as many of the know come up i was born in iowa. i was born in waterloo, iowa. i descend -- my dad called us iwegians. does anyone know what that is? my brother was right. my other brother, he is a tv weatherman here -- do any of you remember gary amble? that's my brother. thank you for that wonderful, warm welcome and thank you for your leadership. this is an absolutely outstanding organization? would you be willing to come to minnesota and start when they're also? we need one. i come from a very different neighborhood up there. my husband, markets, is with me, my husband of 32 years. if you could stand up. [applause] behind every good norwegian girl, there is a swiss husband. there he stands. we have had 32 great years together. we have five biological kids and 23 foster kids. we are so proud of all of them. none of them are in jail. we have had a really great day coming home to iowa today. people in iowa are so nice. my dad always used to tell me that people in iowa are the best looking people in the world. i can see he is absolutely correct. when i was filli

this was our second visit to iowa this month. -- her second visit to iowa this month. [applause] >> what a wonderful introduction. thank you, everyone who is here tonight. thank you for inviting me here tonight. what a wonderful group. i wish everyone could see your faces. as many of you know, i am and i one myself. i was born here in waterloo. i am a seventh generation island. -- a seventh generation iowan. you may know my other brother, he was a tv weatherman here for a number of years. thank you so much for that wonderful, warm welcome. your leadership of this a standing organization, would you be willing to come to minnesota and start one up there? i think we need one. i come from a very different neighborhood up there, let me tell you. we have had such a great day today. my husband of 32 years, marcus, could you stand up? behind every good norwegian girl there is a swift husband. there he stands. we have had 32 great years together. we have five biological kids and we have had 23 foster kids. we are so proud of all of them. none of them are in jail now and we are

you saw what happened right here in iowa. when in your iowa house seat back. ousting three supreme court justices. this was a shot heard around the world. [applause] and do not think for a moment that a lot of justices around the country feel the hot seat in their own state because of what i what did. you rock here in the state of iowa. it is proof what you did that the spirit of 1776, this wonderful, early iowa pioneer spirit still lives in this state. why shouldn't it? the blood of these incredible people still flows in our veins, these people that we descend from, these generations that created, built, and sustain our country. as great as the task we have before us in this country, if we once again rely on ourselves before an almighty god, and if we educate ourselves and stand for to lead, and fall on our knees and cry out to that most munificent, beneficial creator, we can in our own time reignite, rejuvenate, reclaim the greatness of the united states of america. it is in fewer hands, this first precinct in the 2012 race, it is in fewer hands, iowa, that

in iowa we pride ourselves on a limited government services.d it would do something we did it and for the right reasons. our problems were serious but manageable and as a people of good faith, we rolled up our sleeves and salt then. but we have gotten off track. we have over promised and under delivered turning solutions into problems. iowans deserve better. [applause] and we will get back on track with a slim better managed and sustainable government that you could count on when you need it and will start by opening up to the people, our budgets, briefings and the like, sunshine remains the best year for what ails our governments. [applause] the fourth principal of the covenant and iowa must be a renewed commitment to provide the best education in the world. [applause] providing children with a globally competitive education is key to their future and the future of our state. employers say they need a better prepared better treat work force. this means high your expectations for our schools. sadly iowa's educational system was once the envy of

>> guest: i studied at iowa state, i spent a long time in the state of iowa. my second husband was the editor of the magazine which is a history magazine of iowa. and around the time that the first book was written about john atanasoff he wrote a little article about john atanasoff. i remember sitting across the table from him, and him telling me the principles behind the abc computer, the first computer. and they were so crystal clear to me, he explained them clearly, and it was so interesting to me how they chilled in my mind, that they stuck in my mind. subsequently, i was asked to write a book about an american inventor, and i said to the person who is talking to me, do you know who invented the computer? this was about four years ago, and that person said no. and i thought that was really amazing that it is not generally known who invented the computer. there are lots of reasons for that. there have been books written before about this subject, and they are all about, my guy was for, no, mike i was first, no, my guy was the real guy. what i decided to do

