mr. coussoule, good to have you with us.ou straight-up, are you getting any help from the dnc, are you getting national money to take out boehner. >> no, no, ed, no national money, no help from the dnc that's the short answer. >> okay, so you're a guy who is a little bit behind in the polls. how far? >> well, we haven't seen a poll here, ed in 20 years. boehner's been in office 20 years. nobody thinks that he can be beaten in this district. and we're showing him -- we're proving him wrong every day so there's no numbers to work from except the word that we hear on the street. >> and what is that word on the street. >> well, isn't a day that goes by, ed that a republican or an independent doesn't walk up to me and say they've got my support. people are tired of career inside politicians and that's what john boehner is. it cuts both ways and this guy needs to watch out. >> is he outspending you by what number? >> well, he raises million it's last i heard he's raised over $6 million but thing is he doesn't spend any of it on hi

mr. coussoule, good to have you with us.etting national money to take out boehner. >> no, no, ed, no national money, no help from the dnc that's the short answer. >> okay, so you're a guy who is a little bit behind in the polls. how far? >> well, we haven't seen a poll here, ed in 20 years. boehner's been in office 20 years. nobody thinks that he can be beaten in this district. and we're showing him -- we're proving him wrong every day so there's no numbers to work from except the word that we hear on the street. >> and what is that word on the street. >> well, isn't a day that goes by, ed that a republican or an independent doesn't walk up to me and say they've got my support. people are tired of career inside politicians and that's what john boehner is. it cuts both ways and this guy needs to watch out. >> is he outspending you by what number? >> well, he raises million it's last i heard he's raised over $6 million but thing is he doesn't spend any of it on his own race, he's never had to so they've oversthoeld notion that

mr. coussoule, good to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. to point out that you're a graduate of westpoint and a former captain in the united states army. you've served this country extremely well. a businessman who has stepped aside to try to get into the sector of public service in this country. congratulations. what did you think of mr. boehner's speech today? do you take issue with anything he said? >> well, sure, i take issue with most of what he said. that's the first audio from the speech that i heard. it was a private, by invitation-only event. they bust seven, eight busloads of people into that event to have a crowd there, invitation only. you know the public wasn't invited. i certainly didn't get to hear those words. so it's more of the same. more of the same empty talk points. >> so this was a choreographed event. this was a manufactured event, john boehner in his back home. almost like a bush event is that fair? >> yeah, this was a staged photo-op. this was held at a business owner who a longtime supporter of republicans, given r