party it? >> i wasn't always a republican. from haiti and they identified with the democratic party because they were told that's what black and working-class people do. what's sort of converted me, if you will, after i began working in the inner city as a school counselor and witnessed how a lot of democratic policies purported to help black people to their detriment, that's when i sort of reevaluated my allegiance. >> arm strong, you identify as a conservative but don't identify as a republican. what's the process to make you a black conservative but not a republican? >> there's an inherent problem even in the question you ask. you give the impression the democratic party has since its inception has had all the answers for black people. if that were the case black people would not still be complaining about the problems they complained about 30 years ago, 20 years ago and today. no party has a monopoly on what is best no matter who is in power at the white house black people should be at the table. you should want to be a par

party. independents vote republican. over the last two years, democratic voting by independents has sunk by 12 points. three, 26 out of 50 state let chutes are republican. 29 governors out of 50 are republican. most give republicans the power to influence, redraw and control state and federal districts to produce republican republican power. question that's the argument for re alignment. but wouldn't it be a political miscalculation for the republicans to believe that a real realignment has occurred. >> certainly would, john. we've had three straight repudiating elections. republicans were repudiated in 2006, their president was defeated as it were in 208. now -- 2008. now the democrats were repudiated in 2010. gig government is unpopular. it's too costly, people want to cut back on it. so the liberal hour is over and that's good for the republicans in the near term. in the longer term, demography is destiny, john. 90% of the republican party votes is based on white votes. they are down to 75%. they are 65% of the popula

the republican party is just like the democratic party. if you are not in their click, they do not want you. michael steele had a lot of ideas that were different from the old republicans. he brought a lot of black republicans got the same way to the party picks it it it's sad. i do not know anything about this man. this is my first time ever hearing about this man. he does not seem like he is to banks market if you ask me. >> the reaction to the election of reince priebus as the chairman of the republican national committee. we will go to the virgin islands. >> i want to comment with regard to michael steele. he came to the virgin islands. i am sorry that he lost. congratulations to reince priebus. the big issue is going to be can we gain back the senate and the white house. if we do not, there will be a lot of questions and soul- searching. you can give hundreds of dollars. if you did not win, will not mean anything. we will see. congratulations to reince priebus. we will see what happens in the future. >> thank you for the call. we will

you have all proven and shown the republican party is a good party. it is ready and willing to work on behalf of the american people. i have been honored to serve these past two years as your chairman. i know the work that lies ahead will be difficult and challenging. i have no fear ignored doubts that you will rise to that occasion because you are the republican party in action every single day in states all across this great country and neighborhoods and communities, it has been such a pleasure for me to watch all of you work outside your comfort zone. we hope, through the efforts that you commit to when you leave this meeting, that you are ready to give the democrats hell over the next two years that you are willing to work and fight on behalf of the american people of like anything you have ever done before because the work is too important, the challenges are too great, and our grandkids and our great friend kids are dependent on us in this hour to get it right. that is what a good republican party does for the people of america. i thank you for

there is a message and the republican party has the ability to put that forward. i honestly think the potential to happen is we will throw everybody out. i don't think it will just the republicans. we will get to a place and then politics will really be fascinating. complete anti-government candidates are running the government. i am so excited to see what rand paul does. i cannot wait to see what he does. i am glad he got elected for no other reason than i want to see what this tea party message -- i want to see how he governs. if he does an amazing job then there is the leader. >> thank you so very much. before we end i want to bring this to a very different light and save those of you sitting in the front can see the shoes. gee of has the latest, greatest sneakers and i pray for meghan mccain in those high heels. they are wonderful. they have been wonderful. >> thank you for coming out. thank you. [applause] >> meghan mccain writes a weekly column for the daily beast. for more information on "dirty sexy politics" visit mccainbloget.com. >> we are at the national

