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speaking actress shirley macclan honors president obama became the first senate to honor this installation famous for its extraterrestrial. >>ary 51. >> crystal, correct for 100 points. round two, stakes up to 200 points, katherine clark won a special election tuesday held by this 30-plus year house veteran. jeff. >> ed marky? >> that is correct. 200 points. one of the wealthiest members of congress, this florida democrat revealed this week he lost. >> alan greyson. >> that is correct. the senate voted 57-41 on tuesday to confirm this north carolina congressman jeff. >> mel lott. >> correct enstant bonus question. senate democrats cleared the way by changing the rules about what senate procedure that had been blocking. >> this is number you don't get the answer, just for jeff, that
it's also a legislative win. you get more accomplished. >> i think that's right. i wrote a piece several months ago saying the politically shrewd thing for obama to do even if he wants to be a cent terrori centrist, it will be more right. >> jeff, how does a sort of pop louse message about income and equality, ragz the minimum wage. how does that play in a place like missouri. >> there are not a lot of place pumped up about the bailout. there are not a lot of place excited about increasing sort of economic, persistent stagnation in the heartland. despite that, the fact that wall street and the dow are hitting all time highs, there aren't a lot of people who are pumped about that. >> right. >> i think that message works not just with progressives but
>> kristen is going to get on the board, i feel it. stepping down as the ceo of wall street's largest lobbying firm thursday this former new hampshire senator immediately tamped down speculation that it is because he would run for senate again. jeff. >> john sununu. >> encorrect. anyone else, 5, 4, 3, 2 -- >> can i protest this, crystal, you said this former new hampshire senator. he was a former massachusetts senator. >> who? >> scott brown. >> judd grey. >> oh, my good, i should get another 100 points taken away. >> don't fact dplek you don't know the facts. >> the senator with cuban ties walked out in the middle. >> i don't know who got it first. >> it was jeff. >> ted cruz. >> that is right. and last on the 100 point round,
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calculation that i think was short sided and is that will become clear overtime. >> do you think that calculus will shift for lawmakers? they're going to sew they will have backup on that side? >> well, it will turn around for a couple reasons. if colorado, we passed a state of the art background check bill. in just a few months, nearly 100 prohibited purchasers from prohibited from owning a gun, felon, domestic violence offenders have been blocked. had that law not been in place, people in colorado know it only takes one. it will be clear you can look into these bills. a lot of people will be safer. >> that kind of success as politicians think they can do something that 90% of the public supports. >> jeff, part of the reason why i wanted to have you here this morning, also bus you ran for office as a democrat, you served
jeff. >> charlie rangel. >> that is correct. former daughter on the show "west wing," this actress was nominated for a golden globe. kristen. >> elizabeth moss. >> correct. 300 points. >> golden globes now? >> it's all tied up between jeff and kristen. this red state democratic senator up for re-election released a tv ad this week hitting back at obama care and vowing to fight the obama administration to let people keep their old -- jeff. >> mary landrieu. >> correct. 300 points, former committee chairman said he is considering challenging which democratic senate. >> mark warner. >> correct. oh, jeff smith. oregon governor john kitsaver, already the longest in history announced his bid in portland this week, if successful, how many terms, jeff. >> four. >> that is correct. four. >> all right. it was announced this week that
former alaska governor sarah palen will host a new show in 2014 on this obscure channel featuring outdoor lifestyle programming. anyone? i'm going to be kind of proud of you. >> i will lose points if i get it wrong. >> i think i have it on the hand here. >> the sportsman channel. correct. anyway, that's what i say. >> all right. let's see the final tally. >> that means that jeff with 1,900 points. >> pretty strong. >> you are the up against the clock champion and you are our new all time high scoring champion, way to go. kristen, you are also up there. all right. bill wolf, tell him what he's won. >> as our champion, you will have your name printed in exquisite sharpee on the coveted "up against the clock" gold cup. you get to take it home and show it off to friends, family and school children for one week. you will receive an appearance this coming week on msnbc's "the
they are focused on grass roots action even when they have to buy it. >> that sound like a very depressing thing, right? they have lots of money. that's not going away. it's always going to be an uphill battle even when you have people like mayor bloomberg spending on the side of gun control. jeff, you have done research showing that more important 99 is fully direct constituent activism. >> i did the 2007 legislation of missouri ledges lap, i was able to contain records from contacts from several legislators and sort of paired them against contribution record to see how much money had been given in support of or in opposition to particular pieces of legislation and what the numbers bore out was that contributions were statistically insignificant in influenceing whether or not a bill would pass, but the number
>> what i know now is china is now reporting that they have landed a probe on the moon. there's sort of this interesting space race that china has been waging, you know, sounds almost cold war-esque, and just this morning their state media is reporting they have successfully landed something on the moon. >> hmm. very interesting. jeff, how about you? >> what i know now is advances in medical technology have made possible the human spinal transplants which you could see this week if you watch john boehner getting a spine and actually finally stand up to the extreme elements of his party in working with paul ryan to get 169 republicans in his caucus to support this budget compromise. >> yeah. and i also know that not to go head to head with you in a trivia game. very impressive performance. what do you know now? >> i think i know a similar fact, which is that you can defy these pressure groups heritage action and the rest of them and sun still rises the next day and republicans can still run their