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Seen at two of the fires. theyre not saying yet if thats the same person that is in custody. we will keep you posted as we get more developments into our newsroom. >> all right. president obamas new years resolution for 2012, attack congress as part of his re-election strategy and so-called disengage. will this work? >> governor huckabee is back with us. this is an interesting strategy of the president. obviously, congress approval ratings are at an all time low. theyre at 5% according to the ne...

Desperation for real change. and i think a lot of those folks are flocking toward ron paul because he is the guy who is complety different. >> i think he wasimtwhich is a these polls measure early, noise meter. now its time for votin i dont know i can vote. >> can i interject something else into this. the sunday "new york times" and the leadtory is obama strategy for 12 election, attack congress. white housofficials i talked to say tha was sensationalized, that that was overwritten, yes the pres...

Then wed be in good shape, and you know, were moving in that direction certainly. >> you talk about electability. you talk about conservative credentials. but weve been checking on this, you know, it will be 20 years ago this week actually that you began your service in washington. and had you not lost the re-election, you would still be in washington as a senator. but you spent 16 years as a member of congress. four in the house, 12 in the senate, and yet theres nobody who served with you whos ...

Republicans really ready to lead? in three political arenas, congress, the states and the presidential campaign trail republicans have left a checkered record in the past year. in congress it was the debt debacle forcing a near shutdown of the government. the payroll tax debate that looked to go in the presidents favor. the fight with the unions in the states like wisconsin. do you fault republican leaders in congress for not doing more to make government work better, through more compromise for...

>> i want to get back to tactics in just a second. david brooks stay on this larger theme, which is the white house. i talked to senior advisers who say, look, we can win the broader vision where the country is going, where it should go. we can win independent voters on that message. what is the vision that were learning about of this republican variety party? >> its a vision that thinks governments too big. its become the governments party. the thing santorum brings to the table which the other...

Youve got to make things happen. and you forget sometimes. you know, sometimes making some things happen is not -- youre better off -- >> i wonder if one of those example might be pork barrel spending because youre getting hit by rick perry by supporting the notorious bridge to nowhere. other pork barrel projects where deliver cash for folks back in your home state. do you regret voting for some of those projects? youve defended pork barrel spending in the past. >> what ive said is that your rol...

The subtext is you might think im a rich guy with a strange religion, but im just like you. i think thats probably not enough to win in a country where people feel its in decline. that the scope of his plans are not as big as the scope of the problems. the problem that also applies to barack obama. >> this week, though, potentially? >> potentially. >> -- is not going to be silent, also. >> -- take that on. because this is a big issue about whether president obama has measured up as a leader. i m...

Thats where republicans have been in error for so many years. and that is compromising on just a little less big government instead of saying no. no more compromises and less big government. well compromise on less less government but not going the other way. >> one of the things you look at as an insurgent party trying to be an incumbent president, youve said that, second term of president obama would be dangerous for the country. is that you look at the party thats making the challenge. and he...

No. but it moves the country in the right direction. so what ive said in the past consistently is ill support laws that move the ball forward, that doesnt mean thats my position and thats where id like to go. but thats exactly the direction that we need to go in. >> the issue of moderation is -- goes beyond abortion. back in 2006 you were fighting the idea that you were seen as too conservative. you had television ads, heralding the fact that you opposed reductions in the minimum wage. that you ...

Dramatically reshaping his team. the defense second remains one of the lone voices of moderation. >> it is our responsibility to spend every dollar-wisely in order to keep the trust and the confidence of the american people and the congress. >> reporter: so wolf, as the week winds down at the white house, filled with staff shake-ups and revolving doors, the president flying to florida. his department of jilts announcing that they are taking steps to ban bump stocks. throws the devices that essen...