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Conservative. in 1996 when bill clinton was reelected, it was 22% liberal. chris bowers is managing director of the liberal blog. hes out in las vegas attending net roots nation. let me start with this ideological question about the country. there are some progressives that are arguing, hey, what he did for the conservative movement is what progressives expect barack obama to do for the word or brand of liberalism or progressivism. is that fair? >> i wouldnt necessarily say that anyone would hav...

Themselves 25% liberal, 36% conservative. when bill clinton was electeded, it was 22% liberal, 34% conservative. karen finney and chris bowers is managing director of the blog open left.com. hes in las vegas attending net roots nation. let me start withç this ideological question about the country. there are some progressives that are arguing, hey, what reagan did for the conservative movement is what progressives expect barack obama to do for the word or brand of liberalism or progressivism. ...

Nearly 50%. across town, chris and sherry stewart are stuck living together even though they are getting divorced. they were married 17 years when they decided to end it. now, five months into their divorce proceedings, they cant separate because they cant sell their house. >> i just really need to get away. i need to get away. i cant get away. because of the market. because of the phoenix market, i cannot get away. >> reporter: and so, until they can sell their million-dollar home, the stewarts...

Including the two teachers union, gave 126 million dollars to the democratic party. 95% of their contributions go to the democratic party. you could argue what obie is doing is recycling campaign contributions. a percentage of those go straight into the political funds of these unions. >> what the unions are arguing is that without this money there will be massive teacher lay-offs. school districts and states have been increasing their payrolls for decades with no regard to student enrollment wi...

2009, the national education association, and the american federation of teachers gave 126 million dollars to the democratic party. 95% of their contributions go to the democratic party. you could argue that what david is doing is basically recycling campaign contributions, right, because a percentage of those dues get straight into the political funds of these, of these unions. >> what the unions are arguing, here, is that without this money there will be be massive teacher layoffs, we have to ...

2009, the national education association, and the american federation of teachers gave 126 million dollars to the democratic party. 95% of their contributions go to the democratic party. you could argue that what david is doing is basically recycling campaign contributions, right, because a percentage of those dues get straight into the political funds of these, of these unions. >> what the unions are arguing, here, is that without this money there will be be massive teacher layoffs, we have to ...

Condition of the wellbore and the casing pipe since the event occurred. as weve gotten closer to having the potential to close in and do pressure readings on the capping stacked, we have had numerous discussions about what the current status is of the wellbore and the casings and the implications if they had been damaged or if there was any communication outside the wellbore that might bring oil or hydrocarbons potentially to the subsea floor. >> but admiral allen adding tonight that a seismic s...

Death. robert bazzell is in washington, d.c. what kinds of evidence is the fda taking under consideration? >> a lot of evidence. this is a detailed and contentious hearing that ive ever heard. one of the big questions is how good does the i have have to be before a drug is taken off the market? there is a similar drug called actos that also lowers blood issue area. even though the drug is still generating about half a million in profit a year for glaxosmithkline, but a lot of people see this dec...

It may still be under way right now, and they -- the administration has to give final approval for this, so if bp doesnt adequately address their concerns that this will not make things worse, they may or may not give approval for this high pressure test to continue. chris? >> my question i guess is we thought this was going to be perhaps a short-term solution, that this would perhaps cap off the -- ideally, of course, cap off the spill and secondly maybe take the oil up through a funnel up to t...

Because of that polanski is a free man. he can go his native france. he has dual citizenship in it is unlikely that another country will go down this route. >> i am a little curious about this. when this all first happened when he was first arrested, i read all of the u.s. legal papers. there are interviews with the 13-year-old girl and her mother. what is the stuff that they wanted. >> it goes to what polanskis lawyers have been arguing.