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Obamacare. the reason we shut down the government is because the conservatives said it would be as disastrous as it was, and obama refused to let it go. so obama was the one who shut down the government. ta the ptea party is the one who said were going to let it shut down as is. thats not what john boehner said yesterday. he pointed fingers at the tea party and tried to demonize us. thats what people in the beltway want to do. i think theyre wrong. and john boehner, if you dont want your party t...

>> you think the tea party is here to stay? >> absolutely. >> this book was just named the best book of the year. good evening and congratulations. >> thank you, chris. happy to be with you. >> this fiscal cliff was supposed to be so severe, so potentially devastating, there would be no way for congress not to make a deal. yet here we are. how did this happen? how much do you think the tea party has to do with it? >> well, the ptea party provide much of the energy and uncompromising demands. but...

Thats the ptea party. the 2010 election was for the democrats. and i think she has been strategic about how shes picked these races that shell endorse, who she endorses. and i think in doing that, the romney campaign really needs someone like palin who is a conservative darling to say willards okay. romneys okay. and im really supporting him versus the lukewarm response palin and gingrich and others have given to romney up to this point. >> jonathan, she really has made it pretty clear what she ...

With mitt romney as the nominee -- >> the same thing happened, the delegates in a convention were more conservative than bob dole was and we will see the same thing. >> he is on record for, he is saying that because in florida. he is with an electorate that is super seniors, he has to appeal to them and the ptea party are older. they are by and large, seniors themselves that do not want their medicare cut. its just those other people that are giving government programs that they want cut. >> and...

House reporter. im reading from my sheet here. my first question is why do you hate sarah palin and the ptea party? >> let me check that off. >> reporter: it was an unbelievable comment coming from a news executive. heres the thing. we all know there are a lot of different ways people get news. and then you have straight journalists. you have activist journalists. you have opinion folks. and we know that theyre all out there. i think we believe here at nbc that people are smart enough to figure ...