when bob edgar and mary boyle asked me to do this, i was delighted. i do not consider myself a hard core reformer but i do see somebody -- i am someone who sees the system as horrifically flawed. i don't have solutions, but i thank the dialogue and discussion is important. i will not give my normal spiel. some of the lessons that we have learned and learned again is that money is hugely important but it is not totally determinative. in fact, there are times when there is a lot of diminishing returns or where the public says mas.' with meg wittman spending in california, it seemed to be working and suddenly people said no. they kind of rebelled against it a little bit. there may have been a little bit of that with connecticut with linda mcmahon. it did not happen everywhere with up rick scott winning the governorship of of florida. money is hugely important but there seems to be some limits as to what it does. i confess this whole area of unlimited/undisclosed money is discomfiting for me because frankly, i was not comfortable when we saw a lot of that

on the leadership of our -- of bob edgar and hopefully, we will be able to bring some sort of final resolution to this problem because it is a big problem. i think it is close to being the biggest problem that we have. thank you. [applause] >> ok, so now we know what a $4 billion election looks like. it was not pretty. i think this one goes in the record books. it is not only the most expensive election in american history, but it is our first secret election since the watergate scandal and is our first election since 1907 were corporations and unions were allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence the outcome. i do not think anyone really believes that people were better served as a result. airways were flooded with attack ads. what does this meanor our democracy? first of all, to paraphrase thomas hobbes, ourlections will become a nasty, brutish, and very long. karl rove have alreadytarted planning for the kid doesn't fall election cycle. bait -- for the 2011 -- to doesn't fall election cycle. we are in an era of a new arms race. the e result is going to be that the people who

on the leadership of our -- of bob edgar and hopefully, we will be able to bring some sort of final resolution to this problem because it is a big problem. i think it is close to being the biggest problem that we have. thank you. [applause] >> ok, so now we know what a $4 billion election looks like. it was not pretty. i think this one goes in the record books. it is not only the most expensive election in american history, but it is our first secret election since the watergate scandal and is our first election since 1907 were corporations and unions were allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence the ouome. i do not think anyone really believes that people were better served as a result. airways were flooded with attack ads. what does this mean for our democracy? first of all, to paraphrase thomas hobbes, our elections will become a nasty, brutish, and very long. karl rove have already started planning for the kid doesn't fall election cycle. bait -- for the 2011 -- to doesn't fall election cycle. we are in an era of a new arms race. the end result is going to be that the peopl

on the leadership of our -- of bob edgar and hopefully, we will be able to bring some sort of final resolution to this problem because it is a big problem. i think it is close to being the biggest problem that we have. thank you. [applause] >> ok, so now we know what a $4 billion election looks like. it was not pretty. i think this one goes in the record books. it is not only the most expensive election in american history, but it is our first secret election since the watergate scandal and is our first election since 1907 were corporations and unions were allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence the outcome. i do not think anyone really believes that people were better served as a result. airways were flooded with attack ads. what does this mean for our democracy? first of all, to paraphrase thomas hobbes, our elections will become a nasty, brutish, and very long. karl rove have already started planning for the kid doesn't fall election cycle. bait -- for the 2011 -- to doesn't fall election cycle. we are in an era of a new arms race. the end result is going to be that the peo

when bob edgar and mary boyle asked me to do this, i was delighted to do this.on't consider myself a hard core reformer. but i do see somebody, i am someone who sees the problem of the system has horrifically flawed. i don't have pollutions. -- solutions. i think the dialogue and discussion is important. i'm not going to give my normal spiel. what i'm going to do is sort of rip off of the topic. i think some of the lessons that we've learned or learned again is that money is hugely important. but it's not totally determinative. and, in fact, there are times where there's a law diminishing returns or where the public just says sort of no mas. and, you know, meg whitman, spending, for example, in california. you know, it seems to be working, working, working, and then suddenly people just said, no. they kind of rebelled against it a little bit. and there may have been a little bit of that with connecticut with linda mcmahon. obviously, it didn't happen everyone. rick scott winning very narrowly the governorship of florida. money is important. but there does seem t

bob orr in washington, thanks. >>> big celebrations continuing this morning in san francisco where the giants are world series champions. last night, the giants edgar renteria blasted a three-run home run in the seventh inning and named most valuable player in the world series. tim lincecum allowed three hits in the 3-1 giants victory over the texas rangers. this is the team's first world series title since 1954. back when the giants still played in new york. after the game, the champagne was flowing in the locker room. the players partying there with their world series trophy. and back home in the city by the bay, the fans could not have been happier. look at that orange in the streets. celebrating the first ever world series victory in san francisco. probably a little more going on this morning >> that's a quick look at your weather picture. just to clarify, warmer than normal temperatures from the southwest all the way up to the northwest. enjoy them while you got them. that's a quick look at the weather picture. over to you. >>> mel gibson and ex-girlfriend face to face for the first time since their explosive break-up. we'll tell you what happ