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There are going to be clear choices. >> congressman van hollen, you got a tough job on your hand this is year but seems like youre enjoying it. thanks very much. >> good to be with you. >> lets turn to david gregory. immediately on this split, president obama on the side of average americans, congressional democrats, peter hart said he was stunned. he said he was floored. normally democrats in general win that, quote, average american question. here was congressional democrats losing it by a big...

Preferred different parties controlling the white house and congress. 62% would like to see a different party control congress. translation, they would like to see in this case a republican control of congress and a democratic white house apparently in this case. so there is this sentiment of, quote, a check and balance politically, particularly with independent voters. what do you say to independent voters about one-party rule in washington? >> well i think one of the things independent voters ...

Dont want to have argument. thats what we were sent here for. >> we say this, in climate like this, thats probably the sort of thing thats going to keep guys like folks in office getting mad and showing it authentic moments like that. very interesting. moving over to connecticut. talk about getting a tad off-message. the former head of the wwe, republican linda mcmahonis, couldnt have come at a worst time. right next to a giant picture of an oil rig, mcmahon put out this message to, quote, red...

When it came to help main street not a single one voted for it. not a single one voted for wall street reform. and not a single one voted for our effort to take some of the money away from big banks and give them to students for student loans. so every day theres more evidence that the republicans in congress want to take us back to economic policies that helped the same folks that did great during the george bush years. >> all right. congressman van hollen, in charge, head of the democratic con...

And they better not object. >> all right. senator bill nelson. it looks like, im guessing you were at cape canaveral today. that looks like backdrop there. did the launch go well? >> it was a beautiful launch. beautiful launch, but its bittersweet because its down to the last few. >> thats right. all right. senator bill nelson joining us from cape canaveral there in florida. turning now, democratic congressman ed markey of massachusetts, chairman of the select committee on energy independence ...