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district and say what you've been given is chicken crap -- >> just for the record, i spoke to john boehner'said you've got to tell me about the chicken crap and i don't like to speak that way, in public, that is, mr. boehner and others went to the white house and sat down with the president and had an agreement going out the door for a bipartisan solution, at least a mechanism for that solution and he felt that they had an agreement. >> they had an agreement to talk. >> so why can't they bring up a vote -- >> this is what he said. >> i believe, at this moment in time, everybody, no tax hike whatsoever, it should be a situation where there's $250,000 and under. i think for everybody -- momentarily. >> there's no economic reason for that. because the fact of the matter is, for people who makeover $250,000, study after study after study has shown that money does not end up in the economy. it doesn't have a stimulating effect on the economy. >> we've got to take a quick break. we'll continue with this when the party in one moment. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. so i take one

john boehner has said they don't be does not want that to happen. yesterday i heard that there is some acclamation to shrink the size of committees and some freshmen are afraid that if they shrink the size of the committees to much, none of the freshmen would get on 'a' committees. they feel they represent the desire for change. if they all get but 'b' committees, that is not responding to the will of the people. that would be an interesting test. whether they take a lot of time off -- congress gets sworn in and takes three weeks off. the members of this class say they want to go to work. how quickly they have a vote to undo some of the worst parts of all bombcare or -- obamacare and if they take that seriously and genuinely work to pass legislation repealing it and replace it with better things and offering good ideas to solve the problems in health care, all of that will be early tests. the big one people talk about is the vote to increase -- increase the debt limit. that will come very soon and that will test if republicans are truly committed to

obama threw out a challenge. >> president barack obama: once john boehner's sworn in as speaker, then going to have responsibilities to govern. you can't just stand on the sidelines and be a bomb thrower. >> boehner: we have to govern. that's what we were elected to do. >> stahl: but governing means compromising. >> boehner: it means working together. >> stahl: it also means compromising. >> boehner: it means finding common ground. >> stahl: okay, is that compromising? >> boehner: i made it clear-- i am not going to compromise on my principles, nor am i going to compromise the will of the american people. >> stahl: you're saying, "i want common ground, but i'm not going to compromise." i don't understand that. i really don't. >> boehner: when you say the word "compromise"... >> stahl: yeah. >> boehner: ...a lot of americans look up and go, "oh, oh, they're going to sell me out." and so finding common ground, i think, makes more sense. >> stahl: i reminded him that his goal had been to get all the bush tax cuts made permanent. so you did compromise. >> boehner: i've... we found common

his face was bright orange, a suntan hall of famer, i knew in a flash, it must be john boehner. he hollered, cajoled how he did plead, but reindeer wouldn't listen. sit down, mr. pintz line up like a team, please, don't jump the fence. your feeling your oats and already feel cozy, but so did that lady named nancy pelosi. she reached for the sky wound up in the soup, these days she's hurting a much smaller group. her reindeer still snort that it wasn't their fault, whatever it was-- they were brought to a halt. as that scene faded out boehner lit up a smoke then i could see why, this is no joke. potus was running hard in the tropical sand birth certificate clutched real tight in his hand. can't be too careful, he told his wife's mother, arizona police may be here undercover. it's been a tough year, difficult trip and wouldn't you know, i busted my lip. my own party against me, will that be my fate or can old clinton teach me to triangulate. my dream got confusing i really was torn, the old bull still fought locking horn against horn, the way they were acting it was sure easy enou

democrats who want to attack john boehner will say he's a cry baber. lks who like him will say it's proof of his sensitive side. most americans will not know he ever cries ever. the world will go on. boehner will be judged by what happens in the house of representatives than the interviews. >> still does very, very well. i have to say, just in the time from this one, when this aired until this morning a number of democrats said to me they kind of found it endearing. did you find it endearing. >> i'm nicknaming him snotty pippen. i was watching the "60 minutes" piece and it has this american feel. he chokes up when he talked about the american dream, a man that was a januaitor. >> met his wife while he was take out the garbage. >> they were kennedy democrats. he made millions. you know he did the american dream and it's emotional for him, and i think it resonate -- it resonated with my. it's the classic story we hope for you, you can come from nothing and be something. it will endure him with many americans. >> if i can have all of you hold on for a seco

