mike castle was in there we'd win but mike castle be on the chopping block with a lot of republicans too because he's extremely liberal for our brand you know bob if i go to you what's to stop hypothetically going forward we get this gridlock which i think a lot of people are expecting and reasonably so what is what is your thoughts i mean could we get even more extreme tea partiers going forward say because we need more tea party. i'll say my opinion this morning fringe stuff you know i'm not a witch stuff i mean is that what's going to energize people to vote again because if there is gridlock somebody is going to be blamed and it will be a plague on both your houses do you worry about that as a democrat. well you know you can say the tea party is a bunch of individual ideas and individual states when you have one vote in congress you can have to vote on it and then suddenly you have a national issue so for example i watched the tea party press one of their leaders talk about they might even have to compromise on the debt ceiling and the way they would do it is if there's also stat

that is presumably why she endorsed christine o'donnell over mike castle. on sarah palin in 2012, one of the unspoken problems should as at -- she does have is quitting as governor midway through her first term. it is like ted kennedy's chappaquiddick. there is a higher threshold for that office. >> it is a really extraordinary thing. the republicans have an incredible array of a very talented candidates, but they could divide the other boat and leave her as the person winning the early primaries. >> what about the scenario that "new york" magazine raised, that bloomberg runs as third-party, and sarah palin gets the republican nomination? >> i am sad and appalled by the way the conservative elites have a look to their nose at sarah palin. she has done a lot of the party. >> sometimes hourly cannot tell if you are serious. >> that will have to be the last word. see you next week. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv.

that is presumably why she endorsed christine o'donnell over mike castle. on sarah palin in 2012, one of the unspoken problems should as at -- she does have is quitting as governor midway through her first term. it is like ted kennedy's chappaquiddick. there is a higher threshold for that office. >> it is a really extraordinary thing. the republicans have an incredible array of a very talented candidates, but they could divide the other boat and leave her as the person winning the early primaries. >> what about the scenario that "new york" magazine raised, that bloomberg runs as third-party, and sarah palin gets the republican nomination? >> i am sad and appalled by the way the conservative elites have a look to their nose at sarah palin. she has done a lot of the party. >> sometimes hourly cannot tell if you are serious. >> that will have to be the last word. see you next week. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv. ♪ danny: she started to talk and i said, "listen, i'm going to deliver a speech. at the end, you're going to want

prohibitive favorite for the republican nomination was popular delaware congressman and former governor mike castle. but the tea party-backed o'donnell shocked the political establishment by upsetting castle in the fall g.o.p. primary and transforming coons into the front-runner. o'donnell was undone in part by her colorful, outspoken past, including a remark on a 1990's t.v. show thashe had dabbled in witchcraft. a point she magnified in this tv ad: >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. >> woodruff: coons meanwhile was buoyed by national democrats, getting joint visits from president obama and vice president biden, who held this senate seat for 36 years. >> this guy has a backbone like a ramrod. i kid him, he's got a brain bigger than his skull and he's got a heart to match both. >> woodruff: since the delaware contest was a special election to fill the remaining four years of biden's term, coons will take his senate seat next week, two months ahead of most freshmen. and i'm joined by democratic senator elect chris koontz in wilmington. thank you for joining us and congratulations

mike castle the republican congressman moderate to liberal republican congressman i believe would have won this state. and christine o'donnell has lost it. there's a case where the... they won the battle and they lost the war the tea party. >> ifill: we're waiting on one other big party candidate in south carolina nicky haley who of course got her campaign got saved when she was endorsed by sarah palin. we haven't heard yet what's going on there. it's tight. >> 32% of precincts reporting she's trailing a little bit. the democrat right now. >> ifill: shaheen. >> nicky haley obviously, if she does pull this race out, she has the support of sarah palin. that helped her very much in the primary. she also will be a new face of the republican party as a young indian-american woman. she could be a bit of a rock star inside the party if she wins. >> ifill: stu, we're watching house races telling us interesting things. it's a point that the president has been making lately and the white house has been making lately. a lot of our democrats were running in districts that john mccain won in 2008.

