sum it up for me tonight. it looks on the face of it like a thumping victory for romney. his campaign back on track. had a great week of debates. seems to have got his mojo in a way he maybe lost it before. what s your overview? it s a big night for mitt romney. there s no doubt about that. he seems to be well positioned right now for february. most of these contests, whether in nevada or arizona or michigan, he s got major advantages, even in colorado, let s say. he s going to do well in february. you correctly point out, march 6, assuming all four of these candidat candidates, remain in this contest, march 6th, it s called super tuesday for a reason, it s going to be very significant. no indication from the other three people that they plan to drop out. newt gingrich in his speech tonight, he didn t even congratulate mitt romney, which is traditional. the other candidates did. there was no phone call between the two of them. he s pushing on. he is determined to do what he
john boehner and the tea partiers in the caucus lost big-time today. this evening boehner was asked about the political consequences of digging in his heels on payroll taxes and whether it was worth it. here s the answer. doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. and while everyone asked for a full-year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. joining me now is e.j. dion, senior fellow at the brookings institution and columnist for the washington post and friend of mine. e.j., good to have you with us tonight. thank you. happy holidays. how come it was the right thing to do today but not the right thing to do yesterday for john bow sner what happened here? because i think he added up all of the things other republicans were saying. you know, we got so accustomed
john boehner and the tea partiers in the caucus lost big-time today. this evening boehner was asked about the political consequences of digging in his heels on payroll taxes and whether it was worth it. here s the answer. doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. and while everyone asked for a full-year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. joining me now is e.j. dion, senior fellow at the brookings institution and columnist for the washington post and friend of mine. e.j., good to have you with us tonight. thank you. happy holidays. how come it was the right thing to do today but not the right thing to do yesterday for john boehner? what happened here? because i think he added up all of the things other
there last night. nobody there, no mr. right or mrs. right for you. michelle was probably the closest one. what specifically do you need? we can talk after the show. is it unappropriate to do that? usually bill does that under the table. rob, who won? who lost? who disappeared? i actually think tim palenti disappeared. you can t take a shot at a guy on sunday newschannel and then see him face-to-face saying, i didn t mean that, man. i think john king lost big. this is a really stupid debate. even for cnn, this was pretty bad. they had a lot of bells and whistles. ann, did you like john king? i thought he was great and especially when michelle bachman delivered the jokes. she says, i didn t realize it but john king has three sons in the military. those questions were god
or mrs. right for you. michelle was probably the closest one. what specifically do you need? we can talk after the show. is it unappropriate to do that? usually bill does that under the table. rob, who won? who lost? who disappeared? i actually think tim palenti disappeared. you can t take a shot at a guy on sunday newschannel and then see him face-to-face saying, i didn t mean that, man. i think john king lost big. this is a really stupid debate. even for cnn, this was pretty bad. they had a lot of bells and whistles. ann, did you like john king? i thought he was great and especially when michelle bachman delivered the jokes. she says, i didn t realize it but john king has three sons in the military. those questions were god awful. and i believe that john king had nothing to do with it.