themselves as the insurgents. they just look like revolutionaries. in the years since, boehner has either been moving on up or falling up in washington, depending on your view. he built ties with tobacco lobbyists, helped draft the contract with america. he was a major backer of no child left behind. he also voted for the $700 billion t.a.r.p. financial bailout. in 2011, he received a rather massive gavel. he took over the speakership of the house of representatives. now here s the funny part. he received that gavel thanks to a 63-seat gain made in the 2010 elections fueled by the tea party fervor that, as it happened, arose shortly after president obama was elected. so the very people who turn out to be a little more insurgent to boehner s gang of seven were the very people who helped position him at the head of the establishment. it s a group that very nearly ended boehner s speakership earlier this year after voting
cannot be saved. there is no messaging that will work for them at this point. the politics are against them. that s where they become desperate just like the tobacco lobbyists did when they were up against it. in the end the politics is not going to work for them on this track. and they re going to change. so we ve between newtown and christmas eve, chances that we are going to get meaningful gun control yes or no, richard you first and then you julian. yes. julian? yes. particularly if there is a concerted movement over many months. it was a yes or no. it was just a yes or no. but there s a key proviseo. there. every time we ve done this, the nra counts on the clock. that the public will shift attention over time. the key here is the public todays focused. but that s the key contingency. i think the sad reality of
saying. they re all running the primaries. they ve forgotten there s a general election ahead. this kind of character does have appeal. this character you saw puffing on the he has appeal to those fringe nuts but not the general population. yeah. cain s chief of staff went on fox today and here s what he had to say about the ad. i tell you, you walk into a veterans bar in iowa and they re sitting around smoking and, you know, we are resonating with them. krystal, what about there? is there a measure of truth there? it looks to me like he s going after blue collar independent voters. this is another piece of their, we re the real, we re authentic, we re real, we re like you. it s also a slap at the nanny state, that we don t want the government to tell us what to do. cain actually had a hand in helping the tobacco lobbyists in the 90s so this isn t totally removed from what he s done in his past. you know, i don t know, maybe it will play well with a certain element of the re
fox today and here s what he had to say about the ad. i tell you, you walk into a veterans bar in iowa and they re sitting around smoking and, you know, we are resonating with them. krystal, what about there? is there a measure of truth there? it looks to me like he s going after blue collar independent voters. this is another piece of their, we re the real, we re authentic, we re real, we re like you. it s also a slap at the nanny state, that we don t want the government to tell us what to do. cain actually had a hand in helping the tobacco lobbyists in the 90s so this isn t totally removed from what he s done in his past. you know, i don t know, maybe it will play well with a certain element of the republican primary electorate. i don t think that it adds to his seriousness and credibility as a presidential candidate. michele bachmann s entire new hampshire staff quit last week and they have now come out with a statement calling bachmann s
this character you saw puffing on the he has appeal to those fringe nuts but not the general population. yeah. cain s chief of staff went on fox today and here s what he had to say about the ad. i tell you, you walk into a veterans bar in iowa and they re sitting around smoking and, you know, we are resonating with them. krystal, what about there? is there a measure of truth there? it looks to me like he s going after blue collar independent voters. this is another piece of their, we re the real, we re authentic, we re real, we re like you. it s also a slap at the nanny state, that we don t want the government to tell us what to do. cain actually had a hand in helping the tobacco lobbyists in the 90s so this isn t totally removed from what he s done in his past. you know, i don t know, maybe it will play well with a certain element of the republican primary electorate. i don t think that it adds to his seriousness and credibility as a presidential candidate. michele bachma