businessman herman cain. leave it or not, the long shot candidate scored the high nest a gallup poll intensity scale. the next closest hopeful is congresswoman michele bachmann. bachmann and other women politicians are an increasingly rare commodity. for the first time in 30 years the number of women in congress dropped this year. just 16% of congress is female and there are 81 fewer fee nema in state capitols around the country. joining me, jennifer gram holm. good to see you. chris, thanks for having me on. nice to be on, especially on this topic. what do you think is going on here? you know, it s so funny. when i was growing up, my mom used to tell me, don t do three things. she said, don t talk about yourself, because people don t want to hear it. don t ask strangers for money, and don t wear your sunday clothes. your good clothes, every day. how i got elect twhad advice i m not even sure, because you have
responders, your anger should be directed toward those that blocked the bill. it reminds me of iraq with bush, watch me hit this tee shot. there are people around the table off camera we didn t talk about it because we thought it was a little it tease florida guy in me. i d wear flip-flops and a t-shirt every day if i could. i m only dressed like this because i came to washington in sweats yesterday. sunday clothes and sweats and no in between. let s read a great opinion today in the wall street journal. yes, the gop opportunity is the title. it says in part, this, this will begin to frame the stakes for 2012, and from there the gop can attack obamacare piece by piece. postpone next year s tax increase on branded pharmaceuticals and biotech, reform and restore funding for medicare advantage, repeal the long-term care insurance program