terry mcauliffe? >> it's such a fascinating race, because it's kind of -- cucinelli is the national tea party hero in waiting, with alan west and michele bachmann. >> he wins? >> if he wins, could see him in 2016. >> year of 2012, besides president obama's re-election, known as the year america got comfortable with gay marriage. that's it for this special edition of "the daily rundown." happy holidays, happy new year. be safe from all of us at "the daily rundown."

in his work helping homebuyers find financing, michael mcauliffe has seen the mortgage process change dramatically the past few years. gone are the loose lending requirements and lax regulations of 2006. today, it is all about tougher standards and more serious oversight of every loan. 'banks made a big mistake giving out all those loans, and regulators probably weren't looking as closely as they should have been. so, now they're both making sure that the finger doesn't get pointed at them again.' to get that loan in the new year, mcauliffe says be honest about what you can afford, save for a large down payment, and don't count on that loan until all the papers are signed. 'the big thing is, don't do anything to negatively affect that credit score. they're going to check your job that day, they're going to put your credit that day. in fact, they're going to look at the appraisal to make sure it all makes sense to them. fiori remains hopeful that even in this tight-money environment, financing will ultimately come his way in the new year. mcauliffe adds that while mortgage rates have r

mcauliffe is hoping to end the curse. since 1976, the party that wins the start loses the gubernatorial election. senator warner defeated a republican earley. 52% of the vote. in 2005 after bush's re-election, tim cain beat kilgore. during president obama's difficult first year in office. and in an off-year election with turnout expected of 40%, the electorate is expected to be wider, older and conservative but will it be conservative enough to elect a ken kuchinelli? by the way, thinking of hillary's presidential campaign, send your resume to terry mcauliffe. in new jersey, where the governor's race is about chris christie and 2016 hoping to scare off any serious competition and building a pl platform and run for second term and presidential ambitions shaped in handling hurricane sandy effort. will christie that declared now's not my time in the fall of 2011 make moves in 2013 toward a presidential bid? watch him for clues. i can tell you. people close to christie believe the biggest mistake of mitt romney is not seeking

so mcauliffe has a clear path in that june democratic primary and keel face ken cuccinelli. there are two -- he'll face ken cuccinelli. there are two other names, one gongorist large the best selling author -- one john grisham, the best selling author, but right now it looks like it will be mcauliffe and cuccinelli. you can't get two different people. >>> let's talk about bob mcdonnell and he's a lame duck now. rumor is he's got higher aspirations. >> well, he's got nothing to do. he's out. he's out. if romney had won, he was an early supporter, he would probably have been in the cabinet, maybe even attorney general, but now there were two reports and most prominent being in the wall street journal today that he went up to sheldon madison. remember him, the guy with the real deep pockets who gave over 50 million to gingrich and romney and introduced himself and told him of his availability, i guess, for president. democrats are very please because they think well, i guess he's not going to run against mark warner in 2014 and over in maryland, let's not leave out maryland, i

running against the former head of the dnc, terry mcauliffe. his path to nomination was cleared after the lieutenant governor dropped out of the race, saying he's stepping aside to save the party from a potentially nasty tough primary battle. we'll have to wait until next july to find out what former presidential candidate and governor of texas, rick perry will be doing. those plans could well be running for his fourth term as texas governor. but perry told nbc back in august that he would quote absolutely consider running for the white house again. secretary of state hillary clinton likens herself to the power rangers after watching a video tribute to herself at a middle east forum hosted by the show's maker. take a listen. >> i prepared some remarks for tonight, but then i thought maybe we could just watch that video a few more times. and then the next time i could county the hairstyles, which you know, is one of my favorite pasttimes. i think i know what it feels like to be one of the mighty morphing power rangers. clinton honored at the din

it is not even aptly named when mcauliffe the farm bill anymore. we call it the farm bill anymore. i think it is an approach to helping the industry that makes more sense than the old school grants were they paid people not to form. something has to be done. out here in the 19 counties of indiana where we have a manufacturing based economy, there are a lot of people that a concern about whether that gets done. if nothing gets done, it is my understanding that the whole process will restart and there are opportunities are challenges that could come with these programs expiring. >> follow-up on what jason was asking about big issues for the upcoming congress. you have a top rating for the nra. use support their proposal to put armed guards in schools it erode the will be a big debate over the next year. -- schools? >> it will be a big debate over the next year. there 1100 schools that have that have anheire ability to protect the young people and teachers. it has worked well in indiana. it is not lead to an escalation in violence. it could be a good proposal as part of what is being

