executive running a big state like ohio dealing with problems like cleveland at the same time being in congress balancing the budget i was the chairman and also serving on the defense committee for 18 years. so i m pretty qualified for this kind of a job. and ben carson is hoping that he will get momentum after winning the straw poll at southern leadership conference. he received 25% of the vote followed by scott walker ted cruz senator graham and mike huckabee received little support despite being from the south. but huckabee still generating headlines for saying the president should not be required to follow a supreme court ruling. the notion that the supreme court comes up with a ruling and that automatically subjects the two other branches to following it defies everything there is about the three equal branches of government. the supreme court is not the supreme branch. and for god sake it isn t the supreme being. it is the supreme court.
doctor ben carson has edged out other republican candidates in an early test of in the g.o.p. presidential field. he won the straw poll at the southern leadership conference on saturday. another big name has dropped out of the iowa straw poll, which is coming up in august. former arkansas governor and fox news host, mike huckabee, says he will not attend and instead will focus on winning iowa s official caucuses. former florida governor jeb bush decided to skip the iowa straw poll. mary is aned did for at large for hot air.com. good to see you. good to see you. your thoughts why dr. carson did so well at the southern leadership conference. a couple things here in these
take a look at this photo. this was taken march 18th, 1966, when dr. king met with lyndon b. john. he was the southern leadership conference chairman and they had turned their attentions toward a fair housing campaign in chicago. president johnson is trying unsuccessfully to push congress to pass discrimination banning discrimination in house. when you think about president obama as the successor to one of the men in that picture? where would you seat him? careful. with the picture of president on the steps in king s position you might think that but you would be wrong. in the photo, one man is the visitor, one at home. one pushing for housing reform from outside the white house walls, the other vested in the power of the state to implement those reforms into law. president obama is not dr. king, he s president johnson.
major republican events. is she gearing up for a presidential run or not in fred malek has advised her in the past and stays in close touch with her. one might argue he might be the only one in washington that stays in touch with her. fred, i ve got to ask, is she doing the things i know you re not advising her actively at this point, but doing the things that a potential presidential candidate should be doing or do you think there s some other things she ought to be doing, as well? i don t think she s doing the things a presidential candidate would do, but the things that somebody who wants to forage a media career would do and she s doing it very successfully. her book tour was a huge hit. best selling book. new tv show coming about. the fox news stuff she s doing as well as her speaking engagements. i think bore bob barnett is probably the person most in touch with her. a political celebrity, she s pushing that fact. slujly so. i think it was interesting when our reporter
it? i think you are ahead of yourself a little. these things happen all the time. mid western leadership conference, southern leadership conference. it is not a beauty contest. republicans are thinking the ones i ve talked to focused mainly on 2010 own peripherally on 2012. this is a way to hone their skills make themselves better known. mostly to hone their skills in front of a big crowd and perfect a message. most republicans that i ve talked to, i was with a bunch of southern republicans this week in mississippi getting ready to go to the conference in new orleans, their focus is on 2010, what can in fall? remember, think about it this way, in 2006 at this point, who in the democratic party was getting settled on barack obama? he was the asterisk of the