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first of all, fred, i'm editorial director of the "national journal." rick to think i'm stealing his job at the "national review." there's a divide emerging in the republican party where you see the tea party side of the party and evangelical christian side of the party that overlap. they are lurie of romney. john mentioned he was at 19% among evangelical christians in your polls in iowa, south carolina and florida, almost exactly the 20% he won with them last time in 2008 according to a cumulative exit poll. the other side of the party is more comfortable with him. we stopped in in this hour in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. there's been a clear pattern in republican races since 1980. every contested republican nomination race since 1980 followed the same pattern. one candidate wins iowa, a second candidate wins new hampshi hampshire. one of those two wins south carolina and wins the nomination. things in politics are true but no longer true. florida is up there as a potentially important state as well. that pattern has been very real. see rig

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produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. >> to give our war fighters every advantage. >> to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> and help protect america everywhere. from the battle space to cyber space. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together. to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential financial, norfolk southern, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. within the last 48 hours, two ji -- two gigantic shoes have dropped on the foreign policy front and both events mean the u.s. role abroad is about to shrink. today, the news was about iraq. >> after nearly nine years, america's war in iraq will be over. over the next two months, our tro

joining us is the national journal's beth rhinehart. nice to see you.'s not the first time we've been here. this is an issue raised by steve forbes, now advising perry, and that was back in 1996, also there was gary bauer during the 2000 campaign. but it's an issue that really hasn't produced a winner, so why do you think the perry camp thinks that it's going to work this time? >> i think that they're seeing the excitement that herman cain's 9-9-9 plan generated, the idea of throwing out the old tax code and doing something completely different, has a lot of political appeal so they're trying to capture some of that. today newt gingrich is campaigning in iowa on what he's call an optional flat tax, so he's climbing on the same band wagon. >> the flat tax would lower income tax rates for the rich, under most flat tax plans it would eliminate taxes on capital gains and dividends, which most often benefit those with more money. i'm going to throw up some poll numbers right here, a recent "national journal" poll found 59% of adults completely agree or mostl

this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by -- >> we know why we're here, to give our war fighters every advantage, to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> protect america everywhere from the battle space to cyberspace. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential, norfolk southern, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers likes you, thank you. >> once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. all is now clear. two longed-for candidates have opted out of the race for the republican presidential nomination. and those in the race are starting to put all their fundraising cards on the table. so the field is set, but the contest is not. first, to the opt-outs -- one a current governor, the other a former

the national journal reports that candidates do fall down.ng, his word, not mine, folks, ass-kicking in the beginning of his campaign? >> it's not about falling down. it sh it's about getting back up. you hope your kids learn from adversity. he did not get out of the gate good and this is what those conservatives who are looking for a true conservative were hoping for that he'd get back up on the saddle and he did, you know, and generally in politics that was one of the keys to president clinton and candidate clinton's success. it's how you respond to stumbling that says something about your character and your stamina and your resilience and how you could perform in a very difficult job. >> mary makes a good point. >> think he was smart to do that. >> he makes a good point and remember in the early clinton campaign whether it was jennifer with a g or the draft controversy. and the whole establishment world said clinton's got to get out. he's done and he's toast. >> what are you learning about rick perry? >> he's a gut shot confederate so sold

. >> "national journal" -- the median home price topped since 2006, homeowners lost $7.40 trillion in equity. what did the candidates say about that? >> let's remember, it was a bubble and it burst. it is not as a the value -- the price of a house in 2006 was its real value in gold. it was a bubble and a collapse. >> 5 million americans lost their homes, 3 million more will lose in the next -- >> usually when you have at president in a week re-election situation, over 9% unemployment, which obama is, you have a strong field on the other side. you look at this field, and you compare it to 1980, when howard baker, bob dole, ronald reagan, and george h.w. bush were running. you go, where are the strong republicans who should be taking the field? >> is this the best they can do? >> these debates are content- free, but so was the presidential debate in 2008, because no politician is going to get into the difficult stuff you have to do to fix the problem. devoid of content. it is merely a test of personalities. not insignificant, but it has nothing to do with content. >> on the question you