terry mcauliffe what ran the last time will run again. looked like mark warner, senator might run for that. mark warner dropped out. tom perriello former member of congress. you reported on this yesterday. now with the center for american progress. people thought he might run again. >> apparently he really considered running and yesterday he decided not to do it. he decided not to do it and he endorsed terry mcauliffe and said i'm going to stand with him. there was some thought from people on the left, tom perriello is with cap. he's a liberal member of congress. there was some thought that after two presidential elections where the state had gone blue, there was a chance for sort of the left wing of the party to nominate somebody pretty liberal and win the governorship that way and i guess that didn't work out in perriello's math, didn't fit. >> bill: i gotta tell you, you talk about a clear choice between terry mcauliffe former head of the dnc, good friend of mine. good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill

not be guns in schools, whereas if you have the democratic -- presumptive democratic nominee, terry mcauliffe saying we want more guns in schools with police officers, and then you have the presumptive nominee both saying we should consider the idea of allowing trained principals, or teachers that want to get trained in school districts where they want to do it and not a mandatory thing, and it's part of the debate and nothing they propose but want to consider. >> is the debate impacted where the restrictions are proposed? >> when you say where, in virginia, definitely because there's a split between northern virginia and say, the southern part of virginia, and there will be a lot of controversy within that state. >> and it's interesting, all of the folks that we just talked about, mcauliffe and mcdonald and cuccinelli live now or used to live in northern virginia. >> where they live and what votes they need are entirely different. i think you also have to keep in mind, look, there is virginia -- virginia is the world headquarters of the national rival association. i think that this has been

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if you want to work, by the way, if you want to work on hillary 2016 i'm told send a resume to terry mcauliffe, virginia governor. >> traditionally it's the republicans who have the coronation in the primary. democrats have the free for all. this year it's shaping up to be a 2014 republican free for all and democrats going for the coronation. >> well -- >> except we know that joe biden is clearly going to run. he's not just going to walk away. watching these two titans go at it, like this dance where they're not going to be attacking each other is going to be the interesting story over the next two years. >> biden is not going to let this go. i'm with you. he's run for president multiple times. >> he said it on election day. >> it's what carville said. running for president is like having sex. you don't just do it once. >> really? >> that's carville. >> howard university, student aid campaign. i want to give a shoutout to my mother, nesta bernard. they are raising money like rabbits for deserving kids to be able to finish school. >> raising money like rabbits. >> we need money. >> you're raisi

which is okay because our friend terry mcauliffe will now be the next governor of virginia. still a win. tom perriello will be in studio with us in the next segment. here we're visiting now with ellen ratner who is head of talk radio news. a service that provides news cut-ins for talk radio hosts all around the country. and also she's the founder of goats for the old goat. that's what we've been talking about this morning. you can join. this is a great thing you can do and provide a goat for some of the poor people in south sudan and it is $60. >> you get your photo with your goat which i personally take when i go there every 12 weeks. >> bill: if you go to the web site, goats for the old goat. dan, you've got it up on your computer. you can see these are villagers with -- >> they're returning slaves. you can name your goat. you can specify who it's for. i take the little pieces of white paper over. we do the whole thing. it is a very hands on operation. >> bill: there's the person who provided this particular goat. this is john cheng. >> you know the recipient. you get a pi

and cuccinelli looks like will be the republican nominee against terry mcauliffe former dnc chair who played golf with president obama and president clinton last saturday. what do we know about cuccinelli? >> he's like virginia's todd akin in the sense -- >> oh, good! >> bill: great. just what we need. >> really, i think a lot more ideological and a lot more -- i think persuasive when it comes to making his case. so going through his policy positions, you have obviously no abortion cases of rape or incest, trying to defund planned parenthood going after having all kinds of notification periods. that's all in his record, voting for all of that. >> bill: i'm sure he was for the -- >> ultrasound. >> bill: the probe. >> the probe yeah. then i mean his record on gay and lesbian rights is atrocious. he went out of his way to make sure -- voted against the bill that would allow or encourage private companies to offer domestic partnership benefits based on the idea that if they do it might encourage that kind of behavior. all kinds of quotes about homosexual behavior being immoral and wrong.