. >>> the name of the governor of ohio is john kasich. he's been there since he got elected in 2010, and he's not that popular. if you ask ohioans whether they like their governor, 42% do say they like him, but 30% say their opinion of him is unfavorable. now, obviously, he's doing better than some folks with numbers like that, but he's not in great shape for a guy who has to run for re-election this year. one of the ways you can tell he's not in great shape is that in that same poll, this incumbent governor, john kasich, is leading his democratic challenger by only five points. and that is despite the fact that freaking 70% of ohio voters don't even know who his democratic challenger. they don't know who the person is who's running against john kasich. 70% of people in ohio have no freaking idea who ed fitzgerald is. they do not know enough about him to form an opinion on him, they say. but even though, this guy no one has heard of is polling within five points of this serving governor. imagine how it might go in ohio if people actually

then john kasich cut a bill cutting a total of six days out of the voting period. he also cut what they called the golden week in ohio, which is a week where you can register to vote and vote on the same day. then the republican secretary of state announced there would be no early voting anymore on the sunday before election day, or, indeed, on any sundays before election day, so so much for the fight that the obama campaign had won back in 2012. the republican secretary of state also announced that there would no longer be any early voting in ohio on weeknights, so no early voting after work hours. then, they passed another new law that bans ohio counties from sending out absentee ballots. the new law says only the secretary of state, only republican john husted, can send out absentee ballots around the state, and he only has to do that if he wants to do it, and if the legislature appropriates specific money for him to do it. counties have always done that in the past, but the new law bans the counties from doing that anymore. and apparently, that was the last str

amazing spider-man 2 delivered by the united states postal service. >> and in pretenders tonight, john kasichovernor always living in the past. kasich is using old photographs for his commercials and website, but this particular picture leaves out the full story, folks. you see the "columbus dispatch" noticed how the kasich campaign blurred out a sign for mim romney. john kasich would love to drop his association with the failed candidate. the governor has photos, but we have the tape. >> i'm for mitt romney for a bunch of different reasons. >> this is a man that's the trifecta, he's got it all. >> i'm very, very enthusiastic about this. >> we need mitt romney as president. >> we sit down with the guy who's probably going to be the president of the united states. i need mitt romney as president of the united states. that's what i need. >> no one came out harder for mitt romney than john kasich. if he believes ohio's memory will be as weak weak as his campaign promises, he can keep on pretending. to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling h

>> i really like john kasich. >> can he rise? >> i think he can rise. i think he can beat hillary clinton on a debating point. i think that he has a good track record. and i think he is someone who can punch back. and he is also not part of washington. the problem with both bush and clinton and they're so part of washington. >> is he the full package? is he marry and everything? >> the whole nine yards. >> the tea party crowd takes a dim view of bush. on saturday, co-founder of the tea party patriots, mark meckler discounted many of the republican aspirants who were out in las vegas this week and courting mega donor sheldon adelson. let's listen. >> each of these folks has their weaknesses if you ran them by a tea party litmus test. i don't think anybody has an appetite for a third bush presidency. i don't think we're looking for a dynasty. thinking party, now, back to you, first of all to you, john, will your party run an establishment figure in '16 or a tea partier? >> i think they'll run establishment because that's where the money is going to be. bu

i did say john kasich. we'll see if that is right. john and david, thank you very much.hen we come back, obama's asian trip and the end of affirmative action. ♪ >> welcome back. we head across the pacific where our margaret has been following president obama on his four country visit throughout asia. margaret, one of the sources of great tension is china and japan over the islands that the president called a rock. obama seems to side with the japanese infuriating the chinese. was that his intent? >> it was intended to side with the chinese. it is up for some question. the chinese know this is where the u.s. stands. it is one thing for them to say and another for the president to say. the president is charged to stake out a position where he shows the u.s. has stored in the region. >> margaret, after the trip to japan, not altogether successful, do you get any sense of the relation between obama and prime minister abe? did they hit it off? >> and they seem to work it out. they are both sort of reserved individuals. obama does not love throwing himself into relationships w

political gambler sheldon adelson hosted governor scott walker and ohio governor john kasich at the venetian hotel for the republican jewish coalition's spring meeting. kasich, walker, and christie all spoke on saturday, seemingly trying to appeal to adelson who is of course a staunch supporter of israel. >> our first-born, you might have picked up as i mentioned their names, is matthew. and it was picked for a purpose because not knowing whether she'd have the opportunity to marry again and have a child of her own, we picked a name that represented in hebrew what means a gift or gift from god. sometimes people are a little confused in december in our household the governor's residence because not only do we have christmas decorations up but we put up a menorah candle. >> sheldon, thanks for inviting me. and i want to thank all of you for giving me a chance to come here and speak. i don't travel to these things much. but this is one that i thought was really, really important. >> i took a helicopter ride from the occupied territories across. and just felt personally how extraordinary that wa

