and by the way, think bill bennett's book was on sale there today. i'm sure it sold a lot. >> i'll be addressing it tomorrow. >> you've got a double hitter here. i think what's interesting, john, is the way they're squaring the argument. christine o'donnell has been doing that for days now and seeing her standing there, talk about palin 2.0, watching her on television, didn't that remind you of someone else? >> they've been squaring the economy by saying if you want a strong economy organization view to have strong family and issues. i don't know if they've driven that point well in the past. for them the stand up and join together, it was smart. this has been in many ways stupid republican mistakes here but on this issue, i thought they were showed some shrewdness. >> we need to work in a quick break. palin 2.0. that's christine o'donnell. we'll talk about her impact. the white house weighed in today. stay right there. [ male announcer ] one look can turn the everyday into romantic. ♪ an accidental touch can turn ordinary into something more. moment

pass complete to earl bennett for just five yards.fourth down. >> troy: well, this is what was a concern coming into this game for offensive coordinator mike martz was how are they going to be able to control both demarcus ware and anthony spencer? we saw on the second down play, anthony spencer came unblocked, but, you know, they are trying to give help. they are on the outside. brandon manumaleuna at the tight end spot to try to make it a wider edge for demarcus ware but he is still able to get a hit on cutler. >> joe: maynard hits a line drive and it will stay away from dallas players and as it goes backward, it's tapped at the 25. take a look at the offense for the dallas cowboys. last week, they racked up 380 yards of offense. but, you know, the rest of the story, they scored only seven points. they targeted the rookie dez bryant, had eight catches against the redskins and there are two important faces back as starters on the offensive line, kosier at left guard and colombo at right tackle. >> troy: i think if you talk to every o

bennett was also suspected in a murder-for-hire plot and was sentenced to probation. now bennett is accused of trying to profit from the pipeline disaster along with these three women. san mateo county prosecutors have this message for anyone who tries to take explosion victims. >> we view them as vermin. >> yesterday, two of those suspects smith and justice were in court trying to impersonate victims in order to get free food and other aid. >> we are going to charge them, we are not going to plea bargain. and we are going to urge the courts to exercise no leniency to them. >> investigators also want to remind people to watch for identity thieves during this as well as contractors who might try to take advantage of the real victims. >>> an unintended candle in an upstairs room caused a fire in palo alto this morning. fire broke out at a two-story home on university avenue at 7:30 a.m. the family got out. the fire was controlled just about an hour ago. but the house was severely damaged. family members say they woke unto the smoke and the flames. >> seems like i was in

colorado, buck is up four points on michael bennett. 49-45 in the latest poll there. in pennsylvania, president obama is campaigning now for a candidate he did not want to run. the president is attending a dinner for pennsylvania democratic senate hopeful joe sestak. chief political correspondent carl cameron tells us sestak is embracing his early conflict with the white house. >> reporter: the president arrived to support democratic congressman joe sestak despite having opposed him in the may senate primary against republican turned democrat arlen specter. sestak courted latino voters and cast his feud with the administration as helpful, not harmful because it prove his independence from the president. >> everyone knows the washington establishment of the democratic party didn't want me in the race.

michael bennett up by two points over republican ken buck. that's a return there. next to ohio, where republican rob portman has an 11-point lead over democrat, lee fisher. now to a couple of governor's races, starting with ohio, where i think in are tightening and democratic incumbent ted strickland now back in a dead heat with republican john kasay. finally to maryland, where incumbent governor marty o'malley is opening up a big lead over republican bob earlyic who he beat four years ago. we will continue to check the "hardball" score board and all the big races every night leading up to election day j now to president obama in full campaign mode. u.s. congressman jim clyburn of south carolina is the democratic whip. congressman clyburn, thank you for watching. here is president obama last night in madison, wisconsin. >> i know times are tough right now. i know times are tough. i know a lot of folks are anxious about the future and i know that during the campaign, especially after we had already

