[Baldwin:] Let's go to Washington now, shall we, and check in with Wolf Blitzer with the latest news fresh off the CNN Political Ticker, including, what, two things, new Republican poll numbers and of course, Speaker Boehner's job plan Wolf.
[Wolf Blitzer, Host, Cnn's "the Situation Room":] Yes, Brooke, it's very interesting that if you listen to what John Boehner had to say, he has major disagreements on the jobs initiative from the president. But he also said it's time for everyone to work together. Let me play a little clip of what the speaker had to say.
[Rep. John Boehner , House Speaker:] There are some in both parties who would frankly rather do nothing. They would prefer to sit this out and wait to be dealt a better hand down the road after the next election, you know, the old kicking the can down the road. Guess what? That's not what I was elected to do. And I know what the hand is that we've been dealt, and instead of ducking from the challenge, we need to rise to the occasion and liberate our economy from the shackles that this government put on us. I'm ready. And I think for the sake of our country and our economy, I hope all of us are ready.
[Blitzer:] You hear I similar message from the president. He says, forget about politics right now. The country is in serious economic trouble. Everyone has to work together. The problem is that the devil is now in the details. There are major differences between what the speaker has in mind and the Republican majority and the House of Representatives and what the president and the Democrats have in mind when it comes to taxes, when it comes to government regulation and other substantive issues. So if they can work out a compromise, that would be impressive. Right now it doesn't look like that's going to happen necessarily. You mentioned new poll numbers we have. We did polling among Republicans across the country. Take a look at this. Among Republicans, basically evenly split between those who are Tea Party advocates and those who aren't. Are you an active member or a supporter of the Tea Party movement? Among Republicans only, 49 percent say yes, 51 percent say no. So Republicans evenly split whether they want to identify directly with the Tea Party movement. Take a look at the demographics. Of all the Republicans, regular Republicans, let's say, as opposed to Tea Party Republicans, you look at the these numbers and they're up on the screen. Take a look at this, Brooke. Tea Party Republicans are more educated, 64 percent to 53 percent. They're more male members, 63 percent to 45 percent. They're older, 50 and older for the Tea Party, 60 percent to 42 percent, and more born again, 46 to 40 percent. So interesting demographics. A little bit surprising, maybe, to some people. But it's interesting to see how divided the Republicans are 5050 basically between Tea Party supporters and non Tea Party supporters. We'll talk about a lot of this and much more to follow-up on the debate I moderated earlier in the week. Jon Huntsman, one of the Republican presidential candidates will join us live in "THE SITUATION ROOM," and Mitt Romney will join us live as well. So, we got two major Republicans coming into "THE SITUATION ROOM" later today. I know, Brooke, you and a lot of our viewers will want to watch.
[Baldwin:] Of course, of course. Yesterday, you said you have a big show today. You definitely have a big show, Wolf Blitzer. We will talk a little bit more about that in my second hour. Thank you so much. We will also get another "Political Ticker" update for you in half-an-hour.