i think ted cruz -- for ted cruz to come from where ted cruz came from and come to washington, d.c. -n, the guy it was as a republican who was concerned about the republican party's brand being shattered and a republican who is obsessed with winning, and is sick and tired of losing, you know how much ted cruz bothered me this year -- listen i don't think it was a mistake that ted cruz went to mandela's funeral. i don't think it was a mistake ted cruz is keeping his head down. he's attacking temperamentally more towards the middle of american politics and we'll see if he continues to do that. >> can i do a winner? >> yeah. >> i perpetually have been skeptical about this program. >> mika is very upset about this. >> he is not. ted cruz didn't evolve. he gnawed away at obamacare. >> this whole evolving thing, liberals love to say -- >> if you want to win -- >> growing. the more moderate somebody comes, the more they quote grow. i'm sorry. >> i perpetually have been critical of this show turning into "good morning trenton." it's hard not to say chris christie was the big winner. he wins t

the best and the worst of ted cruz. here's number three from ted cruz.e made an impassioned case at the western reserve summit -- western conservative submit. an how to block the health care cost at all costs because people might like it. let's listen. >> on january 1 the exchanges kick in and the subsidies kick in. once those kick in, it's going to prove almost impossible to undo obamacare. the administration's plan is very simple. get everyone addicted to the sugar so that obamacare remains a permanent feature of our society. >> david, this is the strajest acknowledgment. he's saying people might really like it. screw it up before it gets to them. >> he's saying they might like being insured. they might like going to the doctor when they're sick. there's a bigger picture here. one reason they were desperate to stop obamacare is when we fight about obamacare, what we're fighting about is whether the u.s. government has a role in u.s. policy and making things better for average americans. the tea party talking about disrupters is to say no. government's

part of the christmas ornament for our christmas. >> and there's a new publication about senator ted cruz week. it's a children's coloring book called cruz to the future. while the publisher calls ate a fact-driven view, it's anything but. listen to this excerpt from the book. quote, millions of citizens believe obama care is worse than any war. at least american soldiers have weapons with which to defend themselves. another quote claims that president obama's administration will use any opportunity to go after the second amendment right and other constitutional rights such as free speech. that's indoctrination. if that doesn't make your list this season, maybe this will. a china ware company is serving a serving tray with president obama's birth certificate. it's the perfect holiday gift for the birther in your family. i can think of some. >>> up next, the political civil war. hoping new fights on the right may cost the republicans a couple of winnable senate seats. remember how that happened last night? you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ >>> welcome back to "hardball.

>> we're talking about ted cruz.bama -- >> can't you project mentally -- >> i'm telling you that president obama is the president. >> i want to -- no, you brought this up. >> what better -- >> the answer is yes. >> was he legitimate elected president of the united states? >> i wasn't in congress to determine that. that was determined before i got here. >> howard fineman, he won't do it. i guess he's afraid of what losing one or two votes by saying this is a duly elected president of the united states. >> if dig down to the very core, ninth level of the anti-obama movement, you find people who not only view him from another party or country, but practically from another planet. the president is fully aware of this. i remember him saying, a lot of people don't think i was born here and wasn't sure what he meant by here. that's the theology of it. there's a sort of belief at the heart of this, that obama -- that the president is somewhat not only not legitimate, not an american, but not even from here. that's an element

going after him and blaming anybody like newt gingrich or ted cruz for saying anything nice. they can't stop the bachmanns with the gohmerts because these people are so deadly out of it. >> i think those people are for the most part from red gerrmandered districts. who don't at this point if they ever did have any thoughts of national office. what you've got going on with people like rand paul and marco rubio and ted cruz is having won their bona fides for the most part with the tea party base, they're looking to expand a little. i know somebody like ted cruz is looking for democrats to do some deals with in a bipartisan fashion. they're looking to change the tone. not their tactics. i mean, not their ultimate objectives, chris. not their philosophy, but a slight change of tone and tactics at least for now.

