let's turn to mike hatch who ran against tim pawlenty and lost to him by just a few thousand votes. mike, good to have you on the program tonight. when you hear that tim pawlenty is on the hot list in being reported by the wall street journal and politico that hey, he could be the guy, what goes through your mind? is he ready to be vice president, maybe even president? >> well, i think there's two viewpoints, the political viewpoint is he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. maybe doesn't get more than 2%, but he doesn't make mistakes. the rubio moment you mentioned earlier, probably not something that a presidential candidate wants to see for a running mate. so listening to the rubio comment, pawlenty goes up the chart. having said that, the 1 thing in common between what i call a country club republican and tea party republicans is accountability with regard to finance. and it's certainly in minnesota during that eight-year term, the two terms, we had a lot of district tape going on in minnesota, and property taxes went up, college tuition shot through the roof. people spending went dow

mike. >> or hatch.ot out of the woods yet. >> it doesn't allow them to act and compromise is not rewarded by primary voters. the other thing i would vote is you get to the lame-duck session, it's done in the context of leadership election. i won two caucus votes, you won a bunch of caucus votes. they are secret ballots. by the way, just a hint. when i call up members and say, will you support me, they invariably say yes, and then you say, can i make you public, and they invariably say no. this is my wisdom coming out of this. the only member you can believe is the member who looks nut eye and says he's voting against you. but this is con in the context of caucus votes, and you have the payroll tax, sequestering, the c.b.o. report showing this could put us over the financial cliff. two years ago, they did reach some accords during the lame-duck session, but all they defendants added about $800 billion to the debt this. time they have to go the other direction. it's much harder, and i think it's going to

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mike mccleccleary saw. >> a man is charged with impersonating a police officer in our area tonight. authorities say anthony pulled over an off-duty capital heights police officer. it hatched yesterday along route 301. police say after the off duty police officer identified himself, he claim today be a military police officer and accused him of speeding. anyone else who may have been stopped should call prince county police. >> the board of visitors will vote on tuesday whether to reinstate her. tonight, we're getting a clear picture of why sullivan was fired in the first place. in a statement today, helen dragas said sullivan wasn't acting quickly enough to address key issues including financial pressures, online learning, changes in health care and a rising stuntd faculty ratio. >> the stunts were at the school for a summer camp program. most started having flu-like symptoms last night. some of them had to go tothd hopt. the fairfax health is disinfekting any areas the students came into contact with. >> this afternoon in prince george's county, it took a village to bring a child into the worl. >> from the top of his precious head to the tips of his tiny toes, 7 pound, 1