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It's pretty hard to dislodge these people. they're strongly in the base of the right wing party that doesn't want to hear about it. >> i've talked to some aides who are close to some republicans who voted no on this and they said they know how bad it looks. not necessarily something they want to do, but they say the reality has become the united states senate, the way this works now is that a vote like this is simply a vote for gun control. it doesn't matter. you can't -- >> right. >> the constituency groups that you have to court to win your renomination, there is no more -- used to be able t...

This is simply a vote for gun control. it doesn't matter. you can't -- >> right. >> the constituency groups that you have to court to win your renomination, there is no more -- used to be able to -- this used to be procedural, we didn't pay attention. all this stuff gets -- >> boy is that tough. >> this is what's wrong. you want to know what's wrong in the united states senate? what's wrong in the united states senate, the idea a cloture vote, i'm sorry i'm using the term. >> i know what you know. >> this idea to close debate or open debate is somehow judged as a vote for or against -- >> that...

>> where is -- >> the economy is pretty good compared to the united states, but there are a lot of people who are concerned about the cost of living, how the -- the cost of housing is very high, the cost of electricity. other elements of daily life very high. also concern about sharing the burden. ultra orthodox -- members of the ultra orthodox community don't serve in the army and don't really particinate the economy. that's something that's a unique issue for israel. not relevant to the united states. that's something the middle class in israel, the ordinary folks who send their kids to the ...

Openly like sean hannity about comprehensive immigration reform. republicans were buking mitt romney over his explanation of defeat saying obama showered gifts on constituency groups. i think that's more than rhetorical. that might be a recognition on the part of republicans that that kind of language has defined their he policies too much for the last four years. we'll see if there's a shift there. i think the ground has changed a lot in the last ten days. >> well, i'm, you know, here in d.c. guys in our nation's capital. i was walking around earlier, and the sun is shining, birding are chirp...

More morell, the acting director of the cia. is your beef with the cia and not susan rice? >> if that's the information that she got, the question is, who did she get it from? was it changed from the time from are either mike morell got it or somebody else? we're going to get to the bottom of this. i think that's a clearly important topic for the intelligence committee to look at. my belief is, our chairman, dianne feinstein, is as eager to get to the bottom of this as any republican on that committee. and we will. >> senator blunt, i want to get your reaction to what mitt romney was overheard...