. >> ted cruz is featured in a new color book "ted cruz to the future." >> the color book says the cruzfuture is not a endorsement but an educational tool. the publisher says it's a non partisan stat driven view on how cruz became a senator. >> stephen: a color book about ted cruz is the number one book on amazon's list of children's coloring books. i know it makes me happy too. people who bought the ted cruz coloring book also brought a kay ole a 64 pack of white crayons and this coloring book, this coloring book -- [cheers and applause] >> stephen: -- has everything kids love from tons of fun text to mentions of partial birth abortions. i'm not surprised really big coloring books public this, they're the same patriots that brought the kids the tea party coloring book for kids and the libertarian party minimum freedom and maximum with john stossel on the coverage. you can color in his mustache, kids, like john stossel does. the inside cover states it's a fare and objective review of this real life superhero. like their tribute to ted cruz 24-hour obama care filibuster. they say cruz is

he's part of a ted cruz 2016 campaign for president. this is remarkable. >> obama's president, ted cruz can be president. >> what do you mean? this is serious business, guys. >> absolutely. >> is he eligible to be president? explain. is he eligible in you brought it up. i didn't. >> i think he's eligible. i'm giving you a yes answer. >> so if obama was born overseas to american money and that crazy theory of donald trump is true, he'd still be eligible to be president by that standard. >> we're talking act ted cruz. >> can't you inject an inch mentally? >> i'm telling you that president obama is the president. >> no, no, no. you brought this up. >> what better -- yes. >> was he a legitimately like the president of the united states? >> i wasn't in congress to determine that. that was determined before i got here. >> howard fineman, he won't do it. i guess he's afraid of losing one or two votes saying this was a duly elected president of the united states. >> if you dig down to the core, to the ninth level of the anti-obama movement, you

senator cruz now has his very own coloring book, ted cruz to the future.he manufacturer as a nonpartisan fact-driven view of the freshman senator from texas. and so while your son or daughter is coloring a picture of ted cruz holding a rifle, he or she can read nonpartisan facts like this one. cruz has stated the president has a disregard for the bill of rights. that is not surprising. it is unfortunate obama and his administration have a consistent disregard. it seems they use any opportunity to go after second amendment right and other constitutional rights such as free speech. another page talks how cruz spoke with clairvoyant precision during his 21-hour epic speech, a common phrase in children's coloring books. include nonpartisan fact-driven nugget. this speech was so important because millions of citizen believe obama care is worse than any war. at least american soldiers have weapons with which to defend themselves, many including obama's own supporters, feel the president has betrayed millions of americans. this book is clearly nowhere in the univ

ted cruz's popularity in the tank right now.ack obama is going to look real good. >> next time you come on the revvies, please tell us how you really feel. >> there are so many people to choose from. reince priebus who tried to rebrand the republican party and has lost control of it to jim demint. >> who? >> exactly. >> who is right. >> my point exactly. >> what was his name? >> it's hard to remember. right. strange name, but not a memorable guy. >> you're talking about the successor to michael steele. >> indeed. >> i'm just trying to get clear. >> let's get it straight, right. >> but i have to exceed to the brilliance of krystal ball who mentioned him before. it's got to be marco rubio. the human embodiment of what reince priebus was trying to do was marco rubio. a kinder version of the republican party. none of that has worked and he has been shamed into running back to try to be ted cruz's side kick. it's pathetic. >> michael, what about the biggest winner of twpt? >> barack obama, right? >> not by a mile. patty murray and pa

