that is elena kagan, the newest supreme court justice. proving that even the most powerful are citizens first. kagan wasn't picked for a jury and she left court without collecting the $4 reimbursement that everyone is offered for transportation. >>> and, those potential jurors weren't the only ones who got a surprise today in washington. check out the reactions of the white house guests who got a surprise of their own, when michelle obama and bo were on hand to say hello. >> i'm here to say hello. this is for you. it's wonderful to see you. >> reporter: the first lady's meet and greet was in honor of the two-year anniversary of president obama's inauguration. >>> and coming up, we remember another inauguration. jfk's legendary speech and the two little words that almost didn't make it in. that i needed to quit it and i went online to find a way. ♪ what really excited me about chantix -- it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. while you're taking the medication, for the first week, you can go ahead and smoke.

>> well, justice kagan, i would disagree with you. i don't think it would. i believe what the commonwealth is asking for is no more than or no less than reviewing courts have done. looked to determine whether there was a 4th amendment violation, whether there was unlawful entry, unlawful seizure, or whether there was coercion that then they gained consent. if those things occurred, they are clearly 4th amendment violations. there would be a suppression of the evidence. >> it wouldn't technically be a 4th amendment violation, would it, if the police gave the impression that they had a warrant and were about to kick in the door? is that 4th amendment violation in and of itselfs? >> i don't believe so. >> so the unlawfulness test would not prevent that? >> no, justice scalia. >> it would not. >> okay. maybe we have to come up with unreasonable test then. >> i believe if the officers demand entry and there's no response, there's no completion. >> fully okay for officers to do that? pretend we have a warrant? that's perfectly okay? >> i believe there are large re

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supreme court opening that was eventually filled by kagan. >>> and it all has to do with a new garbage company now in charge with servicing hundreds of thousands of customers. ktvu's sal castaneda is in san carlos with the latest on what's happening. sal-- >> reporter: julie, let me show you these are the old garbage cans. these are the new garbage cans. some people don't like the new garbage cans and some say their garbage hasn't been picked up at all. starting monday, new garbage company recology took over garbage pick up in palo alto. some complain trash has been missed. pick updates and times have been missed and the new garbage containers aren't big enough. >> the new one, my wife puts the garbage on the top and it's full. you can't even drop the lid on it. >> reporter: some people say the garbage truck driver has not picked up trash inside apartment building or done backyard pick ups like the old company used to. the company says it doesn't have a problem with special requests but it will take time to get that information to drivers. >> of course we'll do it. we just need to know

supreme court justice elena kagan featuring a stacked democratic majority, a candidate who never served on the bench, and practically no paper trail to question her on her command of the law. >> worst political scandal, current number nine in a high end prostitution ring turns out to be the governor of mort's state of new york. >> now hosting spitzer parker. >> parker spitzer. >> eleanor. >> bp oil spill which is being litigated now in the courts, civil suit, potentially criminal suits, and i want to point out that that gavel i believe was used toga veal when medicare was passed. so there was some fine history there that was >> the category is, worst political scandal. leaving the tax rates in the resolution of the tax rates to each other's performances. i'm getting signals to move faster. >> worst political scandal. the failure to hold public officials accountable who said it would only cost $25 billion for the congress and the country to take over fannie mae and freddie mac. we're up north of 150 billion and it's going up. >> the worst political scandal is president obama's attempt to

elena kagan would be an example of somebody who did not come from a court of appeals. a lot of students asked if you or the other justices taking any particular steps to introduce her to the court and helper transition to being a justice. >> when i came on board, the other eight justices all came by and told me how things worked. they had eight very different views. [laughter] justice kagan is -- had one of the best legal jobs in government as solicitor general. it is not different from what appellate judges do. you are dealing with the same sort of material in terms of precedents and putting together opinions. i do not think it is that much of a change in the way the system has gone. one thing i can say, she does not need any training. . she is -- she does not need any training period. we are all very delighted to have her on board. >> june 22, 2007, -- the washington post took the position that the court was sympathetic to corporate interests. it says that some of the reaction to the citizens united case about political contributions reinvigorated that argument. howe

