and john boehner is a smart politician. and he understands that he took advantage of that last night, but two years from now, they could swing right back to the democrats where they were two years ago. >> reporter: in this relationship, the personal is always political. two guys with very different backgrounds and now they're going to try to search for common graupd, we hope. >>> when we come back, the palin effect. that's what we turn to next. we look at how much a sarah palin endorsement helped or hurt candidates in last night's election. hi, may i help you? yes, we're looking to save on car insurance, even if that means we have to shop all day, right, honey? yep, all day. good thing you're starting here. we compare your progressive direct rate to other top companies', so you can save money! look! we saved a lot! and quick, too. and no more holding her purse! it's a european shoulder bag. it was a gift. mm-hmm. shopping less and saving more. now, that's progressive. call or click today. you can take the heat. 'til it turn

>> well, i hope john boehner will be the speaker in a way that he leads. i hope that he's not held back by the slowest ship. we always say around here, you have a convoy theory, that the whole congress will go as slow as the slowest ship. well, the american people are waiting for jobs, can't have that convoy theory. >> reporter: it's a high school question, but do you like him? >> of course. yes. we've had a good rapport. as i did with president bush. i'm always very respectful of my colleagues and the people they represent. >> reporter: looking at what happened last night, will president obama win in 2012? >> i believe that barack obama will serve eight years as president of the united states. i believe that he will also demonstrate to the american people, and he has, that what we had to do in the short-term is because we had an emergency situation. some people interpreted that as too activist. but it was emergency, and it saved us from a depression. >> reporter: you've talked about the marble ceiling. and i would like to show you a moment. >> tonight, i

-- for john boehner. and what is the future of nancy pelosi? caller: good morning. i wanted to comment on the all the negativity. i am a single mother. i strongly support my president. i have never experienced such disrespect for the president of the united states. i have -- that i have seen for president obama. it is the fact that he is a black president and we have had 43 white presidents. i have never seen such negativity and lack of respect. he still all of our president. host: we have heard that comment quite a bit "washington journal here on -- here on "washington journal." guest: the unemployment rate is high. president obama was able to overcome a lot of that chatter per i think we will return to a traditional map of bush-carried -- bush-kerry and bush-gore. host: we will lead bob cusack go. we will continue to take your calls. you will be able to hear more on -- to hear him on npr. thehill.com is the website to go to if you want to hear what "the hill"is reporting. time for a couple of more calls

john boehner is my rep. i would like to say that the government sent a message, especially to nancy pelosi. i want all the democrats and everyone to realize that you voted for change but what is the change that you wanted? he has taken this nation in the wrong direction. this is very very scary. he is responsible for everything going on right now. he was going to get unemployment down, capt. trade is a disaster. we need the tax cuts to continue. if he does not, that will kill everyone. wait until people see that they'll get more taxes taken out of their checks. we're going in the right direction and i think that is great and thank you for taking my call. host: we will be hearing from harry reid in about seven-8 minutes. we were told that he will come out in 10 minutes and that was a few minutes ago. he is in las vegas. we're joined from casper, wyoming. caller: i'm very excited that it looks like -- might pull out. the one thing i just want to say to voters about this election is something my angelou said, p

that goes against john boehner's grain. he has said i'm going to decentralize power away from the speaker's office and give it back to the chairman. that means it won't be a revolution. he won't get much done as fast as gingrich would have liked but it will be more of a normal congressional thing. at least that's what he's planning. he's a very different character than newt gingrich. >> john boehner is a grown-up. he really is. he's a laej lateor. i mean edward kennedy worked with him on no child left behind. he's somebody whose word has been trusted across the aisle. he came here to make it work. not to sabotage it or blow it up. i'm not as confident, david, that there aren't some real constructionists and troublemakers in that republican group that is coming in. >> lehrer: we'll be back. >> ifill: a short time ago we heard from west virginia democrat joe manchin who won the senate seat held by robert byrd. >> i want to thank all the people in west virginia for believing in me. i really truly appreciate every one of them.