>> ted cruz is right. >> once again, ted cruz is right., the health care law is working. more than a million people are set to get coverage. millions more are seeing the law benefits. and the republicans who keep trashing the law are really the ones in jeopardy. joining me now are margie omero and james peterson. margie, let me go to you first. a democratic pollster says it's time for democrats to go on the offensive telling "the washington post" democrats can and should engage on health care. are republicans worried about overreaching? >> well, they should be. they clearly haven't been, because they've been continuing to overreach now for years. and what they've gotten for that overreaching is historical low approval ratings for congress. the results of that overreaching is that democrats have -- the democratic party is seen more favorably than the republican party. what they've gotten for that overreaching is the tea party has historically low favorability ratings. the results of what republicans have done in overreaching is -- you see h

senator ted cruz.alk about someone who did a real filibuster, he did a faux filibuster on the floor of the senate, yammering on about whatever it was, i can't remember. >> green eggs and ham. >> hitler. >> chamberlain and a whole bunch of other things but it enhance his stature looking like he was fighting for the regular person when what he was really doing was giving the best performance of his life on behalf of himself. >> he was lying. >> to me it was watching bob mcdonald through the year. >> what a collapse. >> not knowing where the watch came from or where money for his daughter's wedding reception came from or fancy clothes on his wife's back. >> it was an amazing tv series watching him collapse from big star, next republican presidential nominee to is he, does he maybe need a criminal lawyer here? >> all year long we have been seeing this unravel from march until now and now it makes people think okay, where is this money going to? what is the law? virginia and other states that allows this to

i want to ask you, what did ted cruz lie about on the senate floor?hn connelly thought he was on right track in life. the son of a new jersey auto mechanic, first in his family to go to college when he enrolled in rutgers in 2009. but he still doesn't know what he'll do when he graduates at the end of the semester. quote, i kind of did everything i was, quote, unquote, supposed to be doing, he says. the cost of a lost generation. >> kind of bizarre that he's blaming a law that was passed in 2010 on trends that go back, you know, well past 2007. only a little over half of people my age, people 25 and under, are actually employed full time. and of those people, we have seen our wages decrease. we're facing stalled careers. and at the same time, straddling huge debt loads. houses we can't afford. >> is how did it make you feel when you found out the senator from texas who i understand you have never met and never had a conversation with, is that correct? >> absolutely. >> and how does it make you feel that he used your story in an effort to defund obamac

texas, ted cruz. >> do you like green eggs and ham?not like green eggs and ham. >> canadian senator ted cruz of texas. >> i do so like green eggs and ham. thank you, thank you, sam i am. >> canadian-born senator from texas, ted cruz. >>> i want you to know, we have a wonderful team of segment producers. i've got a lot of respect for them. think about that, having to write for me when i go off on a tangent. here on "the ed show," which these producers help me craft, i believe, what are some real killer shows that cut to the issues. however, folks, this is live television. and oftentimes, i kind of get them a little bit nervous when i start following my heart and it takes off. here's a look at the ed show unscripted 2013. >> he is a dancing machine! ♪ to the left ♪ >> we just put you on television dancing. ♪ >> since we have this theme of talking about negotiations, i thought we would negotiate, because i think he is the perfect independent that the democrats have to win over. he's got the working man hat. he's got the sweatshirt. he is

coloring book now this is not a story from the onion or actually is a ted cruz coloring book ted cruz to the future coloring book is now available for purchase online and really is a must have stocking stuffer for young wacko birds this holiday season not only do owners of the cruise to the future book yet to hone their art skills they get to as well the clues family get to learn about the second amendment and read all about ted cruz's epically self-indulgent obamacare fake filibuster i mean what could be more fun than learning about how to sell america out to the billionaire class again i repeat this is not a story from the onion to ted cruz coloring book really does exist but despite its impressive collection of educational material there's apparently one glaring omission owners of the cruise to the future comic coloring activity book unfortunately do not get a chance to color in ted cruz's canadian birth certificate. last month a washington state legislature agreed to give an airplane manufacturer boeing a staggering eight point seven billion dollars in tax breaks in the attempt to

