the national rifle association v. city of chicago, they ruled the same as the second circuit in maloney. judges easterbrook and posner refused to ignore the direction from the supreme court, implement supreme court holdings even if the reasoning in later opinions undermines the rationale and said lead to the supreme court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions. what i'm saying is be conservative judges, liberal judges, moderate judges, moderates like judge sotomayor all came to the same conclusion. follow precedent. it may sound lik -- it may sound like i'm doing a tutorial for a law school class. i thought rather than having the rhetoric, let's go to the facts and let's go to the law. because both the facts and the law are unrefutable. and i asked judge sotomayor during her hearing whether not bound by the second circuit or supreme court precedent on whether second amendment rights should be -- be considered fundamental rights, keep in mind -- keep an open mind and evaluate that question. her response to me w

host: you write about the national rifle association. u refer to it has "a senecal mercenary political cult." explain why you wrote that. guest: a lot of what the national rifle association does these days is not about the policy of protecting gun owners or their members. it is much simpler than that. it is about fund raising and membership recruitment and development. perhaps a good example would be for the past year, we have heard how president obama is the most anti-gun president in american history. going back to the 1980's, the national rifle association endorsed and supported george carper walker bush and within a few months of his taking office, by executive order, he signed a bill that outlaw the importation of tens of thousands of semiautomatic rifles into this country. president obama so far has only signed a bill allowing people to carry guns in federal park lands if they are legal to carry and the state. so, it makes one wonder, what does the term really mean? so much of this debate is about the polemics and the words that we

representatives from the loudoun county sheriff's office, virginia state police, the national rifle association were on hand to give people advice and resources. according to the national coalition against domestic violence, one in six women have been the victim of rape or attempted rape. >> dozens of dc residents took part in free health screenings today in ward seven. today's health fair is at the safeway at minnesota avenue. participants were screened for high blood pressure, diabetes, and dental problems. the screenings were provided by the medical center foundation, the nonprofit organization is dedicated to improving health and wellness education for residents of the nation's capital. >>> the former beetle is back in town tonight in just about a half hour from now. some 60,000 fans will watch sir paul mccartny take to the stage at fede field. you can see workers making last minute preparations. tonight's concert comes 45 years after the beetles played their first american concert. the concert tonight is the third stop on a summer tour for the 67-year-old mccartny. the dc based electronic

. >> if you voted for her, the national rifle association threatens to get your free if you voted against her, you could set yourself up for trouble with hispanic voters. >> john mccain was the biggest surprise to me. when lindsey graham, the senator closest to him on the judiciary committee, came out for her. there were only nine republicans who voted for justice sotomayor. four of them are retiring. i think that in itself is revealing. it remains a concern for republicans, who still have a keeping problem with women voters, which they lost in last five elections, latino voters, and young voters. >> i would think he would admire person who goes against his political interest on a matter of principle. there are a lot of for all the ds who are conservative who decided that the democratic standard on this issue -- republicans who are conservative who decided that the democratic standard on this issue ought to be applied. the democratic standard practiced by barack obama as the senator was that he opposed john roberts, as high level of a nominee as we have ever had, on the grounds of idealit

republican senators, announced they were voting against her, after the announcement was made, the national rifle association, that if you do not vote the right way -- >> i wonder what it would have liked attended jefferson was trying to write the declaration of independence if there had been 24-hour news coverage. the likelihood of failure, the whole thing is collapsed. look, we have to take the long view of sonia sotomayor. how she will be viewed is not based on the hearings, but how she is going to look after she has been on the bench for awhile and incited chance to participate in some of the decisions. -- had a chance to participate in some of the decisions. >> do you agree with charles on john roberts? >> no, i don't agree, but i really don't care to debate this, because it is not an issue. >> you brought it up. >> no, you brought it up. >> i want to answer this question of what would happen if we had tabled in the time of jefferson, we would have been saying it "god save the queen" every day. not a bad tune. >> that is the way we would have covered the economy, the stimulus debate. it is instant repor

