harry reid pushed health care reform. what does it say about the political climate in harry reid's home state that someone can get up and say something like this about health care reform and actually be ahead of harry reid in the polls? >> you know, i cannot imagine, lawrence. i mean, obviously harry reid has political problems in nevada, and the health care reform bill was not popular there. we knew all that. we suspected perhaps a candidate would come out and say what other republicans are saying, let's take an incremental approach, we should have started from scratch, and this and that. i don't think anyone believed that this would be the idea coming out of the mouth of a candidate who in a recent poll was ten points ahead of harry reid. you know, you feel that he's in a world of hurt right now, and you've got to feel sorry for the guy, if this is the idea that's going to defeat him. >> i want to test your memory here, gene, if you can think of something i can't, and that is the -- i've never seen a senator carry a bil

harry reid has failed nevada as well. i say it is time to say, "harry reid, you are fired." [applause] it is not just about voting against someone. everyone says, "we are just the naysayers." we have solutions. we have positive choices to make, too. the tea party signs are the best. on searchlight, they said, "you cannot fix stupid, but you can vote it out." [laughter] they also said, "anybody but harry." but, you know, it really is not anybody but harry that can fill this seat. we need some way that we can believe does not run right and the left. we need someone who understands what the constitution says. i feel lonely today. i usually bring smith and wesson along. [laughter] i have to tell you, i am going to give washington, d.c. a lesson in the constitution, especially the second amendment. but i did not come alone today. i brought died. i also brought my husband of 20 years, ted engle. [applause] -- ted angle. [applause] i've subscribed to the kiss principle -- keep it simple, sharon. [laughter] the problems we have with our economy as simple as pay it back, cut back, an

senator harry reid. we kicked off the store in nevada -- of turin in nevada. -- and we kicked off the tour in nevada. there were as many as 35,000 people at that town. we did more in terms of economic stimulus in one day than harry reid host of his attire existence on this earth -- has done his entire existence on this earth. even though the lady was a harry reid support her, she was giddy with joy. one of our tricks is we are rove this -- ar e rogues. we are ethnically diverse. there are 35 people on our staff. here religiously diverse. we are even politically diverse. beyond the constitution, the narrower the issue, the more of a fight you're going to get, and that is what we are fighting to protect -- the decision that allows us to be the first, the projects are right to be diverse and to argue our -- to be the verse and the projects are right to be diverse and argue our point. america is a grand experience. the only one of its kind in human history were the entire nation is created on a premise that

senator harry reid. we kicked off this tour in nevada, a town of 500 people, and some estimates that you were there -- well -- [applause] according to some accounts there was as many as 35,000 people at that town of 500. we did more in terms of economic stimulus in one day than harry reid has done his entire existence on this earth. even though the lady who owns a coffee shop, she was absolutely giddy with joy. we have a very aggressive media campaign. one thing -- one of our trips is, we're all -- we're rogues. we're misfit toys, we are a broad background of america, we're a broad cross-section. we're ethnically diverse. we're religiously diverse. we're even politically diverse. beyond the constitution, if you engage any of us in conversation over narrow issues, the narrower the issue the more of a fight you are going to get. that's what we're fighting to protect, the system and the nation that allows us to be diverse, that protects our right to be diverse and protects our right to argue our point as pa

if there is anything that harry reid said that was not true -- >> that does not make it rate. >> harry reid did not say anything the black people have not said themselves. [applause] maybe it was not polyptych thing for him to save but i don't think anyone would say that it did not ring true. i went to morehouse college, and have a program -- an induction program. you went there once a week and you would talk -- you are taught how to speak, how to address, how to behave. it was assimilation 101. it was intended to take you from the country to the city, from the minor leagues to the major league, and i was happy to do it because i was sitting where martin luther king, jr. had sat at decade before. that is part of what it takes living in this multi-cultural, multi-racial society. we have to find a way to fit in. but we cannot lose who we are. >> you are saying that there is no negative side to that issue. it is the way that it is. >> i am saying that there is -- there are certain standard expectations. if you want to be president of the united states, that is not the job with the present

