john kasich had a double-digit lead. chairman of the house budget committee, left the house voluntarily. energetic and interesting figure here. >> lehrer: he was on the cable television networks for fox. but he went worked for ms-nbc before that. >> he worked forlyman brothers as a partner. whatever. he trumpeted this as a private sector. lyman brothers goes belly up and john kasich has been running away from it ever since. it was comparable to the fellow who was working for the b.p. and said let's just run a service station. he said i was running a two-man office in columbus. that's all i was doing. ted strickland the governor that lost 400,000 jobs since his governorship through no fault of his. he's sort of the steady dependable respected one of the... former methodist minister and former prison psychologist its the flashy first date kasich against the steady. he's cut into it. it's thelyman brothers connection that struck len has emphasized. wall street has brought him back. >> lehrer: do you see it that way? >> i th

john kasich was one of the key leaders in making that happen in the congress. he was one of the driving -- he was one of the driving forces for that balance budget. he understands the importance of fiscal discipline and actually getting it done. one of the great stories of this election is the great lakes stakes in the midwest, most of them returning from blue back to read. ec republican backed governors in places like iowa and wisconsin and michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, and so many places. john is coming out of a huge battle in ohio. it was a firewall for president obama. he was there 12 times. but president biden was there even more. rga sent to ohio about $11 million in late as it did get role in this election. regardless of the mechanics of all is going to benefit from the positive, strong, clear, discipline and leadership of john kasich. we are very grateful for you and look forward to your comments as well. [applause] >> it is important to note that i am the father of 10-year-old twin daughters. i think about nikki haley and susanna who just spoke to you,

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if governor john kasich gets a phone call saying would you be my number two, want answer would be?are you crazy? i got a job food to do in ohio,. i got out for ten years, and i thought i had a good career and had a lot of great people i work with. i did this because i am dedicated to lifting ohio. i have no political interests. you know the coolest thing about this? i don't owe anybody anything, john. ohio is going to be such a fun place to watch. we're moving in many different directions right now. if i can lift the doom and the gloom and the burden off the people off the state of ohio, that's going to be so fantastic. that's all i care about, john, honestly, and then maybe you sxi could have a talk show. how would that be? >> you had one before on another network. it was entertaining television. first, i'll check back in 18 months and see if the phone has rung. sir, we wish you the best. >> thank you, john. always a pleasure. >> remember when raum eman yell left his job to run as mayor? now there's a committee. is he a legal candidate? we'll be right back. [ commentator ] lindsey

john kasich the republican is up by 2% over ted strickland. we'll check back in on that race later tonight. in the senate wisconsin's russ feingold handed a defeat tonight. ron johnson will become the next senator of wisconsin. then in illinois, al ly giannoulias is in a very tight race. the democrat is trailing republican mark kirk by just about 1%. finally in colorado, we see a little bit of a gap emerging here with i think 22% of the precincts reporting if i read that correctly. michael bennett at 50% over republican and tea party supported canned dade ken buck. those are some of the latest results that we have. we'll try to keep you up to date later in the hour. >> lehrer: here with me now are shields and brooks. syndicated columnist mark shields, "new york times" columnist david brooks. mark, is it just my imagination or are there more close races this time? if so, why are they so? is that a reflection of just how divided the country is? is that going too far? >> i don't know if it's an indication of just how divided it is but.... >> lehr

the ohio governor race, democratic incumbent ted strickland was defeated by former congressman john kasiche] >> guess what? i'm going to be governor of ohio. we want to thank you, ohio, for the confidence you have shown in me tonight. i want to thank my wife. how about this wifi have, huh? and my daughters, anna and -- emma and reece. they joined me on the trail and they were exceptional. they are great, great part of the family. so i went to think of the many supporters, volunteers, and staff who have worked so hard over the past many months. this is all about the team. this team is not going away. you are staying with us all the way through. i needed to have your commitment. we have to do this together and rebuild this state together. [applause] i would think people on both sides of the aisle including my opponent for participating vigorously in ohio's political process. the governor called me. we had a good conversation. he pledged to help in any way that he could. democracy only works when people engage in it. ohio lines have engaged robustly this year. we took a step forward tonight.

