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Chuck hagel nomination, i think he wanted to pick someone for secretary of state that he knew would be kind of a very quick confirmation. john kerry certainly has every look of that at the moment. >> brian bender, who is the odds on favorite to fill the kerry seat assuming he's confirmed? >> well, i mean, there's going to be a place holder that governor patrick will name in an interim four or five months until the special election. governor patrick has said that person will probably not be sun who would likely run for the seat. once the special election occurs in the spring, it's anyone's gues...

0 further from the truth yesterday. >> with what are you hoping to hear from the president momentarily? >> something we can work with, something close, something that's not demagoguery in politics, something with some detail to it. i have been reading some of the internet ashls about what he might be saying. let's see what he comes back with. >> thank you, congressman mulvaney. we appreciate your time. robert costa is the washington editor for national review and a contributor to cnbc's kudlow report and msnbc political analyst david corn is the washington bureau chief for mother jones magazin...

continues on the republican nominee for vice president. and we want to focus on mitt romney's running mates. we're asking to hear from republicans only. here are the numbers. tomorrow we will focus to hear democrats only. who should mitt romney pick as his running mate? a couple headlines this sunday morning. and from the weekly standard go for the gold is this editorial by bill crystal. the headline from this weekly standard editorial, go for the gold, mitt. you can join the conversation on our facebook page and twitter. our guest on c-span's "newsmakers" is senator john cornyn. he ...

this cheer leading competition that happens. i think that -- i don't think that politicians lie. i think that they put the best gloss on their side soft story. and i do think that with 30-second commercials they hammer home on those. i think they distort on both sides and i think that's the nature of the political campaigns. and i agree with the caller that we need to truthfully face the problems that are hitting this country, especially when it comes to spending because we scompli cannot afford to spend the way we have without revenue and no one wants to raise taxes and the governme...

space shom the u.s. russian nuclear cooperation efforts. we'll hear from the chief u.s. negotiator on the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and other arms control analysts. from the council on foreign relations, this is 55 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> okay we can get started, please. >> my name is cliff, the directorate the eurasia group and i would like to welcome everyone to today's council on foreign relations committee. first, just a few housekeeping items. please come completely turn off not just put on vibrate your cellphone, blackberry, any wireless devices to avoid interference with...