[applause] -- the great state of iowa.l state of the state address by kansas governor samso brownback sworn in on monday. prior to his term as governor ho served aves u.s. senator and rar for president in 2008. n esis half-hour yvette comes c courtesy of kansas public television television. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> and governor, will come. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr. speaker, mr. president, minority leaders hensley, davis, mr. chief justice -- [inaudible] i guess you have to turn it on. [laughter] i will start again. mr. speaker, mr. president, mr. chief justice, minority leaders hensley, davis, legislators, cabinet officers and elected officials, honored guests and my fellow kansans, i understand my predecessor gave his speech last year without using notes or and using the teleprompter. i've got important things to say and i want to make sure not to miss them and a source with this i love kansas and they're really truly is no place like home. [a

>> she's going out to iowa.his is -- is like sarah palin part b. >> there's only one right answer to that question and it's, god, i hope so. she's running for senate. she was kicked out of house leadership. what this this is all just a smokescreen, gather names and run for senate in minnesota. i don't think she could win a statewide race but she will raise money. chris: will republicans value someone who rouses them up, a firecracker of a candidate, count chockula, or do they want a manager given the fact that the economy will still be dicey? >> i think in the end, sarah palin and the populace, i think in the end republicans will go back to what they have always been. they'll end up with a governor, more solid. >> i would like to believe that but i think ultimately you have so many moderates in that field right now that it's entirely possible that a fire brand will end up running away with it. chris: count chockula? >> count chockula. >> i think the force of history is strong with republicans to go with the good

two senators from iowa. i thought the senate was defined that as a fact that we have unlimited debate here. when a senator gets the floor, you can't take it away from him. we operate on unanimous consent. the power of one single senator would remain, but the senate, what do we do? we do treaties, nominations, sit on judgment on impeachment. the senate was not like the house. we don't have a filibuster as we've known it for the last 90, what, 93 years? 94 years, it does not mean that the senate becomes like the house. eliminating the filibuster will not change the basic nature of the united states senate, so i say to those who say that the senate would be like the house if we did away with this filibuster, would they also suggest that the senate of henry clay or daniel webster was the same as the house of representatives? i don't think so. the fact is what was never intended was that a supermajority of 60 votes would be needed to enaiblght any piece of -- enact any legislation or nominee. they were clear abou

god bless you, and god bless the great state of iowa.applause] [applause] >> the inaugural speech of governor terry branstad. >> see what members said online with c-span congressional chronicle, follow the comments of your congressman, track data timelines and read a transcript of every house and senate session. congressional chronicle, it's washington, your way. >> david welch, staff writer with bloomberg businessweekerg joins us from detroit. thank you for being with us this morning. david welsh, staff writer of bloomberg business week joins us this morning. which are off with an article that talks about how the mood is considerably better this year. if it was the house so, and why? guest: all of the executives -- if it was, how so, and why? guest: all of the executives were upbeat this year. most of the companies are close to breaking even. this was not the crisis we saw a year-and-a-half ago or so. everyone is looking at a pretty good year and getting even better. we are kind of getting back to the business of making cars and trying

the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: madam president, my colleagues as well as any of the public watching the debate today knows that there's a great partisan divide thus far. senator wyden has already referred to the motion that he and i are putting before the senate, and senator wyden being the democrat and my being a republican, and we're joined also by senator mccaskill, the presiding officer right now, as well as senator collins in this effort, it is the only bipartisan issue before the senate this particular day. and i emphasize that because i think the public ought to know that not everything in the senate is partisan. senator wyden and i have been chipping away at the informal backroom process known as -- quote, unquote -- secret hold in the senate. we've been working on this for well over ten years. so it shouldn't surprise anyone that we're back again at the start of another congress joined as i said by senator mccaskill of missouri who was very helpful in our pushing this issue to the forefront at th

the gentleman from iowa. mr. latham: if the gentleman has another speaker, i'll reserve at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. mr. brady: i thank the gentleman. madam speaker, i'd now like to yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from iowa, mr. loebsack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized, the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: thank you, the gentleman from pennsylvania, for yielding, and, madam spe, i am particularly honored today to join my friend and colleague, congressman latham, in offering this resolution today. tomorrow the iowa delegation will join the chief of staff of the army, general george kasey, and others to honor and recognize staff sergeant salvatore giunta, the first living medal of honor recipient since the vietnam war. staff sergeant giunta is from iowa at the moment ool he was born and raised in clinton. it's a town i am proud to represent in the second district. i first had the honor of meeting sergeant giunta or sal while

