there's like a giant women republican face palm. >> this is why you all say you have the republican partys sort of deadlocked on immigration. i mean, you can't -- so many of the candidates are worried about their primary challengers that they're scared to go out an a limb and try to advance. >> the party out of power has these issues. we're about to see the beginnings of the democrats going through this actually. senators starting to talk about this when you don't have these strong presidential model. stay with us next. our panelists they empty their reporters notebooks. the best reporters in the business. stay with us for the stories that will be making headlines in the days ahead. [ male announcer ] away... [ laughing ] ...is the crackle of the campfire. it can be a million years old... cool. ...or a few weeks young. ♪ [ laughs ] away beckons from orion's belt. away...is a place that's closer than you think. find your away. for a dealer and the rv that's right for you, visit gorving.com. >>> welcome back to our continuing coverage of the president's state of the union. good morning, if

republicans? i will get into some of those numbers in a minute. we were primarily interested in that question because we wanted to begin to try and answer if there are divisions, are they just fleeting, are they going to go away? is this is a temporary blip on the map, or are these divisions likely to persist? and so there is this literature out there that says when you only hear like-minded ideas, all the time, when you live in this echo chamber, your ideas get reinforced and people begin to he come more polarized. by looking at media sources we were hoping to project that perhaps if there are divisions, they would persist if there are these divisions in media sources so that is the second thing. final question which i think was probably the most challenging part of the project which was we wanted to specifically look at social media as well. social media, the reason we wanted to focus on that specific question was that the tea party has made really effective use, according to some accounts, of s

there's one thing standing in the way of the republicans and it's other republicans. it was jesus who said a house divided against itself cannot stand and neither jesus' statement or obamacare have been repealed yet. with our overall economy only favoring those well connected to washington or wall street and our standing in the world decimated by bungled policies, embarrassing mistakes like getting caught spying on foreign leaders. 2014 ought to be a good year for republicans. if something doesn't change, it's going to be a disaster. we run the risk of seeing nancy pelosi back in the speaker's chair. my audience doesn't like that too much. those who blame the tea party, well, i think they're misguided because the tea party is a movement, not a structured organization. as such, the tea party has rightfully helped the republican party refocus on the perils of spending money we don't have.s back biting, and the wounds from those that ought to be our friends that hurt us the most. when republicans spend time and money to tear down other republicans rather than to build up

fakszs on the republican party are spending time and money to attack republicans. wonder if they want to win elections and save the country or proudly boast to a party pedigree. i rather have a loyal dog that licks me than one with a pedigree that bites me. (applause) and i rather go to battle with someone who is not perfect than with someone who thinks he is. and that's my view. i am glad you joined us and thank you very much for your very many tweets and facebook posts. my first guest said republicans ought to stop focusing on taking down republicans and concentrate on the democrats they want to replace. governor scott walker joins me now. thank you for joining me. last sunday you alluded to the fact that republicans have to be intent on focusing, defeating democrats and not beating up republicans, let's talk about how republicans need to turn the tide to win elections. no one questions your i think your credibility as a conservative. but you are not taking to the idea of tearing down other conservatives. where do we go from here? >> you are right. i and a lot of

karen, go ahead >> there is a big difference between conservative republicans and republicans. i am a conservative and i happen to be black. chris christy is a republican not a conservative. we want conservative. >> karen, whose ideas do you like? >> ted cruz and west. >> why? >> we want conservatives in the whitehouse. this war is silly. conservatives need to take the party back over. that is all i have to say. >> i think what she is doing is she is helping advance the thesis of the book. there is this huge battle going on between conservatives and republicans. but i think when we talk about republicans, i think people typically think of the establishment candidates; people who are running washington. if you look at the budget battle particularly that is taking place, conservatives as she is pointing out, were unhappy with the budget deal. and i think we will see this play out even more in about 6-7 weeks when we have the debt ceiling standoff that is going to take place in congress. and i think many republicans, particularly in the house and senate, are going to be looking ov

republicans vote for the republican candidate described republicans vote for the republican candidate described republicans vote for the republican candidates.l describ republicans vote for the republican candidates.f describ republicans vote for the republican candidates. the problem with that is that not splitting e -- the independents are becoming role and so bigger if you or republicans, told me two years ago, three mitt romney was going to be the republican nominee and he would win the five ndent vote by percentage points, i would have election all the other things being equal. but what has happened is that make-up of independents has changed a little bit and another important.ecome more when i say the make-up has changed ts somewhat, i think that within self-described independents you have one group of people in there that used to republicans, they are very conservative, but they now call independents and are more sympathetic with the tea party movement. they no longer identify as republicans but in a two-way democratic-republican race you can pretty much bet on them going repub

