slave who finds him or herself in our borders. we have the right to do that. we are not a slave state. we can practice our laws as we see fit. more about harriet beecher stowe s this weekend as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicles with behind-the-scenes at the history of literary life of augusta, maine and noon eastern on booktv on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. michael grunwald presents his thoughts on the $800 billion stimulus bill, the american recovery reinvestment act signed into law by president obama on february 17, 2009. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] thanks, all of you, for coming and braving the rain. i am thrilled to start by 4 in new york. my wonderful parents are here. the only new yorkers who go to florida to visit their grandchildren. there are a lot of facts and figures and fun characters and colorful stories. i knew it was going to be controversial and it would be revisionist history of
romney won through hotspoting, if you will. michigan awards its delegates by congressional district. santorum may have won the most counties but romney won the areas with the most people, which is not an unreasonable thing. and so he gets more delegates. but proportionally, it s not winner take all. romney wins the popular vote but has to split the delegates. this is where it gets to be a party. proponents say this whole delegate splitting thing is a better representation of distributive power and what voters want. critics of the system are saying that all this delegate distributing, a little for you, a little for me, two of these, two of those, is why the primary fight continues to drag on. and from the republican standpoint that creates further self-destruction, further fracturing, less strength in the general election. that s the theory on that. all rational signs obviously point to the fact that romney will be the republican nominee for president. there you go. not only i
santorum may have won the most counties but romney won the areas with the most people, which is not an unreasonable thing. and so he gets more delegates. but proportionally, it s not winner take all. romney wins the popular vote but has to split the delegates. this is where it gets to be a party. proponents say this whole delegate splitting thing is a better representation of distributive power and what voters want. critics of the system are saying that all this delegate distributing, a little for you, a little for me, two of these, two of those, is why the primary fight continues to drag on. and from the republican standpoint that creates further self-destruction, further fracturing, less strength in the general election. that s the theory on that. all rational signs obviously point to the fact that romney will be the republican nominee for president. there you go. not only is he ahead in the delegate count but the polling numbers are very strong and then for my money, most
there and let the senate debated. these guys are great debaters. let it happen. bring it up for a vote. what are you afraid of? of? lippe and people see over the weekend this debate. let them hear about what cut, cap and balance is all about and i think we do that we can win. thank you. call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. conrad: mr. president, i rise today to discuss the legislation that s come over from the house of representatives that i must say i consider some of the most ill-considered legislation that i ve ever seen come over from the other body. this legislation has been hastily thrown together, never had a hearing, and yet proposes to amend the constitution of the united states in dramatic and draconian ways. mr. president, this is truly dangerous business. i have been part of the fiscal commission. i was part of the majority that supported its conclusions to reduce our debt from what it would o
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