dude, where's my obamacare waiver?d hope everyone would call the white house or e-mail the white house tonight and tomorrow and the next day and ask if it is good enough for the service employees international union, for the ibew, iupat, united federation of teachers, 350,000 of them, now exempt from obamacare mandates, why isn't it good enough for the rest of america? this should be a front page headline story from now through the rest of the lame duck session, sean. i'm glad that fox business colleagues and others have been calling attention to it. everyone can look at the list, i've linked to it on my website. i had a chance to call many of these companies, unions, other organizations on the list. a lot of 'em do not want to speak in public. they -- >> sean: no. >> shock, i know. we live from an environment where you've got this chief inquisitor, kathleen sebelius at hhs who has wagged her finger and threatened publicly, many companies for speaking out about the increased cost in premiums this is an explicit admissi

as a result of this deal making that we had when obamacare passed. neither obamacare or the stimulus pack only or tarp would have passed if it weren't for the sweetheart deals that were cut in the back room in order to give some perceived advantage to the key people casting votes for the programs. and that's what is leading to the expansion of government. >> it sounds like it is good politics like it has good political appeal at this moment right out of the election. >> but it is not just good politics but good policy. when you look at a mile long freight train from a distance and try to identify the engine car it could look like a small piece and it could look like half of 1 percent of the entire length of the train but it is what is driving the train and that is how i look at earmarks and that is how congress needs to look at earmarks. >> and you want a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. is that correct? that is what you have to push

when the passage of obamacare caused a nationwide uproar in 2012. obamacare appears to have become mitt romney biggest liability among republican voters. >> i asked specifically about the healthcare that you brought to massachusetts. country rejected obamacare. you made the notion that there are great differences. what are the differences in the healthcare? >> our bill was state solution to state problem within the rights of the constitution. obamacare is federal intrusion of power to take over the rights of states and families and the rights of doctors. massive abuse of constitutional power. it needs to be repealed and -- >> bret: he appeared on a number of fox news programs and bill o'reilly hit him on healthcare. >> massachusetts has the highest per capita healthcare cost in the union, in the nation. >> it did before the bill was passed, too. >> isn't the bril supposed to bring the cost down? >> no. >> no? >> what the bill did was we'll solve a problem at the state level. two things that are different from obamacare. states should solve the state

we don't want obamacare. this nation has never seen the kind of resince tans we have seen and opposition to a policy that was proposed. never seen that. and it says in the constitution, freedom of speech, religion and the press, and petition the government peacefully. and they did. all within the confines of the contusion, a lot of them with the constitution in their pocket, because they thought what was being done to america and saw what was being done to the constitution and saw what was being done to their personal liberty and personal freedom and they came here to this city and to most of the big cities. in fact most of the towns in iowa, people filled up the meeting to resist the coming of obamacare. that was the summer buildup in 2009 to the vote that took place on november 7 of 2009 and then we saw a vote on christmas eve in the senate when harry reid decided he had enough leverage on people if they wanted to see their families, they had to catch a plane on christmas eastbound and if they held out unti

they can't back off the fight against obamacare. >> that's right. they don't have to, because they can't achieve it. say something about the potholes ahead for republicans. are they going to extend benefits when they run out? what do they do about the doc fix and debt limit? there is a lot the majority has to deal with and they have to cut 22% to make good on the promise, 22% on discretionary spending. even paul ryan wasn't able to be specific this morning. >> said debt limit. a vote like shutting down the government was the last time. you can bet that the media as it was in the case of newt gingrich and the house republicans will be sympathetic to on the idea if we have a major crisis and the possibility of a default, it will be all about the republicans. they need to be deft how they handle this. >> chris: we have about ten second left. how about cantor's point. hey, it's the president who is going to create the crisis, not the republicans? >> that is the argument that was made when the government shut down in clinton years and a big win for clint

obamacare is a cost of driving failure. we were told that we have to pass obamacare. we could not wait. we could not even read the bill. we cannot even take the time to debate it. because president obama promised us that it would drive down the care. he promised. he promised. i stood there on the floor of the chamber, and many of you were out here demonstrating against this bill. on sunday, march 21, i stood on the floor and the final speech have the speaker of the house and other democrat members say to the american people that we would save 1.3 trillion dollars if we passed obamacare. let's see where we are at. they said that we would increase jobs, not lose jobs if we pass the stimulus. it did that work? >> no. >> they said that we would save money, not lose money if we passed obamacare. did that work? >> no. >> strike to. -- strike two. they said we would have quantitative easing if the federal reserve was printing money and now they are saying that we will print an additional $600 billion. they say that will lower inflation. they say it will lower interest rates.

