let me go back to the initial point which was what haley barbour said. according to him, most of the people who won the were part of the american revolution in 1994 signed on after the '93 victories. that is late to get into the game. that is only one year out. whether it is right or wrong, these people -- if someone runs for office, they are putting their life on the line put. it is a very serious undertaking and some of these folks have a lot to lose. anything that can inspire them to think that this is a good year and that they are not wasting their time, i think is very important. there is only 640,000 people in north dakota, but they have to u.s. senators and both of them are democrats. even though there is a republican governor and republicans dominate the state legislature and the boy republican attorney general, everything is republican, but their entire federal delegation are democrats. the governor of that state has toyed with the idea of running for u.s. senate and he could win if he gets in the race. i think that if he saw republicans winning

recently i heard haley barbour, who is chairman of the rnc in the 1990's. he said that when christie todd whitman won in 1993, most of the candidates who won in 1994 signed on, they were recruited after christie todd whitman and george allen won. that is amazing. not only is a victory in 2009 a harbinger of things to come, it literally will encourage top tier candidates to run your sitting on the fence that they can win in 2010. it is not just have psychological value. it has a tangible, real value that winning this year will encourage the top tier republicans who have been sitting out, because nobody wants to lose, to actually get in the race. i think republicans win in virginia. i am optimistic about new jersey, except for the fact that they could just replace the candidate two weeks out and put in somebody else. you can never predict what happens in new jersey. it is impossible to predict what will happen there, but it is looking good in virginia. i wrote something on the other day where i went back and looked at george stephanopoulos'book and i looked a

council member, myself, it is good to be back here, the last time i was here, was with governor haley barbour on a panel on immigration. and now i must admit that in the department of homeland security, it is somewhat of a large government department, so, we are undergoing what we call efficiency review, looking for ways to make sure that we spend every dollar, every penny we get, wisely, so i thought i would bring my cfr membership dues here today so i could save the cost of postage, so, paul i'll leave these here for you! [laughter]. >> now, the council is an institution i deeply appreciate because it is one of the rare places where people will show up, early in the morning, at breakfast time, to hear about threats of terror and government response. and this will be this highlight of your day! [laughter]. >> but, alas, the topics that we are discussing are with us, and are the challenge of a networked 21st century. and so it is important that the council be apprised of what the department of homeland security is doing to meet those challenges. now, president obama has been very forceful abo

i'll be joining the tremendous chair of that, the legendary haley barbour. [applause] we've got both ends of the mississippi covered as we try to return this party to the majority governing party in this nation. i wanna start today with breaking news. you have been in meetings all today. there is news coming across the wire. they are announcing that president obama is making great progress on climate change. he is turning the political climate of our country back toward republicans. [applause] as you know, in the eyes of many, president obama is cool, cool, cool. but the american people are figuring out he is wrong, wrong, wrong. [applause] this current presidency reflects a collision between the image and personality of president obama and the important lessons of history. as you know, he famously ran on the theme, change we can believe in. now we're starting to understand what he meant. what he meant by that is he was to change what we believe in. the american people in this country ain't biting at. we remember that he was a community organizer and as prio

i will be joining the tremendous share of that organization, haley barbour. [applause] and between haley barbour and me, we have both ends of the mississippi river covered as we try to return this country to the majority party. if i want to start today with some breaking news. i know you have been in meetings all day and may not have heard this, but there is developing is coming across the wire, coming across the tv sets. apparently, they are announcing that president obama is making great progress on climate change. he is turning the political climate of our country back toward republicans. [applause] as you know, it in eyes of many, president obama is cool, cool, cool, but the american people are figuring out that he is wrong, wrong, wrong. [applause] this current presidency reflects a collision between the image and personality of president obama and the important lessons of history. . >> i disagree with that. from a global perspective, he knows exactly what he is doing. he is in the process of unleashing a flood of federal spending and the greatest expans

now, in neighboring mississippi, you can take a look at governor haley barbour posset example, he did not ask for much federal aid, although they had much the same damage, and he and his state government had taken pride in doing everything on their own, willingness is the back of their feet and you did not hear much about the problems. what ever the case, wherever, -- whatever the cause of katrina's dysfunction that caused, but should be roundly given to hospital officials, police, government officials, everyone. but now they say it is a problem that no locality or state can address. as long as the cycle of mental almost rose and our ability to treat it is the minister, this will rage on and get bigger and bigger -- mental lists rises and our ability to treat it diminish. the anniversary of katrina comes in the last week of august. we have been pushing for an interview for president obama. we would like to see his vision. democrats keep the lot of criticism on the bush administration and we would like to know what they have in mind to deal with the one issue that is now standing out t

let me just go back to the initial point, which is what haley barbour said, the former rnc chairman,who was a very respected governor of mississippi. according to him, most of the people who won were part of the republican revolution of 1994 signed on after '90s -- 1993 victory. it is late to get in the game. . . >> there are only about 640,000 people in the state. but like every other state, they have two u.s. senators. even though there is a republican governor, they dominate the slate -- the state legislature, you name it. everything is republican. the entire federal delegation as democrat. the have toyed with the idea of running for u.s. senate, and he could win if he gets in the race. if he saw a republican winning in new jersey and virginia, that would go a long way to easing his concerns. >> i have more patience for candidates now to take that, because you are asking them to give up their livelihood to run. you're taking away from their family. florida is a perfect example. you have to candidates, one who is in because he thinks he can win, and the other who is in because ther

let me go back to the initial point which was what haley barbour said. according to him, most of the people who won the were part of the american revolution in 1994 signed on after the '93 victories. that is late to get into the game. that is only one year out. whether it is right or wrong, these people -- if someone runs for office, they are putting their life on the line put. it is a very serious undertaking and some of these folks have a lot to lose. anything that can inspire them to think that this is a good year and that they are not wasting their time, i think is very important. there is only 640,000 people in north dakota, but they have to u.s. senators and both of them are democrats. even though there is a republican governor and republicans dominate the state legislature and the boy republican attorney general, everything is republican, but their entire federal delegation are democrats. the governor of that state has toyed with the idea of running for u.s. senate and he could win if he gets in the race. i think that if he saw republicans winning