all the costs that you don t know, until they ve bit you and now it s too late. saw a piece the other day, some of these credit card, free credit cards on average, $300 a year. one of the points that s been made, you were appointed to a consultant or advisory position that screwed around that you would need senate confirmation to achieve your position. knew you said, if i get in there right now, i have an opportunity to work right now as opposed to getting through the senate confirmation process. but can you really have the trust of the people if you don t go through the process? the statute specifically provides that someone is supposed to come in and start building this agency. the better way to understand, there were two options. one option is to go okay. but the broader point of whether or not you can really have the confidence of the american people and congress if you re not confirmed by the senate? you know, the question was,
himself will not discuss the scandal today. he has canceled a planned radio interview. hard books apparently gathering dust. ebooks could represent 50% of their revenue. novelist steven king told elena cho that he published a book online years before the idea took off. i think i remember remembering it in parts. what he says about the fate of the written word at 7:20 eastern. up first this morning, now, laying out the blueprint today, republican leaders will tell voters how they would govern if they take back congress in november, in a 21-page long pledge to america. we have a copy of it. it promises to unravel president obama s first two years in office. and it starts with an preamble by say, quote, an arrogant and out of touch government makes decisions, issues mandates and
to the uninsured. that s what we re seeing. obviously, there was a lot of opposition to health care reform. 40% of americans asked in an ap poll disapprove of it. 30% approve. the republicans for the new pledge to america are promising that if they gain the majority in chang, they re going to try to take apart this bill and do it all over again. is there a better way? no one knows for sure. the president, february 24th, 2009 said we ll pass a bill this year, we ll reduce costs and cover everyone. the bill will take another three years to implement. all the changes coming from the bill may or may not reduce costs. they do cover a lot more people. we have to wait and see. thanks for dropping by. appreciate it. keeper? all right, thanks. well, no joke, stephen colbert not only holding a rally in washington, he s also scheduled to testify before congress. we re getting details from the cnnpolitics.com desk coming up. 45 minutes past the hour.
he says that the advice of his attorneys. bishop long canceled a planned radio interview and news conference today. ed lavandera has new developments this morning. the gop unveiling the pledge to america today telling voters what they would do if they win control of congress in november. we have a copy of it. we are analyzing it. democrats are calling it a pledge to special interests. we ll talk with one of its authors and show you some of the sweeping changes that the gop is proposing. how important are the nine months before you re born? a body of new research says there s a lot more to think about for moms to be from nutrition and an environment to even your mental state. there s some important information for couples considering having kids, ahead. yeah. this is really fascinating stuff and the am fix blog up and running. join the live conversation at cnn.com/amfix. now to the growing scandals surrounding bishop eddie long. three men now accusing him of
a pledge to cut congress s budget. a net hiring freeze of nonsecurity federal employees. and a vote on every regulation costing more than $100 million. those, each of those, is a nod to the idea that many in the base, you know, you hear republicans talking about this rebellion. rebellion is in large part about spending. so these are little things that the house republicans say they will try to do to address that. in addition to that there are some items in here that address the whole idea at that government is broken, the way congress works is broken. so there is a promise to, for example, rebuild for three days where before there s any vote. things like that. that, i think is most notewor y noteworthy. whether it will be enough is the question. we ve got less than six weeks now before the midterm elections. are they hope for a similar effect here this year? you know what s really