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Phone calls this morning, media maelstrom that continued and donald trump weighing in, clearly had some weight. in fact, it got brought up in the closed conference when they scripted. somebody made clear all the members understood -- >> was it a bone-headed idea? >> of course it was a bone-headed idea. it simply -- even if there's some validity to some arguments for reforms to the ethics process, this is no way to do it, out of the gate, trying to start a new congress, in the dead of night, as a surprise, no debate around it, no discussion, that's no way to make changes to how you're going to ...

Total violation of the committee. >> a busy day for the g.o.p. frontrunner. how will it impact the race. karl rove is here. boy, what a firestorm between leader peulosey and former speaker gingrich. it looks like she thinks he's the nominee and the obama campaign is focused on governor romney. >> look, she clearly dislikes the former speaker. two former speakers who don't like each other. but speaker gingrich is absolutely right. if nancy pelosi were to take the private hearings of the ethics committee and draw on that material to make political charges against newt, she would be in violation ...

Beginning, public service. that's all i have ever done. been in the army, been a state legislator, been a federal prosecutor, 40 years here, and all i'm saying is that if it is the judgment of people here for whatever reason that i resign, then, heck, have the ethics committee expedite this. don't leave me swinging in the wind until november. if this is an emergency, and i think it is, to help our local and state governments out, what about me? i don't want anybody to feel embarrassed or awkward. hey, if i were you maybe i wanted me to go away, too, but i am not going away. >> let's talk about...

That's one of the reasons why we've made a long-term investment into health care. you have to have transportation. people get, you know, they're not happy if they sit two hours in traffic going to work. you need communications. we have invested in all of these areas. >> let me give robert a chance. >> but it doesn't answer the fundamental question that you have an able-bodied person out there looking for work and they wnt find a job. in the process, you have a bunch of folks out there that are looking for jobs and there's nothing out there for them to find and that's the process that leads to ...

Husband had, quote, financial ties to a bank that got a $12 million federal bailout after she arranged a meeting between bank officials and the treasury department. well in a radio interview last night, waters explains why she's fighting back. >> democracy demands fairness. i have 30 years in this business, and i think it's only fair that i be given a chance to be heard. >> she should get a chance to be heard. is this good for the democrats? >> well, i think clearly what the democrats want is for the process to be fair. and clearly, this is not great in terms of going into the 2010 elebs, but ...