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You very much. many saw the surprise announcement yesterday that congressman bart stupak will not seek re-election on healthcare reform casualty. that's what the g.o.p. are quietly licking their chops over the controversy over the healthcare law and hope it will help chances in the mythed term electi electielectio election -- mid-term election. check in with indiana congre congressman mike pence among the leaders an it the southern leadership conference for republicans to talk about this and other things in the news. were your surprised that bart stupak decided not to run for re-election? afte...

Additional $27 billion worth of cost. >> brian: wow! >> just to the state of texas. not to mention the decrease or quality of care. if you are a young person are you going to the practice of medicine? absolutely not. this will not stand. americans will go to the poll in 2010 and elect men and women who will go to washington, d.c. with a clear message of we're going to go to washington and try to make washington as incon consequencial in your life as we can. get back to principles that are important. that is what we will hear as people move toward the election, with focussed on a powerful messa...

Opposed to other agenda items he has. this is an election year, obviously, and how much he wants to invest where is the most important political decision he will make. i think he has certainly a solicitor general elena kagen someone who has established bipartisan support. and has a limited paper trail that would, you know, incite-- that would not incite controversy, she doesn't have a lot of controversial writing that would cause potential problems during the nomination process, so if he doesn't want to spend a lot of capital she's an easy choice in that regard. >> kelly: do you get the feelin...

Session kicks off. is that really possible? republicans as we've been pointing out vowing a whale of a fight in the senate if the president's pick is too liberal for g.o.p. taste. technically as a democratic strategist and a former senior advisor, a senior fellow of united in purpose. welcome to both of you, nice to have you here. >> thank you, uma. >> uma: let me begin with you, this is an election year and republicans are gearing up for this fight as we mentioned. if the president picks an ultra liberal activist nominee to replace justice stevens, what do you think if the president chooses s...