the establishment republicans were, again, self-identified republicans or those republican leaners, but they were neutral or opposed to the tea party. for purposes of comparison, we add two democratic categories. again, very similar to the republicans, self-identified democrats or independents who lean democrat, moderate democrats the same thing. we just used the ideology question here to break them apart. so if you were liberal to extremely liberal, then you were in that category. if you were slightly liberal or moderate, you were in that category, and then we had the pure independents. okay. let's get to the results. if you look at the first question, there are these standard seven-point scale questions that the anes has asked for quite a while, so we looked at all of them. i'm not going to show you every single one of them, but they do -- we did look at each and every single one. i picked the most interesting more time reasons, but you can see it's the tea party republicans who answer in the most extreme categories. 31% in the one category, and if you add the one and the two, the mos

republican so surprisingly he doesn't view democrats the same as republicans. but he is also critical of president bush on some things complimentary on president obama on others. nor nuanced and you might think but as john wrote bites have sound been weaponized already in war.ington's gwen: i read the op-ed that he wrote in the "wall street main topic ch his seems to be congress. >> he hates congress with a passion. moments when he is testifying and you wish to see the thought level because he measured and impressive, yes, senator, this is the way we view and good question but inside he i want to get out of here i want to rip this off because these people are idiots. it is interesting you learn controlled, respected by partisan figure that deep to the public to use his own words he is seething about the world around him. war with congress, at war with the white house and he as at war with his own pentagon. he said i detested being secretary of defense. almost a catholic that is rightic that is rightic exercise. we heard what he said about obama and the vice pre

if i were republican running for , i would compare the states run by democrats and republicans. i would look at the unemployment figures, and the abstract property, and all of that. you'll find that this date one by democrats -- in these states that are run by democrats, the unemployment is much higher and poverty is much worse. host: let's talk about the economy because we have seen enough taken the market -- we have seen an uptick in the market, except for last week. guest: the economy is a big factor, especially for voters who are more casual voters and will vote their gut on election day. a state like ohio, where the governor is running on the economy, and believing that he has helped them turn the corner. it is tricky for democrats obamae they had president going around saying that it is going better. the other thing that i would say is that if the economy does start to get better promote and we started to run record that is good for president obama. if people feel more secure about where they are, they are less likely to be agitated, dissatisfied, and likely to throughout

the republican leader and i have spoken, i have spoken to democratic and republican senators, as i'm sure my frienden shall th the republicar has done. we have one vote at 5:30 on robert wilkins to be a circuit court judge. we will see if we will go afford with the two additional votes on cloture tonight or put them over until tomorrow. we are not in a position today, either the republican leader or me, to do anything other than -- if we get something worked out, it will be before we have the first vote and maybe we'll put this over for a reasonable period of time. if we can't, we'll have to have these two votes. mr. president, it's often said that actions have consequences and that's an understatement. but in the senate, inaction also has consequences. my republican colleagues have been very effective at creating gridlock in this body, at preventing the senate from doing its job. while this type of obstruction may serve republicans' political purposes, it does not serve this country's political -- purposes generally. that's for sure. it may serve republicans' political purposes, b

, the republicans -- well, i should say -- there's a responsible group of republicans who do want toee reform. and the business community wants to see reform. >> so i want to talk about exactly those groups, amy, and i want to throw that to you. because i think you laid them out beautifully, susan. because on the one hand, you have these groups, these big groups, we saw it on "the wall street journal" saying, look, we think immigration reform the necessary. we need it because it is part of what -- i'm sorry, that's "chicago tribune," right? business groups actually bank on the house acting on immigration reform. on the other hand, we have heritage action, which is a powerful conservative group saying is, basically, you better not act on it or act on it in a particular way, because if you do, we're going to score you in a way that is problematic. and let's listen quickly to boehner, and although he was not talking about immigration reform in this case, was talking about what those outside interest groups do. and in this case, was yelling at them about it. >> there just comes to a poin

