we caught up with wittman today at the children's hospital.an went to the republican national convention in tampa, florida, last week. today we asked her if she thought republican presidential candidate mitt romney got a boost from that convention. >> it's really hard to know, because i think you have to look at what happened after the republican national convention, what happens after, you know, the democratic national convention. and then frankly, there's 60- some odd days so it will be a race to the finish and a lot can happen. >> wittman lost to jerry brown in the 2010 california governor's race. >>> san francisco is looking for hundreds of people to work on election day. they plan to hire more than 2500 people to staff the polling sites on november 6. applicants must be at least 18 years old, a u.s. citizen and registered to vote in california. those who are hired must also complete a training course before the election. pay for the one-day assignment is between $125 and $170. >>> just about an hour ago, the oakland a's announced that pit

. >> reporter: virginia congressman rob wittman is on the house armed services committee. nationwide 2.1 million jobs are at risk. virginia alone relies on 113,000 jobs, $8 billion in sales and $150 million in state revenue. >> we need that information so that folks out there and federal government employees and our contractors know what to expect and how this will affect their lives. >> reporter: democrats blamed republicans for not letting them raise taxes and bring in more revenue while republicans had blamed democrats for not cutting enough entitlements. jim moran says he does not think congress would risk losing defense jobs. >> no employer should be issuing any so-called war notices. i don't expect anyone to have to be laid off as a result of this impending sequester. i think we're going to kick the can down the road and deal with it in the spring. >> reporter: but if congress does not act, in less than four months defense cuts will go into effect putting a very easy to understand result on the not so easy to say hammer of sequestration. remember, all this was made n

like a john melancon, emma goldman, walter wittman, khalil, william jennings bryan, thomas, lionel trimmings, huey newton, cornell west and harold bloom. while some were enlivened, by his writings and others were mortified by his writings, none were in different to the implication of his philosophy to the promise of american life. yet today i want to look at a different kind of reader. i want to look at a different kind of source, and mainly i'm going to look at the fan letters that were written by nietzsche's american readers and sent to the nietzsche archive in germany. i do so not only because they give us access to the intellectual bottle of, quote on "average americans often lost or at least overlooked by intellectual historians, but because the signal how and why nietzsche's philosophy of the image of the suffering martyred mad genius became so instrumental in american intellectual life. we see how americans pressed nietzsche into service using him to criticize the shortcomings of american democracy, the moral semidey of their priest, and the hollow promises of enchantment by the secul

. >> thank you, chairman wittman -- >> if you would go ahead and just holding her microphone up to you. >> if it's okay with you, i think the order we prefer is i would start out, give an overview and go to the service. will that work? >> fantastic, yes. >> ms. mcgrath and i will do that jointly. >> very good. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss financial operations under progress. ms. mcgrath mi7 in a statement for the record. in interest of time will summarize it briefly. let me begin by saying that we remain fully committed to meeting our articles and we're reasonably competent that we will -- off it will meet those goals in the time friends that have been established by us and in some cases in the law. so why is it important to do this, to achieve auditability? it's important because it is the law. auditability also matters because as you said, mr. chairman, it will help us make better use of taxpayer resources. that's important especially in these times of fiscal stress and declining budgets. but in my view the most important reason

rob wittman, for president, the choice is ours. -- for women,. for women, for president.t: what impact has that had? guest: women in virginia have jobs and households and hold very strategic positions in the employment sector. most of all, women in va overall do not like to be dictated to by males who seem to not have an understanding of the things that women feel are important. the abortion issue has had a bumpy road during this campaign season. the virginia general assembly has some actions on abortion which played a nationwide. and it did not fare well in the state overall. women were concerned and voiced their concerns. of course we had concerns coming from women on all sides. but i think the women who are supportive of choice and nonintervention of man dictating the very specifics about what women should do were heard the loudest. host: jimmy is on the line from florida, a republican. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. i have friends and family in virginia. they said that since obama has gotten in office, it has become as divided as this country has ever been.

we saw it with matt wittman. -- meg whitman. thegot attacked in primary. she bought out pete wilson and she wanted to deport her nanny by the end of the election. the hispanic vote turned out a dent in huge numbers for jerry brown who did very little to win their affections. >> we could easily be having this conversation about the democratic difficulties among whites. it would change -- if you have the candidate with half the hispanic vote, we would talk about why obama would drop from 42% whites to lower. a hurdle that is so high. the share of whites who have to win become the reagan-s. -- reagan-esque. >> hispanics are not attached to the democratic party the way african-americans are. we cannot just assume because there is a growth of spending votes that those of democratic votes. republicans who run for office did very well with hispanic voters. an african-american republican gets very few african-american votes. that is not true of the hispanic republican. it is hard to run the gauntlet of the primary electorate in the short run. even the long run, re

we talked with meg wittman and she was determined to run as a republican in california with of the republican party out since wilson demonized the latino population which got attacked by jerry in the primary and brought out pete wilson and wanted to deport her nanny by the end of the election. the hispanic vote turned out in huge numbers for jerry brown who did little to win the election. >> we could easily be having this conversation about the left but to totally change. as you were saying when you're talking about why obama is likely to drop 43% of white even slightly lower, but republicans have set themself a hurdle that is so high by allowing them 80% of the growing population the share that you have to win becomes reagan and its hard to match the greatest lancelet of modern times every four years. >> to follow on that point, you know, looking at the report and looking at the growth of the minority voters will, you can't just assume because there is a growth that these are space debate could democratic votes in the african-american republican gets very few african-american votes that is n

. >> thank you, chairman wittman, and the members of this panel. for the opportunity to testify today. first, let me start by confirming the air force continued support. and secretary panetta's goal of achieving audit readiness of the statement of budgetary resources by 2014, and for all financial statements by september 30, 2017. the air force is a fully committed to maintaining the public's trust and our stewardship of taxpayer dollars in developing a culture that values sufficiency and resource storage. air force leaders have consistently emphasized the importance of all encompassing air force wide effort which come and secretary panetta puts it, and all hands effort to successfully reach audit readiness by established deadlines. due to the commitment of leadership and to the dedicated professionals across the air force we have made significant progress to date. however, due to the enormous he and complexity of the task before us, we've you reaching the 2014 and 2017 calls as having moderate risk. before going into the challenges of reaching the

wittman: leaving these cuts is unconshenable. it's not the right thing to do. our all-volunteer force is at war and these cuts threaten our national security. furthermore, they threaten over 200,000 jobs in virginia. nine days remain before the new fiscal year begins. congress should do the right thing and stay in washington instead of ignoring the reality and delaying tough decisions. it's time to put governing over politics. let's stay in washington and finish the job that we were elected and expected to do. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition in mr. kucinich: good morning, mr. speaker. i request permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: the stop the war on coal act is up today. it is the coal industry which is waging war on our mountains by leveling them, war on our lungs by burning d

wittman: mr. speaker, we have 16 days to the beginning of a new fiscal year. yet congress has delayed tough decisions again. these delays are unconscionable. these delays are unacceptable. congress should stay in washington and stop ignoring the reality of these looming cuts. it is time to put governing over politics. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, it is a great privilege for me to rise on the floor of the house today to pay tribute to astronaut neal armstrong, an american hero. yesterday at the national cathedral we paid tribute to him as a national hero, recognize his name will forever be a testament to our nation's will to prevail in the challenge for successful space explorations and push the boundaries going where no man has gone b