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pawlenty -- it is the responsibility of the municipality and it is the responsibility of the taxpayers. if we build a new highway, we know how much it costs, but we also know how much it costs yearly to maintain it. it is one and the same. it is part of the bill. >> doesn't

yes, maybe tim pawlenty. i think newt gingrich probably will. sorry to break it to gingrich during break it to bill kristol, sorry, the leading governor candidates that everybody loves, mitch daniels and chris christie, my prediction is neither one of them will run. >> it's the christmas season, nina. >> chris: dana, it's fair to say that the big decision that everybody in the republican camp is waiting for is whether or not sarah palin is going to get in this race. one, do you think she will? i know this is an opinion. but do you think she will? secondly, do you think republicans would nominate somebody who is popular in their own party but has a time negative when it comes to general election? >> anything is possible at this point. i have talked to two people last week i trust very much in politics that know her. one says she is definitely running and one says she is definitely not running. >> chris: somebody is right. >> yeah, somebody is going to be right. i guess we have to wait and see. it's interesting how the other potential candidates t

pawlenty -- it is the responsibility of the municipality and it is the responsibility of the taxpayers. if we build a new highway, we know how much it costs, but we also know how much it costs yearly to maintain it. it is one and the same. it is part of the bill. >> doesn't anybody here in san francisco care about the cost? all about the streets, the pavement is quite bad. i think it seems to be quite a port town. the same in boston. everywhere, the pavement, the maintenance of the roads are a lot worse than anywhere in europe. >> on that note, any other questions? >> hi, i work for the san francisco board of supervisors. a year or two ago, there is talk about changing the traffic laws so that cyclists would treat it red lights like stop signs and treat stop signs like yield signs. it was wondering about any changes in law? >> it has been suggested recently that cyclist conditions should be improved. one was that cyclists should be able to ride on a red light. that was a discussion. i do not think that we will get that in denmark, because you have to change the legislation opinion that

pawlenty to root approve the appeal to -- i want you to approve the appeal to overturn this permit. we offer classes after school and on the weekends. we also helps to prepare for college, provide intensive counseling to distance on how to successfully applied to the college of their choice. our business caters exclusively to done people and we chose this location because the proximity to so many schools. up all of them are extremely close to the taraval corridor and supply many of our students. we are concerned the planning commission failed to consider the request that the permit be issued. president peterson: okay, thank you. next speaker, please? >> and the president of the taraval parks association. my family has been here since 1947. i have seen a lot of changes. i have seen a lot of asians moving into our community. they reach out to us. we're trying to reach out to them to bring us closer to gather. what happened the other night when this permit got approved, it tore us apart. as a merchant and president of our association, i'm trying to keep us together. they came out and r

governor pawlenty is right. he is describing what may be the next financial crisis to hit the united states. namely, states are insolvent. in many cases largely because of the extraordinary pensions and health benefits which we have guaranteed to retired state workers. the municipal unions have won the most lavish pension and health benefits for retirement of any group in our society. the bill is due now, we don't have the money. they won't do givebacks, crisis is upon us. megyn: pawlenty is saying these have to be changed, these benefits packages have to be changed, and you're saying that the unions are saying, no. i've got to tell you, if i'm hired to represent the unions, i say you struck the deal, state government. if you don't like it now, you can't have buyer's remorse. too bad. that's what contracts are for. my union people shouldn't have to pay for it now. >> correct on all counts. you sign the contract, contract law says you live up to the terms of that contract, so pay up. megyn: right. >> reporter: ok

this guy pawlenty out from the midwest. i don't know him. never met him. everybody says he's a wonderful person. >> we like the governor of louisiana. >> haley barbour. >> and the governor of mississippi. i like louisiana and mississippi. >> bobby jindal. >> there's just a lot of people who are voices of reason. i think of jeb as a voice of reason. >> larry: what do you think of president obama? >> well, he's been very pleasant to me personally, very. and i remember when i went up to washington to do something. i forget what it was. he heard i was going, with jeb incidentally. the white house sent word over he'd like us to come by. we did that. he came here to my library at texas a&m for a points of light events. and he was very gracious. so, on a personal basis, i'm very strongly impressed. he's a decent, decent man. and he's taken a lot of heat lately, but that goes with the territory. >> larry: do presidents, despite the politics, have sympathies for other presidents? >> i think i would. i mean, i think so. and, i mean, i don't like to see anybody beat