the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: madam president, my colleagues as well as any of the public watching the debate today knows that there's a great partisan divide thus far. senator wyden has already referred to the motion that he and i are putting before the senate, and senator wyden being the democrat and my being a republican, and we're joined also by senator mccaskill, the presiding officer right now, as well as senator collins in this effort, it is the only bipartisan issue before the senate this particular day. and i emphasize that because i think the public ought to know that not everything in the senate is partisan. senator wyden and i have been chipping away at the informal backroom process known as -- quote, unquote -- secret hold in the senate. we've been working on this for well over ten years. so it shouldn't surprise anyone that we're back again at the start of another congress joined as i said by senator mccaskill of missouri who was very helpful in our pushing this issue to the forefront at th

[applause] -- the great state of iowa.e annual state of the state address by kansas governor sam brownback, who was sworn in on monday. prior to his term as governor he served as u.s. senator and ran for president in 2008. this half-hour yvette comes courtesy of kansas public television. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> and governor, will come. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr. speaker, mr. president, minority leaders hensley, davis, mr. chief justice -- [inaudible] i guess you have to turn it on. [laughter] i will start again. mr. speaker, mr. president, mr. chief justice, minority leaders hensley, davis, legislators, cabinet officers and elected officials, honored guests and my fellow kansans, i understand my predecessor gave his speech last year without using notes or and using the teleprompter. i've got important things to say and i want to make sure not to miss them and a source with this i love kansas and they're really truly is no place like home. [appl

the gentleman from iowa. mr. braley: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from the commonwealth of massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i appreciate the opportunity to speak here today. as has been said over and over, gabrielle giffordses is a smart, goisted -- gifted, and compassionate member of congress. it is a privilege to be her colleague and friend. and arizona is privileged to be represented by a person of her caliber. my wife lisa and i pray for her recover and our thoughts are with her, her family, her friends and her community as they come together in the aftermath of this terrible act of violence. i look forward to seeing gabby back here where she belongs on this floor, advocating on behalf of her constituents. i served in this house for many years as a congressional aide and since i've been elected to congress i've come to appreciate even more the generous and selfless service of

they polled the republican caucus goers in iowa. put it on the screen.t shows mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas, leading at 24%, followed by romney, palin, gingrich and in fifth place is tim pawlenty. as neighboring governor of minnesota, deficit hawk, evangelical, don't you have to win iowa if you are going to have a chance? >> for someone like me, you have to do very well and win or do very well in iowa. i think that's right, chris. >> chris: how do you explain the fact they've known you for eight years? i look at the map just to make sure i was right. they're right next to each other. > >> my name outside of iowa is not particularly high. if you look back at the history of the races looking at the polls early on, even for neighboring or closely related people geographically to iowa, they're not a good predictor of how the result is. look at mike huckabee last time. he started out at 2% and ended up winning it. >> chris: governor pawlenty, thank you for coming in. i though you're not ready to announce today but chances are we'll see you on the

freezing raven rain changes over from snow in indianapolis and iowa. showers around little rock, memphis and new orleans. heavy rain, hail, and 60-mile-an-hour winds in atlanta and miami. showers in raleigh and nashville. 60s in dallas. 48 in atlanta. 26 in new york and just 17 degrees in boston. mostly 30s from the mid west. boise gets up to 52. sacramento, 64, and phoenix, 77 degrees. >>> well, it was a big pat on back from some of the biggest stars of the big and small screens alike. colin fifth and natalie portman took home the top acting award at the golden globes last night, while "glee" was the big winner for tv. >> in the first major appearance since winning his battle with throat cancer, michael douglas handed out the best drama award. for a motion picture. it went to "the social network" which also picked up three other trophies and "the kids are all right" earned the best picture award for a comedy. >>> when we come back this morning, supersize starbucks. the coffee giant is out with a

from iowa, mr. loebsack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. loebsack: i thank my colleague and friend from iowa who recognized me. i join my colleague, my constituents and all americans in mourning for those who lost their lives in this weekend's heinous event and am praying for those, including our dear friend and colleague, congresswoman giffords, who are fighting to recover. i've had the honor to serve with gabby like many in this body on the armed services committee since we were both elected in 2006 and i've always been struck by her intelligence and by her commitment to her constituents. when she and her constituents were attacked on saturday, she was carrying out the most central of our responsibilities as elected representatives as was already mentioned, and that is making ourselves available this who are i have attack occurred in the middle of a gathering is a reminder to us all that we must remain committed to upholding the principles on which our gre

