answer. i talked to todd palin today and asked him what her thinking is. he said it s going to be her decision ultimately. but he sounded very positive about the potential for a run. he said that his family has been tested, they ve been through the gauntlet of politics. so, you know, todd seems to be encouraging it. and i tend to disagree a little bit with jessica. i think a lot of people believe because she s not really building out steering committees and states and talking to key operatives she might not be running. she has the ability to keep her options open longer than anybody else. and when she drove into philadelphia today, her bus was being circled by local news choppers, she had one of the largest media i ve seen here in philadelphia. no one else has been able to command that kind of attention. and that affords her the ability to wait a little bit longer than other people. and she s unconventional and she says that. i tend to agree. right. she s unconventional. yeah, sh
of important developments in the middle east and north africa. most of them troubling. the brutal regime in syria declared general amnesty today but human rights groups and the obama administration are quick to label it a sham. designed they say to distract attention from a bloody crackdown. in yemen, civil strife spread after a cease fire agreement between the government and opposition forces in the capital city collapsed. the regime of moammar gadhafi in libya defiantly today again vowed to hold power, rejecting the latest effort to broker a diplomatic solution to the civil war there. the united states top human rights officer in bahrain was recalled to washington after coming under attacks in media accounts that u.s. officials believe were orchestrated by hard line government officials. bahrain, remember, is supposed to be a top u.s. ally in the region. a lot of ground to cover. let s focus first on syria. the amnesty offer was for all crimes committed against the governm