movies are about vanquishing a villain, that's what movies are about. and what happens in american politics is that notice how, and we see this in the republican debate, that idea of vanquishing the villain, in this case barack obama, has become the political meme. it's not about policy. it's not about interests. it's about, there's this bad guy in the white house and we've got to defeat him. that's "batman." that's not really the way the political system would operate. and it contributes to polarization. >> have you seen "ides of march" with -- >> yes, i have, yes. >> george clooney? there's a moment in there where he talks differently about religion from the way many candidates including santorum are doing. let me play that for us. >> i am not a christian, or an atheist. i'm not jewish or muslim. what i believe, my religion, is written on a piece of paper called the constitution. meaning, that i will defend, until my dying breath, your right to worship, in whatever god you believe in. as long as it doesn't hurt others. i believe we should be judged as

be vanquished at all cost. it is not so easy to kill from the inside, a shifting corridor of blame. not so easy to trace an intricate blame of betrayals and broken treaties. the enemy is not you, the enemy is not me. the enemy is muslim, christian, atheist, hindu, jew. he is our collective face, our evolution, the devolution, the ripening of long injustices. thank you. the next poet is michael palmer. >> what of that wolf hound at full stride. what of the woman that serves as fairl guide and witness to the snowy hive? what of the singer robed in red and frozen at mid-song? and the stone, its brokenness, or the voice oft seen that says note the dragon seen but asking no questions of flight, no questions of irridescence, what of that century, did you see it pass? what of that wolf hound at your back? and then a poem that is for mahmud darlish called the dream of narcissus. the dream of narcissus, that there would be a silence loud as time. the dream of the writer that there could be a silence loud as time, the dream of time that rest might come, the dream of rest, that unrest might ar

interpretations of the civil war which he sees in beardian terms as the northern industrial interests vanquishing the south. you think the abolishonists were banned. again, just like a lot of popular journalistic versions of history. that sold more books than anyone on this panel. probably anybody out there combined will ever sell of their books. it has had an impact on the people on the left to be activities. it gives them a narrative. all the time that there were a lot of people in our profession who were dumping on the master narrative. i was never one of those people. not that we should have one narrative. unless we have a coherent narrative and it is all complexity and if it is all exceptions to this and exceptions to that, then people will be bored by it. only scholars will want to read about it. i was so happy when, you know, jackson wrote his wonderful book. "rebirth of a nation." this is, i think, the best narrative of the period. it is unlike zen, alive. tragedy of the classic kind. obviously, his book will not be assigned in many high schools. >> jackson, in the same piece of yours tha

it has been alleged the rainfall powell claimed he was off camping with his sons the night susan vanquished. managed to keep custody of his kids until last fall when his father was arrested forvoyeurism and child pornography and just last wednesday a judge denied powell's request to regain custody of his children. >> i think it was an opportunity to hurt the people he was angry at. >> reporter: powell's lawyer tells the associated press minutes before the explosion, powell sent an e- mail, simply saying, "i'm sorry, goodbye." cbs news. >>> three people are lucky to be alive tonight after their plane crashed upside-down into a hughes. it happened in montana saturday afternoon. witnesses say the plane started sputtering out before it plunged into the house. >> we started digging into the side of the plane and a couple of dogs came out and we heard muffing noises and dug further and there ways parker hanging upside-down who said get me out of here and that is what we did. >> the homeowner was inside the home when the crash happened. he wasn't injured and helped the passengers escape. all three

another it's never a solution because the victors all of us they you with your eventual on the vanquished. he speaks about cold in the vulnerability of the united states seem in the it's a good concept you know why shouldn't some state be told lean vulnerable to security threats but he writes in his article that the stole doing vulnerability for the united states means total vulnerability for many other us maybe for all of the us because then the united states would not only be the biggest in the world with the biggest amount of firepower but also it will be able to strike anyone it wants to strike. now let's check in now with the r.t. business desk to get some reaction to the prime minister's article. well the prime minister put in gives his view on how to resolve europe's economic woes and his article he suggests forming a common economic zone with the e.u. and return he writes europe should give up the third and you package join me for more on that in a business part. also ahead costo blanco spring as spanish protesters turn out by the thousands in a struggle to stay afloat during thei

one side or another it's never a solution because the victors always you would you venture on the vanquished turning to america and to quote what he said here he believes the u.s. is striving for status of invincibility saying that nato washington's foreign security plans make other countries when he says vulnerable what exactly does he mean by all that well he speaks about cold in the vulnerability of the united states and seemingly it's a good concept you know why shouldn't some state be told lean vulnerable to security threats but he writes in his article that these stall doing vulnerability for the united states means total vulnerability for many others i mean before all that this because then the united states would not only be the biggest power when the ward with the biggest amount of fire power but also it will be able to strike anyone it wants to strain. now he also says that iran has a right to a peaceful nuclear program for energy sources only how does that go down that comment with the u.s. especially israel but from a legal point of view which is absolutely right because. iran is

