Page 15 - Doing Reporting News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

This is the poster child for that. >> why? >> because citizens of new york skpels where, they are not calling up legislators saying i want more people to lose money. this isn't driven by public demand. this is driven by public interest. >> what drives the politics of this? you watch this in new york and it's similar in illinois. if it is the case that citizens aren't calling up, there are probably a few. but i agree. there's not a mass movement for this. yet it's taken over state houses. i remember as a kid. whenever you drive across the country doing reporting anywhere, i'm always astous ast....

>> why? >> because citizens of new york skpels where, they are not calling up legislators saying i want more people to lose money. this isn't driven by public demand. this is driven by public interest. >> what drives the politics of this? you watch this in new york and it's similar in illinois. if it is the case that citizens aren't calling up, there are probably a few. but i agree. there's not a mass movement for this. yet it's taken over state houses. i remember as a kid. whenever you drive across the country doing reporting anywhere, i'm always astounded. there's a casino in downtown detroi...

With government. we can't open up our own casino. we talk about the solution between government and powerful corporate interests against the common good. this is the poster child for that. >> why? >> because citizens of new york skpels where, they are not calling up legislators saying i want more people to lose money. this isn't driven by public demand. this is driven by public interest. >> what drives the politics of this? you watch this in new york and it's similar in illinois. if it is the case that citizens aren't calling up, there are probably a few. but i agree. there's not a mass moveme...

Into the surge that i think he needed to. but, you know, maybe this marianne gingrich pillow talk, open marriage comment, maybe that will shave a few points off of gingrich. maybe though gingrich picks up a few from perry. in the end it could be a bit of a wash. i think santorum is right to say, look, guys, i'm the one who, you know, really did the, you know, heavy lifting in new hampshire and iowa. and i deserve respect in these final days. >> bill: i think santorum may be the guy who benefits from all of this today. but tomorrow could be more chaos. >> big news day today. >> bill: directly a...

[lock clicks] martha: big news today, the white house is under fire how it handled green energy stimulus funds, and now they're looking into the programs that were funded by the white house, and it's showing a number of subsidies and guarantees that were handed out to campaign donors who had some links with companies that got the money. just how much taxpayer money went to the friends of the administration is a question that is being raised. so doug mckelway has been doing reporting on that, looking into it. is this a lot broader, doug, than solyndra? >> reporter: indeed it is martha. behind t...