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KARL ROVE WAS ON THE CHANNEL
LAST NIGHT AND HE WAS TALKING
AND THIS IS THE BAD PART OF THE
INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOT POLL
WISE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
HE IS SEEING SOME REAL
GROUPS THAT ARE WITH HIM THIS
TIME AROUND AND NOT WITH HIM
THIS TIME AROUND.
>> "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
POLL, "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
COLUMN THAT HE DID IN
YESTERDAY'S EDITORIAL, HE SAID
IF REPUBLICANS WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE UP AGAINST AND THE
STRATEGY THAT WILL BE EMPLOYED
AGAINST HIM, READ THE KANSAS
SPEECH THAT HE DELIVERED AND
WATCH THE "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW
AT WHICH TIME HE MADE IT CLEAR
HE'LL BE BATTLING FOR THE
SO-CALLED MIDDLE CLASS EESHGS
THE MAN FOR THEM AND HE WANTS TO
LEAP OFF THE POWER OF RESENTMENT
WHICH HE SAYS IS NOT AN
EFFECTIVE POLITICAL APPEAL BUT
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE
TO RESENT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
PEOPLE.
>> BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS
SAYING THAT THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED
AGAIN FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS
NOWADAYS.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO STRANGE IN
1998, THEY ASKED THE QUESTION
ABOUT THE DISPARITY PROBLEM IN
THE U.S.
52% SAID YEAH, THERE'S A MAJOR
PROBLEM.
THEY ASKED THE QUESTION IN 2011,
45% SO IT WAS ACTUALLY LESS.
>> KARL ROVE WRITES IN THE WALL
STREET GENERAL CAN SAY THAT NOW,
THERE'S A CLASS WARFARE THING
AND THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED THAT IS
WITH THE REGULATORS, KARL WRITES
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD A CHANCE
TO CHANGE FANNIE
AH, THEY DON'T Y
DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY.
>> NOT KIDDING.
>> YOU REALIZE WE GOT TO THE
POINT WHERE AL-QAIDA ATTACKS NOW
IN THE MONOLOGUE?
>> AND WE'RE JOKING ABOUT THEM.
>> I KNOW.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
>> HEY, SHORTLY, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE ON THIS VERY SHOW, SENATOR
MCCAIN WILL BE ON THE SHOW, THE
MAN WHO PRESIDED OVER THAT
UPROAR AT THE HOUSE YESTERDAY,
HE'LL BE ON OUR SHOW.
CONGRESSMAN FITZPATRICK.
>> CHRISTMAS IS A COUPLE OF DAYS
AWAY AND THE GUY THAT PRESIDES
OVER ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL,
ARCHBISHOP DOLAN IS IN THE HOUSE
AND SHARING HIS CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE TO OUR VAST AUDIENCE.
>> EVERYBODY PALES IN COMPARISON
TO A
INDUSTRY IN HAWAII.
CAN'T YOU JUST SEE A LOCAL GUY
SAYING, YOU KNOW, I GOT A
CHOCOLATE BUSINESS HERE.
I'VE GIVEN MONEY TO THIS
POLITICIAN.
GIVE ME SOME BACK, PROMOTE MY
INDUSTRY.
>> CHOCOLATE IS -- EVERYBODY
KNOWS YOU GO TO HAWAII AND
CHOCOLATE IS THE BEST KEPT
SECRET.
>> OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THESE
SOUND LIKE CHUMP CHANGE BECAUSE
WE'RE
TAXES SO WE'LL PUT SHRIM
A TREADMILL.
IT DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY.
>> TOM COBURN POINTED OUT THAT
SOME OF THESE WENT TO HIS HOME
STATE.
EVERYBODY HAS EARMARKS.
>> NOT FOR HIM.
>> NO, BUT PEOPLE LIKE
GOINGNG
>> WHAT'S THE COLOR OF SUN?
I THINK THAT WAS THE ANSWE
HE AN.
WE'LL BE WATCHING TONIGHT AND
STEEG YOU TOMORROW.
>> YOU GOT IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
CENSORING MEDICAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE BIRD FLU BECAUSE IT
COULD GET INTO THE HANDS OF
TERRORISTS.
>> WHAT?
>> DO WE NEED TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT THIS?
DR. MARC SIEGEL IS HERE TO
EXPLAIN NEXT.
>> AND I'LL HAVE A NUMBER 2, A
MEDIUM BEER, PLEASE.
>> A LITTLE EARLY.
>> NOT FOR ME!
NOT FOR THE MORNING SHOW PEOPLE.
THIS IS NOON FOR US.
WHICH FAST
CONSIDERING ADDING *** TO THEE
THE PLATFORM BY A STRANGER WHO
SAW HER FALL.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT
TO YOU DRIVE WHILE DRUNK.
THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
>> SO THEN YOU DO, OBVIOUSLY SHE
JUST HAD 12 TOO MANY.
