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>> Reporter: THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.>> Megyn: I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. HE LOOKS NICE, DOESN'T HE ED. ESPECIALLY TODAY. BESIDES THE JOBS PUSH AND CALLFOR IMMIGRATION REFORM AND WARNING ABOUT THE NEW RULES ONGLOBAL WARMING, THERE WAS A POWERFUL MOMENT AT LAST NIGHT'STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED FOR A VOTE ON GUN CONTROL.>> HADIYA'S PARENTS, NICK AND CLEO ARE HERE IN THE CHAMBER, ALONG WITH TWO DOZEN AMERICANSWHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN TORN APART BY GUN VIOLENCE. THEY DESERVE A VOTE. THEY DESERVE A VOTE. [APPLAU[APPLAUSE]. THEY DESERVE A VOTE. GABBY GIFFORDS DESERVES A VOTE. THE FAMILIES OF NEWTOWN DESERVE A VOTE.>> Megyn: BUT WHO'S STOPPING THE VOTE? STEVE HAYES IS THE SENIOR WRITER WITH THE WEEKLY STANDARD JOINS ME NOW. STEVE, JENNIFER RUBEN OF "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAS AN INTERESTING PIECE IN WHICH SHESAYS FLAT-OUT THAT THIS IS MANIPULATIVE THEATERICS AND IT'S BIZARRE, BECAUSE THERE ISHE' SOMEBODY HE NEEDS TO POINTTO TO GET A VOTE ON GUN CONTROL AND IT HAPPENS TO BE ADEMOCRAT BY THE NAME OF HARRY REID.>> RIGHT, A DEMOCRAT BY THE NAME OF HARRY REID, WHO HAS OPPOSED SOME OF THE VERY KIND OF THINGS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMAIS CALLING FOR A VOTE ON THIS TIME. SO, YEAH, I THINK THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NUDGE PEOPLE IN HIS OWN PARTY TO DO THE THINGS THAT HE WANTS THEM TO DO. WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM DO IT ON GUN CONTROL, CERTAINLY DIDN'T SEE HIM DO IT ON IMMIGRATION AND NEVER DID IT ON SENATE BUDGE PROPOSAL.>> Megyn: SHE CALLS IT AN EMPTY GESTURE UNTIED TO POLITICAL REALITY. IF YOU WATCHED THAT MOMENT, HESEEMED TO BE IMPLYING THAT THERE WERE LAWMAKERS THERE ANDONE WOULD ASSUME IT WAS LAWMAKERS ON THE OPPOSITE AISLE FROM THE PRESIDENT WHO ARE GOING TO STOP GABBY GIFFORDS AND OTHER VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE FROM GETTING A VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION. THAT'S NOT THE REALITY RIGHT NOW IN THE U.S. CONGRESS.>> YOU'RE RIGHT AND LOOK, ANYTIME THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS IN A VENUE LIKE THIS, HE'S GOTSEVERAL AUDIENCES AND CLEARLY WHAT HE'S SAYING IS NOT FOR THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN FRONT OF HIM. AS YOU POINT OUT. HARRY REID COULD HAVE A VOTE ANYTIME HE WANTS TO AND I THINK THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO BUILD A PUBLIC CASE TO GET, TORALLY PUBLIC OPINION SO THAT FOLKS OUT IN THE COUNTRY PARTICULARLY IN THE RED STATESWHERE SUCH GUN CONTROL MEASURES ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE POPULAR WILL PUSH THEIR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JUST TO DOSOMETHING AND PUSH HARRY REID TO HOLD THE VOTE.>> Megyn: THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS. THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE, HE SAID HE'S GOING TO INTHE SECOND TERM APPEAL MORE TOTHE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAN THE LAWMAKERS AND USUALLY SAYING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, BUT IN THIS CASE ON HIS OWN SIDE AS WELL. A POINT THAT GENERALJENNIFER RUBEN WRITES AS FOLLOWS. I IMAGINE AT THIS PART OF THE SEAT. RED STATE LEGISLATORS ARE BREAKING INTO A COLD SWEAT. THE 60th VOTE ON THE UNPOPULAROBAMACARE AND NOW THE PRESIDENT WANTS THEM TO VOTE ON AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND TAX HIKES, CLIMATE CONTROL LEGISLATION? IT'S A POLITICAL NIGHTMARE SHESAYS FOR THEM.>> YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF DEMOCRATIC SENATORSFROM RED STATES WHO ARE GOING BE TO BE INCREASINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO PARTICULARLY WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE, YOU COULD SAY SORT OF CULTURAL ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S IMMIGRATION, GUN CONTROL, YOU NAME IT. THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE CLEAR HE INTENDS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THESE PUSHES. HE SAID SHORTLY AFTER SANDY HOOK HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A SERIOUS AND CONCERTED PUSH FORGUN CONTROL MEASURES. WE'RE SEEING HIM DO IT. DEMOCRATS IN RED STATES ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THAT. IT'S GOING TO PUT THEM IN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT ISSUE, AND YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE MORE WITH IMMIGRATION AND DEMOCRATIC SENATORS IN RED STATES ON FISCAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES. I MEAN, THE COMMENTS THE PRESIDENT MADE LAST NIGHT ON DEBT AND DEFICIT I THOUGHT GIVING SHORT SHRIFT ON THOSE ISSUES THEY MATTER PARTICULARLY IN RED STATES, THAT'S TOUGH FOR THOSE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AS WELL.>> Megyn: SO WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE IF THESE RED STATE DEMOCRATS AND WHAT IS IT, SIX SEATS THAT THE DEMOCRATS NEED,A NET GAIN OF SIX SEATS, THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO GAIN IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE SENATE CHAMBER.>> RIGHT.>> Megyn: SO, IT MATTERS HOW THESE CONSTITUENTS IN THE RED STATES SEE THESE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. IF THEY GO ALONG WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA ARE THERE THEREFORE JEOPARDIZING THAT PARTY'S CONTROL OF THE SENATE?>> ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT. RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THE FIELD MASS TILTED PRETTY SERIOUSLY AGAINST DEMOCRATS FOR THE SENATE IN 2014 PRECISELY BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE DEMOCRATS WERE SWEPT INTO OFFICE WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA FIRST WON ELECTION IN 2008. SO, THERE WAS THIS WAVE ELECTION, A LOT OF THEM CAME IN ON HIS COAT TAILS AND ASKING FOR AN AGENDA THAT IS UNAPOLOGETICALLY MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE ONE HE PUSHED EARLIER IN THE FIRST TERM. HE RAN IN 2012 AS A PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT. HE WON. THE PRESIDENT THINKS THIS WAS AN AFFIRMATION OF THAT RECORD,I THINK RATHER UNDERSTANDABLY FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE. HE'S NOW PUSHING AN AGENDA THAT'S GOING TO PUT SOME OF THESE SEATS IN JEOPARDY. THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE ON ONEHAND AND LOYAL TO THE PRESIDENT ON THE OTHER.>> SORT OF WHAT WE SAW WITH OBAMACARE AND WE KNOW HOW THAT
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