. >> let's talk about robert bennett in utah, thrown out the door. charlie crist rejected by his own party, arlen specter had to leave his part. the media market, philadelphia is the delaware media market. arlen specter was beaten in his own party and then the democratic party. >> arlen specter said he didn't want his record judged by republican primary voters. that is what mike castle had happen. >> 30 years of public service defeated not by the people of delaware, but 60,000 people. >> castle woke up to specter's nightmare. >> arlen is saying -- well, there is no victory. there is no country for old men. a lot of this is sell by date. these candidates like castle, specter, bennett, maybe barbara boxer have been around a while. how can you in a bad time say you have been around 30 years say you are going to change something. they might as well take a chance on a new kid. if you have a voter in delaware and you want change, why would you vote for mike castle? he has been there 30 years? >> he experienced a smaller pool of republicans. >> he argued a

i join my colleagues in welcoming pastor bennett to the u.s. house of representatives and we thank his son, david, who is with him today, one of his two sons, david is a former member of the armed services. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 24, 2010, at 12:43 p.m. that the senate passed, senate 3839, senate 3196, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6190, appointments, state and local law enforcement congressional badge bravery board, federal law enforcement congressional badge board, public safety officer medal of honor review board, with best wishes i am signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following co

michael bennett. >> michael bennett, sorry. >> he's the democratic candidate and incumbent. also people like mark kirk who won the nomination for the senate in illinois and meg whitman who won the nomination for governor in california. the rest are people who have won primaries. my question to you are you worried the center may hold here? >> i think that we've got the center. our message of fiscal responsibility is the center of american politics and i think that the polls show that. that's why charlie crist will be deemed -- >> wait a minute. they don't call themselves centrists. joe miller is a conservative if not a very conservative guy. sharron angle is very, very conservative. i don't think it's fair to call them centrist. they're not centrists. >> i think our movement is centrist in the sense it attracts conservatives, independent, swing voters. even conservative democrats. that's a big, winning coalition for november. that's what i think our message will be in november. >> let's get our terms straight. is sharron angal conservative or a centrist? >> i think a conserva

extraordinary chicken. [ singing ] >>> who could do that but eric bennett. could have the powerful voice but eric benette. he is back with the soulful sound we love. grammy nominated singer eric bennett is releasing his next single and this song is called next time i try and it is number five on the urban adult contemporary chart and he joins us in studio. it's so good to see you. what is up allison. >> what is going on. >> how are you doing? >> well, thank you. and eric said i have to shave and not because i want to be cool and this is not the image we know of you. >> this is the pretentious thing. i probably, as most musicians out there will understand, i probably get to sleep around 4:00, 4:00 a.m. >> and we're getting up on a show where you are going to bed. >> and i show up here because i love you so much but i don't want the viewers out there to see my bloodshot looking eyes. >> he is wonderful. keep them on. let's talk about lost in time. >> lost in time. >> and you said you went back to the roots, to the 70s for that sound. >> i did. i think the mid-

jacqueline bennett ensure complete forecast. >> warmer than yesterday.a bit warmer than yesterday. a mild start to the day wtih temperatures in the 50s, low 60s. we are going to warm up very quickly from here already '70s and '80s in some areas by tuned. by 3:00 p.m.. some areas are going to be in the triple digits, inland. noon, will see the 70's, 80's. and also '70s, '80s at 3:00 p.m. along the coast. this warming trend will continue as the week progresses. your extended forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you, jacqueline and on to the news this week and, working cruz and san bruno will be continued to clean up the debris of the gas line explosion. workers have been focusing on cleaning up the hazardous debris and cars. and the estimated cost is $2 million and it should take three-four weeks at least. >> and hundreds gathered to remember the bullis'and kron 4 spoke to the friday moramemorial service. >> the first presbyterian was packed to remember three members killed in the san bruno gas line explosion. those victims were from three different generat

