intelligence committees, democrat dianne feinstein and republican mike rogers. plus, the anemic recovery and the election with the national journal s major garrett and janice rivlin. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. republican leaders and former rivals are gathering around mitt romney s candidacy, but the coalescing lacks a certain warm and fuzzy feature. compared to barack obama? i would trust mitt romney 100 times over. he s the guy. he called and i called him back. we kind of traded some voicemails. he s the person that is going to go up against barack obama. it s pretty clear. and we need to win this race. i am joined by the latest candidate to exit the race, former house speaker newt gingrich. thanks for being here this morning. good to be here. so my question is these have not been warm embraces. it was a tough campaign, and i get that that s a tough step to take, but do you think that it s time now to try to bring those who would fo
about the deficit, well, i mean how can you even keep up with it? with senate democrats headed to the white house this afternoon, vice president biden was cheerful if not conclusive yesterday on where his debt talks will lead. i remain optimistic. we had a really good discussion. we have set an agenda for the next meeting, and we re making real process. whether we get to the finish line with this group is another question. we re going through what we agree on, what we disagree on then we ll go back after that is all over and figure out what the big chunks left, whether we can make any compromise. what do you agree on? we agree on a lot and i ll tell you when it s over. that s one gang. we have a gang of six and we got a gang of this. we ll bring in a gang of two. carl hall from the new york times. good morning. reid wilson, editor in chief of the national journal s hot line. carl, what got done yesterday behind the scenes? we know vice president biden says he s always
white house who will repeal this bill. our lead guest this morning, the new majority leader of the house, republican eric cantor from virginia. then, what s driving the president s polls upward? is it his leadership after the tucson tragedy or a feeling that he s moved back to the political center? how will he address america s concerns about jobs during the state of the union? and getting a jump on 2012. how the campaign is already heating up. with us, the assistant democratic leader in the house, congressman jim clyburn, from south carolina, karen hughes, john podesta, cnbc s erin burnett and the national journal s ron brownstein. and in our meet the press minute, we remember sargent shriver, a frequent guest on this program, laid to rest yesterday in a heartfelt tribute
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it was a simulated lesbian bondage theme art club according to the lesbian bondage theme art club management, that is really upset the place was not recognized for artistic greatness. to correct the record the gop blew two grand on art. in february the republican national committee reimbursed $2,000 to erik brown after brown took some young republicans to a high-end l.a. bar called voyeur. today the national journal s hot line. se today in an article titled a club with a hollywood tint, sara waldman, director of special events, complained about media depictions of her establishment to the times, claiming, we are most certainly not a strip club. we cater to a high-end, a-list