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that must be part of what john boehner is really objecting to.hard wolfe, great to have you with us tonight for the discussion. >> my pleasure. >> facts are facts. will it stick with the american people? what do you think? >> well, i think it's very hard for the republicans to do what they're doing right now, which is to say, who are you going to believe? me or your lying eyes? you know, the economy is moving in a very different direction from where they want it to be. so they have two choices. they can try and say, the economy could've, should've, would've better if a republican would have been there. kind of what mitt romney is trying to say. that kind of conditional argument is very hard to pull off. or they can do what john boehner is doing and say, you know what, it's actually terrible. no matter what you're hearing in the news, no matter what you're seeing, it's all bad. you can fool some of the people all the time, and some of the people are not ever going to work for this president. >> you've got 450 right-wing talkers across america who

. >> the republican house speaker john boehner who has publicly expressed concerns about holding his majority in the house decided to take his first compromised step toward the president today on student loans. >> today i'm pleased to announce that on friday the house will vote on a bill to extend the current interest rate on federal student loans for one year. >> but boehner is going to try to turn this republican surrender to the president into at least some kind of partial victory. >> we will pay for this by taking money from one of the slush funds in the president's health care law. you know, this week, the president's traveling the country on the taxpayer's dime, campaigning and trying to invent a fight where in isn't one, and there never has been one, on these student loans. >> harry reid's democratic senate plan for the student loan fix is to pay for it by closing a corporate tax loophole. now that the president has forced the republicans to agree in principal on the student loan fix, we will no doubt have a few weeks of interparty wrangling of exactly how to pay for it. we no

our team points out that mitt romney's biggest ral eye on capitol hill is house speaker john boehner. when asked about a coordinated attack on the president this week, on various topics, let's me play what speaker boehner had to say. >> i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. this is biggest job in the world. and i've never seen a president make it smaller. the emperor has no clothes. i think the president's economic policies have failed. i would argue they have made things worse. and as a result, the president has turned to the politics of envy and division. >> when is the last time you spoke to anyone in the romney campaign? >> it's been a while. >> i've talk to the candidates or their campaigns during this process. >> there is no coordination with the recent attacks. almost like you're doing romney's bidding. >> i'm doing my own. >> he is doing his own. the eyebrow. >> well, it is true with john boehner that since the debt deal fell apart last summer, he's been pretty critical of the president on the record saying he moves the goalposts and negotiating with him is l

news is the republican majority in the house of representatives in danger speaker of the house john boehner seems to think so in an interview with fox news speaker boehner said this about the republican prospects of holding the house after november i said there's a two in three chance that we win. control of the house. but there's a one of three chance i'll be the loser but i feel myself frank. we've got a big challenge and we've got work to do. a lot of work to do indeed but just what kind of work is the question republicans came to power in the house at the beginning of two thousand and eleven with a mandate to create jobs instead they went to work targeting female contraceptive use that will create zero jobs pushing for a dirty oil pipeline that will create very few jobs in trying to repeal obamacare and push an austerity budget that will lead to massive job losses so might the same voter of morse that's putting republicans like governor scott walker in wisconsin or governor rick snyder of michigan in danger control of the house of representatives in danger as well let's ask the panel ri

john boehner was more likely to follow the lead of the freshmen than the other way around. tavis: he called them a pain in my behind. is it really influence? you can have positive influence and negative influence. there are some who could argue that these guys have cost their party a great deal with their shenanigans this first time around. >> that might be true. at the same time, john boehner became the speaker because of these 87 freshmen who came into town. he would be a minority leader if it were not for them. he recognized that it is not just a matter of gratitude towards them. there was a movement that blew them into town. the tea party movement, which different people have seen different ways, was certainly conservative. john boehner was well aware of the fact that he could either be at the head of this train or get crushed by it. speaker boehner has an expression, which is that if you say follow me when you start walking, and no one is behind you, you are not leading. you are just taking a walk. he recognized that to some degree, he would have to lead by following a