but john kasich, that's your backyard. john kasich, that's your america. that's your state, ohio.you think your citizens should have to go through to vote. in great state of ohio. democracy reins. it's a little bit harder, isn't it? it's unconscionable for any sitting governor to allow this to happen. what are we going to do? i'm inviting every progressive and every liberal website in this country to take that story and put it on your website. we need to get that story out. that's america. that's the breadbasket of america. that's ohio. every liberal should see that story. that's what's happening. that's the result of voters suppression, gerrymandering and republican power. they don't want those black folks to vote. they don't want those elderly or economically depressed folks to get out and vote. why? they might be democrats. it is un-american. think about that. an hour and ten minutes to travel to go vote? what are we doing? going back to colonial days on horseback? it's outrageous. kasich, i was asked-year-old in the broadcast who's a bigger joke, daryl issa or louie gohmert. i

and the latest move to suppress the vote in the state is the measure governor john kasich signed bannings to all registered voters. a state house amendment would have imposed a 10% cut in funding on any county that sends out unsolicited absentee ballot applications. talk about an attack on voting. republicans claimed it would promote uniformity across the state. kai ewe ga county executive ed fitzgerald, well, he saw it differently, which is why fitzgerald sent a letter to the justice department requiring a federal investigation into republicans using county funds as a political bargaining chip. >> when people try to bully you, you need to stand up to them, and when people say they are going to cut 10% of your funds if you exercise your rights that you are guaranteed under the ohio constitution, home rule, and the federal constitution, they are the ones that are escalating it, and our job is to send them a very clear message, that we're not going to stand still for them. >> well, it looks like the message was received, because hours later, house republicans pulled the measure. apparently

jeb bush, scott walker and john kasich.a dramatic statement from one of the most important people in chris christie's life. >> you write in the article that he volunteered that. you didn't have to press for it. tom caine brought up the fact that i might look elsewhere. >> i didn't think it would even be a question. at the end of the interview he brought it up on his own. very clearly wanted me to know that. >> he also said this is part of the discussion about tom caine speaking about his former pupil, chris christie, he doesn't always try to persuade you with reason. he makes you feel that your life is going to be very unhappy if you don't do what he says. jonathan martin, if tom kean was supposed to be your character witness to the republican party, that's a problem sg. >> it speaks to the sort of messiness that goes with being a governor. back story is tom kean's son is a state senator in new jersey, very ambitious his self-. a power play that happened late last year, effectively chris christie and his people blocked his

and then we turn to john kasich, the great state of ohio. his budget deficit, $8 billion. let's look at the surplus. $1.5 billion surplus. $9.5 billion swing in the great state of ohio. and now you look at the unemployment rate. 9.1% now becomes 6.5%. it's working all around the country. then we turn to texas, big story going on in texas. now, governor perry inherited a deficit of $5 billion. right now they have a surplus which, by the way, this is the lower number. they have estimates as high as 8 billion. they believe because of all of the oil production booming in the state of texas it may be as high as $15 billion. but right now they have that on the record. unemployment went down. one of the lowest to begin with. 5.7%. we head to south carolina, governor nikki haley. nor conservative ideals being practiced and put into practice. budget deficit, $700 million. same with the unemployment. look at this. 10.5%. now it's 5.7%. now, just to make a quick comparison, we look at some of the blue states. unemployment rhode island. 9%. way above the national average. we go to ill

so the fact that you had scott walker with no foreign policy history, john kasich, jeb bush isless surprising, and chris christie traps over there shows rand paul really might have this entire terrain to himself, which will be a very interesting thing to watch. >> it seems people who don't have much going on in their heads in foreign policy have to go to the far extremes to full they're somehow intellectual. the hollywood people sometimes do this too. anyway, dick cheney spoke at american university in washington in late marnl. was interviewed for the tv's station situation where he was again unequivocal that the cia's torture program, or as he called it the enhanced interrogation program was a huge success. here's dick cheney defending torture. >> i was a strong advocate and helped put together the enhanced interrogation program. some people call it torture. it wasn't torture. we were very careful in all respects to abide by the law. we got legal opinions out of the justice department with respect to what we could do and what we couldn't do. this notion that somehow there was torture involve

