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the republican party and clear choices are emerging, not just on policy but also on character. on the very passion you just hinted at, because i sense that one of the reasons rick santorum is gaining such momentum is not necessarily that he is in reality more passionate than mitt romney or that he cares more, that he sounds like he does. a lot of romney supporters say to me, why isn't he giving more of himself to this? why isn't he beating his chest more? why isn't he giving us more passion? why doesn't he look like he wants this more? >> i don't think anybody can come to the concl...

Violated. if there was, there has to be suitable punishment. i didn't feel anything unusual going on. and it's a result of simply trying to cast a vast net, talk to lots of people, not just in kabul, but to go out on the ground. >> the editor of "rolling stone" and a military analyst, director of globalsecurity.org. let me start with this. thank you, congratulations on this story. i don't know if magazines are still ineligible for the pulitzer prize, but you ought to win it with this baby. this is north korea stuff. the fact that we're using brainwashing to go after our own civilian people who...

This story. i don't know if magazines are still ineligible for the pulitzer prize, but you ought to win it with this baby. this is north korea stuff. the fact that we're using brainwashing to go after our own civilian people who are in charge of setting policy is amazing. don't they give these generals copies of the constitution, eric? >> well, apparently not in this case. the general met more than a dozen times with the leader of this unit, information operations unit. and one of the most striking things about the story is the unitprotesting the order. they said look, we're not allowed to do ...

Las -- similar legislation is pending in 37 other states. federal reserve chief ben bernanke on capitol hill today, fight to go maintain the fed's power to regulate small banks. he says this kind of oversight is crucial to setting policy. and the city of fargo says it's reached its goal of stacking a million sandbags along the banks of the rising red river. now back to "hardball." back to "hardball." "columbus dispatch" as we had before, has this amazing video of health care reform advocates and opponents protesting earlier this week outside of the office of u.s. ohio congressman mary jo...

Bono. that means they went out of their way to defend them. it's important for the american people to know about it. i'm not saying they are part of al qaeda because they defend them. american people want to know who is setting policy. >> here are some of the people disagreed with you, condemning liz cheney. former secretary of defense, bell ger, larry thompson, former department attorney general. peter keisler, former civil division. you could go on and on. are they all wrong? >> i think they are all wrong in this situation. you can differ on these issues. this is an issue the american people...