john boehner was coming in as speaker. the bank terminus announces in the -- advances in the senate. people were starting to write off the obama president the bush presidency after what seemed to be a promising start. i was lucky enough to talk to people in the white house, obama's inner circle, and sort of chronicle what came after that. in the lame-duck session, then the very up and down year we had in 2011 with the budget fight and the debt ceiling fights, but of course things like egypt, libya, bin laden raid, which i think set up the campaign. this is sort of a pre-campaign book in ways that examines the with the president was thinking and how he was seeing his own presidency and how he was seeing things as he was trying to tee up is very decisive 2012 election. host: the book "showdown." you brought that bill clinton. this morning, the was a biography back in the 1990's, has the roots of two presidents, born on august 15 years apart at opposite ends of the baby boom generation. bill clinton in 1946. barack obama, 196

"cbs this morning" anchor charlie rose asked house speaker john boehner about the next phase of the romney campaign. >> reporter: does he need reset his campaign? does he need to get together and say to himself and to you and to the leadership in the senate, i want to take this opportunity to redefine myself, because many americans have not focused on this sort of thing? >> well, that's pretty hard to do. but after any primary, there's always a little retooling. always some adjustments in terms of now you have a different opponent. and so i think you'll see some new things out of this campaign. >> reporter: like what? >> a real focus on what the election's going to be about. economics, economics, economics. >> and later this morning you can see more of charlie rose's interview with boehner on "cbs this morning." >>> coming up on the morning news -- an honor overdue. the white house will salute a war hero 42 years after he died, saving fellow soldiers during the vietnam war. >>> first, scott pelley with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> they're the american heroes who carried o

. >> john boehner is crying up a storm calling the student loan fight bogus. >> i pick this big political fight where there is no fight is just silly. >> tonight, we prove the speaker wrong. >> give me break. >>> the obama campaign is hammering mitt romney on national security. >> look, he knew what would happen. supposed the navy seals had gone in there and i want hasn't been bin laden. >> you're not going to believe ç mitt's response. >>> scott walker is running scared. he's mailing lies across america. now he's calling in the heavy artillery. >> you know, something may go down tonight, but it ain't going to be jobs sweetheart. >>> tomorrow is the white house correspondence dinner. tonight, we're looking back at some of its greatest hits. >> paul ryan couldn't be here tonight. his budget has no room for laughter. >>> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. republicans are stuck between a rock and a hard place in the fight over student loans. the gop wanted interest rates on some student loans no double in june. well, today, they voted oen a bill in the house to keep the r

mitt romney hooking up with john boehner. a span of three days after this became a national news story. look atç the coordination betwn the gop leadership and mitt romney. >> speaker boehner barely speaks to mitt romney, remember that? >> thanks so much, guys. if you'd like to see those two gentlemen in tuxedos, tune in tomorrow night for special coverage the white house correspondents dinner. that begins here at 10:00 eastern. we'll be right back to clear the air. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em, with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds, and stops new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control. guys. come here, come here. [ telephone ringing ] i'm calling my old dealers

listen to john boehner say whatever he wants.ut cenk listen to the vice president talking. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> you know, and this is about osama bin laden in a way because the democrats have neutralized with the success of the elimination of osama bin laden, they have neutralized that issue for the republicans. not only that, even bill clinton is coming to the side of president obama, and this is i think a spectacular ad. ♪ >> it's one thing george bush said that was right. the president is the decider in chief. nobody can make that decision for you. look, he knew what would happen. suppose the navy seals had gone in there and it hadn't been bin laden. suppose they had been captured or killed. the down side would have been horrible, but he reasoned. i cannot in good conscious do nothing. he took the harder and the more honorable path, and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> it's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one per

so i did to help him out. >> that's all john boehner says. president obama out i think john boehner when he accuses the president of faking an issue, i think john boehner is just getting a little desperate there and that is his spin it was a big weekend for all of the white house washers and we have to carry on. the beat goes on and david jackson already at work covering the white house for u.s.a. today. good morning, david. >> good morning, bill. >> yes, sir. so it was a pretty big event, pretty successful event saturday night. hum? >> it went well, 2700 people. your white house correspondents government officials and various celebrities packed to here president tell jokes and jimmy kimmel tell jokes about president obama. >> you never know where they are going to go with their humor president obama surprised everybody by going in this direction. you could almost hear gasps in the radio room. >> what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? a pit bull is delicious. >> so david, i thought jimmy kimmel might go after the dog jokes