and when he didn't run -- when he pulled out and they nominated him, the republican side, mike castle, a moderate republican, who everybody thought very popular would win, was taken out by this new committeer, christine o'donnell and she lost tonight. as chuck said, the win for democrats in west virginia makes it very tough for the republicans to take back the senate. if they come close and the difference was that race in delaware and the tea party challenge, i think there's going to be a lot of questions about the new place in the tea party in the politics and i think that may also play in the debate going forward within the republican party, about who holds the whip hand going forward. >> tom brokaw having covered so many of these and seen political movements come and go, there will be great temptation tonight to make too much of this movement. that, as i say, is really a collection 06 smaller movements. >> i'd like to remind people that ronald reagan at the end of his first two years had a lower approval rating than obama does right now. gets re-elected by a landslide. bill clinton

mike castle lawsuit kristi the dollar in the primary. -- mike castle lost to christianne o'donnell and the primary in delaware. on the other hand, the argument that the tea party people make is that they provided a lot of the excitement that generated candidates and issues and drove the electorate in places you might not have expected like ohio and pennsylvania and connecticut and help republican candidates generally part of the debate now is what was the effect of the tea party and a big part of the debate is, is the tea party going to be able to sustain itself in terms of support from people as the economy gets better and in terms of organization. ? tea party people i interviewed take pride in the fact that they don't have a national spokesman. they don't have a national organization. it is a loose network of local groups. that is a difficult thing to sustain as a national political movement for host: republican line, good morning. caller: thank you for cspan. i would like to comment on barack obama as message "his word emergency." the message has been so negated. if you look a the t

that nominee lost along with congressman mike castle. democrats picked up the seats. that tops a lot about the dangers republicans face going forward if they continue this sort of shrinking the tent and purifying the party. finally, nev. -- a perfect campaign can overcome a terrible approval rating. three different states and it is fitting that illinois was the state that actually slipped to republicans. >> and i would mention the place for democrats, just how bad it was. in wisconsin last night they lost the governorship, they lost the senate, but lost the senate seat, two house seats, they lost both chambers of the state legislature. all in one night. this is a state that voted for the democrat and the president election in the six last presidential elections. that shows you how much a seemingly blue states like wisconsin can change. >> thanks so much. we encourage you to take a look at your hot line which will be out well before you get out of the session today. thanks for your time. [applause] [applause] >> moderator next panel his jason, a 12-year veteran at "nat

the illinois seat held by president obama, the delaware seat once held by mike castle, and the nevada seat held by harry reid. the three very different lessons, ill. you had president obama doing everything he could in the place where he was most popular, but voters were so dissatisfied with government,% said they were dissatisfied with are angry with the federal government. it is almost impossible to overcome that, no matter how popular you are. bill foster, melissa been, will be looking for new jobs. there are few states that turned out worse for democrats that president obama is own state. look at a state like delaware where the tea party candidates came in and really rocked republicans, not only of one seat but some house republicans thought that might have a chance at keeping the senate seat with the right primary nominee. that nominee lost along with congressman mike castle and democrats picked up the two seats, but that talks a lot about the dangers republicans face going forward if they continue this shrinking and purifying the party. three different states, somehow i think it

that even if mike castle would have defeated christine o'donnell exit points he would have lost to chris. there is a argument. geez, a tea party conservative candidate kind of blew it for a republican chances in either of those states. i argue against that. >> tea party blew it in state of nevada. >> no, i don't agree. she got it absolutely right. we had candidates in the primary. early favorites and republican state chairman and senator and lost the primary by making missteps. the primary generates the best candidate to win. not always but the best particularly in the race like nevada. >> chris tin o'donnell was a different situation . she won in a tune ising upset in the primary. but things that matter to the voters of delaware did not in the early part of the campaign. series of questions asked about her. inadquate answers. they didn't matter to the republican primary voters but not to the voters. the fact of the matter was christine o'donnell from the get go had big burden to bear from my perspective impossible for her to given that burden. >> i told you so moment. >> it gives me no