well this week obama announced his nomination for the new solicitor general to replace elena kagan and his pig is donald verrilli jr former recording industry association of america lawyer a man that's fought against music in movies sharing web sites like grokster a man who led by comms copyright infringement lawsuit against you to imagine is now going to have a lot of power if confirmed because he'll be the main lawyer representing the u.s. government before the supreme court so this is just one more site that obama favors strict copyright important rather than a free internet joining me from san francisco to discuss it is declan mccullagh correspondent at. dot com thanks so much for joining me now i guess we can't say that this is a huge shocker after all the obama administration has five lawyers well that is if a really here gets approved that he'll just be one of five lawyers that obama's appointed who are former. lawyers but i mean is that still a little bit disappointing this is a man when you know who is campaigning he had the pirate party backing up a lot of people thought that

the first one is cheryl t kagan. i have known cheryl 30 years.e a lot in those 30 years. she was an intern once. now she is an extern, i don't know. she served eight years in the maryland legislature. they miss her now. she has worked on lots of different issues, important issues. she has usually won. she is hard-working and smart. she was head of the crawl freeman foundation and she gave a lot of money to good people. i hope they remember. the american jewish committee called her a fellow. she is very special. for the last few months she has been executive director of the eight ada education fund. i think she is going to do a good job with that. work hard. i am not going to be quite so enthusiastic about michael. have only known him about five years. starting when we did a roosevelt day dinner in new york for johansson. -- joe hanson and michael jay was the political director. he was good. i've known him fairly well for the last few years. he is smart and hard-working. he's not good-looking. [laughter] coulddon't think someone confuse his fellow

worst lack of diversity, elena kagan was confirmed. that means the entire supreme court attended yale or harvord law school. >> they all belong to the same club. >> worst photo op. congressman charlie rangel doing the two-step at his birthday bash while ethics investigators were cueing up the "we caught you" waltz. adding his name to the list of d.c. players who wound up on the wrong side of the moral compass. >> as my mother would say, this is trashy and enough of this. >> pop culture rolled out plenty of the best and worst, some trashy, some silly, some sultry, all approved for minors. it's all coming up along with the best tech, the worst celebrity and a double rainbow. >> oh, my god, it's full on. >> all the best, all the worst, 2010. i can get a cc for just my signature? that's right, right now you can take home a volkswagen for just your signature. like the cc, or the tiguan. huh. yeah, plus every vw includes scheduled carefree maintenance. really? that's great. there you go. oh, that guy's pretty good too. yeah, he's ok. [ male

there is justice sotomayer and justice kagan the two newest members of the supreme court of the unitedstates. now the joint chiefs mike mullens. the navy admiral who is the chairman of the joint chiefs. general casey, the head of the army, who is going to be retiring soon. and mike mullins' last year. no word. michael and mark, who will replace mike mullin. general cartwright has been mentioned. he's the vice chairman now. the marine general and marine aviator. they already have one marine aviator in the joint chiefs, general amos. you see his back there. he's the commandant of the marine corps. two marine aviators. one small group. >> it might be a little much. >> lehrer: there is the president shaking hands with the new speaker of the house john boehner. he delivered the speech to the speaker. and to vice president biden. a process that began many many years ago. hand delivered. they introduce the president officially again. then we're off to the speech. of course the first lady in the red there. and on the right is the wife of the vice president. >> i have the high privilege and dis

we are happy with elena kagan. she hails from new york. her presence on the court is historic. for the first time, the court has three women on the bench. she joins justice sotomayor. and justice ginsburg has served on the court since 1993. there is one item of history that i would like to mention. this month marks the 70th anniversary of the supreme court building. most of you have seen pictures of our building or have had a chance to visit it. it is a beautiful house in the opposite the capitol in washington, d.c. the court did not convene there until 1990 -- until 1935 when the institution was 100 years old. before that, the court always thought the short end of the stick when it came to government housing. the court's first home was in new york city. the first congress occupied federal call while the supreme court took up residence on the supreme court -- took up residence in the second floor of the merchant exchange building. the court's first home was about a shopping mall. when the capital moved to philadelphia, congress was given orders for its own use. the court shared