you had ted cruz really soaking the flames. he lit the match on the new ght against obamacare which was a winning battle in 2010. they reignited the obamacare conversation just as the implementation was going to start. conservatives rose up. ted cruz put a lot of pressure on the house republicans to insist on defunding obamacare, preventing it from going into effect as the condition of funding the government and that of course led to the government shutdown when the president and the democrats in the senate quite predictably were not going to get rid of their central akeefement. >> the tea party has had over the past six months a resurgence around the affordable care act. i think that has given new energy to them. and i think that has sharpened the differences between the establishment wing and the tea party wing. >> these lawmakers have a tremendous amount of flunals. ted cruz, rand paul being another one. they really do capture the grass roots. do they want to capture it and govern from the inside? does ted cruz want to be ma

. >> i would agree with you on that but i would add ted cruz. in his short year in the senate, he has been able to offend every member of the senate, which is his party. >> i think 17 women have asserted that they had a sexual harassment moment with him that is no small moment for a public figure. >> i'll give ted cruz the domestic award. >> reconcile with the political opposition and morrissy refused and now he's on trial. worst politician. and the most defining political moment. >> august, the american people rise up and say no to obama war on syria. >> the 16 day government day government shutdown. >> >> i would say president obama, the red line that he drew and walked away from it, undermining his credibility here and abroad. >> filibuster rule in the senate. >> most defining moment is on air apology for my leading americans when he promised they could keep their health insurance. and turn code of the year? >> edward snowden. >> i would also say rubio who campaigned for the bill and ten turn as away from it. >> i would say anthony wiener is

mike lee and ted cruz, they did what we told them to do. meanwhile, the john boehners and the mitch mcconnells of the world are trying to take ted cruz and mike lee and destroy them. mitch mcconnell is the biggest two faced liar i have ever seen. i missed some of the best of it. the other guy is -- what is this about? are people in that radio world out there and driving in their cars that actually believe as glenn beck just said that boehner is a progressive and the other guy is a liar, whatever the words he used? >> i don't know what mark levine and glenn beck believe because it's too scary to look into their souls. but the real question is while there's a fight between them and heritage action and boehner and republicans who want to be grownups and divide government this is going to be arbitrated not by either side but by the republican/conservative base. one reason why the party and tea party lurched to the right because that's where the votes have been ever since obama began this gigantic backlash. so they're still going to be fight wlg

>> ted cruz has had a bang-up year in 2013.lks look at what he did this past year saying is this going to be his springboard for running for the presidency? are there bigger plans? you know, thomas, i don't see that. a lot of folks think there might be a ted cruz for president campaign, but he is smart enough to know we may not agree with him, but he knows that the math doesn't add up for him being able to win a general election. i think we need to start to look at ted cruz as a jim demint. jim demint left, he's passed on the baton to ted cruz. he's an uber jim demint. he's serving as a pace car. he is moving the republican party farther and farther to the right and that is what makes him feel good. that is where he can come home and say job well done because i have moved the conservative base farther over to the right. so i'd be cautious about 2014 and 2016, him moving farther into the white house prospects. >> one thing we do know is that "the dallas morning news" has retained counsel to renounce his dual canadian citizenship

"time" magazine runner-up, tea party senator, ted cruz. the freshman tea party senator who provoked the first government shutdown since 1996, costing our country $24 billion. the senator staged fake filibuster and held our nation hostage buying reading green eggs and ham on the senate floor. the senator from texas was motivated to use that moment, a national platform, to advance his own celebrity. the same ted krcruz who has mad it his mission to prevent americans from getting affordable health care. as "time" magazine put it, love him or hate him, he is a vision of the future. that's scary in itself. joining me now on our rapid response panel, msnbc political analyst, david corn, and connie schultz. great to have both of you with us tonight. connie, what does it say that senator ted cruz is even on the list? >> well, when you look at the criteria for person of the year, it's somebody who is having an impact. negative or positive. i think it was a brave decision on the part of "time" magazine and i say this as a noncatholic, as a columnist