if i lived in delaware, i would have voted for mike castle.hat, the fact that a guy who's been in washington this long couldn't get 30,000 people to vote for him, that's all you need in de and he kopt do it. he ran as part of being the establishment, as having experience and he was a little tone deaf. >> i want you to look at these republicans who are going to face the heat of the right if conditions continue with the bad economy and the anger from the right. ten senate seats are up in 2012. that's coming rather quickly if you're one of those guys or women. john brasso, scott brennan. tennessee's bob corker who meet howard ford and nevada's john ensign. kay bailey hutchins of texas. indiana's dick lugar. a lot of those guys are fairly new members of congress like scott brown, are you happy to see them being knocked off by crazies on the right to put it bluntly? >> yes, i am, actually, they're going to get knocked off by crazies on the right. if you look at the tea party's record starting with christine o'donnell and going to alaska with joe mi

everyone thought the party was lost and yet beating establishment candidates, christine o'donnell beat mike castlean all but guaranteed seat in that state. >> reporter: that may be what cost them the senate -- the remarkable thing was this run of tea party folks going up against even conservative republicans like bob bennett in utah that didn't make the primary, in alaska they unseated lisa murkowsk with joe miller. that seat perhaps is in jeopardy. ken buck in colorado unseated a former lieutenant governor who was considered a favorite to beat the democrat, michael bennet. at the same time the tea party folks may be costing the republicans the senate they have sent a clear warning to the republicans we are not in your pocket, this is not labor and the democratic party, we don't like you guys spending any more than we do the democrats and that's a source of real conflict next year in washington. >> couric: nancy cordes, how have the tea party candidates fared in the house of representatives? there were seven running in the senate, a heck of a lot more in the house, well over 100. >> reporter: that

let me totally be clear about something, if i lived in delaware i would have voted for mike castle inthe republican primary, but having said that, the fact that a guy who's been in washington this long couldn't get 30,000 people to vote for him in a republican -- that's all that you need in delaware to win a republican primary and he couldn't do it. he ran on being -- he ran as being part of the establishment. as having experience and he was a little tone-deaf. >> take a look at these, steve, look at these, the republicans who are going to face the heat the right if conditions continue with the bad economy and the anger against anything that looks like centrism from the right. ten senate seat of thes are up in 2012. coming rather quickly if you're one of those guys or women. terms coming to an end. wyoming's john barrasso. massachusetts scott brown of course he just there a two-year term. tennessee's bob corker. who beat harold browne -- howard ford. and nevada's john ensign. utah's orrin hatch. kay bailey hutchison of texas. arizona's jon kyl. lugar. maine's olympia snowe and mississ

mike castle lawsuit kristi the dollar in the primary. -- mike castle lost to christianne o'donnell and the primary in delaware. on the other hand, the argument that the tea party people make is that they provided a lot of the excitement that generated candidates and issues and drove the electorate in places you might not have expected like ohio and pennsylvania and connecticut and help republican candidates generally part of the debate now is what was the effect of the tea party and a big part of the debate is, is the tea party going to be able to sustain itself in terms of support from people as the economy gets better and in terms of organization. ? tea party people i interviewed take pride in the fact that they don't have a national spokesman. they don't have a national organization. it is a loose network of local groups. that is a difficult thing to sustain as a national political movement for host: republican line, good morning. caller: thank you for cspan. i would like to comment on barack obama as message "his word emergency." the message has been so negated. if you look a the t

but the reality is mike castle would have just, you know -- the numbers absolutely switched. >> conspicuous by his absence in the discussion leading up to and since the election has been the christian right. and their agenda. so i guess my question is, did these folks get to sort of rolled over by the tea party? did they willingly sign up? and considering the very different priorities that these two groups bring in terms of social issues versus economic issues is there a potential for some -- for a sort of subplot playing itself out as these groups struggle for control within the republican party? >> whit, we haven't heard much from the christian coalition for a long time. >> the religious right is alive and well. what happened this election cycle is the economy washed out everything else. so the concern about jobs and economic growth and the related governmental budget deficits and taxes and spending drove every other issue underground. >> go ahead. >> my question about marco rubio and specifically and the future of the republican party he's thought of of the obama of the republicans throw

