pretty much a 2012 flavor to this because a lot of the rhetoric here, while they do talk about the up coming elections is really about president obama, is about the direction of the country. that s much more of a presidential race kind of conversation than it is about congress and the senate, although newt gingrich, although he did, in fact, give a speech about the president, also talked, in fact, about being a party of yes, coming up in 2010. so it s a little of both. and that s a good issue because right now the republicans, sarah palin, wore that that hug warmly, the idea that they are the party of no. she said what s wrong with being the party of no when there s a president working against the wishes of the people. who is the candidate who is most likely to emerge from this gathering and are they likely to have the same candidate of republicans nation wooid would like to embrace? who knows?
justices over the years, including justice stevens, they evolve on the court. we don t know what justice sotomayor is going to do ten years from now. we might have a good idea. certainly barack obama, when he interviews these folks, has a good idea. he s a constitutional scholar himself. you don t know the definite issues that are going to come before the court, so you have to learn the way that they think. right. because they re certainly not going to tell you any secrets about how they re going to vote, right? and that s what the nominating process is about. and so exactly, exactly. and that s why it s sort of confounding sometimes, because i remember sitting with jeffrey as we were coverage the sotomayor hearings and it got kind of frustrating for us because they would ask her direct questions which, of course, she wouldn t answer. all right, thanks to both of you. we ll be breaking it down. you brought up an interesting point, that we have to look at issues that are bef
government overreach did not begin with the obama administration, but it will end with the obama administration. because, friends, truly the party of lincoln, the party of reagan, is back, and we have our eyes wide open going into these midterm elections. we re not just the party of no. we re the party of ideas. and with articulate alternatives, we will prove a better way for america. and in that spirit, let me get on something that s been making headlines lately. and i know it well. it s very, very important to all of us, and it s energy policy. energy is not just about heating our homes and fueling our rigs and keeping the lights on. it s an issue that really touches every challenge that we face, from the value of our paychecks to our interests abroad. there is an inherent link between energy and security, and energy and prosperity and energy and freedom. we need affordable domestic,
say yay or nay on it and publish it out so the various organizations can distribute it their membership and, of course, to you, the media. it s a sophisticated where you can use the social media and the network media and, of course, our own distribution capabilities through the individual organizations. let s talk a little bit about the fringe that you and i have talked about. the people that get you a lot of attention in media that you otherwise wouldn t like. is this going to hem you sort of get rid of some of that? well, indeed. jamie radke, who is a leader out of the virginia tea party federation, she s been a fantastic leader there and, in fact, they have we re adopting some of her techniques to the federation in virginia to essentially establish have you led a rally before, have you been in a leadership position in a year, indeed, questions around do you reject the notion of the birthers and truthers? the idea is really to bring an assembly of people who are interested in p
across the country and somebody showed me that this is an issue all over the place. we had all of this air coming in from the west and it was just blowing the dust around, blowing the pollen around. finally we got a cold front to come through and rain it out, push it out, at least a little bit. we ve had the tornadoes the last couple of days. nothing today. completely over. all right, chad, thanks very much. one of the things we re talking about is what is going on with the conservative movement in this country. there are actually interesting developments you ll want to hear about from the tea party, i ll be talking with the founder of the memphis tea party in just a couple of moments about what they re doing and thinking about as the elections come up. the most powerful half ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest-lasting full-sized pickups on the road. get 0% apr for