governor pawlenty, rick klein, and guess where jennifer griffin or colleague is?u have to stick around and find out. >> sean: i know where she. >> greta: don't tell. >> sean: greta is come -- coming up in 19 short minutes. samaritan's purse. your great american panel, straight ahead. john: yea, well, there you go. beth: yea, so what else is new? john: well, i just changed my medicare plan. beth: open enrollment? john: yup. i compared plans and found better coverage for me. beth: of course you noticed the new benefits we get under the new healthcare law. john: what? beth: well, like 50 percent off brand name prescription drugs for people who are in the donut hole. john: really? i didn't know that. beth: you have to keep up. john: come on. i'll keep up. anncr: it's open enrollment. time to compare and review plans at medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. . >> sean: tonight on our great american panel. former chairwoman of the juryian republican party kate obenshain is back. he helped jerry brown in his recent bid for california governor joe trip here. he served as de

pawlenty, chris christie, someone like that. >> sean: more with our great american panel stretched straightnd who brings you more natural colors than campbell's condensed soups? campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ slow you down. introducing bayer am. its dual-action formula delivers extra strength pain relief, plus it fightsatigue. so get up and get going with new bayer am, the morning pain reliever. [ male announcer ] what if clean sheet day became clean sheet week? new ultra downy ail fresh has scent pearls that give you a whole week of freshness with just one wash. ♪ and from day 1 to day 7, ultra downy april fresh lets you climb in to more freshness than this other fabric softener. so why settle? get more freshness. >> all right. we continue with our great american panel. all right, no one looks at david letterman as an conservative. i mean, i think it's obvious, his political views. i find myself agreeing with dave's mom on the issue of global warming. here's how this went down. >> how are you things in indianapolis? >> things are very nice, been unseasonably warm. >> uh-huh.

governor pawlenty, rick klein, and guess where jennifer griffin or colleague is?ave to stick around and find out. >> sean: i know where she. >> greta: don't tell. >> sean: greta is come -- coming up in 19 short minutes. samaritan's purse. your great american panel, straight ahead. [ technician ] are you busy? management just sent over these new technical manuals. they need you to translate them into portuguese. by tomorrow. [ male announcer ] ducati knows it's better for xerox to manage their global publications. so they can focus on building amazing bikes. with xerox, you're ready for real business. . >> sean: tonight on our great american panel. former chairwoman of the juryian republican party kate obenshain is back. he helped jerry brown in his recent bid for california governor joe trip here. he served as deputy assistant to president george w. bush scott stanzel is back. we had anthony weiner on -- why are you laughing? >> it was ridiculous! what he said was ridiculous! >> sean: this is the point. what is it about rich people, people that pay taxes, people t

governor pawlenty joins us live. first the taxes, certainly consuming the nation they are still working over my left shoulder trying to hammer out what they think. >> well, it is like you said, couldn't they have done this a few months ago? why does it come down to the last few days when they expire? as importantly, we can't let taxes go up in the middle of one of the worst recessions since world war ii. this is an important thing to accomplish. i wish they wouldn't have put all that spending in there. it detracts from the main purpose of the bill. of course loads it up. not the package i would have negotiated. overall we need to make sure those taxes don't go up. >> greta: you talk about spending they put in. one is extension of the unemployment benefits. the only reason that is interesting to me, because they don't look for waste where they might be able to finance those unemployment benefits. i realize they didn't know they were going to need to extend them. nonetheless, there is no effort in this city ever to loo