with obamacare they want to extend that idea all the way down through birth and they recognize lifer conception all the way down to conception. from the beginning they were unwilling to tax away from the american people sufficient revenue to pay for these welfare state benefits they wanted to give. i think part of that was essentially a bribe on the part of control freak politicians to be able to say to voters i'm giving you something. it is a lot more that i'm taking back from you but by doing that what they did was they kept on running a national but that -- debt. in fact a 20 year so security was enacted between 1935 and 1940 when they paid out benefitt wasn't deficit every single one of those ears all of the original payroll taxes paid by the original recipients of social security are doing what you are payroll taxes do now. the government guided expanded it immediately and they had to go borrow money. to pay those benefits. that cycle has been going on ever since 1940. like i said was medicare and medicaid on top of it with george bush's medicare prescription drug plan when pres

>>guest: this is a result of obamacare, companies having to deal with the fact that obamacare is goingo cause health care insurance premiums to rise faster than they would otherwise. a study was done by price water house, for example, and it said if we did noting if we passed nothing we could expect 79 percent increase in health insurance premiums but with obamacare and the new mandates and requirements and rules and regulations we would see that go up 111 percent so companies, we are seeing the insurance company saying the new rules are causing the cost of your insurance to go up, and the sums are significant. i talked with a c.e.o. of a company with 100,000 employees and their bill is expected to be by the time the full bill is implemented in 2015 to be $90 million and the c.e.o. says i do not have $65 million in free crash flow so companies are frying to figure how to do this and they means test insurance premiums so the bigger your paycheck, the greater the percentage of the cost of health insurance. >> should it be based on your risk as someone that will consume health care rather

tells us the deficit will go up with obamacare, health care costs and spend willing go up with obamacare. >> rose: what did the congressional budget office say, though. >> same thing. when you take away some of the smoke and mirrors that were in the scoring they had to score it's a big budget buster. >> rose: when does the budget busting take place? >> now and into the future. >> rose: so it starts... >> because you have a lot of discretionary spending you have to implement obamacare that was not factored into it. plus what they did with obamacare is they did 60 years of spending paid for by ten years of medicare benefit cuts and tax increases. once you get farther down that budget window the uglier the score gets. >> rose: the president says it's okay to talk about his health care reform prose poseal to talk about at the edges but at the core... >> that's where we have a huge difference. we're just not going to agree with the president on that and that's where we'll have very difficult chance to come together. we're in big philosophical disagreements on that. >> rose: that's where the d

h.r. 1, are repeal of obamacare, the new congress will pass that in a heartbeat to pull obamacare out by the roots so there's not one vestige of it left behind and then we start down the path of shutting off funding that would be used to implement or enforce obamacare. we owe it to the american people, to the constitutional conservatives that rose up across the land and rallied together to fight obamacare. that's the biggest reason why you have this vast change, the biggest change in majorities here in 72 years has taken place because obamacare was the crown jewel of the agenda that was driven that the american people have rejected. so i'm encouraging that we move forward with that, i have no appetite for tying together repeal and replace, those are two separate subjects, we didn't have obamacare as the law of the land until late march of this year. we got along fine without it, having it is worse than having nothing, but we need to win the debate on the repeal of obamacare and then move down the line with the pieces we would pass that would improve health care for the american people

no one is saying you have to embrace obamacare. >> host: you can do both.e want to repeal this whole thing. once you get slapped down on this, say we tried to repeal the whole thing to remind the voters of that, and then you try to make it better. >> caller: i think so that i think so also it more responsible. you know, it's not a situation where you have to say that obamacare is the best piece of social legislation on half-inch or i didn't like that. there's a seriousness to governing, too. it's not just sitting on the sideline. criticizing. if you can make pernicious legislation last pernicious, then do it. >> host: know, i think absolutely. anything else we should know, anything else we should know real quick? >> caller: i think that 50 democratic incumbents were defeated. only two house republican the defeated. john spratt, ike skelton, jim oberstar, reminds us of the 1980s. it really was a remarkable night for republicans, and a devastating one for obama and his party. >> host: pete wehner, thanks very much. keep the ink in that pen as we say, i will.

