be your dad! >> oh, no, i'm going to start crying, and that

. >> when you have scalia doing frank luntz talking point -- >> from the bench. >> is this why you go this party anymore. >> yeah, and it's why people are so concerned about the court who studies these issues and i think it's why no matter what happens with health care the court should be talked about more. march 27th marked the thousandth day with a record-high 80 vacancies on the federal bench. and the obama administration has been slow on this issue, and faced an incredible amount of resistance from republicans. obama administration nominations has waited five time longer than bush to be confirmed. >> and they have admitted that a lot of these are non-controversial nominees. they are just blocking them for the sake of blocking them. >> let's say you nominate a judge from illinois, and it is blocked, they are get filibustered simply was they have decided no nomination is going to get through. and the two picks on the court, were completely non-controversial, so if obama was ever to nominate someone to the supreme court with a more aggressively liberal persuasion that person would al

. >> yeah, and apparently frank luntz is writing these days. judges have become. >> i think it has always been that way. i think in general the legal system tries to make it seem like a wizard of oz when really it is a small-gray-haired man behind the curtain. and the fact that you are on tv now, that eliminates the fact that you are a small gray-haired man. [ laughter ] >> i always heard a hyper hyper7-year-old girl. >> that's close to the truth. how do the polls play out. because santorum is saying romney is the worst republican in the world, and also he would like to be vice president. >> clearly this movie needs a third act. we need somebody to jump in and say no they are no good. i'll be the republican nominee. >> right. >> that's what the republicans seem to want but nobody jumped in yet -- >> sarah palin, as soon as she is done with "the today show," she is ready to serve. >> pancakes in an ihop. >> yeah. >> it looks like it is going to be romney, and i'm not really happy about that. i think he is mostly harmless but he is a faker. the t