look at the governors like scott walker and bobby jindal and rick perry, and john kasich. all of those states are working. deficits becoming surpluses, jobs are going up. the republicans i'm mad at now are the republicans in washington. >> what did you think of jindal's response to the state of the union? >> i am like jumping in the background -- did you know what he did in your guest house next door -- i have a story if you would like me to tell it. no, i can't tell that story, actually. about bob. so your radio show actually began the day before 9/11, right? >> the syndicated show. and your show was number two, right? talk radio. why aren't you beating rush? i don't understand it? >> because he is babe ruth of talk radio. you know why? because he opened the door for a lot of us. >> you filled in for him, in fact. >> and the first day i filled in, five minutes into my opening monologue. he has a real golden microphone. and it fell, and i went like that -- i never spoke to an audience that large. >> what is your opinion on michael savage -- >> i don't even know him, i actu

republican governors bucked their party to accept the medicaid expansion, that includes jan brewer, john kasichot exactly liberals. do you think some will buck the party in the state legislature in florida and act as these governors have and just say i'm going to do what's right? >> here's what's important to know, reverend sharpton, some already have. last year, our republican-controlled senate moved forward with a package that would have drawn down federal dollars to expand health care. they decided not to do it through medicaid and took a different path, but it would have accomplished the purpose. extremism and extremists in the republican party is what's keeping us from moving forward. and here's the one point i want to make about elections. in florida, you win elections or you lose elections based on where the hispanic community is in this state. we are an incredibly diverse state and we know of the millions who are not covered that could get coverage, they are disproportionately hispanic so i hope there's a wake-up call within republican leadership and those held hostage by extremism in t

if you're john kasich or bobby jind jindal, you better start worrying. one by one, they were supposed to be the saviors of the party, don't pay attention to those crazy tea partiers up on capitol hill or elsewhere. we have these reasonable moderate sometimes moderate but reasonable governors who know how to be electle, they know how to govern. and we have someone to choose from when it comes to 2016. they are dropping like flies. and i think if you're part of the republican gop establishment, doughnut class, whoever they are, you may have to start looking elsewhere and may even go back to paul ryan who is not a governor and say maybe he's our horse here. >> but he does have quite a paper trail. mark, before we say that governor perry has dropped like a fly, it is worth noting that he is bringing it as they say on the streets. he has invite willed governor andrew cuomo of new york to a throwdown basically over economic policy. and is involved in this new ad that was out i think just a few hours ago yesterday. let's take a listen to the ad. >> here is some

. >> scott walker and john kasich. >> each has their weaknesses. >> along with former governor jeb bushsh could possibly appeal to women and latinos and african-americans. >> how strong are jeb bush's chances?

john kasich, former florida governor, jeb bush. all this leaving a former strategist for george w.ush to look at it this way. >> i think it's ridiculous these candidates for president are trumping out to las vegas to kiss the ring of a billionaire casino owner. >> well, joining me now is nevada political journalist, jon ralston. jon, maybe it's ridiculous, but, look, the guy obviously has more money than any other republican donor and looms large over the race. i guess the first question is, you know, you know him. you've reported on him extensively. when it comes to what he's looking for in a candidate, issues-wise, what would you say is sheldon adelson's priority list? what are the issues he's most concerned about? >> i think there are three really that stand out. number one by far is the one you were just talking about which is israel, which is why christie got into a little bit of trouble there then essentially had to go apologize in a private meeting with sheldon adelson. he also cares a lot about online gaming. it's his latest crusade. he's very much against that which christ

watch the art of the suck-up as practiced by ohio governor john kasich. >> sheldon and i were kind ofalking about the backgrounds. sheldon and i owned a restaurant together, so in ohio, we're no longer (unintelligible) over sheldon. hey, sheldon, thanks for inviting me. >> the influence of the superrich has created a financial arm's race between the two parties. in 2000, bush and gore spent a combined $260 million on their general election campaigns. in 2012, obama and romney together spent over $1 billion. and that doesn't count the political party spending that added up to basically another $1 billion, also exponentially higher. now, the same growth we've seen on the presidential level is probably coming to a congressional race near you. for years, there were two sets of limits put on individuals so that no single wealthy person could exert too much influence. at least, that was the attempt at the reform. yesterday, the supreme court struck down one of the limits, getting rid of what had been a ceiling of $48,600 in donations to all candidates for federal office, and $74,600 to poli