if you don't say to the executive branch we are going to start as ted cruz might adefunding. if you are not willing to use the powers that the framers gave you to rain in executive excess you are inviting more executive excess and the law wielding of power. >> senator cruz may be the most visib visible leader of the defund effort. tom graves is the congressman who sponsored the bill in the house that would fund the government only if ouribamacares out. >> i cannot look my constituents in the eyes and tell them i did all i could do for them if we don't do everything right now as i concluded in my remarks there was applause through out the conference. >> it was the first bill that graves had ever written. it passed setting up a shut down show down with the democratic controlled senate. >> it showed how far the tea party would go. >> it was a game changer. >> i rise in opposition of obamacare. >> vowing to use every procedural measure to pifight o in the senate cruz takes the floor at 2:41 p.m. >> i intend to support defunding obamacare. the whole debate we are having here today

people who bought the ted cruz coloring book also bought a crayola 64 pack of white crayons.m not surprised really big coloring books publish this gem because they're the same patriots that bring kids the tea party coloring book for kids and libertarian party government with john stossel right on the cover. you can color in his mustache, kids, just like john stossel does. >> i know what i want for christmas now. >>> let's go to jimmy kimmel. he continues to show appreciation for the gift that keeps on giving. toronto's very own rob ford. >> we got an early christmas gift today from toronto. >> just before we go further on this, they're dancing at city hall. look at that. isn't that great? there is the mayor. boogie down mayor ford. and the one in the red is the speaker. ♪ >> is that real? this is actually live. this shapg right now. it's merry christmas at toronto city hall. >> what the hell is going on? are they all on crack? >> mayor ford knows how to cut a rug, brian. he's in the holiday spirit. serve getting along there. >> i think the woman in the red jacket is the one h

senate but it teaches america's children how to take their country back cruise style it's called ted cruz to the future but you're probably recalled ted cruz of the past because that's where this book is taking our kids one of the themes is the importance of religion when it comes to politics because it all separation of church and state thing was just a suggestion another of course is obamacare that suggests that it's worse than mass murder for profit because according to ted cruz providing health care to poor people is quote worse than any war but the best part the absolute best part about this is that it's a coloring book which means your children will get a unique chance to interact with cruz's ideology and film the texas senators hall the lifeless outline with color but surprisingly this isn't the first time that propaganda about the government has been made how to bowl for children who can forget the nine eleven commission reports dumbed down comic book version or what about the bin laden raid coloring book titled the kids book of freedom guys this trends go to and don't indoctrinat

most of the crazies are listening to ted cruz and he's not ceding any ground on anything.igration reform i think is going to be really tough to get done whereas i think even though it's in the best interests of the republican party if they'd look at a map or census report you know it's not the secret documents, guys. >> no and to your point, ted cruz let's not forget he said he wasn't not not in favor of the government shutdown. he was first saying i'm against the government shut down then saying i never said that. he can't be trusted. when we look at immigration reform you're already seeing the catholic bishops are organizing going to do mass mobilization in the first week when congress gets back in session, you also see the tech companies such as mark zuckerberg's piece, going to congressional congress where the last 20 30 votes are needed to move the needle. i had conversations with a couple republican congressional members before the break and they believed in immigration reform but they were too afraid of the extreme right to stand up for it. come on guys. there is an

but it's a meaningless power if you don't say to the executive branch, we are going to start as ted cruz might say, defunding it. if you're not willing to use the powers that the framers gave you to rein in executive excess, you are inviting more executive excess and the wielding of power. >> senator cruz may be the most visible leader of the defund effort, but tom graves of georgia is the congressman who sponsored the bill in the house that would fund the government only if obamacare was zeroed out. he told us of his impassioned plea to get house republicans behind it. >> i shared my heart. i said, i cannot look my constituents in the eyes and tell them that i did all i could do for them if we don't do everything right now. i concluded my remarks, there was applause. >> it was the first bill that graves had ever written. it passed. setting up a shutdown showdown with the democratic controlled senate. >> i think it showed us exactly how far the tea party was willing to go, which was not completely clear before that. i feel like it was a game changer. >> i rise today in opposition to obam