mike castle wins. christine o'donnell did not come close. she carried a couple of votes, but that was about it. mike castle wins the nomination, he is the u.s. senator. lisa murkowsky might need joe miller. talk about the tremendous embarrassment to both the tea party candidates and sarah palin. that are important. they are going to stay significant. i think we are going to be talking about them for two years. they may cause long-term problems within the republican party. these new members -- what are the tea party folks back home thinking? are they thinking i have gone washington? it will be an interesting pressure on them. that is how third-party forces in this nation go. eventually, the two parties figure out how to "them. that is how the two-party system works, and that is why it is so strong. thank you very much. [applause] >> in a few moments, the head of freedomworks, dick armey, with his analysis of the election. next, president obama. after that, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell on the gop agenda. later, a cq roll call group e

mike castle was going to win, christine o'donnell was not going to win.here's nothing at the gubernatorial level i look at that says that cost them a race. colorado is the closest thing but scott wasn't to a candidate. on the level more on the candidate picking a level of the gubernatorial side. >> thanks chris. >> thanks, guys. [applause] spec all right, gang. it said. hopefully you find this helpful and interesting. don't forget to check out his blog. i making the plug as hard as i khanna. gough to youtube. we will see next week on the rga in san diego and of course the dga at christmas, which is the key d.c. event that is what, december 1st? yes, december 1st. thank you very much for coming and see you all soon. [inaudible conversations] president obama 2008 campaign manager david plouffe says the next presidential election will be much different than the 2008 election that brought mr. obama into office. at the university of delaware, he said that he believed president obama will win a second term in spite of democratic losses in last week's elections.

mike castle was going to win, christine o'donnell was not going to win. there's nothing at the gubernatorial level i look at that says that cost them a race. colorado is the closest thing but scott wasn't to a candidate. on the level more on the candidate picking a level of the gubernatorial side. >> thanks chris. >> thanks, guys. [applause] spec all right, gang. it said. hopefully you find this helpful and interesting. don't forget to check out his blog. i making the plug as hard as i khanna. gough to youtube. we will see next week on the rga in san diego and of course the dga at christmas, which is the key d.c. event that is what, december 1st? yes, december 1st. thank you very much for coming and see you all soon. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in california, attorney general jerry brown defeated meg whitman. this of course is not mr. brown's first term as governor. he served in the capacity from 1975 to 1983 and he later went

frankly, my concern is if you're somebody like olympia snowe and you look in the mirror, you see mike castleu see somebody who politically is very much like you, who got taken out by people, in this case, the tea party, and that's the concern, so that much of these people, i think, senator snowe is an example, wants to be in the middle, because that's where her voters are, that's where a lot of the public is. politically, primaries are the weapon that people on the polls use to pick out people they don't like and that, frankly, more than anything else, kind of militates against moderation, not a good sign. but i don't think it's really deniable for the next year or two as a leading factor. jenna: david, richard, charlie, stand by. we have breaking news and will get back to our panel in a moment. jon. jon: this fox news alert, jenna. farouk ahmed, the virginia man who was recently arrested and charged with trying to bomb the metro subway system in washington, d.c., he has pleaded not guilty. he's told a judge he wants to have a jury trial and he waived his right to a speedy trial, so he will

mike castle had been elected several times, he would have been a stronger candidate.enate. sang for sharron angle. they think that she was not necessarily the strongest republican that could have beaten harry reid, the senate leader. having said that, there's no doubt the tea party movement across the country energized the republican base, energized conservatives to go out and vote in big numbers, and they got a lot of people elected. rand paul in kentucky, for example, you know, he's going to be on my show in the next hour. he was elected in part because of that strong support he got from the tea party movement, marco rubio in florida. there were tea party candidates energized by the base, i think there's no doubt that this huge net gain for the republicans in the house of representatives, 60-plus seats, was in part fueled by a very aggressive and assertive tea party movement across the country. so it's a mixed bag. it's not as simple as saying they would have been in the majority if. it's always a monday morning quarterback, also easy to do than sunday morning quart