the only rival might be the national rifle association. e aarp is second in size -- in any organization in the country to the catholic church. it can, if it wants, kill health reform, and it remarkable to me that the aarp, which has been working so closely with the white house and the democrats, actually made the statement, slapping back the president on his mistake in new hampshire. this was a very big deal. they monitor closely their members and their views, because they nearly have a catastrophic situation in the 1990's when they backed catastrophic healthcare on chill and their members hated it, and they still went ahead and pushed for it, and they vowed never to make such a mistake again to defy their members, and so it's clear to me their members are now telling them in their own polls they don't like what they see, and this is a real problem for healthcare reform. >> well, the aarp was helping several days back to debunk the myth that these optional consultations that would be paid for if you wanted one, about end-of-life care, were

host: you write about the national rifle association. you refer to it has "a senecal mercenary political cult." explain why you wrote that. guest: a lot of what the national rifle association does these days is not about the policy of protecting gun owners or their members. it is much simpler than that. it is about fund raising and membership recruitment and development. perhaps a good example would be for the past year, we have heard how president obama is the most anti-gun president in american history. going back to the 1980's, the national rifle association endorsed and supported george carper walker bush and within a few months of his taking office, by executive order, he signed a bill that outlaw the importation of tens of thousands of semiautomatic rifles into this country. president obama so far has only signed a bill allowing people to carry guns in federal park lands if they are legal to carry and the state. so, it makes one wonder, what does the term really mean? so much of this debate is about the polemics and the words that w

. >> reporter: the national rifle association even threatened to downgrade any southerner who voted to confirm sotomayor in its closely watched candidate ratings. that didn't stop george join vich of ohio, retiring at the end of this term, who broke with his party and voted for confirmation. >> judge sotomayor is not the nominee i would have selected if president. but naking a nomination is not my role here today. >> reporter: the swearing in of judge sotomayor will take place this saturday at the supreme court. t.j. winick, abc news, washington. >>> twitter is warning of spotty service, as it recovers from a cyber attack that paralyzed the site. the popular messaging sight suffered what is known as a denial of service attack yesterday. that's when a website is inundated by hackers, preventing legitimate users from getting through. facebook offered slowdowns but was never fully out of commission. it may have been part of the ongoing political conflict between russia and georgia. >>> funerals to take place tomorrow for two of the three victims in the gym shooting rampage near pittsburgh

up their base, that they're attracting independents, in the case of sonia sotomayor, the national rifle association has some republicans scared to the point that they don't feel that in their state that they can support someone who the n.r.a. went up against, sonia sotomayor, and someone who is against. gwen: john cornyn in texas -- or kay bailey hutchinson running for governor of texas who you would think would want to support the first hispanic nominee but who are balancing out the pressure. >> exactly. they feel the n.r.a. will be far more important to their political future than perhaps the hispanic vote. they made a calculated decision. >> and one tie-in on the health care debate, if lip rams inside the congress and outside are somewhat unhappy with obama and others that are letting this senate finance committee look for this big compromise and they're saying, why are you trying to pick up some republicans? look, you can't even get a handful of them to vote for sonia sotomayor, why are we chasing this bipartisanship that's a phantom, let's just go ahead and particular with -- stick with our li

. >> if you voted for her, at the national rifle association is against you. if you don't -- if you vote against her, you have trouble with hispanic voters. >> john mccain was the biggest surprise for me. the key was the nine republicans who voted for justice sotomayor. four of them are retiring. i think that in itself is revealing. it remains a concern for republicans who still have a taping problem with women voters, which they last in the last five elections, latino voters, and young voters. >> i would think he would admire person who goes and against his political interest on a matter of principle. there are a lot of voters who are conservative who decided that the democratic standard ought to be applied, and the democratic standard practiced by barack obama as a senator was that he voted against john roberts, who was without a doubt as high-level a nominee as we have ever had, obama posted on grounds of ideology. -- obama opposed him on grounds of ideology. that is how i think the conservatives have voted. it is going to hurt them with hispanics and women,

