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Speech. >> is he conservative enough to be the nominee of the republican party? >> there is a lot of time between now and 2016. i would suggest governor christie and the rest of us need to focus on 2014 and making sure we elect more governors that have those policies put in place to create jobs to create wealth and be the juxtaposition. i dont think and i think americans dont believe the answers that are facing this country will be found out of washington, d.c. they will be found in state capita...

Led by republican governors. we need to show voters conservative principles work. to see them working, you dont need to look farther than our state capitals. >> you have started something calledñi america next to try to come up with an affirmatiwg conservative agenda for the nations problems. given how poorly republicans did in the 2012 election, whether it was with hispanics or young people or single women, do you need a new, different, positive agenda to try to win those voters back? >> absol...

Led by republican governors. we need to show voters conservative principles work. to see them working, you dont need to look farther than our state capitals. >> you have started something calledñi america next to try to come up with an affirmatiwg conservative agenda for the nations problems. given how poorly republicans did in the 2012 election, whether it was with hispanics or young people or single women, do you need a new, different, positive agenda to try to win those voters back? >> absol...

>> they love to talk about thins and very little gets done. >> the hard of the part of my job is washington, dc. i will not let washington, dc, slow us down. >> america has come back without a doubt. >> you said famously after the 2012 election that the republicans have to stop being "the stupid party," and they have to stop being anti-obama, that is not enough. is that a problem with the g.o.p. in washington, dc? >> the dysfunction in washington, dc, republicans and independents and democrats a...

Fight against obama care, said the president of americans for prosperity. its not flashy, its just in a whole bunch of state capitals and in the districts of a whole lot of slate legislators, but it is important in rolling back obama care." trench warfare in a bunch of state capitals. the specific capital in that report was richmond, virginia, where the republican-controlled state government is still considering whether to use federal money to offer health insurance to thousands of people who do...

Good morning. >> nicole, i hand you the first question. >> what an honor. ive heard you say that you dont want to be critical of fellow republicans. i think in tone, thats the right idea. but why not give our party some straight talk? why not point out what is helpful and what is not helpful when youre running a state, and you know exactly how the partisan politics play out in the real world, if you will. >> absolutely. what we said is im not interested in second-guessing tactics, but part of th...

And republicans mind you, how reasonable is it toxp lawmakers to change a system that benefits them? >> craig, you hit the nail on the head. i mean, thats one of the big reasons why its very hard to have change. now, the kind of change that the congressman has just proposed is something that the state of california has adopted. so it is possible, but you talk about this comes down to pure political power. and one of the reasons why democrats ended upholding the house of representatives for 30, 4...

State by walking the line on social issues. why did you survive and why cant others in similar situations do that? >> i think that the people who are entrenched on one side or the other, abortion, gay marriage, are so intense, they are very active in both parties. and thats what is driving some of this social issue war. and i think that is not where republicans strength is. we need to look at the economy, jobs, our national security situation and say, you know, its time to govern. >> its interes...

Can pass a jobs act. the president has proposed one. ive seen the alternatives suggested that would create the kind of jobs, particularly in those areas where unemployment is the highest. i think people, we need a renewed spirit of activism, a renewed spirit of civic engagement, a fundamental understanding that people have to be active and involved in they want the politics either in washington or their state capitals or city and county governments around the nation to move on those issues that ...

The antidote to those feelings. meet 4-year-old anala beavers. she hails from my home city of new orleans. and if youre a 4-year-old coming up in new orleans right now, you are facing daunting statistics. new orleans has the highest per capita murder rate of any major city. 1 in 7 black men in new orleans is either in prison, on parole or probation. the poverty rate in new orleans is one of the highest in the country. right now the stories i read about young black people in my beloved city are a...