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What happens in normal years, republicans address the crowd and engage their support for presidential run for the republican party. other republicans talk about where the party is headed. youll have that today. mitt romney and house minority leader some of the big headlineers today but just as the tea party started shaking up the health care debate last summer, theyll be making waves at c-pac as well. today and tomorrow, youll see a special panel of tea party leaders. it will be interesting to s...

. >> we decide it was better for people who survived their earning years into their 60s, 70s and 80s that they have some safety net, that they have some basic income. we decided that as a country. should we go back beyond that? >> no, because that -- >> no -- >> thats a policy. >> actually he was talking to me, colin. and i want to give you credit and i want to thank you -- oh, sorry. thats the -- >> joan, first, your thought. joan? >> thanks, chris. its very difficult. im glad to hear colin say...

>> lets not confuse principles with policies. joan was talking about how some of the policies of the 18th century didnt follow the principle of liberty for example. thats entirely true. there were all kinds of policy errors that we made, certainly the tolerance of slavery, all of those things are things that can and should be corrected. . but the principle of liberty, of limited government, those are principles that today when we look at them they appear to be very conservativconservative. but i...

>> the idea that a newspaper, might, might public represents a new low for journalism. if in is the new reality with campaigns coming up this year, i think that it shows you yet again why so many people resent the media. >> reporter: as for david paterson and whether "the new york times" or any other stories are planned a spokeswoman said that is something that the newspaper would not discuss. >> mary snow, thank you. and to the viewers in "the situation room," happening now, controversy over ...

And the nypd can rest assured well provide whatever security we are provided to do. our estimate of a couple hundred million a year, at this point its a reasonable estimate. bill: that comment coming earlier today, president obama to decide whether or not the suspects will be tried in a civilian or military court but many say the backlash over new york city pretty much has the city out of the running. we shall see. again, no decisions have been made yet. martha: so where is the republican party ...

Surgery, and now there is new details in the death of john murtha. and signing a statement of their principles and beliefs. we will talk to eric ericson, and he signed what is called the mount vernon statement.

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Chairman michael steele meeting with tea party leaders in washington trying to bring them into the fold. tomorrow, top conservatives will release a so-called mount vernon statement. a new manifesto calling for return to the principles of the founding fathers. something many tea partiers at least in their rhetoric claim to want. although when you get down to it sometimes, theres not much there. the catchy new slogan constitutional conservatism, jordan, put this through your b.s. filter if you wil...

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