mr. boehner. >> mr. boehner. >> mr. boehner. >> mr. boehner. >> mr. boehner. >> the whole time the republicans have been standing on the sidelines. they've been fanning themselves, sipping on a slurpee. >> listen, it's politics. you know, when you get into the election season, there are a lot of things that get said, a lot of things thrown around. >> reporter: the president has extended an invitation to come, meet together. what's the first sentence you're going to say to him? >> hello. nice to see you. listen, i have no personal animosity at all towards the president. i get along well with him. >> reporter: a slurpee summit in the future? >> i don't know about a slurpee. how about a glass of merlot? >> so, look for wine, not slurpees ahead. jon karl is with us, and i understand you have news about the current speaker, nancy pelosi? >> fascinating development here. you know, in the wake of what happened, that shellacking that we saw, democrats suffer on tuesday, the expectation has been house speaker nancy pelosi, soon to be former speaker, would step

mr. boehner, with the present. mr. mcconnell served in the senate and mr. ehner had limited interactions with him. what could come up is a whole slew of things. anything from taxes, to cutting spending, or earmark reform. host: jake sherman is our guest from politico. you can join our conversation -- congressman ranl faces censure. "the new york times" and others reported that he is seeking a reprimanrather than censure. what will we hear about this? the censure could come as early as this week. guest: he is expected to be censured. the ethics committee indicated that that is the punishment they recommend. republicans are certainly by and large going to go along with this. most democrats zigging it will become a political problem for the house of representatives to deal with. mr. rangel says he will try to lobby some of his comments for a lesser punishment. he argues censure is too much. it does not fit the crime. he is asking for a lesser punishment. it is not clear whether he will get one. it does not look likely he will get anything less than censure at t

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mr. boehner, mr. leader, i know that all of you-- and, senator mccconnell, this is for you, too-- i know that all of you have been reading about '94 and how, you know, the mistakes and pitfalls of your colleagues that you were actually part of. i wonder how... what are the lessons you take away from that? how will you govern differently this time? and, senator mcconnell, how does it affect what you will do in the senate if you don't have a majority? >> well, i think clearly the election yesterday did not transfer full control of the government to the opposition. it was a first step in the direction of changing what we've been doing in washington. there are two opportunities for that change to occur. our friends on the other side can change now and work with us to address the issues that are important to the american people, that we all understood. or further change, obviously, can happen in 2012. >> we know that house republicans are pledged to repeal and replace the president's health care reform. yo

mr. boehner said this reform was like employing nuclear weapons to kill an ant, he said. an ant. that's what he called what we just went through. >> it's so interesting, because sometimes you have relationships that can be incredibly hostile on paper and very friendly in fact. >> reporter: my abc colleague cokie roberts has covered washington for decades. she says it can work. just look at how ronald reagan and tip o'neil, conservative republican president and liberal democratic speaker got along. >> and part of that was that they were both irishmen who were of a similar age, they grew up in a similar era. they recognized each other's stories. and they enjoyed each other's company. i don't think that's true at all of john boehner and barack obama. i think that each finds the other somewhat unrecognizable. >> reporter: john boehner grew up a working class kid in southern ohio, one of 12 brothers and assisters, all living in a two bedroom home. his dad owned a tavern, the future speaker of the house started working there when he was 8, sweeping the floor. his sister still works beh

mr. boehner, with the present. mr. mcconnell served in the senate and mr. boehner had limited interactions with him. what could come up is a whole slew of things. anything from taxes, to cutting spending, or earmark reform. host: jake sherman is our guest from politico. you can join our conversation -- congressman rangel faces censure. "the new york times" and others reported that he is seeking a reprimand rather than censure. what will we hear about this? the censure could come as early as this week. guest: he is expected to be censured. the ethics committee indicated that that is the punishment they recommend. republicans are certainly by and large going to go along with this. most democrats zigging it will become a political problem for the house of representatives to deal with. mr. rangel says he will try to lobby some of his comments for a lesser punishment. he argues censure is too much. it does not fit the crime. he is asking for a lesser punishment. it is not clear whether he will get one. it does not look likely he will get anything less than censur

