j. bradford delong, professor of economics at uc-berkeley. if you want to follow his blog -- guest: delong.typepad.com. host: thank you for getting up early and joining us on "washington journal." guest: you're welcome. and now i get to see the sunrise! host: in about an hour, the democratic governors association will be having a discussion on 1994 versus 2010, and gubernatorial opportunities for democrats. that is in about an hour or so. we will see you tomorrow morning on this program. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> and to reiterate, the democratic governors' association is meeting today and state executives will hear a panel discussion focusing on the 2010 midterm elections. there will be a democratic strategist. that will start at 11:00 a.m. eastern live here on c-span. a little bit later today, it is the defense department briefing. reporters' questions will be answered at 1:00 p.m. eastern and that will be live on c-span. in the meantime, the presiden

j. bradford delong. this is "washington journal." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] caller: caller: caller: caller: caller: host: general petraeus, secretary clayton -- glenn beck, among others, agreed that the dove out of reach center should not burn at the koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. now we want your opinion whether you see it as a free-speech issue or not. you can see the numbers on the screen this morning. for the first 45 minutes we will be talking about this and going through the newspapers. you can also send us a tweak to -- tweet, tweet certification.com -- twitter.com/c-span-wj. here are a couple of articles about this. it has become headlines everywhere. u.s. embassies brace for karan burning protests. this is from the associated press. governor andate's u.s. embassies around the world preparing. from "the washington examiner" newspaper here in washington -- again, that is in "the washington examiner" newspaper. we want t