where dennis kucinich at least is a man of integrity.same thing we have dan burton in indiana and the campaign for accountability participated there. found out he had a low approval rating. did the polling. put out the polling. i'm happy to say that it burton has now announced his retirement. >> it's a pleasure to have you here. i look forward to learning more. mark meckler, "across the fence." we all know the tea party and we heard one tea party point of view. how does one of the founders of the occupy movement feel about what we discussed? find out after this. remember. united we stand and divided we fall in the search to get america the debate it desperately deserves in a march to create 30 million jobs in this country. ♪ he was a 21st century global nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his

one of the cards mocking congressman dennis kucinich from ohio says, i have a short list of valentine's this year. it has the bottom portion of his face cut off, with a knock at the fact he's short. another one bearing the image of debbie wasserman schultz says happy tuesday. that's as sweet as i get. some other democrats on these cards, attorney ar eric holder, and former new jersey governor jon corzine. president obama talked about valentine's day today. he talked about the payroll tax cut, but he started off with just a note about today. >> good morning, and let me start with a quick public service announcement for all the gentlemen out there. today is valentine's day. doon do not forget. i speak from experience here. it is important that you remember this, and go bake. that's my advice. >> president obama today at an event dealing with the payroll tax cut. he later tweeted happy valentine's day to wife michelle. no word on how big he went. back with more on "washington today." >>> welcome back to washington today on c-span radio. defense secretary panetta and the leadership the defe

congressional representation, and just next week in ohio the ninth congressional district a race between dennis kucinich who currently represents the cleveland area, and marci captor who represents the toledo, ohio, area. >> well, there are 13 districts in which unlucky members have been thrown together. these are some of the highest profile in ohio next tuesday where we will see who wins the face-off between kucinich and kaptor and we are giving a edge to marci captor, but it has gotten fierce in the final week. and obviously, the race in pennsylvania has heetd up quite -- has heated up quite a bit, and mark crist who occupies less of the merged district than jason alt mire, and so what is interesting is that crist's campaign manager youed to work for alt mire, so there is a intrigue in pennsylvania. and democrats have more of the contests amongst themselves than republicans in a count of 7 to 4 races. there are two races that faces a democrat versus a republican, so a lot of the democratic money is being spent fighting other democrats, and that is good news. >> and david wassermann, what does this tel

i remember 2004, another kucinich, dennis kucinich and i went through a tense night.se because neither one of us was worried about winning. thank you for your time tonight. >>> when we come back, the president does it again. why his singing helps him connect with real people. stay with us. frank, instead of scratching your way to retirement, get on e-trade. set up a real plan. frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works... at e-trade. it's good. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. ♪ i -- so in love with you ♪ >>> we all remember that when president obama singing al green last month at the apollo. well, he's done it again. this time at a special night celebrating the blues at the white house with b.b. king and mick jagger. >> i heard you singing al green. so you've got to keep it up now. you can do it. come on. you can do it. >> come