beth rhine shart a correspondent for "national journal" and michael scherrer is the white house correspondent. steele, let me start with you and what we've seen from both perry and romney this week in these backtracks with romney issue two, with perry, birtherism. who has had the rougher issue to explain to primary voters? >> i think in one sense it's perry with the birther issue because that's been put to bed. and i think it just sort of drudges up a national kind of what? that doesn't really help him move from the cellar where he is. i think more substantively coming out and laying out a plan on economics. and the day he does that, the message is stepped on with the birther question. so i think that when you look at the week in total, i think perry has gotten the shorter end of that stick by issue of raising an issue that people don't give a -- about and doing so in such a way that it kills his message on economics. >> michael scherrer, what about the mitt romney back and forth when it comes to what's going on in ohio. are we going to see that as part of a laying out this story line that, y

and michael hirsch is with "national journal." thank you, gentleman, for joining us. let's take a look at the president's comments today, and they begin to dovetail from, we're getting out of iraq, and i wish you'd put these young men and women to work. here's the president making clear that jobs for veterans is priority number one. >> as we welcome home our newest veterans, we'll never stop working to give them and their families the care, the benefits, and the opportunities that they have earned. this includes enlisting our veterans in the greatest challenge that we now face as a nation, creating opportunities and jobs in this country. because after a decade of war, the nation that we need to build and the nation that we will build is our own, and an america that sees its economic strength restored, just as we've restored our leadership around the globe. >> well, patrick, i merely thought of you today, because you were one of the people heroic enough to make the right statement on iraq from the beginning. and you're, of course, an iraq veteran who then got elected t

and michael hirsch is with "national journal." thank you, gentleman, for joining us. let's take a look at the president's comments today, and they begin to dovetail from, we're getting out of iraq, and i wish you'd put these young men and women to work. here's the president making clear that jobs for veterans is priority number one. >> as we welcome home our newest veterans, we'll never stop working to give them and their families the care, the benefits, and the opportunities that they have earned. this includes enlisting our veterans in the greatest challenge that we now face as a nation, creating opportunities and jobs in this country. because after a decade of war, the nation that we need to build and the nation that we will build is our own, and an america that sees its economic strength restored, just as we've restored our leadership around the globe. >> well, patrick, i merely thought of you today, because you were one of the people heroic enough to make the right statement on iraq from the beginning. and you're, of course, an iraq veteran who then got elected t

analytics chief economist mark zandi and veteran political journalist ron brownstein of the "national journal" and peter baker of the "new york times." i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> herman cain and michele bachmann were on this show the day after the iowa straw poll in august. she won, he was fifth but unbowed. >> this campaign has encouraged and our momentum continues to grow. >> in an august quinnipiac poll, bachmann ranked third among republicans with 12%. cain just 5%. now in a cbs news poll of republican primary voters, she sits between ron paul and rick santorum with 4%. he's tied for first with mitt romney. herman cain is big league now soaking up the limelight on "the view" and the "tonight show" promoting his book "this is herman cain." still many the topsy-turvy universe of 2012 politics, getting to the top and staying there are wholly different things. with me now, republican presidential contender herman cain. >> thank you, candy. >> thanks for finding time for us between "the view" and the "tonight show." appreciate it. couple of topics have been in the

to launch six different unilateral executive order programs according to julie edwards at the national journalthe immediate yoo would say king bush, czar bush and now the media says isn't that nice. >> jon: right, because the president's campaign theme first time around was yes, we can and now seems to be we don't need a congress. >> listen, we're not going to wait. we're the not waiting for congress. we can't wait for congress to do its job. we said we can't wait for congress to help small businesses. we can't wait for an increasingly dysfunctional congress to do its job, but remember what i said, we can't just wait for congress. because we can't wait for congress to help our families and our economy. we can't wait for that, i'm not going to wait for that. >> last i checked the congress was a pretty important part of our system of government. is the media noticing? >> well, i think the actual phrase is, we can't wait. that's going to be what we're going to hear the white house has promised that they're going to roll out these pieces of executive decisions, once a week until the end of the yea

