in terms of public sentiment. we ve got new polls today that suggests that where as people aren t quite thrilled with how the matter has been handled, they don t think the intention was to mislead the american people and other members of the senate have started to distance themselves from what i think is the three newest members of the bat crazy party. she went out and uses talking points not designed to mislead the american people, but were edited so that the enemy, the enemy, wouldn t know what we knew. now, that s not something that a person sworn to protect this country isn t supposed to do, then i m not quite sure what is. howard, let s get into the massachusetts piece of this story. these are republicans would be very welcoming to john kerry s nominate because that would open up a senate seat. they d have to have a special election there and say see their pal, scott brown, as maybe a
ambassador, apparently because they think she s an easy target? then they ve got a problem with me. and should i choose, if i think that she would be the best person to serve america, in the capacity the state department that i would nominate her. are these republicans painting the president into a corner where he almost has to nominate her? they might and susan rice should send john mccain some flowers and thank him for this behavior, but the president s answer says why this is a good fight for him. if he takes them on over this, that is a win-win for this president because he will have a lot of people behind him, both in terms of public sentiment.
new york times cbs poll out tonight, nationwide poll which is something the president must be paying attention to showing support for the workers bargaining rights, saying 60% support preserving the bargaining rights of public employee unions. 60% is a sweet spot in american politics, howard. seems like the president was trying to speak to that 60% today. it was probably the labor officials notwithstanding trying to do it in a careful way, because if you re winning that battle, you don t want to overly plit size it, turn it into a republican versus democratic thing. i think the president knew full well or thinks and his advisers think they are on the right side of this in terms of public sentiment, so why turn it into a campaign issue. the republican governor s association is going up with a new tv ad in wisconsin defending
, shep. shepard: public sentiment against berlusconi. women. women are up in arms about this. hundreds of thousands of them, in fact, demonstrated in something like 60 cities right across italy over this weekend. they do not appear yet to be joined by the majority of men. italy is often called a very sexist society. but as more details come out in the trial which is now due to have its first phase on april the 6th, public opinion may turn even more against mr. berlusconi. one random thought here, shep, one random fact. the judges in this case are drawn randomly, and apparently it was completely random that it s going to be three women judging mr. berlusconi. thank you very much. interior minister warnings refugees from tunisia could have devastating consequences for all of europe. working around the clock to rescue refugees trying to get to
in addition to the polls in wisconsin, i have it in a new york times poll out tonight. a nationwide poll which is something the president must be paying attention to, showing support for the bargaining rights saying that 60% support preserving the bargaining rights of public employee unions. 60% is a sweet spot in american politics. seems like the president was trying to speak to that 60%. it was probably the labor officials not with standing trying to did it in a careful way. if you are winning, you don t want to politicize it. you don t want to turn it into a republican versus a democratic thing and the president knew full well or thinks and his advisers think if they are on the right side of this in terms of public sentiment, why turn it into a campaign issue. that s part of their thinking as well. the governor s association is going up with a new tv ad in