. >>> and chances are john boehner does not take the gavel in three weeks, but the white house is working behind the scenes to build a relationship with the republicans. >>> and speaking of republicans, will he stay or go? decision day for republican national committee chairman michael steele. >>> plus, the case for ratifying s.e.a.r.t. and we will speak with sam nunn, the former author of the initiative. >> if i come to you and say, mr. mayor, i want to take a hard look at this and this is not a vanity play and we could win this thing, would you change your mind? >> no way no how. >> no way, no how. mayor michael bloomberg says he is not running, but he is offering a new political vision, politics without labels. this hour we will talk with another key player behind the effort. los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. >>> and michelle ree is not done fighting. we will have more on that union fight as msnbc continues. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington, and we begin with news that ta virginia judge has struck down part of the president's health care law as unconstitutional. and pete, l

john boehner practiced when he preached in this tax bill. they found common ground which was a signature issue in the white house. the president rain against the bush tax cuts and what john boehner was talking about was compromise principle. it's a battle of semantics, what you call it. the most important thing is what you do. i think john boehner is willing to find common ground, not willing to compromise his principles in the old tradition of ronald reagan who worked with democrats. megyn: dick, it's interesting to hear him say this he's not going to compromise, that he wants common ground, when we have steny hoyer who is the majority in the house saying the senate is going to vote on this tax deal and it's going to come to the house and you can expect some changes by the house in particular with respect to the estate tax. the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell already said this is the deal. and they said joe biden went to the house and senate saying this is the deal take-it-or-leave-it. he's talking about changing it just lik

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shows photos of generals dwight eisenhower omar bradley and george patton barton says that speaker john boehner is our dwight eisenhower in the battle against the obama administration what jordi leader eric cantor is our omar bradley and i want to be george patton put anything in my scope and i will shoot it wonderful wonderful so congressman barton is actually comparing the g.o.p. to world war two leaders and the obama white house as the enemy regimes of that era was born you know who the enemy was during world war two you know the nazis that's a really tasteful they at least he isn't calling democrats socialists right sounds like joe barton has done of the get made another dumb and irresponsible comment and that's why his nights to a time where. now for the holiday season how would you like to get your hands on the hottest item out there it's shiny it flies without a pilot and it can do a whole lot of damage any guesses yet well if you're thinking drones then you're right according to wired dot com several countries are looking to the united states to fulfill their christmas wish list it turn

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and that prompted john boehner to say this very colorful, i guess, we'll call it a sound bite. >> trying to catch my breath so i don't referring to this maneuver gone on today as chicken crap, all right. but this is nonsense. the election was one month ago, we're 23 months from the next election, and the political games -- >> yeah, as you can imagine, chicken crap popping up on twitter over and over again from reporters off the hill. but back to these votes in the senate, none are expected to get these 60 votes that are needed to pass. the real action going on right now behind closed doors where the white house, republicans, democrats, are continuing their efforts to hammer out a compromise and time is running out. >> it's interesting because democrats prior to the election said we need to use this. this is a slam dunk for us in terms of most people agree with our side about it. and you have a poll about what people say. >> yeah, there's some division

republican john boehner says congress must ac now to cut spending and extend those tax cuts for everyone. if you are looking for a job you might find one at th next job journal hire event. it's next tuesday from 11:00 to 3:00 at the windham hotel in san jose. >> the meers of the president obama budget deficit committee voted in favor of a plan to flash the nation's growing