mr. boehner and others on seek interpretation of the rules? >> guest: well, i'm getting very positive feedback in terms of support for chairmanship, in terms of clarification of the rules, what john boehner has said and also some of the other senior republicans is it something to take up with the transition team. and gregg waldron has on the energy commerce committee is in charge of it. there was also the republican study committee. the chairman is tom price. we have not paid to the new chairman is going to be, but appears going to be congressman jordan. they're looking that some rules changes also. but to answer your question, in my outreach effort, i'm being very, very positively received for my chairmanship in terms of the rule. that's something the transition team is going to make a recommendation to the leadership into the fall conference and >> host: congressman barton, election night as john boehner was finishing his speech, we happen to notice you at the bottom of the stage shaking hands with presumptive speaker boehner right there. wh

mr. boehner, when he was chair of the education and workforce committee a couple of years ago, ran a prettypen process, was not afraid to have his bills come to the floor after the committee had been allowed to do its work in a bipartisan way, have them come to the floor under very open circumstances and you fight it out on the floor. there wasn't a single bill that was allowed to come to the house floor in this last congress that came to the floor under an open rule. that set the historical mark for how not to legislate, never been done in the house that we have found in modern history. >> talking about changes, you are already hard at work in the basement of the capitol getting the transition going in a beautiful room that you have from the speaker. i know you are looking for areas of savings. you talk frequently about your small business background and how everything is on the table. what does greg walden think should be done? where do you personally see areas you can save money and congress can savemoney? >> there are a lot of them. i got my transition notebook here somewhere and the fi

mr. boehner and the other republican leaders on seeking this interpretation of the rules? >> guest: well, i'm getting very positive feedback in terms of support for chairmanship, in terms of a clarification of the rule what, what john boehner has said and also some of the other senior republicans is that's something to take up with the transition team. and greg wald on, who's on the energy and commerce committee, is in charge of it. there's also the republican study committee who the current chairman is tom price. we haven't picked on the committee who the chairman's going to be, but it appears that it's going to be congressman jordan. they're looking at some rule changes also. so, you know, but the straight answer to your question is in my outreach effort i'm being very, very positively received for my chairmanship in terms of the rule. that's something the transition team is going to make a recommendation to the leadership and then to the full conference. >> host: now, congressman barton, election night here in washington, d.c. as john boehner was finishing his speech we

mr. boehner takes his seat in january, democrats are still in charge. the so-called lame duck session begins tomorrow and they face some critical deadlines. on tuesday, long-term unemployment benefits expire. those bush-era tax cuts are set to expire in january. and the white house wants to win approval of a new nuclear deal with russia by the end of this career. this week, two reports that could influence pending legislation are due out. the pentagon's review of don't ask, don't tell, and the president's deficit committee's recommendations. a lot on the agenda. so we want to bring in our senior washington editor rick klein. rick, is there any hope that this lame duck session can achieve much? >> reporter: well, you think about it, there's a reason that all these cans got kicked down the road. they are the hardest things to get lined up and get the votes for. the likeliest movement is going to be around the tax cuts. some kind of compromise is probably in the offing. maybe attached to the expiring unemployment benefits. it's going to be difficult to get

mr. boehner reappears in "worst persons." the speaker-elect still terrorized by {him.description sounds like lap dance rules at strip clubs you as the aclu and attorney general move in. are the new pat-down feel-ups even legal? when rachel joins you, even as the revived gm goes out on its corporate own, why conservatives say rescuing you it was the wrong thing to do. >>> npr is the nazis, fundseded by the american government. john stewart is crazy. and the man who said this is considered the head of a news organization. the new rules of the tsa. would you like your privacy invaded, felt or photographed? the new da of san mateo, california who is ready to prosecute. >>> you like your junk photographed or just fondled? further push-back against the tsa. >>> time's for today's nominees for the worst persons in the world. the bronze for bonnie usher. police in new hampshire for sticking up a rite-aide. she was identified for the getaway car. she was arrested because the car had a vanity license plate which read b. usher. >>> silver to roger ayles. about john stewart. he ha

mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >>> tomorrow's election day, at least for nancy pelosi. let's play some "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthews, who's in rome for the ceremony, elevating washington bishop whirl to cardinal. >>> leading off tonight, challenges in the house. you can add charlie rangel to the list of embarrassments on nancy pelosi's plate. the new york congressman was found guilty on 11 counts and now awaits punishment. pelosi may have held on to her job, but is still facing down challenges from blue dogs and liberals. on the republican side, at least 39 new house members are tea partiers and they're not shy about making their voices heard. we'll talk to two of the incoming freshman, a democrat and tea party republican. here is a sign of tea party power. at least 27 republican senators have agreed to ban earmarks, including minority leader mitch mcconnell who secured 113 million in pork projects for his state last year. and how far can a pres