that's what john boehner told me they're going to do. and if they hear what people are saying to them tonight, people want to work on the economy. that's what is the overriding thing that bothers people. >> couric: but they want tax cuts, and they want to reduce the deficit. jeff, is that really possible? >> reporter: i think, to be blunt, a lot of americans believe in the hot fudge sundae diet. they hate entitlements, they don't want social security or medicare cut, they want spending cuts but they don't want theirs reformed. that's something every congress has to deal with and the tea party may ratchet that difficulty up. it's going to be a tough next year in washington, katie. >> couric: do you think we're going to see a lot of gridlock, bob? >> the first thing that's going to happen is how are these republicans that are there now, the leaders, going to deal with these new republicans? because they're a different breed of cat here. >> couric: they've got an inner battle before they deal with the white house. >> yeah. >> couric: some c

john boehner for speaker. and i just congratulated him and also told him to get a little bit of rest because i can't tell you how many -- how many campaign stops he made, but he probably set a record for campaign stops for members of congress. and i told them to go, he and his wife to go get some rest and kind of enjoy the moment because he won't have too many late. >> host: juliana gruenwald. >> mr. barton, the committee has a broad jurisdiction. what were those telecom issues follow on the priority is? >> guest: the number one immediate priority is going to be health care because of the emphasis on appealing obama cared and then replacing it with something that is much more in tune with what the american people want. telecommunications is going to be a high priority, especially preventing the fcc for regulating the internet. and as i said earlier, if we can put together a bipartisan reform package in the universal service fund, i think i would be something that we could move. so health care would be number o

john boehner lived the american dream. he came from nothing. midwest guy, 11 brothers and sisters and he is rising to being third in line for the american presidency. that is quite a story. if that's his first impression to most of the american people, i think it was a very good one. here's where his power lies. this is why strategically for the republicans to control the house and not the senate is very important. because the republicans led by john boehner, they are going to be the engine for real change coming up. all of these bills are going to be coming out of the house on obama care, on tax cuts, on cutting spending. they are going to be presented to the senate. the democrats and the senate will sit on it or try to kill it. if it makes it to the president's desk, if any bills make it to obama's desk, he will kill it. what they will be able to do effectively, john, is turn the tables on the democrats and make them the party of no. >> you wrote the book on this. it was entitled train wreck, right? now you have it. >> we saw the engineer of

-- is john boehner the right person? >> 40 years ago you probably did not see pictures of the speaker of the house much. they were probably not featured on television ads because they were behind the scenes players. i was thinking of a man from oklahoma who is named i cannot remember. these were not national figures. they were not celebrities the way speakers became after tip o'neill. they are not elected by anything like a popular system. they are elected by members of one party of one chamber. they can elect any speaker. they elect the most senior leader in the caucus. whether it is nancy pelosi who did not seem like someone know came from the people, john boehner could have this problem as well. you make a good point which is even if americans don't support his policies still have great respect for the president. this one they think is trying hard even if he has not found the handle. tavis: it was one thing to ask this question on the front side, at it is another thing on the backside. from your perspective, whether o

of a clarification of the rule, what john boehner has said and also some of the other senior republicans, is that is something to take up with the transition team. greg waldron is in charge of it. there is also the republican study committee. the current chairman is tom price. it appears the new chairman is going to be congressman jordan. they are looking at some rule changes also, but the straight answer to your question is, in my outreach efforts, i am being very positively received for my chairmanship in terms of the rule -- that is something the transition team will make or recommendation to the leadership and to the full conference. >> election night, as john boehner was finishing his speech, we happen to notice you at the bottom of the stage shaking hands with presumptive ehner.r braine >> a relationship with him is very cordial. we work together in the education committee and we have are together when he was majority leader and in the minority leadership position. we are both very positive, and i would say we are both adults. we have both been around the block a little bit, and kn

