time out cincinnati. there's a flag on the field, too. >> referee: cincinnati. >> jim: maybe another one we're going to ignore. >> phil: in case somebody tuned in late. we have had a -- >> referee: put 1-6 on the game clock, please. >> jim: another two seconds. >> referee: thank you. >> jim: palmer going for season's best 300 plus today. his career best against san diego in 2006. 440 was looking forward to this time to come down here and play with some 65 members of his fan club, family and friends in the stands. >> phil: the team that struggled to get near 200 yards throwing the football in the last six weeks. >> jim: been right around 100 of the last six weeks. >> phil: so many times, just like last weeks. good pass rushing team in minnesota, a young offensive line, crowd noise, getting behind. no chance to take carson palmer. the day they give him time, you can see giving time he makes tremendous throws. >> jim: can they get a completion? and get clock stopped in time to get kaeding on the field. down

we covered a book of that a person cincinnati not that long ago. here is a look at some of what she had to say at the bookstore in cincinnati. [cheering] >> thank you so much for being here. we are going to have a blast. [cheering] >> i appreciate your boldness and courage. especially those of you carrying the book under your arm, you are going rogue with me. [cheering] really, it is good to be here on the book tour. and i appreciate those of you who want to read my words unfiltered. it's for me to call it like i see it and not worry about what anybody else is going to say that get out there and seek truth and i know that is how you guys are wired, too otherwise you probably wouldn't be here. thank you very much. we will get to work and sign these books 3i want to shake every one of your hands and thank you very much for being here. [cheering] >> host: sarah palin last month in cincinnati. her book "going rogue." book tv is underway this week and a three day christmas weekend, c-span2, and of course every weekend regular weekend 8 a.m. saturday unt

host: sarah palin last month in cincinnati. "botok tv" is under way this weekend. we're asking you hear your favorite nonfiction book of 2009. we will you weigh in on this. caller: "the search for life in the cosmos." host: wjho wrote that? caller: i do not remember pre- war middle interesting to me is that it made it appear to me how inconsequential we are in the time of the universe. who knows if 10,000 years from now we will even be here. it gives the whole difference perspective of what is going on in congress. who knows what exists. host: what major pickup the book in the first place? caller: i have always been interested in the universe or the history of the universe, where it is going or is the only universe, things white patrick's host: thank you for sharing your reading with us. best nonfiction reading this year. "the l.a. times," a commentary with best-of lists. "when i go into year end list making mode, what makes a spiritual in venture for me, the splash of new facts, the beautifully controlled meredith gore right spell out the window. i turned into a s

next week they'll be hosting cincinnati and the jets with a win would get in.nver loses baltimore moves in there as the controlling their own destiny team, along with the jets. now two yards short of the first, moreno. third down on the way. on the n.f.c. side, if dallas wins tonight then the giants are eliminated. if the cowboys win tonight then we'll know the six teams and some things will have to be settled next week in terms of order of seeds. and the n.f.c. east. that game down in dallas. third and 2. time-out, denver. jim: next sunday we will have double-header action. you'll have to check your local listings. pittsburgh at miami. new england at houston. kansas city at denver. baltimore and oakland now shaping up as a big one. if denver loses then the ravens would need that win at oakland to get in. it all begins with j.b., dan, shannon, boomer and coach cowher on "the nfl today" next sunday, january 3. phil: here's what i wonder. still plenty of time left in the game. you have two time-outs, :40 to go. you look at it, third and 2. run the football. if yo

this is the cincinnati basketball team on the road at uab. that's elijah millsap.bounds. aaron johnson. right down the lane. cincinnati loses in birmingham, 64-47. >>> louisville coming off two home losses, now hosting oral roberts. first half, think they're in control. the alley-oop. cardinals up at the break. second half, who gets credit for this? edgar sosa throws it up and buckleson and smith -- who gets that one? jerry smith, two. louisville, a win. having a laugh. >>> ohio state won its only meeting with presbyterian. no seniors on this team. buckeyes up 25. dallas lauderdale misses the lob. hill, the steal, the bucket. pres, ten turnovers in the first half. david lighty, can't stop him. this got ugly. 78-48 for the buckeyes. >> cal poly and wisconsin. first half, badgers up ten. hughes, the take away. then the other way. hughes and the badgers up 12. badgers would lead by 32 at the half thanks to this from hughes. second half, it's 86-36. >>> north florida and northwestern in lovely evanston. second half, michael thompson. not my radio partner. from the corn

