senator jim demint joins us.ice to see you sir. >> greta, it's nice to join you. >> you have a tea party response and also a republican response com woman rogers. are they going to be different or are you getting two bites at the apple. >> first, you need to understand every member of congress does a response. there is a whole called dry of cameras that send messages back home but mike lee has become a national leader not just of the tea party but people who are constitutional conservatives who believe in limited government. so you are going to hear a very consistent message between mike lee and other republican responses, but i'm glad he is getting out there particularly because he hab has become one of my favorites. >> is it likely though that he divides sort of the power of the republican party by slithering off some other members into the tea party direction so that republicans are are are less of a unit block in this? >> i don't think so. despite what they have said about the tea party, and i went to a lot o

thank you all so much for senator jim demint. the we have been around since 1973. at least the foundation has. the foundation comes up with great policies. pot without anyone advocating in actually converting them into law is there really wasn't -- what cut them as their protection. thus heritage action was born in 2010. so we aren't a government relations team that takes of conservative policy and puts it into place. we have a great team of young -- we call the government relations staff, but they're really lobbyists for freedom. they run out the fourth floor of the heritage foundation building right across the street from the capitol where they can meet with members of congress and their staff and get in front of them and pretty much spread conservative policy based upon the sound principles and values a wheelchair. so there are wonderful groups that the really proud of, and this is a video. and pressed for time. if you want to me just astaires, tomorrow we will be in the seven all and can talk more. this is a video that shows the excellent quality and caliber of

jim demint is an unlikely before jim demint left the senate. he said that the government should stop picking winners and losers in the energy field. and he introduced a bill to cut out of energy subsidies for coal, nuclear, wind, solar, a natural gas. he said the government is to stop picking winners and losers. the free market is to decide that. never even made it to the floor or out of community. the have to excuse me. i have allergies. i can tell -- that i can tell you that we have since many people to washington d.c. there on the campaign trail, there warriors, principal. and the promise that they will go to d.c. and be a voice for you. once they go up there once they get up there and they start checking the potomac cool it when they turn from warriors to win this. [applause] and all the sudden they're doing the business and doing the bidding of big corporations and their gutters instead of lettuce, red for this country. i am encouraging to turn our family farmers pledged their live, honor, and liberty and sacredness to reach other. and i p

it was part of the reason that's wanted jim demint to replace him.ns, i think they're taking the republican party in a direction that some of the republican congressional leadership does not like but essentially the rest of the movement is on board with. i think there is a little bit of a generational clash there. i think heritage and other organizations like it are theucing it whereas republican party has become very stagnant and are not producing anything anymore. it is all coming from the nonprofit world within the movement. do you see that transformation favoring think tanks? do you think that it will shift back to the old power structure? >> you know a lot more about what is going on inside heritage than i do. all i know is what i have read. in theair, i have read mainstream liberal media there is more dissent than just a few folks moving into congress. whatever the case, there was a bit of the shakeup. there is a change of direction. is question of whether that good or bad i think really depends on where you sit. i sits in the center left. i am

one of the big groups pushing it, was the heritage foundation and president jim demint. he got that support by traveling around the country. those outside groups are based in washington. they are trying to represent that anger, that populous frustration among conservative activist that led to the tea party rise in 2010. host: these outside groups will be involved in primary process themselves? guest: absolutely. if you look last year. more than half dozen conservatives are looking at other challenging setting republican senators or running a tea party republican in open seats. you can see each cycle that republican party and the senate has become more conservative because the republicans, not in number, but in sort of temperament and ideology has moved to the right. you can see that again in the coming year. host: jack from california on democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. happy new year to both of you. my question is about the unemployment benefits. why is that when it comes to extending unemployment benefits, we got to find funds for it. when it comes t

