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candidate, who suddenly has shown he can throw a punch and is a real contender. but can he win the most votes? can herman cain turn his anybody but romney support into real campaign that actually wins caucuses and primaries? plus, heres a provocative headline we saw today, will mitt romney kill the tea party? conservatives winced at the idea of the born-again conservative romney as the nominee and theres some talk of a third-party kanchallenge to him. on the other side of the spectru...

herman cain is the rocky in this republican race, the guy who came out of nowhere, who few respected as a full-fledged candidate, who suddenly has shown he can throw a punch and is a real contender. but can he win the most votes? can herman cain turn his anybody but romney support into real campaign that actually wins caucuses and primaries? plus, heres a provocative headline we saw today, will mitt romney kill the tea party? conservatives winced at the idea of the born-again conserv...

respected as a full-fledged candidate, who suddenly has shown he can throw a punch and is a real contender. but can he win the most votes? can herman cain turn his anybody but romney support into real campaign that actually wins caucuses and primaries? plus, heres a provocative headline we saw today, will mitt romney kill the tea party? conservatives winced at the idea of the born-again conservative romney as the nominee and theres some talk of a third-party kanchallenge to him. on t...

2012 and states where obama won in 2008 and now polls below 50%. since 1987, the results of the iowa poll stroll have predicted the gop candidate. and if michele bachmann tops the straul, this is going to be serious, folks, and ms. bachmann knows it. that is why she is poised and ready to highlight her accomplishments at the debate last night for republicans. >> i introduced the lightbulb freedom of choice act so that people could purchase the lightbulb of their choice. >> see what i m...

since 1987, the results of the iowa poll stroll have predicted the gop candidate. and if michele bachmann tops the straul, this is going to be serious, folks, and ms. bachmann knows it. that is why she is poised and ready to highlight her accomplishments at the debate last night for republicans. >> i introduced the lightbulb freedom of choice act so that people could purchase the lightbulb of their choice. >> see what i mean? and she sparred with fellow tennesseean tim pawlenty, leavin...

now. boy, the pictures are something else, arent they here? the drilling platform could sink if the fire keeps burning. its leaking crude oil at a rate of 8,000 barrels a day. 11 people have been missing for a day-and-a-half now, and the coast guard says the gulf of mexico is calm and warm so that increases chances for survival. 94 workers who escaped unharmed are back ashore and reunited with their families. 17 people were hurt when that rig exploded and four are in critical condition...

book that i in a watcher having spent 35 years in the cia i was more of a watcher and a watchee. having left by meles watchee, i am one of the watched. but having been a watcher, i came to understand shanes purpose in writing this was to show that people with a very noblest of motives have created a state which people i dont think are fully aware of. it is a little bit like the cyber threat. its their. its hard to see. its hard to touch and yet it is there and it is growing and it is s...

more arizona license plates during the summer than any other state probably. i love tucson in part because it is a classic in typical western city, vibrant, forward-looking, fast-growing, new and surrounded entirely by both envy and public so, you know, a few days ago i was up in the national forest and in the national park and im going to make a case this afternoon that you owe some of this huge bit of public land that surrounds your town, that surrounds most western towns to this fir...

worst hard time happened. similarly in the fire that korda lanes, the native people in the spokanes and the kalispell and the flatheads had all lived in silver valley in the country and western montana, so they were not consulted. it is interesting, if i had a treat in my backyard that was invested with something i could go to my neighbor and say, how do you treat this? he would have somebody who knew what it was like. these were brand-new towns, so the indians-- to lasky was lassie wa...

todays lineup begins with a panel of writers who live near the u.s./mexico border and write about border issues. it features margot reagan, philip caputo and david duval. following this panel, author dan balls discusses his book the battle for america 2008. we close live coverage with the national book award winning author timothy egan whose latest book the big burn recalls the largest forest fire in american history. beginning shortly, the u.s. with mexico border panel. .. [inaudible ...