political analyst in a conference there and to discuss the role of international terrorist groups on russian soil we are now joined by alexander newborn a political analyst and vice president of the association of political experts and consultants. how mr no warning it would appear the attack on the parliament today was a relative failure militants fail to inflict major casualties but are government forces fighting a winning battle to stamp out terror attacks. i think the government forces of course is controlling northern caucasus and comparatively of course this attack although is a rather powerful and there are the lists in scale it's with several years before we saw at the. truth. well the u.s. officials it were. simply a link to the militant dog kumar if with international terror groups like al qaida so what led to this change in viewpoint do you think we'll see increased cooperation between the u.s. and russia on this front. you know i connected this with the new administration of course and then you approach to international terrorism now i thing the u.s. administration does not separate terrorists from northern caucuses in afghanistan or say iraq and of course those phenomena are. co

lakefield along with the star of wall street 2, tom, the ceo of john thomas financial and caroline hellman, associate professor of politics at occidental college, welcome to everybody. gary b. gosh, i knew it was your fault. >> yeah, exactly. i mean, this is just, you know, this administration, i give them credit, they are masters of the spin. putting the blame back on the public, the fact of the mart is, let's just say, everyone was super educated. the only area of the economy that is even anywhere near full employment is those top mana manageal executive positions. every other position below that is wreaking of unemployment. one of the main emphasis on stimulus spending was shovel-ready projects and yet the construction industry, unemployment there is at 17%. unemployment amongst african-americans is 16% total, teenagers, 20%. it's clearly, this is not our problem. the problem is if the government would get out of the way, stop the spin, stop spending our money, stop putting us into further deficit. maybe the economy would have chance of healing. until the government stays away, we have no chance. >> brenda: caroline, i

let's bring in matt who is associate professor of political science at the university of washington.onathan capehart stays along with us along with galena espunoe nosa. all right, matt, let me start with you. do you sense there is an enthusiasm gap and, if so, why? matt, can you hear me? >> yes, i'm sorry, i didn't know you were starting with me, chris. >> i'm sorry, go ahead. talk to me about the enthusiasm gap and if you think it is a serious problem for barack obama and the democrats. i think if you look at the pew poll, they estimate it at 51% of latinos were certain to vote. our poll, the latino decision's tracking poll estimates that number to be a little bit higher, but most people do agree that there is lower enthusiasm this year for latinos as a result of perhaps lack of action on some key issues, especially comprehensive immigration reform. that's a top issue of concern to latinos alongside the economy and we've seen very, very little action. >> we were looking at that poll and it showed that immigration issues rate a distant fifth behind education, jobs, health care and th

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of commerce who thrived on their association with the british juggernaut and had transferred loyalty to london. jefferson habitually express a hatred for monarchy. this was the mantra of his political existence and produce an obsessive fear that hamiltonian federalists espouse republican government and i quote, only as a steppingstone to monarchy. drawing a line in the sand, jefferson claimed for his inventive side a small provincial modest hard-working of the american nation. of course, when he used the innocuous word farmers to describe america's republican core, jefferson concealed the truth about his prime constituency, wealthy slaveowning aristocratic virginian spirit which ever since peculiar habit to personify his political enemies are meant to give them a physical form through corporeal medicare's. he dumped the federalist mana currents, in a word he coined, the combination of my cats and aristocrats. if monica is -- not a and ailments with own unique apology. it was a feminine disorder embodied in the timid, nervous constitution and a parasitic desire to worship the strong or pseudo-aristocrats were backwards in their thinking and out of step with the times, dysfunctional

of information that comes out about this. voters have largely renders judgment on t.a.r.p. they associate it with stimulus, bailouts. a lot of other dirty words in politics right now. so, democrats and republicans, anyone that voted for this, is seeing the con consequences if their elections. and beyond that, people overwhelmingly think this was president obama's policy. it was actually president bush's. bru, current democrats, the current crop of democrats in control of congress are suffering a lot of the consequences. >> and rick, turning to the race for governor out of california. jerry brown and meg whitman faced off in a debate this weekend, and as ocean%ed, the issue of meg whitman's hiring and firing of her housekeeper who was here illegally came up. listen to this from jerry brown. >> don't run for governor if you can't stand up on our own two feet and say, hey, i made a mistake, i'm sorry. let's go on from here. >> and rick, how is this playing in this very tight contest in california? >> that's jerry brown laying into whitman's ration ale of running, a former ceo running for ceo of california. she herself said she cannot win without the latino