middle of harry reid and union activists what happened? >> i thought arrived where the event was, there was a guy holding up a sign that said searchlight. as i got out the guy said to me, i'm misdirecting traffic and laughed like he was in a movie or a clown house. i asked why are you redirecting traffic down the wrong highway? a bunch of the harry reid supporters surrounded me and while that happened, as i was is asking him why he was misdirecting traffic, the tea party bus procession started to go down the highway and right then and there as you can see on the video, that group of people started to throw a barrage of eggs. about a dozen eggs were thrown. i found myself in that incident. >> you didn't do anything to provoke anyone, obviously. you have this gentleman, i use the word loosely n the baseball cap, come up and say get this guy out of here or i'm going to jail today. presumably he didn't mean for jaywalking, littering or anything of that nature, wait's threat. >> i'm not a psychologist but they call that passive aggression in my

let's talk about harry reid. pat, you tell the truth. i know you got your good money on harry reid on this one don't you? >> now look. nevada is in tough shape. you know that sub prime mortgage thing really rammed them hard. high unemployment in vegas as you might expect in a recession. you know, the african-american community and the hispanic community is not as energized as it was in 2008. the conservatives are. the tea party are. harry called the tea party folks evil mongers. not a smart move, ed. i think he is looking at a very small pear in this particular game. >> bill press, it seems harry reid needs a legitimate third candidate if he's going to have a chance in this case. >> i think a tea party candidate would be helpful to harry reid. we've been frustrated with harry reid because he hasn't been as tough as we wanted. when you look at the gang he has to work with including joe lieberman and bill nelson and zero help from the republicans i think harry has done miracles as a senate majority leader to be honest. what pat said is rig

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see, harry reid is the example now. he -- in nevada, latino voters can express their anger by taking it out on harry reid in the midterm elections. and that's likely to happen now. he really needs the hispanic vote in his state. he also needs to bring in democrats who are against immigration reform. it's not just the republicans. there are democrats who are against immigration reform. so harry reid is caught in the middle. he those bring in the people. >> right. >> and he is making all kinds of promises to the hispanic community, just like the president. what i said in my column is look, we have some time. the president, i agree with you. this is not going to happen this year. it's definitely not going to happen this year. but we have to start putting pressure on obama to start doing something before he runs for reelection in 2012. >> leslie, we're out of time. thank you very much, leslie sanchez, mark halperin, miguel, good to have you here as well. >>> coming up tonight, we're also going to show you why reverend graha

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and senator majority leader harry reid said, no, i'm going to take up immigration reform. what's your reaction to this as a republican? do you want to do immigration reform right now in the senate? >> i was just talking to lindsey graham about this. and no one can challenge his credentials on wanting to do something about immigration, but he is exactly where i am on immigration, that there's no policy that will make any sense or make any difference if we can't control our borders. we've got thousands of mexicans being killed on the border because the federal government will not do its job to control our border and secure our country. >> but do you want to do climate change first -- do you want to do climate change either? >> what i want to do is open up our own energy supplies in this country. and part of what lindsey graham is working on is following through with opening our own natural gas supplies, moving to nuclear generation and away from coal. these things would clean up the air quicker than any of these cap and trade ideas. i'm not sure that lindsey and i agree on e

an event was held there, and harry reid attended it. senator mcconnell never forgot that. even though things get a little testy between them on the floor, beneath it all, there is a sense that they are brothers in this battle. there is a time when you draw the line and say, i am not going to cross that line, because if a if i do, the opportunity for its ability and -- for its ability -- for civility is in jeopardy. sometimes a the tide washes pretty close to that line, but it is the glue that keeps things going.

one day it looks like they're on the 2 yard line of getting a deal and the next day harry reid is setting up a test to vote. it's a real interesting dynamic. as john was saying, there's been this very partisan dynamic in the senate for so long. they've been saying no to each other for so long, they hardly know how to say yes now. they're very close in the legislation, and in part because the goal of the legislation is one that is so clearly bipartisan. i mean, it all arises out of the financial collapse at the end of 2008. and nobody wants to go back there. so everybody agrees, ok, we need to do something so we don't have another meltdown. and the differences over how to do it are small enough or technical enough -- nobody's going to stand on the floor and say, i'm going to filibuster this to death because this is overseen by one federal agency rather than another. it's just -- >> when you talk senators about it, they say it says should and it should say must. >> right. so they're at this place where republicans are very reluctant to give obama another big legislative victory. make no mis

