host: john painter says the barack obama does not get it. -- john maynard says that barack obama doesit. >> there seems to be some denial on the part of the president. there is the message that is sent. >> of the board is democratic leaders and the democratic party. if you are speaker, you have to speak the english language, do. >> i am in missouri. >> good morning. >> i do not think that there really is a message. the party in power always loses at midterm elections. it is not a repudiation. >> especially when the economy is bad. the incumbent party always does. >> john boehner is one to act like it is. >it is interesting what people o think of when they hear him. >> gavin is call in from colorado. >> good morning. >> good morning, bill. >> you know what? you were referring to the idiocy of the voters. in colorado, we have mail in ballots. i voted the republican ticket all the way. i think that that was wrong. it was for convenience. i think that this is how people are inclined to vote. >> i do not understand. it would have been just as efficient to pull a straight democratic ballot.

house speaker to minority leader in the news has baker is expected will be republican senator john paintershe's the big unknown in the 2012 election were talking about sirupy land she is now saying to guess she's thinking about running for president. >> her tv show had a record debut on tlc her daughter is in the finals of dancing with the stars and house their pale and has her eye on the white house. the former vice presidential candidates that she doesn't see much difference between the other hopefuls asked about a possible run for the white house. she told the new york times " and engaged in the internal deliberations candidly and having that discussion with my family " if she does run shot to make a lot of ground. a cnn poll found registered voters would choose president barack obama over pale and by a margin of 52 to 44%. a separate poll finds palance negative rating at an all- time high. it's been climbing since john mccain chose her as a running mate two years ago and currently stands at 52%. you could put this man on the last 67 year-old steven kaplan. he blasted his tv set with a

. >> i think you have seen strong statements from our leaders, eric cantor and john painter, that they don't support decoupling. the focus of and is on the wealthy. the real issue here is how it will affect small business income. that is part of it, but not all of it. you also have a problem with getting capital in the marketplace, money into businesses. this is where a lot of the money is. there is so much uncertainty. we know we have big budget issues ahead of us. beyond all that, it is what we said we would do a week or two after the election. we will not go back on a principal and pledged that we gave to america. i cannot imagine backtracking on that. >> you run the energy and commerce committee where there is a tough battle for the chairmanship. you have signaled, or people have signaled that you might be interested in it subcommittee chair at the telecommunications subcommittee. is that something you are interested in? >> let me back a couple of steps. i stepped off the energy and commerce committee earlier this year and i hope to get back on. that will be a decision by the steer

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is it john painter -- john boehner? >> nobody asked, are you still relevant, but you know they were thinking about that from the last time. what do you think? >> to some degree, house republicans did. they control -- that is one thing they always said about harry reid. we don't control the schedule or the calendar. in the house, and john boehner will. he and his leadership will decide what comes up for votes. in that regard, no longer can they sit on the sidelines and throw grenades over the fence. they have to write legislation and send it to the congressional budget office, and go through that waiting period of wondering if it will cut the deficit for not. they will have to put that out there. the president is the president. he controls the bully pulpit. he will have to work with harry reid to do things to counter whatever the house republicans decide to do. they both have skin in the game. >> that is why i said that i think the voters voted for gridlock. it is difficult to of different parties with two different sets

your calls here about the message of tuesday's midterms, is this really as mitch mcconnell and john painter said, that the american people want to repudiate all the policies of barack obama and he should reverse everything, and do everything that has been done over the last two years. i don't think so. first, into the spin room we go to day with mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is saying that we will repeal health care, wall street reforms, we will throw everything out. then he turns around and spins at the heritage foundation yesterday. >> we can hope the president will start less listing to the electorate but we cannot plan on that. it would be foolish to expect that republicans would be able to completely reverse the damage has done as long as a democrat holds the office. >> the translation is that we will be tough, we will throw everything out, but when we don't succeed, we're still going to blame it on barack obama. it is his fault whether we do or we don't. that is the spin from mitch mcconnell. there is a reality test and this is called the veto. all the talk about repealing health care re

john painter, the speaker to be, and mitch mcconnell, i can't -- a chance to receive the voters. -- johnboehner the speaker to be, and mitch mcconnell, a chance to hede the voters. this coming in advance of the meeting that will take place at the white house, set to take place and last one hour. we will hear from the president and what is known as the stakeout area just outside of the west wing of the white house. we will cover that as well. mike from virginia on the democrats' line. caller: how you get bipartisan when the other party's main thing is to get the president out of office? how will they be bipartisan? the other thing is they will get the president out of office if he decides not to cut the budgets using pbush's taxes andd stuff. give me a break. if he does not sign off on that the thing, i am not voting for democrats. i am not going to vote at all. thank you. host: the year to year deficit is in excess of over one trillion dollars. if you add up the total cumulative debt, it is currently at 13.7 trillion dollars. joseph is joining us on the independent line from pennsylvania

