longed for the days when you were back in office writing in part, does nipples miss senator kay bailey hutchison. we're not sure how much difference one person can make, but if we could choose just one, it would be hutchison whose years of service in the senate were marked by two things sorely lacked in ted cruz. senator, as you watch this thing play out over -- that was quite flattering by the way. you hope you sent them a nice handwritten note. while you watch this all play out over the past week, what went through your mind, how upset were you, how annoyed were you? >> i was very concerned. because i wanted us to fight the battle that we could win. and i think by diverting us into obama care, though i totally disagree with obama care and i think it needs a lot of fixing, but the lempg we had was on the deficit and debt and i think that got lost. i think that ended up in a worst situation with the debt and definite 1icit and i think that m mitch mcconnell got was spending level stayed the same. but until you really cut the spending and have entitlement reform going in the outyears, you're not

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it's a piece titled why we miss kay ba kay bailey hutchison. >>> it's not exactly true to say republicans got nothing in last night's debt deal. mitch mccop he winnell got a lo fact about $2 billion for his home state. angry conservative groups are calling it the kentucky kickback. he got the cash for famously troubled dam proper correct. >>> steve lonegan had one last joke after losing last night to cory booker during his concession speech. he spoke about the brief phone conversation where he congratulated the new senator. >> i'm hoping god will be with him in the decisions he makes as he goes into the u.s. senate? washington, d.c.. and i said to myself, who wants that job anyway. >> former vice president dick cheney recalls five heart attacks and a brush with death in n. a new book. in at the writes that in 2010, he said between by to his family and told them to have his body cremated. he later survived an emergency heart transplant. >>> president obama will host al maliki at the white house next month. talks about focus on the framework agreement and regional issues. >>> and it's not n

former republican senator kay bailey hutchison's new book, "unflinching courage," examines the lives of important women in texas history. she says their spirit lives on in texas today. bemoaned her absence and replacement ted cruz who led the tea party-driven shut down. back to her book which examines the lives of important women in texas history. she says their spirit lives on in texas today. >> these were 19th century texas women who put their stamp on texas, because they were genteel southern girls who had grown up in luxury. and they came to texas with their husbands generally to seek the land, the free land that was given to people who would be willing to settle it, that's what drew the early settlers. and they faced these harsh conditions for which they were not prepared, bueyth faced these conditions with unflinching courage. >> women such as jane long and margaret houston played a key, albeit underappreciated, role in shaping texas. before becoming a state, texas was an independent nation. >> being a republic certainly has made texas unique. we're the only state that came int

>> i don't think kay bailey hutchison knew what was coming down the pike. that's for sure.still be sitting in that seat if she had. i think that ted cruz is in it for ted cruz. there are plenty of people who think that's the right direction to take the country. the way i look at folks, i have supported people i disagreed with and i did agree with. but i like to know where you stand. i think that's where a lot of texans can come from. you may tell me something. i may say you're full of it, you're brilliant. whatever it is. as long as i really believe that's what you think. like ron paul. >> do you not believe it ted cruz is sincere then? >> i think that ted cruz is very focused on ted cruz. >> right. ted cruz is all about ted cruz right now. what he's doing -- >> what are most politicians really about? 99%. >> you call them politicians, i would refer them to be elected officials. >> right. >> they forget that you're supposed to have the dual brain. if you're going to lead then you have to govern. and ted cruz is not about governing right now. he's about getting in the leader

in an editorial, the chronicle said ted cruz's predecessor, kay bailey hutchison, would've been more inclined to negotiate with democrats and avoid the government shutdown. they wrote -- the easing of the fiscal standoff has raised hopes congress may now consider other matters including a pat to citizenship for millions of undocumented people. groups of -- group's demanding an end to unprecedented deportations under president obama have ramped up their call for conference of immigration reform recently with a series of direct actions from washington dc to arizona. week,interview this president obama bout to push for reform the day after the fiscal crisis was resolved. >> once that's done, the day after, i'm going to be pushing to say, call a vote on immigration reform. if i have to join with other advocates and continue to speak out on that and keep pushing, i'm going to do so because i think it is really important for the country and now is the time to do it. >> the washington post has revealed how the national security agency works extensively with the cia to gather information on

representing your state, the houston chronicle just waxed nostalgic in an editorial about kay bailey hutchisonmost suggesting they wished they had never endorsed ted cruz. do you think ted cruz represents your views in the republican party? >> well, i'm not sure that he represents my views in the republican party, but i'm not going to sit here and dump all over my junior senator, particularly given the fact that he worked for me in 2000. he was a very fine lawyer in that recount battle we had in florida, and he was a good solicitor general for the state of texas. was he wrong on this most recent episode? in my view, yes, it hurt us. it didn't gain us anything. we kicked the can just three months down the road. we didn't accomplish anything. it didn't take a rocket scientist in my view to figure out that if you don't have the senate and you don't have the white house, you're not going to be able to defund obama care. it was a maximalist position, had no chance of being accomplished, and, therefore, i think it was a mistake, and i think it was senator john mccain, if i'm not mistaken, who said i

