dad suddenly passed away and he matured quickly in a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition, but because of his passion and faith for america and a beef that america needed individuals who would put the country first and who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns and so he went to washington and for 14 years, he s been battling in washington as a leader and he s found some extraordinary capacity there which is one to be an intellectual leader in the pay. he s one of those that understands how government works and how it can be tamed and how we can restore to the people of america the rights and powers of the people and how states are the places where new ideas are developed and tested and grown. he understands the constitution and he s done something that very few people in washington learn how to do
is really prepared for this kind of quake or worse, and the other breaking news story we re following, bullets flying from moammar gadhafi s compound in tripoli, only hours after it was captured by rebels. cnn goes inside the compound as chaos, looting and celebrations unfold. we re following a very dangerous and uncertain situation in libya right now. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. millions of americans on the east coast and beyond heard the ground rumble and felt buildings sway. the earthquake that struck just a few hours ago measured 5.8, the strongest to rock the area in over a century. for this part of the country it s a rare event. many people were dazed and scared as they poured into the streets. some are still feeling emotional aftershocks. the quake was centered almost 90 miles southwest of washington, d.c., and northern virginia. it was felt to some degree as far away as both detroit and atlanta. damage reports are still coming in. no word yet o
they continue to focus attention of red state democrats from like montana north dakota and nebraska and florida to virginia and louisiana on the fact that those senators, democrat senators are going to have to go home and face the voters in states that don t like the barack obama agenda. and soundly rejected what the democrats did over the last two years. so, you know, the conservatives can be on the offense, but we ought to be clear that the democrats still have the white house and they still have the senate and the question is, is this going to be a battle of will? can the conservatives keep on the offense and keep pressing, pressing, pressing so that they win not complete victories but partial victories and keep winning them consistently. bill: thank you very much. obama care may be in trouble. a federal judge rules major part of it unconstitutional. colmes and crowley will analyze. then amazing story, muslim teacher, there she is, is told she cannot go to mecca. she gets the fede
they continue to focus attention of red state democrats from like montana north dakota and nebraska and florida to virginia and louisiana on the fact that those senators, democrat senators are going to have to go home and face the voters in states that don t like the barack obama agenda. and soundly rejected what the democrats did over the last two years. so, you know, the conservatives can be on the offense, but we ought to be clear that the democrats still have the white house and they still have the senate and the question is, is this going to be a battle of will? can the conservatives keep on the offense and keep pressing, pressing, pressing so that they win not complete victories but partial victories and keep winning them consistently. bill: thank you very much. obama care may be in trouble. a federal judge rules major part of it unconstitutional. colmes and crowley will analyze. then amazing story, muslim teacher, there she is, is told she cannot go to mecca. she gets the fede
of red state democrats from like montana north dakota and nebraska and florida to virginia and louisiana on the fact that those senators, democrat senators are going to have to go home and face the voters in states that don t like the barack obama agenda. and soundly rejected what the democrats did over the last two years. so, you know, the conservatives can be on the offense, but we ought to be clear that the democrats still have the white house and they still have the senate and the question is, is this going to be a battle of will? can the conservatives keep on the offense and keep pressing, pressing, pressing so that they win not complete victories but partial victories and keep winning them consistently. bill: thank you very much. obama care may be in trouble. a federal judge rules major part of it unconstitutional. colmes and crowley will analyze. then amazing story, muslim teacher, there she is, is told she cannot go to mecca. she gets the federal government to sue the school