most expect the president will pick somebody from within his inner circle, though. i know you ve got some stuff you want to tell us about this crossing. i want your feedback on that story since we were just getting that confirmed. what else is crossing? a big crossing today, it s related to the subject we were just talking about. a lot of chatter both from democrats and republicans about the man who would be speaker. republican john boehner. i ll show you one story on the ticker. this is about democrats targeting the republican leader, john boehner. if republicans win 39 seats he ll be the next speaker of the house of representatives. he s going to give a big speech here today in washington to lay out what he would do if he gets that privilege and honor to be speaker. the best way to cut spending, he says, is bring every agency, nasa up, the education department up, the commerce department up, bring them up one at a time instead of in these big massive spending bills so people can