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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...

Definition of what a budget cut is. they say they're cutting way back when, in fact, all they're doing is spending a little less than what they had hoped to spend. they are actually spending a lot more. take washington state, for example. the governor is calling for a big sales tax increase to avoid $2 billion in spending cuts. she says the state has already cut to the bone by chopping $10 billion, but her numbers don't quite add up. total state spending rose $2 billion since 2008, state revenue increased during that period, but not as much as expected. >> because of the economy we have increa...

Like russia and china, it could potentially be sold to them. the attorneys for rod blagojevich gearing up to appeal his conviction. lawyers say they could ask for him to remain free during his appeal. he was sentenced to 14 years in prison and he's supposed to be remanded into custody on february 16th bill. we'll see. bill: judge knapp says do the time now. it's going to be harder to drag this out than make the break. in this era of a bad economy and tight budget you think government spending would be down. right? you would be wrong. over the past decade state spending skyrocketed 72%. spendin...

It. and why it's going to be a big campaign issue. >> the question that we've -- the national reform is based on what we've been doing in massachusetts for the last five years. and 98% of our residents have health insurance. 1% to state spending. it's been a wild success. there is a challenge everywhere in the country, in terms of managing health care costs down. and that's regardless whether you have a universal system, or not. we're going to crack that code in massachusetts, as we. i think that, frankly, to describe this, due respect to my friend bob, to describe this as a mandate for one si...