another it's never a solution because the victor of all this day you would your eventual on the vanquished. he speaks about cold in the vulnerability of the united states seem in the it's a good concept you know why shouldn't some state witold lean vulnerable to security threats but he writes in his article that the stole doing vulnerability for the united states means total vulnerability for many other us maybe for all of the us because then the united states would not only be the biggest in the world with the biggest amount of firepower but also it will be able to strike anyone it wants to strike. the european union has slapped the syrian government with its toughest set of sanctions yet these include an asset freeze and a ban on importing precious metal metals and minerals from the country the e.u. was previously syria's top trading partner let's get more on the details on this from artie's tests are live for us in brussels. so tell us what's the e.u. expecting to achieve by this move and what effect have the sanctions had up to this point. well the objective of the e.u. is clear here t

exactly as ambrose evans pritchard uses the term carthaginian carthage pieces a piece in which the vanquished has destroyed utterly a peace deal that once you are wiped out wiped off the face of the earth that's right they employ the scorched earth a pro. to carthage that is the say the romans did and they just scorched it they have blitter ate of it now here you have germany applying a scorched earth roman attacks carthage style obliteration of of greece of athens it's a nobody's interest and it's not even in germany's interest well actually wolfgang schauble cording to this article he was actually quoted caught on tape anyway talking to a portuguese finance minister in which he said to the portuguese minister don't worry we're not going to do this to you this our treatment of greece is in order to appease our population at home private exactly this is amazing it's coming through now that the policy makers in germany that are applying the scorched earth policy to greece are doing so to appease their local constituents who want blood for some reason they're just bloodthirsty which then brings

side or another it's never a solution because the victor of all this you would you venture on the vanquished. he speaks about cold in the vulnerability of the united states seem in the it's a good concept you know why shouldn't some state be told lean vulnerable to security threats but he writes in his article that the stole doing vulnerability for the united states means total vulnerability for many of us maybe for all of the us because then the united states would not only be the biggest in the world with the biggest amount of firepower but also it will be able to strike anyone it wants to strike. and as we've heard russia is against intervention in syria and pushing for reforms in the country damascus awaits the results of sunday's referendum on a new draft constitution with the government already handling it as a success the vote which went ahead amid reports of ongoing violence is said to have seen a high turnout despite being boycotted by the opposition parties maria has more. the interior minister has said that it will take hours before their preliminary results come out with the main

side or another it's never a solution because the victors always day you would you venture on the vanquished. he speaks about cold in the vulnerability of the united states seemingly it's a good concept you know why shouldn't some state be told lean vulnerable to security threats but he writes in his article that these stall doing vulnerability for the united states means total vulnerability for many others maybe for all of the others because then the united states would not only be the biggest power in the ward with their biggest amount of fire power but also it will be able to strike anyone it wants to strike in conflict toward syria the people have made their voices new constitution one massive support in sunday's referendum despite ongoing violence in some parts of the country. as the latest from damascus. nearly two thirds of all those eligible to vote in syria cast their ballots on sunday with eighty nine percent of them voting in favor of the new charter there's been many concerns before the referendum started on sunday about how the ballot may go on amid bodies in the country how the

it had been vanquished. everybody was liberal well, what was conservatism then? probably personified by robert taft who had been the republican standard bearer -- the conservative standard bearer for the nomination. it was characterized by prudence, caution before world war ii, isolationism, skepticism about the use of military force. and buckley i suggest to you changed it. transformed it. buckley wasn't a political philosopher. his ideas weren't his own. many of them were inherited by his father who was very influential. buried from other thinkers but, but buckley was a brilliant polemicists and he was also an extremely gifted leader and as gifted leaders know building a movement is not about a personal glory, it is about creating an army. you think of -- you can think of buckley, i think, as the conductor of an orchestra. he didn't write the music, he didn't play the instruments but he decided what was going to be played and he decided who was going to play it. he decided who to invite into the orchestra and who not to invite in he decided who to expel from th

he's vanquished tom brady and bill belichick in their quest to the super bowl. >> let's talk about tomthe other side do. you feel any differently about him now losing his last two super bowls? >> he's gotten three. he's made multiple trips where he hasn't won, but i don't think you take anything away from tom brady for losing the super bowl. he gets his team there. he was in a position to win it towards the end, couldn't make the final plays. tom brady got three, lost two. he's got a great life outside the super bowl. he makes a ton of money in the nfl and is married to gisele who makes more money than he does. still pretty good to be tom brady. >> johnny, you do a great job on the fan in the morning. thanks for stopping by. >> back to you guys. >>> still ahead tonight after a big win in nevada mitt romney now hoping to keep momentum going in two more states tomorrow. >>> plus over 100 d.c. employees caught stealing unemployment benefits while on the job. >>> up next helping the homeless. we'll introduce you to local heros making a difference in people's lives when they need it most. >

