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Conversations i had from the bush white house in late 2005 -- we're coming back. that katrina thing, the war in iraq, the nomination of what's her name? we're bouncing back. i don't think anyone should do any victory lapse. i think republicans need to keep explaining what's wrong. it doesn't take much explaining. proposing both escapes in the short term and their own reform proposal in january, but you know, john podesta, i have never him for years, coming back in the white house, it makes me feel a little sad. he was chief of staff to bill clinton, a serious guy. he was a very able chief of s...

Off because they feared this is going to be very complicated. >> that's the story going all the way back to harry truman. in the abstract when there's no reform proposal, democrats always win the health care debate. which party would you rather have health care? people always say democrats. and then they try to and they say socialization, government health care, oh, my god and that rhetoric takes over. yeah, this was more complicated than we thought. they do own it right now. what he's saying at the end is very true. there is still a possibility, distinct possibility, a good possibility that u...

Job getting that right on day one, not day 28 or day 40. i am confident that by the time we look back on this next year that people are going to say this is working well. and it's helping a lot of people. >> steve, we always knew it was going to be complicated. that was left out of the -- all the big public speeches trying to sell this thing, which is understandable. bill and hillary clinton made it very clear that it was going to be complicated when they were trying to legislate in this arena and they got absolutely nothing as a result. and i think if you look back at the way the clinton spee...

The way, it is not just the government. look at the media. you cannot get over monday when npr says there are counterterrorism experts saying we know it must be someone who is domestic right winger. >> and someone said, let's hope it is a white american. >> you guys pay attention to that? >> we pay attention to a media that is not responsible to the real word problems. >> killing children, i don't care whether it is newtown, ought to be a big issue, but the mainstream media because it involves an abortion clinic, do not cover it. this is wrong. we have to give the american people --. >>gregg: ...

Small money more important in politics. reform proposal being unveiled by others to have matching -- to match small contributions. so i think there's a real campaign there. but on immigration reform, condoleezza rice said it last night. the republicans just can't stay where they are. she didn't put it in those terms but that was her sib limbal message. >> jeb bush will be taking the stage tonight. he's been an advocate of reform as far as republican party platform on immigration. it will be interesting to see what he says in a matter of hours. thank you e.j. dionne and michael scherer. the cov...