one thing that might help with john boehner, chris, is they're both smokers. and who knows, he will need everything he can get with the republican leadership at the moment, put fashions behind it. i'm just saying. chris: smokers like the old days. >> the biggest sign what mark rubio enjoys is he was chosen for the post election weekly address by the republican party. they see this cuban-american, republican, smart guy from florida as a real ticketmaker in 2012. chris: and it's the one ethnic group that is pro-republican. has been. >> think what a game-changer that would be. chris: very nationalistic, yes. >> the reason why the iranians are sending bags of cash to hamid karzai is that they don't want to see the taliban come back in control. and in that regard, they're sending strong signals to us, detailed proposals for cooperation with us in stabilizing the western border of afghanistan. chris: tell me about rubio, why do you think he is earned his success in the big state -- well, maybe i'm answering the question. >> florida, florida, florida. chris: democrat

. >> john boehner said slurpees summit? i would rather have a glass of merlot. >> i have a better idea, merlot slurpee. think about it. >> lady gaga is getting waxed in a different places. she will be replicated in wax. >> waxed in one place. >> you can see her at a different wax locations across the world started on december 9. each one sporting one of her different outrageous outfits. you can find them in london, berlin, new york, hollywood, new york, shanghai and hong kong. >> i don't like starting this hour with lady gaga getting waxed. if you delay gets squeezed -- [laughter] >> if you easily get squeamish in movies you don't want to be 147 hours this weekend. it's a new film, starring the true story of that rock climber who resort to self abdication to free himself from a boulder pinned his arm in a candid. he was that there for five days back in 2003. many viewers got sick in the movie because it was so realistic they had to leave the movie and couldn't return. >> this is truly a movie i want to go see. what a good t

i think the same is true for john boehner. john boehner has a more complex job because he's got a more complex caucus, i think, than president obama is dealing with. >> i think there's a lot of projection going on here. if you look at the exit polls, the i believes were more likely than other voters to be alarmed about the deficits. they were also more likely than other voters to want to protect social security, medicare and all the things that create the deficits. so a lot of the upset about washington over the last couple decades is really projecting our own problems onto the capital. if the american people are not willing to square that circle and how can you expect to elect leaders to do that, and that was nest the exit polls. >> we saw president obama today come out and say he felt bad for those democrats who had lost, and at one point he said he took a shell lacking. mark, was this what you expected from him today? >> i think it was reality based. the democrats did take a shellacking of they lost 19 state legislatures, c

sticker john boehner for speaker. and i just congratulated him. i also told him to get a little bit of rest because i can't tell you how many, how many campaign stops he had made, but he probably set a record for campaign stops for members of congress, and i told him to go, he and his wife to go get some rest and kind of enjoy the moment because you won't have too many like that. >> host: juliana gruenwald. >> host: mr. barton, did the committee -- if you're chairman, the committee has a broad jurisdiction. where will tech and telecom issues fall on the committee's priorities? >> guest: the number one, immediate priority is going to be health care because of the emphasis on repealing obamacare. and then replacing it with something that's much more in tune with what the american people want. telecommunications is going to be a high priority, especially preventing the fcc from regulating the internet. and as i said earlier, if we can put together a bipartisan reform package on the universal service fund, i think that'd

john boehner at least pretends he wants to do business. mitch mcconnell said that his top, in an interview with "national journal," if they do when the senate, is to make sure that barack obama is a one-term president. i don't think that is the kind of message that americans by and large want to hear. you may not even like obama, but you know what to wished failure. -- but you don't want to wish a failure. >> if you ask voters in kentucky how they feel about the estimate, i would be interested to see the call. -- poll. >> nothing is going to happen for the next two years. it is really about 2012. we might as well face up to it. that is going to be the real election. >> i am not so sure that nothing is going to happen. republicans to gain control of the house will have to produce something. there will have to say that they made a difference in some ways -- they will have to say that they made a difference in some ways. >> i have been out in the last two days doing interviews for a story where i was on the tea party world, and they want proo