mr. boehner for speaker. >>> another congressman has a job opening after his chief of staff bails out. coffman, who previously suggested if ballots don't work, bullets will, once proposed hanging illegal immigrants is blaming the media for her sudden departure. i will not be used in an electronic lynching by proxy. i will not participate in you desiring to destroy him. her resignation comes one tape after a threat put 300 south florida schools on lockdown. coffman was the inspiration behind the threat. mr. west vowing he will continue to seek her counsel. >>> let's turn to political analyst and washington post editor and the author of "disintegration." eugene robinson. let's start with earmarks. am i dreaming this? is it a false memory put in somewhere? wasn't one of the cornerstones of the republican national platform two years ago, no more earmarks? >> it wasn't just a treatment dream, keith. earmarks for republicans were the spawn of satan. the most awful thing. the evil democrats were guilty of larding every spending bill with these terrible earmarks. meanwhile, they were larding t

mr. boehner has made it clear they are going to resist most of the major initiatives that the democrats wouldut forward. if president obama takes a page out of president clinton's play book and decide to use triangulation, some of the items that republicans like and put them out there then we could have some progress during the two years. it won't be anything like the scope of the measures we saw in the first two years. >> was it anger or need for a change or all the above. >> i think you have to say all the above. people will have their pet theories, it's all about the unemployment and lack of economic recovery. there will be other people it's all about the mistake that has obama made in pushing an agenda that is too aggressive and the reality is all these things came together. if the economy was doing pretty well, most likely the democrats would have -- because they had extraordinary gains in 2006 and 2008 they were bound to lose some of those seats. there is no question that the bad economy made all the problems seem worse. >> very quickly, one question, you mentioned it's typical that a m

mr. boehner has said, congressman boehner has said that he's going to return the power to the chairman. the committees are now going to have the power. so does this mean that someone is going to be the adult as we are going to go back to -- mr. boehner going back to picking up what you just spoke about. you are going to go back to the committees. you are going to do the laws there. >> well, you certainly said that. you certainly said he's going to open up the processes on the floor. i hope he means it. he's a former committee chairman himself. he has seen that process work. for john boehner and george miller to actually work together on legislation is somewhat of an example of the fact that bipartisanship can work. >> kennedy too. >> yeah. >> even in very, very philosophical bases and with very activist members. the committees are a place to hammer out some of this intensely partisan debate. and then maybe come up with some compromise bills. so i think john means that absolutely. i think the congress will be better for it. >> make an announcement. i'll just add that i believe this mr. b

mr. boehner going back to picking up what you just spoke about. you are going to go back to the committees. you are going to do the laws there. >> well, you certainly said that. you certainly said he's going to open up the processes on the floor. i hope he means it. he's a former committee chairman himself. he has seen that process work. for john boehner and george miller to actually work together on legislation is somewhat of an example of the fact that bipartisanship can work. >> kennedy too. >> yeah. >> even in very, very philosophical bases and with very activist members. the committees are a place to hammer out some of this intensely partisan debate. and then maybe come up with some compromise bills. so i think john means that absolutely. i think the congress will be better for it. >> make an announcement. i'll just add that i believe this mr. boehner when he becomes speaker will be the first speaker of the house since the 1970s to serves both in the majority and the minority in the house twice. perhaps this will further reinforce majority to

mr. boehner, where are the jobs? good night and good luck. >>> ladies, and gentlemen, the john stewart interview. in which he gives a lengthy but entirely fair critique of cable news as incapable of describi distinguishing news. i frankly don't buy it, not even for a minute. in which mr. stewart gives a defense of george w. bush on the iraq war and water-boarding. a defense i don't agree with but i think was interesting to hear. in which john stewart does not throw up, despite having an acute stomach thing, the poor guy. the john stewart interview is right here. >> john stewart, thank you for coming in. i know you're under the weather. it's nice of you to come in. >> i have the bu-bons. >> you're here at the conflicted perpetuator. >> the evil dr. doofus. >> you don't do that many interviews. i think i've read every one you've done. i tend to overprepare. why did you want to talk to me? >> after the rally it -- you know, whenever you go out there, whatever you put out, you can only control your intention. you can't c

