candidates? at that point, guess who was number one in february 2006 exactly at this point in the race for the 2008 republican presidential nominee? michelle balkman. i m guessing. no. rudy juliani. if you look at the rest of the list, george allen 7%, mitt romney 3%. this is 2006 at this point in the race for the white house. giuliani was way ahead. i was thinking about february, just a couple of years ago. i wanted to say michelle balkman was in first place. i think i was apples and oranges. she was doing well in the iowa caucuses and obviously didn t get the republican nomination when i don t think she was on anyone s radar. giuliani was the front runner
a 5-4 decision in the end, it was john roberts, the chief justice appointed by president bush who saved the health care law. senator obama voted against roberts confirmation in 2005. roberts went against his four conservative justices ruling that the individual mandate, which requires people to buy health insurance was a tax, not a penalty that falls under the congressional power to levy taxes. a harsh oped said the remarkable decision upholding the affordable care act is shot through with confusion. the mandate that s really a tax except when it isn t and the government whose powers are limit except when they aren t. one thing is clear, this was a one man show and that man was john roberts. our senior legal analyst jeff toobin joins us now. he was in the courtroom when the decision was announced. was it chaotic? it was the opposite of chaotic, soledad. i ve been privileged to cover a lot of news events and i have never been in a room like that, there were not air molecules
be the model for the country, and i know it came out of the reprint of the book, but, you know you raised that before, rick. it was true then, and it s true now. rick, i will tell you what, 10,000 bucks? a $10,000 bet? i am not in the betting business. oh, okay. and he took a swipe the gingrich, but gingrich was quick to respond. if you cheat on your wife you will cheat on your business partner. i think the issue of fidelity is important. now, michelle balkman wasted no time. openly, i made mistakes at times and had to go for god for forgiveness, and i think people have to measure who i am now and whether i am a person they can trust. and now to michele bachmann who wasted no time drawing differences between herself and both griingrich and romney.
measure who would make a better president it is important politically. in iowa and in new hampshire, the two most renowned first in the nation states, voters caucus goers, really demand a the love attention. they are michele bachmann goes out of her way to point out she was born in iowa specifically waterloo. last night s event took place in the electric park lounge the very same place where michelle balkman announced her candidacy about five weeks ago. they had rick santorum and rick perry speak. they got there early and worked the crowds aggressively. ms. bachmann stayed away. she had a family reunion yesterday that and you some amount of her time. before her remarks she parked her bus down the road and waited and waited and waited. when she arrived, as always, she blasted the music and went in and made her speech, her speech was fairly typical for her and well-received. afterwards, unlike rick perry, she didn t take questions from the crowd. she did sign some autographs and shake so
measure who would make a better president it is important politically. in iowa and in new hampshire, the two most renowned first in the nation states, voters caucus goers, really demand a the love attention. they are michele bachmann goes out of her way to point out she was born in iowa specifically waterloo. last night s event took place in the electric park lounge the very same place where michelle balkman announced her candidacy about five weeks ago. they had rick santorum and rick perry speak. they got there early and worked the crowds aggressively. ms. bachmann stayed away. she had a family reunion yesterday that and you some amount of her time. before her remarks she parked her bus down the road and waited and waited and waited. when she arrived, as always, she blasted the music and went in and made her speech, her speech was fairly typical for her and well-received. afterwards, unlike rick perry, she didn t take questions from the crowd. she did sign some autographs and shake so