as long as harry reid is faced with mitch mcconnell in the filibuster he can't move bills. who has had his foot on the neck of his country's economy and the polls now show that americans understand that republicans are willing to sacrifice the health of our economy to have political advantage. >> i wish we had more time. congressman jim mcdermott in seattle. congressman robert dole here in our studio. thank you great to see you. >>> talking a lot about 2012. today see lection day trending on twitter. today's tweet of date comes from you. writing, don't forget to go out and vote. occupy that voting booth. another tweet. we know what you have to do. go forth and do it. kent state writes, go tout your local precinct and vote affecting your education, safety and your pocketbook. [ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do more with your money. see

a silver lining specifically for kentucky senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. "mcconnell quietly helped direct the agricultural commissioner campaign from washington." so the one republican race that won, mitch mcconnell now trying to take credit for it. that attempt to essentially shine up a the turd led some to laugh out loud for mitch mcconnell to even trying to spin this as a positive, but also to think politico.com to being the totally credulous stenographer for whatever it was that mitch mcconnell wanted them to report, no matter how ridiculous it was on their face. gamely spinning kentucky as if it was a big win for republicans and mitch mcconnell as they lost all state-wide races except ag commissioner. yeah, right, politico, that'll do. one perhaps unremarked upon feature from last night's election results that the there were really big margins in a lot of the races that were expected to be hard-fought. that iowa state senate race wasn't close. the democrat won there by 12 points. in maine where voters citizen vetoed a voting laws, by reinstating same-

so the one republican race that won, mitch mcconnell now trying to take credit for it.sentially w3 shine up a turd that led some t1 laugh out loud for mitch mcconnell to even trying to spin this as a positive, but also to think politico.com to being the3 totally credulous stenographer for whatever it was that mitch mcconnell wanted them to report, no matter how ridiculous it was on their face.Ñie1e1 gamely spinning kentucky as if it was a big win for republicans and mitch mcconnell as they lost all state-wide races except ag commissioner. yeah, right, politico, that'll do.okÑit( one perhaps underremarked upone1 feature from last night's election results that the there of the races that were expected to be hard-fought. that iowa state senate race wasn't close. the democrat won there by 12 points.t( in maine where voters citizen Ñi vetoed a voting laws, by e1 reinstating same-day voter registration, the margin was 20 points. the mississippi personhood amendment which had the beltway had been saying was likely to pass in mississippi, it not only lost but lost by 16 points.

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senate minority leader mitch mcconnell objected to the bill because it would put a new tax on america's richest 345,532 people. >> i'm sure that it is the case that most americans support raising taxes on high-income individuals. my guess is they might have a different view if they knew that 4 out of 5 of those individuals were actually business owners. nevertheless, it's time it seems to me for us to quit making the campaign speeches and remember the election is in november of '12, not this month of '11. >> so right in that sound bite mitch mcconnell what the american people want and then he went on to tell the rest of his colleagues in the senate that the american people are stupid, that they don't know how many businesspeople are involved in this. i mean, give me a break. the gentleman from kentucky, if we have to call him that, is protecting job creators from a .7% tax on any income over a million dollars a year? i'll have more on this later at the board. senate majority leader harry reid hammered his good friend for sabotaging the president. >> my friend, the republican leader, com

. >> if mitch mcconnell were to ask you or tell you right now, mitch mcconnell has endorsed continuing the payroll tax cut. would you go along with it? if the republican leader in the senate said, it's time to continue the tax cuts, would you support that? sf >> it's never as simple as that. >> i'm asking you! >> and i'm telling you. i said at the outset, at the end of the day, we'll have a deal with the democrats and republicans and president obama and you'll have that extension. as i said, this is more politics than it is substance. david talks about the republicans put tax cuts they don't want to pay for, that's the craziest notion i've heard in my life. you earn money. how much does the government deserve to have their hand in your back pocket, is the question? and the democrats don't want to touch entitlement reform. for this payroll tax holiday that we're talking about, it's $118 billion a year that's being diverted from social security. i think what this really addresses here, david, hang on a second, what this really addresses here is the need for the fact that we need to have

