ohio ho! yes, folks, the big day is right around the corner. it's not enough to just celebrate the holiday. this is the blitzkrieg on grinchitude. (cheers and applause) ♪ hallelujah... folks, in this bleak economy christmas means more than ever our best hope to fix the deficit is for tim geithner to ask santa for $14 trillion worth of scarves with gift receipts. (laughter) but instead of helping santa, bureaucrats out there are sticking their budget-cutting fives into his bowlful of jelly. jim? >> faced with drastic budget shortfalls suffolk county new york has laid off santa. david mckel has been playing the part of santa at the st. james general store since 2001. the store's is partially funded by suffolk county and due to belt tightening this year, santa's $6060 contract was canceled. (audience reacts) >> stephen: they fired santa! how is he going to break this to mrs. clause? oh, they're going to be eating a lot of venison this winter. (laughter) here's the worst part, folks... if you have kids watching get them out of the room, okay? this

ho you you really feel about this? >> i feel that i'm so happy to have come here in support of the great people of ohio. extraordinary people, these really wonderful people, the firefighters, the nurse, the teachers, the policemen, the snow plow drivers, everyone. i am so happy to have come here to be part of this. >> i tell you what, the firefighters did one heck of a job. jack, you had a lot of guys who sacrificed and awful lot to make this happen. tell us about it. >> absolutely. we went from basically political passivists to political activists. i got over 30% of my membership participated four or more times during the last two months of this campaign. i have guys who took vacation to canvas. guys who spent every single non-working day doing something, phone working or canvassing. that's what made this a reality. >> they just saw -- they recognized the moment and went out and got it done. that's what firefighters do. >> absolutely. our guys -- it doesn't take much. they're not stupid people. they're smart guys, smart guys and gals. they understood the implications of this bill. >> jack, great to hav

night's ohio vote, we're going to talk to karl rove, doug schoen and others, also we'll talk about herman cain as he fights to weather the storm. how about that christmas tree tax? what do you say? hohe hour. >> brian: guiness book of world records named him the fastest fiddler player in the world. i'm not going to dispute it. he leads a renowned irish folk band. >> gretchen: they a new album out. frankie is here. good morning to the band. >> good morning. >> steve: if you're going to be in a world record book, the guiness book would be great for you guys, right? >> the appropriate one. >> gretchen: how did you become the fastest fiddler in the world? >> i played as fast as i could. >> gretchen: but what does that mean? >> 150 beats per minute. >> steve: you're good. we got to see you in action. what are you going to play? >> we're going to do a nice slow piece. >> steve: we'll get out of the way. here they are, folks. ♪ when first i saw love light in your eyes ♪ ♪ i thought the world held not but joy for me ♪ ♪ and even though we drifted far apart ♪ ♪ i'd never dream but what i dreamed of you ♪ ♪ i love you as i've never loved before ♪ ♪ i saw you on the village green ♪ ♪ come to