>> well, i didn't campaign against lisa or bob bennett.was a decision -- >> but you supported bob bennett's -- one of the people who challenged him? >> well, once bob was out, yeah, i was supportive of mike lee, because he's a great candidate. but these are appropriators, bob bennett, lisa murkowski. they believe their job is to take home the bacon. it's a big part of the culture here in washington. and frankly, i've been around long enough to know that people are tired. even in alaska, candy, in alaska the voters there threw out someone who was bringing home the bacon. joe miller, running against earmarks, because i think we're hearing all over american, it's -- i don't want money for my state if it's going to bankrupt my country. >> but we're talking really, 1, 2% of a budget here, when you're talking about the earmarks. that doesn't get you to a balanced budget. >> oh, candy, it's like saying the engine is a small part of the train. all the legislation, you look at health care, was pulled through by cornhusker kickbacks, that's an earma

jacqueline bennett has more. >> a well defined storm to the north. the first band of rain pours through, yesterday. it really broke up several of we have is second band of rain tonight and into tomorrow morning we will see a little bit of rainfall as this goes through. a look at a glance today, with dense fog and drizzle close to the coast what will continue. it's just like it did, yesterday and with all of that missed and along that coas. with moret st turning into the bay area as this approaches. perhaps a bit muddy this afternoon and by 3:00 p.m., a chance of showers in the north bay. not too likely today, tonight it is really tomorrow morning and the we are going to see that rain fall. two-time it out on futurecast and your extended forecast coming up in just a bit. >> and and marin , a, a high school student is it dead after a car crashed with a cattle truck right before 12:00 p.m. and a rural part of novado boulevard at hulman canyon and reggie kumar. >> a vigil was held at novado high school last night to remember, under the teams that were in

here's charles bennett sachs, wealth manager at evensky and katz. >> what could possibly feel better than making that big donation to your favorite charity? how about getting two tax breaks instead of just one? donate cash to charity and you'll likely get an income tax deduction. but donate a security you've held at least a year... and in addition, any capital gain you would have been subject to simply vanishes. most folks know about this second tax break, but few take advantage of it. the main reason i've found is that they're just not ready to part with the security. well, here's a solution that allows you to keep the security and make the capital gain liability disappear. its called charitable gain harvesting, and here's how it works. step one is to identify a long- term holding with a large gain. step two is to deposit the cash you were going to use as your donation into your brokerage account. for step three, transfer to the charity enough shares in the identified holding to meet your donation. and finally for step four, with the cash you transferred in, repurchase the same numb

experiences of my life i felt completely trapped and i'm definitely never doing that again are the bennett r.t. moscow. now don't forget we are also online with plenty more stories for you to explore and here are some of what you'll find right now artsy dog amazing footage here come some petersburg could esther in narrow. getting crushed. thanks to quick thinking and even quick feet. and find out why moscow's a gay community has been allowed to hold protests on the city's streets for the first time in its history. plus if you feel like exploring the russian countryside check out the eco friendly hotels set up by a french ex-pat. many other things as well. now it's time for stephanie to take the floor she'll be here in just a minute with the latest business report. this is mara region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity that will realize its full potential after the construction of the. park can tell you he has completed the id parco has r. and d. projects in the spheres of automotive constru

. >> reporter: michael bennett's dad was a world war ii vet, a movie star, a grandpa and a victim of a plague doctors have been reluctant to confront. mark bennett checked into the hospital with a respiratory virus and within days was infected with a vier lant bacteria. >> he wounded up with flush eating bacteria. >> reporter: four months, four hospitals and at least six strains of bacteria later. >> as i stood with my dad and told him that i loved him forever, he died. >> reporter: the number of people infect ed in american hospitals is almost unbelievable. the center's for disease control estimates that 1.7 million people every year are sickened and nearly 100,000 are killed. and the solutions, well, they are remarkably simple. >> we made this checklist. >> reporter: a physician at johns hopkins has put together a to do list for doctors and nurses. >> we got this cart that makes sure we stock all the equipment that we need. >> reporter: and it has helped drive a common type of infection down to 0. >> about 40,000 people die of breast cancer a year. and for this infection, of almost

