reporter: interesting, hillary clinton was playing what you might call prevent defense. she s goat t to lead now, prett good run in the last couple of weeks, all about not making mistakes on this large stage. and that opened the crowd to over 6,000 iowa democrats, hillary clinton trying to get bigger crowds than she s had across the country. before this speech she had pre-game rally and brought out her husband, the former president and not done a rally yet in the cycle and brought out katy perry who performed a few songs, all about trying to generate excitement and show organizational strength heading into the big jefferson jackson dinner. clinton played it safe and was flat and tried to make it like she wasn t taking on any of the democrats in what is now a shrunken field with vice president biden out and two other candidates dropping out this week.
professor, do you really think the american voters are stupid? no comment. what about the obama care? is that just a hoax on the american people? my question to you, congressman, now that we know it was sold on a mountain of lies, why are republicans struggling? they ll have in the next congress, their constitutional authority to defund this. why is this even a problem for so many? why are they, i guess, in conflict over doing what they clearly have the ability to do constitutionally? well, sean, a lot of people, unfortunately, on capitol hill, always played prevent defense. they re always concerned about saying big things but not doing anything to get in trouble. including republicans are your fellow republicans. including republicans. but ultimately, you saw a number of members, particularly on the republican side today, who had the courage to ask the tough
so many? why are they, i guess, in conflict over doing what they clearly have the ability to do constitutionally? well, sean, a lot of people, unfortunately, on capitol hill, always played prevent defense. they re always concerned about saying big things but not doing anything to get in trouble. including republicans are your fellow republicans. including republicans. but ultimately, you saw a number of members, particularly on the republican side today, who had the courage to ask the tough questions. they re not going away, trey gowdy s not going away, jim jordan is not going away. the fact is he had a tough day on both sides of the aisle, but republicans in our committee are dedicated to making sure we get the truth to the american people and then making the reforms that come from an honest debate about the real cost of health care, that s got to happen and only those who have the courage to say obama care was a lie can begin the dialogue of a truth heading toward a affordable
states. the white house to have any cuts to social security, it s a sign that both parties in washington have made it a decision to have a do-no-harm strategy ahead of the 2014 elections. it s clear the white house budget will be a political document, not one that is supposed to be seriously debated and implemented. and democrats are not the only ones playing this prevent defense. speaker boehner recently signaled he has no interest in a divisive policy debate in his own party, for instance on immigration. neither part has any appetite for legislative fights, let alone fights that could actually divide their own members of their own party on the campaign trail. if you re looking for a serious policy debate on the minimum wage or on education reform or on pension reform or tax reform or energy, then you have no choice but to look to the states. this weekend, the governors are in town, and they re bringing their policy ideas. the bipartisan national governors association s winter meeti
back. is he not going to be plus five. but the fact that he is coming back has an effect. here is where it has an effect on the battleground states if they are all very close, all nine or ten of them. 1%, 1 or 2 either way, then it s a best of your knowledge of dominoes. then all of them will go one way. which is why it looks so bad for romney on saturday or friday. now that i think he is coming back somewhat nationally, you are getting an evening effect. i think they are going to split half and half. and there are paths easy ones for romney to win electorally if, as i predict, the rebound in the national poll is continuing, which i think it is. bill: is there anything that romney could have done to get himself back in the public eye with a very strong message? because, as you know, as being a sports fan, he went into the prevent defense. didn t take any chances.