what do you think, a.b.?ll, whenever we look at polling on sarah palin, it tends to reflect two concerns: one is about readiness, and one is will electibility. so even people who admire sarah palin in those polls often say they don't think she's ready and those who admire and support her and believe she is ready often say she's too polarizing to be elected. they want a winner this time, they want to beat president obama and often you're seeing conservatives who really admire sarah palin, believe she could be president, saying it's not time for her to run this time. martha: very interesting, a.b., thank you very much, have a great weekend. >> thanks, you too. martha: thank you very much. you can watch all the republican contenders in the next fox news debate. we're teaming up with gogel -- google. it's going to be so great, it's in orlando, florida, you'll be able to submit questions to the gop yourself, for the first time you'll be able to vote on which questions you want the contenders to answer, it's a yout

. >> joining me now, associate editor and columnist for "the his" a.b. stoddard.orning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> this is a call for a plan to call for more than $1 trillion that could get pitched. but not likely to get through congress, right? >> right. the liberal wing of the democratic party is very disspirited in president obama. has been for a while. urging to make the stimulus package bigger. harder for a work on health reform. he extended the bush tax cuts for the wealthy republicans in december, breaking a campaign pledge, and that makes them crazy. with unemployment in such bad shape, under employment in terrible shape. long-term employment in terrible shape. and as congresswoman waters indicated, minority community suffering, they are asking for more stimulus. a bold plan with new deficit spending. not likely to make -- not going to make it through congress, and i don't know it's likely to be the headline of the president's speech. once again, you will see him try to draw some contrasts. talk about what he stands for. at the same time, i really be

a.b. 976 was a bill that none of us like very much. the good news is that it is looking like in the parlance of the folks of the legislature that it did not make it through the hurdles it needed to get through in committee on time, so it is definitely not happening in this year's session. we have been informed by our lobbyists in sacramento that for all intents and purposes, it is dead, so that is good news. s.b. 790 is the bill we are cosponsoring along with the sierra club. it has gone through the senate, and is now with the assembly. we made it through the first committee, and it is slated to go next to the appropriations committee. the other item i touched on in my previous remarks about the big things going on regulatorily with the bond amount being the biggest. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. campbell. ms. miller, did you want to add anything to that? >> briefly, through the chair, the plan was that the sfpuc would approve the term sheet, and we would hear on friday any of the changes or comments that they had. since that did n

a.b.ard, associate editor of "the hill." how could the white house not know that john boehner might object to that joint session? >> well, the white house certainly did not get its signals crossed. it absolutely knew it was the night of a big republican debate. even if the white house team did not anticipate that speaker boehner would respond by blocking the request and objecting, playing equally silly partisan games, it was the wrong move. it was a fight that the white house should not have picked. they knew this would spark accusations of politics, even if they welcomed him for a joint session on wednesday, september 7th, which they ended up not doing, but it was really a risk they shouldn't have taken with a very important speech, when they're down in the polls, an opportunity lost, and i think it was a huge mistake and misfire on their part. >> we all have to deal with schedules. a lot of is maintain calendars, so let's look at this graphic. this shows next week. first you'll see mitt

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assemblyman jerry hill stood with the victims today to demand that lawmakers approve a.b. 56. the bill would reform the way the public utilities commission regulates gas pipelines and increase accountability from companies like pg&e. supporters want legislators to pass it and the governor to sign it by friday, marking one year since the incident. >> with everything we know, we have the opportunity and the obligation to take every step possible to ensure that the lessons this tragedy are well learned and that the circumstances are not repeated. >> the bill would also force the installation of automatic or remote-controlled shutoff valves on the pipelines. during last year's incident, it took pg&e 95 minutes to turn off the gas flow. please join us for an nbc bay area report "san bruno fire and remembrance and recovery," airing friday at 4:00 p.m. >>> it was a passionate and vocal gathering. supporters and protesters of same-sex marriage were in san francisco today for a crucial proceeding at the state supreme court. a group against same-sex marriage organized a sit-in outside o

the violence is not yet over by the race for the a.b.'s vast energy riches between nato states is already in full sway belvin alcan an activist for the us socialist equality party says this shows the western intervention was far from him any tarion. this is been a war from the outset that has been waged for definite material interest largely oil geo strategic placement in north africa a means of countering the revolutionary upheavals that taken place on libya's borders both in tunisia and egypt now what will nato do in its day and it says it's protecting civilians yet has been leading an air war against civilians its trained so-called rebels who have now been implicated in massacres of civilians including sub-saharan african migrant workers so i think this is a bodes very poorly for the future of libya and i think broadly that this is a threat to people throughout north africa and indeed across the world so the united states britain france and italy to some extent i mean these powers have essentially portrayed this intervention as a human

a.b. stoddard of the hill newspaper.ill kristol from the weekly standard and fox newsan lift of the an williams. was it a vote for herman cain or perry. >> you can read it any of those. perry threw up all over himself when he needed to raise his game. he knows. he did worse it seems to me than in previous debates. romney was strong and clearly raised his game in reaction to the emergance of peryegood for rommny in a way. michelle bachmann was dead last with tiny -- herman cain was there and he tried heart and a marvelous stump speaker and gets a moment. but i caint imagine it will last long. perry is one step away from a total collapse. >> this is a much more closed straw poll than the one in amyes and they are loyal republicans and paying tanes to the process all along. i think it a real slap to peryeromney . what you got a sense when i spoke to republicans on friday as many as i could. the sense was not only perry gave a dismal performance and romney had won. they don't like the choices in all. in the end just because

if you were to a.b. a small business owner. >> maybe. maybe. you know, the most profitable angle for music for musicians is live music. and we -- for me and my brother, when we opened national underground in new york, it was to promote live music and the same thing goes for touring musicians. we use our records, you know, our -- the actual -- the actual intellectual property of making music on an album to promote our touring careers to go out and perform, go city to city, go around the world and perform. that's the most lucrative angle for musicians. >> and gavin, was it after a night at the underground where you were confronted and attacked by three guys here in new york city? >> i was, shake and bake, my friend. it didn't last very long, though. yeah, i was on my way home. i had been on tour, i had been doing this great tour with maroon 5 and train. we had been doing this great tour around mostly the u.s. for the summer tour. i had a night off in new york city. went to my place. hung out with some frie