i would like to buy ticket toes pert form maps of tiny bennett. a tiny man that sings like tony bennett. they write him back. dear mr. nancy, we could not find any information on a show appearing with mr. tiny bennett. but i attached a schedule for tony. he writes back to them. i told you, it's not tiny, it's small mccartney. he is a fun-sized man that looks like paul mccartney and the correspondents goes back and forth. >> larry: they answer? >> they answer. afraid of losing a customer. >> larry: they answer because they fear? >> yeah. yeah. >> fear. >> larry: let's do another one. this is about -- this is about opening a sandwich stand in a casino bathroom. do you have that? >> yes. >> larry: okay. read this letter. >> you want too read it? >> you read t. >> all right. i will read it. >> larry: who is it to? >> to the chinook winds indian casino. i want to sell ham sandwiches in your restrooms. you once had a sign on the restroom mirror that says we have the potty melt. can you direct me to what office i would contact to request casino credit? t

claim only twenty minutes of it can change your outlook on life despite grave doubts artie's ivor bennett gave it a try. i above ground there are a few signs of life below the surface a man trapped with his greatest fear is pavel has just been buried alive for twenty minutes not torture but it stream therapy. as no good the first thing you experience is panic once your face is covered with dirt if you start tasting as i'm thinking of what the hell am i doing down here or you don't want to come down to simply no other place like this these are the grave digging therapists modeling the burials on an ancient form of self in light and meant practice by shamans they wanted to make the rights more accessible believing everyone can benefit it was the most effective and powerful method of overcome an internal problems person can neither see nor hear anything nor even move underground they have no other option but to delve deep inside their minds. a burial costs you around one hundred sixty dollars attracting both men and women from students to fifty something professionals all aiming to suffocate

based on the coin toss earlier, senator bennett will go first. you have three minutes. >> thank you. that is one minute more than i thought i would have. let me just say thank you to all of you for hanging in there so late tonight. it really has been an incredible privilege to travel 25,000 miles in this state in the last 20 months to listen, to hear people. i don't give long speeches. but i encouraged debate and their criticism and their ideas. we all essentially want the same thing. but the time this stuff gets to washington, it is so screwed up by the special interests and the lobbyist -- by the way, i might be willing to think about a lifetime ban for lobbyists or term limits for lobbyists. [applause] but what we need to do is have confidence in each other, no matter what party we belong to, no matter what part of the state we live in. and we need to have confidence that all of us want to build a bright 21st century in color idea -- in colorado and this country. leave our children unconstrained by our willingness -- by our unwillingness to ma

tell bennett to stop spending. host: that was american crossroads gps. ed gillespie's and karl rov'ee's group. >> for 100 years, we the people have picked our senators. but ken buck wanted to r ewrite the constitution. he proposed ending our right to vote for our own senators. rewriting the constitution, ending our right to vote? ken but is too extreme for colorado. the democratic senatorial campaign is responsible for the content of this advertisement. host: what is going on here? guest: what is going on is that you have republicans trying to portrayed michael bennett as connected to the national party, as someone who is weak on spending issues. then you have democrats tried to cast ken buck, the republican nominee, as someone who is of step with colorado voters. who is far too conservative. host: charlie cook wrote that it seemed a mathematical possible -- in possibility that republicans could score at 10 seats. but he is saying that it is not out of the realm of possibility now. guest: it is not out of the realm of possibility, but it is still unlikel

senator bob bennett already turfed out.have clearly taken some turn to the right just within the last decade, haven't they? >> again, i think that is sort of relative. if you look back to the 1990s, for example, there were leaders of the republican party who actually thought that bill clinton or hillary clinton had vince foster murdered. in the case of hillary because she was caring on a secret affair with him, and they were calling for special prosecutors and they impeached a two-time highly popular elected president over a very petty sex scandal. and they were talking about all sorts of very extremist act notice terms of religious conservatism. jesse helms was head of the senate foreign relations committee, threatened bill clinton he better not go on military bases less he be assassinated. it is the case since barack obama has been elected obstructionism has been the theme of republicans? absolutely. but the republicans were almost as much in lock-step during the bush years when they were supporting all of those extremist

tampa bay, and jacqueline bennett is a fan of derrik did you find disconcerting?know if i am a fan! >> and with a good-looking guy and a big salary. >> it does not surprise me with the yankees. >> and it is funny that in baseball, that if you cheat and life? that and baseball, he is a competitor? >> to do his job. >> if you are not cheating, you are not trying perhaps that is the model. and with a rod, that is >> and-model. and did you steal that? and the bay area's pride will play for the women's soccer. they will do it with a great march. the most valuable player. she led the wps and the pride of the hosting the championship contest championship on september 26th. last night. ken burns' documentary, and it was a really strange to see all the strange and i've never seen pam kidder picture taken. >> did she? >> and she was so excited she took the day off today, and yes, everybody enjoyed this as we go from ken burns' to maybe if somebody is somebody that you do not know somebody about? when we return, a store that passes us exclusively but our new executives. this

