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Republicans. joining us now from atlanta. patricia murphy. i know you talked to one of the tea party groups taking on boehner. the first question is how big of a threat are they to him? >> i would say listen. for him to get reelected to congress, they are no threat at all. for him to be reelected speaker, when you start to look at the fact that john boehner almost didn't make it through almost a first ballot process, he made it by about six votes. no opposition and no specific opposition. he did have conservative opposition in 2012. they could start to chip away and look at the republicans who...

>> thanks for having me. >> gregg? >> president obama, governor mitt romney, of course, a featured player in this election. voters also asked to consider several ballot initiatives that could bring about historic changes in american social policy. they range from same-sex marriage to the legalization of marijuana. fox news correspondent adam housley is in los angeles with more on that. adam, i understand advocates of same-sex marriage have some reason to celebrate tonight? >> reporter: you know, the ballot initiative process in california is so famous. i do want to say that california had a co...

Legalization of marijuana. three controversial ballot initiatives that voters across the country were asked to consider and the decisions could alter the philosophy. adam, a lot of people, particularly young people, want to know how did the marijuana advocates fair in their campaign to legalize pot, and if it did come out in their favor, on what basis? >> first of all, we are in the ballot process, and there was no controversial initiative outside the state of california. i will say california is the most taxed state in the union. it passed a controversial measure here which raises taxes for t...

Cares, nobody is contesting it because they can only go to mitt romney or ron paul thanks to the republican party screwing up the ballot process so badly there. out of the 13 states that have voted so far, seven had huge screw-ups in the way they have run the races. that is before we have the huge screw-up in virginia to expect tomorrow. watching the republicans try to pick their nominee is like watching a drunk try to get their key in the door. in iowa, it was mitt romney, no, oh, i don't know who won it was a tie, no, i mean it was rick santorum, mitt romney, santorum, okay let's say santoru...

Well. so, as we look forward, south carolina may emerge a conservative alternative to mitt romney, and then we'll see the candidates who want to stay in the race saying, well i'm going to florida to fight whoever the frontrunner is there. this is probably going to be a very long nominating ballot process, and the ballots in manchester and across new hampshire will finally have the tallies later this evening on the first primary itself, jon. jon: not going to be decided quickly, carl cameron, thanks. jenna: south carolina, florida? we can't even get through new hampshire. bret baier is the anch...