romney can't win. >> kristine o'donnell was the pre em pre-eminent tea party candidate?i think so. >> i think a lot of tea partiers would disagree with that. >> i am defending the tea party like ron paul and rubio. there are a lot of fantastic elections. they were the tea party candidates. they are the not so good ones because they ended up losing. and it is true that they keep denouncing everybody supports romney. >> but anne, my point is more like -- i am not saying you don't accept the endorsement or whatever, but to say that kristine o'donnell has been a leader in the conservative movement for many years, that's not true. >> i think it is. she was a public -- pundit. >> shy is wrong. >> what do you consider a leader? >> somebody who leads. >> why does this always happen? >> what does it matter how big the booth is or whether you approve? >> she is on the far right wing of the spectrum. >> you know what -- >> stop! >> this has nothing to do with my political beliefs. she has not been the leader of any movement for a number of years. >> let me just make a point. mitt r

o'donnell, nbc news, the capital. >>> the two-month extension of the payroll tax cut is a win for the white house and comes as the president is looking ahead at his re-election campaign. kristin welker is traveling with the president and joins us live from honolulu where the first family will be spending the holidays. kristin, good morning. >> good morning to you, amy. president obama arrived here on friday evening. his vacation was delayed for about a week because of that fight over the payroll tax cut. but when he got off the plane in honolulu, he looked quite relaxed, stopped to speak to a few of the local officials as well as a few of the locals who came to the air force base to say aloha to the president. this is being seen as a political win for president obama. in the past, some of his supporters have criticized him, saying that he has compromised too much, given in too much to republicans. well, in this case, it was quite different. in this case, it was republicans who gave in to president obama and congressional democrats. so it is on that note that he will begin this vacation as well as a tough re-election battle in the new year. now, as for this trip, this is the f