obamacare is a cost of driving failure. we were told that we have to pass obamacare. we could not wait. we could not even read the bill. we cannot even take thtime to debate it. because president obama promised us that it would drive down the care. he promised. he promised. i stood there on the floor of the chamber, and many of you were out here demonstrating against this bill. onunday, march 21, i stood on the floor and the final speech have the speaker of the house and other democrat members say to the american people that we would save 1.3 trillion dollars if we passed obamacare. let's see where we are at. they saithat we would increase jobs, not lose jobif we pass the stimulus. it did that work? >> no. >> they said that we would save money, not lose money if we passed obamacare. did that work? >> no. >> sike to. -- strike two. they said we wouldave quantitative easing if the federal reserve was printing money and now they are saying that we will print an additional $600 billion. they say that will lower inflation. they say it will lower interest rates. ok, can i s

senior citizens read it and they rejected obamacare. quite frankly, going back to what was said earlier, repeal will not be easy. we say repeal it and replace it, reform it. there are some good things in that bill, but you do not take a wrecking ball to a system that has worked so well for so many for so long and start all over. that is what we are opposed to. we agree with leaders in the house and senate now, certainly in the house, and we want to repeal it. one senator, i think it is senator mitch mcconnell, who said we will vote on this time and time again. that is a good thing. then you get people on record. host: here is senator mcconnell earlier this week at the heritage foundation. >> they have the white house and the senate, so we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve what the same time recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation. on health care, and that means we can and should propose and vote on straight repeal repeatedly. we cannot expect the president to sign it. we will also have

obamacare is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the modern history of the country.t is going to increase spending not decrease it. inflate the deficit not decrease the deficit. >> bret: pawlenty has been compared to ronald reagan. mostly because he has stuck to governing conservatively in a liberal state. many analysts say he lacks reagan's charisma and star appeal. political scientist -- scientist said this is not a fellow who is going to come across as strikingly charismatic. smart, competent, but not much sizzle. >> we've seen sizzle in the current president. i think there's a time in history where sometimes entertainment or you know drama is more important. there's other times when substance and track record and results are more important. i would say look at the results. judge me by what we got done, what we stood for, not what we flapped our jaw about. >> bret: if voters are looking for confidence over charisma, pawlenty will likely be there. coming up, two men of the south who can just about call iowa home. after the break. wi the capital one venture card we

obamacare is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the modern history of the country.ing to increase spending not decrease it. inflate the deficit not decrease the deficit. >> bret: pawlenty has been compared to ronald reagan. mostly because he has stuck to governing conservatively in a liberal state. many analysts say he lacks reagan's charisma and star appeal. political scientist -- scientist said this is not a fellow who is going to come across as strikingly charismatic. smart, competent, but not much sizzle. >> we've seen sizzle in the current president. i think there's a time in history where sometimes entertainment or you know drama is more important. there's other times when substance and track record and results are more important. i would say look at the results. judge me by what we got done, what we stood for, not what we flapped our jaw about. >> bret: if voters are looking for confidence over charisma, pawlenty will likely be there. coming up, two men of the south who can just about call iowa home. after the break. john: yea, well, there you go. beth: yea,

obamacare is a cost of driving failure. we were told that we have to pass obamacare. we could not wait. we could not even read the bill. we cannot even take the time to debate it. because president obama promised us that it would drive down the care. he promised. he promised. i stood there on the floor of the chamber, and many of you were out here demonstrating against this bill. on sunday, march 21, i stood on the floor and the final speech have the speaker of the house and other democrat members say to the american people that we would save 1.3 trillion dollars if we passed obamacare. let's see where we are at. they said that we would increase jobs, not lose jobs if we pass the stimulus. it did that work? >> no. >> they said that we would save money, not lose money if we passed obamacare. did that work? >> no. >> strike to. -- strike two. they said we would have quantitative easing if the federal reserve was printing money and now they are saying that we will print an additional $600 billion. they say that will lower inflation. they say it will lower interest rates.