john boehner can't even bring himself to use the word compromise. leslie stall tried to nail the tan man on "60 minutes" last night. here it is. >> we have to govern. that's what we were elected to do. >> but governing means compromising. >> it means working together. >> it also means compromise. >> it means finding common ground. >> okay is that compromising? >> i am not going to compromise on my principles nor am i going to compromise the will of the american people. >> and you're saying i want common ground but i'm not going to compromise. i don't understand that i really don't. >> when you say the word "compromise" a lot of americans look up and go, oh, oh, they're going to sell me out. and so finding any common ground, i think, makes more sense. >> boehner might be a big crybaby, but he knows exactly what he's doing with this issue. common ground, what does that mean? that means that boehner wants the president to do things his way, his way or the highway. compromise means he has to give something up. he's not going do that. the white house has

they will say it is better for us when john boehner runs the house in january. given that there are only a couple weeks left in this congress, they may have a chance. >> karen finney, the vote is scheduled for tomorrow in the senate. 83 votes in favor procedurally already. there will be an amendment by jim demint that will basically extend all the bush tax rates permanently without paying for it and so there will be the extreme republican version of this on the floor as an amendment option. the bernie sanders version of this will be on the floor as an amendment option before the final read/mcconnell compromise. do you see anything getting in the way of the reid/mcconnell compromise carrying the day tomorrow in the senate? >> ultimately not. because at the end of the day, right, politics will play out. and that is to say that nobody wants to get to january 1st like the white house keeps saying and have all of this expire and have all this uncertainty. and let's be honest, the republicans at the end of the day want to protect those tax bonuses for their wealthy co

john boehner will be in charge. it's his party and, as congressional correspondent nancy cordes reports, he'll cry if he wants to. >> making sure that these kids have a shot at the american dream... like i did. it's important. >> reporter: americans who watched "60 minutes" last night saw a side of their new speaker that's familiar to those on capitol hill. >> and i think the top of our list... is providing for the safety and security of the american people. >> reporter: he cries. >> now my nose is running. >> reporter: what set you off that time? the water works earned him ribbing today. >> we call him the weeper of the house. >> this guy has an emotional problem. >> reporter: but in his 20 years in office, republican john boehner of ohio has never been afraid to show his softer side. >> when are we going to defeat them! i put my... myself through school... working every rotten job there was. >> reporter: crying in public derailed ed musky's political aspirations in 1972 and haunted pat schroeder in 1987. >> it was

it's a huge victory for the white house depending on how you look at it, but john boehner is already giving the president the cold shoulder. by commentary on that, plus reaction from house majority whip, jim clyburn and ohio senator sherrod brown coming up in the program tonight. >>> darrell icea is planning a witch-hunt against the obama white house, but democrats are ready with a counteroffensive. there is a big development in the democratic strategy tonight. congressman dennis kucinich will join me to talk about it in the bottom of the hour in the "battleground" story. >>> and coming up, "club ed" lizz winstead finds common ground with sarah palin? plus, michele bachmann has just been named to the intelligence committee. l lizz will have something to say about that but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. the hostagetakers of the republican party got $9 billion in ransom and now let's see if they will have the character to let the american people free on the job front. now the party of no just got everything they wanted when the president signed the tax compromise bill

could essentially be a tug-of-war between two men, president obama and incoming house speaker john boehnergave us a preview of coming attractions in an interview on "60 minutes". take a listen: >> okay, compromise something. >> i i am not going to compromise on my principles, nor am i going to compromise the will of the american people. >> you're saying i comont ground but i'm not going to compromise. i don't understand that, i really don't. >> when you say the word compromise, a lot of americans look up and go oh, they're going to sell me out. and so finding common ground, i think, makes more sense. arthel: all right. so can common ground without compromise get anything done for america? bob beckel worked at the carter white house, he's also a fox news contributor, and the co-author of the book common ground, how to stop partisan wars that are destroying america, andrea tantaros is a fox news contributor and conservative columnist. bob, you might have to change the name of the your book because you can't say compromise! >> you know, i tell you, where the distinction is, first of awcialg i

