base than like moderates in certain states but he s going to be everywhere, going to be in the debates. the big use of him is firing up conservatives as molly noted. conservatives have been lukewarm about molly. getting the base really excited, really revved up, eager to volunteer, eager to give money. i think they ve raised $3 million since yesterday. so that s what his real value is. molly, as we look at congressman ryan recently telling the new yorker he was miserable in the bush years, voting yay for policies that led to enormous defer sits like t.a.r.p., medicare, part d, the bush tax cuts, extending the bush tax cuts. will the obama campaign frame him as a flip-flopper as well? i don t know if the deficit issue is a case of flip-flopp g flip-flopping. if you look at ryan s budget plan, it does not balance the budget. so i think they ll be pounding on that point to say that if you re looking for someone who is going to balance the budget he s not necessarily your guy.
job. accusing me of flip-flopp g flip-flopping. that would be the most remarkable irony in the history of illinois. i actually am accused you of flip-flopping. you flip-flopped on nafta. you said you wanted to start a trade war. you want to moderate this? the latest rasmussen poll shows the race is almost too close to call. congressman kirk maintaining a four point lead. france is bracing for more protests this morning as railways and airports continue to face strikes. but the demonstrations are expected to die down because the country s parliament has approved the controversial pension reform legislation these mobs were protesting in the first place. approval by the constitutional council before french president nicolas saozy can sign it into law in november. it calls for raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 despite the strong opposition from the union in france.