election, the 98 midterm, and the president s party, historically speaking, always does poorly during midterm elections, and so, historically speaking, you would normally expect the democratic party to get clobbered in that election. it was the second midterm of president clinton s two terms in office. but this impeachment thing that the republicans had dreamed up over president clinton s extramarital affair, however exciting the whole impeachment process it was to them, it was basically disgusting to the rest of the country. and the democrats not only didn t get clobbered in those midterm elections, they did great in those midterm elections. they actually picked up seats in the house, which historically speaking is unheard of. in 98, the democrats did way better than expected. it was in the middle of the impeachment thing and newt gingrich, who had been the speaker of the house, leading the house republicans in that election, leading the house republicans on the impeachmen
$150,000 a year. o malley says the tax increases are necessary to avoid cuts in education and other services. the plan will cut the cost of teacher pensions. it the state cannot afford the bill, how will cutting it up into 24 sections make it less of a burden to those counties? crisfield malley administration claims is also a group includes additional cuts. this also includes additional cuts. when you come here to spend $600 million and you know better, you are lying intentionally. the governor had the budget and his revenue package introduced in the senate first. republicans pushed for a delay in the public hearing on it by one day. it seems to me that we ve got something to overcome and that the public could not sign up by the deadline to participate. house republicans raised the same concerns, but the budget package was sent to the tax committees for a public hearing anyway. that is where new details emerged, including a mechanism that restores funding for bu
plans. but you got a congress in the form of eric cantor and john boehner saying no, no, no. it reminds me of the senator from alaska, having a temper tantrum on the floor of the senate. there is a reason that president obama is trying to go around the obstructionists in congress and it s to get stuff done. josh, my friend, you re overplaying your hand. the president put forth a jobs bill and it didn t get pass the democratic controlled senate. neither branch of congress wants to help the president because the president hasn t put forth any honest solutions that will help the economy. if the president really wants help, go to john hastert. if they help you out, you ll get this through congress cause what we need is wise economic solutions. not dollar store gimmicks. i agree that we need to cut entitlements and smart defense spending reform. but until we get a congress that he is going to support a president doing that, we ll have more plaining from folks like ford. rick: gentlem
rick: plus, hot off the assembly line, we ve got the iphone 4 s, the brand-new iphone and consumer reports has taken a look and they ll be here to tell us if it makes the grade. that s coming up later. arthel: we begin with this, a tragic day for u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. homicide bomber killing 17 in kabul. 12 americans among the dead. the taliban quickly claiming responsibility for what is being called one of the deadliest attacks on coalition forces in months. and it wasn t the only one. conner powell streaming life with more. the taliban launched a string of attacks across afghanistan today, including a rare suicide attack by a woman. but the largest and most deadly attack was here in kabul earlier in the day. vehicle full of explosives ramd into a u.s. military and nato convoy, killing 17 people, four afghan, including a police officer. 12 americans and one canadian. many of the americans that were killed were civilian contractors working with the unit