The local level. What does that mean practically speaking . According to former congressman and onetime boehner ally steve latourette, it means you may wake up wednesday morning and find Central Committee of the Ohio Republican party populated with a lot more members of the tea party. And the Buckeye State is not alone. When texas held its primary in march, National Outlets focused on the fact that senator john cornyn crushed his Tea Party Challenger steve stockman. But downballot in the lone star sate it was an entirely different story. Among the host of lesser rices, rice Political Science professor mark jones says the state level results show the tea party is alive and well in the state of texas. So while john boehner can kick back tonight with a glass of merlot and watch his direct results roll in, he should remember change often comes with the bottom up and reports of the tea partys demise are greatly exaggerated. Joining me now former democratic governor of ohio and president of
50 briefings. 25,000 pages of documents. Documents. All the documents. The Top Democrats say the new benghazi structure say setup. The house says there will be a republican majority. Elections have consequences there are more republicans in the house than democrats. Its not going to be a side show. Fast and furious. I have never sought to raise a single penny on the backs of poor america. Theres actually a robust fundraising spot. It looks what theyre doing is political. I dont blame anyone but the white house. It looks like nothing more than a partisan stunt. Kangaroo court in the making. Benghazi. Benghazi. History repeats itself. First as tragedy, second as farce. And so it is with House Republicans who have taken the tragedy of benghazi and turned it into a farce. Whether or not to participate in the farce, that is the question. Facing democrats in congress. In a letter to Speaker John Boehner Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi expressed deep skepticism about the House Select Committee o
Vote to approve the keystone xl pipeline. When i go back home exexplain my vote for the Keystone Pipeline. Theres no significant environmental impact. Bologna. Do you think the Keystone Pipeline is complex . Its much more environmentally friendly to do it through that pipeline. Thats sheer bologna. The fact of the matter is this is very dirty oil. We will respond to the threat of Climate Change. Good to have you with us, tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. Back in 2008 and 2012 it was all about health care and the economy. 2014, starting right now, i believe that, six months out, and into 2016 its going to be about Climate Change. Do we believe, is there enough Scientific Evidence out there to make this country wake up and realize that we have to take some drastic steps and change what were doing if the next generation is going to have a chance at a good life. The fight over the keystone xl pipeline is heating up on both sides. But wait a minute, weve got a new white house report on C
Produced in north america. Breathing in fumes from the big oil spill. The cleanest oil. Crude oil spilled on to the streets. Complex. You think the Keystone Pipeline is complex . Dangerous ail every day. The cleanest barrel of oil. The Fire Department says the oil is kneehigh in some spots. One thing we know about Oil Pipelines, they corrode, they leak, they burst. Complex . Good to have you with us tonight. Thanks for watching. Im going to qualify the story off the top. Im going to ask you as viewer with this story and this information we are coming to you with tonight, just use your imagination just a little bit. Be fair to the story and do the what if for a moment. Be the critical thinker about what we are really doing in this country and how big oil is running over a lot of folks. You see, big oil means big money in america. Oil companies rake in massive profits and will do anything to keep it that way. One thing is clear with big oil. They have no problem putting profit over peopl
Leadership abilities . What more is there that we are not aware of . Dang if i know. We lost four brave americans. The last thing we need to do is lose anymore. Subpoenas, select committees and slippery tactics. There are three rings in the benghazi circus. It is clear darrel issa is desperate to be in one of them. After being shut out by Speaker Boehners darrel isoissued a new subpoena because nobt puts him in a corner. Issa demanded secretary of state john kerry appear before his Oversight Committee on may 29th. Before the state department had a chance to respond, issa fired off a characteristically bombastic tweet. With this state departments slippery tactics, its no wonder our friends in the world are losing faith in us and doubt our credibility. Darrel issa called out somebody elses slippery tactics. Its the resistance to the subpoena for may 21st, a day when the secretary was scheduled to be in mexico, working. Yesterday, secretary kerry happened to be in london. Given this was t