here's what john boehner said about congress yesterday in a speech at the mitch mcconnell center.areas of overlap will end up in some big political pawn game in washington, d.c. held hostage to a broader debate while the two parties clash over their various philosophies. i didn't take this job to preside over some partisan screaming match. faith in government has never been high. it doesn't have to be this low, though. >> that sounds like a speaker who suddenly is reading the poll numbers. >> well, he could well be and he sounds reasonable. but we've heard this sort of thing from boehner before. and there was the big deal. it was within his grasp in the summer. and he couldn't close it. and nothing has changed. nothing has changed between that july -- those meetings with the president and today. if anything, things have gotten harder. and so, you know, it's nice to say all of this, but there was a moment, the moment has passed. and if you look beyond the conciliatory talk on capitol hill, what you really see is both political parties preparing for the failure of the supercommittee

senator mitch mcconnell put out a statement about the republicans' proposal about how tooff set this. he suggests freezing federal civilian salaries, laying off federal workers, means testing government health benefits, unemployment and food stamps. is that something the president can accept? >> well this is a bill right now that the senate will be voting on that the president very much supports. it would pay for this tax relief for every small business and worker in a way we think is very fair and fiscally responsible. only 300,000 americans we'll ask to pay a little more, about 3% more a year in the next coming years so we can give this type of tax relief and not have the deficit go up by a single penny. we really think that is a very strong fair proposal that will is supported by democrats, republicans and independents back home whether or not it's supported in congress and we'd still like to see... we still believe that can and will pass and i think it's a very hard thing for all republicans to vote against in light of what it would doll for small businesses and workers. >> ifill:

mitch mcconnell's a potted plant on this stuff, isn't he, tom? >> well, he's limited.icans come together 100%, which is another problem, team leadership, again, what we need is leaders that are thinking long-term to solve our problems, not thinking about the next election. >> that is not going to happen. >> well, the paradox is if you actually demonstrate that to the people you represent, they restore confidence, which we had very little confidence from the american people right now. >> tom, i have known for you for decades now, and you are a hero of mine, a small government hero of mine. i don't think i've ever talked to you about football. if you could call somebody to oklahoma and ask the sooners to beat oklahoma state for us alabama crimson tide fans, we certainly would appreciate it. >> well, joe, that's a difficult problem. i graduated from oklahoma state before i graduated from oklahoma. so -- so go pokes this weekend and big. >> oh, boy. tom coburn. >> tom, thank you for your leadership. thank you so much. >> very nice to see you again. >>> up next, senior advi

mitch mcconnell has never rooted for the united states to fail and you know perfectly well that's therepublicans in the super committee came up with a proposal yesterday with $1.2 trillion in cuts and $300 billion in revenue enhancers as we now refer to them. and it was immediately spiked and dismissed by the democrats on the so called super committee. if the congress appears functional, the entire obama reelection campaign comes off israels. you can't run against a do-nothing congress if the congress isn't a do-nothing congress. the republicans passed 16 or 17 bills through the house of representatives and moved them relong to the senate and harry reid will not even take them up even though he knows they had bipartisan support. >> if this super committee succeeds, that's a victory for the president as well. i think he would rather see the country move forward. megyn: speak to plant's point about the republicans did propose revenue enhancers, they were going to limit tax breaks in exchange for making the bush tax cuts permanent and the democrats said none-starter. >> i don't think thi

the day after he won the primary, you know, mitch mcconnell and rand paul were arm in arm, and they were saying that's the past. we've got to move forward to make sure this guy crosses the finish line. and unfortunately, that didn't happen in delaware. but it's got to happen in order for us to win in 2012. so that's the message that i hope that people can take away with them by reading in the book. i tried to tell the story of how i got involved in politics and, um, what made me embrace the principles that i did and why i chose to become a republican. and i told it in a way that some political advisers have said was a little too honest. i probably shouldn't have admitted some things. but i did that, again, so that the reader can relate. because it's not about how many mistakes we've made or if we've ever fallen because you simply cannot pretend to be perfect. it's too exhausting and too weary to keep up that facade. we're human. but what it's about is about whether you get back up again, whether you're willing to own up to your mistakes and whether you're willing to correct your mistakes