republican party, keep nominating these kinds of candidates and republican -- >> you agree, alex if mike castleinee in delaware that would have been a pickup for the republicans, yes or no? >> that may have been a pickup but -- >> delaware? would it have been a pickup? >> probably would have. >> what about in nevada, somebody other than sharron angle would have challenged harry reid works that have been another pickup for the republicans? >> you know, probably yes, because an acceptable republican-would have beaten an unacceptable democrat, harry reid, however, right now, you know, again republicans have never been as united, why we are looking for all these divisions, tea party candidates versus the republican establishments is just not there. >> disunited or can disagree, republicans can as well. >> no question that republicans are trying to put forward this united front, i think they will come up quickly against conflicts. you know exbarack obama has said he wants to work with them you about this is not a republican party messaged on wanting to work with the president, their leadership has s

you can look down the list of others and see what was said about mike castle and others such as liz of macao's the -- lease of -- police that -- lisa urkowski.e th >> when we are talking about the work that was done in the senate, there were two or three republicans that they tried to bring in. there was not much work with the republican caucus. what they did was pick out three or four republicans that followed their philosophical base and try to work with them. that is not the kind of compromise that is partisanship. the real bipartisanship that has to be demonstrated is a bipartisan ship is one -- bipartisanship is one that is based on the reality of their positions. not simply trying to pick off one or two so you get enough votes over 60. >> that process prolonged process and made it ugly and let them say they are cutting your medicare, which created the atmosphere where democrats could proceeds.v >> the right strategy is to allow real bipartisan activity to take place and that is what happens in the committee structure rather than a general kind of leadership effort. >> ok, other q

mike castle was going to win, christine o'donnell was not going to win. there's nothing at the gubernatorial level i look at that says that cost them a race. colorado is the closest thing but scott wasn't to a candidate. on the level more on the candidate picking a level of the gubernatorial side. >> thanks chris. >> thanks, guys. [applause] spec all right, gang. it said. hopefully you find this helpful and interesting. don't forget to check out his blog. i making the plug as hard as i khanna. gough to youtube. we will see next week on the rga in san diego and of course the dga at christmas, which is the key d.c. event that is what, december 1st? yes, december 1st. thank you very much for coming and see you all soon. [inaudible conversations] elections. is an hour and a hal. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. welcome to the university of delaware national program. i am ralph begleiter, director of the center for political communications. last week's elections throughout predictions made for many months about the american people. they hate congress

she did say that if her had republican opponent, mike castle, her opponent from the primary, endorsedest from christine o'donnell, i have a feeling we will be hearing more from her from the time to come. >>> political news in alaska, day two of their count of those write-in ballots. remember 92,000 ballots to count. they have gotten through a little more than 20% of them. and so far, about 90% of those, 9-0, clearly for lisa murkowski you can the former republican turned independent who ranz a write-in candidate. about 8 1/2 of those so far are apparently possibly for murkowski but being challenged and very, very few, .01%, joe miller, of course the republican on the ballot. now, tj, big picture here if these numbers hold up as they continue to count, lisa murkowskis, looks like they could be the winner in the end, republican joe miller has vowed to challenge all of this with lawsuits so this one could drag on for a long time. >>> and finally, here in california where with i am, there are two house races that remain unresolved, be only in both of those races, the democrats have now cl

. -- mike castle in delaware. i do not think we will see that compromises that we need.and often, the super compromised in order to defeat a filibuster. i will not be surprised if we go right to the presence of the defaulting on our debt or shutting down huge chunks of government next year. host: do you think that will happen? guest: think we will go to the presidency, but not go over. you will see headlines, "government shutdown threatened" with in the next 12 months. host: hersman brad sherman from california's 27th -- congressman brad sherman from california's 27 congressional districts. the cover of "foreign policy" has some of the top global leaders of 2010. leading the list, warren buffett and bill gates. susan glasser, the editor in chief of foreign policy will be joining us in just a couple of minutes to talk about this story and her interviews for the publication. but first an update. >> it is 9:23 a.m. eastern time. steny hoyer says president obama has moved to freeze the pay of federal employees and it should also be extended to military personnel. it would cr

