New-look Boiler Room: Obama's legacy, CPAC -- blessing or curse, 2014

NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro answer a variety of viewers' questions, including the issues most likely to be passed by lawmakers in Washington, the blessing and/or curse of speaking at CPAC, and if Republicans or Democrats will benefit from 2014 midterms.

This week we tried something different and answered several questions in one segment! Thanks to Feisty Readhead Roselle, IL, Yellowdog-Mark D, Steeler Fan-380417 and GOP Comeback 2014 for their questions!

A big thanks to everyone else who submitted questions-- keep them coming!

 

Edited by NBC's Natalie Cucchiara.

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GOP is seriously thinking about a comeback.

History is on the GOP side. In the midterm that falls on a president's 6th year, American voters want to give the other party a chance.

A recent example is 2006 when Grandma Nancy became the first Madame Speaker, making history, then President Obama became President 2 years later, another important history made.

Another example, in 1918, GOP made a comeback in the 6th year of Woodrow Wilson, taking over both Houses of Congress, destroying Wilson's experiment with world government (the League of Nations). 2 years later, Warren Hardin took over the White House, and GOP policies moved the country toward Great Depression.

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Good luck to the GOP - only because I like the 2 party system and its benefits.

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Reply#1 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 3:54 PM EST

Thanks for answering my question, guys.

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#1.1 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 3:57 PM EST

P.S.:

Congrats to Feisty Readhead Roselle, IL, Yellowdog-Mark D, Steeler Fan-380417 and GOP Comeback 2014 who posed questions and get answered.

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#1.2 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:02 PM EST

Hi guys, when will there be more interest paid to the Hassert rule being used by the House GOP?

This is the biggest reason there will be no compromise, it has created a double filibuster and the extreme elements of the GOP has brought everything to a stop.

Thoughts?

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#1.3 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:11 PM EST

Wow and sssstujff, frist I wnet to the video thingy and evrytrhing dounded so yummmy, I triide a bvncha ressipes. I gotta tell ya the new formt looks kinda fjuzzy to me. Hay, that sounds reelllly good. I'm gonna hav a fuzzzzzy nnavel now.

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#1.4 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:04 PM EST

dis bees mickell relecton campagn hedqueertrs. dis it hooos he gona run da lass term.

    #1.5 - Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:00 PM EDT

    Since 2010 and with TEA PARTY in control since, the GOP has ceded 2/3 0f the political spectrum to the DEMOCRATS. TEXAS is now the only large state that has strong GOP control. All other large states are Blue or moving to Blue.

      #1.6 - Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:28 PM EDT

      If POS obama is not finished destroying the country I would expect a COMPLETE cleanout of all the Liberal leftist muslin Handout HOGS brotherhood party!

        #1.7 - Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:12 AM EDT
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        I like the new format guys. Very nicely done and congrats to those who had their questions answered!!!! :-)

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        Reply#2 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 3:59 PM EST

        Nice format and thanks for the answers Mark & Domenico!

        Congrats to those who had their questions answered, Feisty, Steeler Fan, Yellowdog, and yes, even you GOP Comeback ;-)

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        Reply#3 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:01 PM EST

        Congratulations Feisty, Steeler, Yellowdog and Bob. Pretty good for your first week back Bob. Or do you prefer GOP Comeback?

        Mark, Domenico: I can't get the thing to play, am looking forward to hearing what you have to say when I can.

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        Reply#4 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:04 PM EST

        Mark & Domenico,

        It is so good to see the Boiler Room back up and running.

        I ♥♥♥ the new lightening round format!

        Thanks for answering our questions!

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        Reply#5 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:04 PM EST

        Great questions everyone! Congrats!

        Mark and Dom thanks for your insight and

        as other said, great new format!

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        #5.1 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:28 PM EST
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        Thanks to Mark and Domenico for selecting my question (even though I wish the answer could be a little more encouraging!).

        Love the new format.

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        Reply#6 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:06 PM EST

        I like the multiple question and longer discussion format guys. Thanks for taking my question and putting me in good company of posters.

