there could be something constructive to come out of that sort of visit and today this absolute collapse of expectations. the civility message of pope francis, you re right, was such the dichotomy between that and this discussion we have devolved into. it s interesting. we have had reports today that when john boehner gave his resignation statement, he also flipped the prayer card over that had been handed out by the diocese yesterday and recited to the caucus, we re told, the prayer of saint francis. lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. i think when people are talking about it being an emotional meeting, that may be part of the emotion there. so many layers of the humans involved with john boehner being so devoutly catholic and the cross kurns involved in who is
romney who s the front runner right now, like tim pawlenty he can appeal across the spectrum. social conservatives, he ll talk about job creation in texas, should he get in. he s also somebody who generates spark and heat with the base of the republican party. that s tim pawlenty s challenge. his campaign manager a very talented young guy who signed on with the campaign told me yesterday we re going to prove in the next three weeks that we can ignite a spark as well. that challenge is still before him. i ve got the tell you based on your previous conversation with richard wolf it s very interesting the way this republican primary campaign plays into that debt ceiling dugs. what people like tim pawlenty are hearing on the campaign trail from republican partisans is don t raise it. you ve got cross kurns between those in washington you sure do. reporter: some including john boehner and the gang of six trying to come together on a deal, but the republican base is saying not so fast.
is don t raise it. you ve got cross kurns between those in washington you sure do. reporter: some including john boehner and the gang of six trying to come together on a deal, but the republican base is saying not so fast. and michele bachmann taking the hard line against it in south carolina today. it was interesting that rick perry did say that the des moines religion stare that i m getting more and more comfortable every day that this is what i ve been called to do, menning run for president. then he tried to clarify that with some texas reporters in austin. there are different ways to be called. my mother may call me for dinner. my friends may call for something. people are to order call tty: 1-800-544-3316 ing from across the country to mee directly or saying i wish you would do this. a lot of weasel words. we ve seen a lot of texas we ve seen a lot of texas two step from rick perry over the last several weeks. it does seem to me that the gist of movement by his operat