to further distance them from mainstream america and damage the public's opinion of them. a coordinator for the new york state tea parties sees the attack as a good sign that the tea party message is gaining ground. price to get the international astronauts to the international space station is going up. with nasa shuttle program ending this year, the u.s. will soon have to rely on russia for a ride. the space agency signed a contract to pay $56 million per astronaut for flights through 2014. the "washington times" editorial report writes, "the day this nation cedes con crest to others is the day we have forfeited our competitive exceptionalism." it happened again. or did it? here you see president obama greeting chinese president hu jintao monday in the nuclear summit. is this the latest bow by the american president to foreign leader? you decide. this would be the fifth such