john wayne gacy used to live in waterloo. a mass murderer. if you are truly from waterloo you would know the difference between duke and a felon. >> sure. >> bret: part of the deal. >> is it a challenge? >> sure it's a challenge. the president of the united states has to stand up and lead the nation. they can't embarrass the american people. so there is part of toughening up and learning how to do this job. ♪ >> bret: also on june 27, another republican jumps in. hoping to catch iowa lightning in a bottle. >> i never thought i'd speak in atumbwua. >> thaddeus mccotter. eight-year member of congress. >> bret: he asked undecided activist robin out for coffee. the washington big shot courting the iowa activist. >> i did look at the straw poll. >> bret: for now, only willing to give mccotter friendly iowa advice. >> got to get your statement down, so you can talk to people face to face. >> bret: july turns to august. and the straw poll fast approaches. >> the straw vote sends a powerful message. >> the state is rising. >> we're fired up! >> bre

. >> it's like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the spirit that i have. >> she mixes up iowa legend john wayne and serial killer john wayne gacy. >> john wayne gacy lived in waterloo -- you know, mass murderer. if you are from waterloo, you would know the difference between the the duke and a felon. >> sure, sure. >> that's part of the deal. >> yeah. >> is it a challenge? >> oh, sure, it's a challenge. but the president of the united states has to stand up and lead the nation and they can't embarrass the american people. so part of toughening up and learning how it do this job. >> also on june 27, another republican jumps in, hoping to catch iowa lightning in a bottle. >> i never thought i would be speaking here. >> thaddeus mccotter. >> in all honesty, you never thought you would hear a speech from a dude named thaddeus. he asked an undecided for coffee. the washington big shot, courting the iowa activist. for now, at least, she's only willing to give him friendly iowa advice. >> you have to get your -- your statements down so you can talk to people, face to face. >> july tu

. >> it's like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the spirit that i have. >> she mixes up iowa legend john wayne and serial killer john wayne gacy. >> john wayne gacy lived in waterloo -- you know, mass murderer. if you are from waterloo, you would know the difference between the the duke and a felon. >> sure, sure. >> that's part of the deal. >> yeah. >> is it a challenge? >> oh, sure, it's a challenge. but the president of the united states has to stand up and lead the nation and they can't embarrass the american people. so part of toughening up and learning how it do this job. >> also on june 27, another republican jumps in, hoping to catch iowa lightning in a bottle. >> i never thought i would be speaking here. >> thaddeus mccotter. >> in all honesty, you never thought you would hear a speech from a dude named thaddeus. he asked an undecided for coffee. the washington big shot, courting the iowa activist. for now, at least, she's only willing to give him friendly iowa advice. >> you have to get your -- your statements down so you can talk to people, face to face. >> july tu

. >> it's like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the spirit that i have. >> she mixes up iowa legend john wayne and serial killer john wayne gacy. >> john wayne gacy lived in waterloo -- you know, mass murderer. if you are from waterloo, you would know the difference between the the duke and a felon. >> sure, sure. >> that's part of the deal. >> yeah. >> is it a challenge? >> oh, sure, it's a challenge. but the president of the united states has to stand up and lead the nation and they can't embarrass the american people. so part of toughening up and learning how it do this job. >> also on june 27, another republican jumps in, hoping to catch iowa lightning in a bottle. >> i never thought i would be speaking here. >> thaddeus mccotter. >> in all honesty, you never thought you would hear a speech from a dude named thaddeus. he asked an undecided for coffee. the washington big shot, courting the iowa activist. for now, at least, she's only willing to give him friendly iowa advice. >> you have to get your -- your statements down so you can talk to people, face to face. >> july tu

. >> it's like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the spirit that i have. >> she mixes up iowa legend john wayne and serial killer john wayne gacy. >> john wayne gacy lived in waterloo -- you know, mass murderer. if you are from waterloo, you would know the difference between the the duke and a felon. >> sure, sure. >> that's part of the deal. >> yeah. >> is it a challenge? >> oh, sure, it's a challenge. but the president of the united states has to stand up and lead the nation and they can't embarrass the american people. so part of toughening up and learning how it do this job. >> also on june 27, another republican jumps in, hoping to catch iowa lightning in a bottle. >> i never thought i would be speaking here. >> thaddeus mccotter. >> in all honesty, you never thought you would hear a speech from a dude named thaddeus. he asked an undecided for coffee. the washington big shot, courting the iowa activist. for now, at least, she's only willing to give him friendly iowa advice. >> you have to get your -- your statements down so you can talk to people, face to face. >> july tu

. >> it's like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the spirit that i have. >> she mixes up iowa legend john wayne and serial killer john wayne gacy. >> john wayne gacy lived in waterloo -- you know, mass murderer. if you are from waterloo, you would know the difference between the the duke and a felon. >> sure, sure. >> that's part of the deal. >> yeah. >> is it a challenge? >> oh, sure, it's a challenge. but the president of the united states has to stand up and lead the nation and they can't embarrass the american people. so part of toughening up and learning how it do this job. >> also on june 27, another republican jumps in, hoping to catch iowa lightning in a bottle. >> i never thought i would be speaking here. >> thaddeus mccotter. >> in all honesty, you never thought you would hear a speech from a dude named thaddeus. he asked an undecided for coffee. the washington big shot, courting the iowa activist. for now, at least, she's only willing to give him friendly iowa advice. >> you have to get your -- your statements down so you can talk to people, face to face. >> july tu

she was born in waterloo, iowa. she lives next door and she's campaigning hard. she's make an effort to use this immigration issue to underminute beginning in iowa. so, you know, i don't know. but, look, we do know this. we have two candidates, newt gingrich and mitt romney, who are atop the pack. the question is will there be somebody else who will jump in and grab a place at the table as well? >> let's talk about strategy and tactics for a minute. newt's strategy seems to be saying, look, i'm more conservative than mit mitt romn. and he's going around the country and he wants these lincoln-douglas debates. and if president obama didn't show up, he would follow him. and four hours after he's there he will be there 2348 he kau pit pit -- capitulates. >> well, if he were the nominee, president obama would go about his duties and go about his campaign and after a while newt would, as any republican would, tire of sort of trying to dog the president by doing this. it's a nice sort of debating point. it's a nice sort of contrast. but it's hard to execute when you are

we actually were in the town where i was born yesterday, waterloo, iowa, my mother and my step dad were with me in mason city where she was born, where my core of conviction came from, the roots that i have here, in the state of iowa and in minnesota so we are going to all the various towns across iowa and we have had a wonderful response and people are coming out. we are in davenport this morning. >>alisyn: thank you, congresswoman, thank force congresswoman, thank force sharing that with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ when the things that you need ♪ ♪ come at just the right speed, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ medicine that can't wait legal briefs there by eight, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ freight for you, box for me box that keeps you healthy, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ saving time, cutting stress, when you use ups ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't b