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The democrats. >> utah senator bob bennett saw a similar plummet in the polls and just last weekend failed to win enough delegates in his states republican convention to advance to the primary. conservatives and tea party supporters rejected his bid. sarah palin had so much success as a rookie author that she is taking another swing at it. palins newest book is in the works right now. its called "america by heart, reflections on family, faith, and flag." alaskas former governor says this book ...

>> on the plane ride back yesterday, did the president share any personal reflections of you of how hes feeling about all this? >> you know, i think the -- i talked a little bit about this on the trip home, the -- you get a real -- you get a real sense of the topography, the geography of what were dealing with. and how the -- the president said that you could see from the air the -- the wetlands in that area obviously have undergone lots of change, and not for the good, over the past many years....

The original well took 90 days to drill, and it could take -- it could take that long to drill a relief well. >> so if it takes up to 90 days is that something that the president is comfortable with? >> well, im not sure the president can alternator the pace of drilling in the atlantic -- i mean in the gulf, im sorry. i used this phrase yesterday as secretary salazar used this phrase, and that is we are going to do what we have to do. we will keep our, as secretary salazar said our boot on the t...

Im not here to offer some grand theory or detailed policy prescription. let me offer a few brief reflections based on my own experiences and experiences of our country over the last two centuries. american democracy has thrived because we have recognized the need for a government that, while limited, can still help us adapt to a changing world. on the fourth of the jefferson memorial, theres a quote i remember reading to my daughters during our first visit. i am not an advocate for frequent chan...

One of my favorite moments with dr. height, this is just a few months ago. we had decided to put up the emancipation proclamation in the oval office. and we invited some elders to share reflections of the movement. and she came, and it was an intergenerational event. so we had young children there as well as elders, and the elders were asked to share stories. and she talked about attending a dinner in the 1940s at the home of dr. benjamin mays, then president of morehouse college. and seated at ...

Publicly and talking about it in personal terms and very political terms, it was always interesting to me people took that to mean that you were no longer catholic or that you were an atheist or that you -- people essentially took it as an opportunity to question your faith. i wonder if you still encounter that, if you have any reflections on that. >> well, no, i mean i think anyone that really knows me or whatever would know that in fact i would have taken that action and still continue to take...

A lot of controversy, jon, its basically suggesting it improves your reflections and ability to switch tasks, that is watching video games may actually be a form of exercise for your mind. now, we know that kids already get a lot of stimulation, but the thought is that older people may be understimulated and it may be good for their reflections. jon: but why does it have to be violent, why cant it be pacman or something like that? >> a lot of people have an issue with the way this study was cond...

Ambitions. with the obama administration backing off on a politically charged clash over chinas currency. boston globe -- boston has set up a new anti-bullying tip line thats quickly found more than a dozen facebook pages that use obscene language to target teachers at city schools. >> that is a good idea. and i bet those facebook pages are reflections of facebook p g pages of kids across the country. i urge parents to look at their kids face bok pages. washington post. democrats are private...

Issued a statement saying this was a grave mistake and that he will fight it in the united states senate because he is completing your husbands term, he has to go before the voters again in 2012. any chance you would get in that race? >> i think that theres a misreading of what that election was about. the people of massachusetts did not reject health care reform. >> you say the last time. the special election was not the time. is there a time in 2012? >> thats not something im thinking about. >...

Social security. and they have been trying to do this type of thing for a while. the same is true of medicare. theres something implicit in this whole conversation about the fear of government-run health care that logically extended means you dont like medicare. but what they cant get away with any longer is criticizing democrats for attacking medicare when were trying to save it or say theyre the more responsible protectors of interest of taxpayers when they want to invest large amounts of the ...