they included john kasich, the governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas. and scott walker did not explain what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson 's support. shamelessat we call pandering, which is what was going on in las vegas. but they understood that this was, as was the case four years visit when they came to donald trump, they needed, if they received the nomination for president three years hence -- they needed sheldon adelson's support. he almost single-handedly kept newt gingrich's candace's -- candidacy alive in the last election cycle through continuing to infuse money. he plainly intends to be a participant again. he is 80 years old. he shows no signs of slowing up. the sheldon adelson primary, to me, is some part of what we might call the political crystal ball, if we are looking for signs, tea leaves to read. the most interesting part of that, and i will look to our colleague on the payroll today, who has worked for former -- isa

john kasich, the governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas. did not explain what the hebrew pronunciation of name is because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson's support -- that is what we call shameless pandering. that is what was going on in las vegas. they understood that this was, as was the case four years ago when people came to visit donald sheldonhat they needed adelson's support. in a few short months, the capitol visitor center will be completed. the work of this congress will be described to future generations. visitors will view an introductory film. in my first speeches your speaker, i said that solutions to problems cannot be found in a pool of bitterness. the framers expected the floor of this house to be a place of passionate debate, a place where competing ideas and philosophies clashed, a crucible where many ideas can be blended together to form a strong nation. but this floor should also be a place of civility and mutual respect and a place where statesmanship and not just electoral politics guide our decisions. presiden

chris christie, john kasich, jed bush, all focused on foreign policy. when you look at the broader picture, with the challenges and president obama's administration .s facing you can see to 16 being a dropdead point for a lot of these challenges. clinton in various speeches over the past month has a more hawkish tone than president obama. there are all sorts of warning signs and data points read while voters may not put foreign policy on the map right now, it is certainly looming large as a major issue in 2016. host: i want to listen to some of her ring marks and get your response. coming months will be crucial in several regards. first the hopes for a just and lasting peace that guarantees israel's security, that creates a comprehensive path for two people. we ensure that iran never requires esch never acquires a nuclear weapon. filler clinton-- at the american jewish congress. guest: i agree with the broad points. iran, sheme to expressed some deeper notes of skepticism read it was very much a trust but verify the type of approach. soundfinitely didn'

they included john kasich, the governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas. walker did not explain what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson's support. that is what we call shameless pandering, which is what was going on in las vegas. understood this was, as was the case four years ago when people came to visit donald trump, that they needed if there were seeking the republican nomination for president three years hence, that they needed sheldon adelson support. portion of the a program on political predictions. you can see the event in its entirety tonight starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. >> it is now my privilege to speakerthe first woman in our history, the gentlelady from california, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you, my colleagues. thank you, my colleagues. thank you, leader boehner, mr. speaker. i accept this gavel in the spirit of partnership, not partisanship. [applause] i look forward to working

they included john kasich, the governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas. and scott walker did not explain what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson 's support. shamelessat we call pandering, which is what was going on in las vegas. but they understood that this was, as was the case four years visit when they came to donald trump, they needed, if they received the nomination for president three years hence -- they needed sheldon adelson's support. he almost single-handedly kept newt gingrich's candace's -- candidacy alive in the last election cycle through continuing to infuse money. he plainly intends to be a participant again. he is 80 years old. he shows no signs of slowing up. the sheldon adelson primary, to me, is some part of what we might call the political crystal ball, if we are looking for signs, tea leaves to read. the most interesting part of that, and i will look to our colleague on the payroll today, who has worked for former -- isa

and republican john kasich concerting a majority in the state house and governor's mansion. also riding the wave was republican john houston who replaced the outgoing democrat as secretary of state. and following that 2010 that introduced 180 laws to restrict rather than to expand voting and nerd land viewers who have been with me since the beginning know where the story goes from here. ohio's attempts to restrict voting rights and in pushing those restrictions have made are curing appearances in -- can somebody cue up my animation three -- this weekend voter suppression. 35 to 11 days and eliminate voting on the weekend before election day when african-americans launch the souls to the polls campaigns to rally the members to vote, ohio gave my voter suppression. and john houston fought it all the way to the supreme court. i just that had to send him a letter. reminding him of the big "l" he took when justice sotomayor smacked down his request. african-american turnout in ohio increased from 11% to 15% in 2012 and that brings us where we are today. it looks like 2012. just mo