-- defeat harry reid campaign. so at this point i want to show -- have ryan play that commercial. >> time and again harry reid has shown disdain for the people of this country he is supposed to be serving. he dishonored our troops serving overseas and called this mission a failure. he showed contempt for his constituents when they confronted him in congress. you can literally smell the tourists coming to the capitol and now he has the nerve to compare government-run health care to those who support it to slavery. senator reid, it is we the people that have been slaves to your failures and arrogance. your billion dollar bailouts and higher taxes and out of control spending have failed the people of nevada and failed america. our country deserves better and in this election, we the voters are going to hand you a pink slip and vote you out of office. [applause] so that commercial is a great commercial that we did back in january. this movement today, actually we were a year old february 27 when we held our first tea p

here's what senate majority leader harry reid has to say. >> immigration is something we really have to do, it's something in disrepair, the system is broken, but i'm not going to be saying one has more importance than the other. everything is important and to further complicate my life we have the supreme court nomination that's going to take up a lot of time. >> reporter: from the other side, republican senator jeff sessions said, quote, there is little enthusiasm in congress to pass legislation that would legalize millions of unlawfully residents to compete with out of work americans for needed jobs, further driving down pay and draining government resources. not a lot of priority of

the polls show that harry reid could lose. you have this jockeying going on to sort of position yourself to be the leader if reid loses. one of the things you do is raise money for your colleagues to show you're a party player and one of those colleagues happens to be reid. they're doing big fund-raisers to raise as much money for reid. i don't think either of them are wishing ill will for reid, but they are positioning themselves so that if he lost, they could step in and be leader. >> it's a kind of delicate dance. there's been no funeral yet, the body is still warm, but they want to jockey for position and the other interesting piece of this, they're roommates. they love together on the hill when they're not in their hometown. how does that go down? >> the thing about the senate, it really is this small, intimate club. most of these members are close friends and the thing is, they have enormous ambition. that's why they're not senate to begin with. you have two people here, they've done it differently, but both have positio

right now it is not a -- >> greta: harry reid is way behind. i predict once he gets throughout primary in june has so much more money and i think he's going to win in november. >> tough person. i would say -- >> greta: i didn't think that before. >> he's a mean guy. >> greta: mean? >> yeah, i do think harry reid is mass >> greta: i don't know about that he may be tough. >> i've had my experiences with harry reid. >> greta: you are on your own with that one. one of the other people they have targeted is barney frank from massachusetts. any chance he's been elected so many times in -- >> he's been elected since 1980. you can find video of barney frank saying things that are so -- making obscene gestures to reporters and he keeps getting reelected. i don't see barney frank losing his seat. i pray for it, but it's a tough one. >> greta: in florida, one of the her vose marco rubio. >> it is amazing it -- it sounds like the wheels may be coming off the charlie crist for senate campaign. >> greta: more trouble. >> one of his major backers tonight, i j

harry reid is number one on the list. [cheering] last week we targeted bart stupak three of laughter [cheering] and last friday we went to michigan and chairman of the rally mr. stupak announced he is retiring. [cheering] we are having a great impact. if we were not having an impact those peoplend theia would not be here [cheering] we would not have international media on the bus from china, austria, australia. but let me tell you something. we fed international media. we've had this international media attention but guess who has been on the bus the past five or six days? dateline nbc. they are intrigued by this movement and realizing the power of the people. and come november we are going to take back our country. [cheering] you guys keep up the good work. we are having a great impact and i am so proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of you. god bless you all and god bless amica. [cheering] >> amy kremer ka multi-party express. that is the big red bus going to towns across the country because that is where the mo

