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speakerfo newt gingrich has hi hopes for fellow republicans in the november el thetion he says their success might even eclipse a 1994 republican landslide that made him speaker. >> i wouldn't be shocked if they didn't beat our record -- >> of 50 -- >> we're talking speaker boehner. >> oh, i think for all planning puoses, in 8 out of 10 futures, boehner is the speaker then poll owny -- >> well, paul sen houser is cnn's deputy politic corrector and joins me now. that is a bold statement. he seems pretty confident. i'm sure top democrats have something to say about this. >> reporter: i don't think they agree. one of those top democrats was on "state of the union" and that was steny hoyer. he told candy, he acknowledged,
our economy going again and we want to get jobs in america. >> and, paul, i'm sure you got the e-mail as well cnn president obama's spokesman issued a statement saying the white house welcomes what what he called boehner's change in position, so what's going on here? >> listen , the democrats, white house, want to extend the bush tax wutsor families making under $250,000 a year. the republicans, you just heard john boehner say, they want to extend the tax cuts for all americans but boehner doesn't want the republicans and himselr be blamed for stopping the tax cuts to be extended for middle americans. he's going, he doesn't want to be going for all or nothing and getting blamed for that. so, kind of a tactical move here. don, what do americans think? we did a recent poll and about half of the people we asked say extend the tax cuts for those making $250,000 or less. or three out of three said extend it for all americans. 1 in 5 say, stop it. no more tax cuts for anybody. don't extend them at all. >> i don't remember talking
pelosi in their ads for a while but most americans know her. they're not so familiar with the house minority leader. >> just like the holidays, the election just around the corner, it will be here before you know it. thank you, paul. fame, money, power. there's no limit to the temptations for many nfl players. >> i wish stuff off the field was like throwing a football i know how to flow w a football >> we're going to tell you how one time is pushing players to make better decisions when theye out of uniform and i want you to meet emily. it's a radio-controlled lifeguard that could save your life if you get in trouble at thbeach. gary tuchman shows us how.