john kasich the republican challenger at 47%. still a very, very close race. >> woodruff: with a lot of votes yet to come in. back to you jim in pittsburgh. you know, everybody across the country is saying jobs and the economy. issue number one. is it that simple in the state of pennsylvania? >> absolutely. the unemployment rate here is not quite as bad as it is in the country as a whole but it's just blotted out the sun in terms of the universe of other issues. >> in terms of the argument that joe sestak has been making, he is a congressman who has voted with the obama administration on some issues but not on all issues. so how has pat toomey been able to successfully portray him as connected to washington, to this administration? >> well, of course, representative sestak accuses or reminds voters that pat toomey was an investment banker. but toomey says, hey, here's the guy who voted for the bailouts. it's kind of been a contest between the two of them to see which can portray the other as the enabler of wall street excess. >>

point is ohio is going to benefit from the positive, strong, clear discipline and leadership of john kasich and john we are very grateful to you and look forward to your comments as well. [applause] >> thank you, tim. i think it is first of all important to note i am the father of 210-year-old twin daughters and i think about nikki haley and susanna who just spoke to all of you and governor lingle and john brewer and mary fallin. the republican party has got some women that are just awesome [applause] and as the father of 210-year-olds one of my daughters wants to be a doctor in the other wants to be president. my wife and i are enthusiastically supporting the doctor. [laughter] i received a phonecall from valerie jarrett a couple days after the election. she she is some big-time assistant to president obama and she said well, are you rested? you sent the president in 12 times to beat the living daylight out of me, the former president, the first lady and every left-wing group in america and i like to have wrapped it up by 9:00 in the evening but it took me a couple of more hours other than

in the bellwether state of ohio, it's democrat ted strickland against republican john kasich. and in florida, republican rick scott is battling democrat alex sink. president obama is not on the ballot, but he's been campaigning as if he were. and many voters say this election is, as bob mentioned, is a referendum on his presidency. chip reid is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: even on election day, the president was still campaigning. >> if you vote, you get a say in that future. >> reporter: targeting young voters on web sites like youtube and aol.com. >> when you don't vote, you leave the decisions that affect your life up to someone else. >> reporter: and reaching out to minority voters with another series of interviews on urban radio stations, which included some harsh words for republicans: >> reporter: and the president was doing those interviews right into the evening hoping to convince people to vote on their way home from work. katie? >> couric: chip reid. thank you, chip. the highest profile senate race tonight is in nevada where, as we've mentioned, democrat

former congressman john kasich is is running against democratic incumbent ted strickland, a popular governorse with a very tough economy. cbs news political analyst john dickerson in washington is following all these races and john, ohio is particularly important for the white house. >> that's absolutely right. winning a state like new york is great for democrats, but ohio is one of the nine presidential battleground states. strategists from both parties are already looking ahead to the next election because a candidate, if there is a governor of a party in their state it gives them a leg up in terms of organization. of the nine battleground states in play, barack obama won all in 2008 and pennsylvania as you mentioned looks like it will have a republican governor so that means the president has to hope that ohio and florida come through to help him with his next presidential race. >> couric: then let's talk about the fact that many of these winning governors will be redrawing congressional districts, john. >> every 10 years after the census they redraw the districts for the house. the gover

>> well, i really think -- like john kasich.t committee chairman he's somebody who's got a lot of passion and i think that he's going to be a terrific leader. you know looking at the governors entirely, i mean you've got a potential president in that group, you've got mitch daniels, who i think is a terrific governor. you know the thing that reminds me of these governors is what happened in the mid-'90s where you had john engle and tommy thompson who really pushed through the reforms. it's really where ideology meets the road and where ideology meets the policies. and these guys all have to actually balance the budget. they all have to actually do the job. they can't just come up and pontificate here in washington, and i think that governors get away from the washington nonsense and actually have to govern and so that's why i think that you will see the next president out of that group. >> jonathan martin, a lot of firsts on that stage. take a look at some the firsts among the new republican governors. susannah martinez of new m

a lot of bright new governors, good friends of mine like john kasich, scott walker in wisconsin. i think we have a chance to see a dramatic improvement in state government. tomorrow when i'm with them in san diego, i'm going to make the argument, we need move from a rejection kind of conservatism which rejects the left to a replacement model which starts to replace the institutions and the policies of the left. and the right place to do that is at the state level where they can actually get a lot done. while washington is relatively deadlocked. >> greta: let me go to michael steele many in the republican party are not anxious to have him run again. what has he done well? where has he failed? if has failed? >> michael steele has done very well in dramatically expanding republican outreach to minority communities. 37% of the members of congress who are latino are republican. the highest number in history. we have two african-american members of congress. and made real breakthroughs in other areas. we elected an all latino state ticket in new mexico we elected an indian-american wit

