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Successfully with an executive and with the senate with a different tradition and history. what they are saying is we want what we want. and they are taking an opportunity to make themselves more than they are collectively. that's fine. but like the congressman ribble said, the only person he wants holding his card are the voters back home. nobody is going home to their district and hearing about rules reform. it doesn't come up. >> absolutely. >> it's a sugar coating on something they want. >> suzy, you said john boehner was acting like a dictator and taking away committee assignments. that's...

The president is willing to talk, the republican leadership is willing to talk, great news, maybe great media, but not good for this country. >> well, that is what i have been worrying about, too. thank you, congressman ribble and schrader, thank you very much. we'll be right back..

Republican representative jim renacci of ohio and congressman reid ribble. gentlemen, thanks for being here. i'm sure you knew they were going to watch you on the campaign trail, and it could wind up in an ad. but, congressman ribble, did you expect them to be taking video of your home, of your family? >> no, not at all. i mean, i think it really crosses a line of just political decorum, as it were. i think it's fair game for people, trackers or the other party or opposition to tape you when you're in a public event to see what you're saying. i think that's fine. but this type of video doesn't...

Megyn: but they're trying to show you're a rich guy, that you can't relate to regular americans. look at your fancy home, they're trying to paint you as out of touch. >> well, megyn, they should film the home i grew up in. i came from a middle class union, democrat, blue-collar family. it was a four-room home, and i would hope they would show anywhere in america there's opportunity. and i stress that all the time. and it's great that i think anyone in america can have that opportunity. but as congressman ribble said, we're talking about some big numbers. i would hope they would want people the...

Nice to have you here with us tonight. thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you, rachel. >> appreciate it. karen, in terms of what congressman ribble was just talking about there, when you were in the clinton white house, of course, one of the things you were talking about earlier is how important the next thing is that the president does after the state of the union, in terms of making the message sink in. congressman ribble there saying he would like a softer tone from the president towards republicans. do you expect that? >> i don't think the president has had a harsh tone towards republi...