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        Reply#7 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:22 PM EST

        They should tape Meet The Press in the Boiler Room. With the lighting, wardrobe and make up Mark and Dom get, Peggy Noonan would look like a 97 year old bag lady, instead of the 30-something super model she usually looks on MTP.

        Honestly, I'm burned out on political punditry. Going to go cold turkey this Sunday and turn off the tube/tubes.

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        Reply#8 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:22 PM EST

        Amy, is that just a nice way of saying we look terrible? :)

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        #8.1 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 8:07 PM EST

        Haha - somethings tells Amy owe's Mark and Dom a drink at the DDI.

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        #8.2 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 10:08 PM EST

        yup!

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        #8.3 - Sat Mar 9, 2013 1:18 PM EST
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        Cpac,,angry tea bags. Fak em they lost

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        Reply#9 - Fri Mar 8, 2013 6:20 PM EST

        Bob Ney has a bombshell book, sideswiped with some real dirt on Boner. Apparently his claims will be collaborated. Boner is actually no where near as nutty as the tea baggers, but it's still great to see politicians exposed.

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        Reply#10 - Sat Mar 9, 2013 2:01 PM EST

        JUST STOP IT-- You just keep spreading lies about those Tea Party people--there is no body as nutty as the Boner....the Tea Party people are just weird

          #10.1 - Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:34 PM EDT
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          Yiks what a legacy. Approximaely 47% on food stamps, welfare, or some sort of gov. assistance i don't think I would want to be the remembered or maker of that disaster. Blamng Bush and crying the sky is falling doesn't work only to the de hard libs and drive by media.

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          Reply#11 - Sat Mar 9, 2013 8:05 PM EST

          47% of people not working and you forgot 100% of Corporate Welfare Recipients i.e. Jerry Jones (got Dallas to build him a $1 billion stadium, Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, Total Oil, Shell got George Bush / the US Taxpayer to hand over 500 Billion barrels of Iraq oil that we paid for in blood, etc.

            #11.1 - Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:50 PM EDT
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            The show must go on. Fancy dinner parties with the Clintons are held at the White House (at taxpayer expense?) whereas little kindergarten kiddos from Iowa, and other "common folks" have their dreams of touring the White House smashed. All due to Obama's pettiness and to prove a point that "sequestration" is supposed to hurt. Maybe he forgot that the White House tour guides are unpaid volunteers? The tour guide director is still in place and getting a $100,000 a year salary. She recently even go a substantial raise. How's that fitting into the picture? Why not furlough her in the name of "sequestration"?

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            Reply#12 - Sat Mar 9, 2013 9:25 PM EST

            Obama's "legacy" = unsurpassed corruption.

              Reply#13 - Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:53 AM EDT

              Can you hardly wait until Jebbie Bush and his family come back in 2016--he has been on the Tube lately telling all of us how ashamed we should have been to be MEAN to his Brother---ummmm...does that mean that when Jebbie gets elected he will go after Chavez in Venezuela (even though Caesar is DEAD the Republicans hate him so much and are so mad he died before Jebbie could invade the country that they plan to attack Venezuela anyway, dig up Hugo's grave and take turns throwing Pre-printed No-Bid contracts with KBR and Blackwater Bodyguard at Hugo's corpse.....Anyway Jebbie sez that its too bad that we got mad at his Bro for spending $2 Trillion dollars so Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and Total Oil companies could split up the 500 billion barrels of oil in Iraq (What do you mean "Corporate Welfare Recipients"?)

                #13.1 - Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:26 PM EDT
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                Obama will always be a legend in his own mind, how he fares in the minds of others not so much.

                  Reply#14 - Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:49 PM EDT

                  JUST STOP IT. I don't care what you say OBAMMIE ISN'T stupid. He learned to SPEAK Afghanistan so that when he and President Karzai get together at their "business meetings", Obammie will know for sure that the President of that NARCO-STATE is giving Obama his fair share of the Narc and the "skimmed" defense contracts money.....

                    #14.1 - Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:32 PM EDT
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                    If POS obama does not absolutely destroy America first I would expect a COMPLETE cleaning out of all the Liberal Leftist Muslim Handout HOGS brotherhood Party by 2104

                      Reply#15 - Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:15 AM EDT
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