kagan's reference to the character of the american people as regards this issue, but i think it was nota corporate to say that that was contradicted by all of the many interventions, none of which i have forgotten, but none of those were preceded by any kind of consensus in their favor. yes, the american people always support the troops in harm's way and they want to see them succeed, but also, in many cases, we were misled. we were misled by the gulf of tonkin, buy weapons of mass destruction. i think there is more support for a less interventionist, less occupation-invasion-oriented foreign policy than we are living on here. in general, i think a lot of the top of the suppose a third rail about social security, entitlements, and defense spending is more politicians expressing their addiction to conducting, being conductors of the gravy train than any real on willingness of the american people to actually face these budgetary and national-security reality's peies. is our foreign policy not is of one of the greater threat to our national security? >> thank you. [laughter] question. sure

the court works from all the current supreme court that with, including the newest justice, elena kaganarn about some of the recent developments, the supreme court, home to america's highest court, hearing for the first time in high-definition sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. monday, americans for tax reform hosted the debate among the candidates for republican national committee chairman. it is moderated by grover norquist and tucker carlson. live, monday, from the national press club, at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. now, a discussion on how the constitution is being interpreted by politicians, judges, and the public. speakers include angelo codevilla, and jeffrey rosen, legal affairs editor of "the new republic." the bill of rights institute hosted this event, which is an hour and 25 minutes. >> good afternoon. i am with the bill of rights institute. i want to welcome you to our first bill of rights and day forum. the institute is an educational non-profit. we're dedicated to teaching young people about the constitution through a variety of curricula we distribute to teachers in

. >> our next supreme court justice elena kagan. >> where were you at on christmas day?estaurant. >> great answer. >> the supreme court today allowed don't ask don't tell to remain in place. >> in my view the concerns of combat troops do not present an insurmountable barrier to successful repeal of don't ask don't tell. >> couric: do you ever regret it as a policy? >> oh, yeah, but keep in mind i didn't choose this policy. the reason i accepted it was because i was promised it would be better than it was. >> we need to secure or borders. >> i do not know what an illegal immigrant looks like. >> you are being criminalized based on the color of your skin. >> you don't like the bill, then carry out the federal responsibilities which are to secure the border. >> couric: 3,240, the number of days the war here has gone on. >> nominate general david petraeus to take command in afghanistan. >> couric: is this july 2011 time line undermining your efforts? >> it's not a date when there's an exodus of u.s. or coalition forces. >> we are moving toward a new phase in afghanistan. tha

firstill be kagan's chance as a new justice. if kennedy stays home and the four liberals decide to go, what this chief justice roberts do? does not get wide justices go to the state of the union in the first place? he criticized the and then for having degenerated into a political pep rally. as -- may decide to buy the bullet. he has to consider it -- consider the reputation of the court and how it is perceived. with four liberals going and no conservatives, it could be interpreted as a political statement, that could be especially start this year when lawmakers are bucking the tradition to sit together in peace and harmony. a breakdown of who will be sitting together. here is "usa today." lawmakers mixed and mingled. joe lieberman and john mccain, darrell issa and ed towns, joe wilson -- who yelled out "you lie" at the 2000 address plans to sit with susan davis, a democrat from california. conn. you are on the air, kenneth. what do you think, does it matter? caller: it matters. host: why? caller: i am registered as a democrat,

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kennedy, and the democratic appointees, justice ginsburg, sonia sotomayor, and the new justice elena kagan. >> one of those was the death of a federal judge. i am wondering how that affects the interest of the court in attending tonight. >> we do not know for sure why the chief justice, for example, decided to come when he had been critical of political nature of the state of the union address last year. he implied that he would not come. it could be one of the factors of leading him to come tonight. it is to show the solidarity with the judiciary. as you say, he was very much respected. it may be that he wanted to come to pay tribute to in a silent way to the judge. >> thank you very much. it will be watching as members of the court make their way into the chamber. it is interesting to see who comes and it tore predictions are correct. thank you for your additional bought from. >> let's return to capitol hill. we just have learned that the missing cabinet member will be interior secretary salazar. why is there so much interest in who is not in the chamber tonight? >> it is part of a washi

