this hand-wringing is nothing but an attempt to distract montanans from the substance of the speech. really? and we can expect more of that kind of substance. mr. rehberg will challenge democratic senator john tester in 2012. meanwhile down in alabama the subject matter was different but the rhetoric was the same. over the weekend state senator scott beesen spoke to a group of local republicans on immigration. he told the group that allowing undocumented workers to continue in their area will lead to economic ruin. fortunately, he had a solution. quote, empty the clip and do what has to be done. now mr. beason is backtracking. it was taken out of context. it was a metaphor. i think it s nothing more than that. oh, yeah. that s what it was. a metaphor. beason says his speech also included a joke about shooting a mugger.
stop with stereotypes that cayo can get past. we try to change the hearts and minds of americans by helping gay people tell their stories and get real accurate information out there. all right, jared. thanks for coming on today. i appreciate it. happy new year to you and your family. thank you. he said he got shellacked by republicans during the midterm elections. now president obama is basking in the glow of a pretty big comeback, despite conservative boasts of a lame duck congress. the president has overseen huge legislative victories in the last month. let s go over this. a tax bill to protect the unemployed, a repeal of don t ask, don t tell and the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. the forecast for 2011 now looks less gloomy. for more good news for the president today, 78% of dems want to see him back in the white house in 2012. meanwhile, the grand old party is huddling around mike huckabee. 67% want him on the ticket. as for sarah palin, she s on the downward spiral, apparently.
the charges of sexual harassment and cain s foreign policy flubs. if cain drops out, the reuters poll finds the rest of the field won t reshuffle much. mitt romney would get cain voters. romney denied charges of flip-flopping. your list is just not accurate. so one, we re going to have to be better informed about my views on issues. reporter: newt gingrich would get cain voters, he vowed if he s the nominee and barack obama will debate him seven times, gingrich will shatter him. wherever the president goes, i will show up four hours later and take apart his speech and rebut him. reporter: but the former front-runner is not done yet. i raised $1 billion for the american people, are going to raise some cain in 2012. meanwhile a battle is being waged between lawmakers on capitol hill over how exactly to pay for a payroll tax cut set to
cantor s account. this is a he said/she said of this meeting. the group will reconvene at the white house to discuss taxes. the obama administration is expected to present its plan for more revenue in order to meet the $2.4 trillion figure that house republicans say they need to reduce the deficit and raise the debt ceiling through the end of 2012. meanwhile, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said there s no question the debt ceiling will be raised. speaking on laura ingram s radio show, mcconnell acknowledged the backup plan he unveiled this week is largely a political move. just like we knew shutting down the government in 1995 was not going to work for us. it helped bill clinton get reelected. i refuse to help barack obama get reelected by marching republicans into a position where we have co-ownership of a bad economy. mcconnell s proposal, which would allow president obama to increase the debt ceiling himself without getting any concessions, has won some compliments from