herman cain s presidential bid is still alive despite the mounting allegations of sexual harassment, but his comment mocking the first female speaker of the house and calling her princess nancy only com pounded the questions about his attitude towards women. something he realized shortly after the debate was over. that was a statement i probably should not have made, but i was trying to make a point. that was an express of regret, but not public. haven try heard this before. members remained undeterred in crushing the momentum. recent days, many of the attacks have taken on racial overtones. that was not the piece of tape we were planning on showing. we were going to reference herman cain s comments about
this program in recent days, haven try? 9/11 responders shouldn t have to wait this long to get justice. this is social justice, medical justice. the un-american activity of republicans, like jon kyl and the chamber of commerce, i think, has no place in our politics. but you see, if they do this on president obama s watch, then, heck, he s going to get credit for it. this isn t about credit. and when george bush stood up there with the bullhorn right after 9/11, was he talking about political credit? mr. kyl, mr. mccain, where are you on this issue? remember all of those people that were running around with fire department of new york hats, so proud of america s finest, but now when they re sick, now when it s time to help them, you re not there. you re not there. you re worried about a dollar. jon kyl is asking, well, what s the money for? we haven t heard we haven t had any hearings on this. uh, can we roll it back a week? mr. kyl, we didn t have any hearings on this bill tax compr
jammed into a lame-duck session in the congress. and it is kind of amazing just how much congress can get done when they re under a deadline and under the gun. the lame duck, this lame-duck session of the congress has been one of the most productive in recent history. let s see what they ve done. they have passed a tax bill compromise, a lot of liberals don t like it, but it does help the unemployed. it s got an unemployment extension. repeal of don t ask, don t tell. that s an accomplishment over the weekend. the food safety bill and now the senate s on the verge of ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, but of course, the republicans are against that. now if they can get the 9/11 bill through this week, it would be another win for the president of the united states and the democrats, but more importantly, it would be a huge win for the people who really understand sacrifice. we ve talked about sacrifice on this program in recent days, haven try? 9/11 responders shouldn t have to wait this