is it part of the republican party? >> i do not think they are part of the republican party. i think they're very much an independent voice. i think that they are interested in a constitutional efforts of limited government and many fiscal standards that are important. i think they'd play a tremendous role in the last election. i think they have a tremendous role going forward. one has to recognize the independent nature of this patriot group, tea party, grassroots movement out there. they must be engaged. they are always welcome to have a seat at the table to talk about candidates, to talk about policy, off to talk about how we win elections. i think they differ vastly from state to state, and from community to community. but i applaud their efforts and they are welcome to be a part as we go forward toward winning the white house in 2012. >> would you welcome a tea party presidential campaign? or is it your role is chaired to prevent a splinter nominee? >> i believe in our to-party system. this is a great democracy and i think that all views ought to be brought together. it

how do you keep the republican party open to the next waves of who can be added to the party strength and what groups to use seat critically available that we ought to be pursuing? maria cino. >> i will try to the sec that multifaceted question. first of all again, my experience has been building strong coalitions, and i would first and foremost welcome open door and talk with all of the various groups and communicating with and working with them. i think the second thing is to make sure that our state parties are aware of the various coalitions and various groups and working with these folks as we look down the road in building from the bottom up our party to elect republicans in 2012. >> i have spent my entire political life in the trenches in this town where i grew up as an elected official and it has always been about the grass roots, the bottom-up, reaching up in getting out of the comfort zone as republicans. we do get a little comfortable with ourselves and we do become comfortable to the exclusion of others, and i think we have an enormous opportunity with the surge we have se

it's rooted in over 20 years of political service to the republican party and to public service out therei'm looking for a new direction. new leadership. a turning of the page at the republican national committee. and i believe what i can offer to the r.n.c. is a strong fundraising base. we must be fully funded at the r.n.c. in order to institute the kinds of programs that are necessary in 2012. i plan on putting forward a very aggressive fundraising plan that really lifts up and reinstates and reinvigorates our major donor programs out there. i want to get out there as of day one and talk to our major donors, talk about our plans for the future, talk about our vision going forward, to win back the white house in 2012, and to win the united states senate also. we began this in 2010, it's time to finish the job in 2012. fundraising is key here. we have to raise presidential trust money, we have to fund the victory offices and efforts at all of the state levels. we also have to get out of the debt that we are currently carrying at the republican national committee. there is much to do in te

tea party movement is a powerful source of energy and if the republicans generally, republican nomineeeptable to that wing of the electorate, i would be worried about a third-party movement that could undermine the center right coalition. >> do you think sarah palin, if she were the nominee, could carry a state like pennsylvania? >> i think it is possible. we went into this election cycle with 1.2 million voter registration deficit and with a republican brand that was in a bad way and i still won this election. i think the electorate wants a return of economic growth, wants serious fiscal discipline. if they believe they've got a candidate that can deliver on those things, it's possible. >> how about reporting, e.j. dionne, the president's ambassador to china, seen here with the president. he has been the ambassador to china but in this interview does not rule out the possibility of running in 2012, a more moderate republican serving for a democratic president. pretty interesting. >> i think it was a fascinating story, whether or not huntsman will actually run. i think what it says is

you have all proven and shown that the republican party is a good party, and is ready and willing to work on behalf of the american people, and i an honor to serve as your chairman, and i know the work will be difficult and challenging, but i have no fear nordau that you will rise to the occasion, because you are the republican party, in action, every single day, in states all across this great country, in neighborhoods and communities. it has been such a great pleasure for me to watch you all work out some of your comfort zone. and we hope vote in the upwards that you commit that you are ready to give the democrats held over the next two years and that you're willing to work and fight on behalf of the american people unlike anything you have done before because the work is too important. the challenges are too great, and our grandkids and our great grand kids are dependent on us in this hour to get it right. this is what a good republican party does for the people of america, and i thank you for what you have done for us so far. god bless you. >> now, the nominations for the candida

republican side. you have this tea party factor that we talked about earlier. ublican presidential candidates are seeing the power that the tea party had in some places. they're worried about getting outflanked to the right. i think that is the concern. you could throw a dozen names of who might run. the conventional wisdom is that in republican presidential politics, there are avenues that candidates run in to get to the nomination. there is the person at the top of the letter. the entitlement candidate who ran before, it is that person's term. -- that persons turn. you have this common feeling in the party. the person whose turn it is. you have the fiscal and social conservative wing and a business type outsider. that may not make a difference this time. it may not be that way. that is the way a lot of republicans think of it. you have these people take on these rules and get the nomination through those different ways. most of the time, the entitlement candidate becomes the nominee. that may not happen this time. the republicans pay attention to this tea part

