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And i do think the questions for secretary geithner and secretary paulson is, what were they doing, what did they know when they saw the warning signs, what did they do to try to correct them, because i think its important to know what people saw so when the next crisis is coming along we have a good sense of can we catch it. you know, people say this was a tsunami. i said yesterday, when you listen to everyone, its almost as though this financial crisis was the i mammaculate calamity. no one wa...

On 2010 congressional conned dates. jane: do republicans admit the organization isnt as good as the democrats right now? >> reporter: listen, 2010 is a pretty good opportunity for a win. they got clocks cleaned in 08 biobama. they realize the polls are in their favor. they need to do a lot of work to take advantage of what this offers. yes the committee is a problem for the gop. while it has been raising money there are questions about its organizational abilities. its been in some cases an emba...

Back tore fiorina campaigning for sarah palin back in 08. >> i dont know hot republican presidential front-runner is anymore. she is one way -- she is -- you know, she is flip-flopping here. she is not -- >> moderate, right? >> endorsing moderates, appearance tea party. her backers should think twice about this. i dont know if she will be the front-runner much longer. >> this will confuse voters in california more than anything else. >> they have got a confusing year out there maybe a little mor...

From not just 08 when of course president obama was on the ticket and really boosted democratic turnout but also from previous years. a sign that energy on the democratic side is probably going to remain somewhat anemic in what is likely to be a rough year for them in 2010. jane: carl cameron in indiana, thanks. jon: new details about the murder that has shocked the university of virginia. the accused lacrosse player, admitting to police he slammed his former girlfriends head against the wall, b...

Congressional restriction, until 08, for 40 years and, we have drilling closer in, than doing it miles from the coast and there is anwr, in alaska, which is there, and there are no waves and social, it is there, perfectly easy to drill, a lot of oil there. im a drill, baby drill person and i think the public will be sensible enough to say, fine, lets make sure oil companies have appropriate emergency things in place, to stop the thing from exploding further but i dont think the public will react...

Bank. you expect you dont have to watch your bank, that theyre going to tell you everything they would want to know if roles were reversed not under their breath salespeople are using four-letter words about the securities theyre selling you. when theyre out of the glare and testimony, theres going to be soul searching here. >> what you see here is bad business, not fraudulent business. >> the courts will have to determine that. you expect from goldman sachs in any case theyre going to rise way ...

Earn the money that they were getting. in other words, the companies werent making money, the shareholders werent receiving money and notwithstanding they paid themselves well. the firm only paid out a percentage of what it earned and thr through this period the firm earned the money and then paid the money to the people it needed to make based upon competition and the market practice at the time. in 08, the bonus was zero. in 09, the bonus was much, much smaller amount relative to what ceos in ...

Have a chance to catch up. and the obama administration has done a number of things to help, but, you know, for those who have done well in the past and are doing well now, things are a little bit better. but we cant leave all these people behind. and a lot of people got thrown out on the curb during this recession, after this crash. weve got to not forget them. theyve got to be brought back in and weve got to find ways to create marylandle class jobs that give good wages so they can raise a fam...

Congressional restriction, until 08, for 40 years and, we have drilling closer in, than doing it miles from the coast and there is anwr, in alaska, which is there, and there are no waves and social, it is there, perfectly easy to drill, a lot of oil there. im a drill, baby drill person and i think the public will be sensible enough to say, fine, lets make sure oil companies have appropriate emergency things in place, to stop the thing from exploding further but i dont think the public will react...

Is in charge but the federal government is overseeing. dan both ilothian, cnn. president obama taking a bit of heat about how the white house dealt with this crisis z they move quickly enough. lets turn to paul steinhauser who is with us again. why is it so critical the way at least the public views the administrations response to this oil slick? >> here is why, t.j. t.j., lets go back five years. remember president bush in the white house and there was a lot of criticism of him and his admini...