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Good morning to both of you. a mixed message on how far the gop is willing to go. scott walker says im not budging on collective bargaining. hes drawn a line in the sand. you have rick scott saying he wont pursue plan like the one in wisconsin. mitch daniels wants to table the bill there. where is the line drown? >> mitch williams coming out in that direction makes me think that he isnt taking the tea party tact and hes a strong contender for 2012 presidential nomination. i really think that the...

Brothers won it was 35 years ago so to get them back where they belong in victory lane is so cool. i mean, everybody here, they deserve it so much, and they -- they put their work in, thats for sure. >> and apparently bayne also found this school. he started in terms of twitter with something like 6,000 twitter followers, jumped to 16,000 in the hour after he ran -- listen to me, ran the race, won the race and last time we checked he had 25,000. im thinking thats going up from there. now for the...

How important is name recognition? we remember you covering rudy giuliani, fred thompson, they didnt get a single caucus or primary before they dropped out? >> reporter: its a factor, certainly no guarantee of winning. however, it does help some candidates with, you know, voters who dont follow politics very well, but at the end of the day, everybody knows your name once you get into the late parts of the primaries and youre still there. thats just one thing you look at early on. also helps, of ...

Were taking to the worlds premiere arms dealing show. its under way right now. plus, a surprising confession from a possible presidential contender, mike huckabee.

Might supply him with some money. people who might supply him with some political muscle up there, so it looks more and more like he might be dipping his toe in the water and, by the way, haley barbour had somebody defend him today who is another possible republican presidential contender. i dont know if you remember, but barbour was criticized by some because he did not denounce a proposed license plate that would honor a confederate general. now this confederate general has also been an early ...

>> bill: impact segment tonight with less than a year a year to go. florida governor jeb bush may be a person who could emerge as a serious contender. spokesperson for president bush dana perino. before you get to jeb bush pretty lively debate with the two democratic congressman. >> indeed. >> bill: this is, i believe, make or break for the democratic party. >> i think they have weighed hip deep into a swamp that they are not going to be able to get out of. >> bill: why do you say that. >> exact...

>> bill: impact segment tonight with less than a year a year to go. florida governor jeb bush may be a person who could emerge as a serious contender. spokesperson for president bush dana perino. before you get to jeb bush pretty lively debate with the two democratic congressman. >> indeed. >> bill: this is, i believe, make or break for the democratic party. >> i think they have weighed hip deep into a swamp that they are not going to be able to get out of. >> bill: why do you say that. >> exact...

Republican party? >> no, opportunity think so. i think what is pam -- no, i dont think so. what is harming them right now is they have a weak field. they have a strong bench actually. they have three guys on the berchl who will not be the candidate in 2012 but will be in the future of the party. mar co-rubio, the senator -- marco rubio. the senator from florida. chris christie the governor from new jersey. the guy who is not afraid to speak his mind. and then you have paul liian, the new head of...

>> bill: impact segment tonight with less than a year a year to go. florida governor jeb bush may be a person who could emerge as a serious contender. spokesperson for president bush dana perino. before you get to jeb bush pretty lively debate with the two democratic congressman. >> indeed. >> bill: this is, i believe, make or break for the democratic party. >> i think they have weighed hip deep into a swamp that they are not going to be able to get out of. >> bill: why do you say that. >> exact...

12,318, nasdaq up, s&p 500 up, as well. well see if it can hold for the last day of the week. sometimes you see people taking their profits off the table before the weekend. well let you know in the next couple of hours. a teen wrestler in iowa gave up his chance -- could have been a state champion, but refuses to take on a female contender. its a freshman female, the first girl ever to qualify for the state tournament. well, sophomore joe northrop released a statement saying "wrestling is a c...