senate majority leader harry reid scheduled a key test vote on monday that could cast how unified republicans are in opposing the bill could bipartisan talks aimed at hammering out the language are continuing, but harry reid says that it is time to move forward. >> no matter how long you try to delay this, we will never let a crisis like this happen again. >> the administration says it wants to end bailouts. i say to them, approve it. -- prove it. >> if republicans remain united, they could delay the start of a formal debate on the bill. >>> the finding of a new report by economic experts at the health and human services department warned that medicare cuts may be unrealistic and unsustainable. >>> a maryland school is getting funding from the vatican for a cutting edge research in its themselves. the vatican announced it is donating millions of dollars for research into adults themselves did the research is being led by the university of maryland school of -- research into adult stem cells. the research is being led by the university of maryland school medicine. >>> it is a meeting of the wo

harry reid is number one on the list. [cheering] last week we targeted bart stupak three of laughter [cheering] and last friday we went to michigan and chairman of the rally mr. stupak announced he is retiring. [cheering] we are having a great impact. if we were not having an impact those peoplenot be here [cheering] we would not have international media on the bus from china, austria, australia. but let me tell you something. we fed international media. we've had this international media attention but guess who has been on the bus the past five or six days? dateline nbc. they are intrigued by this movement and realizing the power of the people. and come november we are going to take back our country. [cheering] you guys keep up the good work. we are having a great impact and i am so proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of you. god bless you all and god bless america. [cheering] >> amy kremer ka multi-party express. that is the big red bus going to towns across the country because that is where the mosul, the hear

do you think money being poured into the republican candidate to beat off a harry reid tv ad buy? >> i'm sure there will be when sue lowden wins the primary there will be massive amount of money that comes in to support her. harry is so far down even with the financial advantage it is going to be hard for him to get the support outside of core democrats that he needs to win in the state. >> greta: california, senator boxer you have her as a maybe loss. >> i do. both between arena and campbell the likely republican -- both fiorina and campbell the likely republicans. the unemployment and economy is in such bad shape voters have a strong appetite for change. >> greta: in terms of campbell vs. fiorina is likely to win that? >> it is a tossup now. i think carly has an advantage being the outsider in this year. but it is hard to say, at this point. >> greta: what is your overall tip to these democrats? because it looks rather bleak so far for the democrats. >> i think the democrats have to commit to fiscal conservatism that's the larger message of the tea party movement. they have to c

>> well, candy, first of all, harry reid simply said, we want to do both. and i believe that. secondly, as it relates to latinos in the question of immigration. it's beyond latinos, it's for everybody in this country. it's a problem in the latino community. they see it as the civil rights issue of their time. when u.s. citizens and legal permanent residents in the yooits are getting captured in raids simply because of where they are, detained up lawfully against their constitutional rights, there are a couple hundred casesf this across the country, it's fundamentally wrong to be a second class citizen because you look a certain way. that's what arizona is doing. that's why we need comprehensive immigration reform to secure our borders. the efforts we've seen by senator schumer and graham are pretty tough on the whole question of border enforcement and how you find a pathway to earned permanent residency in the united states. but i'd rather know who's here to pursue the american dream versus who might be here to harm it. i would rather them pay taxes to our country. i want them

i think he will get a delegation of endangered senators like harry reid or bennett or specter or others who will be on their knees at the white house saying, look, mr. president, you could lose this the senate in this election over health care and other stuff. give us a moderate. it will be ok. but if you go long on this we are going to get killed. >> he's got a moderate, solicitor general. she has a confirmable record. not a lot of talk of her in the press. there is a safe choice out there. >> and there is absolutely no indication the president wants to go long on this. if hwanted to go long, the time to do what is on the first one when you had skyrocketing approval ratings and control of e senate just as heoes now. that was the time to go long. he didn't choose to do that. he chose someone who was in the mainstream but to the left, leaving less, but acceptable in terms of her history to moderates and conservatives. >> so she would be the third woman on the accord. >> right. the left will like that, democrats will like that, but she is confirmable. she has never got -- said anything to

