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Local broker. >> let me ask you about republican support for this. because i follow politics more than finance. and i'm looking at corker, chambliss, scott brown, bennett, bond, snowe, collins, voinovich, gregg. it looks to me like your best bets to join you besides the two senators from maine, are people leaving politics. why is that? do you you have to be on your way out to do the right thing? i'm being serious here. i'm looking, voinovich, he's thinking of becoming a -- judd d gregg. you know, these guys look like kit bond, at least three of these guys are leaving. is that why they want to ...

Gecko: ah, i still have nightmares. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. the white house has a secret list of republicans they think they can get on board for legislation. glenn thrush joins us now. who's on the list and what is the chance they're going to get on board? >> well, it's not so secret. you have the two senator frs maine. you have kit bond, who's retiring in missouri. you have judd gregg, who president obama wanted to appoint as commerce secretary. george voinivich from ohio. it's sort of the list of likely suspects. the white house is playing a g...

So they didn't have that handy villain in the insurance companies. well, what a difference a year has made. now, of course, the obama administration is taking that tact, whether it is too late to make a real difference, we will have to wait and see. >> the real turning point seems to to be the election of scott brown in massachusetts. everything changed. the new pop list many, if you want to call it that, coming from the white house, beating up on the insurance industry because of the problem in -- getting things passed and also what they saw in massachusetts. i wanted to bring in now kelly o'...

Re-election this year. helping down the line. so the president is stumping in missouri, trying help democrats there. but you point out quite notably that the candidate that the democrats hope will succeed previous guest, kit bond, isn't there. and everyone is talking about that because it sends a message because even if she had previously scheduled engagements which is what we heard if the president is coming, you sort of drop everything. at least that's a reasonable assumption. so it really does make a difference. as you have been talking about, his message on health care, certainly being hea...

>> reporter: had you to elevate your game? >> i did. the first one. >> i can go home with that. thousand dollars for the kids for making jennie finch elevate her game. there it is. although i did strike out, i did have a gold medalist have to elevate her game. they are up here on capitol hill doing some real serious lobbying. two bills they want to get passed. one to offer tax incentives for physical fitness and save pe education in schools. >> that's essential. ility gives new meaning to throw like a girl, doesn't it? >> reporter: yes. she's very, very, very talented. i was but a meager man t...