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Crowds listening to i don't know about rubio but other tea partiers, that's not the message. they want to hear i'm going to washington and blocking stuff. i'm going to make sure gridlock keeps going. it's not just that we have a politician, i agree with mike, who like the president said i'm not blue, i'm not red, i'm going here to get things done, it's that we have a base who's pretty divided on that issue. >> now i think on that point, the question is how does a senator cory booker perform in the heat of, you know, the moment on the budget? now -- because he's going to get there. it's going t...

At some point, doesn't it just make them look bad? >> it does just make them look bad. it's stupid. it should go away. it's a nonissue. this should have gone away the moment he was elected to office. it does hurt our party. i hope this issue is put on the back bench as far deep on the back bench as possible. and someone who is elected to the house of representatives should frankly know better. >> yesterday, to switch gears, we saw in north carolina the governor signed really restrictive voter i.d. law into place. politico is saying when it comes to these voter i.d. and voter rights battles, we...

They made it happen. abc's darren rovell takes us out for a round. >> reporter: it was the jetsons' vision of the future, but who would have thought the flying car would soar over a golf course? it all started when masters champion bubba watson dreamt up a hovercraft golf cart. it was supposed to be a stunt for oakley. now more than 8 million people have watched watson zipping over land and water. >> and who doesn't want to do that? >> reporter: people love the idea. people like pete duffy. >> here it is, huh? >> this is it! >> reporter: the managing director of windy knoll golf course in spri...

The falun gong, the dalai lama's people, the tibetan buddhists, everywhere you look there's been a serious ratcheting up of the persecution, forced abortion has gotten worse. gendercide, the missing girls and the administration has put human rights on a back bench or given it a back seat approach. even hillary clinton said on her way to beijing first time, we're not going to let human rights interfere with important issues, i believe there's a lot of important issues but human rights should be at the core. my president hope is that the president will make a serious request. a man's nephew is...

President said yesterday. he asked that reid go to the up or down vote to see what it is, and what is the politics around that? >> well, john boehner, and it is important to understand that the incentive structure is different for the rank and file and back bench. if you are john boehner, you are more susceptible to the wall street pressure and the can't ter and the people who are aspiring to run for something bigger like paul ryan have a bigger ip sensitive, too. and right now, boehner wants to get re-elected speaker, and so he is trying to walk away from the deal as much as possible to not j...