the next poet is michael palmer. >> what of that wolf hound at full stride. what of the woman that serves as fairl guide and witness to the snowy hive? what of the singer robed in red and frozen at mid-song? and the stone, its brokenness, or the voice oft seen that says note the dragon seen but asking no questions of flight, no questions of irridescence, what of that century, did you see it pass? what of that wolf hound at your back? and then a poem that is for mahmud darlish called the dream of narcissus. the dream of narcissus, that there would be a silence loud as time. the dream of the writer that there could be a silence loud as time, the dream of time that rest might come, the dream of rest, that unrest might arise. the dream of the palm, the pilgrims would enter the village. the dream of the village, that they depart with their palms and the house dreaming of his leveling and the exile as well, the dream of night that the day would be purified, the dream of day that the dark would be lifted, and the dream of the dream but who is to speak of this? i don

while we're waiting for the hate mail from des moines, let's bring in michael hirsch, "national journal" chief correspondent, and ana palmer. welcome guys. michael, let me start with you. i'm confused about where things stand at this hour in iowa. if you look at the latest poll from iowa state university, it's got ron paul ahead with 28. newt gingrich at 25%. mitt romney at 18, and then on it goes. but the smartest pundits that i talk to, people like john heilemann at "new york" magazine or nate silver at "the new york times" act as if mitt really has it locked up by now. which is it, michael? >> i don't even think, you know, the iowans who are going to be attending the caucuses have any idea who's going to come out ahead. it's really -- could be anyone's vote at this point. and it goes back to your point about what is this state in the rather, you know, unusual caucus rules that determine the vote there, doing at the center of our political spectrum. and i think one of the fears that you hear, with paul now leading in the polls, is that between paul's lead, a guy who everyone knows who cannot be the nominee or the preside

cornerback carson palmer, running back michael bush, marcel reese, and moore will be signing autographs today in exchange for a toy. all you have to do is bring a new unwrapped toy valued at $20 or more. the players will be at the raider image store at the south land mall in hayward between 6:00 and 8:00 tonight. >> ha is one of the bay area charities trying to make the holidays brighter. children in antioch received toys from the chp yesterday and the raiders game had a donation station for the marines toys for tots. >> somebody brought in three bags of brand new jackets she bought at macy's. she was cute little ones for the little ones. i think that is great people are thinking of people in need. >> other groups say even when they think they won't have enough food or clothes, someone always steams to step forward in the final days and provide exactly what is needed. most charities say they accept donations all year but people only think of helping out after finishing their holiday shopping. >> they want us to help out. >> people come forward. >>> sal is taking care of the commute even

michael buble' on the charts anytime soon... " " the raiders pulled out an overtime victory yesterday agaisnt the chiefs at arrowhead stadium... one of the keys for the raiders was the offensive line's protection of carson palmer... he wasn't sacked all game... so what did palmer do.. ?? he got the big guy's a special christmas gift... " " andrew luck is a lock to be the number one overall pick in this year's nfl draft... but before he gets . >> have you had a quarterback do that? >> i'm in my second year. so i am not. >> very cool. >> andrew luck can a lot. stanford has some business to take care of on january 2nd. kim coil sat down this week. >> i talked john gore don and i mentioned his name and he saw those chucky eyes. he lit up when he was talking about you. he went further to say you'll be in canton some day. how does that feel? >> it feels nice. it's people's jobs to make opinions, good or bad. i'm not going to put stock -- i'm going to listen my parents, teammates. i don't want to get caught up in a good or bad opinion. >> you said you want your teammates to keep you grounded, what else can they teach you about? >> facial hair, one of them. >> what is wrong with your facial hair? >> i don't know. i'll

palmer. the pick turns into points. ryan grant. packers set a franchise record for points on the season. 466. blowing out the raiders. they're now 13-0. >> they wanted to run michael bush early. we did a nice job slowing him down a little bit. and forcing turnovers like we did tonight, cashing them in. >> the kind of game you want to play going into the playoffs. >> the thing is we expect those guys to be good, so for us to come up with turnovers and get the ball back in their hand, we feel good about what they're going to do. >> that loss and the broncos win, tim tebow led the bronxs to a win over the bears. tebow to thomas. ten yards. broncos within three. seven seconds left. it's good. going to o.t., broncos recover a bears full. now operator from 51 in the opinion. the denver tebows win, taking over lead to from the raiders in the afc west. >> what a finish. >>> bengals up six. six yard t.d. with two second left. the texans beat the bengals and clinch the afc south, heading to the playoff for the first time in franchise history. >> the sharks back on the nice chicago after losing last night in st. louis. they lost five of seven. antineimi facing his former tea

carson palmer off the play action and overthrows moore for the easy touchdown. raiders come away with nothing. and then they get tricky. michaelush hands it off to murphy. a 12-yard touchdown. 7-0 raiders. the lions strike quickly. to johnson and they call him mega tron. we are tied at 7. the second quarter and the raiders answer to the air. he breaks the tackle and goes 43 of his own yards. 17-14 raiders at the half. tommy kelly and curry scores. a beat down in the making, but you have to finish. they cut it to 6 and on the drive, they start it from their own two. career high 9 catches and 214 yards for johnson. two touchdowns, this his second puts detroit up by one with 43 seconds left. raiders have a chance to win and janikowski from 60 yards and he has the leg to make it, but it is blocked. raiders lose a heartbreaker 28-27. they fall to 7 and 7. >> we had opportunities in the game to really close the door. we just never had the instinct to get it done. >> we get this crowd be heinz us, and they are screaming and yelling, and they are with us all the way. we have let this crowd down. that starts with me and down to our pla

michael bush was held to 18 yards rushing. they must now visit green bay next sunday. the raiders offense did gain 138 total yards on the first nine possessions. finally carson palmera. raiders will need to score more than 14 next sunday in green bay. >>> niners lost more than just a game today too. they also lost sole possession of first place in the afc west. that's because the denver tebow's won their sixth straight game today. tim tebow threw it for 172 yards. then find thomas, thomas turns it into a 41-yard touchdown. timmy wants me to score so i must score. that's the second of two touchdowns for thomas today. they need matt prater to beat the vickings. broncos are now tied with oakland with identical 7-5 records. tebow completes 10 of 15 passes. 202yards. who says he can't throw. down cleveland 24-10. >>> green bay packers put their undefeated records on the line today in east rutherford. second quarter until giant's eli manning makes a bad decision. clay matthews makes him play. matthews goes 38 yards. but it's tied 35-35. so green bay needs mason crosby. mason crosby kicks a 30-yard field goal and keeps the packers record intact. green bay hosts the raider