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Elicit some sort of t.a.r.p. bailout following the collapse of september 08. what ms. waters said occurred was in early september he called the treasury department to have a meeting come forward by a trade association that owns minority owned banks and the treasury of taking care of those banks going forward. she says thats the end of her involvement, she had nothing -- she said that ultimately that her name will be cleared because there is no proof of any conversation between her chief of staff...

Colorado. that helped bring romanoff become to the table much more quickly than some folks may have thought. this is right sleuthly right. this will be a tough race for democrats. colorado, classic rocky mountain west state we have talked so much about in 06 and 08, trending toward democrats, every indication now seems to be it is coming back toward the gop. >> you looked at the vote between buck and his opponent, they added up to a lot more votes than michael bennett got. >> exactly right. you ...

Second amendment solution to reforming congress, i just backed off of that but still who would ever think about saying that? i still think in that case -- >> do you think if you are at home, sitting at home thinking about that state -- >> you know what youre thinking, i got to get -- my kid needs a job about to lose my job, i dont like the direction my country is going and i think in the end despite the fact they might not even deserve it, mike, i think all these people who are hurting going to ...

House charges, this week he publicly defended himself on the floor of the house using the point of privilege rule and he was also investigated of ethics violations in 08 and it is back again and the plaza hotel, last night, one of the nicest hotels you will find in new york city and the mayor was there and both new york senators was there and the governor was there and i dont know if anyone missed the party. patti ann: a lot of people backed out for political reasons and of course they didnt say...

Issues. some of it is also what i think youd call growing pains. when the partys in power, it has those liberal organizations and activist, they did work so hard in 06 and 08. they dont think the president wants to fight as much as they would like him to. the white house says enough. >> its like the ideals versus the practical realities of governing. i think thats whats going on. people are saying, its our time. youve got to do it now. youve got to do everything now. the president and some of th...

>> im going to raise the point i raised before which is you have the white house press secretary disparaging, if you will, would you say that, liberal voters, and you have the base very disappointed with president obama. so how do you get those -- you know, the base out, the enthu enthusiastic base that voted in 08? i think its uphill. >> first, lets listen to this sound. heres bennett and how enthusiastic he was for the president when obama came out to help him in february. >> it is my great ho...

The president, personal intervention showing he can get democrats excited to cut the enthusiasm gap. no question he showed he can do it in colorado and that is a purple state, not a blue state. >> that is an important state. a lot of the presidents critics talked about how he couldnt win in virginia and couldnt help in new jersey and couldnt help with scott browns opponent. colorado is a critical state for the democratic party and the president seemed to have a real impact last night. >> he show...

Where a federal judge dismissed that conviction, that he was later found guilty for, dismissed the conviction, and said the prosecutorial misconduct, and reverses the decision, and he tried to get his seat back in 2008 and ran for re-election and the bid was unsuccessful. >> he sure did. i was there, in the jury room, you know, in the courtroom, and, he requested a speedsy trial, in september of 08, so that he could get done with it, so he could get out to alaska and campaign hard, because he re...

Gaff is telling the truth, he tells the truth all the time. he said the stimulus package has a 30% chance of failing and he was right. democrats are worried about joe biden. you could walk through the deepest trust that he could not embarrass his party and not get your ankles wet. >> neil: if we make the leap that hillary clinton would be the running mate, something that many of barack obamas supporters thought was a good idea in 08. what then? well, joe biden has a good expertise in foreign pol...

Police say his last words to the passengers were, its been a good 2 years. steven slater was arrested on charges of criminal misscheef, reckless endangerment and trespassing. if convicted on all those charges he could face up to seven years in prison. on his myspace page he says hes worked for jetblue since january of 08. in addition to serving as the chairman of jet about blues uniform redesign committee, has linked in profile says he also serves on the airlines in-flight values committee. or h...