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Incumbent. but at the same time, incumbents are all in trouble here, and youve got a very aggressive opponent in andrew romanoff. >> yeah. it presents a challenge. because ive never run for office before. ive spent my life turning around distressed companies and then most recently, working in local government and then leading a reform of the denver public schools. and one of the things ive noticed about whats different about all that work compared to this work is that when you actually are worki...

Do you have any newer polls, any tracking that shows where it stands right now? >> we do and things are improving, and it doesnt surprise me. what happened, andrea, is an ad that was put up on the television that was absolutely false. a terrible attack that the states largest newspaper said was false. all of the tv stations in denver that do these fact checks say its totally false. and weve within now able to respond to that and set the record straight. and i dont think people in colorado or pri...

Progress. you just heard the president talk about how the auto industry is getting back on its feet. weve seen six months now of positive private sector job growth, and we know were not where we want to be, but i think we also know enough to say that the american people dont want to go back to the same bush economic policies that created the mess in the first place. and the more you hear our republican colleagues talk, the more people will see that what theyre proposing for the future is no diff...

In terms of head winds, because youve got the charlie rangel/maxine waters problem, where youve got two very high-ranking veteran democrats facing ethics charges and the potential of trials, public trials in the house ethics committee in september. how do you deal with that? >> im glad you asked that. its another example of how weve actually strengthened the ethics process. the reason people are hearing about the case of charlie rangel and maxine waters is because weve put in place accountabilit...

>> and thats a good news story. i think its very important for everyone to understand that the success we have here in identifying these individuals stems from the community itself coming together, identifying problems. and then working with law enforcement. the somali community of the united states is very well integrated, but they have very strong ties back to their ancestral homeland. its incumbent upon community leaders as well as families to identify leaders as they start to come under the ...

>> andrea, theres no coincidence that was delayed to ensure the secretarys visit was completed. and often the language that is used, that the verbiage is very, very careful. so as to identify potential problems, but not go so far to create a bilateral problem. the central strategic problem we have with pakistan is that we have, we need pakistans cooperation. theyve been providing it, but pakistan also has their own national interests that they want to pursue, which sometimes runs across purpose ...