>> OK.
>> WATCH THE GAP.
THEY HAVE THIS LITTLE SIGN.
>> THEY DO.
>> MEANWHILE, A VERY SPECIAL
GUEST IN THE BULL PEN.
>> WE DO, BRIAN.
THE FIGHT OVER THE PAYROLL TAX
CUT EXTENSION STARTING A WAR OF
WORDS BETWEEN TWO MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
TAKE A LISTEN AS HOUSE MINORITY
WHIP STENY HOYER TRIES TO FORCE
A UNANIMOUS VOTE O
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> YOU DIDN'T EXPECT IT BUT YOU
KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND
HAVE TO .
BUT THEY HAVE TO GET BACK HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
CONGRESSMAN, WE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR JOINING US DURING THIS
-- THE CHRISTMAS WEEK AND YOUR
BUSY WEEK THERE ON CAPITOL HILL.
THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> COUPLE MORE DAYS TO DO IT
UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN
JANUARY AND MAKE IT RETROACTIVE.
>> THEY HAVE IT UNTIL THE END OF
THE YEAR.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TALKING
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT 20
BUCKS A WEEK OR $40 BIWEEKLY IN
THE EXTENSION, LET'S SAY THEY
WAIT UNTIL THE FIRST OR SECOND
WEEK IN JANUARY, THEY'LL MAKE IT
RETROACTIVE AND EVERYBODY WILL
GET THAT 20 OR 40 BUCKS BACK,
SO, YOU KNOW, I SEE WHERE THE
REPUBLICANS ARE.
THEY'RE STANDING ON PRINCIPLE.
THEY'RE SAYING WE WERE ELECTED
IN A LANDSLIDE LAST TIME TO
CHANGE THE WAY WASHINGTON WORKS
AND FOR THE SENATE DEMOCRATS TO
SIMPLY KICK THE CAN DOWN THE
ROAD, I GET IT.
>> NO, BUT SENATE REPUBLICANS,
TOO.
SENATE REPUBLICANS, TOO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I MEAN, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
IS THAT AGAIN, AS WE TALKED
ABOUT LAST HOUR, THEY'RE SO
CLOSE.
EVERYBODY WANTS AN EXTENSION.
TWO MONTHS, A YEAR.
IT'S NOT THAT FAR APART.
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE SO
FRUSTRATED WITH CONGRESS.
CAN'T THEY JUST TALK TO EACH
OTHER?
CAN'T SOMEBODY JUST SIT DOWN AND
CAN'T REASON PREVAIL?
I MEAN, EVERYBODY THINKS THAT
THIS WILL HELP WORKING FAMILIES
PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IN
THEIR POCKET FOR NEXT YEAR SINCE
EVERYBODY AGREES THEY SHOULD BE
ABLE TO GET THIS DONE.
>> WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS WE
NEED FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN THE
WAY WE ARE TAXED.
AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT A LITTLE 2% HERE,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST MAKE IT FAIRER AND IF THEY
WANT TO DO SOMETHING BIG, DO
SOMETHING BIG BECAUSE PEOPLE OUT
THERE ARE WATCHING AND THEY'RE
GOING IT SEEMS LIKE SMALL BEER
BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND TRY TO DO
SOMETHING BIG.
>> THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE IS
INCLUDED IN THIS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DON'T
THINK THAT 56 WEEKS PLUS OF
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IS GOING
TO HELP ANYBODY GET A JOB
WITHOUT ANY INCENTIVES BUILT IN
TO GET A JOB OR RETRAINING
FACTORED IN THERE.
THERE'S A DOCTOR FIX INVOLVED SO
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AND
DIRECT IMPACT ON PEOPLE.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THE
REPUBLICANS WILL DO SOMETHING
BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVEN THOUGH
THEY HAVE 11 DAYS TO GET IT
DONE.
>> HERE ON THE SET, WE HAVE
BEAUTIFUL POINSETTIAS FROM OUR
FRIENDS AT 1-800-FLOWERS IF YOU
EVER HAVE A BIRTHDAY, I USE THEM
A LOT.
IF YOU HAVE TO SEND CONDOLENCE
FLOWERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE USE
THEM.
I WONDER HOW CLOSE JIMMY CARTER
WAS TO ACTUALLY CALLING
SENDING
CONDOLENCE LETTER.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
AND BY THE WAY, BILL CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION WASN'T TOO
THRILLED WITH JIMMY CARTER'S
WORK IN UNDERMINING THE STATE
DEPARTMENT WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE
AND BY THE WAY, THE STATE
DEPARTMENT DECIDED WE ARE NOT
GOING TO SEND C
TO
YOU AND SAVE ME ONE OF THOSE
FREE DONUTS.
THANK YOU.
>> SANTA COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT
THOSE GUYS.