they included scott walker, the governor of wisconsin, they included john kasich, the governor of ohio now, they didn't go because they needed a trip to las vegas. and scott walker didn't explain what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is because he was uninterested in sheldon edelson's support. that's what we call shameless pandering which is what was going on in las vegas. but they understood that this was, as was the case four years ago when people came to visit donald trump, . >> in 2016 is jeb bush. >> i bell you not to -- [inaudible] >> it's not an endorsement -- >> ruin any of his chances. >> it's an assessment. [laughter] and if i can ruin his chances, then i have more power than i think i have. [laughter] but i will tell you that out of respect, i do believe he brings the strongest credentials to that field. a fairly weak field, but he would give it great gravitas. whether or not he wants to run, i think the person we should ask is his mother who has said we've had too many bushes already. [laughter] i will tell you, though, i think the fact that he went to las vegas s

they included john kasich, the governor of ohio. they didn't go because they , andd a trip to las vegas scott walker didn't explain what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson support. that is what we call shameless pandering, which is what was going on in las vegas, but they understood that this was, as was the case four years ago when people came to visit donald needed, if they were seeking the republican nomination for president three years hence, that they needed sheldon adelson's support. >> in a few short months, the capitol visitors center will be completed. the work of this congress will be described to future generations. visitors will view an introductory film entitled "out of many, one." unim.ibus in my first speech as your speaker, i said solutions to problems cannot be found in a pool of bitterness. the framers expected the floor of this house to be a place of passionate debate, a place where competing ideas and philosophies clashed, a crucible where many ideas can b

, one was made by dellums who was chairman of the armed services at that time, and the other by john kasich, who is now the governor of ohio, and i still consider those two speeches to be the best that i have heard in the time that i'm here mine and mr. woodall's notwithstanding. on that night that kasich made his remarks, i listened very intently to him and i forget the exact numbers that the budget was proposing, but after he finished his remarks, i went up to him and congratulated him on his remarks and then said to him what i will say to mr. ryan at some point in the future. i understand what it is that you want to spend. and i believe that we would probably spend right at or about the same amount of money. the difference is what you want to spend it on and what i want to spend it on. that's what i said to john that night. and i find myself in that situation repeatedly through the ears where i perceive, many of us, i certainly know that i am a champion of those who are less fortunate in our society, and i don't believe that my friends are unmindful of the great need that our constituent

you're going to line him up against a scott walker, against a john kasich or a paul ryan.esentative do you think south carolina is of the national reap party today? >> very. other than newt gingrich winning in 2012, south carolina has always been the fire wall for republican mainstream candidates. jim, this is the thing about south carolina. as you know, south carolina today is not the south carolina of let's say 1990. it's changed dramatically. a lot of people have come into the state. it's a real economic revolution started by carol campbell in the 1980s. if you go to greenville, extraordinary the transformation over the past 20 years, just extraordinary. and they are mainstream, main street republicans. a lot of people would think you go from iowa with religious conservatives to new hampshire, more moderate down to south carolina. and people think, oh, okay, they're going to the deep south and it's going to be like alabama, mississippi. it's just not. south carolina is about as mainstream republican in presidential primaries and for people that are skeptical at home, lo

kasich, thed john governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas. explainlker did not what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is, because he was uninterested in sheldon adelson's support. shamelessat we call pandering, which is what was going on in las vegas. they understood that this was, as was the case four years ago, when people came to visit donald needed, if they were seeking the republican nomination for president, three years hence -- they needed sheldon adelson's support. conferenced affairs on political predictions. you can see that tonight here on c-span, starting at 8:00 eastern. >> whether it is an award for good journalism -- as a anitician, i declare interest and openness to making a judgment on that -- but an award for public service for possibly the greatest betrayal of our national secrets of all times strikes me as quite bizarre. i do think there is a real danger of a very cozy media world patting itself on the back without really understanding the consequences for the dangers we face in a very dangerous world. i think the

kasich, thed john governor of ohio. they did not go because they needed a trip to las vegas, and scott walker did not explain what the hebrew pronunciation of his son's name is because he was on interest in sheldon adelson's support. that is what we call shameless pandering, which was what was going on in las vegas. they understood that this was, as was the case four years ago when people aim to visit donald , if theyat they needed were seeking the republican nomination for president three years hence that they needed sheldon adelson's support. of the conference program on political predictions. you can see that tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> it is now my privilege to present the gavel of the united states house of representatives to the first woman speaker in our history, the gentlelady from elosi.rnia, nancy p [cheers] >> thank you, mr. boehner. thank you. thank you, my colleagues. thank you, my colleagues, and thank you, leader boehner, mr. speaker, mr. speaker. i accept this gavel in the spirit of partnership