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Forces. my question will president obama's democratic base rebel against the war he has made his own? also, should affirmative action programs be ended? democratic senator jim webb basically says y because they discriminate, he says, against poor whites. plus the tax debate. democrats will argue that republicans want to protect the rich. republicans will argue that democrats just want to raise taxes. we'll have that one out here. and don't meet the press. remember this bit of video of sharron angle running away from reporters? she's not alone. why are so many republicans, tea party people es...

>> congressman mcgovern, will you take the heat? will the president take the heat from the right? it will come. you democrats cost us afghanistan by pulling the plug on this. >> the taliban are awful rotten people. there are rotten awful people all over the world. we can't occupy every country. if we can set a time line f we can set an exit strategy,that will put pressure on the afghan government to either step up or not. the responsibility lies with the afghan government. we have been there ten years. we have lost thousands of soldiers. are we going to be there forever? we can't afford to do ...

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We're continuing to monitor confirmation hearings for the supreme court nominee elena kagan. they're streaming live so you can watch it at foxnews.com. we'll bring you updates. arlen specter is interviewing. when we get to something of interest we'll play it for you. there's so much news today. president obama' nominee to run the war in afghanistan general petraeus testifying today. he'll be confirmed. he's expected to be and he will be. what would his leadership mean for this conflict? is this a winnable conflict? what is our goal and is it possible to meet? we'll ask senators on both sides. ...

That is later in the show. finally, joe biden advises school kids don't settle for number two. that is on the "side show." let start with president obama showing leadership in the afghanistan war. we go to senator webb who is chairman of the senate arms services committee. let me ask you this, was yesterday a good day for america, and sign up petraeus for the afghanistan campaign? >> well, it is something that the president was right to do in terms of the situation with general mcchrystal. this is the third bite out of the apple. people tend to forget that, the way he handled the pat tillman...