a homeowner, i look at it as a collective homeowner because i own my home with my brother, with michael w. sisters and my parents, which is probably the only way to do it in san francisco, but i think that gives me a unique perspective, and also, just my upbringing in the city and really recognizing the city-wide mosaic. i went to sacred heart. i hope that will not be used against me, supervisors. but i state because as a blue- collar and moderate income school, i was exposed to communities that i would not have been if i was stuck in my community, and just my upbringing in the excelsior district as a working-class community. similar to joel ramos, who we just heard from, and i'm so glad you guys are recommending, my focus has been of the latino community, on youth, on seniors. basically, on community that have not been represented throughout urban planning. development issues. i cut my teeth on helping develop the eastern neighborhood plan. i spent 10 years on it. got my first gray hair is while doing it. had four kids. so i feel like using my role is preparing and organizing people to t

w. bush, michael gerson.eems to be gearing up a little, which we like. mike huckabee is out. he was largely seen as here's where the social conversation will go. who now has that crowd to attract? >> i was in iowa not too long ago and people were already starting to make their choices, former huckabee supporters. he was really the front-runner in that state. among social conservatives kind of the harder-edge ones that had supported huckabee were interested in michelle bachmann. the softer edge ones were interested in tim pawlenty. who is much more electable in a certain way. so i think the huckabee people will divide among a couple of members of the field but those were the two that people were talking about. >> do either one of those, if you said now social conservatives, big in iowa, certainly in the early states, do you see anybody there that you think this is the guy we really don't want to run against? >> i kind of put them in two categories and huckabee is a little hard because i actually do have some r

w. bush is angela pointed out and i'm sure michael is going to tell us in a few minutes go ahead. i agree with everything that angela said i think that in large part the anti-war movement during bush was really. unfortunate about personality in a sense i mean he was seen as sort of this disreputable low brow texan who's very crude in his in his ways well what we've gotten is an imperialist he's actually very refined and very articulate and very effective i would just say liberals now are basically the more effective and always have been the more effective imperialists then conservatives usually tend to use brute force in very crude rhetoric and so that i think is one reason that we can talk about many others for why there is no anti-war movement and why there are actually more wars now than before well michael you've written probably the most authoritative report on this to date if you could give our my audience the title of that report but i mean you basically say it's about is really just about bush right. well i think it's a little bit more than that i would say that it's both

michael gersan the chief speech writer for george w. bush wrote this, this week -- "it's social darwinism, arrogance of the strong, contempt for the vulnerable and suffering." >> i have no idea what he is talking about. it makes no sense. >> chris: he's basically saying -- this is what he is trying to say. the government has a role to enforce social norms and to protect people. >> if you accept that, they can accept everything you do with your life, everything you do. that justifies the economic intervention, that justifies the intervention in freedom of speech and subject interference on the religious value. but to take my philosophy of freedom and the constitution, property rights and contract and turn it in to a cliche and say oh, we're legalizing marijuana, that is so grossly distorting my views. i want to legalize freedom of choice. i want to enforce states' rights. i have don't like prohibition. prohibition of alcohol was horrible. states control this as one thing. we had 150 years where heroin and cocaine were -- weren't legal. i

w. bush was involved with the 1988 debate with michael dukakis when but moderator bernard shaw asked dukakis, a governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor the irrevocable death penalty for the killer? and i as many of you may recall he began his answer very calmly with " no. i don't bernard and i think you know, i have been opposed to the death penalty all my life. he went on to explain his opposition to capital punishment and according to the pundits at the time he went on to lose the election because of that. and one interesting back story about the question itself involved the efforts of his fellow journalists, panelist come all three being women to persuade bernie shaw behind the scenes not to ask the question. the bottom line i discovered in doing my research, the distinguished journalist of this world are no different than real people. they also see and hear this scene -- the same things in different ways. i also tell the whole story of the story of 11976 the audio went dead between jimmy carter and gerald ford the debate in philadelphia. ford and carter standi

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i understand from the record that democratic senators approached the nomination of michael mcconnell, president george w. bush's nominee to the 10th circuit, in a way that was generous, that accepted at face value some of his assertions. like professor liu, professor mcconnell was a widely regarded law professor who was nominated to a federal appeals court without having first served as a judge. many democratic senators at the time had concerns about professor mcconnell's conservative writings which included strong opposition to roe v. wade, congressional testimony that the violence against women act was unconstitutional, and harsh criticism of the supreme court's 8-1 decision in the bob jones case. despite these positions, which one could argue are at the outer edge, even the extreme of the legal cannon of the time, professor mcconnell was confirmed not after a filibuster, not after a long series of grinding nomination hearings and public discourse, but professor mcconnell was confirmed by voice vote of this chamber just one day after his nomination was confirmed by the judiciary committee. in supporti

