and ken vogel's a senior reporter for politico. that people like george allen who lost down to jim webb down in virginia are just gloating over this thing like today. >> yeah. >> they're hoping that they can say that this was a disastrous vote, unconstitutional in its nature, and therefore the senators who voted for it acted unconstitutionally. i mean this is a real blast from the right. >> chris, it is. one other name to throw out there ken cuccinelli the state attorney general. he's the one leading this lawsuit. this is a guy who's very, very conservative who's talked about running for office. he was the stock exchange now. talking about running for governor of the senate. my guess is he's boosted by this by the republican ranks. but you mentioned, look, three rulings. there are 25 legal cases about this law. we've had three rulings. two from clinton-appointed judges in favor, one from a george w. bush-appointed judge, today oppose. this is preceding largely on the partisan lines that we thought. obviously health care -- the deba

chris cillizza and ken vogel.t people like george allen, who lost to jim webb in virginia are just gloating over this thing. they're hoping they can say this was a disastrous vote and therefore the senators who voted for it acted unconstitutionally. >> one other name to throw out there, ken kuch nell, he's the one leading this. my guess is he's boosted by this in republican ranks. three rules. there are 25 legal cases about this law. we've had three rulings. two from clinton appointed judges. this is proceeding larnlly along the partisan lines. obviously, the debate over health care e involved into a partisan fight. democrats supportive of it. this is going to the support. one step of many. one important thing that the judge today didn't say, he did not say that an injunction, the structures put in place to implement the bill should be stopped. some democrats said that's not the worst solution we could have gotten today. >> what do you make of the fact that this is a bush appointee and he has contacts with the con

ken vogel, "politico." i wanted to follow up with a lease for move on.s obviously have your route in large anonymous contributions. i understand that now your part and are intended to make this a sort of big issue. i am wondering though, given president obama's really aggressive statement and policy preferences on this issue if there's any risk that democrats come if they do in fact engage in this kind of politically committee, whether it be anonymous or not is kind of big money, outside group advertising in 2012, if there's a risk of them sort of looking hypocritical. i guess as a preface to laugh too, how much of an effect do you think president obama's data policy preference is on this pad? >> so two parts to that question. first of all, move on broussard of the pack. we were in 1988 by 200 those individuals who give small donors. we did open a fee for those called the voter fund and to purchase 2004 elections. and i'm only going into this because we were at eight transfix. every time your territories, he gained a one-time donation of 2003 and was nev

ken vogel, "politico." i wanted to follow up with a lease for move on. you guys obviously have your route in large anonymous contributions. i understand that now your part and are intended to make this a sort of big issue. i am wondering though, given president obama's really aggressive statement and policy preferences on this issue if there's any risk that democrats come if they do in fact engage in this kind of politically committee, whether it be anonymous or not is kind of big money, outside group advertising in 2012, if there's a risk of them sort of looking hypocritical. i guess as a preface to laugh too, how much of an effect do you think president obama's data policy preference is on this pad? >> so two parts to that question. first of all, move on broussard of the pack. we were in 1988 by 200 those individuals who give small donors. we did open a fee for those called the voter fund and to purchase 2004 elections. and i'm only going into this because we were at eight transfix. every time your territories, he gained a one-time donation of 2003 and

ken vogel, "politico." i wanted to follow up with a lease for move on.obviously have your route in large anonymous contributions. i understand that now your part and are intended to make this a sort of big issue. i am wondering though, given president obama's really aggressive statement and policy preferences on this issue if there's any risk that democrats come if they do in fact engage in this kind of politically committee, whether it be anonymous or not is kind of big money, outside group advertising in 2012, if there's a risk of them sort of looking hypocritical. i guess as a preface to laugh too, how much of an effect do you think president obama's data policy preference is on this pad? >> so two parts to that question. first of all, move on broussard of the pack. we were in 1988 by 200 those individuals who give small donors. we did open a fee for those called the voter fund and to purchase 2004 elections. and i'm only going into this because we were at eight transfix. every time your territories, he gained a one-time donation of 2003 and was never