we will see tim pawlenty with a big book tour.rybody is going to be waiting to see what sarah palin does. a lot of these candidates are some of the outside folks that think they can appeal to social conservatives, are going to really wait and see what she does. we are not going to hear some of the announcements, most of the announcements until late spring, april, maybe may. we are not going to have quite as long a session as we did the last time around but, certainly going to be intense and it is going to be busy. >> so are you saying that everyone is going to wait to see if sarah palin announces. would she be the one to jump first and then republicans come after her or no? >> well, yeah, i think that there are some folks. john thune, rick santorum have already mentioned she is kind of the elephant in the room so to speak. they are waiting to see. they are sort of testing the waters. they might like to run. she takes up so much of the oxygen and so much of the energy, to be frank, in a place like iowa where you have to go door to

i believe that tim pawlenti, the governor of minnesota, has also had a good track record and has done a good job. i do not support sarah palin. i do not feel that she has the qualities that are needed to be president. i'm not happy about the fact that she walked out of the governorship of alaska. i am not sure that the others being mentioned are going to be able to get there. newt gingrich and mike huckabee just won't get there. johnm thune is a competent guy. he is potentially a vice president candidate in this election. that is a possibility. i would not be totally be surprised to have somebody come in from right field we have not heard about yet. >> all the names you mentioned, to me, are more conservative than you. >> they probably all are more conservative than i m. mitt romney has gone from being more moderate to a little more conservative in recent years. my sense is that the republican candidate for president will be more conservative than i am and he will get republican support and he or she will have to be more conservative than i am. i expect a person to be at least relativ

you have to look to mitch daniels, tim pawlenty. >> chris: where are you? >> i'm in the list. finally, how does the white house handle wikileaks over the last year, because there has been a succession of the leaks? and if you were in charges, how would you handle julian assange and the website? >> first, i'm shaped by the fact that my father spent 27 years in the army. so i approach this very seriously. information warfare is warfare. julian assange is engaged in warfare. information terrorism, which leads to people getting killed is terrorism. and julian assange is engaged in terrorism. he should be treated as an enemy combatant and wikileaks should be closed down permanently and decisively. even more, how can we go through the last year and not figure out how did all the documents get released? who is responsible -- >> chris: we think we know. it's a private in iraq. >> how do you have a system so stupid? you and i have credit cards. if the credit card is used here and in belize the same day they call you and say gosh, were you really there? you have a private first class wh

tim pawlenty is run ining hard minnesota. with the idea now. haley barbour has probably banged himself up again with comments this past week, to say nothing of people in the united states senate and mitt romney, former governor of massachusetts. there's a lot of moving around going on out there. >> what kind of candidate, peggy noonan, do you need to run in the republican party to take on obama? what is it at this stage? >> a big thing is how the tetonic plates keep moving in american politics. a lifetime in journalism, what did you learn? he said expect the unexpected. if we've learned anything from the past decade, it's that anybody can arise from anywhere and become a leader. gosh, what do the republicans need to beat obama? a credible alternative, a serious man or woman, someone with experience and some weight and heft, who can get through iowa and south carolina. >> and so not sarah palin, is that right? >> thank you, bob, so much for qualifying that. i have to tell you, i'm one of those who think palin will not run and

people who accepted it, newt gingrich, the former house speaker, tim pawlenty, the minnesota governorh dakota is thinking of running. he spoke out saying it's very easy for you on the sidelines, but i have to vote on this. and mitchell daniels, the indiana governor saying it's better than nothing. t.j.? >> they are certainly thinking ahead. cnn thinking ahead, as well, to 2012. what do we got going here? cooking at this network? >> yeah, we're thinking ahead, as well. and made some announcements this past week, t.j. yesterday we announced that cnn is going to be holding, maybe the first tea party debate. we're teaming up with the tea party express, one of the larger tea party organizations. you know them from their bus tours across the country. and we're going to hold it in florida, next labor day, early september. and why florida? because florida is a very influential state, a must-win state for any republican who wins the nomination. so it should be a fascinating debate. we also this past week, t.j., announced a debate in june in new hampshire. of course, new hampshire is the first

