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It's not every single senator. john mccain, he's long opposed earmarks, a lot of people were looking for help in that fight. >> john mccain it. >> the vice president of taxpayers for common sense say in pennsylvania di $483 million >> what i would say about john mccain, the reason john mccain made earmarks a big deal he wasn't for entitlement reform. that's where the big money is. i've come out and said i'm going to cut $5 trillion over the next five years. you won't have room for earmarks. what we need to do is to do reform of social security and medicare and medicaid and food stamps and hous...

presidential race moved into new hampshire today and became a ground war. newt gingrich arrived this morning, a fourth-place finnish iowa, opened fire on the iowa winner, mitt romney. >> i find it amazing the news media continues to say he's the most electable republican when he can't even break out in his own party. i don't think -- he'll do fairly well here. this one of his three best states. but the fact is that governor romney, in the end, has a limited appeal in a conservative party. >> instead of striking back at gingrich, romney arrived in new hampshire celebrated the endorsem...

>> would block grant the medicaid programs, food stamp programs, ssi, education training programs, housing programs. there's a long list. the problem is that in many of the communities that these children live in, marriage is an impossibility. it's a cultural impossibility. joe, you've been in those neighborhoods. there are no dads. not only -- there are no male role models of any kind, except, you know, bad ones. finches no dads, no male images of any kind except bad ones, he wouldn't paid for medicaid, food stamps, i was going to read it, but i wanted people to hear it for themselves. this k...

The administration admits its other housing programs have fallen well short of expectations. but experts say the new proposal could spark a new housing boom. >> if you can get 10 million to 20 million people to refinance, i think you are going to see -- the housing market look a lot stronger. >> good news for this, for mr. obama is if the plan is done by executive action. so he does not need lawmakers in congress to sign off on it. consumers are finding other ways to save money as well. thousands are now pulling their cash from big banks with all of the big new fees, and opening accounts wit...

Bargain low rates. the idea is it would not only help the people in the housing market but also help the economy because folks would save about $2500 a year and they're hoping people will just plow that right into the economy. it's yet to be seen, though, if the lenders will cooperate. we've had a ton of housing programs in the past, they've not been successful, largely because the lenders haven't gotten on board. bill: and something worthy of checking in 3-6 months from now, too, to see how many homeowners are interested in even trying the idea. >> that's right. bill: we'll find out as we go ...