and john boehner as the new speaker? >> well, in the short term it's very bad news for obama on several fronts. he's always prided himself as a big-picture president. a reagan, a roosevelt type as oppose odd to the bite-sized presidencies of some others. there will be no big things he'll be able to do. he might be able to work a compromise on a few things like no child left behind, maybe some trade stuff. no major stimulus. and i think even more upsetting to some of the white house types will be that they will be under constant scrutiny, investigations, inquiries. so it's certainly a short-term bet. what affect does it have on 2012? i don't have the slightest idea. there will be other things that will probably have a greater effect but if history is any guide, it doesn't necessarily injure him for reelection. his camelot moment is certainly over. whether he is judged as a great, near great, or mediocre or whatever kind of president will depend on the success of his financial regulatory reform, health care, whether he get

with john boehner, tricky. they both have a need to deliver results. i think since we've seen the house of representatives change hands now three times in 16 years which is unprecedented in american history, the electorate is volatile. not giving people a lot of time to deliver what they want. both john boehner and the president need deliver on jobs but both have opposite constituencies. boehner constituency wants to see spending cuts. things you can't necessary dloi if you're trying to stimulate the economy to create jobs and they want to see cuts, but not in social security on medicare. very contradictory and difficult for him to do what the tea party part of his base wants him to do. >> out west we know there's still uncertainty. what did you make, especially of alaska? this too early to call? we don't know the outcome, possibly for week. incredibly interesting race really from the beginning with the element of a write-in candidate? >> a crazy year, independent candidates interesting and exciting. rhode island, lincoln won there. in alaska unprecede

anyway, terry holt, little insight on john boehner. thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, what what is your favorite tv show say about your politics? we'll reveal what people are watching, what they drink, and how they vote. because i know you've always wanted to do know that. >>> next, the plot thickens in the russian spy caper. more excuses to show pictures of -- i'm kidding. russia says they know who blew the agent's cover and the hunt is on to find them. >>> first, washington speak. plenary. this is summit speak for a meeting attended by all members. president obama's day at the g-20 in seoul started off with a plenary meeting attended by all members. of course, the g-20 has like 23 members but we can't count in the world. but we understand there is plenary to talk about after this session. imf reform was the big thing that came out of this g-20. if you have some washington speak speak you would like us to clarify or a way to try to count to 23 rather than 20, send us an e-mail at dailyrundown@msnbc.com. we'll be right b

john boehner lived the american dream. he came from nothing. midwest guy, 11 brothers and sisters and he is rising to being third in line for the american presidency. that is quite a story. if that's his first impression to most of the american people, i think it was a very good one. here's where his power lies. this is why strategically for the republicans to control the house and not the senate is very important. because the republicans led by john boehner, they are going to be the engine for real change coming up. all of these bills are going to be coming out of the house on obama care, on tax cuts, on cutting spending. they are going to be presented to the senate. the democrats and the senate will sit on it or try to kill it. if it makes it to the president's desk, if any bills make it to obama's de, he will kill it. what they will be able to do effectively, john, is turn the tables on the democrats and make them the party of no. >> you wrote the book on this. it was entitled train wreck, right? now you have it. >> we saw the engineer of th

please welcome john boehner. [cheers and applause] >> i am going to thank pete sessions for the tireless leadership he exhibited over at the nrcc along with his sidekick, greg waldman. they have done a marvelous job on behalf of our [cheers and applause] i am going to thank all of our candidates, our supporters, our volunteers who have worked so hard to make this moment possible. let me just say this -- it is clear tonight who the winners really are and that is the american people. [cheers and applause] the american people's voice was heard the ballot box, the american people's voice. let me be brief because we have real work to do and frankly, this is not the time for celebration not when one out of our fellow 10 citizens are out of work, not when we buried our children under a mountain of debt, and not when our congress is held in such low esteem. this is a time to roll up our sleeves, a time to look forward with determination, and to take the first steps toward building a better future for our kids and grandki

