Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is a member of the House Republican Leadership and explains how party leaders decided to give President Obama 60 days to finally make a call on whether to proceed on the Keystone XL pipeline project with Canada. Rep. McMorris Rodgers details why the project is good for our job-creation efforts and our energy independence goals. She also discusses what might happen if the president does not honor that 60-day deadline. And she reacts to Friday’s jobs report and the coming House debate over another extension of the debt ceiling.
Archives for January 6, 2012
Romney on the Rise
Mitt Romney squeaked out a win in Iowa. He has a huge lead in New Hampshire and at least one suggests he’s very well positioned to win in South Carolina as well. Republican strategist Joe Watkins served in the Bush 41 administration and ran against Rick Santorum in the 1994 U.S. Senate primary in Pennsylvania. He explains why finishing in second in New Hampshire is important for the other candidates, why Romney is smart to spend part of this week campaigning in South Carolina and whether a long, bruising primary is good for the eventual GOP nominee.
That Old Timer Robert Dole
Republican voters seem reluctant to embrace Mitt Romney and several more conservative alternatives have risen and fallen. So to help end the frustration, the Capitol Steps bring back a couple of former GOP nominees to bring the party together. Our guest is Steps impressionist Mark Eaton.
Three Martini Lunch 1/6/12
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review cautiously cheer a pretty good jobs report but note how much ground must be recovered. We discuss Rick Santorum’s uncomfortably close ties to lobbyists while he was in the U.S. Senate. And one error at a tiny Iowa precinct could make Santorum the winner after all.