>> i really like john kasich.udget committee chairman, he's someone who has a lot of passion. i think he'll be a terrific leader. looking at the governors entirely, you've got a potential presidential, mitch daniels, i think he's a terrific governor. the thing what happened with these governors was in the mid '90s when you had angler and{ tommy thompson. they have to balance the been and do the job. they can't pontificate in washington. i think that governors get away from the washington nonsense and actually have to govern. that's why i think you're going to see the next president out of that group. >> there are a lot of firsts on that stage. take a look at some of the firsts. susanna martinez, the first female hispanic governor. mary fallon, oklahoma's first it female governor. brian sandoval, nevada's first hispanic governor. it's the face of diversity. >> for a party that is known as a white guys party, which was an important election year. the operatives put an important effort into this. a more diverse array

sick were to win this, i promise to the governor's mansion will be a different place -- if john kasich when is this. this momentum will come to a screeching halt. kasich and rob portman what to do what they have always done. they have a whole different view of how we'll folks live. host: the vice-president in ohio. the front-page of "the new york times" shows john boehner, the man who would be speaker if republicans win. a shot of him in ohio for congressional candidates there. and even as we showed you on c- span. above that total is president obama. the cut says -- "pulling out the stops." jennifer, republican. who has impressed the the most this year? caller: i would definitely say chris christie and marco rubio. host: tell us why. caller: marco rubio all, he is so particulates, he is -- he says what he means, he means what is says. it it sounds like he is going to stay strong in what ever it is he believes and i believe he does want to get the government back to a smaller constitutional, and stop the waste and fraud and corruption in washington which we see all over since democrats

john kasich was house budget chairman. he's got to know that already. >> yeah, except for that's hard. if you've ever given anyone money to spend on something and tried to get it back, it doesn't work that way. >> no. i'd love it spend it on something else. go shopping. >> and one presumes that they've -- the previous governors have spent some of it already and have stuff in the pipelines. >> and you wonder if there's some half built high speed rail out there somewhere just waiting to start rusting. >> like a high speed rail to nowhere. >> i can't wait. >> all right. thanks. joe will be back with us in a little bit. >>> with republicans taking over at least half of capitol hill, do you need to know anything bif different with your money? suze orman joins us with a post election money checkup next. problem is they limit the choice of etfs to what makes financial sense to them. td ameritrade doesn't limit you to one brand of etfs... they offer more than 100... each selected by investment experts at morningstar associates. on

this is what governor-elect john kasich republican of ohio had to say about curbing government spending during his portion of the pam discussion. >> i think -- panel discussion. >> i think the key is you have to make changes and shrink government. we know that all over the country. we know that in our states and federal level. the first thing is you can't play favorites. you have to take a look at programs and figure out whether they work. if not get rid of them. or if they are necessary you have to fix them. i'm not a huge believer to go out and cut. cut is not very attractive. it is reform. make things work better. guest: kasich is one of those rising stars but he has been risen for quite some time. he was elected to the house of representatives in 1982, chair of the budget committee and was discussed as early as 1996 as possible vice presidential candidate. ran a short lived campaign in 2000 before dropping out endorsing george w. bush. and went on to host fox news shows, guest host and now he has been elected governor and he is someone who is a fiscal hawk and will be looking to cut

he worked for john kasich and for john mccain. he was running for president quite early in the cycle. it did not last for long. kasich did not disappear. he is now the incoming governor of 4 ohio. finally, kate zernike, a colleague at the new york times, a national correspondent u.s. worked at the paper for 10 years. she is the author of "boiling mad -- inside tea party america." she knows more about tea party than anyone else on the platform. she was a member of the team that shared the 2010 pulitzer prize for reporting about the al qaeda and september 11 attacks. she also covered the of the great scandal and hurricane katrina -- abu graib scandal and hurricane katrina. welcome to all of you. matthew, i thought your keen insight into the 2004 reelection campaign the president bush was that the number of swing voters was for its small. the electorate had been polarized pretty dramatically on both sides. the reason the numbers did not move for some of the year was that it was just a tiny number of people who were capable of being pe

guest: an interesting governor to watch is john kasich in ohio. he was a big part as a house member of balancing the budget at a national level it was easier because you can print money because you cannot do that in the states. it will be a test. in two years, all these republican governors will show that they can balance budgets without making constituents angry at how devastating to these cuts are a. the caller may be right. 2012 may be promising for republicans. if not, it could be a very powerful pendulum swing. host: let me go back to the earlier point about the gop to fight health care with first- rate pretty says pop republicans who will control the house but will remain in a minority in the senate concede that they do not have the votes for their ultimate repeal of the health care bill pardon they had hoped to use the power of the purse strings to challenge some of the main elements of the law. 14 democrats, especially those up for reelection in 2012, will defend the health care bill. guest: i think you'll see all sorts of votes on initial

