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Two on democratic side, two on they didnt like the presidents policy in republican side, asking a lot of ukraine. all based on hearsay. questions. i expect they make things meanwhile, if you want to dramatic as possible, well, its hear the president himself, he was at the economic club a tv show. of new york yesterday, wall >> they want to make it street was watching to see if he would drop any hints dramatic. the challenge how exciting is it to hear a seasoned prosecutor about china and a trade...

Going to be a fight when there is a vote after thanksgiving. joining me now is congressman tom reed, a republican on the house ways and means complete and a member of the bipartisan problem solvers caucus. you said you would vote in favor of nancy pelosi as house speaker. that would be unexpected from a lot of people coming from a republican. she does need votes. and you your colleagues want something in return. me about that. >> exactly. we in the problem solvers talk us put out a package of th...

Several years. if you look back to 2004, the insurgents with net roots pulled the democratic party towards the left. >> thats right. >> now, in 2005, 2006, you got a sense of that starting to change after we lost the 2004 election yet people like chuck schumer and rahm emanuel running the two senate house campaign committees. yet they took nominees like bob casey in pennsylvania saying hey, he the nominee. we dont want barbara hafer. we want a pro-life guy. that started the democratic party top-...

Governor romney. you are looking at somebody that doesnt change with the climate. i stand for the principles that made this country great, and not governor romneys top-down control that will not make the kind of contrast with barack obama that we absolutely need if we are going to win the election. >> i want to ask you about the influence of your wife. i know i am heavily influenced by mine, and you talk about the influence she had on you. recently as it applies to the kind of language you used,...

That the climate changed, guess who changed along with it? governor romney. you are looking at somebody that doesnt change with the climate. i stand for the principles that made this country great, and not governor romneys top-down control that will not make the kind of contrast with barack obama that we absolutely need if we are going to win the election. >> i want to ask you about the influence of your wife. i know i am heavily influenced by mine, and you talk about the influence she had on yo...

Think the political equivalent of brain surgery, trying to negotiate cuts that are enough for republicans to take home to support a debt increase, but not so much that democrats just cant go along with it at all. >> and in talking to some republicans, i think the difference this time is that john boehner doesnt really control his own caucus. whatever you think of the job that hes trying to do, these preliminary run-up votes show that youve got new members in the republican caucus who arent the s...

Stopping. michael shermer, founding publisher of skeptic magazine has some thoughts on why this caught us off guard. >> were used to thinking of things from top down control. we have economists that tell us how to run economies. thats how its been for hundreds of years. long-term has been more bottom up. by bottom up, i mean the people are in control or its a self-organized -- provide for their families and out of that, they want autonomy, freedom and prosperity. im a historian of science, so if...