here s the problem. according to our polling nearly eight in ten americans do not want to cut spending for medicare even in the name of cutting the debt. first of all, if people are describing this accurately in poll it s far more popular than the poll you referenced. second of all, leaders are elected to lead. i don t consult polls to tell me what mie principles are or what our policies should be. leaders change the polls. and we re leading many the house. but will is no time left to change the polls in new york s 26th congressional district where republican jane corwin has the task of trying to win the first federal election since house republicans passed the ryan plan. that task was not supposed to be difficult in the most conservative district in the state of new york. where bush won in 2000 and 2004.
here s the problem. according to our polling nearly eight in ten americans do not want to cut spending for medicare even in the name of cutting the debt. first of all, if people are describing this accurately in poll it s far more popular than the poll you referenced. second of all, leaders are elected to lead. i don t consult polls to tell me what mie principles are or what our policies should be. leaders change the polls. and we re leading many the house. but will is no time left to change the polls in new york s 26th congressional district where republican jane corwin has the task of trying to win the first federal election since house republicans passed the ryan plan. that task was not supposed to be difficult in the most conservative district in the
but will is no time left to change the polls in new york s 26th congressional district where republican jane corwin has the task of trying to win the first federal election since house republicans passed the ryan plan. that task was not supposed to be difficult in the most conservative district in the state of new york. where bush won in 2000 and 2004. mccain won in 2008. and insane tea party candidate carl paladino managed to beat andrew cuomo in the governor s race which he won statewide by nearly 30%. that s why as of last week corwin supported the house republican medicare abolish plan. i am supporting a plan. i have yet to hear of any other plans from other appointments. isn t that the career politician thing. kick the can down the road. ignore the problem and ignore the fact that we are facing a major crisis if we don t take action.
other key story lines. good morning, t.j. tuesday the fight over medicare is in the spotlight. voters in new york s 26th congressional district go to fill their house seat. the winner will fill the seat of chris lee, quickly resigned earlier this hour hours after gawker posted photos and e-mailed from him soliciting a date with a woman through craigslist. in the race for the white house iowa is in the spotlight this week. michele bachmann could be close to announcing a run for the white house visits the state on thursday. next day mitt romney all but declared his second bid for the republican nomination makes his first trip to iowa this cycle. the state and its caucuses kick off the presidential primary and caucus calendar. t.j.? thanks to paul steinhauser as always. have you heard about this story? got a lot of people talking last week and we have all been there, you re in a store, maybe on a
also i want you to look at something playing out hundreds of miles out above us right now. this is remarkable we can get a live picture in space. this is happening right now, drew foystle and mike fink are doing a second space walk, two endeavour astronauts. it looks like a lot is going on up there. they have some maintenance work on the space station. we ll get more about that. that is a live picture. fascinating to watch them do this work and they were able to get the live pictures. from the cnn center hey it s me and reynolds. hey! good morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes. i m reynolds wolf, we ll be checking in with him in a second. it s may 22nd on this sunday. as always, good morning to our servicemen and women watching us on the armed forces network around the world. glad you could be with us and glad you do what you do. mitch daniels is not running for president. he doesn t have the flash of donald trump or name recognition of mike huckabee his decision