all the state houses went republican. all the state legislatures went republican. they grabbed the house by what, 60-some votes. >> yep. >> they're on the verge right now of taking back the senate, because people, minority, young people, old people have a hard time voting. what do republicans try to do? try to make it harder. more voter requirements. >> we didn't have to do that in 2010. >> you're doing it. your party is still doing it. >> i like to think what we did in 2010 to get those incredible wins is talk to people about health care, talk to people about the issues of the time. we didn't have to engage in trying to change the voting outcome through the ballot box. >> the democrat base vote in 2010 that allowed the republicans to get in and gerrymander the hell out of these states and make it impossible for democrats to win statewide and diminish the power of minority voters of big cities, how did they get away if people didn't vote? >> well, there were probably a variety of reasons why most democrats didn't vote for a lot of democrats didn't vote in 2010. may

martha, so the republicans are urging republicans to not listen to those republicans who are telling about abortion. i didn't know there were republicans saying be silent about abortion. >> i didn't know that either because they haven't been. particularly in the -- they're not very good at it, particularly in the last two year whence we've seen more legislation on in issue than the last 40 basically. no, i mean -- >> and the wildest rhetoric, as we just saw. in those example, there's a long period of time they weren't -- they had an anti-abortion stance, but they weren't saying outright loony things like that. >> well, essentially what it's come down to at this point is that, they're asking us to basically accept that the new idea is that a woman who is pregnant is no longer a full vested citizen of the united states. as soon as a woman becomes pregnant her rights under the constitution are suddenly now void. it's a very interesting tactic to use if you're trying to communicate with 51% of the american population and get them to vote for you. to essentially say, you know what at the

republicans. >> right. >> approve of the job republicans in congress are doing. when two-thirds of your own party's base says they don't like the job you're doing, that's the real base problem. >> and i do want to talk about republicans here a little bit. i know that's a shocker to you. >> i love to. >> 80% of americans don't trust republicans in congress to make good decisions for the country. democrats in congress polls better, the president polls better. even the affordable care act polls better. >> even the affordable care act. >> great, we can admit -- real popular. >> want to kick out incumbents. you guys are in charge of the house. you're the incumbents. that means you. what mir can ale are you expecting for this to be a good election for you? what's the bar of success for you? >> there's a couple things. one, the bar of success should be when you look at congress, you've got to remember your party controls the other chamber of congress, the senate. we're on the verge of taking that over. >> oh, really? with those numbers? you thinks that's going to happen

we need to elect republicans to those spots. >> if your state had been divided, republican versus republican, would the reforms you led ever have happened? >> no, not at all. i think that's true with what happened in michigan with right to work, it's true where you see other reforms across the country in states where republicans now lead state legislative bodies and hold governorships. we were able to put a team in place. we had great help, not only from the republican establishment, from a lot of the grassroots activists and tea party and others across the state who said we're going to help you put the power back in the hands of the people. we're going to help put the hard working taxpayers to get back in charge. if we would have had to fight our own party, we would have had tremendous difficulties if not a real barrier to reform, and the answer, and again, i share the frustration many do, even after the last budget compromise was put together, but the real answer is not to go out and attack republicans who try to push reform in the house or try to defeat them in primaries. it's to go out a

from a republican perspective, republicans are winning a smaller slice of the smaller pie. and again over the long haul that doesn't really work so well. then finally, self-described moderate voters. now, i used to completely assess independent voters, self-described independents, people that didn't call themselves democrats or republicans. the reason i used to obsess over that, you look over time, and basically 90% plus percent of all the people who call themselves democrats, vote for democratic candidates for congress and president and 90 plus percent of self-described republicans vote for the republican candidate. and so pretty predictable. so, you look at independents. well, the problem with independents, the problem with that is that independents are not splitting, the independents are becoming a bigger and bigger role and so but, for republicans they, if you told me two years ago, three years ago, that mitt romney was going to be the republican nominee and he would win the independent vote by five percentage points, i would have assumed he won the election, you know.

bush was going to be the republican nominee. maybe not john mccain and his small band of supporters that year, but it was pretty much wrapped up. al gore was a convincing democratic nominee. we know that. we look at other nominations in 2008 and 2012 on the democratic and republican side, it does not look at all like those nominations were wrapped up. if we look at 2008 on the democratic side, hillary clinton wells in a sense the establishment -- was in a sense the establishment candidate. she had more endorsements than any other candidate, and yet she lost. she had more money. she was getting more media coverage. normally the things we think about winning. looks more like the campaigns of the 1970's where momentum becomes important. the idea of campaign momentum, candidates gain more media coverage and get more fundraising. they are able to build their support in national polls and do better in subsequent caucuses and primaries. there are a couple of different theoretical arguments. ,ne would be bandwagoning jumping on the most