. >> host: is this john kasich? >> caller: are you kidding? really. so we're going to get our opportunity here. i notice with regard to harry reid america's house of lords has been preserved. you know, with talk yesterday of the usual post-election about bipartisan coming together and is on, i happened to catch the beginning of "good morning america" yesterday, and the first guest right off the bat was harry reid. and the first words out of his mouth were, "this is only the first round." >> host: yeah. >> caller: he said it with a snarlly look on his face. so -- >> host: yeah. that's not exactly coming halfway, is it? >> caller: no, no. >> host: no, i know. well, you know, what do they say, think low, act high? this you know? think low, act high. act on high principle, put your best foot forward but expect the worst from people who don't agree because that's what you're going to get. >> caller: that's exactly right. bill. >> host: thanks, john. >> caller: you're welcome. >> host: thanks for the call. jim is in san antonio. we've got time for o

the fact that john kasich's lead has evaporated is a little bit stunning. he may well go down -- if he loses tonight, he would probably go down as the biggest upset of the night in the same way that, in 1994, and like a huge, historical republican victories, the one who didn't win was jeb bush. there will always be one big, high-profile republican who does not make it. the last polling suggests that john kasich could be that guy. >> johnny isakson is seeking another term. he is at 60% with just a few hundred votes against the democratic candidate. this was never much of a contest, correct? >> exactly. >> we have randy from illinois on the democrats' line. what was the turn out like in your area? >> it was wonderful. a lot of people voted early. in some areas, there. to be a low turnout -- there ppearedx t to be a low turnout, but a lot of people voted early. i did not want to get caught up into the msnbc, cnn, all that. but then i was hoping -- my hope is that on c-span was that susan was hosting the show. when i see you hosting the show, you push the right

this is what governor-elect john kasich republican of ohio had to say about curbing government spending during his portionf the pam discussion. >> i think -- panel discussion. >> i think the key is you have to make changes and shrink government. we know that all over the country. we know that in our states and federal level. the first thing is you can't play favorites. you have to take a look at programs and figure out whether they work. if not get rid of them. orf they are necessary you have to fix them. i'm not a huge believer to go out and cut. cut is not very attractive. it i reform. make things work better. guest: kasich is one of those rising stars but he has been risen for quite some time. he was elected to the house of representatives in 1982, chair of the budget committee and was discussed as early as 1996 as possible vice presidential candidate. ran a short lived campaign in 2000 before dropping out endorsing george w. bush. and went on to host fox news shows, guest host and now he has been elected governor and he is someone who is a fiscal hawk and will be looking to cut spen

governors-eexscott walker of wisconsin and john kasich of ohio telling the federal government thanks for the kind offer but we don't need your hundreds of millions in stimulus dollars. in wisconsin the money would go to build a rail line between madison and milwaukee. governor-elect walker says there is not a traffic problem between the two particular cities and it would cost u.s. taxpayers $810 million to build that rail line. then wisconsin taxpayers would be saddled with the operating cost he estimates between 7.5 million a year and 15 million a year. so. the governor-elect believes that money would be better spent on roads and bridges. >> we have roads and bridges all across the united states, we certainly have them in wisconsin, that need to be fixed. i would hope the new congress and the obama administration would give that a second look because that is much higher priority to get this state and ultimately our country working again. >> reporter: transportation secretary ray lahood sent letters to both of these governors elect telling them the money can not be diverted to road a

. >> it is remarkable, true, a couple of newly elected politicians, governor-elect john kasich of ohiod scott walker of wisconsin telling the from aing -- federal government, thanks for the kind offer but we don't need your stimulus money and scott walker in particular is talking about money dedicated to create a new high-speed rail line between madison and milwaukee. a route he says doesn't have a traffic problem. it would cost taxpayers $810 million and wisconsin taxpayers would have to pony up the operating expense which he estimates between 7.5 and $15 million per year and he says the money would be better spent on roads and bridges. >> we have roads and bridges across the united states and we certainly have them in wisconsin that need to be fixed and i hope the new congress and the obama administration would give that a second look, because, that is a much higher priority to get this state and ultimately our country working again. >> reporter: now, the rail project in ohio has been called this three-c project because it would connect cincinnati, columbus and cleveland and would co

