when are you going to begin to toss some of your weaker democratic candidates overboard in trms of money? we don t think we have weak democratic candidates right now. okay. you didn t expect an answer to that. clearly, we will look at and if there are candidates that are very substantially behind and they can t make it, clearly we ll have to make some tough judgments. but with all due respect to my good friend carl holtz, who i ink is a terrific reporter, ad that decision has not been me as chris van holland made it very clear. in fact, betsy m ssy marquis wh one of tho mentioned in carl s article, are absolutely top priorities for me and for our party. betty markey is tied in e polls. frank granville is slightly ahead. so these candites are in very good shape and they re going to win. thank you so much. democrat leader steny hoyer, we appreciate your time. appreciate it. next, can the tea party and republicans make for a winning team this november? ring ring. progresso.
through in the next years. there is always going to the potential for an individual or a small group of indivials, if they are willing to die, to kill other people.s nine years after 9/11, the threat has changed, but it remains. today, an anxious anniversary with homeland security secretary janet nanapolitano, former homeland security secretary michael chertoff, and former white house counterterrorism adviser, fran townsend. then 51 days out from the midterm elections. politics with house democratic leader steny hoyer. and the battle for the soul of the gop with former house republican leader dick army and form former senate leader trent lott. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. this 9/11 was remarkable for its divisiveness. protests over a planned islamic cultural center blocks from ground zero. protests from a pastor i florida. protests in afghistan and pakistan. we are seeing today riots in kabul, riots in afghanistan that threaten our young men and