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political game with the book rollout and e-mail scandal. it's going to be boring. >> well look can i make a positive comment about elizabeth warren. hopefully the tape isn't rolling. for the record i don't read "the boston globe." i'm glad to know about the editorial but she is tapping into something on the left that you're also seeing ted cruz tap into on the right and that is sort of an honesty and a sincerity with what they believe and not shying away from it. i give her credit for that. if you look back to the cromnibus debate -- >> don't say cromnibus. >> both parties were saying this special deal for wall street we're sticking in here. this is not only bad, it's wrong. >> why don't republicans start talking about wall street? >> you will see that. you pay more attention to the left. >> not true. >> i'm no john mccain fan, but you were pretty tough on him. >> he can handle it.
everybody was titillated between the obama/clinton primary that stretched out to june. on the republican side mccain wrapped it up in february and there was nothing going on and nobody was paying attention. i think number one hillary clinton needs the practice. we've seen she's not at the top of her political game with her book rollout and this e-mail scandal. you know it's going to be boring. 7 >> well, look, can i make a positive comment about elizabeth warren? hopefully the tape isn't rolling. for the record, i don't read "the boston globe." i'm glad to know about the editorial. but, she is tapping into something on the left that you're also seeing ted cruz tap into on the right, and that is sort of an honesty and a sincerity with what they believe and not shying away from it. i give her credit for that. if you look back to the cromnibus debate -- >> don't say cromnibus. >> both parties were saying this
whip team. but there's not very much that they have to offer to conservatives. they have a hard line here. they want to be able to -- >> the little bags of peanuts aren't going to do it for the elephants. >> right. for the conservatives they don't see this as a inwithwinning strategy. they didn't see the cromnibus as a winning strategy. they see that as temporarily funding president obama's actions. >> this will look bonehead for the republicans tonight. too bad for boehner he can't control his own team. the much respected first secretary of homeland security under president bush. he wrote an op ed protecting our nation is not a sport. the gop can't right president obama's wrong on the back of homeland security patriots. governor ridge, thanks for joining us on this strange friday night. the republican party seems to have walked out too far on the
the day that boehner became the speaker of the house, on january 5th, 2011, the national debt was more than $14 trillion. now that debt is a whopping $18 trillion. that's more than a 29% increase. that to me is not leadership. i want a conservative leader who will stand on principle who is willing to fight. republicans, if you're smart you'll push forward, stop robbing our kids blind, future generations blind. we need to balance the budget. we need a leader who will repeal and replace obama care. in the cromnibus bill john boehner just funded obama care for another fiscal year. we also need as a national security concern, we need somebody who will secure the borders first. also i want a fire and brimstone message coming from every republican. look at north dakota. look at all the jobs that they created. look at the economic development.
we need a leader who will repeal and replace obama care. in the cromnibus bill john boehner just funded obama care for another fiscal year. we also need as a national security concern, we need somebody who will secure the borders first. also i want a fire and brimstone message coming from every republican. look at north dakota. look at all the jobs that they created. look at the economic development. america needs to be energy independent. you know what? that creates jobs, that helps national security. and lastly, i'd like to see someone offer kids that are in failing or mediocre schools a way out. failing schools give them school choice. up to this point i don't think boehner has been up to the job. i hope i'm wrong. i hope with a new senate majority this gives him an opportunity, the american people have given him the blessing of power. it is a gift. i hope he uses it well and i wish him the best.
it's costing a lot more. and it's sticking taxpayers with the tab for covering all of those people. so it's going to provide new fodder in the days ahead as this new republican congress looks again at trying to scale back that health care law, sean. >> and with the cromnibus -- remember the president said he would go it alone. is there any indication that he's really going to reach out to mitch mcconnell? in six years i think they met, what, three time sns. >> right. it was a handful of times. i think you can see where the president legitimately reach out to republicans on some of these trade deals, potentially on tax reform frustrate nancy pelosi and democrats, working with mcconnell on those kinds of issues. but they're making no bones about the fact he'll work with republicans on a small number of things, he's going to move forward full steam heed on other executive actions if he feels his agenda is being stopped sean. >> all right.
very many people. and both democrats and republicans have that same feeling of somehow this is passing us by. both have that sickening feeling when they read mike huckabee, whether you like him or not, the idea three can't be a candidate unless he can find $70 million before the 4th of july, there's something very odd about that. and the democratic race of course hillary is raising tens of millions of dollars and jeb of course is going to catch up. elizabeth warren gave very eloquent voice to this in her attempted filibuster of the cromnibus when she talked about how close democrats have been to big financial institutions and how much of the deregulation of wall street happened underneath the watch of president clinton. there is, i think there is more rest underneath the complacency that shows these vastly well-funded candidates ahead, there is restlessness. it is not a happy time in america.
thanks. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> some conservatives are asking is it time for new leadership in the house of representatives? to put it bluntly, i think it's time for a new speaker. let me tell you why. during his tenure as speaker john boehner has proven in my view he's not up for this job for a number of reasons. he seems only interested in well taking show votes on the house floor. in other words, votes that have no meaning. in other words, he's had opportunities to defund obamacare, use the power of the purse that the constitution gives the house and he hasn't used it. and then with cromnibus he sided with stenny hoyer harry reid and president obama and never spoke to conservative republicans. look at the numbers when john boehner became the speaker of the house january 5, 2011. the national debt was more than $14 trillion. now the national debt sits at a whopping $18 trillion. now, that's more than a 29% increase. here with reaction to that is iowa congressman steve king. congressman, good to see you.
>>it's not even wednesday. let it go, phil. if you're a camel, you put up with this all the time. it's what you do. (sigh) if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. ok... for the first time since 2006, reps will hold the reins of both houses of congress tomorrow and lawmakers convene for the start of the new 114th congress but division are all right casting somewhat of a cloud over the first order of business. two highly conservative lawmakers have announced their bids to unseat current house speaker john boehner. >> you deceived us when you went to obama and pelosi to get your votes for the cromnibus.
and the ability to get stuff done. >> for the speaker to run in and pass the "cromnibus" that totally funds obamacare for all next year we took the hostage of the homeland security, that was a huge mistake. but to borrow from a phrase from a few years ago, for boehner to rush in when we had the control of the senate coming into our hand this month this week, and make a deal with boehner that fund everything obama wanted for the year except homeland security is like custer saying come on boys, let's attack now before all the help gets here. martha: there is a lot of different strategies and reasons for that happening and -- >> it was a disaster. it broke our promises. >> there are people have very different viewpoints whether or not that was good idea and i understand what you're saying. how realistic, why are you doing this? why do you say that you're