john boehner is true to who he is. wonderful person, he has a deep passionate love for america.e where he is and sometime it shows. i think that's a good thing. >> sean: merry christmas, happy new year. enjoy your time in south carolina and i'm sure we will be talking to you from new hampshire any day now. >> philadelphia eagles' quarterback mike vick says he wants to on a dog again some day. should he be allowed? we'll debate gecko: good news sir, i just got an email from the office and word is people really love our claims service. gecko: 'specially the auto repair xpress. repairs are fast and they're guaranteed for as long as you own your car. boss: hey, that's great! is this your phone? gecko: yeah, 'course. boss: but...where do you put...i mean how do you...carry... waitress: here you go. boss: thanks! gecko: no, no i got it, sir. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. [ technician ] are you busy? management just sent over these new technical manuals. they need you to translate them into portuguese. by tomorrow. [ male announcer ] ducati knows

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but john boehner, he was not there, what do you make of that? is that noteworthy? >>guest: i can't answer that question because i am in fort lauderdale and i can't tell you what is going on up there in washington, dc in the speaker elect's mind. >>neil: congratulations on your victory. good luck next month. to update you what we are seeing, we are outside for a lot of what we were doing you were probably watching this and we have a loud crowd here and here is the thing, we have been outside for a lot of shows lately and we always tell these people, it is glenn beck who will come out here. and a bigger crowd comes out to find out what is going on. we have folks of all ages and stripes here and i will try to get to some of you. this is a big day. how are you? where are you from? are you in the city doing some shopping? see the radio city show? >>guest: a couple of years ago. >>neil: we talked how important it was for the president to sign this. important to you? >>guest: very important. (inaudible) >>neil: what if they had not done this, come to an agreement and taxe

have you guys been following the john boehner story?as on "60 minutes" this past sunday, and he cried, like, three times during the interview. i guess he's a pretty sensitive guy, john boehner. i like him. he's actually talking to the press right now. let's watch via satellite. >> we now join the speaker of the house-elect, congressman john boehner, in a press conference already in progress. >> and that's why i think a tax deal is totally unacceptable for america. i'll now open the floor to questions. >> congressman boehner. >> yes? >> what do you think of republicans' attempts to repeal parts of obama's health care law? >> well, look, there -- there are some things in there that i don't obviously agree with, but president obama worked -- [ laughter ] -- worked very hard, very hard on it. [ laughter ] hard work is part -- it's part of the american dream. [ laughter ] i can't talk about health care. next question. next question. >> yes. as a politician, do you use any websites to communicate with your constituents, like twitter? >> i am

i mean, john boehner, can't keep it together. what if nancy pelosi looked like this on a daily basis? she would have been ripped by shreds by the righty talkers. >>> disturbing information about the judge trying to derail health reform. >>> i tell you what politicians could learn from brett favre. that's right. they should have played him last night. he at least got a touchdown. way to go, giants. whoa! that leaves lots of pieces behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. than the ultra rippled brand, it's no wonder charmin ultra strong holds up better for a more dependable clean. fewer pieces left behind. business is looking better. it sure is. [ female announcer ] charmin ultra strong. enjoy the go. and for an extra-clean finish, try charmin freshmates. >>> coming up, house democrats are ready to take off the gloves and fight this tax deal. it's going to pass in the senate. but will it really happen in the house? they're demanding changes. congressman alan grayson brings in the straight talks next. what's that? oh, you me