representatives from the loudoun county sheriff's office, virginia state police and the national rifle associationand to give attendees instructions and resources where needed during the two-hour seminar. according to the national coalition against domestic violence, one and six women have been the victim of rape or attempted rape. >>> while they debate health care on capitol hill, dozens took part in free health screenings today. participants were screened for high blood pressure, diabetes, prostate and dental needs. the location was a safe way store. the health screenings were provided by the united medical center foundation. it's a nonprofit with the goal of i am prufling health and -- improving health and awareness is. >>> we're reporting tonight that three americans have been detained in iran. they war parentally hiking in iraq's kurdish reason when they crossed into iranian terror re. we have more on this story. >> arrested three americans. >> reporter: iranian tv is saying three detainees are under arrest. >> they have been detained for illegal entry into iran. >> reporter: reports say the

host: you write about the national rifle association. fer to it has "a senecal mercenary political cult." explain why you wrote that. guest: a lot of what the national rifle association does these days is not about the policy of protecting gun owners or their members. it is much simpler than that. it is about fund raising and membership recruitment and development. perhaps a good example would be for the past year, we have heard how president obama is the most anti-gun president in american history. going back to the 1980's, the national rifle association endorsed and supported george carper walker bush and within a few months of his taking office, by executive order, he signed a bill that outlaw the importation of tens of thousands of semiautomatic rifles into this country. president obama so far has only signed a bill allowing people to carry guns in federal park lands if they are legal to carry and the state. so, it makes one wonder, what does the term really mean? so much of this debate is about the polemics and the words that we use.

. >>> the national rifle association is pressing senators to vote against sonia sotomayor as she seekso become the first hispanic supreme justice. it's the first time they've issued an upon on a nominee. >>> rumors swirling that sarah palin is seeking a divorce from her husband. the story sparked some of you to e-mail our news room asking if it's true. a spokeswoman says it's false and they remain committed to each other. >>> he's back before he ever really left. wide receiver derek mason returned from a brief retirement. just yesterday he called the owner and told him that he intends to rejoin the team training camp today. nathan has lay for the ravens since march of 2005. >>> it's a busy day when it comes to weather. part of the state is you were a severe thunderstorm warning. let's check in with tim. >>> some improvement since the last time we spoke. excuse me. trying to wrestle a cough. we're dealing with a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for caroll county. it was in effect for caroll county and frederic county. now it's just caroll county. these storms are rolling through ra

there was a man who identified himself as a member of the national rifle association and it was prettyough, the president saying, look, you're not going to be able to pay for this. he was very direct, very blunt, saying you're not going to be able to pay for all this change without raising our taxes. the president did push back in one respect by saying, look, you're not going to get something for nothing. there are probably going to be some taxes raised, but as you point out, wolf, which is very important, that he's talking about raising taxes on people making over $250,000 a year. the president reiterating that his campaign promise that he won't raise taxes on people making under $250,000. i think if you take a step back from this, i've been talking to a lot of people here in montana who expressed some of this concern that that gentleman from the nra expressed, and these were people who identified themselves to me as obama voters, but they say they agree with the president, there's a crisis, they want to see him get something done, but they're very worried about government control, ab

questions were not very hard-hitting until one man identified himself as a proud member of the national rifle association. he wanted to know how we are going to cover the cost of all of this. >> you cannot tell us how you will pay for this. you are saving here, over there, take a little money here, but you have no money. the only way you will get the money is to raise taxes. you said you would not. shepard: president obama responded it is true. you cannot cover all the uninsured in america for three. he reiterated its promise to completely avoid raising taxes on those who earn less than 1/4 of a million dollars per year. the president has an answer. >> 2/3 of the money we can obtain just by eliminating waste and inefficiencies. the congressional budget office agreed with that, which is not something i am making up. republicans do not dispute it. the other 1/3 we would have to find additional revenue, but it would not come on the backs of the middle-class. shepard: the president said he appreciated the question and "the respectful way in which the man asked it." a nod to the reality that the meetings have

she made time for the national rifle association seminar in anchorage. she spoke and attended the dinner with her husband, todd, although not all politicians get such a warm welcome lately. [ shouting ] >> that was a town hall for the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and senator arlen specter. in the past few months democrats across the country from new york to florida to virginia and iowa, we're seeing a series of town hall gone wild here. let's bring in josh kroshauer, a writer for politico. what is the prevailing sense that these town halls take when people stand up and start shouting. >> it's important to put context to the situation. town halls are usually pretty quiet affairs. you have a few different people who show up and talk about the issues of the day. over the last month, we've seen a lot of conservatives, a lot of republican activists storm into these town hall meetings and raise some serious and angry questions about the member's votes on health care, the stimulus, energy legislation. and they've really made their voices