emanuel's chances in the race for mayor with andy shaw, now executive director of the better government association and our cnn political i wanted you both in so we could discuss the state of the city. we'll get to the candidacy of rahm emanuel in a minute. you have a city unemployment shy of 20%. half the african-americans and 40% of latinos drop out of school before finishing. roland martin, can any new mayor fix these problems? >> first of all, that is a difficult task that any mayor in chicago can have. also understand richard m. daley has been nay your for a couple of decades. his numbers are so low it's unbelievable. they're also angered that he sold off a lot of city assets. so you're dealing with a huge debt as well. i also think you have people in chicago who don't necessarily want a mayor who controls public housing dollars, city colleges, the schools, metro, plus the city budget. you have one guy running everything. that's going to be a problem for whoever is running for this office. >> and andy, it begs the question, and of course sbodly be the next mayor of chicago, but that who would want the job in the se

theory that has been completely debunked by the institute of medicine and the american medical association, the gateway theory is that theory of politicse real gateway is that these dealers are offering our kids more drugs when they're behind that convenience store. >> well, roger, let me bring you in here. it sounds like, hey, what's wrong with that? sounds like you would put drug dealers out of business. >> well, look, the concern we have is all of the things that dale just talked about. you know, controlling taxing and regulating marijuana. those things, you know, unfortunately this initiative doesn't do those things. leaves it up to a patch work of different jurisdictions and districts to come up with their own systems to how they're going to deal with these things. a couple of weeks ago there was an analysis done of how much could be generated from proposition 19 and they say they can't figure it out because there isn't a statewide system. unlike alcohol, you know, this would be different than alcohol because you wouldn't have a statewide regulatory body controlling the entire system. and, in fact, it'll make it a lot easier for f

the pittsburgh education association says signs for other political races were left untouched. >> i was just kind of taken aback by it and you know i don't understand why our candidates are being singled out. >> they say the money for the signs, about a couple thousand dollars came out of teachers' pockets. the group has filed a police report. >>> today was the final day to register to vote in next month's election, but the majority of voters in the bay area don't go to the polls. they go to the mailbox. with so many people voting absentee, we asked -- to find out what happens to all those ballots before election night. >> reporter: the not so humble absentee ballot, when it first came on the scene, just a fraction of the voters used it. now nearly two-thirds of nearly every ballot in california is done so with an absentee ballot. what happens when you drop it autograph -- drop it off early. we've come here to find out: once the ballot leaves your hand, only select workers have keys and badges to access them. these ballots are fresh off the street. so for now they are put inside this secured room pr

association of counties conference. @% she is a working council wommn with a budget. she has travel expenses as a part of her budget. >> prosecutors say holton asked two local businessmen to pay far a politicall on her behalf. on mondayyshe was removed as chair of the city's taxation and finance ccmmittee. a more serious bribery charge is still pending in the court of appeal. >>> it's our duty to hold government account he'll and yo@ can help us do that. if you see government waste, call our hot line at 41064662-1456: how are the rrads looking at this hour? lauren cooke as our traffic edge report. >> we are dealing with congestion on many of our main lines toniiht. all due to a crash along the@ northbound lane there on belfast we are feeling with a ddsabled car along the inner loop at edmonton avenue. we are looking at throw speeds due to an earlier crash. speeds are take a looking -- clocking in at 38 miles per hour. 19 miles per hour along the inner loop. fortunately all is clear here in the parkville area. no problems to report traveling along the inner loop or outer loop here along hartford road. 56 miles per hour traveling high northbound and will remain clear as you make your way up to

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of hildebrand strategies consulting. >>> for the bigger tea party picture here let's bring in msnbc political analyst eugene robinson associate editor pulitzer prize winning editor of "the washington post" and author of "disintegration: the splintering of black america." when does the book come out? >> on tuesday. >> so you're a month ahead of me. you're safe. i didn't mention in this the nevada republican party senatorial candidate sharron angle denying the harry reid claim she tried to repeal mandated insurance coverage for mammograms. while the plum line blog reported being on record with the las vegas review journal and in her senate prime rhode island debate, she literally said that she had bills that would have ended those mandates for mammograms. you've got that. you've got paladino. you have whitman. i'm sensing a pattern here or am i just a little paranoid? >> first let me respond that i intend to respond to that at the appropriate time. oh, that would be now. okay. >> i'll take you out! for a beer. >> and i'll take you out for a beer. no. you know, here in the case of angle and paladino, what you have -- and i'm jus

