because the bill sanctions germany, not russia. this bill i think will be defeated today. my hope is we will immediately take up legislation sponsored by senator menendez, the chairman of the foreign relations committee. it could bring them together through a set of sanction on russia if russia moves forward with this invasion. and would give people the back story the reason why senator schumer permitted action on this cruz maybe today is that was the price they needed to pay the day before the christmas break to finally get ted cruz to stop single handedly blocking 40 nominations, including the ambassador to china, critical ambassador nominations and judicial nominations from even getting a vote on the floor. am i correct on that? that s right. all last year senator cruz blocked every single biden nominees. all the nominees that would be helping ukraine, our ambassador to the european union, the european ambassadors. he did so to secure this vote a.
voters, the social conservatives. the democrats are going to work hard to chip away and make romney continue to protect his right flank going forward. right now there is unity. romney will have to work harder in the long run than obama to maintain it. jenna: you mentioned mitt romney according to some is not the heartthrob of the republican party. a poll also showed us how republican voters feel about mitt romney. 33% support him enthusiastically. 40% say they have reservations. chris, is a vote a vote whether you re enthusiastic or not? does it really matter the enthusiasm factor? we generally talk about one to four scale, one to four scale of voter intensity. the fours are ones you want. they don t just vote for you. they drive neighbors to the polls. they put yard signs and give money all the way in. romney may be able to get a lot of threes, and fours, more intense voters not on virtue he selling something with a lot of sizzle. but just on the fact he
megyn: a u.s. citizen set to plead guilty to a plot to kill radicals, a new development in the growing tend of home grown terror. and six months ago to the day yesterday democrat bart stupak made big news on fox when he made his case for blocking the massive health care overhaul. he highlighted back then in an interview with yours truly his concerns about funding for abortion. in three minutes he joins me again to tell us if his no vote could soon change to yes. without getting too deep into the weeds, you re going to try to shut down a vote on the bill if you can t include in that vote a vote on whether yes. megyn: a cutoff, basically, on public funds for abortion. do you have the votes? could you and other pro-life democrats plus the republicans you re talking to, could you defeat the billsome. yes. we believe we have the votes. my doctor said most calcium supplements.