a major lobby group in washington, d.c., the national rifle association, has for the first time notified their members and colleagues that this is going to be on the scorecard. the gun lobby, the national rifle association, has come out in opposition to judge sotomayor. i believe it's the first time >> most of the criticism of her on this issue is focused on that case. in that case, she came to the exact same conclusion as the panel of the seventh circuit in my home state of illinois, which featured two of our most conservative icons on the bench. they concluded that only the supreme court, not appellate court could overrule supreme court precedent on whether the second amendment right to bear arms supplies to states. i realize the nra does not like that ruling. it wanted her to do with the ninth circuit did an overrule it. in the mulally case, she did what an appellate court should do as she followed the law. the nomination is the third supreme court nomination i have voted on in my years of service. because the stakes are so high, i believe these nominations carry the burden of proof w

a major lobby group in washington, d.c., the national rifle association, has for the first time notified their members and colleagues that this is going to be on the score card. the gun lobby of the national rifle association has come out in opposition to judge sotomayor. i believe it's the first time that they've ever taken a position. on a supreme court justice. i listened to her testimony on the maloney case. most of the criticism of her on this issue has focused on that case. but in that case she came to the exact same conclusion as the three-judge panel of the seventh circuit based in my home state of illinois which featured two of our most conservative icons on the federal bench, frank easterbrook and frank posner. they concluded the supreme court not appellate courts can overrule century-old presidents on the second amendment of the right to bare arms. i know senate allies do not like that ruling. they want judge sotomayor to do what the ninth circuit and overrule precedent. but judge sotomayor did what she should do and followed the law. the sotomayor nomination is the third supr

send anyone who doubts this need only read justice scalia's opinion in that case was the national rifle association immerses the city of chicago 567 federal after the 856. so once again judge sotomayor decision was squarely in the agreement with the court after port after a court. now some of my colleagues have said that the ninth circuit disagreed is and it is true that three of its judges didn't, but last week will ninth circuit voted to review these three judges decisions henry here it as a full court. and that case is your diapers is converses 15763 appear unwilling ninth circuit july 29th 20009. and lost their health bois. the loss of one of three appointed judges. now let me just summarize. judge sotomayor has 29 in a half years of relevant legal experience. she has a 17 year record of bonneville of. she has of the experience, the temperament, and the knowledge. she will be in my view a fine supreme court just as profound mr. president, supreme for injustices don't merely call balls and strikes, they make decisions that determine whether axa of congress will stand or fall. they decide how far

i think it has a whole lot more to do with the fact that the national rifle association for the first time is using legislators votes on this nomination in their scoring for when they do their endorsements for candidates. >> ah. >> there's a lot of fear on capitol hill of the nra and i think that might have a whole lot more to do -- >> >> judicial activism is why you have the setup. >> we need an nra party, the bank party, the health care party, the union party. >> that's the american political system, we don't have democrats and republicans. that's the big misdirect. anyway, contessa, what's going on with our president? >> we have some breaking news coming in about the former president bill clinton. the south korean news agency is reporting that clinton has passed on a verbal message to kim jong-il from u.s. president barack obama. bill clinton is on a mission right now to north korea seeking the release two of journalists, laura ling and euna lee who have been held in north korea since march. they were accused and convicted of sneaking in to that country illegally, and basically nor

the second amendment, yet she is supported by a senator who has a perfect rating with the national rifle association. and you say she's pro abortion, and i remember rush limbaugh even back in june said her record on abortion is not clear. what is your objection to her nomination? >> she's been evasive on a number of questions. i met with her privately. i asked her some fairly simple questions about the constitution, the bill of rights. she seems more founded in precedent than in upholding the constitution. and a number of us are very concerned about an activist court that's trying to expand what the constitution intends for the federal government to do. >> do you think that her record has been a record of an activist? >> we have some problems with a number of her decisions, particularly on bill of rights questions such as the second amendment. the decision that she made about the firemen was questionable. a lot of her speeches suggest that she has a different idea of what a justice should do. but she had some confirmation conversions, and she came back to the point of view of a constructionist type

