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Democrat, was elected mayor. this man had been in congress since 1993. he was a former freedom rider. he was a founding member of the congressional progressive caucus. he was a big thinker. he had big ideas. and so for democrats, and for progressives in san diego, bob filner's mayoral election was a big deal. a moment of unlikely triumph, and optimism for liberals in the conservative and second largest city in california. in his first news conference after the election, mayor bob filner introduced his city to his then-fiancee, brawlin ingram, whom he called the first lady of san diego. >> i've...

Caucus. he was a big thinker. he had big ideas. and so for democrats, and for progressives in san diego, bob filner's mayoral election was a big deal. a moment of unlikely triumph, and optimism for liberals in the conservative and second largest city in california. in his first news conference after the election, mayor bob filner introduced his city to his then-fiancee, bronwyn ingram, whom he called the first lady of san diego. >> i've been working in support of the disabled community for 20 years, and the way that i met bob is some policies that were very disadvantageous to the disabled comm...

To ask which president. the strategic goal i think is the same. the tactical issues are really what's at issue. jon: all right. so is there going to be some big meeting, gretchen, between these two camps to say, okay from now on mr. clinton you can only say this? >> you know, like i said he is a former president, he is not going to be a parrot for anybody. he's not just going to go out there and read off a bunch of talking points. owe has his own ideas on policies, he's a big thinker and he's been on record about these taxes before. let's look back at when we were here two years a it does seem...

Company wanting to make money, the company wanting to succeed as opposed to safety which we know with nasa's history, there is a painful past but one where the lives of those astronauts were valued each and every one of them and there was no issue with a profit. >> nasa's not going to let it fly unless it's safe. so when it comes to the human space flight, nasa will be all over it, and you as much heard the administrator of nasa, general bolden, say that. >> let me also ask you about elon musk. here is a guy that i just recently learned the character of ironman played by rocket downey, jr., wa...

We don't go to rallies and cry. we want someone who can fix the economy and lays out a specific agenda to do that. he doesn't have a spark, he's not emotional, nobody cares. we have a really bad economy nationally, we have a worse one here in illinois. we just want someone who is a competent manager of our economy. >> your response to that? he just said your guy cries. >> yeah, i think he's people are reducing the presidency to the commerce secretary or the labor secretary. we have iran moving quickly to create a bomb. we have china closing our manufacturing. all these things going on, this ri...