congressmen as part of the problem, not the solution. >> john boehner is a creature of this house. he knows how to make the system work. but maybe as many as 60 people in his caucus have come to washington to break that system apart. >> reporter: despite 19 years in congress, boehner may be better known for his perpetual tan than for his politics. his first foray into politics was as head of a homeowners association, which led eventually to his first run for congress in 1990. boehner became a power player, helping draft the 1994 contract with america. but he also got caught distributing campaign contributions from tobacco lobbyists on the house floor. he's achieved the rare feat of a second chance at power. in canton, house candidate jim rinacvci believes boehner's experiences will help him unite the party. >> reporter: for now, boehner remains a speaker in waiting. cynthia bowers, cbs news, canton, ohio. >> mitchell: and still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," a shake-up in the sports world: tiger woods no longer number one. one. [ male announcer ] one look can turn the every

boehner as the republican pelosi and you know, this new kinder john boehner is not the real john boehner, make him pop and put him in opposition with the smooth, cool, president obama. i think that's what the game is here. >> paul: that means again all the tabs cuts would expire because pre zoombly the republicans aren't going along with a partial extension what they're saying now on some of the tax cuts. do you e that same kind of a train wreck scenario? >> i guess i'm more optimistic with you. i think there are a lot of congressional democrats that are not very thrilled to play ball and their original attention was sort of go under the lame duck and try to jam the republicans with some legislation that they would not be very happy with, either one idea is to permanently extend the middle class tax cuts and temporarily extend the higher rates. >> what they want. >>, but i don't see republicans agreeing to that kind of a dichotomy. i think the republicans say let's move together and move ahead together or we'll let them expire. >> yeah, coming off this election, they've got a lot more ex

john it was not john boehner's strength as a political leader is probably not in the spoken word. >> lehrer: he's not an orator. both of you said he's a legislator. >> he is a legislator. he's a mid western republican. anti-tax and anti-regulation. pro business. but he's a legislator who does believe in reaching a consensus and forging a deal. >> lehrer: you know, the other thing you can't help but keep in mind john boehner is still speaking. he was speaking for a few minutes even before we picked him up. he may have said a lot more than just what we heard. but this term repudiation of washington. washington only does what's good for washington. washington this, washington that. when did that... this has always worked. republicans use it and it works. democrats out it and it works. liberals use it and it works. why does it always work. >> andrew jackson used it. it worked for him. well, it reflects, you know, i've said this before on the program but to me the most important political polling results of our lifetimes is they ask the question do you trust government to do the right thi

she will be succeeded by the john boehner as speaker of the new congress. mitch mcconnell decided it was better to switch on earmarks than to fight. a bill failed in the house. charlie rangel got his comeuppance from the house committee. we have a lame-duck congress, and nancy pelosi is still speaker. the president would cut off the bush tax cuts, and republicans want to extend them across the board. >> as of this moment, the house democrats stand with the president on cutting them off at $250,000, but the senate democrats once again have left the reservation. j.r. flirting with the idea of extending them for everybody -- is a are flirting with the idea of extending them for everybody. >> we are all in deficit hawks now. >> in the end, the only way to solve the problem is with entitlements and growth and raising income taxes, marginal taxes, by at least 13 persons on on what will amount to half of the small business income in america. it is not a wise way to promote employment and growth in the middle of a bad recession. that is the argue against it. the be

then john boehner did something unexpected toward the end of his remarks. boehner to many eyes embodies the kind of politician with his dry wit and hardened exterior, he choked up. >> i started out mopping floors and waiting tables and attending bar in my dad's tavern. i put myself through school working every rotten job there was . every night shift i could find. and i poured my heart and soul in the running a small business. >> and that started when the next likely speaker john boehner talked about how he chased the american dream. the crowd chanted usa. usa. >> james rosen live in washington tonight much the latest on the key contest in the state of nevada where we are monitoring the showdown between harry reid and the tea party favorite sharron angle. we'll go live to las vegas and speak to karl rove about the results and what they all mean and joe trippy from the democrat side all-star panel and continuous coverage from california to washington state and this is fox news election coverage from the journalism fox news election night 2010. : o really sav