the person for certainly lot of new folks coming in this freshman class don't necessarily see john painters represented in them. >> not to say that to close the is not going to hold on to the majority the house we don't know yet it's still early but the way it's leading right now it looks like the republicans will in fact take over the house but again that's not a done deal just yet. the what check in with catherine shoes in the newsroom shoes and falling all the local activity. catherine. >> to a lot to tell you we have numbers from san francisco pam proposition be in san francisco that will require city employers to help pay for more of their own pensions and health benefits. that was not something they were happy about. the early numbers based on balance say no 52% yes 48%. were basing this on it early numbers these are valid ballots. the proposition j as a hotel tax and san francisco and a lot of news because it would lose san francisco hotel tax way up to a total of roughly 17.5%. that's the highest of any major city in the country. right now that's no 57%, yes 43%. the proposition in

there will be tension between harry reid and john painter. host: new york, chris. caller: this is another election cycle where big money rules and is basically about the two parties chasing money and fighting each other. what do you think the outsourcing and jobs will stop? guest: i do not know. as far as the money going into campaigns, we continue to see sky-high infusions of campaign cash. some people say the country spends more on potato chips that run campaigns. putting money into campaigns is what works in the american way. others say there needs to be more disclosure. that bill will go nowhere. so that bill is dead. as far as the economy, it will be difficult for it unless the economy improves, a lot of the incumbents could be voted out. there could be another wave in 2012. host: bob cusack joins us here. greta brawner is at our news desk. >> speaker pelosi would not be speaking to the press today. we will not hear from her. we have an update on the georgia congressional race. it looks like the republican challenger is conceding the race, saint mr. bishop bea

john painter at a round table or coverage of events. you can learn more about the speaker of the house through his own words. that is on line on the c-span video library. is washington your way. >> now, a discussion on president obama's policy and his trip to asia. this is about 45 minutes. >> ""washington journal" continues. host: as a result of the election this week, does this impact foreign-policy decisions by the president? guest: it probably will to some degree. i think it is difficult where the republicans will want to take things when they get into especially the house of representatives. i think there may be an effect on afghan policy. as we all know, the president has called for the beginning of a reduction of u.s. forces in afghanistan by next july. there is a great deal of debate about whether that can really be done, if the mission continues to be to defeat the al-qaeda, to deny them presence in afghanistan. there will certainly have to be progress with the taliban insurgency. also, there probably is going to be in little b

john painter give a speech a few weeks ago talking about reorganizing the house. -- john boehner gave a speech a few weeks ago talking about reorganizing the house. >> it was a speech that said we did not run things well when we were in charge. i am determined to make it better, to open it up, to have many more amendments on the floor, to have that sunshine in the spotlight, insisting that it would not bring up and the bill that does not have 72 hours advanced notice matter how difficult. he also noted that he was not sure that his colleagues would be amenable to many of those things. he is looking at some significant committee reforms, which are long overdue. i think it was -- it was not just some tactical maneuver, but utterly sincere. it is also important to note that when he got to the questions and answers, one of the first questions was about the health care issue, and he pledged to bring to the floor something that would appeal the billions of dollars in medicare cuts that are a part of the health-care package. that is moving in somewhat dangerous territory. if you get a broad

i do not think john painter is ignorant. -- john boehner is ignorant. i think it is part of an effort to lower expectations and a damper the fervor of new people coming in who may say this is not about us, but believe that it is, and really do want to turn up the heat, and pass an agenda that is, in fact, one that will take a meat ax to government, and one that could not be inactive at this point, but that might bring a big enough public backlash. it reflects another reality, which is that for both parties, why we will have continuing -- while we will have continuing clashes, some stockstruggles wie internal. for republican leaders, the goal first and foremost is to win election. mitch mcconnell said the primary goal is to make sure barack obama is a one-term president. the second goal is to win a majority in the senate, and keep the majority in the house. a lot of new members coming in did not come in with their primary goal being that. their primary goal is to dramatically reversed the policy course that is being set in washington, and there will be a

john painter, the speaker to be, and mitch mcconnell, i can't -- a chance to receive the voters. -- john boehner the speaker to be, and mitch mcconnell, a chance to further into their editorial, senator mcconnell and congressman boehner voters did not signal on democratic big government policies most americans oppose. on contrary they want both parties to work together on the policies that will help create conditions for private sector job growth. this coming in advance of the meeting that will take place at the white house, a bipartisan meeting set to last one hour. 10:30 eastern time in the roosevelt room. we also expect to hear from the president and democratic and republican leaders in what is known as the steakout area outside the west wing of the white house. we'll be covering that event as well. mike is joining us. democrats line. reston, virginia. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i will stumble all over my words but how do you get bipartisan when the other party he is main thing will be to get the president out of office? how will they be bipartisan sawn. they will get that