>> WITH ALL THOSE PACKAGES, POST
OFFICE IS BASICALLY GOING BELLY
UP.
THEY CAN'T TURN A PROFIT.
>> SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH
THE BUSINESS MODEL.
>> RIGHT.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THE PENSIONS.
>> YES.
THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
>> SORRY TO BRING DOWN THE
COUCH.
>> IT'S OK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
STRAIGHT AHEAD, ON THIS THURSDAY
BEFORE CHRISTMAS, YOU'VE SEEN
THEM
WASHINGTON.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Steve: NO KIDDING.
SHANNON ON THE NORTH LAWN OF THE
WHITE HOUSE, I THINK WE DO KNOW
HOW MUCH THE PRESIDENT SPENT ON
THAT RUBBER BONE FOR BEAU.
SPENT 14 BUCKS.
WHICH IS CLOSE TO WHAT THE WHITE
HOUSE IS ASKING PEOPLE TO SEND
IN WHAT, WOULD THAT $40 MEAN TO
YOU?
WE JUST HEARD JAY CARNEY TALK
ABOUT THAT.
>> Brian: I'VE NEVER TAKEN MY
DOG SHOPPING.
HE TOOK HIS DOG SHOPPING.
>> Steve: YOU CAN DO THAT AT THE
STORE.
>> Brian: YOU CAN DO THAT?
>> Steve: YES.
>> Brian: I HAD NO IDEA.
SO I CAN GO TO MACY'S WITH MY
DOG?
>> Steve: NO, NO, YOU CAN GO TO
PETSMART WITH YOUR DOG.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR DOG
ANYWHERE, YOU WOULD THINK YOU
COULD TAKE HIM TO A DOG STORE, A
PET STORE.
>> Alisyn: YOU MAY WANT TO PICK
SOMETHING OUT.
>> Brian: HE WANTS TO LICK FOR
HIMSELF.
>> Steve: THEY USUALLY DO.
WE ASKED YOU WHAT YOU WOULD DO
WITH THE 40
GAS.
>> Steve: RIGHT.
'CAUSE NOW IT'S NORTH OF THREE
BUCKS, WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TOOK OFFICE, I
THINK IT WAS 1.85 A GALLON.
>> Brian: RIGHT.
EVERYTHING WAS SIMPLER THEN.
YOU WANT TO HEAR DRAMA?
YOU WANT TO SEE UNSCRIPTED
REPARTE?
LET'S GO TO THE HOUSE YESTERDAY
ON THE FLOOR.
THE DAY WAS ENDING,
LION, SENIOR.
>> Steve: YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
REMINDS ME OF?
WHAT NASA LAUNCH HAS ROCKET,
THEY SAY, AND IT'S OFF.
AS NASA EMBARKS, BLAH, BLAH.
>> Alisyn: THAT WAS THE VOICE OF
STENY HOYER AND HE WAS TAKING
THAT
THEY'RE PAID TO DO.
>> Steve: WE SHOULD POINT OUT
THAT THE REPUBLICANS, BECAUSE
THEY CONTROL THE TV CAMERAS
THERE, THEY TURNED OFF THE MICS
AND TV CAMERAS AND SOMEBODY SAID
WHY WOULD THEY BE SO CHILDISH?
GO BACK TO 2008, NANCY PELOSI
TURNED OFF THE MIKES AND THE
CAMERAS AND REFUSED TO SCHEDULE
A VOTE ON OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING,
DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
>> Brian: THE ORIGINAL CHILDISH
BEHAVIOR.
>> Alisyn: THERE IS A LOT OF
THAT TO GO AROUND.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT MOMENT.
IT'S THE DUELING PRESS
CONFERENCE, IT'S THE NOT
SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER.
>> Steve: WELCOME TO WASHINGTON,
BABY!
>> Alisyn: THIS IS WHY PEOPLE,
AMERICANS ARE SO FRUSTRATED WITH
CONGRESS.
>> Brian: WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS,
IF I COME INTO THE HOUSE, SAY WE
LIVED TOGETHER, AND THE SOCKS
ARE ON THE FLOOR, AND YOU START
YELLING ME, I WOULD STEP BACK
AND GO, THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE
SOCKS, IS IT?
IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T COME HOME
ON TIME.
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE.
>> Steve: YOU'RE DRINKING TOO
MUCH.
>> Brian: DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN
THE REPARTEE.
THE PROBLEMS ARE MUCH DEEPER.
>> Alisyn: YOU MUST HAVE GIVEN
THIS A LOT OF THOUGHT.
>> Brian: I REALLY HAVE.
>> Alisyn: WOW.
I THINK THAT WAS WINDOW INTO
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH
BRIAN.
LE
1.2 MILLION MUSLIMS.
>> Brian: THEY HAVE NO CHOICE TO
BOMB US BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
BOMBING THEM AND 9-11 JUSTIFIES
IT.