. >> what's the best thing about john boehner? >> well, i hope john boehner will be the speaker in a way that he lead. i hope that he is not held back by national we are say around here, you have a convoy theory, that congress will go as slow as the slowest ship. well, there's people waiting for jobs can't wait, have that convoy theory. >> life-giving fluid the ronald reagan building in downtown washington, d.c.. just about to get underway, just a few more minutes we think for this cq "roll call" forum for the 2010 midterm election results. as we wait we had a chance earlier to speak with a capitol hill reporter about those election results. >> of "the wall street journal" on the front page article today's edition on how the route was one. careful plans and timely way, but other gop regain the usl. how early in 2009 did eric cantor begin laying his plans for taking back the house? >> they started remarkably early. you could say that in gnu 2009 they already determined they had a possible of taking the house back from the democrats

we heard john boehner say over and over again, this isn't a celebration on tuesday night. everybody seems meek in claiming the mantle of victory in part because they've got tensions in their own party. >> that's right. >> that's exactly right. there is tension within the republican conferences. the tea party movement has to be integrated in there in a way that makes some sort of sense. you heard rand paul in your clips and he's going to be an exemplar of the no, no, no, we're not going down that path model. are republicans going to be able to govern within their own conference? the difference you hear in the message is also due to the fact that in 1994 when the republicans took over, the democrats had been in power in the house for 40 years. they were willing to embrace republicans because they didn't have anything against -- against them. it's only been four years since republicans were in power and the public 1 not necessarily enamored of what's happening then, they're just mad about what's happening now. >> there was also a real difference in between -- tone between mit

she will be succeeded by the john boehner as speaker of the new congress. mitch mcconnell decided it was better to switch on earmarks than to fight. a bill failed in the house. charlie rangel got his comeuppancee from the house committee. we have a lame-duck congress, and nancy pelosi is still speaker. the president would cut off the bush tax cuts, and republicansns want to extend them across the board. >> as of this moment, the house democrats stand with the president on cutting them off at $250,000, but the senate democrats once again have left the reservation. j.r. flirting with the idea of extending them for everybody -- is a are flirting with the idea of extending them for everybody. >> we are all in deficit hawks now. >> in the end, the only way to solve the problem is with entitlements and growth and raising income taxes, marginal taxes, by at least 13 persons on on what will amount to half of the small business income in america. it is not a wise way to promote employment and growth in the middle of a bad recession. that is the argue against it. the

among them, john boehner, the incoming speaker of the house. but until mr. boehner takes his seat in january, democrats are still in charge. the so-called lame duck session begins tomorrow and they face some critical deadlines. on tuesday, long-term unemployment benefits expire. those bush-era tax cuts are set to expire in january. and the white house wants to win approval of a new nuclear deal with russia by the end of this career. this week, two reports that could influence pending legislation are due out. the pentagon's review of don't ask, don't tell, and the president's deficit committee's recommendations. a lot on the agenda. so we want to bring in our senior washington editor rick klein. rick, is there any hope that this lame duck session can achieve much? >> reporter: well, you think about it, there's a reason that all these cans got kicked down the road. they are the hardest things to get lined up and get the votes for. the likeliest movement is going to be around the tax cuts. some kind of compromise is probably in the offing. maybe attached to the

nancy pelosi knocked back a rebellion from her own troops and will be succeeded by john boehner as speaker of the new congress. mitch mcconnell decided it was better to switch on earmarks than to fight. a bill to extend jobless benefits failed in the house. and charlie rangel got his comeuppance from the house ethics committee. we have a lame-duck congress and nancy pelosi is still the speaker. the president would cut off tax cuts at $250,000. where do we stand on tax cuts? >> as of this moment, the house democrats are with the president of but the senate democrats once again has settled off the reservation by flirting with the idea of extending them for everybody. >> if the tax cuts were extended, the richest americans would get a tax savings of -- we are all deficit hawks now. >> in the end, the only way to solve the problem of entitlement and growth and raising income taxes, marginal taxes, by at least 13% on what will amount to half of the small business income and america, and they hire people. it is not a wise way to promote employment and growth in the middle of a recession. that is