the republican party came out of the election. they did their autopsy report at the beginning last year. they said we cannot be a divisive party, particularly on social issues. they are welcoming a lot of conservative groups. they are trying to figure out how to go forward and make an impact. basically been that these other groups that are more concerned about limited government and cutting spendin and the like is what mike needham represents much more. republicans are getting some big defeats. we and the year with gay marriage being illegal in utah. that is a big part of this. they look at what is happening on the ground. i do not know if asserting themselves again, is a question of persuasion. >> we have a minute left. we do have the budget again, the standoff between the parties on federal spending. next yearu see the being like? we are arty talking about 2016. is this basically in a holding pattern until the next big election? >> the terms of engagement have been set. i cannot see how anyth

republicans? i will get into some of those numbers in a minute. we were primarily interested in that question because we wanted to begin to try and answer if there are divisions, are they just fleeting, are they going to go away? is this is a temporary blip on the map, or are these divisions likely to persist? and so there is this literature out there that says when you only hear like-minded ideas, all the time, when you live in this echo chamber, your ideas get reinforced and people begin to he come more polarized. by looking at media sources we were hoping to project that perhaps if there are divisions, they would persist if there are these divisions in media sources so that is the second thing. final question which i think was probably the most challenging part of the project which was we wanted to specifically look at social media as well. social media, the reason we wanted to focus on that specific question was that the tea party has made really effective use, according to some accounts, of s

a pro-life republican. under the old system may be 10, 20 years ago i think he probably would have run 15 to 20 points underneath his ticket. the 18 points below -- he ran a point below mitt romney and still won the election. i think the question for a lot of people here is how do you get voters to pay attention to candidates background and positions and if i wear them on the race by race basis? rather than simply responding to their official attitudes towards national party. part of that has to do with revising local media and making sure the voters are attuned to what's happening in the district rather than simply reacting to what's happening in washington. >> out open it up to the local media question, i'm not care be optimistic it's going to be revised unfortunate because the business -- the business model, but one thing i would say is the bergen record deserves a huge amount of credit they have not cut new to the extent that family-owned newspaper. if not cut nearly extent to many other newspapers and

gevalia. >>> a top republican said chris christie should resign as chair of the republican governor'sah. christie refused, said i've made it a matter of principle to never try to get out of a chair. >> that was conan o'brien in on the latest developments out of the garden state. jokes about chris christie have been disrupted as they tern their attention to justin bieber's arrest. the 19-year-old pop star who is a canadian is now at risk of being deported. according to jimmy kimmel, the whole thing may be just political posturing. >> he did admit to police that he drank alcohol, smoked pot and took prescription drugs that night, which that may have been his way of announcing that he is running for mayor of toronto. >> and house speaker john boehner paid a visit to "the tonight show" last night. aside from calling vladimir putin a thug and saying jeb bush would make a great president, he decided to finally dispel a rumor that has dogged him for years. >> we have a family photo. let's show the family photo. there you go. is that you right in the front there? >> i'm the dark one on the bo

here's how republican rick perry attacked republican mitt romney, or put another way, here's how republicant romney to attack mitt romney. >> with the white house has pointed to massachusetts law for the model for obamacare. >> i agree with romney. >> follow the path that we pursue will find it the best path. >> i like mandates. i stand by what i wrote. >> doing the same thing for everyone in the country has been delet deleted. >> why if it's good for massachusetts and it's working for massachusetts wouldn't you apply it to the rest of the country? >> i would. >> romney has flip flopped on some of the issues. >> i changed my mind. i'm running for a different office. >> we've taken a mandate approach. >> there are lots of reasons not to elect me. >> he's right. >> when i made this point last week, since this is not a newspaper or radio show, i of course used the audiovisual tools at my disposal and actually created a 30-second video and showed what an attack ad against chris christie might look like using chris christie's own words. team christie didn't like what they saw and they cited that

what i have to say is there's a big difference between conservative republicans and republicans. i'm a conservative and i happened to be black. people like chris christie is a conservative. paul ryan is a conservative. we want conservative candidates. >> host: cootie like? whose ideas do like? >> caller: i like mia love and allen west and ted cruz as well. >> host: lies that? >> caller: we want conservatives in the white house. this war on the gop is part of history conservatives need to take our party back over. that is all i have to say. >> host: mr. eric ham? >> guest: i think what she does is help advance this work and there is a huge battle going on between conservatives and republicans. but i think that when we talk about republicans, they typically think of the establishment candidates and if you look at the budget battle as was astutely pointed out it was very unhappy with the budget deal. and we really appreciate this debt ceiling standoff that is going to take place in congress and many republicans in the house and senate who are up for reelection are going to be lookin