thanks to a lot of groups, including fatigue party, and our own republican party, and really getting back to the basics, we were able to save our party. like i said, the bigger issue is saving our country. we can save our country all -- we can save our party along the way. >> over the last decade, the republican party hasn't been in and out of power. -- has been in and out of power. here is people that we decide. we get into power and we lose our way, the people have a way of writing that wrong. in the last 10 years, one of the big failures has been too much spending. our deficit is out of control. what we are passing along to our children is wrong. we have to rein in spending. we have to take a serious look. get our debts and are spending out of control. we have to do that authentically. otherwise, the people will cost us out. >> two years ago, we would walk around and talk to republican activists and apologize for the fact that we have lost our way. we no longer stood for the things that republicans stood for. we voted for higher taxes. we stopped acting like republicans. we stopped

a little bit about that because obviously there's some issues you don't agree with with the republican party. >> i was challenged to take a purity test which you -- anyone can do it online to see if you are a republican, and i passed which a lot of people were mad about that i passed, but i think we live in a weird time where i know that i get harassed on a daily basis for not being pure enough and people are ask why i don't become a democrat, but i believe in the ideas of the republican party, but i believe in gay marriage. there's a sex tape and did a lot of allegedly scandalous thing, but people come to her defense because she's against gay marriage, but me because i'm for it and go to google if you want to see a bunch of stuff written about me, but i think it's sad you are harassed now if you exit the mold a little bit. >> do you think there's something wrong with the republican party today? >> i worry about the tea party influence. i worry that it's too extreme. i understand why tea partyers are angry and i understand why and i myself am frustrated, but i don't think it's organized well

you have all proven and shown the republican party is a good party. and it is ready and willing to work on behalf of the american people. i have been honored to serve these past two years as your chairman, and i know the work that lies ahead will be difficult and challenging. but i have no fear nor doubt that you will rise to the occasion, because you are the republican party, in action every single day, in states all across this great country, in neighborhoods and communities. it has been such a pleasure for me to watch all of you work outside your comfort zone. and we hope, through the efforts that you commit to when you leave this meeting, that you're ready to give the democrats hell over the next two years, and you're willing to work and fight on behalf of the american people unlike anything you have ever done before. because the work is too important, the challenges are too great, in our grandkids and our great grandkids are depending on us in this hour to get it right. that is what a good republican party does for the people of america. and i th

darling i mean he actually drove charlie crist out of the republican party down in florida is. and he was the darling of the tea party and what i think he is showing and what i think is manifesting by not joining that caucus is that the tea party it really is toxic in terms of the entire country at large i mean here's a guy marco rubio who i believe thinks he has a national future and he thinks that he can't have a national future if he is that officially associated with the tea party and i guess that's an unfortunate thing for the tea party you know i think it's a good idea to have someone else in there to mix it up a little bit you know so we don't we have two parties all the time but the tea party just they just don't do it for i mean i think they're you know we're playing they're having a lot yeah i mean you look at yourself i mean you know the tea party is is the republican party absolutely and you know to the extent that there is anybody in the tea party that is not a republican. it's very small amount of people we're talking about the mean this is the

first, the tea party versus republican split. i agree with you. i think that there is a -- calling something the tea party doesn't nofsely make it the tea party. there is no tea party as sort of one organization. it's sort of a hide ra with different parts and moving pieces and i don't think every tea partier would agree with every other on every particular issue. i wouldn't set them aside from the republican party but the point that you brought up is i think illsstrative 06 why there is a tea party. you said after the tea party movement is helping the republican party get back to its core values after more mainstream leaders, more establishment leaders had strayed a bit. i think that's the exact right point. this is one faction of the republican party rising up and attempting to take over the larger party. so good point there. as to whether or not michael steele should get credit for the republican wins in november, there are a number of different organizations around washington. the national republican congressional committee, the republican gove