the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: briefly, i know the senator from mississippi wants to speak and i won't interrupt that. but i would hope the senator from new mexico would stay on the floor. i understand the senator from mississippi is going to be relatively believe, but i would like to engage in a colloquy with the senator from new mexico on the topic he just spoke after the senator from mississippi finishes. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: thank you, mr. president. i am compelled to ask unanimous consent that josh davis, a legislative fellow on my staff, be granted privileges of the floor during the balance of today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: thank you very much. i do not want to intrude too much on this discussion. it's very important debate. i don't want to disappoint my friend from new mexico or to delay my friend from iowa. i am speaking today, mr. president, in morning business on a very important international foreign policy issue,

i was an iowa in 1987 when it was such a limited to a politician at the iowa state fair leading to charges of plagiarism by charges that as a student at syracuse law school had committed plagiarism with the paper that he wrote. biden was very hurt by the churches and worked very hard to have himself exonerated. years later in fact, a court decision in exonerated him in the case of the syracuse law school charge. i talk to people of syracuse about it and they said people did not think much of it at the time that been the focus came with the incident and iowa it was regurgitated which often happens in politics. if a politician makes one mistake they get over it if it is the same mistake twice or three times, it is a pattern and it is very hard to shake that impression. biden was very upset about having to get at of the presidential race, which she did after that because it question his integrity. of the buydown family is a very tight and proud family family, very strong religious family and dedicated to each other. the very fact that joe biden was accused of lying was crushing to him. to thi

they want to make the iowa into a tourist attraction. the navy will decide when the next couple of months who gets the ship. >>> i want to check the forecast for today. another nice one on tap, christina? >> yes, the more i check the more i'm seeing the numbers bump up today. we could be warmer in some cities than where we were yesterday. and yesterday was a record-breaking day in oakland. you tied a temperature record hitting 67 degrees. the old direction was sent back in 1994. high pressure will keep things nice and mild for us today. we have fog because of high pressure all throughout the san joaquin valley. that's the case until 11:00 a.m. take it easy if your travels take you that way. this morning we have a little bit of fog creeping in through the delta, especially in the east bay. places like concord are seeing pretty dense fog. same goes for fairfield. that's the case until 11:00 a.m. after that all the cloud cover breaks apart and lifts into the atmosphere leaving us with mostly clear conditions. already clear in the peninsula

barack obama's movement began in iowa. he brought his people over from chicago and they started a movement and they did battle with hillary clinton in iowa, john edwards was there of course that went on for four years. but we have to remember, that here in 1993 and 1994, when bill clinton was elected president, remember he said, you get a two-fer. you get hillary and you get bill. that wasn't -- i wasn't all that happen by pi getting bill, let alone hillary. but he assigned hillary the job of writing a national health care act. this was a complete takeover of our health care in the united states, socialized medicine in an even purer form than obamacare is today. we watched as this unnolded and she set up meetings, closed door meetings and they cooked up this bill, i recall the flow chart of the hillary care bill. i had a laminated copy of it in my construction office in iowa. it chills me to think about the expansion of government that emerged from the hillary care proposal. but we need to remember that the relevant compon

the iowa served in the pacific during world war ii and korea. president franklin roosevelt went to a conference of allied leaders during world war ii and was with the "uss iowa" during japan's surrender. the bay area nonprofit wants to bring the iowa to vallejo and make it into a tourist attraction. the navy says it will decide within the next few months who gets that ship. >>> well, no matter how great your weekend was, scott mcgrew says it wasn't as great as eric schmitt's. >>> the outgoing ceo gets $100 million as an outgoing president. he spent ten years as the head of google hired to help guide his young founders, larry page, to now take over the reign. $100 million sounds like a lot, but it is a fraction of the company's earnings. schmitt's stockholdings are worth $6 billion in today's funds. >>> the wall street journal says the morning the most office wants permission to close more branches. at least half fail to be profitable. now, already the system plans to close 2,500 post offices but want congress to allow it to close as many as 16,0

