ask more about the serial issues. rick santorum talked about a phoney theology, as he put it, that the president has, and he went on after that speech to stand by the remarks. here s what he had to say. the president has come to owe pressing religious freedom, and it s a position of his values over a church who has very clear theological reasons for opposing what the obama administration is forcing on them. chairman ryan, let me start with you. is that what we can expect from republicans in this campaign, as a faith-based broadside attack against the president s leadership? i could not hear all the click from rick santorum, but what we are getting from the white house, it s not an issue about contraception, it s an issue that reveals a political
republican side and i want to ask more about the serial issues. rick santorum talked about a phoney theology, as he put it, that the president has, and he went on after that speech to stand by the remarks. here s what he had to say. the president has come to owe pressing religious freedom, and it s a position of his values over a church who has very clear theological reasons for opposing what the obama administration is forcing on them. chairman ryan, let me start with you. is that what we can expect from republicans in this campaign, as a faith-based broadside attack against the president s leadership? i could not hear all the click from rick santorum, but what we are getting from the white house, it s not an issue about contraception, it s an issue that reveals a political
mitchell. welcome to you, miss mitchell. this hinges on the fact that there was a lawsuit or federal investigation into miss o donnell s use of campaign money as far as paying personal expenses and rent and mortgage and this type of thing and this group was behind that, am i clear on that? you re exactly clear on that. what happened was crew and melanie sloan launched a broadside attack against christine o donnell the morning after she won her primary and crew has followed this same pattern in many, many cases, probably christine o donnell s race was the most egregious but the i.r.s., we are asking the i.r.s. to revoke crew s tax exempt status. they re not supposed to be involved in campaigns and they attack republicans, they attacked christine o donnell falsely. she s been exonerated and it s time that crew be held responsible and act and be held to be a political organization which is what they really are. right, so but christine, i want to bring people up to date. that the
crew. i want to bring in rita mitchell. welcome to you, miss mitchell. this hinges on the fact that there was a lawsuit or federal investigation into miss o donnell s use of campaign money as far as paying personal expenses and rent and mortgage and this type of thing and this group was behind that, am i clear on that? you re exactly clear on that. what happened was crew and melanie sloan launched a broadside attack against christine o donnell the morning after she won her primary and crew has followed this same pattern in many, many cases, probably christine o donnell s race was the most egregious but the i.r.s., we are asking the i.r.s. to revoke crew s tax exempt status. they re not supposed to be involved in campaigns and they attack republicans, they attacked christine o donnell falsely. she s been exonerated and it s time that crew be held responsible and act and be held to be a political organization which is what they really are. right, so but christine, i want to bri
that point, and i think, you know, this sort of i m a businessman trope is going to take him as far as he goes, which, again, i don t think is very far. eugene, thank you so much for speaking sense into what sounds like a ludicrous tuation. thank you very much, indeed. with each side laying out their ideas for taming the national debt, how much consideration is being given to america s energy crisis? as we approach the one-year anniversary of the nation s worst oil spill. congressman edward markey is the ranking member of the house natural resources committee and he joins us from capitol hill. good afternoon. thank you. thanks for having me on. i wanted to start with the budget. the president said yesterday that democrats and republicans must come together to address the nation s debt problem, but republicans say that the president himself delivered such a highly partisan broadside attack that why should they? he s not leading the way in terms of a reasoned and rational and hop