this is not a ship that will go up in the air again. i saw a launch ten years ago and one of the most amazing events i ve ever seen. three miles away for safety. and the sound and the vibration hits you after 20 seconds. but what i think is the point that is so depressing here, is that we were so far ahead in space, the shuttle itself was probably not the best machine. it was okay for its time. but it was inefficient and dangerous. the problem is not the cancellation of the shuttle. it s the fact that we canceled the follow-on. we now have to beg the russians, as a way to get in to space. we who left the russians in the dust ten years ago in the race to the moon. obama speaks of america not doing great things. well, the manned space program is a great accomplishment. it s now in decline and disintegrating. he spends money on windmills and algae but drains that out and what is happening is the
for, you know, more than one campaign? i actually don t think he s been badly served by his staff. he s got the best machine, the most money, the problem is the candidate. i think mitt i know mitt romney a little bit. i think he s a decent guy, but he has pandered to the right and now he can t get back to the middle because santorum and gingrich are making him stop. for romney to come out in favor of getting rid of the birth control and all this stuff, this is a disaster i ve never seen a campaign look anything like this since 1964. jon meacham. i think to blame the staff is, you know, like blaming the moon for the titanic. okay. it s sort of he is, you know, he is who he is. and actually stewart and stephens have done a good job of keeping the forward momentum going. the good line in that piece is that if you go into a general election without your base, it s not a good thing. and you look back again and again. and when you crack the base or don t have it, it s not a f