>> there are compromises, but john boehner has tenuous ground to track with these tea party guys. for all the people in washington who like compromise, not all compromises are good and boehner knows that and wants to set the tone headed into january. he's not the spieaker yet. >> you've got pollsters involved here. i have a feeling somewhere focus groups -- i've stheen happen -- focus groups saying we don't like the word compromise. so you're trying to avoid the word compromise because it means weakness. >> i wasn't even going to throw cornell's profession under the bus with that criticism, but clearly, you know, john boehner feels that word connotes weakness. i really don't care what you call it, but it's interesting that he feels that is a sign of weakness and he wants to avoid the word. as long as we can find the common ground and build on it, that's a good day in washington. >> let's look at this one. since we have the pollsters front and center, this one to you first. a poll out tudjman, the president's approval rating is at 42% prk d, disapprove at 50%. let's look at his app

classic john boehner i was best and you notice how his face got a different shade of orange what his blood pressure went up we later discovered why he was upset there was a ten percent tax on tanning in the health care bill and even though he denies that boehner has to use spray on tan i mean nobody nobody looks like that naturally and finally tonight's other political moment goes to new york congressman anthony weiner he was the live it over republicans in the house using procedural moves to block a vote of health care for nine eleven first responders and i agree with him on this one so here's his very memorable outburst. if you think this is a bad idea to provide health care. because we do. the job we do not sit down i look up. to this person sitting. anthony weiner taking republicans to task that was good stuff and not something you see every day on the floor of the capitol passion. is a good thing and it makes for some great t.v. so there you have jan brewer john boehner and anthony weiner the top three who created the most buzz for their stumbles screams and rants here's looking

i mean, john boehner, can't keep it together. what if nancy pelosi looked like this on a daily basis? she would have been ripped by shreds by the righty talkers. >>> disturbing information about the judge trying to derail health reform. >>> i tell you what politicians could learn from brett favre. that's right. they should have played him last night. he at least got a touchdown. way to go, giants. >> grandfather: our first grandson. >> father: he sees you. >> ( "imagine" by john lennon playing ) >> ( laughing softly ) >> ( woman speaking korean ) >> ( child speaking korean ) >> ( children chattering ) >> dwight d. eisenhower: in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed... >> john lennon: ♪ you may say ♪ i'm a dreamer ♪ but i'm not the only one >> ( blowing whistle ) >> ♪ i hope someday... >> good night, baby. >> ♪ ...you'll join us ♪ and the world ♪ will be as one >> woman: together, we are the human network. cisco. >>> coming up, house democrats are ready to take off the gloves and fight

you're telling me, lars, if nancy pelosi had cried as much as we've seen john boehner cry, you're telling republicans on the right wouldn't be asking serious questions about her fitness? >> if she got choked up about issues that i could understand any person getting emotional about. leader boehner, speaker-designate boehner, got choked up on the things you would find somebody who's a patriot getting choked up about. i didn't have a problem with it. i sat and watched the interview on sunday night. i thought it was perfectly appropriate, and i thought what "60 minutes" was trying to do was find something that they could find to suggest that the man is mentally unstable, and i really think d. megyn: what about that, leslie? listen, so you're not a crier from the sound of it. you know, listen, i'm pregnant, so i confess right now, i could cry right now. my first outburst might appear at any moment. >> megyn, i could cry right now, but i won't let myself. megyn: i think it's kind of sweet when i see a man or a woman crying. i don't usually get disturbed about it because they're so used to proj

. >> to the question of spending -- >> john boehner with a little back and forth with some members of before we went to him, he was saying that he thinks it's a good bill that passed last night, but he also thinks congress has to get to work on it. i'll quote him here, the job killing spending binge that the government has been on. let's bring mindy, simon and steven back. it is the season. i believe in santa claus. so, i like to believe, as some people have suggested, steve, that this bipartisan achievement could be and i'm going to read from "new york times" the pro prototype for future hard bargain compromises. is thought what we saw? >> the congress that negotiated is going to change significantly in the next few weeks and you have a congress coming in. if you look, there's an ominous sign of what happened in the senate last night where the spending bill basically died. they're not going to vote and they're going to pass another temporary extension. why did it die? it died because of a republican result over earmarks. it makes up a fraction of over 1% over this whole thing. earmar

