cold. i take your sign hospitality as a sign of things to come. tony perkins and gary bauer and the politics of top secret with homeland security xharn jor joe lieberman and congressman peter king. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. the president s congressional to-do list is as broad as it is unlikely to pass. job outsourcing, mortgages, small business tax credits, clean energy, and jobs for vets. the beauty of the president s to-do list, what doesn t get done becomes campaign fodder. the question is whether congress will be anything more this year than a campaign prop. joining me now from springfield, illinois, the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, and here in washington the man charged with electing more republicans to the senate, senator john cornyn. thank you both for being here. let me start out, i want to play something that senator durbin said in mid-april to kind of kick off our conversation. senator, let he remind you of what yo
and congressman peter king. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. the president s congressional to-do list is as broad as it is unlikely to pass. job outsourcing, mortgages, small business tax credits, clean energy, and jobs for vets. the beauty of the president s to-do list, what doesn t get done becomes campaign fodder. the question is whether congress will be anything more this year than a campaign prop. joining me now from springfield, illinois, the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, and here in washington, the man charged with electing more republicans to the senate, senator john cornyn. thank you both for being here. let me start out, i want to play something that senator durbin said in mid-april to kind of kick off our conversation. unless there is some intervening event, some external event, i think the reality is we are not going to take up tough issues involving spending, taxes, medicare, social security, before an election. my questio