into what was the republican party trying to do with republican cathy mcmorris rogers' speech when it came to trying to deliver a message. what was the message you were trying to get over there? >> what she did is humanize a lot of the policies. we as republicans and as conservatives believe we have a better way that is not centered in washington dc, centring around families, small business and individuals doing great things, not getting the government in the way and prospering. she offered a voice in allowing us to talk about how we would do things differently if we were in charge or had the white house. >> david shuster in new york, i believe, has a question for you. >> thank you for joining us. we want you to clarify, but what exactly is the republican position on the minimum wage. do you support it or not? >> i don't think there's an official republican position on it. it goes from member to member. there's a lot of concern. the speakers express a lot of concern. it's not as simple as saying let's raise it or not. there's a huge economic impact. there's a concern with when and how

in this republicans do this a lot they put bad ideas on the table sometimes democrats compromise and adopt those ideas they go wrong and then republicans blame democrats for congress or government not working but i actually found very encouraging about the speech last night was that economic populist themes came across very loud and clear and a new willingness to fight came across right this is actually departure from some say the unions we've seen in the past where there was a lot of olive branch a lot of compromise and for those of us including yourself who are part of i would say. elizabeth warren wing of the democratic party yes those who want to fight for the little guy in our economy it was actually several steps in the right direction didn't get us all we wanted wall street reform wall street accountability was on the table and i say wiretapping was on the table expanding social security was on the table a lot of positive steps were taken in the right direction for example well the minimum wage you know there are years worth of data showing that when voters go into the voting

there's like a giant women republican face palm. >> this is why you all say you have the republican partylf seems sort of deadlocked on immigration. you can't -- so many of the candidates are worried about their primary challengers that they're scared to go out on a limb and really try to advance. >> the party out of power has these issues. we're about to see the beginnings of the democrats going through this actually. senators starting to talk about this when you don't have these strong presidential model. stay with us next. our panelists em tis reporters' notebooks. the best reporters in the business. stay with us for the stories that will be making headlines in the days ahead. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. ♪ ♪ ♪ abe! get in! punch it! [ male announcer ] let quicken loans help you save your money with a mortgage that's engineered to amaze. thank

an all-republican congress, republican majority congress doesn't bode well for the last two years ofncy, but i want to get on how he changed the dynamic. i want to back up stu on the poll numbers, first a cnn/orc poll, registered voters, 49% republican, 46% democrat. that's like so wildly different from what we saw three months ago. >> quite a pop. >> and next for registered voters, are you more likely to vote for a candidate who supports president obama, 40%, who opposes president obama, 5%. this is a dark way for democrats to start an election year. >> well, one, you know, polls -- and i'm a pollster, but polls on the it's fairly useless. there's a lot v dynamics that will unfold. when you look at the -- stu is absolutely right. it's a tough climb, but however, given that congress is at a historic low, and you have a vast majority of americans say this is the worst congress -- the idea that any member of congress is safe i think is taking it a bit too far. what we do know is we have 20 seats right now that republicans sit in that obama one that the d-triple c will work heart to put

specifically these republicans who hope to be the next republican nominee for president.are going to hit him with attack ads on day one. they will use chris christie's own words against him. now, i'm going to show you an example of how easy it is to do that. i wrote this commercial while chris christie was actually still doing his press conference. >> what kind of president would chris christie be? >> i delegate enormous authority to my staff and enormous authority to my cabinet. >> could we trust president christie's staff and cabinet? >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> chris christie embarrassed and humiliated new jersey. don't let chris christie embarrass and humiliate america. >> and christie's republican opponents for the presidential nomination will keep that kind of ad coming every day. they're very easy to write, because christie has written those ads for them. with that press conference. i mean, i wrote that ad in a few minutes. just sitting there listening to him, just grabbed those quotes and wrote it. you can

the democrats thought the republicans would be so concerned and the republicans would be so concerned about cuts to education that it wouldn't happen. >> and here it did. >> it did. >> and it only cuts a small percentage of spending but that was still a huge accomplishment for small government conservatives. and then december 10th. democrat and republican negotiators agree to set aside the sequester and increase spending, though they say the deal reduces the deficit, tea party groups howl. speaker boehner talks back. >> they've lost all credibility. >> and then the bill passes congress. 36 of 45 republican senators vote against it. so do 62 gop house members, including paul brown. >> does this budget agreement roll back what republicans say they accomplished with the sequester? >> absolutely. there is no question. we have to stop spending and we have to do it today because that is the only way stopping the federal government that is out of control. >> months ago few predicted the gop would agree to ease the sequester but that was before an ill-fated tea party power play that began in