post go there a palin last month in cincinnati, her book is going broke. but tv is underway this weekend a three-day christmas and of course every day saturday until 8:00 a.m. monday morning, 48 hours of tv programming. were asking you here on "washington journal" your favorite nonfiction book of 2009 and will let you weigh in on it. here's kelly with connecticut. >> caller: what did you like reading this year? the search for life in the cosmos. >> host: who wrote that? >> caller: i can't often remember it. >> host: tele- save it about the book then. >> caller: the interesting thing is it really deals with how we might search for life anywhere in the cosmos. in the thing that made it most interesting to me is that i finally made it appear to how inconsequential we are in the time of the universe. who knows this, you know, 10,000 years from now will even be here. it gives a whole different perspective to like what's going on in congress and all these kind of things. who knows what else exists in these cosmos that is so much different than we are. >> host: w

caller: i'm calling about a case out of cincinnati, ohio. i am not sure if it came across the supreme court agenda or not. however, in 1984 -- i think in the 1980's, all the way up into the 1990's, really a black mark on the women's movement. there was a case concerning tier 3 rape statutes. the woman out of cincinnati in 1984 that was raped supposedly. at that time during the berlin 1980's, they were sending a lot of women -- a lot of men to jail, understand, on the charge of rape when really, you know, like, nursery school teachers, so on. and they did a lot of time in prison. now they started a thing in ohio that says that if you can't prove that you are not a tier 3 rapist -- this man was convicted in cincinnati, ohio. host: alonso, i will get follow- up from you. the have any thoughts? guest: i am not familiar with that law -- if not a whole lot i can say. obviously the issue of sexual predators has been a big one. there is a supreme court case in this term that goes to whether sex offenders [captioning performed by national captioning

caller: i'm calling about a case out of cincinnati, ohio. i am not sure if it came across the supreme court agenda or not. however, in 1984 -- i think in the 1980's, all the way up into the 1990's, really a black mark on the women's movement. there was a case concerning tier 3 rape statutes. the woman out of cincinnati in 1984 that was raped supposedly. at that time during the berlin 1980's, they were sending a lot of women -- a lot of men to jail, understand, on the charge of rape when really, you know, like, nursery school teachers, so on. and they did a lot of time in prison. now they started a thing in ohio that says that if you can't prove that you are not a tier 3 rapist -- this man was convicted in cincinnati, ohio. host: alonso, i will get follow- up from you. the have any thoughts? guest: i am not familiar with that law -- if not a whole lot i can say. obviously the issue of sexual predators has been a big one. there is a supreme court case in this term that goes to whether sex offenders can continue to be held after they completed

how about that, including 25 cincinnati at alabama birmingham. usually a tough game here for the bearkats. the blazers are up 14. first half, millsap had 22 points, 15 rebounds and this was uab's night pretty much all night. here in the second half. aaron johnson straight down the lane, a 64-47 uab victory. >>> wake forest/unc wilmington. dominick lacey, no. john fields, yes. will ming done is down two early. in the second half it's all wake. deacons are up 13 and they would keept the pressure on. l.d. williams at midcourt. the alley-oop finished 80-69. wake is a winner. coming up on the halftime show, the presbyterian blue hose travel to columbus, six freshmen with no seniors. guess what happens? why is travel these days about what you give up, and not what you get? like electricity, for gadget power at your seat. room to stretch your legs... and your wingspan. food when you're hungry... and taking off your shoes only if you feel like it. these aren't luxuries, they're basics. get them back on acela. amtrak guest rewards members earn double poin

cincinnati next week, regional action. many of you are going to see that game. then at tennessee on christmas night, hosting washington. phil: three tough games. go look at those records. jim: romo gets a touchdown pass to crayton with two seconds. phil: a nice little play. the bunch formation. crayton fakes like he's going outside. good job by tony romo. looks it off and creates that little lane so when patrick crayton catches it, he can get in the end zone. tony romo is looking up because he was looking at the time on the clock, at least hoping if they recovered the onside kick, he could throw one pass to the end zone. jim: extra point is inside the right up right. but only two seconds to go. and we remind you, tonight on cbs begins with a special interview with president obama on "60 minutes," followed by "the mentalist," and a new episode of "cold case," and "criminal minds." only cbs. the cowboys schedule, it's brutal. games at new orleans and at washington. phil: that will be washington's super bowl this year, so you know that will be tough. especially if

