day ago. he also got booed on stage. first, the new polling. it shows mitt romney with a commanding 41% of likely republican voters. he s followed by ron paul at 18%. rick santorum at 8% and gingrich tied with huntsman at 7%. this in new hampshire. powell and santorum are on the rice. paul took the day off from campaigning. santorum had a full day trying to turn his near victory in iowa into gains in new hampshire, trying to sell his brand of social conservative. today at a diner in new hampshire, he was confronted by occupy protesters. then at a college event in concord, he spoke about same-sex marriage, polygamy, michelle obama s line, for the first time in my adult life, i m really proud of my country. he was booed leaving the stage. let me thank you all very, very much for being here for your time and attention. thanks. the former pennsylvania senator speaking tonight at a more friendly venue. keeping them honest had some other statements causing contin controversy, n
this is the washington post editorial writer and returning to our discussion former dnc chairman howard dean. i just want to go to what jay carney said about this today because there is a little bit of a technical problem in this one. and that is that the republicans are saying, wait main, the senate wasn t really in recess is they had it in pro forma session. so jay carney s response to that is n. an overt attempt to prevent the president from exercising his authority during this period is a gimmick called pro forma sessions which are sessions during which no senate business is conducted but that does not overright the president s constitutional authority to make appointment ts to keep the government running. but your gimmick is my rule. every single thing that runs the united states senate is a rule
editorial writer and returning to our discussion former dnc chairman howard dean. i just want to go to what jay carney said about this today because there is a little bit of a technical problem in this one. and that is that the republicans are saying, wait main, the senate wasn t really in recess is they had it in pro forma session. so jay carney s response to that is n. an overt attempt to prevent the president from exercising his authority during this period is a gimmick called pro forma sessions which are sessions during which no senate business is conducted but that does not overwrite the president s constitutional authority to make appointments to keep the government running. but your gimmick is my rule. every single thing that runs the
chairman howard dean. i just want to go to what jay carney said about this today because there is a little bit of a technical problem in this one. and that is that the republicans are saying, wait main, the senate wasn t really in recess is they had it in pro forma session. so jay carney s response to that is n. an overt attempt to prevent the president from exercising his authority during this period is a gimmick called pro forma sessions which are sessions during which no senate business is conducted but that does not overright the president s constitutional authority to make appointment ts to keep the government running. but your gimmick is my rule. every single thing that runs the united states senate is a rule that someone else can call a gimmick and i for one see a
chairman howard dean. i just want to go to what jay carney said about this today because there is a little bit of a technical problem in this one. and that is that the republicans are saying, wait main, the senate wasn t really in recess is they had it in pro forma session. so jay carney s response to that is n. an overt attempt to prevent the president from exercising his authority during this period is a gimmick called pro forma sessions which are sessions during which no senate business is conducted but that does not overwrite the president s constitutional authority to make appointments to keep the government running. but your gimmick is my rule. every single thing that runs the united states senate is a rule that someone else can call a