independent, we wanted to move this city forward. i m excited to hit the ground running. in your election speech, you talked about being independent. some say you down play your political affiliation. do party labels matter to you. it is not something we stressed, particularly here on the local level on city government. when i talked about independent, i talked about independence to continue the reforms we have started here in san diego. issues like pension reform that not only are san diego facing but other cities and states across the country. particularly we saw in this race here in the last week, in the last couple weeks, the ex troexy amount of money coming in for national government employee unions. it is over $4 million. i talked a lot about being independent. we can continue those reforms to invest back into our neighborhoods, streets and libraries. those things you talk about sound very republican. other things you stand for like gay marriage and abortion rights make you s
of the president s remarks at 11:30 today eastern time. supreme court under scrutiny as the advocacy group pushes for transparency from the court. republicans, democrat, and a large majority of americans support a simple fix putting cameras in the supreme court. the group notes that state and federal courts already allow camp eras in the chambers. limited number of seats forces hours of waiting or days to get inside. politics sometimes make strange fellas. we saw that in action. what could bring the majority leader and one of the biggest tea party names? dana bash has the answer.
well, that s who i am. it is something i think that s who we are as san diegoans. how are we turning our neighborhoods around and providing good quality services? particularly in those neighborhoods that haven t got enough services. that s one of the reasons we did so well on tuesday. so you are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. is that fair? absolutely. i think that reflects our city as well. we hear a lot about how republicans want to make their tent bigger. do you think a republican candidate like yourself could succeed at a federal level? well, you know, i focused on succeeding at the local level. i ll tell you, i think there is absolutely room for a variety of views. that s important to me. that s important to the party. state and national, that s certainly the type of things that i think more people want to see. i am sure there are many
than just your favorite songs and it is hoping to cash in. pandora is rolling out a new ad service to help political candidates target voters. the next time you listen to a little country or some r&b, you might get pegged as a democrat or republican. let s bring in cnn s money tech correspondent, laurie segall, from new york. tell me more. it is all about your zip code. every time when you sign up for pandora, you put in your zip code. that has a lot of valuable gee graphics cal data. they have said, a lot of folks have voted left or right and been able to target you. they are taking it to a whole new level. now, they are able to say, in a suburb of chicago that generally leans left, a lot of folks are listening to reggae music. they can correlate those and better serve you. you can get out of these ads by signing up for the premium service, $3.99 a month.
filibuster by cruz. my job is to protect the country when i can and step up and lead in occasions when it s required. that s what i did. the senate republican leader up for re-election this year wants to keep his job. though campaign aids are most worried about beating democrat grimes in november, mcconnel has to win the spring gop primary. he thinks he d be the majority leader now had others taken the challenges more seriously. gushing about rand paul is smart politics for mcconnel. the junior senator from kentucky is a national figure already, deeply involved in the national debate about the direction of this country. paul went out of his way to resip p resciprocat reciprocate. we are privileged to have senator mcconnel. hard to believe a few years