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ambas de san bruno; asi como dos residentes de san francisco de nombre "niesha taylor" y "deonte bennettte ultimo es un pandillero ligado en el pasado a un homicidio.--se pide ademas estar alerta ante posibles contratistas sin licencia. esta tarde en san francisco, la secundaria "galileo academy" fue desalojada luego de que un empleado reportara un fuerte olor a gas.--al lugar acudieron elementos del cuerpo de bomberos y tecnicos de la compaÑia "pg&e" pero tras realizar una inspeccion se determino que todo se trato de una falsa alarma. ---donde la fuga si fue una realidad, fue en oakland.--ahi un trabajador de una compaÑia de cable rompio una tuberia de gas provocando la evacuacion de varias viviendas en oakland. --el incidente ocurrio frente al numero 90 de la avenida "athol".--el tubo fracturado era de 3-pulgadas de diametro. --la policia cerro el acceso a la zona y unos 30 residentes del edificio "lakeview court" se quedaron sin suminstro de gas temporalmente.---a eso de las 4:45 de la tarde los vecinos pudieron volver a sus casas.---nadie resulto herido en este incidente. volviendo a

. ♪ charles bennett's high school dream was to teach in the old neighborhood.hout the money for college, all he got was the old neighborhood. support the united negro college fund. a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> coming up on "california country," meet some of the folks responsible for adding a little zest to our lives. then, what a chef wants, this man will find. tag along with us as we go on a produce pursuit in northern california. then, meet a farmer who is surrounded by his favorite things--his berries and his brothers. finally, think starting a vegetable garden is hard? our expert has advice to get you started and on your way to a homegrown meal in no time. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> so we all know that california is king when it comes to growing citrus. and when it comes to growing lemons, no one is bigger than this ventura county farm. and with over 7,000 acres of lush lemon trees, limoneira isn't just the biggest lemon grower in california, but in all of north america. b

the tea party indictment of senator bob bennett and my castle and at of delaware -- and my castle inelaware talks about the opposition. will they find a bipartisanship? >> congress cannot just do not need -- nothing very we have big problems coming down the pike. we have people getting ready to run in 2012 and they are terrified about the tea party. for them to do nothing is not good. there is an opportunity here to do something constructive. they could do something on tax reform. we should fix it and go back to 1986 where if you give -- get rid of all this to the deductions, you could actually cut the tax rate. a considerable amount. out of all this negativity, there could be a positive mood toward tax simplification and tax reform. >> interesting idea, but the litmus test for the tea party is tax increases. even if the rates go lower, that will be seen as a tax increase. >> out of the question. meritorious, yes but out of the question politically. they have a litmus test of on the right to live, soulful conservative issues that are ongoing. they could look at the irs but there is n

michael bennett over ken buck's comments that he wants to do away with education department. cold water, mississippi. betty, democratic line. caller: this is my second time calling, long time c-span watcher. my feelings are that when we talk about education, education, and my opinion, is a three-way street. first, it starts with the parents, then the children, and then the teacher. children should come to school prepared to start first grade but some parents are negligent. but some parents are negligent. next, we need to find parents -- make the parents required or be responsible for -- so children are required to come to school. host: let me ask you a question -- can you turn down your television a little bit? did you say that you are a teacher? caller: retired. host: use said parents need to do more to get their kids prepared for first grade. why is that so of board and what the parents need to do? why is that the benchmark? because, we have had start and all of these programs. parents -- there are things they need to do, like read to the children, making sure they know the

