again, that could be bad news for mcauliffe. moving on to california, where there is the governor's race going on, not for tuesday but for next year. there's a new poll that in the democratic and republican primaries, a top tier of candidates, relatively well- known democrats. first, leading the race by a slim margin, san francisco mayor gavin knew some trailing by 18%. there are other candidates in the race making up the difference. in the republican race, a lot of undecided voters, but former congressman tom campbell, a moderate from these entrances go area, leads with 13%. former ebay ceo meg whitman, who recently got the endorsement of john mccain, trails with 10%. insurance commissioner john praisner has 11% in that race. a lot will change between now and that primary. finally today, and connecticut, the new haven register and other papers reported today that chris dodd, who had been rebounding, i think, from a tough series of developments in his reelection campaign for 2010, now looks like he is set to endure another round

mcauliffe said mr. deeds can't beat mr. mcdonnell and that's his, his pitch to the voters. >> well, what i suspect an attack by someone who has been perceive as a front runner on another candidate indicates that the ground maybe shifting. mr. mcauliffe, bill of complaint against mr. deeds focuses on two issues. one, mr. deeds' support of firearms rights, very sensitive issue, particularly in rural virginia, and also his support several years of ago of abincrease in the fuel tax to pay for transportation improvements. mr. mcauliffe noting that bob mcdonnell has already defeated deeds, and because of those issues could likely defeat him again. >> as we wrap up here, what will you be watching for when the democratic turnout -- with the democratic primary tomorrow and, and, and, and it's implications for the general election? >> well, certainly because a light turnout is expected, really anything could happen but this seems to be pretty much a two-person race, mcol scpf deeds, and the conventional wisdom for what that, that is

"thank you, terry mcauliffe. [applause] >> there is not one government program that exists if it does not serve you. you serve the program -- the program serves you not you serve the program carried you have to be free to choose. let you take your money and put a bag private retirement account for it you want to stay and sells security, you can for it if you want to put your own money in your own job that you manage, you should be free to do that. it is not that difficult. and security you have will be what you determined. you take a top first 12% of what you are in and do that. -- you take the first 12% of what you earn and do that. >> thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with us today. >> [laughter] >> that is not even do it justice. i was identified the way i could not hear a word. thank god for dick armey. >> it is mike was working. this is like doing the program from the sidelines while the super bowl is being played. >> while we were building the new newseum, we lost the use of the st

and of course all you know that bleach blockbusters are in the life of benjamin franklin and david mcauliffexander hamilton. america's live and breathe history in the way of which europeans understand because it is the supreme court in the first place the wish of the founding fathers every single day and which supreme court is in session and will make the constitution that living and breathing organic thing work. it was actually brice who was the closest who got to tocqueville who tried to educate his own countrymen back in britain on the vitality, the enduring vitality, the precisely because it was open to discussion, debate and interpretation of the constitution. and sometimes one feels when one listens to the historian and chief in the white house who can barely make a speech without invoking as he did mournfully i have to say washington's staring at the ice floes of the cross and of the delaware at the end of the inaugural speech. there is a warm and cuddly moment for the folks as freezing as we work in washington on the great glorious day. you sometimes have the impression obama is givi

terry mcauliffe, the former chair of the dnc, is being challenged by virginia state senator and a former assemblyman in the primary, and turnout is expected to be key with 200,000 democrats expected to go to the polls today in virginia. and a piece by robert c. smith, a former two-term senator from new hampshire. he now lives in sarasota, florida, and is running for the senate seat in florida next year, the seat vacated by martinez. one of the other themes this morning in the newspapers, at a photograph of senator edward kennedy and senator robert byrd. senator kennedy is in massachusetts recovering from brain surgery, battling brain cancer, and robert byrd, who continues to battle a staph infection at an undisclosed hospital. also inside "the washinton post," "on the cusp of historic majority, senate democrats miss the pillars." and from inside "the new york times," "senate feels an absence of health bill." chris dodd is the number 2 democrat on the health committee and has taken on the role of health care with senator kennedy. he is supported by leaders of three working groups that mr.

in the congress and does do in 18 months what i would call a continuing resolution, when others mcauliffe's i don't know, but the 18 month provision purses full six your authorization, i think for the same reasons advocated by chairman oberstar and congressman earlier in his comments, because of planning and because of advertising, because of construction time issues obviously we need more time. if, indeed, we don't get the full authorization, madam chairman, i would hope that this committee would take a strong strong stance and position that when authorization is, and this is your authorization comes, and that it would be from and after passage for six years. not what we have in the deal with in the past where we're spending three years to get a six year reauthorization. the same problems exist at this panel and the previous panel this morning of not having enough time for adequate planning and that doing all the things necessary to build a program in a three-year authorization. that is very constraining in itself, so from and after passage on a six year bell would be something that i thin