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Pennsylvania by five points. 18 members of congress in pennsylvania, 13 will be republicans. thats because the pennsylvania republican party coming out of the 2010 election controlled the redistricting process. >> this is the key point. the wave of in the house in 2010 was at the state house level. they were dominated by republicans. you said something i think is important. was this a referendum on tax hikes for the wealthiest? i think theres one thing argued, it was that. i want to talk about h...

Of retired senator john kyle. congressman ben quail becoming the 12th house lawmaker to lose the primary this year. he was beaten by congress thanman dave swie kert. texas says it is decision that goes well monday the limits of congress. voting map drown by the legislature. they encyst there was november any disregard for the redistricting process. >> two kout west flights made emergency landings within two hours of one another. the first left for denver when tefz forced to make an emergency l...

Care about congress in one article. does that mean the recent skinny dipping scandal in israel doesnt perk up any ears? >> what i meant is they dont have a sense of the local race because they are confused by the redistricting process. they dont know who is representing them or if they are in a state that had lines redrawn. because it is the summer. they are on vacation. they have not studied the issue. overall impressions on congress remain miserable. one in ten americans have approved of the j...

kelly ayotte the new freshman senator from the state of new hampshire will be appearing with mitt romney in portsmith in a few minutes from now. this is part of the veep stakes. shes one of the potential running mates that the romney campaign will be taking a good long hard look at. that vet progress sees, that selection process is just getting under way. theres a throat be said for kelly ayotte and why shes being considered. she has a lot of tea party support up in new hampshire. she ...

Control? lets talk to the man who is gazing into his crystal ball. larry sabato director for center of politics at the university of virginia. so in order to make nancy pelosi speaker of the house once again, democrats would need to win 25 seats but you say it is tougher than that, larry, why? >> well it is much tougher. our house editor down here surveyed all 435 house seats and the new lines that have just been established through redistricting in most of the states, and jon, at most, youre go...

Republican ares. no positive vision or ideas for the future. bottom line that is what the presidency and leadership is about and really what george will is saying is that the republican party lacks a vision, ideas and ultimately saying they should give up the ghost on the presidential election because they lack a direction for the future. sadly, he is right about the party. he is wrong about what they should do tactically. >> heather: lets talk about tactically, though, trey, i will let you jump...

Politicians in california writing $20,000 checks to the person that was drawing the lines so they can keep their district. we said, enough is enough. we need to reform the system. so what did we do? we got democrats, republicans, independents. we put diversity panel together and said go draw the lines. make it better than what we had before in the past. and guess what? im not saying im doing cart wheels over the redistricting process, but its a lot better than what we had before. its a step in t...

Host of "power play" on fox news live.comp. joins us from washington. he has long been a controversial figure in the house but try as they might, republicans have never been able to dislodge him. hes doing it himself. >> well, and you know, jon, part of the dislodgement comes from the fact that massachusetts is losing congress at seats. theyve gone through a redistricting process that while it might not have made the congressman particularly vulnerable in a true blue democratic district, it migh...

We need term limits. the founders never intended for -- for us to have career politicians. you know, weve been dominated by the extreme idealogs with regard to the primaries. weve got career politicians more concerned with keeping their job than doing their job. >> im not sure i agree about term limits. i think we over history have had really extraordinary members of the house and senate who were veterans and who really understood and learned their craft. and learned how to make committees work....

Illinois seat and a conservative mississippi seat and i think this is very similar, possibly to what happened to the republicans in separate when you look at how strongly democratic this seat is. jon: some democrats say look its a special election, turn out is low, you know, the folks who normally would get out there and vote just werent there today, not a big deal. >> reporter: well, they are right to some degree. i dont know that bob turner can survive the 2012 election if his seat remains as ...