the "national journal" every two years checks voting behavior in congress. in 1982, there were 60 senators you could classify in the broad middle. in 2010, there were zero. in 1982, we had 353 members of the house that could be classified as broadly in the middle. there were seven in 2010. this is before the tea party wave election of 2010. the operators in this town act more partisan than the voters they -- chris: why? explain it. they're professionals. why do they get it wrong? >> they get it wrong because they have become much less attenuated and attached to parties. they're individual political operations, they have their own coltants and act in ways that are reinforced by those voters that they represent. >> in 2008, obama is elected president. 80% of the people say that they like the health care they have. what is it he tried to do? he tries to reform the whole health care system. in 2010. the republicans steam in, 80% of the people say they love medicare. what do they try to do? they try to reform medicare. it's because they're only listening to their

"national journal" high so it keeps building. >> don't miss "the rachel maddow show" on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> the divide between a bipartisan super committee charged with tackling the nation's soaring deficits looks mild in comparison to the occupy protests but simmering tensions could boil over if they fail to agree before thanksgiving. >>> elsewhere in washington, the divide between a bipartisan nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on that and the president's latest plan to boost the economy. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. part of the president's we can't wait agenda, as he's been on the road, is lowering payments for student debt and in denver yesterday he talked about his own personal experience, $120,000 that he and his wife owed after law school. he says it took them ten years of multiple monthly payments to pay it off while they were trying to save for college for the girls. what the president wants to do is speed up a cap on those payments to next year, 10% of your discretionary income, and allow borrowers to c

joining us for the questioning is jessica taylor from "national journal" and alex eisenstaedt from "politico a poll from earlier indicates 14% of the american people approve of the job congress is doing. how do you get republicans reelected? >> there is a lot of gridlock in washington. the republican-led house has passed a lot of bills, the democrat-led senate has done very little. the president is up on the hill or around the country proposing his agenda. it does not look like we are achieving a lot. the facts of the case is republicans have a plan and the democrats have a plan to the president's agenda. we do not agree on raising taxes. we do not agree on the epa and its assault on employers. we are concerned about the threat of higher taxation. it means republicans are attempting to craft our ideas and work with the president when we find common ground. we found common ground yesterday and the day before as we passed the bill, the three trade bills and the trade assistance. when we can find things we can work on together, i think we are very good. as ec people camped all wrong the country

the movement has shifted the discourse in this country dramatically just a few months ago the national journal did a study that found that the mainstream media was focusing much more on the deficit then on the unemployment crisis the foreclosure crisis student debt these issues have been thrust into the central into the center of our discourse by this occupy wall street movement and that is that's already having a significant impact resistant the size of this is well if you like your out you might find this interesting this new application for android powered phones called prime getting arrested finally tells lawyers friends and families have been handcuffed by coming to check out the details about that so you. coming up shortly feisty fine i was doing here in about ten minutes max and stacey pulled no punches in europe so from see solutions let's get across the rest of the day's business with the maitri. and others whom welcome to business saw some progress been made in russia's efforts to join the world trade organization georgia the only country which still opposes russia and has agreed to

cbs news and national journal will bring you the first republican presidential debate on broadcast television on saturday evening, november 12, from spartan burg, south carolina. in turkey today, there was a powerful aftershock in the earthquake zone. the death toll has climbed to at least 459, and hundreds are missing. but in the midst of all the devastation today, something incredible happened. exhausted rescuers couldn't believe their eyes. but there she was. an infant, 14 days old being carried from the rubble of an apartment building in the city of urgish. she was found clinging to her mother's shoulder 48 hours after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck. the child's mother was rescued next and then her grandmother. while the search continues for the baby's father, the baby is in a hospital and said to be doing well. this little miracle is giving hope where hope is desperately needed. thousands will be spending a third cold night in tents. but they are the lucky ones. in libya today, the body of moammar qaddafi was buried in an unmarked grave at a secret location. like many revolutions, t