slide it to make sure the police were telling the truth. npresident obama finds himself in the role of consoler and chief as he leads a stunned and griving nation . here is the reaction from the nation s capitol, james, i know that yesterday, the country watch anernings american president make emotional comments. it is by and large official washington mourned as one. president obama as we reported strugiled to keep his composure in the briefing room yesterday. contrast of the emotionalism and the composure ledemonstrated in the wookly saturday address was readily discernable. whether it is it an elementary school in new ton or shopping mall in oregon or
members in many instances did a poor job of talking about what was in the bill. really? yeah. i said they talked about it a lot. but it was not i did. president did. you did all you could. i did everything i could. if you take a close look at some of the stuff in there, you know how many elderly people said from florida, i don t understand rubio, they said do you know there s this doughnut hole in this medicare coverage this is a couple years ago. i said they said why don t you do something. i said i can t do anything that s what the bill was. this health care bill closed that doughnut hole, $2500 to these people who are participants in medicare. it s preexisting conditions. people around america didn t buy it. i don t think they really understand.
that s expected to open up, but still too close to call at this hour. what do you see of the difference in the house and senate races? in the senate races where the candidates were able to distance themselves enough from president obama. they were able to eke out victories. that s where you see the difference. in the house races much more hard fought. the lines were much more distinctly drawn in senate races much tougher for republicans to say this is our stance, he s much more with president obama on health care and stimulus. democrats were able to come in and say this is not about obama this is about our state, this is about how i represent the state. they had a much better chance of surviving those challenges. you are seeing that in places like colorado. i think republicans better be writing down some lessons from tonight this is what we are going to be seeing in 2012. the democrats are not taking these challenges lying down. i think you are going to see president obama and the
that yes, women can accomplish much. bret: last question for you both, what about the possibility of a female president in our time? well, there might be some people running in 2012, or 2016 in which event i hope you will invite me on to make comment. megyn: whoever could you mean? i have to ask, you said something governor palin when you watched geraldine ferraro in 1984 did you picture it would be possible for you to be a vice presidential contender? i thought i would be a sports comment day for or the first commissioner of the nba or nfl back then. it is such a privilege to be with you in person. thank you. i admire ail that you have accomplished. thank you. i think it is great for little girls watching now, women from both parties, strong, confident, smart, there is no glass ceiling
tell you now but we will be telling you after a while. we ve seen blue dogs get knocked off, democrats in mccain districts where obama wasn t able to win in 2008. there s a possibility of more senior house democrats getting knocked off. if it is50k the things we can start looking for isn t it? keep your eyes peeled. i m not reading the cards i m just saying. what a tease. i m going back there. what s to stopz theyz oh yeah they can. former speaker of the house power in the house, next.x zszvç