. >> when someone says we would like you to come to iowa and become chancellor of the university of iowa. turn it down. some democrats say you should challenge obama, laugh. chris: a great question. >> how about a resolution for sarah palin, kelly? >> when people talk about her not knowing enough on big issues, instead of reaching all the way to that she looks worldly, demonstrate confidence on smaller issues, things where she doesn't have wheelhouse. not energy, but issues not reached too much, build a base. chris: a tough question, i want to single her out, but do you think she is the kind of person that can put her head in books every day? bill clinton told me recently he spends an hour every day studying economics, just reading the issues, reading the "wall street journal," keeping up on business. when he goes out and speaks, he knows more than the people in the audience. is she willing to do that? >> for people who have worked with her and prepped her for things in the past, they thought she was a quick study but not spending endless hours the way you describe. chris: let's have you

this is -- this is big news in clinton, iowa. rappers rarely open restaurants there.all over the news and they're running a tv commercial, too. >> for the best fried chicken in eastern iowa, it's flav's fried chicken. >> yeah, boy! >> how do we get that flavor? use only the finest chicken, fry it up slow and then flame broil it on viking helmet skewers. >> flavor flav! >> once you take a bite of my chicken, boom! >> flav's fried chicken. open 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. l bite the fowl. >> bite the fowl! >> bite the fowl! >> yummy. >> bite the fowl! >> yummy! >> bite the white meat! >> yummy! >> jimmy: yummy, indeed. [ cheers and applause ] one more thing. i -- this is what i guess you would call compelling video. a man set his camera up. he laid down on train tracks and taped himself as a train rolled over him. he posted it to youtube. this is exciting. we may well have found the world's stupidest man. >> those are the tracks. and here comes the train. he's alive. he's laying there. i don't know how he figured out that this would be fine, but -- um -- you can see, he's --

county," and a year later, a second iowa bridge was destroyed.es, the destruction may not be intentional, but the results are just as devastating. the saddest piece of my covered bridge experience was in swanton, vermont, where there was a covered railroad bridge that was 385 feet long. that bridge could carry a loaded train. the bridge burned through some carelessness of some kids that were drinking there, set it on fire. i went up the day after, and when the remains were still smoking, a father and a son came up and... the father told me his son had been begging him sunday to take him to the bridge and look at the bridge, and he said, "oh, we can always do that." and now he can't do it. steps are being taken in many places to try to thwart the arsonists. there are some excellent flame retardants. there are also all kinds of fire detection systems that can be installed in covered bridges, some of them wired directly to the fire department. all the bridges the state of new hampshire owns, for example, are protected with a fire-sensing device, so

the senator from iowa is recognized. mr. grassley: madam president and my clerks the time has come to end secrecy on the floor of the house of representatives. the time has come for senators who think they ought to put a hold on a bill to be able to continue to put a hold on a bill or a nomination, but it's also time to show that you have guts enough to let the people know who you are and, more importantly, to let your colleagues know who you are so if there's something wrong with a piece of legislation or a nomination, we can find out what it is and move the business of the senate ahead. this is something that's going to make the senate a much more efficient place to work and get the people's business done and do one of the most important things we can do is that the public's business ought to be public. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the question is on the adoption of the resolution. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

. >>> the navy is close to deciding whether the bay area should be the permanent home for the uss iowa. the battleship which supported american forces during world war ii is currently moored in sassoon bay. a group in vallejo would like to put the ship on sassoon island. the navy is expected to decide within several weeks which part of california receives the iowa. >>> in news of the world in baghdad at least six people died today in a series of bombings. iraqi police say the bombings targeted both the shiite and sunni community. yesterday a leader in the sunni awakening was arrested for last thursday's attack in carbola that killed 52 people mostly shiite. >>> in tenesia protesters are now calling for the resignation of the interim prime minister. this morning, they shut down the most network, saying that it was trying to intize strikes and was giving out false information. >>> and from the south korea defense ministry comes this video, according to the ministry it shows south korean special forces storming a hijacked freighter on friday. somali pirates took control of the freighter a