chamber of commerce and national rifle association and let's look at the numbers. according to the real clear politics average, of recent polls you are leading your opponent, business man john raese by 1-and-a-half points, a dead heat and in some polls you trail him. question: how come? >> it is a competitive race and a different time and i cannot explain it, no more than you, chris, and, people are looking at who performed in west virginia and who fought the fights we needed to change west virginia and brought all sides together and six years ago i said when i became governor i thought we could do better and didn't want the politics as usual, democrats and republicans fighting or business and labor fighting. i brought 'em all together and said, leave your politic at the door and let's put west virginia first and fix things and we did it on our state is in better shape than any state of the nation because of it. >> chris: one reason you may be in a tight race, while west virginins like you, they don't like president obama and his policies, he has a 33% approval rating in west virginia and your opponen

association of county's conference. >> she is a working councilwoman with a budget. she has travel expenses as a part of the budget. >> prosecutors say holton asked two local businessmen to pay for a politicalher behalf. he was removed on the finance committee. ú%d bribery charge still pending in the court of appeals. >> it is our duty to hold our government accountable. help us do that by joining waste watch. our hotline. >> you can also go to foxbaltimore.com and click on waste watch.., >> new details tonight about changes to the senator theater. new management is hoping to brrng it back. adding a restaurant, bar and new screen. theater purchased by the city, you may recall, after the owner defaulted on the mortgage. the owner of the charles theater to revamp the old senator. >> howarr county cop gets caught been telling citizens not to do. a passer-by snapped this picture of the officer's cruiser, parked in a handicaped space, outside of a barnes & noble. policc sayythe officer was responding to a non-emergency call for reported theft that had taken place earlier that night. police are only allowed to use spaces for emergencies, irony, howard county police will be the mva on cracking dow

of commerce and the national rifle association. but let's take a look at the numbers. according to the real clear politicsng your opponent, businessman john raese by 1.5 points, basically a dead heat. in some polls, you're trailing him. question: how come? >> it's a very competitive race. it's a different time. i can't explain it no more can you, chris. but people are starting to look at who has performed in west virginia? who has been here ande fight we west virginia? we brought all sides together. six years ago i became governor and said i thought we could do better. it didn't want politics as usual, democrats, republican fighting or business and labor fighting. i have brought it all together and said leave your politics at the door, put west virginia first and fix things. we did it and our state is in much better state than any other state in the nation because of it. >> chris: one reason you may be in a tight race and that's because west virginians apparently like you, they really don't like president obama and his policies. he has a 33% approval rating in west virginia. your opponent says if elected

the association says fines for other political races were left untouched. >> i was just kind of takenck by it and, you know, i don't understand why our candidates are being singled out. >> he says the money for the signs, about a couple thousand dollars, came out of teachers' pockets. >>> well the wheels of juts don't always spin quickly. case in point, the chandra levy case. today jury selection began in the trial of the suspect inning mash guandique who is accused of strangling the modesto native while she was an internal in washington, d.c. levy's remains were found in a park more than a year after she went missing. this case true wide attention because of her relationship with a married congressman gary condit. >>> we check on stories making headlines around the bay area. the hay ward bmv office is closed until further notice. they blame it on the state's fiscal emergency. it was supposed to reopen last week after renovations, the closest offices are in oakland, fremont and pleasanton. >>> a major tree trimming effort in san jose before the winter storms. tree trimming is technica

of. today, the associated press revealed the identity of one of these fake secret agents among us. in today's political headlines, christine o'donnell is the candidate who upset her prohibitive favorite in the delaware republican primary. but in 2006, she let slip that she was fake secret agent 001. at the time, christine o'donnell was a protest candidate running in election after election after election and losing every time. in that year, christine o'donnell blind-sided her republican opponent at a debate with this claim. china has a carefully thought out and strategic plan to take over america. if they pretend to be our friend, it's because they have something up their sleeve. china plotting to take over america. how does christine o'donnell know about this plot? "there's much i want to say. i wish i wasn't privy to some of the classified information that i am prifty to." according to the associated press, when the claim was challenged, she suggested she had received it through nonprofit groups she worked with that frequently sent missionaries to china. we called christine o'donnell's campaign to fi

of the asian art museum, the national maritime association, and others. he served as chairman of the san francisco maritime national historical park advisory commission. he propounded pro bono san francisco, a group interested in political issues in the city. he had a great love of maritime education for school children, particularly the "age of sail" programs. he is survived by his widow, and jejean. he will be greatly missed as someone who worked very hard to maintain san francisco's maritime history. >> supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you for re-referring me. i do have an in memoriam, and i think many colleagues will say a word as well about the passing of a very special individual not only to the mission community but to all of san francisco. that is the very sudden and unfortunate passing of maricio vela. a lot has been said and a lot will be said, and i want to share a few words. i also want to acknowledge that we have in the audience a number of people who are coming from the bernal heights neighborhood center. i would ask them to please stand. there are many people, thank you, in the mission and throughout the city who are thinking of maricio today. he was born in 1959, on december 15. he passed away