yeah, kagan. kagan. >> okay. >> who was colleague at the white house.you know, you really only have a handful of members votes on the other side of the aisle. that's why i said, the effort has to be on those in the middle. keeping those of your party who you should get, but -- excuse me, persuading some on the other side that they should do it too. they should support you too, which is increasingly difficult. but again we talked about choices that the president has to make of where he wants to play the ball game, so i think it was also referred to what sort of -- what sort of leader is john boehner? what sort of speaker is john boehner going to be or mitch mcconnell? will they perceive it's not interest to get something done. in which case legislative affairs is going to be successful. by their own -- some of their biggest friends on the democratic side. so but as you develop your legislative, you know, strategy being aware of and being able to tap into, you know, the change in dynamics between the house and, excuse me, the house and senate and the cong

there is justice sotomayer and justice kagan the two newest members of the supreme court of the unitedstates. now the joint chiefs mike mullens. the navy admiral who is the chairman of the joint chiefs. general casey, the head of the army, who is going to be retiring soon. and mike mullins' last year. no word. michael and mark, who will replace mike mullin. general cartwright has been mentioned. he's the vice chairman now. the marine general and marine aviator. they already have one marine aviator in the joint chiefs, general amos. you see his back there. he's the commandant of the marine corps. two marine aviators. one small group. >> it might be a little much. >> lehrer: there is the president shaking hands with the new speaker of the house john boehner. he delivered the speech to the speaker. and to vice president biden. a process that began many many years ago. hand delivered. they introduce the president officially again. then we're off to the speech. of course the first lady in the red there. and on the right is the wife of the vice president. >> i have the high privilege and dis

justices and their staff, you can hear from all of the current justices and recent talk from elena kagantake another look at recent developments in the court. tomorrow on "the washington journal" we have several guests. glenn frosh will join us along with andr

you'll hear about how the court works from all the current supreme court justices, including elena kagann about some of the court's recent developments. "the supreme court, home to america's highest court" airing in high-definition today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, a conservative perspective on issues in the news, including the economy, foreign affairs, and the obama administration. this is about 40 minutes. it so our guess armstrong williams is a readiness to be talks -- talk-show host and columnist. -- host: our guest is armstrong williams, talk-show host income of this. you have a recent piece called "finding fiscal religion." looking at the bush era tax cuts and the deal president obama cut to extend them with republican leadership in congress, and you say this is an interesting exercise to return to the debate and analyze some of the reasons given for not supporting the measure. what do you think of the deal? guest: well, libby, if you remember, at the onset when the president was absolutely certain he would not extend the bush tax credits, especially to the wealthy, he

how the court works from all the current supreme court justices including the newest justice, elena kagan. also learn about some of the court's recent developments. the supreme court, home to america's highest court, airing for the first time in high definition, sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this week, a look at the american and british forms of government. from our recent interviews in london, this program compares and contrasts the parliamentary form of government with our own. >> it may sound treacherous to my media colleagues over here. i think the quality of intellectual discussion in the media is higher in the u.s.. the discussion of political issues is somewhat more dominated by policy rather than created in that minutia of washington life. here you tend to get weeks that are bound up with tiny westminster stories. i was struck that the politicians are caught in a superficial level because there were about money raising and everything else. it does not happen so much here in the uk. >> in january we will have a republican house of representatives and a democrat in the w

the 21st century than in the 18th century, you're going to get that from judge breyer or from judge kagan or, you know, any of the more liberal justices. so, yeah, i think that members of congress can find abundant ammunition for whatever position they want to argue on the floor of the house or senate from things that the justices of the supreme court have written in their opinion bees. opinions. yes. >> my name is george hurley, i'm from the university of san diego. my question is about federalism. and the states, there seem to be more and more states that are going quote-unquote bankruptcy or acquiring more and more debt. what are your feelings about the federal government? seems like they're bailing out some states here and there. what role is the federal government going to continue to play in that, and could that spur on a change in our constitution whether in writing or just by practice that would alter our understanding of federalism as it is right now? >> yeah, george, i think that is, that's the big challenge of federalism. most states, perhaps all states i'm not quite sure, have