>> Alisyn: SO HE HAS AN
INTERESTING EDITORIAL YOU CAN
READ.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S CALLED
DEMOCRACY.
SOMETIMES VOTERS VOTE FOR PEOPLE
THAT YOU MAY NOT LIKE.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN
DEMOCRACY.
>> Steve: BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS GIVEN HIS
SOMEWHAT -- SOME WOULD
CHARACTERIZE THEM AS CRAZY
THINGS ON FOREIGN POLICY, THERE
IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE HE COULD
WIN THE GENERAL.
SO IF IOWA GOES AHEAD AND
SELECTS HIM AS THE NUMBER ONE
FINISHER, WHAT DOES THAT SAY
ABOUT IOWA, WHERE THEY PICK
SOMEBODY WHO ABSOLUTELY CAN'T
WIN?
>> Brian: RIGHT.
SO RON PAUL WILL TAKE THAT
MOMENTUM TO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
UNLIKE GOVERNOR HUCKABEE, NO ONE
WILL BE LOOKING FOR HIM TO TAKE
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
BUT THERE IS A LOT WEIGHING IN.
DO YOU THINK LOWERY IS ON THE
MONEY OR IS ALI IN THIS TELL ME
ACCURACY THING?
>> Steve: IT'S PROBABLY
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THE
DEMOCRACY.
>> Brian: EXACTLY.
>> Alisyn: YOU CAN SEND IT TO
US.
>>
THEM TO
BUILD THE ECONOMY.
THEY ARE GROWING.
>> Brian: SO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
BIG CONFRONTATION IN THE HOUSE
WITH THIS TAX HOLIDAY.
CORRECT?
THE ONE THING IS CLEAR, EVEN
THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW HOW, THE
PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE
BENEFITTING.
THE LATEST REAL CLEAR POLITICS
COLLABORATION POLL SHOWS HIM AT
46.8% AND WITH ONE POLL IN
DECEMBER 2011, NEAR 50% WITH
APPROVAL RATINGS.
WHY IS HE BENEFITTING FROM THIS?
>>
RELIABLE.
>> Steve: DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW
ANY OF THAT.
>> Alisyn: AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO
FACTOR IN HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT
CONGRESS AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT
THE REPUBLICAN POLL TO SEE
WHETHER OR NOT WHAT ALL THAT
MEANS FOR 2012 AND WHAT -- IT'S
INTERESTING, THE SILVER OF THE
POLITICAL COLUMN SAID THE REAL
CLEAR POLITICS NUMBER, THAT'S
REELECTION.
46.5, GENERALLY ABOVE
YOU'RE WATCHING "FOX & FRIENDS."
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW
YEAR.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR INDEED.
WELCOME TO STUDIO E.
BRIAN, LOOK WHO IS HERE TODAY.
>> HUDDY.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
>> YOU KNOW, TODAY IS THE DAY
BEFORE THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
AND SHE'S WEARING BOOTS.
>> AND DID YOU NOTICE, BRIAN,
RIGHT DOWN HERE, THE SPARE PAIR.
>> WHEN YOU WERE DRINKING JACK
DANIELS OUT OF AT THE CHRISTMAS
PARTY.
LOOKS FAMILIAR THERE YOU GO.
>> THESE ARE LIKE SIX INCHERS.
>> I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
THE ONES WITH THE RED BOTTOM.
THOSE ARE LIKE $25 A PAIR.
>> LOOK WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RED
BOTTOMS, THEY'RE NOT RED
ANYMORE.
I THINK IT GOT -- WHAT'S THE
POINT REALLY?
>> YEAH, IF EVERYONE STARES AT
YOUR BOTTOMS.
>> THERE YOU GO.
IT HAPPENS.
WE HAVE THREE FULL HOURS PLANNED
AND WE'RE GOING TO START THINGS
OUT RIGHT NOW WITH SOME
HEADLINES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
LOOK, I WAS TRYING TO
SEGUE INTO THIS NEXT -- YES.
SORRY!
>> IT FEELS LIKE WE NEVER LEFT
WORK BECAUSE LAST NIGHT WE'VE
BEEN COVERING THE DRAMA WITH
THIS TAX CUT, THIS TAX CUT
HOLIDAY.
>> YOU THINK IT'S DRAMATIC?
>> I THINK SO.
YESTERDAY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE
STARTED GETTING TEXT MESSAGES A
DEAL HAS BEEN STRUCK AND
CERTAINLY IT IS AND WE COULDN'T
WAIT TO FIND OUT THE
MEMBERS, FO
INSTANCES, LIEUTENANT COLONEL
ALLAN WEST SAID ON HIS FACEBOOK.
HE SAID LOOK -- HE SAID THEY'RE
ALWAYS ON FACEBOOK.
>> WHY CAN'T HE TWITTER?