in southwest ohio, in the cincinnati area, two insurance companies have 85% of the insurance business. you create a public option, doesn't mean someone from lebanon or about a taeuf i can't or -- or batavia or cincinnati or middle town or hamilton has to take that public option. but it does mean because of the existence of the public option there will be more competition and the insurance company will behave better. you'll get better quality, lower prices. and you won't have these companies dropping coverage because of preexisting condition. let me just add one other thing, madam president. there was a story in the dow jones story a couple days ago entitled humana's third quarter profits up 65%, cease strong medicare advantage gains -- sees strong gains. humana's third quarter earnings rose 65% amid improved margins its government. the company gave an initial 2010 forecast which the health insurer projects substantial membership growth resulting in well above the analyst forecast. the forecast takes into account reductions in medicare advantage overpayments. madam president, we sat on

he turned around cincinnati and looks to do the same for the irish. >> you do not come to the university of notre dame because you want to be average. you want to be the best of the best, and that's why i'm here. it inspires me to be around young men like i had in front of me today. now we're going to have our good days and bad days, but we start with that premise that you can tell these young men they want to win. >> the cincinnati players are not happy that kelly is leaving, especially receiver marty. he told the players the news, he walked out one minute into the meeting and his teammates followed some with tear ing in the eyes. this was no time to celebrate. >> we are a tight knit group and with or without him we're good. don't nobody panic. we're good. >> reporter: did you hear anything that in that room? >> i heard everything i need to know. >> everybody and their mama knew what was going on. you know what i'm saying? everybody and their mama knew what was going on and it lasted that long, i felt like he did our team an in-justice. hopefully he packs up and gets out in a her ky so

host: sarah palin last month in cincinnati. "botok tv" is under way this weekend. we're asking you hear your favorite nonfiction book of 2009. we will you weigh in on this. caller: "the search for life in the cosmos." host: wjho wrote that? caller: i do not remember pre- war middle interesting to me is that it made it appear to me how inconsequential we are in the time of the universe. who knows if 10,000 years from now we will even be here. it gives the whole difference perspective of what is going on in congress. who knows what exists. host: what major pickup the book in the first place? caller: i have always been interested in the universe or the history of the universe, where it is going or is the only universe, things white patrick's host: thank you for sharing your reading with us. best nonfiction reading this year. "the l.a. times," a commentary with best-of lists. "when i go into year end list making mode, what makes a spiritual in venture for me, the splash of new facts, the beautifully controlled meredith gore right spell out the window. i turned into a s

they lose a contract and people who have lived in cincinnati for 20 years flying out of their home base now have to to you overnight. -- nwo have tow have to commute overnight. it is a mirror image of the program you identified. cargo operators do the same thing. fedex, they get their pilots to where they pick up their flight. it may be overseas. there are systems out there. we can do a better job insuring that the pilot show up ready to go. >> do you think the commuting is part of this? >> clearly commuting sets up a situation where things can go wrong. whee have seen some things go wrong. i think what we have is a problem but a difficult problem to deal with and regulatory framework. clearly there has to be an obligation for the airline to provide the opportunity for rest. then they have to take the opportunity oup. the fatigue risk-management system we have talked about put sensors into operation. it tells you if you have a problem because of tired pilots or pearoorly-trained pilots. these are the type of things we need to do. that is why i am such a supporter of the data-driven appr

trent johnson coming off a bad loss against xavier last night in cincinnati. bill: florida will play xavier here in gainesville. i believe it's in january, late january or early february. but that's another nonconference game that florida will have in the middle of the conference schedule. matt: of course, the gators have another nonconference game before kicking off their sec schedule against vanderbilt next saturday. they're going to play at n.c. state. boynton the steal and the push. mcclanahan could not hold on to it. bill: well, there's a look at the gators at 9-3 at n.c. state and then at vanderbilt to start the sec schedule and then their first home sec game, what a doozy that should be. number three kentucky here on january 12th. bill: that's a 9:00 game on espn that night. it will be a dandy. matt: wildcats at 14-0. up at the arena a couple of weeks ago, a snowy saturday. the place was packed to the rafters for austin p. that was all time win number 1999. they've now eclipsed 2,000 and those folks up there, john calipari has them believing they can wi