senator jim demint, all of you. i appreciate this.we will be talking about "prodigal press: confronting the anti-christian bias of the american news media", as john said. the book was written originally 25 years ago. and it has been a widely used in college classrooms around the country and much has happened in the past 25 years. the 24/7 new cycle that john referred to is, of course, facilitated in part by the internet. the original book was written and published in 1988. the internet was nearly a gleam in the eyes of al gore. but since then the internet has really driven what happens in the new cycle. so we felt like it was due for an update on the started working in this about three years ago and it was just published in the month of september and we have been delighted by the reception of the book so far. so what i'm going to do today is just share with you some of the ideas that are in this book. i want to talk a little bit about world news group, just to give you an idea of who we are. even though john did

jim demint and ted cruz are leading that caucus and i have zero faith that republicans in the house willhange on this. undocumented immigrants have been the key boogie man for republicans for several decades now. why they'll change on this now i don't know. this is the only issue that republicans part from business on and don't give business what they want and why they part from this now and we talk about piecemeal that means border security and objects instructst. >> that's true if you will be cynical. until we see the proposal, which we have not. you can't say they haven't done it before. against the path of citizenship. she won't do it now. it's unfair to speculate even though the record is not good on this issue. at the end of the month john boehner has this meeting with a lot of republican leaders. he's putting out these principles in this private meeting. i can say it's pretty much a sure thing that it will be leaked immediately to the press so maybe we discuss it again. i think they do have some room to grow and they want to. >> it's been overshadowed this week. chris christie did

he's had enough of being dictated to by the jim demints of the world.ugh of being dictated to by the ted cruzes of the world. he sets the agenda in washington for republicans and he wants to make sure the tea party understands that. >> democrats have had enough of tea party establishment and some of the other groups, but that has not kept some of their messages from being drowned out by those very groups. when i ask what allies mcconnell has, we know he has the establishment, but certainly, having the establishment behind you has not always worked. lately with boehner, but not always. >> there will be a handful of other races to watch. tennessee, kansas. we're going to see if this has any kind of strength. if the tea party has the kind of strength it had in 2010. there are signs that that strength is actually ebbing. we'll see if they actually are able to prove that they can keep up the pace a little bit in some of these other places as well. >> all right, thank you so much. >>> and still ahead, seattle seahawks cornerback richard sherman has already ap

great to be with you today and with the other good folks at heritage, jennifer marshall, senator jim demint, appreciate y'all's hospitality very much today. we will be talking about "prodigal press." as john said, dr. marvin olasky wrote this book originally 25 years ago, and it's been widely used in college classrooms around the country, but much has happened in the past 25 years. the 24/7 news cycle that john referred to is, of course, facilitated at least in part by the internet. when the original book, "prodigal press" was written and published in 1980, the internet, i'm fond of saying, was merely a gleam in al gore's eye at that time. since then, of course, the internet is really driving what happens in the news cycle. so we felt like it was due for an update. we started working on this book about three years ago, and it was just published in september. we've been delighted by the reception of the book so far, and what i'm going to do today is to just share with you some of the ideas that are in this book. want to talk a little bit about world news group just to kind of give you an ide

according to politico, gop leaders like jim demint dined on a menu including roast turkey sliders withe, arugula and spicy mustarded on pretzel roll buns. i just got to say that. got to know the republicans like arugula too. coming up with an aggressive agenda geared toward elevating the place of social issues and abortion and gay marriage in conservative politics, a bitter and expensive struggle against the tea party for the soul of the republican party. so what does this mean for republicans both now and upcoming elections? joining me now is dana milbank, and environmental energy editor indicate shepherd. thanks to you both for joining me. >> hey, karen. >> thanks. >> dana, i want to start with you. you wrote about this week. what is most interesting is what the data suggests about what is happening to the base of the republican party. talk a little bit about that. >> well, look, it's one poll. so you never know exactly what is going on. but it's consistent with other things that suggest that the party is getting -- was already pretty much all white, 86% white, getting older, and hav

