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About a progressive hedge fund guy putting in, trying to put in $100 million, you have the koch brothers and a lot of organizations on the right battling each other and the irs decision that may be coming down where 501 c 4s will be altered. are we going to be spending the first six months talking about campaign finance and exactly, you know, how we keep huge money out of these races? >> well, we'll need to be talking about something because we're going to want to talk about the 2014 election before we know anything about it. we probably will do that. in terms of how it's shaping up this is a ...

Anything, to affect it more than in a mortgagenal way, right? there aren't even ideas on the table that would reverse income inequality. there are a few ideas on the table that would have a marginal impact on diminishing it. like climate change in that respect. it's the big issue, it's one that president obama has, has talked about focusing on. i don't think he knows how to do it. i don't think we know how to go at it. >> before we go, maria-theresa, this stat continually staggers me, half of the jobs created in this country in the last year were for $33,000 a year or less. the president broug...

They're trying to expand the map. they're going to be unsuccessful in doing that. we have a significant lead in pennsylvania and maintain that significant lead. same with minnesota. we're not going to let them go into states and respond to them. we're going to be as aggressive as possible to ensure we're protecting our playing ground, our playing field and that includes pennsylvania and minnesota. but we are absolutely confident that a week from tomorrow, that pennsylvania and minnesota will be in our column. >> are you going to spend money in pennsylvania. >> it's possible. we're not going to...

Georgia and the south. we're talking about gingrich country here. >> we are. february is going to be a tough month for newt gingrich just because all the playing ground, whether we're talking about nevada or maine, really isn't newt gingrich territory. but if he can get to march 6th, super tuesday and some of the contests in the south like georgia and tennessee and oklahoma as well as that next week come march 13th in alabama and mississippi, he could be able to get some momentum in those contests. but first, he has to get there. >> march looks like the month. since we have you here, mark, wha...

>> i think you'll see a lot of ideas on the floor when we go back in, the super committee, of taking up those issues and also when you talk about the doctor fix. all of those, whatever comes through the house, would have to be paid for and i think you'll see the house time an again actually bring ideas up. the challenge has always been in this congress what can the senate do. the whole idea of why the super committee was created was harry reid, because he could not get enough votes. sew wanted some super committee with only 15 votes to pass something and democrats could never even come to an i...