, jeffersonian republican party was appalled at the time that candidacy and split the republican party, thomas mckean who was the former chief justice and himself governor pennsylvania called he and his followers called snyder the clodhopper and he had a follower. snyder took the term and said what is said to be a lot hotter and he rode to victory with that slogan. that was the popular politics that appalled many people. daniel thompson a columbia graduate, wealthy lawyer, he knew if he was going to win the governorship of new york he had to be what? a farmer's boy and he used that as his campaign slogan, not that he graduated from columbia and was a wealthy new york attorney. no, there was a kiss of death. he's a farmer's boy said to have popular politics of a sort that is being expressed today i think in the tea party movement in christine o'donnell and sarah palin there is a class dimension to this resentment and it's very similar to what went on with american politics in the north in the early decades of the 19th century. yes, sir? >> good morning, professor peter and i was w

you speak out or exit the mold a little bit. >> do you think there's something wrong with the republican party today? >> i worry about the tea party influence. i worry that it's too extreme. i understand why tea partiers are so angry. i understand where the anger and the frustration comes from. i myself am angry and frustrated but i don't think it's organized well and i don't think there's a cohesive messageer and i think without a cohesive message you can't win.e i think that was part of the problem withan my father's campaign. there wasn't one clear cohesive message. there wasn't an anecdote to hope and change and i think until we actually get that and instead of saying we hate obama. we hate the spending, that's not a message and i don't think any real movement has ever come to fruition without some sort of inspirational message of some kind. so, yes, i do worry. >> you're very honest. what is the message you want people to get from this book? the one most important message you want people to get? >> when i was growing up and when i was on my father's campaign i went through a period of sel

you have all proven and shown the republican party is a good party.nd i know the work that lies ahead will be difficult and challenging, but i have no fear nor doub that you will rise to that occasion because you are the republican party in action, every single day, in states all across this great country, in neighborhoods and communities. has been such a pleasure for me to watch all of you work outside your comfort zone. and we hope, through the efforts that you commit to when you leave this meeting, that you are ready to give the democrats hell over the next two years and that you are willing to work and fight behalf of the american people, unlike anything you have ever done before, because the work is too important, the challenges are too great, and our grandkids and great grandkids are depending on us in this hour to get it right. that is what a good republican party does for the people of america, and i thank you for what you have done so far. god bless you. [applause] >> now the nominations for the kent burda -- for the candidates purd. that fiv

i am troubled by the lack of diversity in the republican party. what is the barrier. why is the republican not able to share these values with those in the african-american community. guest: it is a great issue that the republican party is starting to address. i'll be covering an important event in florida which is the hispanic leadership network. it was an out reach to explain what the republican party is about and why they think hispanics would benefit as would all americans. the republican party has to do the same thing with the african-americ african-americ african-american s. life shows up. we now have alan west as a new prominent leader emerging. i think it is a work in progress. >> naples, florida. go morning. caller: listen. i think michael steele got a bad break in this time around. i really do believe i'm a member of the tea party, loosely affiliated to it. i was really upset with for instance the senate republican leadership. i didn't want my campaigns going to someone i didn't necessarily agree with. we caught up. this day and age, you can donate to the per

a household name. >> the republican party, newly energized from last novae election triums, has decided to change leaders anyway. late yesterday, the party ousted the controversial michael steele and replaced him with a former top aide. whit johnson has more. >> reporter: his face is likely unfamiliar to the political lay man which may be exactly what the g.o.p. doctor ordered. >> my name is reince priebus. if you need some help with comedy central, i'm sure you can google it. >> reporter: after seven rounds of voting friday, reince priebus captured the chairman manship of the republican national committee. >> and now, i exit stage right. >> reporter: out is the controversial and outspoken michael steele, who, despite sweeping g.o.p. victories in the 2010 midterms, was at times at odds with his own party. >> if you don't want me in the job, fire me. but until then, shut up. >> reporter: he was criticized for his verbal gaffes. >> not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job. >> reporter: most damaging were the accusations stool mismanaged the rnc, running up a $22

