. >> one of the most important races in 2008 wa -- 2006 was in virginia, where jim webb decided to take on george allen and one. george allen wants his job back, and former gov. tim kaine has decided to fight him for it. >> the democrats are likely that kaine has come back into the arena. i am not sure how eager he was, but clearly he is the heavyweight here. he is the guy who could beat george allen. otherwise, it would end of runway, a short switch overero the republicans -- it would have been a runaway, a short-t -- a sure switch over to the reluctance. >> allen is ahead, double digits at the moment -- >> kaine is a popular governor and he has not started running at. >> he left his republican successor -- he kept cutting so that virginia was not in all the way most states or, and his republican successors were able to spend money. >> tim kaine will be succeeded by it debbie wasserman schultz. >> she was greeted by the traditional values coalition -- "way to go, dnc. you found a candidate best fits your profile for chairman, a junk yard dog who is mean, nasty, able to speak at a momen

seat held by -- tim kaine is expected to announce his own plan to seek the senate seat now held by jim webb. what is happening to the dnc? guest: early on, ted strickland, the highly-regarded former governor of ohio, who appealed to the rural voters, the middle midwest, seemed like a pretty safe pick a couple of weeks ago. we've been hearing that debbie wasserman schultz, a somewhat younger, more energetic, fund- raising powerhouse from miami really came to the forefront. at the moment, they are the two top candidates. then we learned, in the course of reporting this story, my colleague and myself, that the white house, including messina and the president himself, have sort of asked to cast a slightly wider net. they want to see if they can come up with any out of the box candidates. it is a mystery third candidate. we were not able to determine who that is. it is part -- pretty tightly held. we're quite likely to have a tim kaine announcement without having a real idea of who the dnc chair person will be. host: glenn thrush, covering politics and the white house. the story is available at

program that with a little more money, we could land in '66 rather than '67 and there was a talk with jim webbwhen was it was appropriate to provide the extra money. the answer on mr. webb's term was no. holmes went to "time" magazine and leaked the story that webb was not supporting kennedy's goal, and was an obstacle rather than a facilitator of the apollo objective. kennedy being kennedy said let's hear what this is all about. he called a meeting, kennedy installed a secret taping system in the cabinet room and in the oval office after the bay of pigs, and there's a fascinating discussion, long one, and here are a couple minutes of it of kennedy being very clear on why we were going to the moon. >> [inaudible] [inaudible] of course you wouldn't put it on that priority. the second point is the fact of the system. that's why we doing it. [inaudible] >> you talk about this and between -- >> everything that we do or tied in to getting to the moon ahead of the russians. >> why can't -- >> later in the conversation, kennedy said i'm not that interested in space. that's taken out of context becaus

jim webb half of the population is a 97% of the income taxes, but reclaiming my time. reclaiming my time. >> will the gentleman yield? >> any members who have not voted, there are few that have not voted on the second vote taking place on the floor right now. is a five-minute vote, and i try to ensure that everyone in this committee has an opportunity to participate in take whatever time they like, but i do not try to encourage the process along, i just announced that you have had to witnesses in the last half hour and we only have 16 more ago. so we look forward to a fascinating evening. >> i think the chairman for his subtlety. and i would just like to ask mr. van hollen, we were talking about how the top marginal rates we do not think those seven impact on folks and it is a proposal to raise the top marginal rate to 39.6%, and it would not have an impact -- and might disagree with that, but thinking about the additional revenue, that raising rates for 469% would bring in, they will not actually have an impact in your considered opinion on job growth and job creation

senator jim webb has proposed that we actually look at criminal justice from top to bottom in proposing a raft of changes. the state of georgia is going there right now. there are southern republican leaders in northern democrats, as well as texas, there 18 crime bills supported by politicians who are card- carrying members of the naacp and tea party members. in the state of georgia the governor is proposing another look at the criminal justice policy. here is the thing, it is a classic conservative play. do what saves money and save lives and is most effective. host: let's hear from the viewers. dallas, texas, tony, independent line. guest: as long as we keep people -- keep asking people to provide jobs for us, we will always get the tail end of the. we need to take it into our own hands and create our own jobs so that we do not have to go hat in hand to create jobs. host: let's take that point. guest: but i am talking about small business owners that have a hard time getting contracts from the government. administration is doing a lot to make it easier. you will have contractors there