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Feel marsha blackburn and michele bachmann. let's listen to nancy pelosi, about to welcome the democratic leader and hand the gavel, i believe, to john boehner. >> to our newest members of congress, it is a special privilege and honor to welcome you and your families and extend congratulations to the newest members of congress. welcome. [ applause ] >> and margaret carlson, as we see nancy pelosi now at the podium, she's pulled that coalition together. i mean, this -- this deadline was averted because of democratic votes. >> she delivered the democrats and boehner, to his credit, accepted he w...

To tell you this was not necessarily easy. when all the votes were counted in the first role, it took, of all people, michelle bachman and marcia blackburn, two members of congress who had missed the first roll, who were not present but their names were called, to come down and vote for boehner. that ended up putting him over the top. conservatives sent a real message today. i know to the outside world it doesn't look like much. well, boehner, he still won with the final count 220 votes, but it came painfully close to being the first contested ballot since 1923 for electing a speaker of the ho...

Iowa this morning. >> reporter: now she is in a tight race to keep her house seat. though she represents minnesota's most republican district one recent poll shows her getting just 50% against wealthy democratic businessman and hotel owner jim graves. he is convinced bachmann's failed presidential run is helping him. >> i definitely think people feel left out here. she hasn't been in the district or on the floor in congress. she just hasn't been representing the people. she hasn't been a voice for the people. >> reporter: a run that didn't sit well with some of her constituents. >> i think it ...

>> do you really think that gingrich watching "american idol"? >> yes. >> no! no! >> i do. >> bachmann, very weelvis or ca. if this was about policy they could submit white papers and we could be done with them. we want to see how they perform. that's the truth of it. >> there's something to be said in england there's this split between the governing leaders and then the royalty that sum bolizes the country and speaks more to the culture. we don't have the divide here, so i think there's a hunkering on the part of voters to know their national leaders and president as people. i like the al smi...

One suiter after another. starting with bachmann, ending with santorum and in the end settling for anymore a way. i think he has managed to bring with the ryan pick. he has bruit the enthusiasm, youth, right into the hall here. you can feel that. so they are getting started. the first job unity. the second is the shape of the debate. they don't really have to do negative stuff on obama. everybody knows what the state of the country is. >> bill: they might have to do it later. they don't have to do it now. >> exactly. >> bill: you made a point they are going to try to sell mitt romney as a good...