. >> i am very pleased to introduce senator ted cruz. >> 42-year-old ted cruz of texas is the son of cuban refugee father, and a working-class, irish-american mother. princeton, harvard law, supreme court clerkship, the youngest state solicitor general in the u.s. he ran for senate in 2012, upset the gop favorite, and headed to washington with what he believed was one overriding mandate. repeal every word of obamacare. >> i promised texans, i'm going to do everything i can to stop this failed law. >> thank you. >> you have someone who's doggedly determined. i've been in politics. >> democrat pat caddell began working in politics when jimmy carter was still a candidate for president. >> you have someone who has been in the senate five months? he's the focus of the president, the vice president, every democratic mailing, because they smell something that scares them. >> the most significant divide right now, it's not between republicans and democrats. it is between the entrenched politicians of both parties. and the american people. if the path to getting this done depends upon convinc

ted cruz is not doing that. >> no. and nobody should expect that ted cruz would.k, this senate conservative fund has done more to elect democrats in the last two election cycles than anything the president has done. anything that the democrat senate campaign committee has done. just been phenomenally successful. at electing democrats. one of the interesting things when you look at stockman. you look at what the senate conservative fund have said about it. it is fundamentally, the decoupling of any ideas or seriousness from the word conservative. what defines steve stockman as a conservative is his nuttiness. through the prism that the senate conservative fund is writing abut. john cornan as you pointed out at the beginning. by any reasonable standard is an impeccable conservative. he is one of the most conservative members of the united states senate. and unlike steve stockman, he is some one who ethically -- doesn't have any blemishes on his record. running against somebody who from the outrageous statements inability to conduct by any reasonable standard. a pers

. >> i am very pleased to introduce senator ted cruz. >> 42-year-old ted cruz of texas is the son of cuban refugee father, and a working-class, irish-american mother. princeton, harvard law, supreme court clerkship, the youngest state solicitor general in the u.s. he ran for senate in 2012, upset the gop favorite, and headed to washington with what he believed was one overriding mandate. repeal every word of obamacare. >> i promised texans, i'm going to do everything i can to stop this failed law. >> thank you. >> you have someone who's doggedly determined. i've been in politics. i know horseplay. >> democrat pat caddell began working in politics when jimmy carter was still a candidate for president. >> you have someone who has been in the senate five months? he's the focus of the president, the vice president, every democratic mailing, because they smell something that scares them. >> the most significant divide right now, it's not between republicans and democrats. it is between the entrenched politicians of both parties. and the american people. if the path to getting this done de

ted cruz of texas and utah's mike leigh.eptember 10th, washington, d.c. >> only you can win this fight. >> the tea party is tired of losing. republican successes they think have succeeded only in delaying and minimizing the inevitable swelling of washington's power. they want to begin to win. and that frustration points you in the direction of an urgent strategy instead of tactics. >> if everyone who purports to be against obamacare agrees to do this, we can defund it. we can and we must. and together we will. [ cheers and applause ] >> right after the rally i sat down with cruz and leigh. >> you've been talking about this as the last chance to get rid of obamacare. do you believe that? >> what i've described it as is the last chance before obamacare kicks in on january 1st. and that's significant because we know that when a major entitlement program kicks in in this country it's really hard to get rid of it. >> we've got 20 days between now and september 30th -- >> congress is given the power of the purse. but it's a meanin

