minnesota governor tim pawlenty said that the mosque would degrade or disrespect the site. this is pandering and that goes for harry reid, too. a cnn poll showed that 68% of americans oppose, blah, blah, blah. on and on. this is, though, pat buchanan, this isn't just republicans now, who are pandering on this issue. it's democrats who are pandering on this issue. and i guess you look at the poll numbers, they may be rewarded politically for the pandering. >> well, i think that there's no doubt about it, the right side politically of this issue, in almost any congressional district i can think of, is to say, in effect, look, you ought not to build a mosque on ground that is hallowed ground and sacred, because 3,000 americans were suffocated, burned or crushed to death by islamic fanatics to wlom their muslim faith was critical, both to their mission and their identity. now, joe, under the