trace gallagher, thank you trace. >>> senate majority leader harry reid not the only lawmaker cashing in on wall street. the nevada democrat defending a fund-raiser that he hosted back in january, one that took in thousands of dollars from executives at goldman sachs. goldman sachs, of course now being de onized by the administration and sued by the sec, all that, you know, just as this lawsuit gets started. over the past two months, gop senator richard shelby has far surpassed harry reid in terms of donations from the wall street folks. the "wall street journal" reports that he has received more than a quarter of a million dollars from wall street donors and he's not the only republican on the money train. so can we trust anybody in washington to actually crack down on wall street and do we want them to do that in the first place? mary ann marsh is democratic strategist, and jonah goldberg is editor at large for the national review. jonah, i look at this and say they all take the money, that's where the money is, wall street, so when i listen to anybody being santimonious, i roll my

they try to take financial reform senate majority leader harry reid scheduled a vote on monday on's bill heavily criticized by republicans. both sides are trying to come to a compromise. >> reporter: no compromise to announce yet but a key senate democratting a -- saying this weekend that senate negotiatorser -- negotiators are close, 80% to a deal on what would be the biggest change to financial market oversight since the great depression and democrat mark warner said that republicans and democrats will produce, he believes, a compromise and not clear where the weekend negotiations stand and with a monday test looming. president obama used his side radio internet address to make what could be the final public push for the bill and he said the reforms he wants will hold wall street accountable and protect consumers. >> folks will get clearer and more concise information when they make financial decisions. instead of having to worry about the fine print and shareholders and pension holders will have a stronger voice in the boardrooms of the companies where they invest their savings. >> re

and take out tax and spend liberals like harry reid. and the reason is because his record is one of waterboarding this economy. he has just tortured us and if you want to see what it is going to be like in the rest of the nation just look at nevada with our 13.4% unemployment, we have the largest problem in the united states with the housing recovery right now. i think we are at minus 17.5%. and our 27% downturn in our tourism economy. i mean he has absolutely ruined, nevada, with his policies here in washington, d.c. and so if people want to see what is in store for the rest of america, look at nevada sand that is why i'm running against him. >> shannon: we will be watching closely the primary and the november race as well. sharron angle, thank you for being here today. >> you may not be able to vote, but you can always send money to sharron angle.com. >>> the puthe space shuttle "discovery" is set to land tomorrow. but nasa already warned but nasa already warned astronauts not to count on touching down to earth.one a we will tell you

we're all going to have to get together to take harry reid out. that's why this whole race has captured the nation's attention. this has become a national race. people are really looking at it because of that. >> let's look at the race. when asked who do you support in the upcoming election, 51% said you, sharon angle. harry reid, 40%. it looks good right now. it's got to help the tea party endorsement. the question is, if it gets down to the wire, if you're splitting the vote, would you be willing to withdraw so that your other conservative candidate could take him on? >> we don't have to withdraw from a primary. remember, that's what a primary is all about, to determine who the very best candidate is. now, on the other side of primary, we have all had to sometimes hold our nose and vote for the lesser of two evils. but at this juncture, we have an opportunity to vote for principle, conservative battle tested record that i've never said to my voters, read my lips. i already say, read my record. i've been battle tested. >> brian: you're a four ter

the only winners from an independent bid would be barack obama and harry reid. and here's charlie crist responding to the news. let's listen. >> are you upset that you didn't get dick cheney's endorsement? >> no. do i look upset? >> do you think it helps in your campaign not, that rubio has that endorsement? >> you know, just another washington politician telling florida what to do. i don't think floridians appreciate it. it doesn't matter. >> jon holman, he's not even worth stopping for, governor crist just keeps walking. i do find that cheney has this new role in life. i imagine when he's not endorsing candidates. having salons with all of these neocons around him and he's got a big sifter of cognac. and he's talking, as they're talking about how the government is being given away by these people. >> don't forget the cigars. >> can't you imagine that scene, like something out of "remains of the day." >> it's a little troubling to imagine a troll drinking cognac. >> mixed metaphor. >> charlie crist has put his finger on the problem for cheney. which is that alt

