in iowa, the structure of our system plays to her strength. she can slowly ease into sort of becoming a candidate who could appeal to the suburban voters if that s what she chooses to do. and so, you know, you could see a path for her potentially. if she chooses to run. so yes, john, and i don t mean this as a criticism i mean it as the media broadly. the attention she gets by the media broadly outweighs the attention many other folks get. not you. you can throw harpoons my way. we re friends here. mr. hamby, we don t get a schedule, do you have any idea where you re going next? we will be at ellis island tomorrow. she has been pretty illusive. and we re going to go up through new england, hometown of boston, the thinking is we re going to end up in new hampshire later in the week. and i talked to palin yesterday, and she confirmed a report that eventually she s going to end up in iowa at some point, probably a different leg of this whole bus tour.
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