i think mitch mcconnell is very smart and a savvy political player.ubt he can point a finger to barack obama and say the president didn't get involved here. >> bret: is it possible it plays to neither? incumbent is a big loser with congress with an approval rating of 9% or lower and incumbents are in trouble? >> yes. if there were a ross peerot route 20 years later looking at what he did in '19-'92, go from nowhere to get 19% of the vote, ahead at one point against president bush and governor clinton a moment for a perot ininsurgency i say. you are getting it within the republican party. outsiders running against washington. but i think now, you know, if there were a plausible populist outsider third party, come by face of the alleged congressional "insider trading" scandal and the failure of the super committee and everything is broken in washington, it does lay groundwork for powerful, rightly or wrongly, but a powerful populist solve on the two parties failing in washington. >> bret: even this so-called late in game closing in on the iowa caucuses?

the day after he won the primary, the to, you know, mitch mcconnell and rand paul were are enormous and they were saying that's the past. we've got to move forward to make sure this guy crosses the finish line, and unfortunately that didn't happen in delaware. but it's got to have been in order for us to win 2012, that's the message that i hope that people can take away with them by reading the book. i try to tell the story of how i got involved in politics, and what made me embrace the principles that i did and why i chose to become a republican, and i told it in a way that some political the advisers have said was a little too honest and probably shouldn't have admitted some things, but i did that, again, so that the reader can relate, because it's not about how many mistakes we've made or if we have never fallen, because

mitch mcconnell very bluntly said that was his number one goal. you would think his goals would be to improve prospects for the united states. that's not what they're saying. they're saying no to everything. you do begin to wonder. >> steve, as you well know, the republicans say the senate democrats need to get off the dime and start voting. is there a fair argument there? >> not really. you're talking about generally 1, 2, 3, it ends of being a bit of a public relations problem for democrats, and sort of testifies to there's more ideological diversity on the democrat side, as opposed to the republican side, you haven't found anybody since the stimulus bill that's been willing to work with the democrats on anything. it has been pure obstructionism. the psychology is always fascinating to me. are they sitting there saying consciously let's not do it because it will hurt obama, or is it more complicated where they had somehow have convinced themselves necessarily by obama proposing it, it could be good for the country. he's philosophically out of wh

mitch mcconnell harry reid were in a back and forth over the bill accusing each other of playing politics. >> they deliberately designed this bill to fail. so the truth is democrats are more interested in building a campaign message than in rebuilding roads and bridges. >> their goal is to do everything they can to drag down this economy. to do anything they can to focus attention negatively on the president of the united states in hopes he can get my jobs perhaps. i would say, we can stay here all day. i will get the last word. >> he can always have the last word, but i would say with all due respect to my friend, he just made another campaign speech. >> this is the second piece of the jobs plan. the senate has blocked the previous bill that failed. it would have provided $35 billion to states for teachers and first responders. it's clear none of the pieces is going to make it through the senate. >>> with 19 days until the deficit deadline, the super committee appears to be at a standstill. sources say no additional meetings for the panel are currently scheduled. each party sent pieces o

those policies was that payroll tax cut that the president agreed upon this time last year with mitch mcconnell. they want to expand that tax cut and mcconnell says they're going to go along with it. question is, how are you going to pay for it? it's going to cost $300 billion. >> let's bring back governor rendell and mr. steele. democratic nominees have won the state in every election year since '92 but saw the profile of scranton in the "new york times" today, hillary clinton country, the working class whites. they quoted a teacher who voted for obama saying that if the right republican candidate came along, they'd vote for that person. what is president obama have to do to win these voters back, get them back urn the base? zooing he started with his speech on the jobs bill. i think he's been finding his voice for white working class voters in the sense of he's got to talk about economic fairness. he's got to talk about the disparities in the tax code where the richest companies in the world and the richest people in the world pay less in income tax, less percentage in income tax than working

apparently, mitch mcconnell needs more fiber in his diet. and my guest michael pollen has written a book called," food rules." i'm looking forward to the sequel-- "shelter rocks." bank of america will drop its $5 debit card fee. of course that comes with a $6 fee removal fee. this is the "colbert report. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) y. >> stephen: thank you very much. welcome to the report, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) thank you. welcome to the report. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: welcome to the report. it's good to have you with us. thank you, everybody. a big happy birthday to everyone, school committee mean everyone, who is having a birthday tonight. ( laughter ) ( applause ) some time in late winter must be a good time for parents to get busy. nation, i'm sad to say that once again, the big news is the sexual harassment charges against republican presidential candidate hermain cain. so, parents, if any children are watching, please tell them how