. -- and elena kagan were more sympathetic. they seemed to be more inclined to see things from kiong's perspective. it is hard to tell from the questions of the oral argument. many times, justices will play devil's advocate to explore the strength and weaknesses of both sides. you cannot tell from my specific question all the time. host: new york, thank you for waiting, on our independent line. caller: good morning. i have a quick comment and then a question. i live in new york fed seems there are two types of justice systems in new york. in the city and the state of new york, if you are a black person, the system treats you bear -- differently. if you are caucasian, they treat you differently. in 1986, there is a case where a reasonably educated lady was our raped and beaten and there was tremendous pressure on the police to find the suspect. they went down to harlem and grabbed five young man. they made up stories on them. all of those young men were freed from jail but of the damage had been done. maybe a man's home is his c

the court works from all of the current supreme court justices, including the newest justice, yelena kagan. the supreme court, home to america's highest court, fearing for the first time in high- definition, sunday at 3:30 p.m. eastern on cnn. case western reserve university hosted this about the recovery of wounded veterans and their reintegration into society. this is one hour and 50 minutes. >> good morning. as you know, if this is the panel on the causes of conflict. ibid like to introduce our distinguished guests. to my immediate right is michael scharf, professor ofaw. following him is professor paul rboinson, professor at the university of ottawa. after him is lieutenant-colonel john stark from mount summit in vienna and professor of military science at princeton university and graduate of west point. jeffrey helsing is the dean at the conflict management and peace building at the united states institute of peace. he oversees much of the ov development purda. finally, we have major carlos teixiera. he is in the artillery branch. all of these distinguished guests are going to be talk

justice kagan chimed in talking about her own experience with british games. think that is important. host: you touched on a case about john ashcroft. guest: it is a technical case that i will not try to resurrect but it puts the obama administration on the side of defending john ashcroft. stafford,s hear from virginia. glenda. good morning. caller: there has been a lot of assassination before arizona. there was no tea party, no sarah palin. what i want to talk about is the sheriff, he is on cable tv and he said on national news that they are prejudice and bigot. i am sure president obama was glad to hear him say that. when the governor was trying to get the deputy to ask for ids of people who are suspicious, there is a lawsuit against them, about civil rights and all of that. democrats and republicans should call the white house and demand that sheriff turn his bed in. where i am from, he would have had to. -- badge in. guest: that statement did provoke a lot of criticism and support in both directions. he mentioned something about the tea party. i think it i

kagan. bitter tears.he world. they were the greatest power in the world. you cannot manage it if you don't go back to president eisenhower. there were limits and these were things that were vital and do with other people and in a perfect world it would be nice if they were solved. we're not going to do anything. we have to think that way. the foreign policy establishment is in capable. if it gives decline on the argument, you cannot run a neoconservative party. i thione yo -- i think neoconservative will fail. i think the reality is we will run out of money. you cannot run policy when college and atly are in charge. if we don't talk about it, the tread line will be steep. if you cut the military, which you are going to have to do with the numbers that i've mentioned, we have to set up a foreign poll say that is tailored to that limited military spending. those two go together or we will continue to wonder why president karzai is off his meds. things aren't working. i accept he's doing a very good imperson

chaired the hearings of the last three confirmations to the court, justice sotomayor, and justice kagan. he is also a member of this agriculture committee and his long cochaired in energize the work of the senate national guard office in its efforts to modernize and adequately equip the modern national guard of today. he has three children and five grandchildren. his home is in middlesex, vt., where they live in the 19th century farmhouse in the midst of their farm. senator leahy. [applause] >> dean, thank you very much for the introduction. it's hard being away from the farmhouse, but charles, i thank you in your superb staff. hosting this discussion means a lot. you and i have worked together on these issues over the years. i must admit, when i started preparing this speech, press: and others in my office, we were talking about it, things change. over the weekend. we can talk about the tragic events of these past week and for a moment. they call us to reflect on the parlance of our democracy, and our responsibilities as beneficiaries and stewards. as we enter this beautiful program to

chaired the hearings of the last three confirmations to the court, justice sotomayor, and justice kagan. he is also a member of this agriculture committee and his long cochaired in energize the work of the senate national guard office in its efforts to modernize and adequately equip the modern national guard of today. he has three children and five grandchildren. his home is in middlesex, vt., where they live in the 19th century farmhouse in the midst of their farm. senator leahy. [applause] >> dean, thank you very much for the introduction. it's hard being away from the farmhouse, but charles, i thank you in your superb staff. hosting this discussion means a lot. you and i have worked together on these issues over the years. i must admit, when i started preparing this speech, press: and others in my office, we were talking about it, things change. over the weekend. we can talk about the tragic events of these past week and for a moment. they call us to reflect on the parlance of our democracy, and our responsibilities as beneficiaries and stewards. as we enter this beautiful program to