the party of business and opposition to larger government, the republican party in the days of abraham lincoln and his early successors was the party of business, but it was the party in favor of government intervention, but government intervention precisely on behalf of business. and the period from 1865-1900 was a largely republican era. in fact, you know, from 1860 to 1932 it was almost republicans as far as the eye could see. the republicans certainly dominated the presidency. and the great depression and the election of franklin roosevelt changed that and ushered in an age when democrats could become competitive again. all right, so, the civil war starts things off, and the spanish-american war closes the period, and the spanish-american war is the first of what i would call, well, it's the first kind of war that would come to characterize american military history in the 20th century. and i will call it an elective war, a war that was not by any means forced upon the united states. now, having said that, i will say that in a basic way, a very basic way if you really want to push

you don't have a candidate in the republican field who can unite these two wings of the party and that's no one at 20% in your survey. >> tim pawlenty and newt gingrich say republicans shouldn't vote to raise the debt ceiling. sarah palin comes up so often. our poll indicated her likability is a problem. positive rating at 27%. negatives are high at 49%. where does she stand now? >> i think that she's had a bad couple of weeks. i think that her reaction to tucson was particularly bad, and i think she's moving herself to the fringe but it's a fringe that's occupied by probably half of the republican caucus in the house right now. if you look at the economic program they're putting forward, i think it would be pretty much in line with the way palin sees the future as opposed to the way romney does and that i think spells trouble for the republican party which is careening off to the right at this moment. >> you talked about sarah palin during a radio address with bill press. you were critical of that. i want to play a portion of that. >> sarah palin can't seem to get it on any front. i thi

first, the tea party versus republican split. i agree with you. i think that there is a -- calling something the tea party doesn't nofsely make it the tea party. there is no tea party as sort of one organization. it's sort of a hide ra with different parts and moving pieces and i don't think every tea partier would agree with every other on every particular issue. i wouldn't set them aside from the republican party but the point that you brought up is i think illsstrative 06 why there is a tea party. you said after the tea party movement is helping the republican party get back to its core values after more mainstream leaders, more establishment leaders had strayed a bit. i think that's the exact right point. this is one faction of the republican party rising up and attempting to take over the larger party. so good point there. as to whether or not michael steele should get credit for the republican wins in november, there are a number of different organizations around washington. the national republican congressional committee, the republican gove

one day the party will listen to these issues and that became the admission -- my mission in life. soon after going to work for the republican politicians were he continued to struggle to persuade the party to raise the causes like outlawing abortion and busing and supporting pratt and then pounding the heritage foundation the think tank that would revolutionize scholarship by discarding the scholarship the following year because of the board of directors did not a social issues that is like leaving the roman catholic church because the pope does not put enough emphasis on the religious issues. which they also did. after the main heritage he focused on the potential of the growing fundamentalist church but was stymied in his effort to mobilize. the fundamentalist in the evangelical community is accustomed to keeping their distance from politics adopting the position expressed by jerry falwell in 1965, preachers are not called upon to the politicians but seoul winner's. christian conservatives of the evangelical and fundamentalist type were told for years ever since the child they should not be involved in politics and it is

i'm going to see to it one day that the party will listen to these kinds of issues. soon after, wyrek went to work for republicanpoliticians in the washington where he continued to struggle to persuade the party to embrace socially-conservative causes like outlawing abortion, ending busing and sport sporting -- supporting school prayer. he founded the heritage foundation, the think tank which discarded the scholarship. the following year wyrek left heritage because the board of directors wouldn't put enough emphasis on social issues. that's like leaving the room in catholic church because the pope won't put enough emphasis on religious issues which, incidentally, wyrek also did. after leaving heritage, he focused on the political potential of evangelical church, but he was tiemied in his effort to -- stymied in his effort to mobilize them. they were accustomed to keeping their distance from politics, adopting the position expressed by jerry falwell in 1965: preachers are not called upon to be politicians, but soul winners. wyrek elaborated, christian conservatives have been told for years ever since the scopes t