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the -- john boehner.lot of federal strings attached to the dollars that come back to our states and what boehner is interested in doing is to clear out the strings and let us be able to design solutions for the problems this we have. >>neil: so this was no talk about killing off health care, that infer came up. >>guest: we are talking about a private meeting and i know it gets me in trouble with the press when i don't want to talk about secret meetings but that was no the thrust of what happened with john boehner yesterday, what we are interested in because we know we are in a time where we will get fewer dollars, we will take the fewer dollars but do not attach the screens so we cannot design the programs so solve our own problems. and it is always a problem in washington. i dealt with it 18 years i was leader when i was chairman of cf the budget committee. >>neil: the reason i ask and i don't know whether your attorney general was among those trying to fight this in the courts. >>guest: the current atto

john boehner is riding herd over 80-plus new members. can't run around saying compromise because they'll get skittish, won't they? >> so far they didn't have to. his word "common ground," that might be too generous, seriously. >> i'll tell you what. there is, of course, the conventional wisdom which is that republicans won overwhelmingly and they certainly did ideologically. there is -- i oemt heard two people, myself and charles say, wait a second, republicans have sold out the very principles that got them elected. did you see the column on friday? this is like a stimulus package. $900 billion, we're borrowing from the chinese. this is like a disaster for the conservati conservatives. >> it's a good package for congress and politically. it has too be followed by deficit reduction in the longer term next year. >> that is funny. as we have pointed out here, mika, the debt commission comes out and there's fanfare, and they come out, and we -- they come down from the mountain. they figured out how to cut $4 trillion over the next generatio

are they both the real john boehner? >> i think they're both the real john boehner.ke tears very well. i think he's an emotional guy. i think on the compromise issue, i mean, there's two schools of thought on this. say you are somebody who is against tax cuts. you elect a politician who agrees with you. you don't want that representative to go to washington and actually compromise. you don't want those tax cuts. i think that politicians are sort of torn because let's say everybody compromises and gets along bueautifully and it's a 50/50 split, who's cominging back to washington? >> is he the traditionalist who still appreciates a phone call from a president, whether that president is from his same party or not, and is more likely, whether he calls it compromise or not to work with someone who reaches out to him? >> i think he is. i think the problem, though, while he may be somebody is more amenable than that, he's lording over a party now, and i think both parties this is the case, who don't want a lot of compromise. the politics have become so polarized both sides

owns a piece, up to $50,000 of a political consulting firm that worked with republicans including john boehnerd john mccain and others. should that, is that part of the story? >>guest: probably not because federal judges are permitted to own shares of stock if they do not engage in management of them and if they declare what they do. this is a george w. bush appointmentee, a person of conservative ideological orientation and i don't think he makes bones about it. in the prior oral arguments where there were motions to dismiss he indicated it was likely he would rule this way and although i applaud this ruling, this is not the final say, it will go to the court of appeals, also in richmond and this with the or cases, 20 of these, 20 different federal judges they will make their way to the u.s. supreme court. but this judge made a very interesting argument when he said that no stat use -- not law authorizes congress to make you progress -- purchase something. >>shepard: how will this end up? >>judge napolitano: it is 2,300 pages long, and politically, it is the heart and soul of what the preside

i think since 94 we have gone through bill, john boehner and now john kwan in being the leadership spot on the education committee. i committed to this. as an avid surfer 12 years. -- i said i would served 12 years. i served as the ranking member. when it came to an end, i thought those time for me to leave. >> congress is being asked to vote on waivers for the committee chairmen. we do support that? >> no. there is only been one waiver to da since this has been put in place anthat is when george >> they felt he was instrumental for leading the intel committee after 9/11. it was a very specialized circumstance. i would be very disappointed if i saw my colleagues giving waivers on this. the process has worked. >> we only have one minute left. do you anticipate that when you walk out of that office for the last time after all these years what your prevailing fobbs will be? >> it will be nothing but positive. it is one of the greatest jobs and the world. you lose your privacy and it is a very difficult job but both lots will be nothing but positive and with real optimism about what i can d