they are not in favor of obamacare. they want relief on health care. they want republicans to come up with alternative answers to obamacare. on the big overhaul on banks they're not satisfied on that bill either. they think the big banks got away with murder. they want the republicans to take on the big banks and to fix too big to fail. this is kind of common sense solutions they think that republicans need to bring to the table and obama has to agree with. they need to negotiate. >> reporter: you were one of the few people in january who said obama would go forward and pass his health-care bill. go sector by sector. what happened there, what happens, how does this election if it is indeed turns out the way frank is saying and we get the republican house, how does the election turn out and what does it mean for individual sectors that people care about? ness i have a few surprises for you today. i think there are a couple sectors that will be bad if the republicans take over for investors. the first one is managed care. democrats rally -- railed agains

the headline here at this meeting the states an' coordinated effort to fight obamacare. >> i think it will expand to 25 or more we are going to fight it in lawsuit. hopefully will move through the courts quickly. i would love to make a suggestion to congress, suspend this law for two years, put america back to work and in the meantime, really think what passed and slow it down. >> lonely the last four years his office is across from the governor is going to get a walk over -- letter walked over from me the day i take office, january 3rd, authorizing him, right now he can't, without the governor empowering to join in the florida lawsuit. we give him that letter and he's ready to go. >> we've got to get that repealed by 2014 when it fully kicks in. or this federal court litigation pending in florida that i joined recently needs to be successful. initial some of the legal scholars doesn't have much of a chance, i think it does. more people that being looed at it saying this court process in florida may be one of the main ways we can repeal or remove obamacare. >> the importance of it is

and obamacare, and cbo, they will tell you it does not bend the cost curve down as he predicted but itpends $1 trillion and raises taxes $500 billion and cuts medicare $500 billion and the woirt thick it add the 60 million to medicare withoutry form. same old government run program and leadership in crisis offers specific ideas using conservative market based solutions and refundable tax credits and real tort reform but the biggest thing --. >>shepard: i want to mention, you mentioned same old politics. politicians have a tremendous problem now, politicians, because we need to cut. and to do that you have to cut entitlements and look at social security and medicare and defense spending and if you don't, everyone involved with this says you cannot do it. what politician from your side of the aisle will step forward, maybe one of the new ones and say this is not popular but we have to cut the following specific things. >>guest: i have a chapter talking about fixing medicare and i believe if we are serious, we have to cut nondefense discretionary spending to $100 billion back to prestimul

a majority of the constituents of obamacare.is health care passed. clinton fell apart in '94. by january '96, president clinton was -- politically at least winning the showdown in gingrich. he was able to say he talked republicans a little bit. he was able to play the era of big government was over. that was signaled. there was a signal that basically i'm not bringing the health care up again. you don't have to worry that the monster of hillary is going to reappear in the window of 1997. the problem obama -- the obama administration has is i think it's the law of the land. and whether it's repealed or substantially reformed is a big issue. and if you want to repeal obamacare obvious -- or substantially change it, you need to defeat. you need to set up the situation. we've been talking about that. that's partly a matter of his own choice and his own psychology. but it's also just a matter of a funny way you kept it. because either, you know, he's going to be defending it and republicans are going to be attacking it through 2011,

first and foremost is repealing the new health care law that most people genericically call obamacare. most of that will come through the energy and commerce committee. not all of it. some of it is ways and means and other committees, but the lion's share is energy and commerce. so my first priority would be to repeal that and follow up very quickly with a replace and reform package that really addresses the health care needs of america. i think we have to do more than just repeal, go back to status quo. i think we also have to replace and improve the system so that every american has access to qualified health care. in telecommunication policy i think it is imperative that we maintain the freedom of the internet. i do not agree with the fcc's attempt to regulate the internet through title ii. we can certainly move legislation making that crystal clear that they don't have that authority. so we'll be doing aggressive oversight over the fcc. and if we can get a bipartisan agreement, i'm very open to reforming the universal service fund. i think it's long overdue. and i think congressma

you get two years unemployment, they pay for your medical marijuana, with obamacare, they throw in someaughter ] at that whole point, this whole country is "bill and ted's excellent adventure 3," okay? i'm pretty sure -- [ cheers and applause ] i don't know if the obamacare thing's gonna work 'cause, you know, we're only shooting for the european model over here, now. obama always wants to pursue the european model, and i'm just not sure -- you know, this country's not liechtenstein. we got over 300 million people. we got to think bigger than that and -- you know, he's always aspiring to the european model, give clinton that. you know, when clinton told you he dug european models, he actually dug european models, i mean -- [ laughter ] it's a whole different thing. oh, listen guys, i go around and i do these things at the bases and the hospitals and stuff like that and, i hope you know that there are a lot of people out here who, on a day to day basis, never forget that the whole thing we have here, the ability to do something like "the tonight show" and, indeed, the ability to laugh at