in iowa, wellmark looking to hike rates 18%. and across iowa today, angry customers asking, how could this be? >> it's like a david and goliath scenario to me. >> reporter: so, we called up the insurance companies, asking why. blue shield in california, that 59% hike -- there's no one who can say anything on camera about what's behind the hikes of up to 59%? >> no, i don't have anybody. >> reporter: what they gave us was a statement, saying, "these rates reflect trends that were building long before health reform. our individual market medical costs are rising rapidly." but we wondered, what about health care reform? was there nothing to rein in the increases? >> many state insurance commissioners have no authority to stop excessive rate increases. >> reporter: so, we turned to secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius late today, who told us, what the federal government can do is try to shine a spotlight on these increases. secretary, what would you say to the customers we talked to today who would want more than

i was in iowa in 1987 when he made remarks that should have been but were not attributed to a britishpolitician in a speech at the iowa state fair that led to charges of plagiarism, that were then added to by charges that he had, as a student in law school, committed plagiarism in a paper he wrote. biden was very hurt by these charges, and worked very hard to have them, to have himself exonerated years later. in fact, got a court order, court decision that exonerated him in the case of the syracuse law school charge. and i talked to people at syracuse about it, and they said people didn't think much of it at the time but when the focus came on the incident in iowa, this charge was regurgitated. as often happens in politics, if a politician makes one mistake, he gets over. if he makes what seems to be the same mistake twice or three times, it becomes a pattern, it is very hard to shake the impression. biden was very upset about getting out, having to get out of the presidential race, which he did after that, but personally more so because it questioned his integrity. the biden family i

expressed concern that in order to fight crime especially in the cases of child pornography eight iowa species to keep more data on their customers now nobody wants to stifle child pornography investigations but if passed this would affect all of us so what would it mean for privacy when you're discussing with music. and randy associate director of technology studies at the competitive enterprise institute brian thanks for being here but let's first start you know with why law enforcement considers this a problem i mean in the meantime every i.s.p. has their own policy right some keep this content for days some might keep it for months there's no formal rule that's correct right now internet providers vary dramatically in terms of how long they retain this data but by and large the data is retained for a period of several months law enforcement does use it from time to time not all providers do retain this data however which is what the law enforcement has urged congress to revisit now why would a nice piece want to retain this data to begin and i've heard a lot about that is just actu

a decade i had finally come full circle and i hadn't found the field of dreams in a corn field in iowa and i hadn't found the field of dreams at the top of,k 2 but i found the field of dreams in a place in a dusty field in a place called corefa in pakistan. amir you want to come up here. >> ♪ i see young boy. etching letters in the sand. ♪ in this land of ancient scars the promise still remains. knew muse when darkn ♪ when stars comes. ♪ first cup your a stranger. ♪ second cup, a friend. ♪ by the third your family. ♪ how long to trust a stranger? ♪ how long to sip three cups of tea? ♪

one, his iowa caucus speech. if those of you hadn't met him in 2004, you definitely met him then. if you couldn't help it, he wins the iowa caucus, he's the underdog, he beats hillary clinton who came in third, he beats john edwards who came in second, and he comes out and says, they said this day would never come. it's a huge moment, and he uses it with great effectiveness. he puts up the teleprompters, he delivers what seems like a national presidential address. i don't know if you remember this, but no one had really done this before. down the road hillary clinton has her concession speech, and it's sort of a small room and some people around her from the clinton years, but it wasn't seen the same way as this great moment of change with this new i figure. and from there he goes to new hampshire. he loses in new hampshire, but it doesn't matter. his speech writers told me they didn't, they didn't even write a draft for him losing. suddenly, he loses because he was up eight points in the poll. suddenly he loses and they look at each other, and they say, uh-oh, we didn't even writ

huckabee won iowa. believe the president's secret weapon may be the republican nominating electorate because there is one person high in the polls, sarah palin, who cannot be elected because she cannot compete where elections are decided in the color counties around chicago, montgomery county outside philadelphia, just can't compete there. the person that wins the white house usually wins a majority of the electoral votes in the mississippi valley. to me that says pawlenty, thune, mitch daniels certainly. >> governor of indiana. >> yes. >> major. >> it will start later but last longer, and there's a significant development in the republican party as the way it's going to apportion delegates that's going to make this process last longer and make it much more difficult for sarah palin to have any chance of securing the nomination and here's why. it 2008 mike huckabee won 270 delegates. he won 24% of the caucus vote, 20% of the primary vote but only got 12% of the delegates. romney, 38% of the caucus vote,