were you watching "the view" when they got into john boehner. got a little emotional talking about young kids and the american dream. he was ripped to shreds for those tears and that awkward crying phase yesterday by the ladies of "the view." >> once again, he could not keep himself from getting really emotional. take a look. >> this guy has an emotional problem that every time he talks about anything that is not raise taxes he cries. if you had seen nancy pelosi all these past years what would you say? >> she's weak. she can't handle the pressure. >> so i mean, i hope he's a good speaker of the house but he's got a problem. >> i think it's interesting to watch him cry because i've been watching him now. we call him the weeper of the house and he cries -- >> wow. tough crowd. remind me not to get misty around the ladies of "the view." >>> the most surreal moment in the history of holiday television. bing crosby and david bowie, 1977 shot somewhere in london singing "little drummer boy" togetherly shortly before mr. crosby's death. in a stirring

people who have been watching john boehner for years have seen this before. about the troops or his own family or about children. in fact, i had the privilege of emceeing a dinner he used to co-host with the late senator ted kennedy was for catholic schools. and that was a perfect example. i mean, he just sort of let loose because it's something that he cared about personally. so we've seen it on the house floor in the past, this is just something that the american people are now seeing more of, i think, because they're seeing more of john boehner. and you might wonder, what do his aides think about this? is this okay? and they're not upset about it. the fact of the matter is, this does show him as a human being. and it shows that he is somebody who does tend to care and he emotes. >> yeah. i don't know what i think of it. dana bash, good to see you as always. and your next political update coming in one hour. for the latest political news go to cnnpolitics.com. with threk combinations, all under $20! like succulent lobster and wood-grilled sirloin, or new ch

there are things john boehner won't bring to the floor. gwen: this is a president who came out after the election and called republicans hostage takers. bad feeling left over from that or is he the one feeling that way? >> he's happy. he is feeling mostly happy. he has these contradictory sentiments. he likes the idea of compromise to get things done, he likes saying, we are making washington work. one of the reasons that the democrats lost in his estimation is they failed on the promise to make washington work. on the other hand, when he makes these deals, he makes it so clear that there are parts of those that he really hates that it angers the people he is making the deals with. i don't know how he is going to work that balance out over a long sustained period. gwen: i heard some of that playing out on wednesday on the question about gay marriage now that you got don't ask, don't tell. some said, what about gay marriage? he said i'm wrestling with that, is that a wrestling match or is that personal? >> if i was his political advisor, i

the incoming speaker of the house, john boehner has pledged to repeal or replace it.lawmakers in 40 states have introduced bills to block all or part of the law. and the republican governors around the country are resisting implementing the health care law and their states. but some warn that republicans could make the same mistake the democrats did. and that is to focus on health care and make it their top priority instead of focusing on the economy and jobs. also in their push to repeal it, republicans risk alienating moderates who may like certain parts of the law. here's the question, then, is president obama's health care law history? go to cnn.com/cafferty file. >> jack, thanks very, very much. in a rare show of bipartisanship, a new group made up of well-known democratic, republican, and independent leaders is setting out to find solutions to some of the country's most critical problems and potentially make that mark on congress. the organization known as no labels launched today with a series of panels. our own senior political analyst david gergen is joining

the best advice so far is what john boehner said for president obama.the biggest embarrassments early in the first term, his only term, was when he didn't veto the omnibus spending bill after campaigning against the earmarks. >> which he regrets. >> indeed. president obama admits practically no mistakes but that was one. well, he's got a second chance. he doesn't are to veto it. just make one quick phone call to harry reid and say did you miss what happened november 2nd? something that was not good for us but you have to get the earmarks out of there. i want them out of there. if the president says so, i think they'll be out of there. there are a lot of earmarks for the actual lame ducks. it's a lame duck congress but for guys -- >> who won't be there if january. >> this is their last gasp to get the -- he had some from indiana and my favorite was money for mosquito trapping research. >> bret: there's a long list. we'll list some here. first of all, the aflcio training programs, a million dollars by senator harkin. you mentioned representative baron hil