first and foremost, repealing the new health-care law that most people generically called obamacare. most of that will come through the energy and commerce committee. not all of it, some of it as other committees, but the lion's share is energy and commerce. i first heard he would be to repeal that -- my first priority would be to repeal that and follow up very quickly with the replace and reform package that really addresses the health care needs of america. we have to do more than just repeal and go back to the status quo. we have to replace and improve the system so that every american has access to qualified health-care. in telecommunications policy, i think it is imperative that we maintain the freedom of the internet. i do not agree with the fcc's attempt to regulate the internet wo.ough title t we could move legislation making crystal clear that they do not have that authority. we will be doing aggressive oversight over the fcc. if we can get a bipartisan agreement, i am very open to reforming the universal service fund. i think is long overdue -- it is long overdue. congressm

>> with respect to clark's question, the base is demanding a rowboat -- a vote to repeal obamacare. you have half the public behind you. i think that is not something that on its face will cause problems in the short term. the more interesting question is can they developed a pragmatic conservative plan to deal with health care? republicans in the congress have tried to shy away from that. the result that health care reform bill that was passed. a serious conservatism cannot avoid that question anymore. they will be the litmus test as to whether or not we see a pragmatic conservatism that tries to take advantage of this. your second question was? yes. [inaudible] i describe importance. a lot of things going around world wide, an interesting column in salon, the decline among parties worldwide is a result of the working class pays deserting them. it takes different forms in europe than it does here but you can see that in every developed country. the sea rises in virtually every developed countries of sentiment on what we would call the progress of let's hear. there is the rise of th

if both of you are elected, how would you challenge obamacare, or which you simply give up that challenge constitution of georgia and the procedures of operating, there is often, in fact not all fun, but sometimes conflicts between the attorney general and the governor. that this happened at least half a dozen types that i can recall. when that happens, the government -- the governor appoints an independent counsel. i think the independent counsel we have now is sufficient. i would continue to appoint her. >> rebuttal, mr. deal. >> i voted against obamacare because i thought it was a large power grab over the lives of individuals. i also believe this was an effort to extend the control over an issue that is very personal and private. if mr. barnes says he believes that it is constitutional but he would pursue the litigation, that to me is the ultimate conflict. what would you spend the taxpayer's money challenging something that you think is constitutional? do you think the first witnesses that the government will call? it will be mr. barnes to say he does not think his suit is worth purs

you may not be aware that the repeal was in obamacare. it has to be repealed for the sake of all of these people across america. [cheers and applause] let's stop incentivizing bad conduct and incentivize good conduct. when they say you cannot do it, you said -- >> yes weekend. >> back to work, but you very much. -- thank you very much. >> there has been a lot of talk about leadership positions within the republican caucus. there has been a lot of talk about leader positions -- leadership positions within the republican caucus this past week. at americans for prosperity, we know who our leader is in the house. don't we? >> [cheers and applause] >> when we won a message in a legislative battle or a political battle, we know who the leader is, don't we? >> [cheers and applause] we can think of no one more appropriate than our leader in the house, michelle bauman. -- michelle bachman. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. do you know that you are the people who change the world? you did that the first tuesday in november. [cheers and applause]

obamacare will not be repealed many financial services bill won't be repealed. will have been able to cement a liberal march towards socialism. they believe they've taken the bullet but they are coming back. >> greta: they lost half the blue dogs [ talking over each other ] >> nancy pelosi has consolidated support. growth gloat is paying for this party tomorrow? >> i assume the speak -- >> greta: who is paying for this party tomorrow? >> i assume no taxpayer dollars. >> greta: make that known. if they can get the unemployment rate down -- >> you are thinking short term. what they believe they've done is change the country over the long term. that if they can hold on to this huge expansion of government through this next election 2012, then america will forever be changed. and they believe that. and i think they are flight that regard, if they can hold on. >> greta: the people have to put food on their table. >> short term. >> greta: short term matters a lot. >> that's not what they are celebrating. they are celebrating long term accomplishments for the left. >>

