during the 2008 presidential campaign. oh, i know this. one name. 3, 2, 1, time t. correct answer is samantha powers. for 200 points, 26, 24 or 21. tell me, what is the number of states that have refused to take part in the medicaid expansion provisions of obama care? 26. michael says 26 t. answer is 26. 200 points for the champion. 200-point question, we will get the last one in, veterans assembling at washington, d.c. memorial tuesday in protest of the government shutdown were being egged on by which iowa republican congressman? jackie. steve king. steve king is correct. it brings us to the end of the 200-point ruopp t. score, jackie 200, victoria 200, our returning champion zero. this is a close game as we head to the ph.d. round, michael you
steele. i want to pick up on the point ump making about the process. do you see a way for house speaker boehner to just say, look, nancy, help me get the numbers and work outside of the 63 or so members on the republican side who are really a part of the tea party caucus who are not looking to move forward on this, cut the deal with nancy and put it in the hands of the democrats to get this thing out of the house and back to the senate at this point? well the democrats will vote for any, they have already said we will vote en massee for the republican s budget number. that s what should be debated here. i don t think any of us will vote for anything else. nor should we. pause that s giving up democratic government in this country. that s saying a minority in the house or in the senate for that matter, but right now in the house, can blackmail the majority. and get its way and that you can t do. i mean, imagine if the senate democrats suddenly said, we will not raise the debt ceiling.