for example, john boehner.or you trying to get in to see the speaker of the house? >> we've heard speaker boehner repeat, after continuous mass shootings in our country, that talking about mass changes to our laws would be inappropriate at this time. so during the week that begins with the fifth anniversary of virginia tech and ends with the 13th anniversary of columbine, the two probably most infamous shootings in our country's history, john boehner was unable to meet with us this week because he was too busy. so my question remains, when would be an appropriate time, mr. speaker, to talk about this? because 32 americans are killed every day. following your logic, there will never be a time to talk to us, anat

for example, john boehner. trying to get in to see the speaker of the house? >> we've heard speaker boehner repeat, after continuous mass shootings in our country, that talking about mass changes to our laws would be inappropriate at this time. so during the week that begins with the fifth anniversary of virginia tech and ends with the 13th anniversary of columbine, the two probably most infamous shootings in our country's history, john boehner was unable to meet with us this week because he was too busy. so my question remains, when would be an appropriate time, mr. speaker, to talk about this? because 32 americans are killed every day. following your logic, there will never be a time to talk to us, and that's just unacceptable. >> when the virginia tech massacre happened and you felt that outpouring of sympathy nationally, did you expect we're going to be able to do something about this? >> when i learned what laws we needed to change, how simple.

. >> it's worth mentioning right now behind me in that building right now, house speaker john boehner is speaking on the house floor about the gop student loan interest. the bill would keep it at 3.4% and prevent it from doubling when the current rate expires on july. what democrats don't like is how the republicans want to pay for it. they're proposing to offset the $6 billion cost by taking money from the president's health care law. the white house has called this politically motivated and say they will veto it should it get that far. nothing ever gets done in this congress without a nasty fight, glenn. >> thank god from a politico perspective. i agree with ezra in terms of the transformational issue. two things i'd like to add to that. the first is there is a human speed bump up on the hill by the name of charles schumer on the senate side -- >> known to the parole tart as chuck shumables. >> chuckles, who will make it his life's mission to imitate what mitch mcconnell has done in the last three years, obstruct. we are kind of in the age of overreach. this ryan budget up on the hi

i think that undercuts the attacks on john boehner.nk the public gets that. >> i don't think the public separates the senate from the house. congress's approval rating is 19% or is it 9%? i can't remember what. >> one republican. >> it's a pox on both their houses. the senate doesn't get anything accomplished, in part because of the rules of the senate. you to have 60 votes before you can accomplish anything. >> they're avoiding budgeting. >> that's the thing. the budget includes taxes. the budget includes entitlements. the budget includes spending. the budget includes debt. they won't even take it up. aren't they a target, bob costas? >> you know what is really bigger target, if people say they don't care about the budget, they do care about the scandal like the gsa scandal. when they see government out of control, that's a real tangible example people can say we want to get government, rein it in and pass some better budgets. that's what people really pay attention to. >> this is one of the most tenuous connections i've ever heard be

house speaker john boehner says there are two things that will decide this election in november; the es and the economy. in part two of my interview, speaker boehner goes on record over the recent scandals in washington and the strong words from one of the president's top advisers. daviddavid axlerod said over the weekend that republicans have engaged, on the house side, in a reign of terror. [laughter] now, he's suggesting that house members are, they're walking in lockstep as a party to stymy the president and make sure he gets no progress between now and election time. what do you think of those comments by -- >> well, i think that it's just outrageous talk. they're trying to make this election, as i said earlier, about anything other than the president's failed economic policies. and so they're going to look for every bogeyman known to man. listen, if republicans were walking in lockstep, my job would be a whole lot easier. bill: so he suggested that a there are good republicans and, perhaps, bad republicans -- >> i wonder what category i fall in. bill: which one are you? >> i don