i serve on the board of the national rifle association. [applause] gun owners the vote on the gun issues simply wish to be left alone. they do not go knocking on doors, insisting that everyone else be a hunter. they do not ask for gun stamps. [laughter] they don't require that every fourth grade child be read books entitled "at her has to hunters -- " heather has two hunters." [applause] on schoolers want to be left alone to educate their children at home. all of the various communities of faith that do not agree on who gets back many things, but they want to be left alone to practice their faith. we can be ecumenical. we have conservative catholics and orthodox jews, muslims, and mormons who don't agree on things. and we do not agree on everything. a guy who was to make money all day it looks across the deck i it was to go to church all day. that is not how i spend my time did they both look at a guy who was funneling his gum. -- the land -- fondling his gun. we simply want to be freed. we both of a dying in the middle of the table this sa

the national rifle association recently stepped into the debate urging senators to vote no.lobby has argued against a supreme court nominee. top lawyer at the white house in jeopardy of losing his job. craig has become a political liability for the obama administration since leading the effort to close downtown prison at gitmo and releasing national security documents from the bush administration. a white house spokesperson says there are nothing to any of these rumors. lawmakers taking up the cash for clunkers extension on capitol hill today. senate democrats are trying to convince republicans to approve not a $2 billion. a little extension for the rebate program after it ran out of money 26 days earlier. the incentives would probably grinsd to a halt this week without the extra cash. afternoon speaking of cash for clunkers, let's bring in somebody who has been talking a heck of a lot about that on his program glenn beck. steve: how are you? >> good. steve: gretch was talking about how there is a lot of paperwork involved for any dealers that want to be involved in this. >>

gun collectors group presented her with lifetime memberships and she received the national rifle association'solden medal award of merit for promotion of gun collecting. >>> a half a million dollar lottery ticket disappeared from the winner's pocket. he said he stashed his scratch-off ticket in his pocket while he got directions to west palm beach, florida. on the way there, though, he realized his ticket was gone, and he thicnks a pick-pocket go him. >> he was getting too close, and i said, would you like to go first? i left there thinking my lotto was still in my pocket. i came home and it was gone. >> ah, since he didn't sign the ticket, anybody can turn it in. >>> 35 minutes past the hour. we're going to talk about what's going on in your backyard today. but we brought you earlier a breaking story about a plane that made an emergency landing. bob is going to show you the weather it apparently went through. good morning. >> indeed, robin. it was a little farther north than an inter-tropical convergence. let me zoom to the tropics, show you the dominican republic. you can see haiti right the

republicans are promising to vote against her calling sotomayor an activist judge and the national rifle associationomising to downgrade any senator who votes to confirm the nominee. >>> more on the breaking news this morning -- former vice president bill clinton is in north korea trying to broker a deal to get two american journalists back home. all of this happening while his wife, the secretary of state, is in africa. hillary clinton on the biggest international trip she's made so far. so a lot of high-stakes clinton traveling today. doug is a former advisor to hillary clinton, worked with the clintons. and the former strategist and advisor to mitt romney's campaign. good morning to both of you. thanks for being with us this morning. >> good morning. >> what do you make of president clinton's trip to pyongyang. they're talking about behind the scenes back room dealings going on. they didn't release an official itinerary. he's there right now. but it seems to be to try to secure the release of the two u.s. journalists at the detain? >> apparently, the women's families were told by the korean gover

. >> this is kind of like when the national rifle association says you vote sotomayor, we'll put thise only way to drive health care costs down is to have the public option. they said to us, this is our working members, and nonunion members alike, have said without the public option, you can't break the stranglehold of these companies. look, they made in the last five years, their profits increased 1,000%. costs to workers have gone up over 300%. we're in crisis in this country. >> that's understood. >> and rather than posture back and forth and the republicans say no to everything, and the democrats continue to water theirselves down, they're saying, take action to so we can move forward. >> why the public plan? why has that become the end all, be all? now you have the white house putting out anonymous quotes saying, how did this become the litmus test for any solution? why is nothing else acceptable? >> 94% of the insurance markets in this country are highly concentrated. that means there were just a few insurance companies that control the prices and control the product in each one