way the country is set up and he runs at the republican party, he says mitt romney is a tool of mitch mcconnell and all those people. they've broken the system, they are the reason why income is badly distributed, not rich people. >> bill clinton could do that. chris: will next year's election, will people deal with anger to get rid of somebody, or deal with happiness and enthusiasm for a candidate? >> i think they'll be happy and enthusiastic for what the president has done because i they want a big rich guy running the country. chris: kathleen? >> i don't know if they'll be happy or angry but i think they're going to vote for the person who conveys optimism and hope. >> i think it's going to be republicans. chris: going with their desire to get rid of somebody? >> will be voting against barack obama. chris: that's the history of america. >> nate silva is brilliant but he's making a simple point, it's all about the economy and if the economy is not any good, they're going to fire barack obama. chris: i believe we are the manager on the baseball team, it's not personal. before we break, bad wee

you asked me to think like mitch mcconnell. i don't know. think whatever they can do to distract the public. they might -- they will cut something that middle class america cares about. maybe they go after head start, maybe they go after who knows what. fact is we ought to pay for this tsh it's good we're paying for it. that's the right thing to do. we don't want to add to the deficit for this. we have to do it in a way that doesn't hurt people, the broad middle class in this country. and the wealthiest, as you point out on this show almost every night, have done pretty darn well the last few years. >> they've done great. some democrats are against the extension, the payroll tax holiday. what do you make of that? why are they? >> there's concern because it really is the first time that it's taken, because we're cutting the payroll tax, that money has gone into social security before. we have supplanted it with general fund dollars. some think that's not great public policy. it may not be, but right now our focus has got to be on job growth.

the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell visited the closed bridge in kentucky that i was talkingbout. he admitted, look, roads and bridges are not partisan in washington. that's a quote from him. paul ryan, the republican in charge of the budget process, recently said, you can't deny that infrastructure does create jobs. what's holding us back? let's get moving and put america back to work. >> so let's do the numbers. there are 308 million americans, the infrastructure bill will be paid for by, get this, a .7% tax on all income over $1 million. who's it effect? the tax is going to hit 345,532 millionaire taxpayers. that means, folks, only .2% of americans will be effected. just these folks right here, all of these folks right here, 99.8% of the american people would not have to pay a single penny to pass this jobs bill. you know the chart that i love to show, with the blue line down here with the middle class americans and the red line where all the top 2%ers are and where they've been the last 30 years? some of them might get away with it at the red line. it is 0.2%. come on, se

mitch mcconnell came up with this jerry-rigged idea that was doomed t failure, the super committee. you cocould tell i was going to help buy the appointments made in the charges given tpeople. boner me it clear to republicans what they had to do on the committee, and so did the democrats. here we are. >> mark? >> just to set the mayor of new yo's record straight, the super committee democrats propod a larger cu in medicare tn had been proposed by simpson-bowles or by president obama o or by any other political entit of record. i think that is part of it. there is no question that it was doomed to fail because our polarized pololitics and it is doomed to fail most of l because you have a republican party at has notot voted f any real tax increase since 1990, when george bush's budget deal, in which replican lore was the reason george herbert walker bush lost a second term. >> dana milbank in "the washington post" said that senator kyl was thehe spoioiler. >> you cannot pin this oone individual. we had no give on either sidof any significance. the republica were locked into their posi

we reached out all four of them, two of the 4, nancy policy and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell officers responded saying they did not discuss any aspect of security. that is probably out herman cain campaign should have handled the question that they did not. sid told the washington post that herman cain was getting secret service because of his intense media coverage. the campaign quickly changed its story and federal sources strongly deny that media coverage had anything to do with secret service protection. this service, again, would not comment. >> the art of war by security guards. they are there to prevent this insults or assassinations. i am sure that the secret service was a little chagrined to hear them describe the protection in that way. >>vicki: to this secret service is extended its protections a major presidential candidates following the assassination of robert kennedy in 1968. >>brian: a couple of days of nice weather. live at the bay bridge, the showers are out of here. we are looking at a partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures in the '40's and '30's. here a