. >>> on the heels of that let's bring in associate editor and columnist for the hill and joanne reed, editor of reed report.com and political columnist for the "miami herald." form for you both, good to see you. >> good mornings, alex. >> ab, there are signs that president obama is sharpening his message recently? taking on a mocking term when talking about the gop s that a conscious decision by the white house? all concern it had might be a little too late? >> they are always concern it had is too late if they are reading the polls that we are reading and we know that they are, but this is a conscious decision, alex, because they are hoping to actually try to fire up the base and anger partisans on the left side of the democratic party who are disappointed with the administration over issue after issue, domestic and international to get motivated enough to vote. and this argument that the republicans are too extreme and republican control of washington is too dangerous to return to actually resonates obviously with liberals, doesn't work so much with independents but certainly helps fire up partisan democrats. what we are

political watchers in both states. floyd ciruli is a denver-based independent pollster. he's president of ciruli associates. and carol marin is a columnist for the "chicago sun-times," political editor at nbc5 there, and a contributor to wttw's "chicago tonight." welcome to you both. let's start with colorado. why is... why is senator bennett so vulnerable floyd ciruli? >> well, the entire year has been a pretty good looking republican year out here really since the spring. almost every poll has indicated that the senate candidates had about a five-point advantage going into the race. and buck indeed had a five-point advantage right through early october. actually, the race looks like it's now closed. the two polls within the last four days indicate that it's a tie. 47-47. and that's no doubt a reflection of this huge expenditure of money, most of it in negative advertising. >> ifill: i remember when ken buck won the republican nomination in august, this was met with some dismay by national republicans because they had supported jane norton. have they come on board or is this entirely a tea party funded surg

political watchers in both states. floyd ciruli is a denver-based independent pollster. he's president of ciruli associates. and carol marin is a columnist for the "chicago sun-times," political editor at nbc5 there, and a contributor to wttw's "chicago tonight." welcome to you both. let's start with colorado. why is... why is senator bennett so vulnerable floyd ciruli? >> well, the entire year has been a pretty good looking republican year out here really since the spring. almost every poll has indicated that the senate candidates had about a five-point advantage going into the race. and buck indeed had a five-point advantage right through early october. actually, the race looks like it's now closed. the two polls within the last four days indicate that it's a tie. 47-47. and that's no doubt a reflection of this huge expenditure of money, most of it in negative advertising. >> ifill: i remember when ken buck won the republican nomination in august, this was met with some dismay by national republicans because they had supported jane norton. have they come on board or is this entirely a tea party funded surg

of the year in the u.s. and as he's an associate you're going to reports that saturday is putting his popularity to the test in public. when its own box gets in the way of political promises were promised during the campaign change you can believe in right it wasn't change you can believe in in eighteen months when the media war was over with fear and anger. and the minds of a population are attacked with misinformation there's such a lack of truth on the airwaves were being dumbed down by the news business who are americans left to trust according to a poll conducted by an online men's magazine comedian jon stewart is the most influential man in america after eleven years on the daily show how four million voters bumped him up to the number one spot and i would be concerned if it was they said larry the cable guy was the must trust a man who married jack so i feel like. one way of earning the trust has been confronting the mainstream media we need help from the media and they're earning us dissecting the lies being spun by pundits taking over t.v. screens in america. are you know you don't think you're going to look please no no no you tell me you weren't on the

of the united states and its policies throughout the middle east and therefore make it easier for al qaeda it's associated groups and allies to recruit people for future terrorism and to get political support before it's for its policies and i think that is the central conundrum of the u.s. foreign policy today ok if i can go to you in washing how do you react to that to the rumsfeld to the rumsfeld i don't think you guys and we learned anything over the last six years on our own best advice. well first of all i don't remember i mean maybe i'm just misremembering but i don't remember that study and i find it very difficult to believe that there was a paper coming out of again maybe i just missed it a paper coming out of rumsfeld's office that the problem is u.s. policy is i happen to believe that the fundamental problem in the region is not us policies there's a fundamental issue within the region itself and this pertains both to pakistan and afghanistan and then we're talking about the arabic speaking middle east and you mention the policies of israel really the policies of israel of anything to do with the issues in pakistan and afghanistan they have nothing to do i think. a lot