the heart of the problem for republicans is do they want to be a governing party, a republican party,ronald regan said if i can get 80%, i'll take that and go back for the 20%. or do they insist on their ideology down the line? the domestic changes they're making, all good, but as long as there's just a handful of people out there willing to support the extremist candidates, it may be difficult. if you look at history, the economy, it's a 51/49 election with the advantage to the democrats right now assuming republicans nominate a centrist governor. if they go tea party, hillary has a good chance. >> thank you, panel, for added duty. now, this programming note. we'll see you next week live from super bowl life stadium in new jersey. we'll sit down with roger goodell, along with john elway and archie manning ahead of the faceoff between the broncos and the seahawks that will also be on fox. >>> and that's it for today. have a great week. and we'll see you next fox news sunday. >>> it is 7:00 p.m. in the east. 4:00 on the west coast. we're live as fox reports tonight, and bringing you no

the republicans probably, i think most people are convinced that the republicans will keep the house.they may pick up the senate. it is hard to tell. host: let me ask you about this piece from politico. economic ideas rattled the gop. it points out that he draws crowds like a rockstar. he was named person of the year by time magazine. he true the ire of rush limbaugh for his criticism of trickle-down economics. francis writes political and dramatically shifted the message of the vatican. republicans in washington you reassess their relationship with the catholic church. this does not get into religion. the catholic church has always maintained materialism and consumerism is not good. that is part of what pope francis is talking about. the media tends to exaggerate the churches he is in the hopes that the church will come away from its use. i do not think that anything that pope francis said is anything that will cause concern for american policy or why we shouldn't fight for programs. graduate ofest is a the university of kansas. he got his masters from george mason university. michae

just 27% said republicans were.hen asked which party is more extreme in its positions, 54% said the gop. only 35% said the democrats. now, this is a poll that has asked the american people what they think. is this why the president has to use executive action, because the republicans are so extreme in their views and don't want to work with others, and even the american people feel that way about them? >> well, look, i think this president is also recognizing he's got what, three-plus years to go. and he's got things that he wants to accomplish. i don't think any american would be satisfied if we just saw the president kind of sit back and give up and say congress isn't going to do anything. so i guess there is nothing i can do. again, that's part of what they're trying to convey here. all right. we'll work with congress where we can. and where it's not possible, we're going look at what things i can do on my own. and don't forget the third piece of this, the phone and the pen is like you brought in college presiden

>> republicans in the senate and i think 2015 you can imagine republican house passing this, might evenr he wants to abandoned obamacare sign on to sensible health care reform. >> schieffer: what did you think about ted cruz today? is he -- does he still enjoy the support that he had back whenever led republicans to shut down the government? >> i think he's fighting to regain his footing a little bit. i don't think there are too many people who say that was a huge success. what happened last time with the government shut down. we have laughter from democrat now because huge success is not quite the way he put it either. but could i note, if the republicans who are going to unvail their machine tomorrow if that plan is simple and marked by clarity and is not 2,000 pages is not too complicated for a normal human to get it, that might gain some purchase and go some place. but to your question, ted cruz is trying to come back i think. >> schieffer: bill daly what about it. do you think there's any chance that republicans can come up with something to replace so-called obamacare? >> you hear

now they go to know. >> it's interesting because the republicans who voted for obama and the republican party itself there seems to be a lot of confusion and a lot of dissatisfaction and discouragement. you wrote this book for a number of reasons but my question is did you plan the timing of this book? >> yes i did. i'm going to drop this thing right before the republican party shinki in d.c. takes the beer truck strayed over the cliff with a government shutdown that will drive their numbers to an all-time low. then i started thinking if it's at an all-time low no one will believe that the republicans can come back to power. at least we have a reason for hope. the timing has been. >> it's unbelievable because when you read it you will see it's exactly, it fills the void that a lot of people feel when they are democrats and they want good candidates on both sides to raise the level of the national conversation and raise the quality of our candidates. or a republican who wants the party to stop. >> i don't know if i'd say it quite that way. >> we showed some polls this morning on the show

