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Romneys ascendance has been marked by republicans trying to put their finger on what they dislike about him. trying to find a viable alternative to mr. romney among any of the other candidates in the race. trying to get other people to join the race when they couldnt find a credible anti-romney among those who were declared. the way that dynamic played out on a micro level in iowa, the one place where we have voted thus far is that republican voters in iowa went through all the alternatives to m...

>> absolutely. >> bill: that could have fallen apart. he could have been a king. the king of england said, what is this guy nuts? and all of that. we have 30 seconds. one of the really interesting parts about the leadership that beck shows of george washington is when the troops were starving at valley forge and it wasnt washingtons fault that they were starving. it was that congress, the congress screwed up. yet washington came out, defused what could have been a mutiny by saying, its my fault....

>> absolutely. >> bill: that could have fallen apart. he could have been a king. the king of england said, what is this guy nuts? and all of that. we have 30 seconds. one of the really interesting parts about the leadership that beck shows of george washington is when the troops were starving at valley forge and it wasnt washingtons fault that they were starving. it was that congress, the congress screwed up. yet washington came out, defused what could have been a mutiny by saying, its my fault....

>> absolutely. >> bill: that could have fallen apart. he could have been a king. the king of england said, what is this guy nuts? and all of that. we have 30 seconds. one of the really interesting parts about the leadership that beck shows of george washington is when the troops were starving at valley forge and it wasnt washingtons fault that they were starving. it was that congress, the congress screwed up. yet washington came out, defused what could have been a mutiny by saying, its my fault....

is he eating? is she sleeping? >> well, you know, its been very tough for her. you know, especially these last three hearings. its been, you know, everything against her. so, you know, with literally her life hanging in the balance of what the decision is in the courtroom, its very tough to sleep. she has been thinning down a bit too. >> were you, kurt, in court today when that lawyer called your daughter a sex-loving she-devil? >> yeah. you know, it was -- this particular lawyer, you ...

of congress packed up and went on vacation. so now 4,000 faa workers are not being paid. tens of thousands of others involved in airport construction and maintenance are also off t job. and some $25 million are being lost every day in taxes because there is no one there to collect. that is more revenue lost in one hour than you will probably pay in your lifetime because congress members cannot reach an agreement agreement. weill tear into this developing dispute in just a moment, but h...

>> reporter: well, i think if you just look at this sort of micro level on the ground, some of the u.s. units fighting in kandahar concede the enemy to be groups of 20 to 30 people. if you can imagine what the injection of hundreds of insurgents fresh out of jail into the population there could be, its pretty significant. particularly right now when were talking about this forthcoming so called fighting seas season. just ahead of the withdrawal or redeployment of u.s. troops sent here as part of...

Help her earn her degree. but, you know, technically she is here illegally. shes been here illegally for 11 years. it sort of exemplifies on a micro level this struggle. >> so many stories out there like hers but now the debate will be a national one. >> it rages on. were going to turn back to whats happening on the gulf coast as well with that whole oil spill. its been dubbed by some now as obamas katrina. questions about whether the white house moves quickly enough in addressing the oil slic...

Speech, allowing people to express themselves, to read what they want, listen to what they want, but when does it border into this could potentially turn into an attack? >> the macro level is where this would be fought, but on a micro level, you often see london police officers unarmed. should something happen differently? they responded perfectly to this, eight minutes after the call. >> eight minutes! >> but should more police officers be armed in the uk? >> britains history being what it is, ...

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