he said mike castle was meant to win until external tea party support and forces came in and put herrt wise over the top. >> are well, christine, a very small number of people turned out to vote, and no one expected, i mean, no one -- >> in the primary? >> yes, in the primary. >> she won it. >> so i would just stick with it, it was a fluke. [laughter] >> candy. >> there's no legal requirement that they show up on national tv to do anything. that's certainly their right. and i think that for all those reasons that these guys have stated, they don't. they do have local press, and they have sort of talked to the local press which are much more important, as we know, in state races. it's much more important to talk to your big state newspaper or your big state tv station which they doesn't always do -- didn't always do. i think, actually, what's more troubling is, first of all, there are outlets these people can go to that are friendlier, and they can get their message out there in so many ways. they can just have a web site and pump stuff out, and they can go around and over the heads -

mike castle, christine m. donao'donnell did not come clos. he wins. he is the u.s. senator. lisa murkowskie maybe joe miller. talk about an embarrassment. they are important. they will still significant. we will be talking about them 47 years. the may cause of long-term problems inside the republican party. what are the tea party folks back home thinking? it will be an interesting pressure on them. luckily, third-party movements are forces in this country. sooner or later, the major parties figure out how to coopt them. that is the way it works. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] as we have more campaign 2010 coverage coming up today from " weekly standard." they are hosting a panel discussion on voting. earlier today, we showed you president obama reacting to the latest jobless figures. after his remarks, he left washington. he is on his way to begin a 10- day overseas trip will take him to india. he will then continue on to jakarta. after that, he attends the g-20

a lot of conservative activists believe less on the table, in delaware, christine o'donnell and mike castle prepare candidate or even in nevada, sharron angle lost to harry reid. the reaction is mixed. >> it's interesting stuff you're doing out there. keep us posted on your findings after the weekend there. thanks so much for coming on. >> thank you so much for having us. >> thanks for having us, thank you. >> all right, the department of justice pumping millions of dollars into sanctuary cities. shouldn't the doj use the money to jail illegal immigrants if that's their job? former ear air congressman and senate candidate j dch.d. haywoh joins you live. >> and it's the quidditch championship, magical game by harry potter on our plaza next. vópstÑ??o >> well, folks, we found it, we found the sport for clayton. >> it's called quidditch, it's magical and he's going to ride a broomstick, oh, boy. >> he's among his people. it's just about ten minutes. >> harry potter folks, they're outside playing quidditch on the plaza today. do you know it's a sport. i didn't know it was officially a sport

had mike castle one, the republican -- host: who did you vote for? caller: i went independent when i went to the senate. i did not want to vote for christine obama. host: what about the congressional seat? caller: i went republican with that but he lost. host: thank you. guest: i traveled with the president when he was a senator and he went on the foreign trip and he had a huge entourage. this is just a product of. -- product of security, you have tons of logistics, you keep track of staff. he brings a chef, a food inspector when he goes out for dinners and d.c. there is a lot of caution that needs to be taken. it is expensive so it is a 10- day trip. a huge undertaking. but this is what presidents do. while it sounds as cordons given how the economy and the amount of spending, it would seem excess of but i am not quite sure there is any alternative when the president has to travel, he has to travel. host: we are getting your reaction to election 2010 and also looking at results and analysis. greta is at our news desk. >> a number of governor's race

mike castle was going to win, christine o'donnell was not going to win. there's nothing at the gubernatorial level i look at that says that cost them a race. colorado is the closest thing but scott wasn't to a candidate. on the level more on the candidate picking a level of the gubernatorial side. >> thanks chris. >> thanks, guys. [applause] spec all right, gang. it said. hopefully you find this helpful and interesting. don't forget to check out his blog. i making the plug as hard as i khanna. gough to youtube. we will see next week on the rga in san diego and of course the dga at christmas, which is the key d.c. event that is what, december 1st? yes, december 1st. thank you very much for coming and see you all soon. [inaudible conversations] >> congress returns on monday. work is expected on the bush era tax cuts as well as federal spending for the next budget year. watch the house on c-span. when the senate reconvenes for business on monday, possible legislative work includes bills on natural gas and electric vehicles. as well as wage equality and moder