senate democratic leader harry reid called for a vote sometime monday afternoon/monday evening to cut off a filibuster by republicans to bring the financial regulation bill to the floor of the senate. is there a bipartisan compromise? if not, do you have the 41 senators on board to sustain the filibuster? >> well, we don't have a bipartisan compromise yet. but i think there is a good chance we're going to get it. what i'd like to see is an opportunity to prevent the democrats to doing from the financial services industry what they just did to the healthcare of this country. we saw the c.m.s. report on friday. we know that everything -- >> chris: those are the health and human services actuaries. >> actuaries. looking at what would be the impact of this bill. and he virtually confirmed everything that senate republicans were saying about the healthcare bill. it's not going curb costs. a whole lot of budget gimmicks, on and onment we wa -- on and on. we want to make sure they don't have the same view of healthcare. my view is similar to wall street, the "washington post" editorial page,

how is she beating harry reid in the polls? >>> and fox news swats at the in negativity. chris, we know it's tough in politics. think about the seven or eight people who thought they'd get in to run against them and never did, for the very reason they knew this is what arlen did. i got in this race despite all of that because i do believe it's time for a change that people can trust somebody. here he is giving rick santorum his vote -- >> let me ask you -- saying i'll support george bush's nominees for the supreme court justice if rick santorum will give his endorsement. what a shame. >> do you think pennsylvanians would have a really nasty customer like that ad shows arlen to be. you think they don't want a real tough customer like arlen. the fact is there he is. you're saying nice things about him. you won't say nice things about you. you know the ichb nature of this battle? >> when i was on the fwround in afghanistan, with my aircraft carrier command and we were doing retaliatory strikes, there's no one that's not going to c

reid, and the obama administration are going to make the tax days of the future much, much worse. president obama has signed 25 tax increases passed by the democratically-controlled congress into law that will cost families and small- business people more than $670 billion over the next 10 years. many of these break the president's campaign promise not to raise taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year. in the house, speaker pelosi and her majority have passed legislation that will result in more than $1 trillion -- that is with a "t" -- in net tax increases. tax increases are the symptom. runaway spending is washington's disease. the democrats control every lever of power in washington and they have never met a tax they did not like or found a dollar they could not spend. their economic plan -- you pay, they spend, and your children owe. you deserve better. speaking of your children, the deficits left in the wake of president obama is the agenda now stand at $1.50 trillion. they will add $11 trillion to our national debt over the next 10 years. one nonpartisan study reve

majority leader harry reid is expected to propose the measure again today. the setback comes as the senate gives credit to will executives from goldman sachs. deguzman giant is accused of fraud, cashing in on investors during the country's economic collapse -- the investment giant. a complex scheme that made investors billions of dollars. rianne carter has more. >> good morning. we are supposed to hear from them later today when the hearing gets underway. this will start at 10:00 this morning. goldman leaders could face tough questions. a senate investigation has reportedly found goldman sachs developed a strategy to profit from the housing meltdown and reap billions at the expense of clients. lloyd blankfein is expected to deny charges that the bank misled investors, and toxic mortgages. e-mails dating back to 2000 7 may be part of the discussion. investigators say the internal e-mails if so the bank allegedly positioned itself to make a fortune during the mortgage bank crisis. the bank reportedly said the e- mails were cherry pick by senators. -- 2007. >>

republicans believe that the harry reid is pushing immigration reform to the top of the agenda to win hispanic votes for himself and other democrats this november. south carolina senator lindsay graham says he will grop his bill if it's moved ahead of it. he agrees that states are acting because the federal government failed to do so. >> our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsible built by others. that includes for example the recent efforts in arizona that threatens on undermine freedoms that we cherish as americans, and also the trust between police and communities that is crucial to keeping up that faith. >> they are afraid they will be reluctant to report crimes as a witness. >>> i know that the president is set to be at a memorial service at some time so for the people that died in virginia from the mine explosion. what are we learning about that? >> he is going to west virginia to celebrate the 29 lives that were lost. here he'll meet privately with family members and deliver the eulogy. he will not dwell on the poor state of mine