republican line. caller: i think the president should address the american people to start with some kind of family budgetary concerns. he should again, let's get back to the nuclear family. working, one person maintaining the household and the children. five tvs.ink we need we can do it to tvs. tvs. with two all i hear today is people calling in and saying how somebody should give them something and i don't ever hear them talking about cutting down on some of their frivolous bills. guest: this gets back to the whole idea of the basic culture we are in, the society we are in. you hear a lot of republicans and conservatives talk about the need to return to a responsibility society that people take responsibility for their own problems and so on. addressedobama has this in some cases, talking about the need for stable families, reticular early form particularlyied -- .or men to get married he has talked about that quite a bit. he might address that tonight in his speech. i don't think he will dwell on i

republicans aren't running away from this.inimum wage, there's a lot of people on both sides of the aisle that think there is a chance that republicans might jump on minimum wage. it is something that some business leaders have said might not be a problem for them. but again, i think you will see both sides talking about this. it is just how they seem to want to address the problem that will be different. >> we have to take a break here. when we come back, two years ahead of the first primaries for 2016, growing signs hillary clinton will run again. our sunday panel handicaps her chances and reviews -- check it out -- this magazine cover which places clinton at the center of the universe. you won't want to miss it. nbc universal's coverage of the 2012 london games was the most watched television event ever. so, what's next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. where every second of nbc universal's coverage will be available on every device. on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. beginning february 6th, e

, republican extremism, republicans being uncompromising because right now, it looks like the electione about the president, health care reform, and kind of the six-year itch. >> an all-republican congress, republican majority congress doesn't bode well for the last two years of the presidency, but i want to get you on how he changes that dynamic. i just want to back up stu on the poll numbers. first, we have a cnn/orc poll, registered voters, choice for congress in 2014, 49% republican, 46% democrat. that is, like, so wildly different from what we saw three months ago. >> quite a pop, yeah. >> and the next one of registered voters, are you more likely to vote for a candidate who supports president obama, 40% who opposes president obama, 55%. this is a dark way for democrats to start an election year. >> well, one, polls, not a pollster, but polls on the generic horse race a year out from the race is fairly useless. there's a lot of dynamics that you are going to unfold in the next year or so. i think when you look at the house, you are right, it is a tough climb. however, given that c

you can't trust the republicans. there were six republicans who voted yesterday to move the debate forward. when it comes time for them to stand up, they want more cuts. they're just like the rest of the crowd. the good news is the republicans are on the defense. they feel compelled they have to come up with special talking points to explain their position. here's the position they're in. they can't fake empathy. humans can't fake empathy. you either care about something or you don't. let me emphatically saying that the republicans have had a track record of not caring about health care. they have a track record of not caring about workers and wages and collective bargaining and unions. they have a track record of not caring about public education because we spend way too much money on that. now they have a track record of saying we're not really that concerned about unemployment. that's president obama's fault because he hasn't figured out this economy. liberals, don't let them off the hook. this is worth fighting f

republicans, though, mr. president, don't want to talk about the problems facing the middle class, as evidenced by what went on here this afternoon. they don't want to talk, these republicans, about the solutions to falling wages and job shortages. mr. president, in america today, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is being squeezed. during the last 30 years, the top 1%, wealth and income has increased by triple numbers. triple. what has happened to the middle class during that same 30 years? their wages have gone down 10%. tripling to going down 10%. so they don't want to talk about this. they don't -- and that's why they plan to vote against the extension of these emergency unemployment insurance benefits. the vast majority of them voted to not even let us get on the bill and have a debate, but a few stepped forward and said no, we should have a debate on this and a debate we are having. my republican colleagues are looking for a distraction, a diversion, a phon

here's what the sa old same old buys the republican leadership and republicans nationwide.l up pole shows just 32% of americans, 32% of americans, have a favorable opinion of the gop right now, -p32%. so how far have they come since the defeat of 2012? that compares to 43% appral right after the big loss in the november election of 2012. things are astonishingly getting worse. republican leaders are not leading, in fact, so let me just say gently, they're hiding and running from the reality that they have created through not one but two presidential election cycles. this will be a further test of your capacity to tolerate leadership that doesn't lead and electioneers who don't win elections. they're not leading, they're n pandering. pole after pole reveals it. next up we'll tell you about a betrayal that it seems every issue matters to the republican party, whether it be about government or small immigration policy. can you imagine that president obama whose leadership has been so weak, so pitiful, is in better shape than the loyal opposition, e republican party, which seem