here's the chronicle, and now they are regretting it saying we wish we had still had kay bailey hutchisonre before him. she was extraordinarily understanding of the importance of reaching across the aisle when necessary, which teddy c. is definitely not. >> pretty strong words there. >> we see this sort of message that women in congress will be helpful is born out by the political science, not a stereo type. the political science has shown women are more effective at reaching compromise. women tend to be interested in finding common ground. so the world will be a little better place if you were in congress krystal. >> i'm glad things worked out to be here with you fine people. >> that's nice of you. >> especially on this day, being in washington doesn't sound all that great. it's true. they've done studies that have found women are better at building a consensus and approach decision-making differently. another thing i thought was interesting in the same democrat corps focus testing where they looked into the republican base and divided it into four different segments, the segment that ha

they endorsed ted cruz and their headline, why we miss kay bailey hutchison and write, roger, when we endorse ted cruz in last november's general election, we did so with many reservations and at least one specific recommendation, that he follow hutch inson's example in conduct as a senator. he has not done so. that's from the editorial board at houston chronicle. essentially buyer's remove there. >> absolutely right. barbara boxer said on the senate floor yesterday, what did the american people do to deserve this? well, we elected some bad lawmakers, that's what we did to deserve this. and the question is, on november 4th, i believe, 2014, are we going to do it again? we have kicked the can down the road but we're going to see if that can stops getting kicked in november of next year. people have to wake up and reamize that a vote counts. if you vote for the same old thing you're going to get the same old thing. if you want change, you're going to have to vote for change. >> roger simon, thank you so much. look forward to reading what you put up online and reaction to this time aroun

>> i don't think kay bailey hutchison knew what was coming down the pike. that's for sure. that seat if she had. i think that ted cruz is in it for ted cruz. there are plenty of people who think that's the right direction to take the country. the way i look at folks, i have supported people i disagreed with and i did agree with. but i like to know where you stand. i think that's where a lot of texans can come from. you may tell me something. i may say you're full of it, you're brilliant. whatever it is. as long as i really believe that's what you think. like ron paul. >> do you not believe it ted cruz is sincere then? >> i think that ted cruz is very focused on ted cruz. >> right. ted cruz is all about ted cruz right now. what he's doing -- >> what are most politicians really about? 99%. >> you call them politicians, i would refer them to be elected officials. >> right. >> they forget that you're supposed to have the dual brain. if you're going to lead then you have to govern. and ted cruz is not about governing right now. he's about getting in the leadership position so he

we have our panel back and joined by former republican senator kay bailey hutchison.i suspect you agree with a lot of my pro-growth plans. but what i really want to ask you since we didn't see you at the top of the show is do you think from what president obama said today and what he said briefly last night he has any inkling of this kind of ro pro-growthed a y ed agenda? >> we haven't seen any inclination on his part to lower the regulations. that's what i would add to your very good list. i would add two things. stop the overregulation of business. that is why people aren't hiring anyone. they are worried about obama care. i love the delay of the individual mandate. and they are just over regulated to death. we're smothering business. we're not opening it up so that they will hire people and get our economy going. and of course the second thing for the long term that we must do is address entitlement reform. you cannot get there in the long term without looking at the cost of mandatory spending which is over half the budget right now. over half of our spending is ma

and, of course, his predecessor was kay bailey hutchison and we are talking about how the women in theparty, you know, they were actually part of reaching across the aisle and trying to help craft a deal. so swapping her for cruz has been devastating. but back to answer your question, mckay. i think if ted cruz does decide to do this again, absolutely they will follow him, the line was -- lemmings with suicide vests. even if they feel burned, even if they feel they didn't get the things they were promised, they have been feeding their base this diet of knowledge that they can get rid of obama care, that they can stop the president. so they can't just turn around now and say oh, that was nonsense, we were wrong. >> that's true. mckay, you wrote something interesting recently. you want conservative activists do not care if they hurt the republican party. >> right. >> you really believe that? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. i was at the value voters summit, which is sort of this gathering of the conservative -- >> sensational event. we covered that. >> right. and i talked to a lot of them about

. >> kay bailey hutchison is next on booktv. from the 13th an annual national book festival in washington, d.c., former senator hutchison presents her book, "unflinching courage." this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> well, thank you so much. and thank you for coming out early to start getting the flavor of this wonderful treasure that the library of congress puts on for our country and especially our children and our book lovers. so i am so happy, this is my third presentation. as carlos mentioned, i have written two books about american women trailblazers. and i think alexis de tocqueville started out talking about the women of america in his famous trip here in the 1700s. he said when it gets down to the end -- this is a paraphrase -- when it gets down to the end, i would say the most important attribute of this great country is the superiority of their women. and he talked about -- [applause] that they had strong opinions and that men listened to them. so i thought that was a great beginning. knowing that those earliest wo