. >>> the national rifle association says former alaska governor sarah palin gave her first speech since the weekend. the news media were not invited but the nra says on its blog that palin gave what it called a stirring speech on second amendment rights. she also received an nra award and lifetime membership in several local gun clubs. jo and remember, for the latest political news anytime, check outcnnpolitics.com. hey, jack. >>> a question this hour. after all, unfortunately for michigan, it covered foreign makes of cars covered down south. why wouldn't be for stimulating the economy in their own back yard? or could it be they would slit their own throats now to thwart any progress. got to keep americans down. get ready for 2010. the only reason they don't like this one is they didn't think it up. and buy something they probably don't need. not only that, many of those cars being destroyed could be resold to others or at least the parts could be resold. and russell in alaska -- the fact that these blow hards, talking about the senators, are even considering filibustering it is ridicul

i watched john dingell who has fought for his constituents at the auto industry, with the national rifle associationknow, and that's where, i don't think it's just constituents, i think it was started, i know, you've seen-- take a look at people behind getting these people to stand up with their card moving down the line on issues that are talking points in the republican party. >> meaning that some of these people have been organizing, you believe that there are plants. >> absolutely. >> at the town halls meetings. >> absolutely. >> how can you tell who is who? >> well, if leave it up to me, and i heard kristin, a little girl got one a note and she asked the president a question and wow, those questions were planted. nobody made a dmoment about the guy who just got up and you showed the clip of his. he went down a list, all talking points on every single point he makes, who is behind it? in the congress, had to resign, he works-- he just lost his job, i mean, these are people who have been behind it, pushing this stuff, it's unbelievable. >> rick, your response to this? >> well, i would agree with

i serve on the board of the national rifle association. the gun owners who vote on the gun issue simply wish to be left alone. they don't go knocking on doors, insisting that everybody else be a hunter. they do not ask for done stamps. they do not require that every fourth grade child in public schools be taught books saying, have their has two hunters. "heather has two hunters." they just want to be left alone. all the various communities don't agree on who gets to have in their house, but they want to beat left alone to raise their children. we have many different kinds of religions who do not agree. the guy who wants to make money all day looks across the table and everybody at the guy who wants to go to church all day and they both look at the guy who is fumbling his gun, and says that's not what we do with our free time. but it is not necessary that everybody on our team agree with how we spend our free time and freedom. we want to be free. we tend to vote for the guy who says i will leave your taxes alone, guns alone, being left alone

>> yes, most of them are local including the national rifle association. >> red the 10th amendment carefully >> ok, believe me as a former city councilman and former state senator. there probably isn't anyone in this room that better understands how much i want the cities t do their jobs and the states to do their job and we are there to back them up when they need up. but on a day-to-day basis we need them to do their jobs. ma'am, are you from here? >> [inaudible]. >> ok. who else is from moss point? ok. how about the gentleman over here with the polka-dot blue tie. gene, i am below -- mr. clark and i am a resident and i would like to ask a question. i realize that the current health care proposal may have some problems, and you are not going to vote for it. but i think there are some alternatives that may be on the table. and i would like to know if there is and way if there is an alternative that you consider the hard-working mississippians that don't have proper coverage. and if there is a compromise reached that consider hard working mississippians and black-and-white, poor and not poor

opposed to that is on one hand the american civil liberties union and on the other hand the national rifle associationagain, free left on free right. those teams are fighting. you can find them in the paper on issue after issue, on the internet or newspaper. they usually get clustered under something called odd fellow coalitions. there are places where people are going around. look at these strange people on the left and right. what does that mean? what is we are saying that is fundamental. there is a tendency towards order. and requires the integration of freedom and order. if you have only order you will eventually have oppression. if you have only freedom you will eventually have chaos. if you can integrate freedom and order you can, in fact, have progress. because the more order you can organize that is not impressive, the more freedom you can have that is not chaos, that is the key to what we call the transparty imperative. we are saying it is happening all across the country. where is the first point we need to address this politics? the very first point is on districting of legislative district

