resign by former advisor whose wife had an affair with the senator. former cochief of staff says enson s refusal to quit now and callousness and lack of remorse prolonged the languish his family experienced because of the affair. he announced this week he will not seek re-election to protect his family from what he predicted would be exceptionally ugly campaign attacks. he is being investigated by the senate ethics committee. we reached out to his office but have not heard back. finally the cowboy appeal herd around the heard around the web. harry reid lamented republican proposed budget cuts this week saying they would elemnate his home state cowboy poetry festival. the nevada democrat called the cuts mean-spirited saying the festival creates jobs of the politico joked, file this under did harry reid just say that? and sarah palin tweeted we re 14 trillion plus in debt, yet rodeo clowns still want to
as well. the start time is scheduled for 11:15:00 a.m.. we ll have live coverage here on fox news channel. bret: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. new york times columnist nicholas christoff says today s radicalization hearing in congress may hurt feels of radical muslims. i m sure that mosques around this country, especially the radical mosques this is going to be seen as one more evidence that people are picking on us. daniel halper responds, i for one, hope that congressman pete king hearings are seen as offensive by members of radical mosques. these are precisely the people who the fed and congressional hearings should be picking on. the nevada republican senator john e forson is urged to