pataki. any significant dollar debate going to happen? >> a chance they were not going to have that except on the sidelines. it was not on the gend ash. china wanted to put it there. u.s., britain and others were resisting. probably not in the final immune kay. but with hu going back is a big deal. asians in general, chinese, face is important. he would rather be withis peers than hav to go back but shows how seriously they take this. >> theriots, unrest. >> exactly. >> where does that leave the debate over whether the dollar should be strong or weak? >> the irony is the strong dollar has no greater friend than china and no worst enemy than ben bernanke. chinese want a strong dollar. to price them in dollars they have to reserve sa strong dhar. they want a strong dollar. why are they talking about strs, alternative currencies, the answer is they are trying to signal the united states, don't go there. don't inflate the dollar. inflation of the dollar is a wealth transfer from china to the united states. they are not going to stand for that

we want some response from governor pataki. did you hear what he said? >> i did. i think boone deserves a great amount of success. a man in the private sector out of patriotism said what we're doing is wrong, relying on foreign oil. i'm going to take the bull by the horns and try to force washington to come up with an energy package that will -- >> part it patriotism and part is putting his money where his mouth is as well. he'll benefit from that. >> boone always did that there's nothing wrong with that. he's always been an oil and gas guy. >> and a wind guy he says. >> wind and water. >> he also believes ts is critical for america and i think it's right. >> for all the talk wind and solar gets at the core of his plan is nat gas.

called "the case of a lifetime," another one of the coauthors -- it is a small word i-is eva pat pataki at -- patterson. she was the president of the student boding at northern. she was the first african-american president of the student body and was a law professor at the university of california at berkeley. so what a team you put together for this book. we're very interested to hear about the chapters you wrote and your colleagues wrote, and also hear about your views on appointments to be made. i guess the latest i saw is there may be as many as 20 court of appeals vacancies already out there on the plate. so we're poised for a very interesting series of appointments very early on in the new administration. so, go to it, and very pleased that you're here. [applause] >> thank you very much for that very nice introduction. i want thank the philadelphia chapter of the lawyers guild for hosting this event and for inviting us to speak, and to thank drexel law school for having us here this afternoon. i want to start by talking a little bit about the federal judges that we have now, and t

cases are legitimate large institutions -- >> like california teachers pension fund that governor patakiing? >> absolutely. and they're managing portfolios. they're looki for non-correlated returns. and they're looking to hedge against inflationary risks that would otherwise -- >> let me throw a couple of curveballs at you. let's take the first argument, that it's moving around, it doesn't really have a reality in fundamentals. what about green shoots? you know, we went through a 30% to 40% rally off the bottom. was there economic horsepower behind the s&p rally? no. but it was in the right direction. do you think that's a fair way to look at what's going on here? the government's energy policy. we know that we're in a morphing stage. but if next week gas goes to $5 we're still hamstrung, don't those issues make volatility anú ergy markets as well? ú >> no, absolely. ú and obously we're very ú grounded in not only what e data shs, what thenalysis ú shows, what the economic view oú its, those are the things that are driving this market. you're absolutely right. >> craig, what is bad about

pataki used something very similar. let's look at some sample names. we are going to need music and sell commercials and look at some of the titles the real world sacramento. dave: what happens when politicians stop arguing and start acting real a few more. has been survivor california outwit, outlast, outspend. pretty solid effort this morning. i think we have one more. i have got one more. if arnold is the star of the show, i'm a republican, get me out of here. gretchen: he hasn't been acting so much like a republican. dave: that's impressive. but we know the most successful reality series is survivor and survivor 1 was the most popular. the reason why it was so popular because a naked gay guy won it. gretchen: the first time around. brian: he ended up in jail. that's the reality of it. that's what could really launch it. gretchen: instant analysis. brian: see if we could get some characters. gretchen: schwarzenegger there some kind of a fitness kind of reality show. anyway, let us know if you have any better ideas for california or if you think it's