who is the voice for the republican party? >> that's a good question. >> speaker boehner maz to get something for the caucus. >> we're here to bring fiscally responsible leadership. >> remember why we're here. we're here to win elections. >> let's talk first about the broad change of strategy. >> wernd not defought on our debt. we should get close to it. >> some folks aren't crazy enough to start that thing all over again. >> he says he's not going to raise it for nothing. >> strategizing for 2014. >> the administration gets its debt limit increase and the american people get their spending cuts. >> will the ghost of past election defeats haunt their efforts? >> we should not default on our debt. we shouldn't even get close to it. >> we'll see if that's really the politics of that. >> john boehner got more bad news today. no, another one of his house members did not get arrested for buying cocaine. and no, another republican governor did not get indicted today. for john boehner, something worse happened. the secretary of the t

and what of the republican party at this moment? >> i think there's -- everybody you said is absolutely right. from an economic perspective, this is a growth program, more than anything else. that's what i think is getting lost here. almost a little bit of a language barrier. the republicans are talking about individual responsibility. the president is talking about trying to help the individual but really, there is a place in the middle here. and the place in the middle is sort of how this whole thing is framed about actually improving the economy, helping the economy. not about helping the individual, but helping the overall economy which then therefore helps the individual. i would think that argument would actually work with the republicans. it is not because i don't think it's being talked about in the right way. when you think we're going to lose 2,000 jobs, not gain 200,000 jobs, but lose them as a result of this, there's going to be an economic drag on the country, the republicans have made their whole argument forever that

, five republicans, dean heller plus four republicans -- remember, dean heller is not some maverick that is out spewing socialism. here's a guy who's really a conservative person. and he wants to extend unemployment benefits. i admire him for doing that. and can't we get four republicans to agree with the american people that we should do that? i would certainly hope so. >> today two republicans announced their support for the bill. alaska's lisa murkowski and maine's susan collins. joining me now, richard wolff, executive editor of msnbc.com and author of the new book "the message: the reselling of president obama." and jared bernstein, a senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities, an msnbc contributor. richard, so the republican with the highest unemployment rate in the senate is on board for this. >> what a coincidence. >> big surprise. but the next one down, i believe, is mark kirk in illinois, which has awn employment rate that's above the 7% national average. he's not on board yet. and probably there's a very high unemployment rate in mississippi with two republica

republicans control the floor. host: as far as fallout, washington times highlight the story about marco rubio, saying he was changing position on immigration. they think tarnished his image. guest: 2013 is over. that couldn't have come soon enough for marco rubio. he had a rough year. it shows one of the challenges, not a lot of people from the congress typically become presidents. at the beginning of the year, he was talking top tier 2016 presidential tenure. he was part of that gang of eight that put together the immigration bill. he was the leader politically out front and he got the got the bill through the senate. what has he got for it? he got anger from the republican base and he backed ted cruz and other hard line republicans over the shutdown. he's been in a political noman's land. you got a couple years and when you're in washington, people think 2016 matters now. it probably doesn't. the regular activist who still think he's a well spoken, smart, great representation of the republican party. he did have

>>> a top republican said chris christie should resign as chair of the republican governor's association. yeah. christie refused, said i've made it a matter of principle to never try to get out of a chair. >> that was conan o'brien in the latest developments out of the garden state. jokes about chris christie have been disrupted as late-night comedians turn their attention to justin bieber's arrest. the 19-year-old pop star who is a canadian is now at risk of being deported. according to jimmy kimmel, the whole thing may be just political posturing. >> he did admit to police that he drank alcohol, smoked pot and took prescription drugs that night, which that may have been his way of announcing that he is running for mayor of toronto. >> and house speaker john boehner paid a visit to "the tonight show" last night. aside from calling vladimir putin a thug and saying jeb bush would make a great president, he decided to finally dispel a rumor that has dogged him for years. >> we have a family photo. let's show the family photo. there you go. is that you right in the front there? >> i'm the d

former republican senator. it was an interesting choice to be defense secretary handling an interesting array of problems right now. i am -- the thing i am most interested in watching for tonight, there's the epa administrator mccarthy. i'm interested in watching whether the president spends time talking about the war in afghanistan. if things go the way he has said, this time next year we will not be at war in afghanistan for the first time in 13 years. this is the year where we're supposed to be talking about the wind-down. will he talk about that with tens of thousands of americans still there tonight? >> rachel, so many people have seen "lone survivor" a horrific movie about what the s.e.a.l. team guys face over there every day. it's a frightening war front where you're often left on to your own. and you get cut off. >> right now, the military facing, having emerged a little bit from the sequestration difficulties that they faced along with the rest of the government during the budget negotiations this year