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On those press conferences. >> would you seriously consider stopping these press conferences? >> no. we do it in a different way. >> how? >> we do it with a piece of paper with a perfect, accurate, beautiful answer. >> in writing? >> they ask 100 questions or write in questions or 20 questions, if they get 1 out of 50, just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, 20%, its -- the next day its a front-page story on every newspaper. >> right. right. so? >> press conferences werent even covered for obama practic...

On the press conferences than. >> would you seriously consider stopping the press sessions? >> well do it in a different way. >> how? >> through a piece of paper with a perfectly accurate, beautiful answer. >> in writing? >> theyre asked 100 questions or 50 questions or 20 questions. if they get one out of 50, just a little bit off, 5%, 10%, 20%, its -- the next day its a front-page story on every newspaper. >> right. right. so? >> press conferences werent even covered for obama practically. the...

Partisan. when i think about what matters as a dad and father and husker football fan, i dont start with party loyalty in that top eight or ten and it would be great if the senate were again the greatest deliberative body in the world. its a fanciful excuse and if you look at c-span 2, theres one person in there talking to nobody except their own base through a television camera with talking points. its a shame one of the ways you can do that is by using this moment to reaffirm civics for our ki...

Guy by voting record but im not partisan. when i think about what matters as a dad and father and husker football fan, i dont start with party loyalty in that top eight or ten and it would be great if the senate were again the greatest deliberative body in the world. its a fanciful excuse and if you look at c-span 2, theres one person in there talking to nobody except their own base through a television camera with talking points. its a shame one of the ways you can do that is by using this mome...

This is the preliminary round at the world darts championship this month. yes, many people consider darts a sport, with a live audience and very excited fans and competitors who arent hitting the bulls-eye. remind you of something? >> he said, a week or so ago, that he was completely opposed to the new spending bill in congress. absolutely opposed. its awful, its terrible. so im like, this is great, okay, marcos opposed to this. thats good. i cant wait to turn on c-span 2, but he gives a good sp...

All right, ive got to write jokes about dr. seuss. >> he said he read that at 8:00 because his child was going to sleep and she could watch it on c-span 2. if youre kidding is watching c-span 2, its like thats abuse. >> my kid is probably watching c-span 2. >> thats like the hipster channel for c-span. >> ting the saddest part is that he has daughters. well, hes not very pro-women, in many ways. and that disturbs me. whenever there are men like this that are so conservative and so against, reall...

>> the democratic party has to be grateful for some of the choices that the groups are making? >> oh, absolutely. i just want to say by the way, isnt ted cruz the best thing that happened to political cable since sarah palin? >> e.j., i actually, i actually fell asleep last night watching c-span 2 in the middle of the night. here pacific time. i am watching until what was 5:00 a.m. eastern time. some of the greatest stuff c-span has ever had. well show greatest hits later in the show. >> we dont...

Choices that the groups are making? >> oh, absolutely. i just want to say by the way, isnt ted cruz the best thing that happened to political cable since sarah palin? >> e.j., i actually, i actually fell asleep last night watching c-span 2 in the middle of the night. here pacific time. i am watching until what was 5:00 a.m. eastern time. some of the greatest stuff c-span has ever had. well show greatest hits later in the show. >> we dont talk about work a day legislators. you know, jeff murkle, ...

Whiz kahil -- >> that takes me back to another modern day poet by the name of jayzee. >> you cant make it up. chris. >> andrea, look, i am admittedly a huge nerd about this. i tweeted last night i was watching c-span 2 in the wee hours and watching marco rubio, and my wife said are we seriously watching this? so i admit that im kind of on the nerd end of this, but, look, this is -- i think for the most part this is what government should work like, which is if you are going to filibuster that yo...

Mcconnell proposed become in july 2011. but even though it is mitch mcconnells idea, even though he came up with it, mitch mcconnell is not for it. mitch mcconnell at this point does not support the mcconnell plan at all. he didnt think democrats did either. and yesterday he wanted to call their bluff. now that is when c-span 2 suddenly became amazing television. yesterday afternoon mitch mcconnell asked the senate to move to an immediate vote on the mcconnell plan. vote on it now. you figured h...