you have all proven and shown the republican party is a good party. and is ready and willing to work on behalf of the american people. i have been honored to serve these past two years as your chairman and i know the work that lies ahead will be difficult and challenging, but i have no fear nor doubt that you will rise to that occasion because you are the republican party in action, every single day, in states all across this great country, in neighborhoods and communities. has been such a pleasure for me to watch all of you work outside your comfort zone. and we hope, through the efforts that you commit to when you leave this meeting, that you are ready to give the democrats hell over the next two years and that you are willing to work and fight on behalf of the american people, unlike anything you have ever done before, because the work is too important, the challenges are too great, and our grandkids and great grandkids are depending on us in this hour to get it right. that is what a good republican party does for the people of america, and i thank

wing of the republican party. a great candidate and crazy candidates will come out and they agree voters and craig the voters, obama will look pretty moderate. >> i do have to say just as as an american, the kind of dissension and rabid divisiveness we have seen in the last couple of years is not pleasing to me. outside of my political affiliation when we see people who actually believe that the government is being led by a socialist who wasn't born in this country and is actually a radical muslim, it conjures up imagess from timothy mcveigh and oklahoma city in 1995. republican party than was accused and newt gingrich was accused of this anti-government rhetoric that translated into this terroristic act. there's nothing anyone can feel proud of seeing these perceptions, being fomented by fox news, an entire network which has abandoned the ethics of journalism in news in pursuit of profits and propaganda. >> clinton was seen as the guy who was going to keep the right wing in check and obama could develop the same

. >> reporter: that campaign rocketed palin to the pinnacle of the republican party and a possible presidential. today pawlenty like every other republican is watching palin's every move and goes out of his way to praise her. so in your judgment she is qualified to be president of the united states. >> i think she can do a good job as president of the. >> is there a sense that among the people thinking about running for president in the republican party you are scared of sarah palin? >> scientisarah palin is a forc nature. whether she runs or not she'll have a lot of impact on 2012 and the republican party. i don't think it's fair to say people are afraid of her. >> reporter: he also praises the last republican president. george w. bush. >> i think george w. bush will go down in history as a strong and good and great leader. >> reporter: a great leader? >> well, he certainly didn't do everything perfectly, but this is somebody who had the courage of his convictions. i think history is going to treat him more kindly than the political chatter of the day. >> reporter: but can a guy like pawlenty

what do you see here because it's really a rick into republican party thing right now and the reason why i bring this up is that they've mastered these social networks the internet raising money the party i mean that they may not be the most literate people but they certainly know how to politic. well i think i think the key to what's going to happen with the tea party is some of the criticism that they're leveling at republicans right now and i think the thing we can't forget is that the tea party was created by these big republican think tanks like freedom works and americans for prosperity whose vice president i debated on about a month ago and the fact of the matter is if they become too much of a problem for the republican party it's a very simple matter for freedom works and americans for prosperity to simple turn simply turn off their funding spigot turn off their websites and whatever else the tea party folks try to say that they're grassroots or whatever and they would die a very quick death if if these two think tanks in particular decide to pull the plug that is my p

how do you keep the republican party open to the next waves of who can be added to the party strength and what groups to use seat critically available that we ought to be pursuing? maria cino. >> i will try to the sec that multifaceted question. first of all again, my experience has been building strong coalitions, and i would first and foremost welcome open door and talk with all of the various groups and communicating with and working with them. i think the second thing is to make sure that our state parties are aware of the various coalitions and various groups and working with these folks as we look down the road in building from the bottom up our party to elect republicans in 2012. >> i have spent my entire political life in the trenches in this town where i grew up as an elected official and it has always been about the grass roots, the bottom-up, reaching up in getting out of the comfort zone as republicans. we do get a little comfortable with ourselves and we do become comfortable to the exclusion of others, and i think we have an enormous opportunity with the surge we have se

i and the pima county republican party will lead by example. we will not cast blame or point fingers because at this point there is conjecture, there is an ongoing investigation and it is irresponsible to do so and we will continue to push for a time of healing and not blaming because we are in the human aspect of this where people are still clinging to life and people are burying their loved ones. brian miller, the chair of the pima county republican pilot, candidate for the primary in congressional district eight and won by gabrielle giffords who fights for her life at university medical center. there isn't any question that this is going to come up about the rhetoric, but i think perhaps it's an opportunity to change. speaking with the speaker of the house of representatives, he suggested it is time to lower the level of the talk and no question that steve farley said, i apologize and i'm sorry if i crossed the line. it may be an opportunity, including me, i have the microphone to call people names and i have. perhaps it's time to say we hav

