curious things, places where a guy named jimmy who began his journey to become president carter. places where inevitable winners like hillary clinton and howard dean lost. places where somebody could rewrite the story that this republican race has come down to mitt versus newt. somebody like ron paul. newt gingrich has been on both sides of a long list of issues. sometimes in the same week. it s wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions. because then people have to ask themselves what will you tell me next time? ron paul hit newt gingrich pretty hard this week and he s got the money to keep at it. $3.6 million in cash. even better, he s got the army, time magazine reports paul insiders claim to have hard pledges from 20,000 caucusgoers, a record 120,000 iowans showed up in the 2008 republican caucuses. and one more number. 30. congressman paul joins me now from his home state of texas. congressman, you were greeted this morning by a new des moines
the iowa caucuses are curious things. places where a guy named jimmy who began his journey to become president carter. places where inevitable winners like hillary clinton and howard dean lost. places where somebody could rewrite the story that this republican race has come down to mitt versus newt. somebody like ron paul. newt gingrich has been on both sides of a long list of issues. sometimes in the same week. it s wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions. because then people have to ask themselves what will you tell me next time? ron paul hit newt gingrich pretty hard this week and he s got the money to keep at it. $3.6 million in cash. even better, he s got the army, time magazine reports paul insiders claim to have hard pledges from 20,000 caucus egoe, a record 120,000 iowaens showed up in the 2008 republican caucuses. and one more number. 30. congressman paul joins me now from his home state of texas. congressman, you were greeted this morning
i don t think they understand every hour counts, every day counts. we don t have time for meetings. we don t have time for committees and conference calls. we need to make a decision, move forward and do it quickly. despite the governor s frustration, as of now, the interior department s decision stands. the work has halted, the dredging has stopped and the battle between state and federal officials goes on. you saw plaquemines parish president billy nungesser a moment ago. he joins us now by phone. there was a meeting at the interior department where they were going to review this. any word on what happened there? yeah. they denied it. we ve got to wait the nine or ten days to build this pipeline and the lady that same lady that stood up in the meeting in new orleans that eventually approved the permit and she kept giving it every reason why we can t do this is the one that shut us down, that jane linder. to give you the kind of person we re dealing with, she sent an e-mail
this is bureaucratic bull. find a reason. it s not even a good reason. we got locals who say these guys are crazy. where was the federal wildlife and fish for the last 50 years? they say we can t put nothing back because it might hurt what s there. every year we watch it deteriorate. that s why the breeding ground was so far inland where the oil is destroying it now. billy nungesser brought a group of reporters to the island today, hoping to put pressure on the interior department to reverse their decision. i don t think they understand every hour counts, every day counts. we don t have time for committees and conference calls. they need to take make a decision, move forward and do it quickly. despite the governor s frustration, as of now, the interior department s decision stands. the work has halted, the dredging has stopped and the battle between state and federal officials goes on. you saw plaquemines parish
circuit court took in that case. if they do you said you think they ll back the judge s ruling. if they rule against your state, you re willing to take this all the way to the supreme court? i m in this for the long hall. i believe strongly in my legal team believes strongly that the executive order is unlawful and unconstitutional. i view it as my duty and responsibility on behalf of the people i represent, to use every legal tool at my disposal. that s why we moved so quickly to file this lawsuit the monday after the executive order was announces. literally every hour, every day counts, i was at seatac airport for the first time, getting a chance to folks who had been denied access in the past. they want to be reunited with