as sandy froman, a respected lawyer and former president of the national rifle association said in her witness testimony, this is a very, very low threshold that can easily be met by a state or a city that wishs to prohibit all gun ownership even in a home. thus, if judge sotomayor's decision were allowed to stand as precedent, states will ironically be able to do what the federal district of columbia cannot, place a de facto prohibition on the ownership of guns and other arms. someone suggested that judge sotomayor's decision is not cause for alarm. they say she was simply following precedent and that maloney case is not necessarily indicative of what she would do if confirmed to the supreme court. and they point to a recent decision by the seventh circuit which similarly refused to apply the second amendment to state regulations. apart from the fact that her ruling is now binding in state's covered by the second circuit there is a critical difference between judge sotomayor's decision and that of the seventh circuit. while the judges on the seventh circuit explicitly declined to deci

tame new hampshire townhall, the president avoided calling on anyone who could easily be viewed as a supporter. so he found randy rathy wearing a national rifle association shirt. >> and we keep getting the bull. that's all we get is bull. you can't tell us how you are going to pay for this. >> you are absolutely right that i can't cover another 46 million for free. >> reporter: the president went on to reiterate his pledge not to raise taxes on families making $250,000 or less, but said t wealthy would have to pay more. >> that's what i said. i said for people like myself who make more than that, there is nothing wrong with me paying a little bit more in order to help people who have got a little bit less. >> reporter: after the townhall, rathy, a mccain voter, who drove 30 miles across the state to be here, said he wasn't convinced the president could fulfill his promise. >> i want him and max bachus to say here's where the money is. i am afraid where it is coming from out of our taxpayers' pockets again. >> reporter: today's townhall held in an an airplane hangar easily secured from the public. while the requisite protestors were gathered a half mile

well, the ex-governor continued her crusade at a national rifle association event in anchorage this pastkend. a write-in on the nra's website said palin gave a stirring speech on second amendment rights and earned a handful of lifetime awards including the gold medal award of merit for the promotion of gun collecting, a trophy that's only been bestowed twice in the last decade. it's a bad day for mooses. >>> and tonight's "big number." remember the poll last week where a majority of republicans said either no or not sure when asked if president obama was born in the u.s.? well, here is a blast from the past courtesy of real clear politics. back in 2007, two years ago, rasmussen polled voters with a similar out of left field question asking whether they believed then-president bush had gotten the inside word that the world trade towers and the pentagon were about to be hit on september 11th, 2001. we're talking hard intel as to what was coming that day, how the hijackers were going to grab those planes and fly them into buildings. how many democrats said either yes bush knew or they weren

cane new hampshire town hall the president avoided on calling anyone who could easily be viewed as a support ter. he found randy who was wearing a national rifle association. >> we keep getting the bull, that's all we get is bull. you can't tell us how you're going to pay for this. >> you are absolutely right, that i can't cover another 46 million people for free. >> reporter: the president went on to reiterate his pledge not to raise taxes on families making $250,000 or less, but also said the wealthy would have to pay more. >> that's what i said. but i said that for people like myself who make more than that, there's nothing wrong with me paying a little bit more in order to help people who have got a little bit less. >> reporter: after the town hall, ratty, a mccain voter who drove 300 miles across the state to be here said he wasn't convinced the president could fulfill his promise. >> i want him and people to say, here's where the money is and i'm afraid where it's coming from is out of the taxpayer pockets again. >> reporter: this was held in an airplane hangar, easily secured from the public. and while the requisite protesters were gathered about a

opposed tohat mccain feingold, is on one hand, the american civil union and on the other in national rifle association. again, free left, free write. those teams are fighting. you can find them in the paper on issue after issue on th internet or the newspaper, and they usually get clustered under something called on fellow coalitions. there are places where people are going around saying ok at these strange people on the right on something. what does that mean? how does that work? what we are saying is that his fundamental. its fundamental. there is a tendency toward freedom on the left and on the right, and a tendency toward order on the left and on the right. and progress requires the integration of freedom in order. if you have only order you will eventually have all pression. if you have only three of you will eventually have chaos. if you can integrate freedom and order, you can in fact have progress. because the more order you can organize that is not oppressive, the more freedom you can have that is not chaos. that's the key to what we call the trans-partisan imperative. and we are saying it's