mcdonald's and jindal, i insisted i would get a sign way piano when i finally got some money. i was in a studio apartment now. it was so huge, the piano. i slept on a couch, and i slept under the piano. when i rolled out of bed, it went under the piano. i was very happy every night sleeping under the piano. >> you must really like music. >> i would have to. tavis: you have had so many jingles over your career. >> they come to you and say here is the product. how does that work? >> they give you the lyrics and the melody, and you have to write duquette she is melete and now in 15 second -- to write the catchiest melete -- melody and 15 seconds, and if they like the rest of it, they buy it. for melodic commercials, these days they do not do it. >> what ever happened to melodies in music? >> the drum machine. the drum machines took over. they are making great-sounding records with great grooves, but the song writing took a back seat. >> what are marine -- what are we missing out on with the absence of the melody? >> the melodies seem to have gone to country music country music se

i've been a fan of bobby jindal -- one of my first political donations was a $200 check. that was when i was working in the politics in washington and not making any money, and i gave bobby jindal a $200 check when he was running for congress. so i couldn't agree with you more. we also have a slew of fresh faces. i mean, we have nikki haley, we have susana martinez, we have brian sandoval. you may not have heard of these folks. nikki haley, of course s the republican governor of south carolina, susana martinez is a hispanic woman, governor of new mexico, and brian sandoval, a new republican hispanic governor. so i think we have in 2010 we have elected a new slate that they'll be getting their stripes, they'll be getting wise and cutting their political teeth, and they will be ready in 2016. i think, i hope that we're able to -- i still think some folks may come to the table in 2012. and i still think because of the disappointment with barack obama and with the reality of the reality of the situation with the economy and the fact that so many of them are unemployed, i thin

i could not agree more with marco rubio and bobby jindal my first vision is of the $200 check when i was not making any money and gave him a $200 check when he was running for congress. i could not agree with you more. also a slew of fresh faces, susanna martinez comment brian sandoval and nikki haley she is the republican governor of south carolina who is the indian american and a hispanic woman who was the governor of new mexico and brian sandoval your neighbor next door, the new republican hispanic governor. in 2010 we have elected a new slate they will get their stripes and getting wise and cutting their political teeth and will be ready 2016. and i hope we're able. i still think some folks may come to the table 2012. i still think because of the disappointment with barack obama and the reality of the situation with the economy so many are unemployed, even if we don't have ronald reagan i think we have a real chance to make a case and make inroads with this generation. >> i just watched at your grandfather's library i did not realize what a wonderful man he was. but my question i

>> i think many are of bobby jindal's mind still. deal it turns out that americans do not like the spectacle of their leaders negotiating at the point of a grandpa. there has been a loss of esteem for all institutions in washington, congress, the president's approval rating has suffered and congress' approval rate hag suffered. in a poll this week, it was down. if you parallel that what happened to the stock market, yesterday is almost as if we are witnessing a simultaneous vote of no confidence in the american government and the american economy at this moment that is an om mus point for both parties. >> you hear bobby jindal saying that, though. it's sort of what does it take to get through to some people? >> is there a strong ideological wing especially in the republican party now. if you look at polling a portion of the republican electorate that is the most resistant to compromise of any part of kind of american mosaic at this point. if you look at the overall situation we are in, carol, we are pretty close to 50/50 nation again

party ought to embrace because they have the charisma to reach out to those and that it is bobby jindaland marco rubio. i am sure there is more out there with the very group you are talking about. >> i absolutely agree. but paul ryan is remarkable nobody can explain the intricacies of those completely boring budget policy in the absolutely understandable and accessible way and paul ryan is one of those people. he is not deeply ideological but a very pragmatic and also can connect to the next generation and i could not agree wire from marker rubio. my first donation was a $200 check when i was working not making any money. i gave him $200 check when running for congress. i could not agree with you more. also a pool of fresh faces. nikki haley, as susanna martine says and brian sandoval of course, nikki haley is the republican governor of south -- and also the governor of new mexico and your neighbor next door a republican in hispanic governor. in 2010 we have elected a new slate to get their stripes. and we will be ready 2016. i hope that they will come to it because of good disappointme

bobby jindal standing strong on it. overbroad and could infringe on rights to be able to network and get business jobs, et cetera. >> quickly. >> that's the problem it is overly proud. basically these are people that are out now and they are sexually registered offenders, they can't even go on web sites to look at newspapers or job things. they can't do email or texting to their friends and family. i don't think that withstand constitutional scrutiny. very quickly. ladies. this rise of the flash mob, many -- in many instances these mostly young people happen to be african-american. they are running into stores. mayor of philadelphia speaking out against it strongly and he will subsequently last week. what can be done here, curfew clearly the right way to go. german town, maryland disturbing video police apparently have some arrests. what can be done? are we going to see more curfews. >> we are going to see more curfews. shocking, wait for it, the aclu is against this. they filed a case in november saying these are illeg

governor palin, sanford, bobby jindal, rick perry? >> i think it makes sense.going to put strings on that money, tie your hands, then you shouldn't take the money. >> he campaigned on anti-stimulus rhetoric, and now governor chris christie of new jersey is taking the credit for the success of a health clinic that's benefited from the very money he railed against. christie was out promoting the success of the southern jersey health center. telling people i am proud of the strong support my administration has provided for community health centers. well as christie has slashed millions from local health centers, and as think progress points out, the clinic's ability to provide quality care to low income families has little to do with christie and a lot to do with the millions in stimulus money it received is. does that make you angry? put your money where your anger is, help us out. there are still people out there who don't have access to quality health care all over the country and they need your help. the ed show and the national association of free clinics are

. >> bobby jindal is an example. >> we saw that with joplin, missouri.saw that, obviously, you know, with the whole other set of -- i mean the snowstorm in new york and new jersey. you know, where mike bloomberg saw his approval ratings drop, chris christie being criticized for being in disney world at the time. so, you know -- >> that iconic image, that iconic image we've talked about of george bush kind of looking down out of the plane at hurricane katrina. that in some ways kind of encapsulated for people -- >> that's why you're going to see president obama talk about this today. he has to show that he's in front of something. >> be active. >> yes. >> let's turn to a little bit more raw politics here. we'll get into that a little bit. we'll talk a lot more about the hurricane in the show. mitt romney, maybe the worst week, certainly the worst week in recent memory or mitt romney. saw himself passed by rick perry is polling. what's your readout on mitt romney this week? i mean he had a tough week. mitt romney really had a tough week. in addition to the