host: ken is joining us from cincinnati. good morning. republican line. caller: thank you, merry christmas to all. first of all, i don't think people are going to get what they really want. they think they are going to get free health care, it will not be free. the keep saying it will be affordable but i have not heard anyone, nancy pelosi or anyone, define what is affordable. what is affordable to someone who just got a pink slip? i know they are going to have subsidies but if you are trying to put food on the table, pay your rent or mortgage, health care is down the list. i don't think many congressmen or senators even read the bill. finally, i think it is unconstitutional because my understanding, the way federal law is, it should be uniform -- whether cincinnati, ohio, it should be across the nation on the federal level. when you have different deals like ben nelson -- i don't think it is fair because you have a federal law that is not uniform. i think ultimately you are going to have people with health problems because they are going to basically go

i'm originally from cincinnati ohio. i volunteered for obama's presidential campaign and i've also earned at both the democratic national committee and the ohio democratic party. and i'm just taking this class because i'm very interested in possibly working on campaigns after graduation. >> my name is cody singleton. i'm a senior here at a.u. i'm a democrat from richmond, virginia. as far as campaign experience, i volunteered a handful of times for the ill fated judy fater campaign and also volunteered extensively for the even more ill-fated cree deeds campaign in this election cycle. >> okay. did we get everybody? great, welcome. we're going to spend a very interesting two weeks together. i think you'll learn a lot during the course of the next two weeks. the course is set up -- we will work in groups. you will write campaign plans for real candidates who are running in 2010. for this session we're going to do senate races in missouri, pennsylvania and illinois. bob carpenter will be here to talk about senate races and

host: denise in cincinnati. she supports the president. caller: good morning. i totally support dumps president. -- i totally support the president. i do support the exit strategy. i think it is needed. i commend him for this. it takes a mind to think first and then react. with the powers that were in office before, we did not quite do that. we just acted. we went on a lot of speculation. armed police supportive of the president. thank you for having me on this morning. -- i am totally supporteive president. host: in "the philadelphia inquirer" -- host: that to the phones. hank in south carolina. caller: i suppose this war in afghanistan. the russians spent 10 years trying to do something to people. these people have been fighting each other for thousands of years. i am a vietnam vet. i spent 37 months over there. the country means nothing chorus, yet our president is spending billions of dollars supporting another country, giving them weapons, and giving them uniforms. all that money could be used here and in the united states to support the taxpayers. seems t

they lose a contract and people who have lived in cincinnati for 20 years flying out of their home basenow have to to you overnight. -- nwo have tow have to commute overnight. it is a mirror image of the program you identified. cargo operators do the same thing. fedex, they get their pilots to where they pick up their flight. it may be overseas. there are systems out there. we can do a better job insuring that the pilot show up ready to go. >> do you think the commuting is part of this? >> clearly commuting sets up a situation where things can go wrong. whee have seen some things go wrong. i think what we have is a problem but a difficult problem to deal with and regulatory framework. clearly there has to be an obligation for the airline to provide the opportunity for rest. then they have to take the opportunity oup. the fatigue risk-management system we have talked about put sensors into operation. it tells you if you have a problem because of tired pilots or pearoorly-trained pilots. these are the type of things we need to do. that is why i am such a supporter of the data-driven appro

i am with the cincinnati enquirer. >> and talking to some of the local liaison three have a number of frustrations with the address canvassing and that master address file. one is the short deadline that cannot be helped put the information they have gotten back they say is a little murky in terms of what new addresses have been added. they seem concerned with the converted units that might have been once 10 years ago but now converted into housing units kumble to use buildings. and the impression it seems to me they should get the benefit of the doubt of those units. can you talk about at and you mentioned you are 2% over the independent estimate and wouldn't days where does that come from would you rather be 2 percent over or under? to you want to give the benefit of the doubt to released mail out the forms a you do not under account? >> to address the last question, i think we prefer to be a little over because it does not bother us if we send to a unit that is not in habitable right now. we won't get a form backer check that no one lives there. we rather have addresses of the high

