and joining us mary katherine and juan williams. juan, what say you?ink it's an out raining, as part of the human contract. if you see someone injured or acting in irresponsible way, as a tauadult as a human being. >> and getting allowing the classrooms be about the betterment of children, i don't see any question-- >> this teacher has done this before. you know, there's video of two incidents, mary katherine and then there's the teacher, the president, oh, you know, we tell it to you and we show our members, you know, look, you want out of control in the public schools, you got it. you got it. it's out of control. >> yeah, this is out of control and actually the surprising thing about the two clubs, you can tell it's sort of a structured event going on and he's sort of letting it ham. >> letting it happen. >> and here is what's going on. in the unions there is probably easier to get sued for trial lawyers and touching a students and get in a fight and-- >> this may be different when i was teaching at pace high school in opa-locka, florida, i had to br

mary katherine, beyond the politics, are there people back at home who do follow process, who get thisand tired of the way this city works, period, the end? is there some kind of positive for boehner to say listen, we are making a stand here based on a stupid process. >> i think there are people who understand. i talk to frank wolf one of the guys who is tramplely against the payroll tax cut in general because he thinks it's too much money. that you are losing from the social security fund. he has been speaking to the constituents about this for a long time. taking the time to educate them about it. that is what is necessary. republicans are right about certain parts of this. they are right. they are right about the senate being silly bill. we have can all concede it's silly. possibly not possible to implement. you can be right and also lose. building the groundwork for that needed to happen before that. with certain activists it will resonate. >> let me say if you look at the polling that come out today in the "washington post," the presidents numbers are going up. the republicans and

i am joined by mary katherine ham, fox news contributor, and juan williams, a fox news contributor. oth of you. mary catherine, who do you think stacked up the best last night. >> i think newt and mitt held their own. newt kept his temper, mitt dispensed with some of the pee the peevishness he's had before. romney has not been able to pull it over line when it comes to real life and connecting with voters in many elections. gingrich has the downside of being a bit unpredictable. that is the question people are weighing. martha: i think you're right about the peevishness left at the door by mitt romney. he was always given kudos for being very presidential. there was the thin skin period in the middle couple of debates, and last night he appeared to be back on the money with the presidential demeanor. i want to take a look at some of where that comment is coming from take a look. >> this economy has every potential to continue to lead the world. our president thinks america is in decline. it is if he's president, it's not if i'm president. this is going to be an american century. [app