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Stories and thats 30 republican governors across the country. if theyre winning elections, but more importantly, theyre solving problems, big problems, important problems. >> complimenting a few governors who are not attending the cpac like new jersey governor chris christie. cnns political analyst gloria borger joins me now live from washington. hi, gloria, how are you doing? >> good, how are you? that was mitt romney saying, you know what, you should have invited chris christie, you should hav...

One. that being said, let me offer this advice, perhaps because im a former governor, i would urge as you all to learn lessons that come from some of our greatest success stories. 30 republican governors across the country. theyre winning elections, but more importantly, theyre solving problems. big problems, important problems. governor nathan deal in georgia. secured a constitutional amendment to make sure they could have charter schools. governor rick snyder got in place right to work legisla...

Im not interested in spin or playing the blame game. all im interested in at this point is solving problems. all im interested in is making sure that when you get up early in the morning and get to this shift at 5:30 in the morning that you fn you do a good job and if you work hard and if you are, you know, making sure that all the parts to this incredible ship that youre building is where they need to be, if you are doing what you do, then you can go home feeling satisfied. i did my job. i did ...

Year, "the new york times" reported the kill list with the president individually signing off on these. brennan said in his answers yesterday to the committee, written answers, that these are all carefully vetted, but people want to know, whats the oversight? >> joe, we talk about due process. what is the difference between a waco, texas, situation where the government, where law enforcement goes in, whatever they have to do to take out the problem, and using drones? its just a different technol...

Most start-ups are solving problems or fulfilling needs. while you have a strong belief about of course people have this problem or they have this need, then it should be really easy to go out and talk to some people and see if they believe that. and almost all the time you get surprised and go, oops, i was the only one who believed that people would actually pay to solve that problem. >> so you talk about finding out who cares. how do you figure that out? >> you know, when you start a company y...

Communications. kristi, to you first. candidate obama in 2008 promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. that hasnt happened. how about by the end of his second? >> well, john, i think whats important to remember is that as president obama is starting his second term, hes doing so in a remarkably strong position with high approval ratings and a great record in his first term. when he started, as we all know, the economy was in the ditch. he was able to successfully get us ...

Term. all these issues including raising taxes on the rich are supported by strong majorities of americans. one issue that hell taken on not on the radar screen three months ago or certainly a year ago is obviously the issue of reducing gun violence. this is supported by vast majorities of americans, simple common sense laws like renewing the assault weapons ban, closing the gun show loop hole. this is something where if congress stalls, its going to make them look bad and not the president. the...

>> i disagree respectfully with john and i would say the american people are disappointed because they expect more and they know they can get more. there you are been senators who have risen above and we are not seeing people who put the peoples business ahead of their political interests. partisanship is standing in the way of solving problems which is why we have talked. >> a perfect example is the simpson-bowles debt reduction decision, both had a good plan, ignored bit establishment by both ...

>> well, ed, i think you hit the nail on the head here. back when i served before, we worked 48 out of 52 weeks. this congress is going to work, you know, 31, 32 weeks out of 52 weeks. we used to work four and five days a week. we would be in committee in the morning. we would be in session during the afternoon. and into the evening. and we got things done. and, you know, when youre getting together and youre working together, you get to know one another and you get to learn where those areas of...

We just havent totally fleshed that out. but i think we need to understand that people are passionate about constitutional rights. and i know that the tragedies are horrific and everyone feels that. any group that sees the first amendment rights, the second amendment rights, choice rights, all those things involve constitutional right and people get passionate about that. >> i want to ask you quickly about what happened in williamsburg. you had the house gop constituents all there together, all ...