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i understand from the record that democratic senators approached the nomination of michael mcconnell, president george w. bush's nominee to the 10th circuit, in a way that was generous, that accepted at face value some of his assertions. like professor liu, professor mcconnell was a widely regarded law professor who was nominated to a federal appeals court without having first served as a judge. many democratic senators at the time had concerns about professor mcconnell's conservative writings which included strong opposition to roe v. wade, congressional testimony that the violence against women act was unconstitutional, and harsh criticism of the supreme court's 8-1 decision in the bob jones case. despite these positions, which one could argue are at the outer edge, even the extreme of the legal cannon of the time, professor mcconnell was confirmed not after a filibuster, not after a long series of grinding nomination hearings and public discourse, but professor mcconnell was confirmed by voice vote of this chamber just one day after his nomination was confirmed by the judiciary committee. in supporti

w. bush was involved. it was in 1988 debate with michael dukakis. don't moderator of cnn asked dukakis. i'm sure many of you will remember this, governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor and a revocable death penalty for the killer -- irrevocable, by the way. death penalty for the killer. and as many as you may recall, dukakis began his answer very calmly, ever so common with, quote, no, i don't, bernard, and i think you know that i've been opposed to the death penalty during all my life. he went on to explain his intellectually-based opposition to capital punishment, and according to the punditry at the time, he went on to lose the election because of that. there's an interesting back story about the question itself. it involves the efforts of his fellow journalists, panelists, all three being women journalists, to persuade bernie shah behind the scenes not to ask that question. the bottom line i discovered in doing my research is that the famous and distinguished journalist of this world are no different than real people. they also see and hear the same thing

w. bush who declined. and president clinton who we're told is unlikely to attend as well. mayor rudy giuliani, mayor michael bloomberg may both attend there. what do you expect to hear as the president's message at what is a sacred site to so many people. >> and it will be a very solemn occasion. we received a communication from the white house. he'll be visiting with 9/11 families. the president ever since sunday night and everyone in the administration has been very careful to mention the feelings and their thoughts about the 9/11 families as th$9/11 fa operation unfolded and the president as we expected will be meeting with first responders on his trip to new york. george w. bush plans to be there, the ten-year anniversary come this september. >> we're seeing new poll numbers now, mike. the "new york times"/cbs poll has president obama's proval ratings shooting up to 57%, as what we saw in april, 46%. and the poll from gallop and "usa today" who gets credit for the bin laden killing, 98% to the military, 71% to president obama, 52 to president bush. is anyone at the white house counting on a political ga

w. bush, tphopltd and confirmed -- nominated and confirmed unanimously michael fisher to serve after distinguished service as a republican attorney general, as a circuit judge. here is what judge fisher said: "i met and worked with mr. mcconnell when i was the elected attorney general in pennsylvania from 1996 to 2003. we worked very closely together on the national tobacco litigation and worked closely with mr. mcconnell. we spent considerable time together in new york and at meetings elsewhere, and i had the unique opportunity to assess mr. mcconnell's legal abilities and his character, which were both outstanding. john j. mcconnell jr. is an outstanding nominee to serve on the u.s. district court for the district of rhode island, and i enthusiastically support his nomination." these are the words of a federal circuit judge nominated by george w. bush and confirmed unanimously by this senate. again, i implore my colleagues to listen to what people who know jack mcconnell have said and who use these words: integrity, independence, impartiality. those are the words of people who know him. that i

w. bush is unable to attend and clinton is unlikely to attend because of scheduling. back to you. >> savannah, thank you very much. michael blumberg is the mayor of new york city. nice to see you. should the photo be released? >> up to the federal government. it's tricky because you can inflame people and others want to see it. >> except you are the mayor of the city that took the hardest hit on 9/11. do you think it would cause more problems for the people of new york in particular if the photo is released? >> we'll deal with the security issues. the most secure place in the world is the world trade center site. we have ramped up security which we do when there is an event that may inflame people. this is not an easy call for the president. there is no one right answer. no matter what, half the people won't be happy. the most important thing is osama bin laden is no longer there and terrorism is still a threat. >> when you saw the celebrations in the streets at ground zero and other places around t country, there was not only a reason for joy. there were mixed emotions, especially among the family members of the victims