let me join my colleagues and thinking pawlenty staff. m -- in thinking -- in thanking my staff.ou have gone beyond the call of duty, keeping a wonderful sense of humor every day. you make me a lot smarter. they join me in honoring your service. thanks to our new media office that has worked around the clock to make sure that everything we do is available online. we set a new president in the -- president -- precedent in the ways we opened up the meeting to interact online. it is very hard to do, especially given the infrastructure challenges we have. thanks to the work of all the incredible servants. they are adopting rules to make sure it is a powerful platform for innovation and job creation and to empower innovation and protect free expression brita the rules will increase -- expression. the rules will increase certainty in the marketplace. the rules the film many promises including a promise of the future. i will be very proud to cast my vote. let's proceed to a vote. although is aaye first day -- all those in favor say aye. although na is a poseye say -- all those opposed s

there is indiana governor mitch daniels, former house speaker newt gingrich, minnesota governor, tim pawlenty and south dakota senator, john thune. what do they say? they say there is plenty in the tax package that they don't like, but they think this deal is better than the alternative, letting taxes go up on january 1st. they also stay provides some clarity about the future which business leaders have wanted. now, clearly there is potential political danger in both positions. for those who vote yes, they risk incurring the wrath of tea party groups, some which said they don't like the bill. for those that vote no, taxes go up on january 1st they risk induring the wrath of voters will don't want higher taxes. >> we have yet to find out what is going to happen january 1st w don't know. wait and see what happens with the tax package first. >> thanks, jessica. >>> nine years into the war in afghanistan, president obama insists the u.s. is making some progress toward defeating al qaeda. he says he will travel to pakistan next year, in part to push for tougher action against what he called terror

i think pawlenty is actually their best possible. >> do you really? >> yes.the right -- he's the right age, he has the right dynamic, he's from a good part of the world for republicans. >> what about billy geisst? he's from the upper west side. could he run? >> willie geisst, is worth considering, yes. >> get in late, too. >> vice presidential -- youth and vigor. vice presidential candidate, yes. >> and by the way, the heroin conviction, toronto 71 -- >> conviction -- charge. >> i am so sorry. i always make that mistake. same thing with miami. you and morrison. >> the exposure? >> yeah. but it was -- that's what you did. >> it was the '70s. >> or the late -- >> i feel like you and miley cyrus together as a ticket. >> oh, come on. >> youthful indiscretion, 2012. >> let's turn serious for a second. ronwiden. >> ron widen, the senator, of course, democrat of oregon, with some cancer. >> yeah, so he is scheduled surgery for the 20th, assuming -- a long time ago, assume congress would be out of session. will be there saturday on procedural votes on don't ask, don'

i believe topology -- tim pawlenty has had a good track record and has done a good job.i do not support sarah palin. edenfield she has the qualities -- i do not feel she has the qualities to be president. also she walked at of the governorship of alaska. i am not sure that the others are being mentioned are going to be able to get there. newt gingrich and mike huckabee will not get there. john doon is competent, potentially a vice president candidate. that is a possibility. i am keeping my powder dry on that. >> all the names you mentioned sound more conservative than you. >> they probably are more conservative than i am. mitt romney has gone from being more moderate to a little more conservative. -- more conservative in recent years. my sense is that the republican candidate for president is going to be more conservative than i am. he will half to beat more conservative. i expect that person to be relatively conservative but thoughtful. -- he will have to be more conservative. he has to be thoughtful and flexible in terms of what you are doing. to work with other people

but right now tim pawlenty is tackling unions even though he used to be in one.hen: a war on christianity that we haven't seen before. baby jesus banned from this public terminal. the christmas tree is just fine. really? we report, you decide coming up. >> brian: he's out of the manger. >> gretchen: the monster storm crossing the country wreaking havoc on air travel. thousands of passengers trying to get off the ground in chicago after being stranded all night. our reporter live at o'hare. good morning. >> hey, good morning. this morning it's very, very busy inside the terminal here at american airlines. terminal 3. i want to show you something. you see all these people here that are facing in one direction, they are part of the security line, which never goes this far usually and it goes all the way down and then you have to get, once you get into the security line, you have to wrap around, snake around. but we're looking at about 1700 flights that were canceled yesterday. i was just in there a short while ago and looked at the departure board. ten flight cancel