senator ted cruz is one of those in that situation right now.on mandela's death, he wrote of his respect and admiration for the anti-apartheid icon. nelson mandela will live in history as an inspiration for defenders of liberty around the globe. lovely sentiments. more than 5,000 people liked that comment but not all agree. he was a murderer and communist, why are you inspired by this, ted. another, what about the rampant white genocide because of south african's freedom, question mark, question mark, you get the point. another writes stalin, hitler, pol pot, mao and fdr are also dead. they don't deserve a positive eulogy, either. let's bring in our panel. neera tanden, ana navarra and ryan lizza. we reach out to cruz's office. they point out you can find hateful stuff on the white house's website as well, one writing mandela was a well-mannered demon in the flesh. cruz's comments got more likes on his page than obama's got on that page. is this something we should even be paying attention to? or is this just the bathroom wall of the internet? >

ted cruz put out that statement yesterday. it's law. the new budget deal moves in the wrong direction. he said "spends more, taxes more, and allows continued funding for obamacare. i cannot support it." mike lee told fox today the deal was laiterally putting lives in danger. let's listen. >> the greatest threat to our national security is our debt and deficit. i can't vote for a bill that i fundamentally disagree with. >> should join national security. in fact, the ryan/murray budget was built around cuts in the military. the idea of the deal was to protect the military. there's this bit of tortured logic from senator marco rubio, he's opposing the deal in part because it would shut down the government ultimately. he actually said that and you heard it right. here's senator rubio on fox today. >> i don't want a government shutdown, and that's why i oppose this deal because i think this budget actually contributes to the day that we're going to have a real shutdown of government, not because the congress can't pass a law, but because we

mean those are so two thousand and late which is why today i'm very excited about the release of ted cruz's brand new children's book this richest oracle narrative not only outlines his rise of the senate but it teaches america's children how to take their country back cruise style it's called ted cruz to the future but you're probably recalled ted cruz of the past because that's where this book is taking our kids one of the themes is the importance of religion when it comes to politics because it all separation of church and state thing was just a suggestion another of course is obamacare it suggests that it's worse than mass murder for profit because according to ted cruz providing health care to poor people is quote worse than any war but the best part the absolute best part about this is that it's a coloring book which means your children will get a unique chance to interact with cruz's ideology and film the texas senators hall lifeless outline with color but surprisingly this isn't the first time that propaganda about the government has been made palatable for children who can forget t

back to your point about ted cruz. at the time he was criticized that wasn't a good move. like now he had a good move and took a stand for republicans they're able to benefit from now. you see it in polls. it's i don't know the margin of error not to be ignored. >> i'm not ignoring it. you make it sound like everybody is without insurance. 95% of the american people will be sured come january 1st. >> that's not accurate. >> really? >> yes. >> that would be 15 million people without insurance. we know there's 45 million without insurance. >> you don't know that for a fact. >> we'll do this again. cbo told us as far as ten years down the road there will be 30 million people without insurance. >> it's like fraud and medicaid, there's going to be losses. >> all democrats should move to another country and start something else. >> what does it do flou for republicans? helps with two things. candidate recruitment if they have those on the fence about whether or not to run. this may give them encourage top. take the step. second and fundraising to convince people to write a kmek

back to your point about ted cruz. at the time he was criticized that wasn't a good move. looks like now he had a good move and took a stand for republicans they're able to benefit from now. you see it in polls. it's i don't know the margin of error not to be ignored. >> i'm not ignoring it. you make it sound like everybody is without insurance. 95% of the american people will be sured come january 1st. >> that's not accurate. >> really? >> yes. >> that would be 15 million people without insurance. we know there's 45 million without insurance. >> you don't know that for a fact. >> we'll do this again. cbo told us as far as ten years down the road there will be 30 million people without insurance. >> it's like fraud and medicaid, there's going to be losses. >> all democrats should move to another country and start something else. >> what does it do flou for republicans? helps with two things. candidate recruitment if they have those on the fence about whether or not to run. this may give them encourage top. take the step. second and fundraising to convince people to write a