on abc's this week will be robert tkpwreubs, january cincinnati napolitano and mitch mcconnell.rat robert machine anyone des -- menendez and chris van hollen of maryland. on "face the nation" from cbs you will here robert gibbs, house majority whip james clyburn and new york republican peter king. he is the ranking member of the house homeland security committee. and cn tphfrpblts's state of the union will include secretary napolitano, john podesta and andrew card. indiana republican governor mitch daniels and ed rendell. you can listen to all five of the sun morning shows starting at noon eastern on c-span radio. 90.1 f.m. in washington, d.c., nationwide on x.m. satellite radio channel 132 and c-span radio.org and on facebook and twitter. >> in the mid 1990's omar waso was named one of the 50 most influential people po wash in cyber space. he has created black planet.com. helped found a charter school in balloon and explained new technology on oprah. tonight he talks about his current studies at harvard and what is ahead on c-span's "kwfrpbl"q&a." >> thursday a day of distribut

the regional characters especially man is a contract then people who have lived in cincinnati 20 years flying at of home-based now have to commute overnight. those decisions go on throughout the system. we need to do a better job working with the carrier's to make sure the pilots if they have to fly to get to work are able to do so quickly come easily, it is a mirror image of the atlas program that you have identified. other operators, cargo operators to the same thing. fedex, ups, they give pilots to if they pick up their flight overseas their systems out there and we can do a better job as a union as employers and the association's letter represented to ensure that they show up ready to go. >> mr. voss is committing part of the issue? >> yes, sir, clearly committing sets up a situation where things can go wrong. we have seen some things go wrong. we have a problem but it is difficult to deal with in a regulatory framework. they're past to be the obligation for the airline to provide the opportunity for rest. and then they have to take the opportunity of. the management system has not

your base and the next day it is closed and you are expected to fly out of new york instead of cincinnatiool do cannot do with overnight. most regional carriers do not pay for a move. pilots have had five base changes in one year. route he just cannot move. it is not a lot different than many jobs in our society except on the other and we have to be in command of the cockpit. it does start with personal responsibility. when those circumstances, the carrier must assure the pilot can get to work with the least amount of hassle. it is no different than flying from st. louis to d.c. to begin your work day here it is the same for us but it should not take me a tour 10 hours to fly from st. louis to washington d.c. to start. i believe it will be done more unfortunately maybe but in the collective bargaining arena where we come up with a solution with employers vs. a man day by the faa. >> is a workable about the private and the operator making the decision as to whether or not a pilot is 250 days to fatigue to make the trip? >> the operators will resist the pressure of the situation because the

base in the next day you are bases close then you are expected to fly out of new york instead of cincinnati have got three kids in school. you just can't do it overnight. most regional carriers don't pay for paid moves. i know pilots who have had five base changes in one year. you just can't move, so it is not a whole lot different than many jobs in our society, except on the other end of it. we have to be in command of that cockpit, so it does start with personal responsibility. i think if anything, but no circumstances, the carrier must ensure that the pilot is able to get to work with the least amount of hassle at all. it is no different than flying from st. louis to the sea to begin your work day here. it is the same thing for us but it shouldn't take me eight or ten hours to fly from st. louis to d.c. to start that works of their things that could be done but i believe it will be done more unfortunately may be but in the collective bargaining a range where we come up with a solution with their employers versus the mandate by the faa. >> do you think it is workable and what ms. gilligan

gregory cordy with the cincinnati inquirer, your line is open. >> thank you so much.have a number of frustrations with the address canvassing and the master address file. one is, obviously, the short deadlines which, obviously, can't be helped, but the information they've gotten back from the census bureau, they say, is a little murky in terms of what new addresses have been added, and there seems to be particular concern with converted units, things that might have been one use ten years ago but have been converted into housing units. and the impression seems to be that they should get the benefit of the doubt on those units. could you talk a little bit about that, and you mentioned that you're 2% over, i think, an independent estimate of housing units. where does that estimate come from, and would you rather be 2% over or 2% under? [laughter] don't you want to give the benefit of the doubt to at least mailing the form out so that you don't undercount? >> yeah. to address that last question, i think we'd prefer to be a little over. because it doesn't bother us if we

host: ken joins us from cincinnati on the republican line. you are on with kate hunter. caller: thank you, mary christmas to all. they are going to get what they really want. they're thinking they are going to get free health care. they keep saying it will be affordable health care, but i have not heard nancy pelosi or anyone define what is affordable. what is affordable to someone who just got a pink slip and is losing their job? i know there will be subsidies, but if you are fighting to put food on your table, pay your rent or mortgage, healthcare is down the list. i do not think many congressmen or senators read the bill, and i think it is unconstitutional because my understanding, the with federal law is, should be uniform. in ohio,, across the nation at the federal level. when you have different deals like with ben nelson, i do not think it is fair because you have a federal law that is not uniform. i think ultimately you are going to have people with health problems because they are basically going to go to nebraska because they know they can go there because ben n

