here s what it looked like when it passed. [ applause ] reporter: a very raucous council meeting to be sure. the chairperson of the council saying she lost control, jokingly of the meeting several times during it. the protesters got what they want and they are promising to keep the pressure up across the state on the governor and government here until they make those changes. what those changes may be is unclear. governor pence obviously tripling down by writing a wall street editorial saying the bill will stand. not saying he will change it. the republicans in the legislature here a super majority of republicans saying they will seek fixes. what they will be and when they come down is not clear. groups here say there is a easy
nobody remembers gene robinson. cpac chairman. was unbelievable. a great wall street editorial by the great peggy noonan. sorry, jeb, the race is wide open. that s her title. jeb bush is said by some and treated by many as the front-runner, the one to beat. i don t see it. in fact i think he is making a poor impression. mr. bush s operation, according to the new york times, muscling party strategists to advice him and no one else. that s a piece in the new york times actually today. again a message is sent, be with us now or we ll remember later. he literally says that. it looks less like a sales pitch than a hostile takeover. what is most missing so far is a fierce sense of engagement a passionate desire to lead america out of the morass of fiery, that he is the man for moment. in its place we see a softer with be i m smart, accomplished
recovery there is growing hammering that the former governor has not been specific enough in outlining what he would do differently. the washington bureau chief for the washington sun times and msnbc analyst ezra kline. a wall street editorial said the romney campaign is slowly kwanderikwand scannedering an historic opportunity and in a clear way. i think it does even if the wall street journal had not written that editorial. we just heard mitt romney outline a plan for his economic vision and it still had specifics, but nothing that would let a person know if they are looking for help right away. what the romney plan would do. he also has not talked about what he plans to do if obama
call. american morning continues right now. i m ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. i m christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this american mornin morning . good morning. good morning. it is thursday, september 15. welcome american morning. good to be back with you guy. nice to have you back. havena lot of good news. you will love it. up first, taxpayer, you are on the hook this morning more more than a half a billion dollars. here is why. solyndra, a solar panel company in california, declared bankruptcy after receiving $535 million in federal stimulus money from your tax $. the white house trying to defend its decision to award th
season after the 08 cycle, candidates running around for two years doing a million different forums. i think summer to labor day, the field will set itself, chuck. you don t mind some of the folks are taking their time as long as they get in before september? yeah, i don t think so. they are adults. they know what kind of money they need to raise to be competitive and i think they are making those calculations. i don t think there s any doubt that we are we are going to have a lot of different folks running for president on the republican side of the aisle because we have a president that we believe is tone deaf on the economy and i think we need to save our country economically and a lot of people feel the same way. want to ask about the institutional front run lander is one, i know some people disagree whether there is a front-runner, mitt romney today giving a speech about health care, talking about the president, obama s health care plan, a little about his own, a tough wall