justice kennedy, chief justice roberts, along with ruth bader ginsburg, steven briar, elena kagan, andia sotomayor as well. michigan, good morning. so yes, i was trying to talk to the representative there. i guess i will try to wake the american people up to the thought that, you know, president kennedy made a speech and nobody ever talks about what he spoke of, a shadowy people behind the scenes, doing military and different financial things that are not publicized but are hidden. and the centers are silenced the way they silenced him. also president lincoln talked about a central banking system and he was assassinated. jackson spoke against the central banking system, and they tried to assassinate him. i'm thinking that nobody is talking about people with the money for the people with the money created this situation. nobody goes to jail, nobody gets outbid on this situation. they talk to us like we are ignorant, that is so complicated that nobody understood it. people who think, people who are trained, people who plan -- people need to understand that these people are educated and i

chaired the hearings of the last three confirmations to the court, justice sotomayor, and justice kagantely equip the modern national guard of today. he has three children and five grandchildren. his home is in middlesex, vt., where they live in the 19th century farmhouse in the midst of their farm. senator leahy. [applause] >> dean, thank you ve much for the introduction. it's hard being away from the farmhouse, but charles, i thank you in your superb staff. hosting this discussion means a lot. you and i have worked together on these issues over the years. i must admit, when i started preparing this speech, press: and others in my office, we were talking about it, things change. over the weekend. we can talk about the tragic events of these past week and for a moment. they call us to reflect on the parlance of our democracy, and our responsibilities as beneficiaries and stewards. as we enter this beautiful program today, many of us passed by these magnificent words of the first amendment. charleses' carve them into marble on the facade. their 74 feet high. congress shall make no law re

. >> i don't disagree with that, justice kagan.i think the bottom line, thought is what do principles of fundamental fairness tell you to do --l >> that'syo exactly my problem. because when i looked at reynolds, reynolds doesn't hold anything in your favor. it holds the opposite way. it says to you in a criminal case we said it was unconscionable for the government both to prosecute ano not to, not to tell them the secret, okay? and it says such a rationale has no application in this a civil forum where the government is not the moving party. doesn't say anything about where the government is the moving party. >> right, but --s no >> and exhibit a that it is not unconscionable here consists of the two opinions of the federal circuit. i mean, now, what do you want me to read to get over thatat d impression?read >> well, i mean, the very fact that the court says and limits its ruling to where the government is not the moving party, i mean, is the government really -- >> didn't limit it, it said the rationale is unconscionable. now, i

chaired the hearings of the last three confirmations to the court, justice sotomayor, and justice kagan. he is also a member of this agriculture committee and his long cochaired in energize the work of the senate national guard office in its efforts to modernize and adequately equip the modern national guard of today. he has three children and five grandchildren. his home is in middlesex, vt., where they live in the 19th century farmhouse in the midst of their farm. senator leahy. [applause] >> dean, thank you very much for the introduction. it's hard being away from the farmhouse, but charles, i thank you in your superb staff. hosting this discussion means a lot. you and i have worked together on these issues over the years. i must admit, when i started preparing this speech, press: and others in my office, we were talking about it, things change. over the weekend. we can talk about the tragic events of these past week and for a moment. they call us to reflect on the parlance of our democracy, and our responsibilities as beneficiaries and stewards. as we enter this beautiful program to

justice kagan chimed in talking about her own experience with british games. i ink that is important. host: you touched on a case about john ashcroft. guest: it is a technical case that i will not try to resurrect but it puts the obama administration on the side of defending john ashcroft. stafford,s hear from virginia. glenda. good morning. caller: there has been a lot of assassination before arizona. there was no tea party, no sarah palin. what i want to talk about is the sheriff, he is on cable tv and he said on national news that they are prejudice and bigot. i am sure president obama was glad to hear him say that. when the governor was trying to get the deputy to ask for ids of people who are suspicious, there is a lawsuit against them, about civil rights and all of that. democrats and republicans should call the white house and demand that sheriff turn his bed in. where i am from, he would have had to. -- badge in. guest: that statement did provoke a lot of criticism and support in both directions. he mentioned something about the tea party. i think it i