you can see what was said about mike castle, lisa murkowski, she'll be back. look what it took. anyway, i think it's simply enough. i've talked to so many tea party members. they don't want to see compromise. granted, they are not totally in challenge. i think they are oversized influence over the republican party right now. >> let's remember when we were talking about the work that was known senate, basically the democrats tried to pick off two or three republicans. you know, they worked with them and tried to bring them in. there was not much of an effort made to try to work with the totally where the philosophical issues come to mind. they picked out three or four republicans that they thought shared closest to their philosophical base and tried to work with them. that's not the kind of compromise that ends up being true bipartisanship. all you've done then is made those people praias in their own party for having gone with the democrats. the real bipartisanship that has to be demonstrated here is a bipartisanship that understands that the republicans come from a philosophica

you can see what was said about mike castle, lisa murkowski, she'll be back. look what it took. anyway, i think it's simply enough. i've talked to so many tea party members. they don't want to see compromise. granted, they are not totally in challenge. i think they are oversized influence over the republican party right now. >> let's remember when we were talking about the work that was known senate, basically the democrats tried to pick off two or three republicans. you know, they worked with them and tried to bring them in. there was not much of an effort made to try to work with the totally where the philosophical issues come to mind. they picked out three or four republicans that they thought shared closest to their philosophical base and tried to work with them. that's not the kind of compromise that ends up being true bipartisanship. all you've done then is made those people praias in their own party for having gone with the democrats. the real bipartisanship that has to be demonstrated here is a bipartisanship that understands that the republicans come from a philosophica

mike castle who has been an extraordinary co-chair of the diabetes caucus is leaving as well as zach space, a beloved member of our committee. who is the vice chairman of the diabetes caucus. i invite all members to join this caucus and also if anyone's interested in being a co-chair, let me know because it is important, important work that we do. do. so in the spirit of the bipartisan commitment that all of us have made, we need to come together and not just talk about how important research is, but actually commit ourselves in the next session of congress to working together on legislation. we can work together not just on recognizing diabetes month but also working together on the special diabetes program which will help save countless american lives and not leave this critical initiative on the to-do list for yet another year. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from nebraska is recognized. mr. terry: thank you, mr. speaker. and the gentlelady from colorado mentioned the gentleman from delaware who wanted to be here and speak on th

she did, and i think she's -- there's republicans who always vote republican, but the reality is mike castle would have just, you know, the numbers were switched so -- >> conspicuous in his absence has been the christian right and their agenda. i guess my question is do these folks get rolled over by the tea party? did they willingly sign up? considering the different priorities that the two groups bring in social and economic issues, is there a potential for a subplot playing out over the next few years as the two groups struggle for control within the republican party? >> we haven't heard much from the christian coalition for a long time. >> it is alive and well. what happened this election cycle is the economy washed out everything else, so the concern about jobs and economic growth and the related governmental budget deficits in budget and spending drove every other issue under ground. >> my question's about marco and the future of the their republican party. he's, obviously, thought of as the republicans thrown around as minority candidate, he is an english only, proimmigration controls

looking at what cnn is reporting and other networks are reporting that exit polling is showing that mike castle would have lost to chris coons. >> reporter: still while many o palin's mama grizzlies have become national stars, election experts say 2010 was no year of the woman. >> that really obscured the fact that the overwhelming number of voters are men. this year will will be a net decrease in the number of women in congress and that will be the first decline in congress. a lot of democratic women lost seats in congress and most women in congress are democrats. >>> south carolina governor elect nikki halle is with us good morning. you were one of the first candidates that sarah palin endorsed, do you think you could have won an election without her endorsement? >> we saw that we were coming from fourth place to about second place but certainly when she came into getting involved in south carolina, it got more people to just pay attention to the message. so we were very grateful. she has gotten the country to realize the power of their voice and she certainly did that in south carolina. we