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mr. boehner of ohio will be the speaker of the house, two newly-elected members will represent the freshman class. christy nome of south dakota and tim scott of south carolina. the democrats, speaker nancy pelosi won her bid to be minority leader, steny hoyer will be the whip. jim clyburn will serve in a newly created position as assistant leader. the anti-government health care american who complained he wasn't getting his health care fast enough has a solution to this problem of government health care, give it to congress from day one and screw the rest of you. wendell potter next. >> ( laughing ) >> yay! no! no! no! no! aah! >> that's your water? it's bad water. isn't that right? >> healthcare that goes everywhere. >>> wendell potter on what the insurance industry intended to do to him to discredit the movie "sicko." >>> she and the other deficit hawks talked a great game but so scared is she as being identified with actual budget cuts, she won't serve on the budget-cutting committee. >>> he attacks the president while the fox minnions attack him for saying something nice. "worst persons

mr. boehner's comments presuppose there would have been a different outcome had this gone the way of a nilot convinced they would have permitted the evidence to come in. in the law we call it the fruit of the poisonous tree. if the means by which the government takes into its possession such evidence are at question, then you can't use it. in this case, the only way he knew they purchased the tnt is because he tortured them. therefore he identified a person they were going to then call on. i'm not sure he would have testified in the other scenario. >> looking at a civilian jury versus a military tribunal, are there differences that would make it prosecute ahead? you also have the independence that comes with a federal bench because the judge is appointed for life. not the case with the military tribunals. the military is called into question because it's perceived as being more biased towards the prosecution. there's not an easy answer. if there were, the bush administration would have pursued it during the seven years they had to take a crack at this. >> you bring up the word credibility.

mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. >> meet the new boss, same as the old boss, let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael in for chris matthews and leading off tonight, no change. house democrats took a historic hit on election day. independents abandoned them, moderate blue dogs crushed. republicans readying to take control. how do the democrats show they heard. how do they prove willing to change. keeping the same leadership that presided over their defeat. nancy pelosi and her top lieutenants hold on to their jobs despite challenges. tonight we'll talk to one of those leaders who keeping his job and a moderate democrat who has been a pelosi critic. consenator-elect richard blumenthal one of the few who beat back the republican tide. i'll ask thim what he's going to do to help his party regain voter confidence and fix the economy. can you believe republicans actually rebuffed president obama's white house invite for tomorrow. will this play into the president's

mr. boehner has. i think he has to do a fairly delegate dance on that. >> mr. boehner does?> yes. >> with respect to the debt limit, i'm not so worried. you know? i think about the koch brothers. i don't know whether their net worth is $10 billion or $20 billion or whatever. but i would speculate there's a significant amount of that debt that's in u.s. treasuries. and they are not unlike an awful lot of other people who have been funding the movement over time. and the fact that the people that they sent to washington are going to default on the debt of the federal government, i think would not be a -- something that they would like. and i think that -- >> so the koch brothers and the chinese will be making common cause. >> that's right. absolutely. i think as hard as it is, there will be a lot of back and forth. the democrats are probably going to say we'll vote for this thing. but you put up the 218 votes first. then we'll vote for it. >> i i -- you know. i was going to say, scott, that first of all, bernanke is a republican, he was appointed by a republican president. tha

mr. boehner, where are the jobs at the office of congressional ethics? good night and good luck. >>> now to discuss where the right still thinks rescuing gm was the wrong thing to do as we the little bird parents push the gm bird out of the nest and see it soar, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow. >> i love the idea of general motors as a tiny baby bird. >> like woodstock off the top of snoopy -- i lost the analogy. take it from here. >> thanks to you at home for joining us. we have breaking news for you on the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. an alaska television station, ktva, scoring a scoop. a declaration in an interview to be aired in alaska tonight from the senator who looks to be possibly the deciding vote for repealing don't ask, don't tell. the ban on gay people serving openly has been in place since 1993. the white house contends that the way the statute was written and passed precludes the option of president obama unilaterally stopping the policy by executive order. the white house has advocated that congress street repeal th

mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. >>> and now to discuss about how sarah palin complained about government overreach based on a bogus story about a school board banning cookies, ladies and gentlemen, here to speak out on behalf of bake sales is rachel maddow. >> tonight's show brought to you by baking powder, of which i am a supporter, i confess. >> okay, good. >>> thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour. this is one of those day where is the biggest political news in the country was not what happened, but how it happened. this is one of those days when the context of what you were reading about the news was as important as what you were actually reading. the context is this, president obama is overseas right now. president obama is in a foreign country. everybody freak out! he's not foreign, he is in a foreign country. he is still american. but the president gave a big speech in indonesia last night. today he traveled to south korea, within the last hour.

mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >>> welcome to another -- i can't believe we're doing this. welcome to another end sed of "pin the debt on the donkey," everywhere. not only can i not believe we're doing this, i can't believe we're doing it for a second time. but we are. all right. the challenge as always is to figure out which u.s. presidents saddled america with the most debt during his time in office. and which presidents didn't. our two contestants this evening are rachel maddow show producer, vanessa. hello. also return for another appearance on "pin the debt on the donkey" the one and only kent jones. fingers on your buzzers, everywhere. ready? first question. of the last five u.s. presidents who during his time in office increased the national debt by the largest percentage? vanessa? >> bill clinton. >> uh -- >> jimmy carter. >> no, although i have to say we've greatly improved the wah-wah since the first episode of the show. for that we thank our friends in the union. the correct ans

mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. and now to discuss why john kyl wants to stop the start vote, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow. good evening, rachel. >>> thank you. and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we begin tonight with ronald reagan, with ronald reagan being subjected to a totally unexpected smackdown today in washington. >> the importance of this treaty transcends numbers. we have listened to the wisdom, though my pronunciation may give you difficulty, the maxum is trust, but verify. >> translator: you repeat that at every meeting. >> i like it. >> trust, but verify. trust, but verify was not only ronald reagan's best-known phrase in russian and his approach to negotiating nuclear arms control with the soviet union, it also became one of his signature ideas. when people -- when particularly republicans want to pay homage to ronald reagan, and oh, boy do they want to pay. >> i remember his phrase, trust, but verify. >> i agree with ronald reagan, trust but verify. >> we ou

mr. boehner, where are the jobs at the office of congressional ethics? good night and good luck. >>> a terror conviction rings hallow. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish. in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, trial and error. president obama pledged early on to close guantanamo and try some of the most infamous terror smts like khalid shaikh mohammed in civilian court but his plan was dealt a serious setback yesterday when the first gitmo detainee tried in federal court was acquitted on all but 1 of 285 charges relate to the neep98 african embassy bombings. and now republicans say that this verdict failed the test and they're urging the president to abandon civil trials for gitmo terrorists. democrats say the prosecution still won the case, the defendant will do serious time and this was a victory for the rule of law. >>> our top story tonight, the terrorist trial turned political football. >>> plus, remember all that heat the obama administration took for bailing out general motors. how critics derisively called the co

mr. boehner said this reform was like employing nuclear weapons to kill an ant, he said. an ant. that's what he called what we just went through. you can imagine a movie, "the ant that ate our economy." that's a big ant. >> president obama should ask for and accept the resignations of the remaining members of his economic team, starting with secretary geithner. we tried 19 months of government as community organizer and it hasn't worked. >> well, campaign season is over, so the lawmakers are returning to capitol hill next week for what we've told you about the lame-duck session. all eyes are on the awkward arranged marriage now between president obama and likely republican speaker john boehner. will washington's new power couple work together and on what? terry holt is a former spokesperson for congressman john boehner in the house republican conference back in the day and jamie harrison was floor congressman and democratic whip and executive director of the democratic caucus. they both join us here to give us inside capitol hill perspective. terry, i want to start with you. john

mr. boehner's office about that. they say this is a scheduling snafu, they want to meet with the president, they want to talk about creating jobs, talk about the agenda, getting the tax cut issue off the table to give certainty to business but the scheduling didn't work out. and they actually blame the white house. they told the white house they couldn't meet on this day because of all of the orientation meetings. i do not think the answer to the question this is not about disrespect. this is scheduling. >> you know washington better that this is carefully stage managed. a snafu, i don't think so. there are two thing, one may be waiting out the clock on this congress and two, maybe the republicans remember that nasty meeting they had in baltimore in january with the president where he just wiped the ground with them talking about health care. i think they may be worried -- >> you think that baltimore incident has everything to do? >> i do. >> let me -- >> they're not going to bring cameras into this meeting so i don'

mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck and more on mitchell mcconnell's request that he pull troops out of iraq to help the gop with the midterm elections, ladies and gentlemen, having not caught jon stewart's intestinal flu or the case of 9 ponders here's rachel maddow. >> the ponders. >> yes, pondering, ponderousness, ponds, i think pond is the word i'm looking for. >> i think of myself as i proud ponderer, if you don't see me that way i'd like to sort of keep that -- >> we can talk about it slowly over the course of an hour perhaps. a lot of leaning backward lean forward during those interviews is what i always say. >> okay, okay, point taken my friend. point taken. thanks. >> bye. >> you too. >>> thanks to you for staying with us for the next hour. we begin tonight with trouble at home for one of the top republicans in the country. unforeseen but now here. trouble on a grand scale for the leader of the republican party in the united states senate. as mitch mcconnell prepare

mr. boehner or mr. obama get along perfectly and they love each other, i'm not quite sure what they're going to do to create jobs. >> larry: nicolle, what's the plan? >> i think republicans will talk a whole lot about putting small businesses at the table. i think small businesses have felt not only have they not been at the table over the last two years but they haven't felt like there's anyone in the white house who even pleads their case behind closed doors. i think a business-friendly agenda is certainly something the republicans have a track record of advancing or advocating in the past. at the state level -- the states are the laboratories for all the good ideas. i think it's high time everyone in washington head out of the beltway and go to the states that have done innovative things. there's a lot you can do with the tax structure. a lot you can do with payroll tax relief. no one's ever mistaken me for an economist but there are places where governors are doing things that can work. i want to sa

mr. boehner, i think you ought to down that glass of merlot and pay attention to this one. according to a new poll from the national employment law project, 73% of voters, 73% of americans, that the republicans like to quote, say it's too early to cut back was about for the unemployed in america. overall, 60% support an extension versus 37%. who are opposed. now, the american people clearly want to help their neighbors in need, but republicans, do you think they're listening? hell no. today they voted for the 4% of americans who think that the national debt is the most important issue out there. that's how they voted. elected republicans have absolutely no idea what it's like to go hungry or to go without a roof over your head. so just who are these rich folks that don't care? the average weekly unemployment benefit is just 310 bucks a week. pretty much chump change to the suits in washington, isn't it? because according to the center for responsive politics, let's see, the tan man, the guy who's leading the charge on this, well he's worth $3.6 million. ooh, cantor he's up

mr. boehner. yes. he will obstruct everything good that obama and the senate wants to do. i mean, that's exactly what's going to happen there. so get ready for nothing to happen for the next couple of years. but remember, just because he can obstruct, that's just the house of representatives. president obama's the chief executive of the other -- this important branch of government. there's a lot of things he can do, larry, in terms of regulations. he can do a lot through the epa that he doesn't have to get a bill passed in congress to start clamping down on environmental laws and things like that. there are many things he can do. >> larry: should the democrats retain pelosi as minority leader? >> well, i mean, i think -- >> larry: they vote in secret. >> yeah. i think -- yes, compared to who she's going to be running against in that vote, she's probably the better person to do that. and she's done -- i mean, it's funny how if -- i don't want to just sort of say it's because she's a woman and that, but it's just -- it really seems to me if she were a man -- she did a lot of

mr. boehner to work with democrats on creating a public option to bring down the deficit if that's what they're really concerned about. for more bring in adam green, co-founder of the progressive change campaign committee. adam, good to have you with us tonight. i want to play -- give you a sense of how i think the democrats have really shifted on some principles when it comes to what's fair game on cuts, what the priority list is, and how you stand up for it. this is senator kent conrad, back with tim russert on "meet the press" in 2002, june 9th was the date. 2002. he was the budget director it's budget director was mitch daniels of the white house. he was on "meet the press" with conrad. this is what conrad had to say about the tax cuts coming up with the bush administration. >> the administration told us that we could have a massive tax cut, and they would still be able to have maximum pay down of the debt and protect social security. now what we're seeing is, they got the massive tax cut, but now instead of maximum pay down of the debt, they're asking for the second biggest increase in the