delivered by someone other than john boehner? no, not at all. and as you know, lawrence, there s been a lot of discussion is john boehner really in control of the house, republican party, is he the man to lead them, is eric cantor trying to flank him, is mccarthy trying to tonight he sรง trying to assert himself as the leader of the republican party. now, granted, this plan he s putting forward, lawrence, it s not a slam dunk that he s going to get 218 votes for it. i spoke to some gop aides, they said look, this is not just john boehner asking votes and twisting arms, this is a full court press, eric cantor is going to be involved in the whip count as is kevin mccarthy and other leaders, ones that have conservative credentials. there are a lot of folks not accepting of this plan as it stands right now. kristen, do you get the sense at the white house that the president intends to make news tonight or is this just going to
it s going to happen in the speaker s ceremonial office off the side of the lobby. we re expected to hear a real verbal rebuke of whatever the president says, a real support of the plan he put forward, stressing it s a common sense idea, he believes in bipartisan support. their aides saying this was brought to harry reid and dismissed, democrats dispute that, but expect that line of thought from john boehner. just to follow up on the republican response, there s a very state of the union structure tonight, first from the president, then the response. but in state of the union addresses, the opposing party takes some time to think about who should deliver that response. and the best positions to do it. was there any discussion that maybe this message should be delivered by someone other than john boehner? no, not at all.
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they need to get over themselves. we ve selected our nominee. i understand that. why do a third of republicans want someone other than mitt romney? i think they re a third who would have wanted someone like rick santorum, someone who would have appealed to the base. conservative, pro-life. unwaivering in their conservative credentials. unlike mitt romney. ? their opinion, yes. however, as you note, there is a nearly 60% of republican who s are very much in favor of him. i think what will be important for governor romney is not just the republicans but the independents. governor romney and president obama are fighting for the independents. the independents, i believe, will be the judge and the decider in this race. that s who these folks are going after. it didn t take long for the obama campaign to send out an e-mail, quote, bush endorses romney. romney endorses bush era policies. i guess that was already in the drawer waiting to come out. they ve obviously spent a lot
this is why newt gingrich must get out of the race if he cares about the conservative movement. he can t win the nomination at this point but majority of people in his party want someone other than mitt romney to be a nominee. a contest between mitt romney and rick santorum would allow the republicans on the right wing to make a clear choice. when you look at the vote totals, they could very well choose rick santorum and wouldn t all us liberals love that? if gingrich really wants to hurt mitt romney, he ought to just get out now, have a steak, go to tampa early. you could do that. and who is giving to newt gingrich s campaign? that s the story as it now moves to illinois where that is not traditionally been good territory, that part of the country, for newt gingrich. get your cell phones out, tonight s question, what is more important to newt gingrich? his ego, or his country? text a for ego, b for country.