>> ted cruz joining on for hours and hours until he got to the cat and the hat. that was the high point. >> all right, now, here is more wisdom for you. the most boring reports on international tests, americans fall behind on math and science. what you don't hear is that america ranks number 2 in the world top 10 countries for economic innovation. so there. most charismatic, pat buchanan. >> will and katherine the duke and dutchess of cambridge. >> the u.s. senator booker from new jersey who went from newark mayor to becoming the only elected black senator in a body of 100. basically on the strength of his use of social media. he's got a great twitter following. millions. >> well stated, eleanor. >> mark? >> well internationally it is pope francis, but domesically it is chris christie, the governor of new jersey. >> that's good too. >> i would give it to the late nelson mandela who is a charismatic leader. >> it's the world trade director, general roberto. he has resurrected the wto back into relevancy. and it includes a trade facilitation agreement that will mak

ted cruz won. but it's also a test for ted cruz. guess i saw his spokesperson say well, you know, senator cruz said he's going to stay out of the republican primary process. he shouldn't just stay out of it. he should come on the side of the incumbent. >> he's not going to do that. you know where he's running. he's going to the crazy. >> that's fine. i can still say what he should do as a decent person. >> if babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted. or who ridiculed transgender people on a radio show. let's listen to his fun here, so called. >> it's amazing what they're saying is covered by obama care. if you decide to become transgender, you can also get that covered. >> good to know. >> here he is going after the rodeo clown. likes this guy in missouri who mocked the president likened to a klan rally. he invited the clown to perform in texas. quote, they want to crush dissent by isolating and polarizing anyone who questions obama. even if it's in a rodeo with a harmless gag. the idea to create a state of fear and make people afrai

but that show of diplomacy was lost by texas senator ted cruz. the only u.s. the service cruz is of cuban dissent and walked out of the memorial service when castro began to speak. just as mandela was released after 27 years in prison, castro should finally release his political prisoners. he should hold free elections and once and for all set the cuban people free. >>> well, on a much lighter note, ted cruz is featured in a new coloring book. really big coloring book says the 24-page cruz to the future is not an endorsement but an educational tool. publisher says it is a nonpartisan fact-driven view of how cruz became a u.s. senator. at $4.99, it could be a good stocking stuffer. and katie perry reveals while her republican parents did not come to her performance at president obama's inauguration in january. she banned them. she said they understood. but sh he told a magazine they didn't vote for obama but when i was asked to sung at the inauguration she was like we can come. i was like, no, you can't. i love you so much but that is on principle. she stuck to

president, bashar assad, edith windsor, who challenged the defense of marriage act, texas senator, ted cruz, and the new pope, francis, the name will be announced tomorrow. >>> the other way you can make news with something promotional is if it is a really good heartwarming idea. well, the canadian-based airline set up 19 hidden cameras and one of santa's helpers dressed in non-traditional blue so he wouldn't be confused with the real santa. they were on hand to ask travellers who they wanted this year, running the gamut to dolls and flat screen tvs to smartphones. while the plane was on its destination, the airline arranged for the 250 gifts to be bought, wrapped and sent around the baggage carousel where they were greeted and opened by the stunned passengers, none more

and get ready for ted cruz versus john boehner round two. today speaker boehner went to bat for the paul ryan patty murray budget deal to replace the sequester. >> i came here to fight for a smaller, less costly, more accountable federal government. and, this budget agreement takes giant steps in right direction. why conservatives wouldn't vote for this, or criticize the bill, is, is, beyond any -- any recognition. >> before boehner said that and house republicans want to vote. ted cruz release aid list of reasons explaining why he would not vote for it. the new budget deal moves in the wrong direction. it spend more. taxes more. and allows continued funding for obama care. i cannot support it. as final debate on the bill was taking place, in fact, right around time that boehner himself was defending the deal on the house floor -- >> i urge all of my colleagues to vote for this budget. >> ted cruz tweeted this. understanding the budget deal in two words. what followed was a link to this youtube clip. 62 house republicans took the ted cruz po