majority leader harry reid announced yesterday democrats will move forward regardless of a procedure move on monday. nbc's steve handelsman has more on the president's tough talk on wall street. >> reporter: in new york near where the nation's banking system nearly failed, president obama demanded new financial regulations to prevent future meltdowns. >> the goal is to make certain the taxpayers are never again on the hook because a firm is deemed too big to fail. >> reporter: but before mr. obama could end his speech, house republicans made the charge. >> the bill that we have in front of us will actually provide permanent bailouts. >> reporter: and john boehner warned of -- >> -- a government takeover of the entire private sector. >> reporter: to democrats that sounds like the last big fight that they almost lost. >> bottom line, on the health care bill, we allowed too many lies to get out there without rebuttal. >> reporter: the obama plan would force obscure financial instruments like derivatives out in the open. some on wall street want more regulation from congress. >> if they

harry reid getting money from goldman. rahm rahmbo dead fish getting money from goldman. the democrats are trying to portray republicans in the pockets of big business they are up to their eyeballs. >> wall street, based on talking people in the executive suites they are behind like 80% of this bill. the big thing they are behind is obviously the aspect of too big to fail. there is a slush fund if you get in trouble there's 50 billion dollars to bail you out. the fact of the matter is when government is behind wall street it lowers cost of borrowing. goldman sachs made 3 1/2 billion dollars in one quarter that's pretty good isn't it? >> that stays in the system whether they have that money or not the government is going to be there to do too big to fail. neither democrats or republicans oppose it. >> sean: here's what i don't understand. the president is not talking about jobs because he can't create any and the stimulus has tailed. he's not talking health care any more a amazing how many people -- they are calling local hospitals, doctors, representatives, where do i sig

>> greta: interesting you say that what the people were 00 posed at was senate majority leader harry reid who was vehemently opposed and turned out he was wrong. >> the point is, we are not elected to just put our finger to the wind and take a public opinion poll and do what the prevailing mood is at the time. we elected to use our own judgment to figure without what is best in the long run for people we represent. >> greta: sometimes you can take it a little extreme and people think you are arrogant and not list anyone. the best example is what happened in massachusetts. i don't think the people in massachusetts felt they were -- any way a couple of questions about health care. one is the commerce clause of massachusetts that you raised about mitt romney. it is my understanding that the commerce clause wouldn't have been an issue in massachusetts that wasn't crossing state borders that was within the state. that would be irrelevant, right? >> except what i said about intrastate commerce has been held by the supreme court of the united states. ronald reagan's solicitor general said t

harry reid is number one on the list. [cheering] last week we targeted bart stupak three of laughter [cheering] and last friday we went to michigan and chairman of the rally mr. stupak announced he is retiring. [cheering] we are having a great impact. if we were not having an impact those people and the media would not be here [cheering] we would not have international media on the bus from china, austria, australia. but let me tell you something. we fed international media. we've had this international media attention but guess who has been on the bus the past five or six days? dateline nbc. they are intrigued by this movement and realizing the power of the people. and come november we are going to take back our country. [cheering] you guys keep up the good work. we are having a great impact and i am so proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of you. god bless you all and god bless america. [cheering] >> amy kremer ka multi-party express. that is the big red bus going to towns across the country because that is wher

i saw a line of harry reid supporters. as i am standing there, one of the guys is holding up a sign that says, searchlight and pointing to traffic from out of town down the wrong highway. he's sending them down the wrong highway. has anyone seen "the river's edge." you are doing what? i walked up to him. i love confrontation, by the way. by the way, you should, too. it is the only way we're going to win. we have to confront these people. we have to videotape them. we have to put it on the internet and we have to shove it in the mainstream media's face. they are the racists, they are the intimidators. they are the ones that are caught on tape being violent. we are the peaceful protesters. anyway, i walk up to said iraq misdirecting of traffic guy and as i am standing there trying to ask him why he is misdirecting traffic. oh, my goodness. they are throwing eggs at the tea party express bus. can you believe it? i walked toward its because it is so fun. you have to try it. these people started seating. they had blood coming o

reid. [applause] senator dick durbin and congressman steny hoyer all provided outstanding leadership that our nation needed -- needed. [applause] on health care, max baucus, chris dodd, henry waxman, and charlie rangel and so many others offer expertise throughout the year. congressman george miller, jim cliburn, ruben hinojosa lead the house . senator tom harkin's dedication

