ironically, if she had not been shot, he might have been running for senate against jeff blake. that was a moment to watch over and over again. >> very emotional moment for all of us watching. david gergen, you served for four presidents, what would you give the president for the sdraesz? >> it was a politically shrewd speech. it will mobilize democrats, win over some independents, he refrained the conversation. after the republican debates, he had a different take, a different agenda. far more government intervention to solve problems. far more spending. he moved away from talking about deficits that occupied our time so much. republicans are going to have, as john king said, a huge contrast. on many occasions, if the speech had been 30% shorter, it would have been 30% more powerful. but bill clinton gave long state of the union addresses, they were very powerful. we'll have to see, i may be wrong. >> we're awaiting the republican response from mitch daniels, the governor from indiana. paul begala, you helped write several of the state of the union addresses. did this president

for her to be there with jeff blake and the cheers, obviously, our hearts and prayers continue to gout to her. it was one of those wonderful moments there on the house floor. >> in terms of what the president had to say, was there anything there that you really agreed with? is there any room you see for compromise, for getting things done this year? >> oh, anderson, he said a lot of wonderful things. and it would be wonderful if it was true. so there were things there that i certainly agreed with, but when he talked about us being more energy secure one week from killing the keystone pipeline, talking about building manufacturing jobs in the country when i talked to manufacturers and they know that obama care, dodd-frank, all of the regulations are killing manufacturing jobs, so it was hard to take him seriously. i think americans are going to have to ask themselves are they better off now than they were $4 trillio ago? this sounded like this first speech to the nation. he's trying to run from a record of broken promises and we're going to have to hold him accountable. >> you wrote a

for her to be there with jeff blake and the cheers, obviously, our hearts and prayers continue to goo her. it was one of those wonderful moments there on the house floor. >> in terms of what the president had to say, was there anything there that you really agreed with? is there any room you see for compromise, for getting things done this year? >> oh, anderson, he said a lot of wonderful things. and it would be wonderful if it was true. so there were things there that i certainly agreed with, but when he talked about us being more energy secure one week from killing the keystone pipeline, talking about building manufacturing jobs in the country when i talked to manufacturers and they know that obama care, dodd-frank, all of the regulations are killing manufacturing jobs, so it was hard to take him seriously. i think americans are going to have to ask themselves are they better off now than they were $4 trillion ago? this sounded like this first speech to the nation. he's trying to run from a record of broken promises and we're going to have to hold him accountable. >> you wrote an o

sheaf w she was sitting next to republican jeff blake. you know the way this works, when the president speaks, the democrats stand up, she's a democrat, and she wanted to stand up with her colleagues and so republican jeff blake helped her up over and over, many times he was the only republican standing. i had a chance to talk to the republican congressman after that. listen to what he says. >> it's the least i can do. it was just an incredible experience to be there with her, particularly after last year having an empty chair where she should have been, and so it was just an overwhelming emotional experience i think for all of us. >> reporter: again, another human moment. i got a lot tweets back when i was telling the story last night, it was classy, chivalry is not dead, but it also really reminds how tragic this is, suzanne, because we now know from sources close to gabby giffords that she was considering running for the senate. she's obviously a democrat. jeff flake is running for the senate as a republican. the two of them would very

ironically, if she had not been shot, he might have been running for senate against jeff blake. that was a moment to watch over and over again. >> very emotional moment for all of us watching. david gergen, you served for four presidents, what would you give the president for the sdraesz? >> it was a politically shrewd speech. it will mobilize democrats, win over some independents, he refrained the conversation. after the republican debates, he had a different take, a different agenda. far more government intervention to solve problems. far more spending. he moved away from talking about deficits that occupied our time so much. republicans are going to have, as john kaing said, a huge contrast. on many occasions, if the speech had been 30% shorter, it would have been 30% more powerful. but bill clinton gave long state of the union addresses, they were very powerful. we'll have to see, i may be wrong. >> we're awaiting the republican response from mitch daniels, the governor from indiana. paul begala, you helped write several of the state of the union addresses. did this presiden

for an ovation, he helped her up and stood with her, even though i guarantee you that republican jeff blake would not have been standing for those ovations, if it were not for helping gabby at that moment. >> we are trying to figure out what the president was teasing the speaker about. when he said that the speaker thought obama was from another planet. >> that's what i was wondering. he said the two of them are from different planets. he said it definitively. i asked. we couldn't figure out. speculation from the white house, he could have been joking about their golf game. i'm sure we'll find out soon enough. >> again, the republican response is going to be delivered by indiana governor, mitch daniels. he's going to be on the auditorium stage of the indiana war museum building. he does not have an audience. he will be speaking directly to camera. now, we go to the republican response, and indiana governor, mitch daniels. >> greetings from the home of super bowl xlvi. the status of loyal opposition imposes on those out of power some serious responsibility. to show respect for the presidency

, he was a very unreliable lead tkefrplt he was the granddaddy of earmarks as we've seen it and jeff blakeput an end to that. we are the first congress to get rid of it. you look what he did with the prescription drug benefit. you can thank him. he's taken a lot of money from fannie and freddie and went in here lobbied and pushed hard on that. some of the biggest messes in congress were started by newt gingrich. there is a reason why 64 members of the house and senate have endorsed mitt romney an outsider to come in and be the president and only 13 people have endorsed newt gingrich. he was the speaker of the house. >> you make two quick charges that simply aren't the case. he didn't lobby for fannie and freddie and you absolutely know that. >> i know that he did. >> you know what happened to the earmarks after he left office. these when it went out of balance. >> we had to change the gingrich policy and get rid of them, and thank goodness we did. jenna megyn: all right guys. i appreciate both of you coming on, washington insiders or not it's always a pleasure to speak with you, and all th

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