and in fact, the newspaper said, does anybody else miss senator kay bailey hutchison?s own state, in a newspaper that endorsed him for election, is he -- i can't tell where he is right now. he seems more popular than ever with the tea partyers and serious conservatives, but he doesn't seem to be more popular here in this building. >> i don't think he was ever popular here with his colleagues. that certainly seems to be the buzz. i do think that when people have a chance to step back, they're going to look at this and say, he had no strategy. there was no strategy here. this was never something he was going to be able to win. so he really drug a couple of people along with him, made this three weeks of just a complete disaster, has destroyed the gop brand, and for what? i hope that's what people realize at the end of the day, that he took us down this path for absolutely no reason whatsoever, on something he was never going to win. had he kept his powder dry for a few days, he maybe could have made arguments about obama care. >> isn't that the last thing. house republic

general election, we did with many reservations and one recommendation that he follow senator kay bailey hutchison'sxample in conduct as a senator. obviously, he has not done so. cruz has been part of the problem where hutchison would have been part of the solution." evan smith, "the texas tribune," is it the case that the more rerivaled ted cruz is by fellow republicans in the senate, the less popular he gets nationally -- and the polls show his national approval rating just absolutely plunging -- does that solidify his support in the independent-minded state of texas? >> oh, most definitely. the more that washington hates him, the more that texas loves him. the more that the liberal jackles of the media attack him it makes him stronger. when "the new york times" or the "washington post" or msnbc attack him, that is spinach and he is popeye. it makes him stronger. >> okay, but here's the question. the attacks from cruz have been coming from, you know, people such as myself, it also come from sort of more mainstream or beltway publications. it's come from a lot of conservatives, too. and my question

zbloouf in a strongly-worded editorial today "the houston chronicle" criticized cruz and senator kay bailey hutchison saying if she kept her seat ted cruz would not be in congress. joining me, senator john tester of montana. what do you make of what the american people have witnessed through today and over the last several weeks? >> what we've seen is america speaking up and saying this is craziness that's going on in the house of representatives. we are playing with too much fire here. you're putting a drag on the economy, trying to sink the economy. and knock it off. and i think what we saw tonight in the senate and the house was the fact that the people stood up. business folks, working families, and said, enough is enough. grow up and do what we sent you throw thereto do. >> a lot of republicans believe the democrats played a role in this, the president played a role in this in not being willing to come together and talk. >> i think if you look at the initial negotiations that went on, coming off of what the deficit reduction is a huge step. the bottom line is we do need to get the deficit and de

senator when he ran for his senate seat, this headline, though, from "the houston chronicle," kay bailey hutchison. >> although, niels, we did hear from senator cruz. he indicated he would not block any senate vote today or not tonight. >> that's right. and certainly, to follow on the "houston chronicle" piece just a little bit, senator hutchison, now former senator hutchson, who is cruz's predecessor, was a completely different sort of styleistic operator, generally sometimes would be a moderate republican. she was a member of the appropriations committee and would be more apt to be party to the sort of agreement that is what we saw emerge from majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell just a couple hours ago. >> we're waiting for the ampaign -- conference taking place at the national press club. our cameras are there. and staking out meetings in the house, republicans and democrats, and when lawmakers come to the microphones there, we'll take you to those events live as well. in terms of the white house, we did get some word that the president may have a statement later toda

kay bailey hutchinson. the chronicle says cruz has been part of the problem in specific solutions where hutchison would haveitage action for america, it pressured wavering republicans to keep fighting against obama care, keeping tabs on those who didn't by blasting out score cards. their leader dismissed mccain's criticism that this was a losing battle. >> i think senate republicans should spend their time focusing on obama care and the way it's ruining millions of americans lives and not settle a score about tactical differences thes disagree with. >> reporter: analysts say party will question tactics of hard liners. >> has that strategy been discredited by this defeat? does that allow other voices in the caucus to argue for a different direction? >> reporter: another big question coming out of this, does john boehner keep his speakership? gop strategists we spoke to say he likely will, that eats got the votes to stay in, and who would want the job anyway, especially after this? brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> now to some other news. international chemical weapons inspectors have their work cut out for th

he beat the establishment and there was a crowded primary for the open seat for kay bailey hutchison and he likes to tell this story that he was 2% in the first polls that were taken and he he worried about that, and then he talked about this in iowa over the weekend. then we had david dewhurst, he beat him in the runoff despite dewhurst, his establishment and carl rosen and the rest of them throwing in $40 million at ted cruz. the point i am making is that unlike many politicians to come to washington, we beat them. unlike barack obama, to become president of the united states and the freedom to go out there, we have that kind of freedom. it is someone who is acting on principle, he's willing to take on this. but as far as senator ted cruz and many others out there, he really has a constitutional conservatism and it's hard to see how anyone from washington will be able to have as much of a resonant message for americans than a lot of the governors out there. the chief executives at a really presiding over your over your personal liberties and your pocketbook issues and you have a bu