. -- en des moines, iowa. after that, another chance to see this week's "q&a," with commentator christopher hitchens. >> some live program to tell you about. on c-span2 tomorrow, a meeting on federal commission on wartime contract in iraq and afghanistan and problems on u.s. funded reconstruction. panelists include retired major general arnold fields who was appointed stuck in -- special inspector general in june, 2008. that is live at 9:30 a.m. eastern, tomorrow on suspend2. later, the house judiciary committee holds a hearing on executives in need of scrutiny. a bill authorized in congress to vote on executive-branch regulations with an economic impact of that least $100 million or that could cause increases in costs or prices for consumers. that is live tomorrow on c-span2 starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern. >> congress returns to session this week to work on a number of items. the house doubles in at 2:00 p.m. eastern on monday for legislative business. the plan to begin a debate on a measure that would cut all

how would she do in iowa?> there is no front runner. >> we don't have a field. >> the elites don't like her. they look down their noses at her. >> let me talk about new stars. let me talk about a big 2010 screw-up. margaret cokely, she was the favorite, then came this state senator, in a truck, campaigning in diners and subways and he cleaned her clock. >> well, what they say is the polls moved late and they missed it. they also want to blame her. she didn't run a good campaign. she was not on top of the game. scott brown was. >> taking nothing away from him. >> he is now in big trouble. he has come to washington and played a smart game. the republicans who voted for him are upset. >> he is from massachusetts. >> any other major foul-ups? >> for a tie, i thought the democratic party of south carolina gave us alvin greene. i forgotim. >> they were beaten out by the republicans in delaware, who gave us christine o'donnell, the worst candidate of all time. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. >>

how would she do in iowa?> there is no front runner. >> we don't have a field. >> the elites don't like her. they look down their noses at her. >> let me talk about new stars. let me talk about a big 2010 screw-up. margaret cokely, she was the favorite, then came this state senator, in a truck, campaigning in diners and subways and he cleaned her clock. >> well, what they say is the polls moved late and they missed it. they also want to blame her. she didn't run a good campaign. she was not on top of the game. scott brown was. >> taking nothing away from him. >> he is now in big trouble. he has come to washington and played a smart game. the republicans who voted for him are upset. >> he is from massachusetts. >> any other major foul-ups? >> for a tie, i thought the democratic party of south carolina gave us alvin greene. i forgot him. >> they were beaten out by the republicans in delaware, who gave us christine o'donnell, the worst candidate of all time. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you.

yters in new hamreadhire and iowa, she will have to campaign like an actual candidate.hhtsothetically maybe she won't. >> hopefully you can do some all >> reporter: some opinion. [talking over each other] >> hell airuld freears, over b% wheor somo cf1 o i go on dancing with the stars. >> i never bought a bne k like that. >> thank you. >> as a moderate young republican, they are polarizing strictly conservative, it was the loudest group put in the media to say we have a voice too. the litmus test and purity test. they want it out of the party. >> i always say start on line. it is the largest a --ience and jusst effective for me. facebook and twitter and myspace in the har wre ssite online, anything, i tell people to start with. the hard part is i am under no delusions'. i am john mccain's daughter and ran with it. what is sad is the media doesn't cover it. i blame the media for all of this by far. it worries me. the average person saying we eadhould work together. i am not a republican or ex >eme or really want a large par- i. i tell you to go on line and find a candidat

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. >> as interesting as this one barack obama one and iowa if they had this hallelujah moment whinney in a state with 4 percent black population and of course, he would win with 4 percent population but the white voters in mississippi would not get within a cotton field of a black candidate >> 36% black population and it has the highest percentage of african-americans. if we look at the white flight the tipping point* when it -- dynamic you have one black family moved into the neighborhood and then what is this they get out? [laughter] that is the dynamic that we saw there. it is easier to win in those environments of the test is when he runs in places with a larger black population with competition for forces there is not a significant amount of poor black people and iowa this is not the entrenched animus towards people who buy and large are invisible so when jesse jackson ran in 1988 he won the. by and large the same people that was one of the dynamics >> the other thing i found interesting with full disclosure they both know i did not finished their books but i was very engrossed a

