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From west virginia to address this issue, and we could not make that happen tonight. so it is no political accident that we are talking to a member of congress from california. you are chairman, though, you are in a position of power to make something happen and it is important to hear your voice on this. the president has suggested, i think, in his comments that the bush administration, his predecessors were somehow more lax on this than we have seen in the past. can we really look back at the ...

And so it is no political accident that we are talking to a member of congress from california. you are chairman, though, you are in a position in power to make something happen and it is important to hear your voice on this. the president has suggested, i think, in his comments that the bush administration, his predecessors, were somehow more lax on this than we have seen in the past. can we really look back at the record and say its -- or democrats have been somehow better than republicans on ...

Issue and we could not make that happen tonight. and so it is no political accident that we are talking to a member of congress from california. you are chairman, though, you are in a position in power to make something happen and it is important to hear your voice on this. the president has suggested, i think, in his comments that the bush administration, his predecessors, were somehow more lax on this than we have seen in the past. can we really look back at the record and say its -- or democr...

Street journal" has it right. from the beginning, when it came to these sort of issues on terror, on the cia, it seems like there are a lot of people in the obama administration, i suspect it goes all the way to the top, whose top priority may be proving to american theyre not george bush or dick cheney. it has led them to make some unfortunate decisions. >> all administrations go through a little drill to say theyre not their predecessors. almost invariably you get into trouble when you do it. ...

Mcdonnell, designated april confederate month, something his two democratic predecessors had refrained from doing. this caused quite a stir, particularly because the governor did not even mention slavery in this proclamation. was that a mistake? >> they should talk about democratic legislature, which has -- does exactly the same thing in mississippi for years. and as far as i know, the democratic legislature, where a majority in both houses are democrats, i am unaware of them being criticized fo...

Haley barbour came to mcdonnells side said leaving slavery out of the proclamation wasnt a mistake at all. here is what he told candy on "state of the union." >> new virginia governor bob mcdonnell designated april confederate month, something his two democratic predecessors had refrained from doing. this caused quite a stir, particularly because the governor did not even mention slavery in this proclamation. that was a mistake? >> they should talk about democratic legislature, which has -- does...

April confederate history month has been reignited. in effect, as we told you last week, virginias governor bob mcdonnell proclaimed this month confederate history month in his state and the proclamation made absolutely no mention of slavery. he backtracked after being called under intense criticism, he made a mistake and changed the proclamation, which included references to slavery, called it evil and an inhumane practice. when asked about candy crowley, haley barbour came to mcdonnells side, ...

Something else thats coming up in politics. new virginia governor bob mcdonald designated april as confederate month, something his two democratic predecessors refrained from doing particularly because the governor did not mention slavery in this proclamation. is that a mistake? >> i dont think so. my state legislature has made an lems lateively inactive holiday, memorial day. did it for years under republican governors, democrat governors, for seven years as governor, i issued a proclamation be...

B but, you know, the words i would use are the most left wing, because thats what the truth is. >> let me ask you about sympathetic else and just kind of the tone of politics. virginia governor, new virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, designated april as confederate month, something that his two democratic predecessors had refrained from doing. this caused quite a stir, particularly because the governor did not even mention slavery in this proclamation. was that a mistake? >> well, i dont think so...

There were people critical of me. thats part of it. but, no, i expect michael steele will serve out his term. >> one of the things that the chairman said when he was talking on another network is that he thought he was being held to a higher standard because hes black. do you think thats true? >> no. thats like me saying i think im held to a higher standard because im a fat redneck with an accent like this. the fact of the matter is, in that job, people are judged by results. and thats just the ...