motives. i think that s all we do here. go ahead. i think it is what he probably believes. s more establishment guy but context matters. look, this is a guy who in 2009 got pushed out of the race for governor by bob mcdonnell because bob mcdonnell was more conservative and better positioned to win the race. he stepped aside with the expectation from everyone in the republican party that in 2013 he d be the guy. well, among comes ken cuccinelli and the reality is it s a convention there, a very small group of people, activists, conservatives by and large that pick the nominee. even in a primary i m not sure bill bolling beats ken cuccinelli. so i think some of it is that he s kind of angry at the way in which his political fortunes have played themselves out but i think part of it, too, is an expression of the kind of establishment for lack of a better word within the republican party who looks at some of the folks in a more conservative wing and says these folks are pushing us t
just fighting for tax breaks for the wealthy and not caring about everybody else. i do think we need to change that. republican principles are based on two promises. number one, to every american, if you get up and you work hard and you follow the rules, you re going to succeed and do well in this country. number two, that we will always leave this country better for the next generation. a promise we re now set to break because of the ridiculous spending and the out of control debt. we ve got to remind people what we re fighting for, not what we re opposed to. obviously, a lot of criticism comes from people who think that the most conservative portion, most conservative wing of the party has undue and disproportionate influence on republicans overall. senator lincoln, you faced backlash in your career certainly from liberals, moderates, even conservative leaning folks for some of your positions. i thought it was interesting this weekend, i don t know if you saw in the sunday time s
doubt that any of the justices who belong to the so-called conservative wing will uphold the individual mandate, which would require every american to have health insurance coverage or pay a penalty. regardless of how the administration tries to frame their arguments, at the end of the day we are talking about a statute that is literally unprecedented in our constitutional history in terms of the sweeping expansion of federal authority, the potential threat to individual liberty, individual sovereignty. reporter: and there will be plenty of focus on justice anthony kennedy as well, he is frequently viewed as the swing vote on the current court. he has also held that just because something is purchased doesn t mean congress can regulate it. jenna: it is a huge story for this year. thank you for the update. jon: we are set settling into our brand-spanking new studio.
scalia using a 2005 opinion in their brief. in that case, scalia wrote under the commerce clause congress had the power to regulate someone who wanted to grow medicinal marijuana in her home and sell it. government hopes that will bolster the arguemen arguement e commerce cause gives congress the authority to require every american carry health insurance or pay a penalty. even if scalia is skeptical of the merits of the healthcare reform law, it will be very hard for him to get away from his own writings on this issue that do support the government. reporter: there are plenty of skeptics who doubt that any of the justices considered to be member of the court s so-called conservative wing. justice alito, scalia and thomas, and john roberts will uphold the individual mandate. no matter how the administration tries to characterize it this, at the end of the day, you are talking about one of the most
it s the final sprint to super tuesday, and the republican presidential candidates are crisscrossing the country. they are all hunting for votes. our national political correspondent jim acosta is following mitt romney. jim, what are you hearing from the romney campaign? what s their realistic objective come tuesday? reporter: well, their realistic objective come tuesday is to win as many delegates as possible. and that is what this campaign is about right now. and it s about delegates, delegates, delegates. we re standing outside of a romney event in bellevue, washington, just outside of seattle where the romney campaign put out these flyers instructing caucusgoers in the state on how to participate in their caucuses on saturday and basically because it s all about winning as many delegates as possible. the romney campaign advisers were telling reporters over the last several days that they re not only focusing on individual states, they re looking at individual congressio