iowa. kansas. kentucky. >> louisiana. maine. maryland. massachusetts. michigan. minnesota. mississippi. misery. -- misery. -- missouri. montana. nebraska. >> of nevada. new hampshire. >> new jersey. new mexico. new york. north carolina. >> north dakota. no. mary on us. ohio. oklahoma. >> oregon. >> pennsylvania. pr. -- puerto rico. rhode island. south carolina. south dakota. tennessee. texas. >> i have been asked, if you could sit down after us vote, that would be helpful for the individuals trying to load. -- trying to go out and get back to their seats. -- vote and get back to their seats. utah. vermont. virgin islands. >> virginia. washington. west virginia. wisconsin. and wyoming. >> are there any members of the rnc will have not exercised their opportunity to vote? any members who have not voted? please proceed with the accounting of the ballots. i declare this session to begin formally at peace. the floor remains closed to non-members with the exception of the individuals holding proxies' and non-member candidates for rnc chairman. please do now leave the room. the co

>> reporter: they broke tradition and sat with each other tonight instead of separate sides of the iowa their respective parties. reporting live, nickel oakland. >>> they came to the white house attention last year when he posted a video on youtube thanking the president and other lawmakers for the stimulus funding. they said they were excited to see the addressed and hoping to get a peek at the first lady's vegetable garden. >>> americans can expect to live longer than in the past. the national research council said that life expectancy is 5.5 years longer but lags behind 27 other nations including japan, france, switzerland, and sweden. obesity and the impact of heavy smoking is to blame for low life expectancies. >>> colin firth and the king's speech. >> eight at 12 academy award nods when the nominations were announced. other nominees are black swan, the fighter, inception, 127 hours, true grit, and toy story 3. >> for best actress the nominees are annette bening, nicole kidman, jennifer laurence, natalie portman, and michelle williams. >>> macworld is still warning even though appl

smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from iowa, mr. king a senior member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from texas, the chair of the judiciary committee. it's a pleasure to serve on this committee and speak in support of the repeal of obamacare. it's something i have worked on every day ince it passed last march, it's legislation i introduced, i asked for the draft the same day it passed. people thought we couldn't get to this point but we are. the bill didn't go through judiciary committee, we didn't address the tort reform that's so essential if we're going to do something to put health care back on track in this country and when i look at this, serving on the commrk i believe it was 2005, we passed legislation in the house that addressed the lawsuit abuse that drives up the cost of our health care, it didn't get taken up in the senate. here we are with a huge obamacare bill, ready to vote to repeal it and part of the discussion needs to be, why didn't

i was in iowa in 1987 when he made remarks that should have been that weren't attributed to a british politician in a speech at iowa state fair and led to charges of plagiarism that were added to by charges that he had as a student at syracuse law school committed plagiarism in a paper he wrote. biden was very hurt by these charges and worked very hard to have himself exonerated years later and finally in fact got a court order, a court decision that exonerated him in the case of the syracuse law school charge. i talk to people that syracuse about it and they sit people didn't think much of it at the time, but when the focus came on in the incident of fallujah this charge was regurgitated as it often happens in politics. if a politician makes one mistake to get over it. if he makes the same or what seems to be the same mistake twice or three times, it becomes a pattern and very hard to shake that impression. biden was very upset about having to get out of the presidential race, which he did after that, but personally more so because it cushioned his integrity. the biden family is a gr

he is a lawyer, a native of iowa. he started working in 1975 for the rights of indigent prisoners. it is out of that work that in very unusual circumstance, he ended up being the chair of the city and county of san francisco. he has served for more than 30 years and through that time he has engaged in very innovative programs that have established san francisco as a leader on some any different fronts. he has been recognized for his recruitment of women, of minority, and members of the gay lesbian transgendered and bisexual community. he has pioneered efforts to -- prisoners. as the only immigrant member of the board, i have to say that i have been very proud to see the work that -- has done not only in san francisco but across the nation on the issue of how this country is addressing the plight of some of the immigrants. the fact is not withstanding the national trend to take away the rights of undocumented people, has stood his ground and courageously has said that we in san francisco are a century city and we are not in the business of enforcing immigration law. he stands agains