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there is going to be a big push to repeal obamacare. would you recommend that? what form would you recommend it taking? the second question would be -- this is a divided government now, like in the u.k. >> let's take this question, too. >> frank fletcher. other than the housing market, it is not deflationary, but inflation. the trade deficit, the public deficit, influencing that. the decision is whether other countries will treat the dollar as a reserve currency. all would be factors in the potential hyper inflation, which we have never experienced. the most critical factor in my view would be the behavior of the federal reserve and the promiscuous printing of money. is there an awareness of this among republicans? how do you rain in the behavior of the federal reserve? >> with respect to clark's question, i think the base is demanding a vote to repeal obamacare. this is one case where you have half of the public behind you. i think that is not something on its face that will cause problems in the short term. the more important question is can they developed a p

while congress takes important steps towards eventual repeal, governors can stop implementation of obamacare you think if they do it in washington, fine, but i'm not doing down that road. >> let me make it for clear. i'm for repealing and replacing it. i think the republicans missed a golden opportunity to fix health care, and i think the states are the best place to begin to fix it. look, we have a situation where the patient is in a ditch right now in a bad car accident. so i have to get the patient out of the ditch, in the ambulance, to the hospital, stabilize them and teach them to walk. we have an attorney general that's going to file that lawsuit against obamacare, but for me as the governor-elect, all of my energy is in removing barriers businesses have felt so we can retain jobs and begin to set the stage for getting more in. >> the president says we need to deal with starting with some fiscal sanity in washington and work with the republican house to reach an agreement on reducing the budget deficit. he believes it's critical because of u.s. competitiveness in this global economy to

public opinion was turning against obamacare by august, 2009. we saw the protests in the recess and we also saw the first polling showing republicans ahead of the generic about what question, which party will the candidates favor for the house of representatives. i think that the expectations that the economy would recover more than it turned out to do and that when you started getting the economy showing weaker signs that show up in the statistics first for the second quarter of 2010, and then for the third quarter that, you know, that played some role. but i think that people were turning against obamacare when their expectations for the economy were high year and more positive than they turned out to be since the middle of this year. >> i just want to add one note. after the 2008 elections, right after, we were saying 2010 was went to be a good republican year. the pendulum had swung widely twice in a row and we hadn't seen that. a gain of more than 20 seats in house come to the elections in a row since 1930, 32. it was only natural that it w

we have already seen that obamacare seems to be the mother of those -- of all rules. the congressional research service reports that obamacare gives federal agencies the responsibility and authority to, quote, fill in the blanks, fill in the details, for the legislation that was passed by this congress and submitted for regulations. there are more than 40 provisions in the health care overhaul that require, permit or contemplate federal rule making. we have this tool called the c.r.a.. and i've got a board here that tells you a little bit about it. i told you some of it. it passed in front of the small business regulatory enforcement act, fairness act, of 1996, part of the contract for america advancement act of 1996. the purpose was to allow congress to review every new federal regulation issued by the government, government agencies or passed by the joint resolution anoverrule that regulation. the way it works is federal agencies shall submit each house of congress and to the comptroller general, a cprehensive report on any major proposed rule. congress has 60 days

[applause] how we're going to repeal obamacare real quick.he only stimulus that i know is hard work. and how this country was made -- on free enterprise, hard work, and the value of the american dollar. we will bring all three to the forefront very quickly. we had a very special guest today with us. do you know who it is? >> yes! >> i gave it away, did night? -- didn't they? this is a great honor. i have with us today, the 2008 vice-presidential candidate, that governor of alaska, the best governor that alaska ever had. we want to see her real senate in 2012. sarah palin. [applause] >> hello, west virginia. it is so good to be here. it feels good. the election, november 2nd, things are finally going to be turned around in this country. i attribute this change, this type that is changing, to tea party americans. it is you who have made that message loud and clear. both parties having to rethink the way that they had been doing business, and knowing that they will be held accountable now because of a tea party americans saying, no more status q

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absolutely what happened to it is an idea-driven election, where the country said they did not want obamacare, they didn't want the stimulus, and they certainly didn't want cap-and- trade, which were the three major items. they spoke loudly on that. any a democrat and thinks it was not about ideas and policy and hyper liberalism is whistling and the dark and will be defeated in 2000 for all. >> -- 2012. >> colby? >> a hallmark feature of our show is the quest for truth, and let me contribute to that. 62% of the people who voted cited the economy as the number- one concern, and the inability of congress to address that problem over the next couple of years. health care had a 47% of the people saying that reform should either be kept or extended, 49 said it ought to be repealed. you did not hear the judgment that we hear from other people. that spoke the truth. >> nina? >> i think it is complicated. there were lots of reasons there was a different electorate this time, partly because the the enthusiasm gap. part of it is the reasons that charles mentioned. and there were real failures by the ob