47 to 43% and president obama endorsed bennett during a heated democratic primary, but 49% say that the president's economic policies hurt the economy. and to illinois president obama's old senate seat. both candidates had ethical issues, but the republican is virtually tried with the democrat. the green party candidate gets 7%, and says that's significant for democrats. >> it hurts them, because most of the green party voters in 2008 voted for barack obama. >> a surprisingly close senate race in the blue state of washington and one point united states patty murray from her republican challenger dina rossy and in ohio still a double digit lead for republican rob portman over democrat lee fisher. president obama won all five of the states in 2008, but now, ohio seems somewhat out of reach. and democrats are struggling to hold on to the others. barone attributes that mainly to voters discontent over the democrats handling of the economy. in washington, molly henneberg, fox news. >> bret: over on capitol hill senate democrats failed to pass a measure aimed at discouraging out outsourci

speaking of independence, appointed colorado senator michael bennett tried to show that he's his own. he is trying to hold his seat against a challenge from republican ken buck. listen. >> it's true. it's actually true. you voted 24 times in favor of higher taxes. either against tax cuts or in favor of taxes. >> where i agree with the president, i agree with the president. where i disagree with him, i disagree with him. >> don't be fooled, folks, by this grassroots argument. because as far as i am aware, and i can be corrected, every single ad run on behalf of ken buck, attacking jane, during the republican primary, was paid for by out dltz side groups that had an agenda that is to the extreme of the republican party. >> everybody sees what you are doing. everybody gets it. you want me to change parties and do this independent thing when you couldn't run the republican primary and now you wake up every day to say, what can i do to take away more votes from congressman meek. >> when speaker rubio said he was against it, didn't think it was right, what my friend, the speaker, just accu

to assist the board and accurate preparation of bennett's you are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or a business card when you come up to speak. they are available on the left side of the podium. we welcome your comments and suggestions. if you have any questions about requesting a rehearing, board rules, or hearing scheduled, please speak to me during the break or after the meeting or at the board office. this meeting is broadcast on sfgtv cable channel 78. now we will swell or -- swear or affirm in all those who wish to testify. please stand, raise your right hand after you have been sworn in court affirmed. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth, or nothing but the truth? thank you. we have one housekeeping item. item number6 regarding the property at 2514 23rd avenue has been a ministry to flee dismissed. -- administratively dismissed. is there any member of the public which is to speak on an item that is not on the agenda? please step forward. >> good afternoon. commissioner goh, i did not ask for a copy of this resum

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and jacqueline bennett >> cooler up there this morning, and this will continue until today. and with fog along the bay shore and along the coastline that will continue into this morning. by noon, the fog will be back along the coastline and stay up and down the coast. do not expect any bricks of sunshine by 3:00 p.m., still cooler than yesterday. . a few spots will be offered 90's, 80's and much more comfortable, and marine air to the bay area. that is going to be even cooler conditions into tomorrow. warm weather for liberty itself and details on your weekend and labor day and your full forecast coming up. nothing to, jacqueline. they're going to resume their search for the body of fresh record sale for directy the fifth victim of her efren valdemoroo who was killed by chp earlier this week and how sick haaziq madyun and where these how they are searching. >> the police and hercules are looking at a bay point landfill for frederick sales of that is been missing since last saturday. this landfill is connected to a site where a man suspected of being involved of the disappear

announcer: when charles bennett graduated from high school, he dreamed of returning to his old neighborhood as a teacher. but without the money for college, only half his dream came true. [car horn blares] he's back in the old neighborhood. please support the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they

. >> that list included senator bennett. those are the types of candidates we've already defeated.the republican primary -- >> michael bennett. >> sorry. >> he's the democratic candidate and incumbent in colorado, kirk the republican nomination for the senate in illinois and meg whitman who won the nomination for governor in california. these are all winners. lincoln chafee is the only one running as an independent. my question to you is, are you worried the center may hold here? >> well, i think we've got the se center. our message of fiscal responsibility is the center of american politics. the polls show that. that's why charlie crist will be beaten by marco rubio in florida. >> these candidates don't call themselves centrists. joe miller is a conservative if not a very conservative guy. sharron angle is very, very conservative. i think it's not fair to call them centrists. >> i think our message is centrist in the sense it attracts conservatives, independent swing voters, even conservative democrats. that's a big winning coalition for november. that's what our message will be n

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