and really started to get into meg whitman s face. chris cristy stood up for her. let s take a look at what he did. hey, listen, you know what? you want to yell, yell at me. but don t give her a hard time. we re here we re here talking about the future of the state of california and the future of our country, and you know what? and you know what and you know what? let me tell you this. you know what? it s people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country. we re here bringing this country together, not to divide it. there you have chris cristy right there, the new jersey governor standing up to a heckler. tell you what, the take away from this week in politics. one, chivalry is not dead, certainly not in politics. and if i m ever in a barroom fight, i think i want chris cristy to have my back. that s why they call him the wrecking ball, right? in fairness, chris cristy didn t have to yell, he had a microphone.
desk. it s not a mass exitous, but it seems like we ve been talking about one after the other the past few days. you often see this in an administration. a couple of years in. the people who were with the president in the first couple of years tend to leave. they want to get out before the new reelection campaign begins. and in fact, that s what we heard from robert gates yesterday. you know, his timing, he thinks if he gets out in 2011, the confirmation process for a new secretary of defense will not get caught up in politics. there is a very complicating factor, though. as you know, the president is talking about drawing down some of the 30,000 troops that he has sent to afghanistan for the afghanistan war. you know, our own adam levine who is the supervising producer down at the pentagon has a great story right now on cnnpolitics.com which caves into gates thinking of whether he
worth of ads being run by special interest groups. and we expect that to more than double as we head into election day. our friend here on american morning and here on cnn politics, he says expect to see more groups, more ads, and just a whole blanketing of these political commercials as we head into election day. if you re not a political junky, you might want to turn the tivo on. no question. one group of people who love the ad season, television stations who get all that revenue coming in. absolutely. make lots of money. thanks so much. we re going to check back in with mark in the next hour. and for a reminder of the latest political news go to cnnpolitics.com. nobody does it better. well, the only person living in a 125-unit condo high-rise in florida says, well, my lonely days are over this morning almost. you may remember the story. construction started on the building in 05. by the time it was done in 08, the real estate market had tanked. both buyers could not cl
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protest. we got word from the eu. they put out a statement calling the 9/11 remarks by ahmadinejad outrageous and unacceptable. the first woman executed in virginia in nearly 100 years. teresa lewis was put to death by lethal injection last night. found guilty of hiring men to kill her husband and son for insurance money. defense attorneys argued that lewis was borderline mentally disabled. seven minutes past the hour now to politics and your paycheck. are they on a collision course this morning? well senate democrats have decided not to vote on extending middle class tax cuts until after the november elections. in other words, your take home pay hangs in the balance come january 1st. brianna keilar s live from washington this morning. and there s a chance it could go right down to the wire. there s a chance nothing could get done. what s going on right now? well, democratic leaders are saying that they couldn t get this done because they were getting no support from