one of the big groups pushing it, was the heritage foundation and president jim demint. he got that support by traveling around the country. those outside groups are based in washington. they are trying to represent that anger, that populous frustration among conservative activist that led to the tea party rise in 2010. host: these outside groups will be involved in primary process themselves? guest: absolutely. if you look last year. more than half dozen conservatives are looking at other challenging setting republican senators or running a tea party republican in open seats. you can see each cycle that republican party and the senate has become more conservative because the republicans, not in number, but in sort of temperament and ideology has moved to the right. you can see that again in the coming year. host: jack from california on democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. happy new year to both of you. my question is about the unemployment benefits. why is that when it comes to extending unemployment benefits, we got to find funds for it. when it comes t

people like michele bachmann and a jim demint who is not the heritage foundation. they are all social conservatives. they are anti. i don't see any evidence. grandpa who flirts with libertarianism is a shall issue to the eric are produced. he's not a libertarian. pseudo-libertarian. >> i was hoping i get a chance. university of akron and to two. this question is for adam -- alan, i am sorry. basically you are talking about the 15% of the libertarian are the available voters. there's like a 15% group better in the data. there's 15% i were basically targetable that could move up or down. i was just in years lied. >> i don't think there's a 50% libertarian out there. >> you can pass this to someone else. i'll try to talk to you about it later. >> i'm curious about the role of money. we've had unprecedented money flooding into politics. outside money. does this talking about the future, does this make it impossible for intense polarization? >> it is coming mainly from the right. the money being spent overwhelmingly on negative ads. i saw a breakdown of positive versus

in welcoming the heritage foundation president, the honorable jim demint. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. it is my great pleasure to welcome you here to the official release of the 2014 index of economic freedom. i want to recognize our friends on embassy row representing nations from around the globe, those from capitol hill and the washington policy and research community, and let me recognize the press corps. we certainly appreciate all of you being here. thank you to our friends at "the wall street journal" for their involvement, including economist and editorial board member steve moore, who is with us today leading the fight for economic freedom in this country and around the world. also want to recognize the many scholars here at the heritage foundation who have worked so hard on this index this year and many years before. that includes the founding editor of the index of economic , and also, he is the nguished fellow with the foundation. thank you for your vision and leadership. thank you to the vice president of foreign and defense policies u

he is taking the place of jim demint.u know, i don't think mitch mcconnell, you know, really is in love with ted cruz, but mitch mcconnell has his primary and he, you know, needs to at least pacify some of the members like ted cruz. >> bob, i want to ask you quickly and put it to joanna as well, since we are talking about the fork city mayor. i made the argument at the top of the block, it is a national story. is it something na people are paying attention to, bob, outside of the big apple? >> well, is there an outside the big apple? >> here it is the center of the universe. >> yeah, sometimes i think the networks don't think there is, but, of course, we in washington probably have the same view. but it is a laboratory test of various progressive ideals, when it comes to running a city and by extension, it will slop over into national politics. >> joanne fa, any thoughts on that? >> this is absolutely a story we are paying attention to at politico. certainly after mayor bloomberg's long term, seeing what exactly how playe

been the most prominent leaders of the tea party in congress, people like michele bachmann and jim demint, who is now at the heritage foundation, ted cruz? they are all social conservatives. they are all pro-life and anti- gay rights. i do not see any evidence that they are libertarians. even rand paul, who kind of flirts with libertarianism -- on social issues, he's very conservative. he is not a libertarian. he is pseudo-libertarian. >> one more. anybody? >> i was hoping i would get a chance -- i am from the university of akron. this question is for alan. basically, you were talking about 15% of the libertarians are the available voters. there is a 15% group in the data. there was 15% that were basically targetable, that could move up or down. that was in your slide. >> i do not think there is a 15% libertarian cohort out there. -- a 15% libertarian vote out there. >> that might be the first paper. >> i do not think it was my paper. >> i will try to talk to you about it later. >> i am curious about the role of money. we have had unprecedented money flowing into politics -- outside money