i have to start off with lisa murkowski.hat women always seem to understand how to-- >> jennifer: so pragmatic absolutely. >> a shout out to lisa murkowski tonight p but also to newt gringrich. what i would really have like to have heard from the former speaker is not just which battles to pick, but why have a battle at all? why not really think about what is the most porn thing--the most important thing that we can do for the nation and what we can do to governor this and do their job. there is no fight for. donnie why should republicans listen to newt gringrich. >> he has experience. back in 1995 when clinton was president, newt gringrich was the speaker of the house. he said he would shut it down to teach a lesson to the crazy spending democrats. he shut it down twice around christmas and thanksgiving. the national parks closed, people quit getting their social security checks, and guess what happened, it wasn't from a weak re-election to a re-election. not a good idea. >> jennifer: michelle, ben bernaanke told cnn that h

today republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska broke ranks.nterview to her hometown newspaper in alaska, she says she disagrees threatening the country with default. quote, murkowski is breaking rank, saying the country has a duty to assure it pays its bills. murkowski said not all of her colleagues in the senate will say it out loud, but she believes most agree that failing to raise the debt limit would harm perception of the country. quote, if you incur an obligation, you have a responsibility to pay for that, murkowski said. time is going the tell if lisa murkowski is the first republican to break ranks or if she is the only republican to break with republican leadership on this issue. but the fact that she has done it already makes this a better movie than it was in 2011. stay tuned. >>> we've got richard engel here live tonight. very much looking forward to that. and to wrap the show tonight, we have a big story, a big politics story that, well, if you know anybody who works with the beltway media, can you please call them and tell them t

another item coming out of alaska on lisa murkowski, republican senator.rd meeting on january 9th, says she doesn't think the debt limit should be used for political leverage. she said not all of her colleagues in the senate will say it out loud. but she believes most agree that failing to raise the debt limit would harm perception of the country. jared bernstein, the momentum seems to be building for increasing insanity on the republican side on this question in congress. >> which is a good thing, one of the lessons here -- and it is interesting, you know, basically if rush limbaugh is upset about this, that means something probably good is happening in politics. >> yes, yes. >> and kind of -- you are really seeing a division within the republicans, obviously, between those who are just very stuck in kind of a mentality towards their base that is obviously very destructive towards that of the broader nation. and a bunch of others who kind of figure a couple of other things, one, we would like to stick around here and maybe win some election. and two, perh

. >> beat lisa murkowski in a senate primary in alaska in 2010. he had the palin stamp.ki around him and win as a write-in candidate in november. joe miller almost blew it for them. he is back and wants to run again. if you nominate him in alaska probably saying good-bye to taking out mark begich. can republicans prevent it from happening? paul brown who's a sort of todd akin-ish candidate to run for the senate in georgia and republican s retiring. not unwinnable for democrats under certain circumstances. iowa, steve king might be running there. first of all, will the so-called republican establishment be able to deliver candidates this time? will the mood of the base change or any meddling of the party establishment result in the same kind of backlash of 2010 and 2012 and will the prospect of that happening simply keep strong candidates on the strong lines? will the strong candidates say i don't want to be the next guy to lose to christine o'donnell? >> i think you are absolutely right and something i've been concerned about but i will report back from c-pac in marc and

it's been running in alaska, alaska, targets bo s both lisa murkowski and begich. arkansas, probably a targeting of pryor, who's up in 2014. colorado, that surprised me a little bit. i don't think either senator is seen as likely to be against. louisiana, i get landrieu there. and north carolina -- >> it's all about the 2014 map. this is -- there are the six senators in states who are democrats, who were carried by romney, and then colorado, which is a state republicans have to get back in the win column in national elections. >> in general. >> in general. >> it's a high priority. so these states are going to show up on this show a lot. >> all the time. no matter what conversation we're having, happens to be talking about hagel. will the republican party really go about a filibuster here? >> young, i think it certainly would be unprecedented for a member of the club to be a victim of a filibuster here. but it's a -- you know, chuck hagel's zone whatwoman couldn't do in his first four years. he's ignited the left, the right, they're all dissatisfied with chuck hagel