reid. fox news channel. senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee. chairman of this dinner in 2012 and everybody's favorite cameraman, jay mcmichael. chair of the house rules committee, straight from health care debate centro, louise slaughter from new york. dave mcconnell. rtca executive committee outgoing treasurer, linda kenyan of crn news. and of course you know mr. vice president. you can clap. [applause] our association is fortunate to have the house and senate radio tv gallery staff. they help us do our job every day. i want to expand a special thank you. these folks are the heart and soul of making the daily coverage of capitol hill possible. on the house side, olga ramirez, gayle davis, helen debarge, and anthony keller. on the senate side, a crhichris boyd and arlen salazar. >> ladies and gentlemen, awards coordinator jill jackson of cbs news [applause] ] >> good evening. we take a moment to celebrate our colleagues with two awards. the first recognizes outstanding coverage

harry reid, not a single health care event planned back home in nevada for this whole recess. it means that the democrats don't want to be talking about it you've got john mccain campaigning up and down arizona on health care. republican members of congress campaigning all across the country, talking about health care. democrats who just passed this bill with some fanfare, none of them are talking about it. >> the fact that harry reid is not talking about it is telling. >> what you guys got in your barrel? you got anything to sell? or just running against this guy, just p.o. against obama every day. you got anything to sell? >> of course. >> what are your bills? >> we talked about republican proposals for health care reform that we think would lower the costs of care and not do it in a way that blows up the budget and cost jobs. but, look, we're the party out of power. so this is a referendum on barack obama and what the democrats have done. you are absolutely right that we have to have some kind of positive message. you've been around since the '60s, i've never heard of a rep

first stop march 27th, three cities in nevada including harry reid's hometown of searchlight. some are furious about the health care bill and our own griff jenkins has been covering the events. >> reporter: at the center of the tea party movement the recently passed health care legislation appears to be a driving force. repealing it seems to be the rallying call. concern it will lead to rising cost and reduction in the quality of care as we learned when we spent time with them in nevada last weekend we they kicked off that across country trek with governor sarah palin leading the charge. >> it is such a crock obama care is every hour people are going to find out more and more about what it entails and how it adversely affects our nation as individuals, as businesses, as families, it is a tremendous hurt on our country it does tell you someth-a if fidel castro says he thinks obama care is just fine. these people say obama care is not just fine. >> we as americans have to stand up. >> too much money. this is ridiculous. >> we elected those people to serve us and they are not do

it is essential that harry reid and the democrats call them out because remember, a substantial number of republican senators are in favor of extending these benefits. they'll vote to do so once a vote is held. so we have to stop playing the games with the vote. hold it. if tom coburn wants to vote against extending the benefits that's fine. he can explain that to his constituents. he shouldn't be able to stop the vote. >> when this happened during the reagan years reagan cut taxes and unemployment went up beyond 10%, took him 28 months to reel in the unemployment numbers. this was never a discussion back then. why should it be now? >> well, the fact of the matter is the republican party has changed a great deal from the gop that ronald reagan dealt with. you know, in your previous segment you were talking about this 24/7 news cycle and the pressure of the right wing talkers on the gop. and this is one of those places where you see it in play. the fact of the matter is there are people who really do want, not just president obama to fail, but to have a real economic mess because they k

[laughter] people talk about harry reid. [laughter] that is what they are imagining. scholars of the 1950s and 60s understood that portrait of johnson personally dominating was really overdrawn. it was in the story of johnson imposing his will. a lot of this insolence derive from the fact that he had an extensive communication network. he could talk to liberal democrats, conservative southern democrats, republicans and find out what it was each member wanted and needed an broker compromises and deals rather than just bossing them around. it is also the case that johnson was help out a lot by the fact that this was a period of divided government when he was majority leader so he is leading the democrats, the moderate republican dwight eisenhower's in the white house and as a result of that, johnson wasn't really expected to pass the program while he was a leader and said he could kind of pick his spots and decide when to fight and win not, so really what he does is kind of cultivate this image of invincibility by avoiding the fights he was going to lose. and so, again,

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