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Encourage members of the opposite party to meet on a regular basis with each other so they know each other. >> one final thing. harold and i working in congress for quite some time and we're deeply offended at this. >> uh-oh. >> make members come to work. what are you talking about? >> it's pretty radical. >> show up? >> you're getting out of bounds. >> we're pushing the limit here. great woody allen line. >> well, it was amazing. like during the debt ceiling debate, we actually tracked how often members were actually at work or showing up to work during this critical time when consumer confid...

Paul gained four points in the same time period, romney is in third, remaining steady at 16% support among iowa caucus goers. >> let's keep those numbers up really quickly. there are some people in the past have bashed ppp polling. i have to say this every time we put the polling up, over the last two cycles, it's been more accurate than most main line polls. and in this case, you know, mark haleprin, you said there was going to be a natural tightening. 20 -- i would not be surprised if iowa ends up 20, 20, 20. with michele bachmann at 15% as a real toss-up there. >> what's crazy. first of all...

Appeals to conservatives there. i think there's a possibility that could happen. and this is going to be fun to watch. >> yes, and like someone else who exceeded all expectations, huntsman has stayed above it all instead of joining the clown show. nobody's going to help him this time. >> mark, let me ask you if you agree with what was just said about national polling at this point. do you agree with mark that national polling doesn't matter? >> i think it matters in one way, which is that voters in these early states are sophisticated and they want to pick someone who can win, who is in the na...

But in return, we're going to pay for it, and we're going to actually put a project out there that will make us less dependent on foreign oil and create jobs. okay. that's my view of the world. now let's talk about it. but democrats will just kill the bill. >> mark's point of view is that they could agree collectively on a payroll tax cut extension without any -- >> that's my only -- >> democrats did pay for their payroll tax. >> it's paid for so your point is -- it's strategically muddled. >> no, it's not. this bill did not create jobs last year, mika. it did not create jobs. >> it's stunning...

Is illegitimate, i think ignores what the constitution of the united states says about who drafts legislation, who drafts bills. it is the house of representatives where these these programs start, and i know you disagree with the republicans in the house who want to create jobs with this project that democrat harold ford jr. and others -- >> i'm all for the pipeline plan, i just don't -- >> the obvious question, though, if they wanted to create jobs with the pipeline bill, why didn't they introduce it as a separate piece of legislation? >> yeah, so they could get both done. >> i don't know. >...