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can all have confidence that by some that we do not know yet, -- >> going now live to minneapolis, minn., outside mr. frank and's on -- mr. franken's home. >> we're so thrilled that we can finally celebrate this victory. i am so excited to finally be able to get to work for the people of minnesota. i received a very gracious call from senator coleman a little while ago. he wished me well. i wished him well. we agreed it was time to bring this stayed together. over the last eight months, as the nation has watched this all unfold in this state, minnesota and have earned the right to take pride in the transparency and the integrity of our election officials. but during the same period, minnesota families continue to face challenges. even though we're thrilled and honored by the faith that minnesota has placed in me, i am also humbled. not just by the closeness of the selection, but by the enormity of irresponsibility that comes with this office. we have a lot of work to do in washington. that is why i signed up for the job in the first place. when we started this campaign way back in febru

cloud, minn., good morning, tom. this is the democrats' line. are you there? that should about do it. thank you both for being with us. caller>> a live look at the unid states supreme court in washington, d.c., where the court is handing down decisions on several important cases that it had heard over the 2008-2009 term. they're wrapping up that term right now. today, the supreme court ruled that white firefighters in new haven, conn. were unfairly denied promotions because of their race. it reversed a decision that high court sonia sotomayor had as an appeals court judge. no african americans and only two hispanic firms were likely to make captain based on a result. the court said monday, in a 5-4 decision, the city said it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities. that is one of the rulings coming down from the supreme court today. it is a 5-4 ruling in favor of white firefighters who say they were denied promotions because of race. that report came from the associated press.

so, what we have have [applause] we have a situation where the clinic in rochester, minn., it is famous for some of the best quality and lowest costs. people are healthier coming out of there and do great. then there is a town in mcallen, texas, where costs are 1/3 higher but the outcomes are worse. the key for us is to figure out how do we take all the good ideas from this one clinic and spread them all across the country so that it becomes the dominant culture for providing health care. that is going to take some time. it involves changing how we reimburses doctors, doctors forming teams and working in more cooperative way, and that is a slow, laborious project. here is the bottom line. if we pass reform this year, my expectation would be then immediately families are going to see some relief on some issues, but we will not have the whole system perfectly set up probably until four-five years from now. i think it is a realistic time frame. if we wait and we say since we're not going to get it right away, let's put this off for another two, four, five years, it will never happen. that

they tend not to spend time with minn they are not related to so in many ways the male diplomats have access to the less information and, you know, i was able to do fascinating things. i attended one of the first ever political rallies all women in saudi arabia backend 2005, and we listened to the women candidates giving speeches why they should be elected to the governing body but no man without seeing it you are missing a big chunk of what happens in that part of the world so i would say being an american woman gives you a benefit, gives a leg up in terms of being a to operate and understand some of the cultures where women have a different role. >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. what do you think as conservatives we should be looking and focusing on for the 2010 and the 2012 election? >> i think as buchanan said, you will have a lot. i do think we have seen a situation where the kind of changes this administration is trying to put in place are so drastic a think pretty quickly it will become evident those fundamental values that define conservatism left government not bein

paul, minn., next up. on the democrats' line. caller: the name is lorena. i am very happy with obama being very cautious and i'm glad the democrats are in power at this point because, according to the republicans, the last lady said they did not talk about military, but they are talking about kind of the way we got into the iraq war and afghanistan. and i certainly don't want that to happen in iran. these people, i feel sorry for them, and i hope the support will be through the u.n. and the other countries in europe. we don't always have to be first. that is not our policy. we should be bright, that is the main thing. host: now washington, ky. republican collar. -- caller. caller: i do think the president is a little bit too timid in what he has said. honestly it really does not matter what he says because even if the more moderate leader does get in, the ayatollah is still going to be in power and is still not going to ever accept israel's right to exist. host: a couple of editorial views here on the conflict in iran. this is "the washington post" this mor

they have these algae, little pact minn algae that are going to keep the carbon and i was like a library negative first we didn't have a plausible solution. [laughter] but now we have the pac man algae solution and i said this is great. how does that work? he said it's very easy. all you need are several acres and acres of open land i'm liking each royte? where are we supposed to get this? don't be too pessimistic. all you need is multiple acres of open land, megatons of water, and then the temperature has to stay within five or 6 degrees and then the algae are happy to eat the carbon. what if it gets cold? they die. [laughter] what it gets hot? then they bloom and die. [laughter] i said so where does this clean coal solution work? on my chalkboard. i said this is not going to work! [laughter] there is no clean coal and no unicorns. [laughter] now we are going to have to find. we are calling to have to educate the american people. let me tell you something. we have a country that is why it awake now. and paying attention. the are being bombarded with the nonsense. they don't believe in u