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Coalition that they might be able to get on board? >> its the senate so you cant do anything without republican help. there are four people i would say are worth watching that debate. first of all, lindsey graham. for weeks he had been working with democratic senators john kerry and joe lieberman trying to do a broad climate change bill. he got out of that and insigned up with dick luger. ing dick luger is friendly with president obama and they talk often and sometimes about energy legislation. ...

Later, will it take an oil spill to finally get new energy legislation? the hot button issues, the holdup and key players on both sides of this fight. well get into it. first a look ahead at the presidents schedule. he is on the road today to ohio. youre watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. eady? i got another 300 miles in me. sure you do, honey. come on guys, give me a hand. we can make it to paper clip mountain! looks like somebody needs a comfort inn. hi, reservation for the carter family? ...

Serving the court well. therefore, i dont think it serves the country well. but far be it from me to question the tactics of folks who are elected by their constituents to carry a particular voice. i just wish for the sake of the country that there were less rancor and acr acrimony. >> as youre speaking were waiting to see elena kagan at her first meeting of the day. theres a live picture. let me ask you as we wait for the two of them to come out. do you expect anything sub assistant ifr to come...

Nomination. because she never served as a judge somehow shes unqualified for the position. they will bring up two points, the fact that conservatives were not complaining when william rehnquist was nominated, a conservative himself and they are going to point to his own experience outside of being a judge. that would be her serving as dean at harvard law school, those kind of things. the second obstacle, the lack of a paper trail, not much known about her social position on abortion or gun contr...

And other bush nominees went before the senate, and a lot of republican senators didnt demand they speak out on abortion and other issues, as well. its sort of a -- this handshake agreement between both parties to not say a lot at these hearings. >> the issue, though, is that it is not -- its not -- hasnt been -- its not that it hasnt been seen before, but she doesnt have a paper trail you would normally have from someone who is a judge. so she doesnt have ruling or decisions. >> she does not ha...

His record. opposite end, diane wood has incendiary record on a range of hot button issues. i think it would be a provocative pick. elena kagan, the solicitor general, is somewhere in the middle largely because shes a big unknown. she has been guarded in her views and she has never been a judge. on the matters we know her views like gay rights where she is vehement in her rhetoric, there are aspects of her record to indicate she is ready to bend the law and misread the law to advance her views. ...

A lot of families there. im not sure of the details but theres a lot of families and children. were going to figure out why that child wandered into the road and what happened there. a statement from disney on that. >> tim gaughan, thank you. from jobs to healthcare. the one-two punch of hot button issues. today president obama headed to maine. look at this live picture from the event. the president will be attachment to go try to build more support for the recently signed reform bill. hes try...

>> the state is a laboratory of democracy. >> neil: can we have 50 different -- >> absolutely. >> neil: really? >> we have different insurance companies in different states right now. we have different automobile insurance and different criminal laws in different states. we have differences. if we find one working well, perhaps we can apply it across the country but a plan to get people insured and that is a good model. >> neil: you get in the nitty-gritty issues and ann gets in the issues throu...

By distorting mccains record on the budget and other hot-button issues. j.d. hayworth says he is the true conservative choice for arizona. >> you could say there are two john mccains, the one who campaigns like a conservative and the one who legislates like a liberal. in fact, when it comes time to debate, im going to ask for a third chair in case both john mccains show up. >> well, mitt romney nearly got a knuckle sandwich on a flight leaving vancouver. spokesman for the former presidential can...