. >> let's just ask john kasich, if you could tell one thing they have to butt out, get out of your life in ohio, what would that one thing be if you were a dictator and you could say -- >> how about two things. how about medicaid -- >> i can't get him to cooperate on anything. >> how about medicaid and job training. let us have our money and let us fix our own problems. let our people go. [laughter] >> nikki haley, with your entrepreneurial background, your family small business background, of course, most of the job growth in the country is going to come from those early stage entrepreneurial startup stage, small and medium size businesses if you could highlight things that would be impactful for starting new ventures in your state encouraging them, what would that be? >> i think we have to create a small business environment and the way to do that in every state is to understand that when you give businesses cash flow, when you give them profit margins, what's the first thing they do? they hire people. so it all comes down to tort reform. it comes to workers' compensation reform, it's

guest: an interesting governor to watch is john kasich in ohio. he was a big part as a house member of balancing the budget at a national level it was easier because you can print money because you cannot do that in the states. it will be a test. in two years, all these republican governors will show that they can balance budgets without making constituents angry at how devastating to these cuts are a. the caller may be right. 2012 may be promising for republicans. if not, it could be a very powerful pendulum swing. host: let me go back to the earlier point about the gop to fight health care with first- rate pretty says pop republicans who will control the house but will remain in a minority in the senate concede that they do not have the votes for their ultimate repeal of the health care bill pardon they had hoped to use the power of the purse strings to challenge some of the main elements of the law. 14 democrats, especially those up for reelection in 2012, will defend the health care bill. guest: i think you'll see all sorts of votes on initial

john kasich is the real future of the republican party. he sunday could be president. >> it is true that the republicans are classically portrayed as the hierarchal party. the question arises, what will define 2012 at least in the gop? are people willing to take a retread or they want something fresh? the dark horse for 2012 will be senatorjohn oon of south dakota .t > >> let's watch this. >> you historians have off the record meetings over in the dining room them about right, what is your relationship with history? at one point there were nine of them. >> when you occupied this office, you are constantly reminded that you are just one of a series of people who dedicated their lives protecting the country and making our democracy function. it is a humbling experience so i spend a lot of time reading history. it is just to remind myself of the standards i have to live up to and also mistakes that have been made in the past by occupants of this office. then i have the chance to talk personally to some of these historians. it ends up being he

he worked for john mccain in the primary and of course before that he worked for the campaign of john kasich running for president quite early in the cycle. it didn't last too long because he did not disappear but is now the incoming governor in the state of ohio. seth greenberg, and you just heard from him, and finally kate zernike likely to "the new york times" is a national correspondent and worked at the paper for ten years. she is the author of "boiling mad inside tea party america," so she knows more about the tea party than anyone else on the platform. she was a member of the team that shared the 2002 pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting in her stories about al qaeda and the september 11 attacks and the reporters covering the scandal and hurricane katrina. so, welcome all of you. let me start with the first question for matthew. and it's relevant to the broad subject of the panel. matthew, i thought your key insight in the 2004 campaign of reelection of president bush's a number of swing voters was quite small. that the electorate had been polarized pretty dramatically on both sid

you hear from governors elect john kasich of ohio, nikki haley of south carolina, and tom corbett ofpennsylvania. this one our forum begins with comments by nevada governor elect brian sandoval. >> [no audio] >> we're having some technical trouble with the program you're watching. we apologize for the interruption and are working to correct the problem. we hope to return to the program shortly. [no audio] [no audio] >> take a look at the new members of congress with the c-span video library. find a complete list under the congress tab. every new member is listed with the district map, campaign finances, and any appearances on c-span. it's all free on your computer, any time. it's washington your way. >> we are moving on with our program schedule. >> good morning and welcome to our release of third quarter results for fdic insured banks and thrift. today's headline is much the same as it was three months ago. the industry continues making progress and recovering from the financial crisis. credit performance has been improving, and we remain cautiously optimistic about the outlook. low

. >> john kasich, if you could tell the federal government that they have to get out of, get out of your life, get out of your face, in ohio, with the one thing the -- what with that one thing be? >> to debut of things -- how what two things -- two things -- how about medicaid and job training? let our people go. [laughter] >> nikki haley, with your entrepreneurial background, most of those jobs will come from those states and small and medium-sized businesses. if you could highlight the things it will be most impactful in starting new ventures in your state. >> i think we have to create a small business environment. the way to do that in every state is to understand that when you give businesses cash flow and profit margins, what is the first thing they do? they hire people. it comes down to tort reform, tax reform, understanding that when you give them profits, they hire people. the smaller you can make government, the more you can create jobs, the more you can improve economic development, the more you can strengthen small businesses. >> let's ask our other governors, governors-elect,