host: robert calling on the democrats' line from cincinnati.ller: is that a union? guest: the largest pilots' union in the world. caller: how long have you been airline pilot? airlines guest: pilot for 32 years and pilot -- airline -- caller: when ronald reagan busted the unions -- guest: i was on strike for continental airlines. i live in those days of the strike, one that was determined to be illegal and we have also seen what happened since, that the profession has recovered. they are represented and have become a strong union in their own right. this country moves forward by recognizing its mistakes, just like my profession does. host: arlene of the democrats' line. good morning. caller: my statement is physicians have different agencies that report on them as far as safety. and the mistakes that they make, so that the public can be informed about what doctor they are seeing and what kind of medicine. because airline pilots are responsible for so many lives in 1 second, but there is no agency reporting any plan and flight, and the customer

the problem, it was a grant to repair a basketball court in a park in cincinnati, ohio. but it was identified as ohio's zero district. now we have -- mr. walden: we had one of those in oregon. it was actually double-ought. -- double-aught. mr. latourette: i'm sure the gentleman running in ohio's zero is going to have trouble, they won't know where it is. mr. walden: they can go to recovery.gov, they'll know where it is, by then it will be well-jobbed. mr. latourette: down in texas, this fellow who runs a housing authority, got $100,000. it -- got $26,000. it said they created these jobs. they contacted this fellow, he said, that's great. you did a great job with that $ 26 grand, creating 400 jobs. he said, no, no, no. he said he had created sick jobs, five roofers and a fellow who inspected. when he was asked to do some reporting, they said, well that's not enough jobs. so the 450 doesn't represent jobs. it represents the hours that these six people worked to replace the roof. so we really didn't get a whole lot for that $26,000. mr. walden: even if it's six job, how lon

stall, 390 people from galion to gallipolis, from buckeye lake to avon lake, from ashtabula to cincinnati, 390 people in my state lose their insurance every day. every day they stall. 14,000 americans -- 14,000 americans lose their insurance every day. 1,000 americans every week die because they don't have health insuranchaveinsurance. a thousand americans every week die because they don't have insurance, and on the other side of the aisle, they say slow down, what's the rush, why do we have to move into this. they forget, or maybe they just don't want to hear, that a woman with breast cancer is 40% more likely to die if she's uninsured than if she has insurance. a woman with breast cancer, 40% more likely to die if she's uninsured than if she has insurance. yet they continue to say, slow down, slow down. you know, mr. president, i wis wish -- i wish that my friends on the other side of the aisle would -- would actually meet some of these people that don't have insurance. and let me -- let me put a human face on this, if i can, let me share three letters from ohioans. i've come to the flo

or to cincinnati, anita is more needed for airport security? >> caller: no.'ve got two comments to make, and then i'll headache g hang up -- hang up. >> host: okay. >> caller: and, well, number one i think with the amount of security that you already have to go can through now is sufficient, i think ms. napolitano was probably caught off guard, but i think she was right in a way. with the sophistication of chemicals now, and i was a medical librarian at uc for 30 years, that can be carried on the body, i mean, we've had the cia come into our library and take stuff out that people can carry. people in the united states are going to have to decide whether they want to go through, i think, what they call body searches or that kind of carrying on because it's no longer, i think, a question of civil liberties, i think it's a question of whether you want to get blown off the plane or not. that's number one. and then my final comment is that one of the things i've heard over and over from passengers were that the young man was so young. and these kids who are doing

i'm originally from cincinnati ohio.s presidential campaign and i've also earned at both the democratic national committee and the ohio democratic party. and i'm just taking this class because i'm very interested in possibly working on campaigns after graduation. >> my name is cody singleton. i'm a senior here at a.u. i'm a democrat from richmond, virginia. as far as campaign experience, i volunteered a handful of times for the ill fated judy fater campaign and also volunteered extensively for the even more ill-fated cree deeds campaign in this election cycle. >> okay. did we get everybody? great, welcome. we're going to spend a very interesting two weeks together. i think you'll learn a lot during the course of the next two weeks. the course is set up -- we will work in groups. you will write campaign plans for real candidates who are running in 2010. for this session we're going to do senate races in missouri, pennsylvania and illinois. bob carpenter will be here to talk about senate races and then this afternoon at th