. >> anmerica where money is power and super pacs rule, and a vanquished newt is a vicious one. >> i'm not running for entertainer in chief. >> could have fooed me. -- fooled me. >> and we begin this afternoon with mitt romney. newly crowned front-runner in. the republican race. kicking off his victory lap with a kick to the poor. indeed. fresh off his win in florida, thanks to about 16 million dollars worth of negative ads, he chose this moment to describe his lack of interest in the very poor. take a listen. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich. they're doing just fine. >> even cnn's soledad o'brien was a little taken aback by the comment but listen to what governor romney says when he's pressed on it. >> you just said i'm not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net. i think there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say, that sounds odd. >> we will hear from the democrat party the apply the of the poor and there's no question, it's not

>> i'm not sure they can, i think they have to vanquish him and shame and humiliate him.have to court and bring those folks on board, these angry voters you are talking about, who are reluctant to get behind anyone, but i don't know about courting gingrich himself. >> i think newt in the race helps romney. the more he describes romney as a massachusetts moderate the more it helps in the general, so as far as i'm concerned, romney is in good shape having newt nipping at his heels. >> counter c.w., all right, we'll see. shameless plug, fast. >> noon today we'll have jay hogan gidley. >> biggest and best article on romney and bain capital is in the current national review, check it out. >> i want to plug "bloomberg review." there's a great piece on the way newt uses coded language. >> he sent it to me and i meant to plug it sooner. jeff, i'm sorry, your real friend here is jonathan alter. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." we'll see you back in d.c. tomorrow. up next is chris jansing. at 1:00. don't miss my friend andrea mitchell. [ degeneres ] what's more be

another life vanquished by substance abuse." but it is, in fact, the way the rest of the media that as covered it. dr. drew was on cnn every night last week talking about addiction in the whitney coverage and i'm glad he did that. but i was in no mood for it. and i know i'm not the only one. i was in the mood for a wake, not for lecturing. i knew, contrary to o'reilly's imagined media coverage of whitney's tragic end that everybody else would be with talking about addiction. i knew i didn't have to and i didn't feel like it. when one of miss best friends from st. brennan's elementary school drank himself to death while still in his 30s, we had a huge wake for him. some people talked about his addiction, his bad attitude towards aa, the details of his horrible end, and how he was found in his apartment in the same boston apartment where we all grew up. but i stayed in the corner of the funeral room where all we talked about was what we loved about him, how smart and funny he was. we didn't talk about the other stuff, the stuff th

what is his challenge to maintain the momentum and maybe to try to vanquish his competitors to get themdrop out at least one of them? >> that is tough thing to do as well. a lot the candidates can get some number of delegates, it makes it longer for you to show up for nomination. technically, you couldn't get all the delegates you need until the end of april. romney's strategy is do a bulldozer and force candidates out either by lack of money or simply momentum and the way forward. ron paul is going to be in i the for the long haul. i just talked to him. he is in minnesota trying to get delegates. >> gregg: does he want to influence the platform at the convention, is that his goal, ron paul? >> he doesn't talk openly but privately, yes. they do want to have a major say at the convention, maybe a speaking role and prime time speaking role in tampa. they want to affect the g.o.p. platform. what it looks like is i think is a lot between now and end of august. >> gregg: rick santorum, how do you see it for him? >> he is in it, either mitt romney or newt gingrich don't perform, they implode,

the fundamental reason we're not able to fully vanquish the taliban is that they go back to safe havensops you have, that ain't going to change. and so we're going to having to deal with the reality that the taliban is here to stay. and that's why i believe and have believed for years now negotiating with the taliban is the only way we're going to get some kind of peace settlement because they're not going to disappear. first of all, they do represent an authentic element of afghan society. secondly, they're supported by the pakistanis. so this is more a question about are we willing to come to terms with the afghanistan that exists or are we going to keep fighting in the hope somehow we can completely destroy all the bad guys if they can constitute 30, 40% of the society. a is very unlikely. the and b, the volunteersed you have to put in for a decade or two is not worth it. >> you're free to say we're still working on it. i imagine this subject will play highly in your upcoming show on friday. >> we've got peggy noonan. david brooks, david from the new yorker talking about mitt romney,

i think there is a chance that the romney campaign may have thought that afte after vanquishing, gingrich and perry that voters would think that romney was the best and strongest candidate and wouldn't keep turning to somebody else. that clearly has not been the case. romney's challenge is using his background as somebody who grew up in michigan and his father was governor there and well liked and mixing it with what he has to offer today. many voters don't remember his father as governor. they may not have been aeu lived, thealive. they may not have lived there. this may help him with seniors that live there. but for everybody else they may look at him as the former massachusetts governor. we saw a poll that he was leading the field of republican candidates at 64%. he grew up there and made his life in massachusetts. while losing michigan would be a big blow because of the similar bow lies eupl romney doesn't have some of the advantages as if he had been governor there and if he had currently been living there. jon: it will be a fascinating race to walk and we'll be doing here on america