now, in a continuing effort to distract from the issue at hand, speaker of the house john boehner is hitting the president on his travel schedule. how weak. boehner says president obama's trips to discuss keeping student loan rates low, something that would benefit millions of americans are beneath the presidency? boehner wants the obama campaign to reimburse the treasury. >> frankly, i think this is beneath the dignity of the white house. for the president to make a campaign issue out of this and then to travel to three battleground states and go to three large college campuses on taxpayer's money to try to make this a political issue is pa ethic. >> president obama is out there talking about a serious economic issue with young people in this country. those trips were official business and the gop is trying to play games here. the "associated press" reports the democrats have already reimbursed $1.5 million for president obama's political travel. that's more than $1.3 million the republican party paid for the entire 2004 bush re-election campaign. how about that speaker? any comment

they're doing the mutual pandering. >> woodruff: the charge of-- i mean, i was struck by how tough john boehner was, speaker boehner was in going after the president, i have never seen the white house be so small. >> i was surprised. because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for re-election t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation abo

should john boehner be doing that for alan west?alan west is so ridiculous that it speaks for itself. i can't set a standard for what the republicans do and what they tolerate and what their members say. you would think, i mean i think we saw all that we needed to see when rush limbaugh made the horrible statements they did and the response from the republicans was to minimal poor choice of words. poor choice are words? no, poor choice of thoughts. so if they would not even respond to that, alan west calling ever calling the progressive caucus communist in the house. >> ate one i think 78-81. >> but nothing surprises me about them but it's up to the public to make a judgment as to whether that should be how they want to be represented in congress, but i'm just happy that you're in the war room and i'm glad to be in the war room with you today. >> i'm glad you joined us. thank you for coming in, for leading well. >> i come here as former speaker and current leader and christine's mom. >> exactly and everybody knows who watches the wa

john boehner and mitt romney could not be more different.ner came from a very modest, to put it mildly, background. he talked about sweeping and mopping the floor in his father's bar, he was a bartender, put himself through college. and up against mitt romney, that certainly is a very different background. as you know, mitt romney's father had a privileged background and also wept on to make multimillions of dollars. and i did ask him about whether he thought that would be a problem for mitt romney as he moved forward. the short answer is no, he didn't think that romney's wealth would get in the way of people's voting for him. his explanation for that is pretty interesting. >> i also want to talk to you about osama bin laden. it's hard to believe but it's been nearly one year since he's been killed. is the white house still worried about al qaeda? i know you're going to be talking about the president's top counterterrorism adviser on the show today. >> yes, john brennan is with us today, the president's adviser and top security adviser on ho

candy crowley's exclusive interview with speaker john boehner begins right now. we'll begin in just a moment. thank you. >>> listen. if the election were today, i'd be very optimistic. >> you're looking at the view from the best seat in the house. the question is whether speaker boehner can keep it. >>> also today, the death of bin laden as a political talking point with the president top counterterrorism adviser john brennan. >>> and then the view from out there with two governors montana governor brian schweitzer and virginia republican bob mcdonnell. >>> plus the president's club with nancy gibbs and michael duffy and our exclusive guest house speaker john boehner. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> mr. speaker, primeau view, great digs. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> how many days have you thought, did i actually want this job? >> a lot. >> big headaches. mr. speaker, thank you for joining us. let me start right out with the week's story, which is the student loans. the president has issued a veto threat and said if this keeping

pointedly one person not at the dinner was john boehner, eric cantor, minority whip.ded 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 previous years to a federal retirement fund. that would give the post office immediate liqu

. >> well, a short time later, house speaker john boehner erupted. >> people want to politicize this because it's an election year. but, my god, do we have to fight about everything? and now, now we're going to have a fight over women's health. give me a break. you know, this is the -- this is the latest plank in the so-called war on women. entirely created -- entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> so keeping 'em honest on this issue, who's right? well, we looked at what the house bill eliminates. it's called the prevention and public health fund. about $1 billion this budget year. the categories include tobacco prevention, hiv screening, nutrition programs, hospital and infection control, immunization, increases in the number of doctors and doctors' training, but no line items for things like mammograms, pap smears, prenatal care, any other specific women's health issues with the exception of breast-feeding. and congresswoman maloney, who you'll hear from in a moment, we're going to talk to her, says cutting the prevention fund would, in fact, broa