cliff number two is john maynard crying. -- john boehner crying. cliff number one is bill clinton campaigning when they can it's what goes into labor. t. plus, he lost her hea >> so, do we have time for anything else? >> we might. i will do the cliffs first and maybe just to a call. -- the clips first and maybe just jump to a call. >> oh, shoot. you know what? i should have asked dan to do a coffee run. >> they have donuts in there. what? >> i have a whole thing of doughnuts. >> get out. >> to you guys have coffee? do you want some? we have some great coffee shop downstairs. >> tell them i will pay them back. >> coffee? coffee? coffee? one coffee? >> tell them that brian lamb is buying doughnuts and coffee. >> alright, cool. thanks. >> tell them that brian is paying. >> after clips, you have calls. >> all right, good. >> here we go. >> i am ready. >> it is 24 minutes after the hour with the bill press show. sunday, check your local listings. i will be on the mclaughlin group with john mclaughlin. issue number one has not changed all of these years.

and an historic night for john boehner. what a climb to power. the son of a tavern owner from southwestern ohio. one of 12 brothers and sisters. he ran a plastics company out of college. began to run for public office. was pushed out of the leader ship in the 1990s. has fought wiz way back. president obama called him shortly after midnight and congratulated him. i want to bring in jake tapper about that phone call. conciliatory? >> reporter: last night, the president called soon to be speaker boehner at roughly midnight. the president knew it was likely that the republicans would be taking control of the house. it was a question of how big the margin would be. there's been a lot of tension between the president and john boehner. both eyeing each other with skepticism. so far, what i'm hearing from the white house and aides to soon to be speaker boehne rx, they both want to go forth in a joint effort. >> good morning, everyone. as you heard me say last night, we're humbled by the trust that the american people have placed in us. we recognize this

from president obama to republican speaker-to-be john boehner. republicans made it clear they are going to reset the agenda. >> the american people have spoke and it's clear that the obama-pelosi agenda is being rejected by the american people. they want, as i said last night, they want the president to change course. and i think it's change course we will. >> reporter: while a chastened president tried to put the best face he could on the results. >> every election, regardless of who wins and who loses, is a reminder that in our democracy, power rests not with those of us in elected office, but with the people we have the privilege to serve. >> reporter: asked repeatedly what went wrong for democrats, mr. obama accepted some responsibility. >> i think the overwhelming message that i hear from the voters is that we want everybody to act responsibly in washington. we want you to work harder to arrive at consensus. we want you to focus completely on jobs and the economy, and growing it. >> reporter: and he admitted his campaign promise to change wa

now, our first clip comes from ohio congressman john boehner. now that the republicans have retaken control of congress, he's about to become the new speaker of the house, and that news has made him very emotional. >> i've spent my whole life chasing the american dream. you know, i started out mopping floors, waiting tables and tending bar at my dad's tavern. i put my -- myself through

she will be succeeded by john boehner. mitch mcconnell decided it was better this week for earmarks it than to fight. a veteran democratic congressman and charlie arango got his comeuppance from the house committee -- a veteran democratic congressman charlie rangel got his comeuppance from the house committee. where do we stand on tax cuts? >> the house democrats stand with the president and on cutting them off and at $250,000, but senate democrats have settled off the reservation by flirting with the idea of extending them for everybody. >> if the tax cuts are expected, the richest americans -- we are all the deficit hawks now. >> in the end, the only way to solve the problem is with entitlements and growth and raising income taxes, marginal taxes, by at least 13%, on what will amount to half of the small business income in america. it is not exactly a wise way to promote employment and growth in the middle of a bad recession. as the best solution which peter orszag himself has suggested is extend them temporarily, and wh