some asked if the tea party aims to replace the republican party. senators say the tea party message is simple, limited government and say it's the same message as the republican party. >> not anything that would replace the party, simply a grassroots political phenomenon that's sweeping across the country as american has recognized their federal government has grown too big and too expensive. >> the tea party caucus invited every single senator to join them today. 52 members are jointed the house. >> ahead with the forecast. another glorious day on very s temperatures above average once again but this is probably the last day. show you what's going on. beautiful picture as we look at the golden gate bridge, alcatraz from emeryville. you can see the haze. that will change when the sea breeze comes back and so will our chances of rain. >> plus "dancing with the stars" two-time champion cheryl berks reveals a personal and painful secret from (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel pr

some asked if the tea party aims to replace the republican party. senators say the tea party message is simple, limited government and say it's the same message as the republican party. >> not anything that would replace the party, simply a grassroots political phenomenon that's sweeping across the country as american has recognized their federal government has grown too big and too expensive. >> the tea party caucus invited every single senator to join them today. 52 members are jointed the house. >> ahead with the forecast. another glorious day on tap? >> very sunny. temperatures above average once again but this is probably the last day. show you what's going on. beautiful picture as we look at the golden gate bridge, alcatraz from emeryville. you can see the haze. that will change when the sea breeze comes back and so will our chances of rain. >> plus "dancing with the stars" two-time champion cheryl berks reveals a personal and painful secret from her childhood. ♪ >>> the bay area's "dancing with the stars" celebrity cheryl berk is out with a n

republican. i tend to be more like a tea party person even though i did not take part in those events. however, the reason republicans are giving for voting to overturn the health care law is that they are fulfilling a promise. they are not supposed to be coming to washington to fulfill a promise that they gave to us out here, the voters. they are supposed to be doing it because they believe in it. and they should be creating something to replace it. for them to vote on it without something to replace its is political suicide. it is almost like they are doing in knowing they're going to lose. it is bogus. we want a good health care bill to replace the bad health care bill that is currently law. host: all right, let's go on to rhey in washington state. good morning. caller: on this fairness doctrine, they really do not need it. all they need to do is replace some words that were removed from the original doctrine to serve some public good. "to serve the public good" was replaced for a reason and all they need to do is -- was removed for a reason and all they need to do is replace that. b

one that drags the republican party to the right and make it hard to compromise? >> it will be challenging. when the tea party folks come in and john boehner, i want to congratulate him, he will have a tough time. there will be a lot of moments that have to have a dull moments. let's see what they can do. let's see how we can compromise. it takes to to work out a compromise. >> -- it takes two to work out a compromise. >> it will be an interesting couple of years here in washington. democrats tried to get used to being the minority and republicans have to get used to the fractions within their party. >> thank you. >> huge crowds have turned out for the state funeral of salman taseer, who was assassinated on tuesday. there was tight security for lahore and some relief but it went off smoothly. there is uncertainty. >> thousands came to bid farewell to the liberal governor who dared to challenge extremists and paid with his life. there were full military armor's four -- honors for salman taseer but some called for a boycott and even praised his killer. the assassin w

i think she is too divisive even for the republican party. she will get enthusiastic support if she runs for president from the tea party, but those that of one alexians year in and year out, are going to be terrified of her and do everything they can to defeat her. host: joe is on our independent line. caller: thank god for c-span. we are going after the wrong thing. the fairness doctrine -- let congress opened their doors up. let us decide. washington is getting us aggravated, calling in about democrats, republicans, and pundits. open the doors. put everything in plain english instead of a 2000-page insurance that we just passed on health care. guest: if you look at obama's speech, he made the argument that if we were more civil to each other, we would have a better democracy. i also think if you look at the main problem of washington, it is that powerful interest and very organized interest has more power than everybody else does. in my opinion, that is a structural problem that exists in both administrations. it bothers americans in both