somebody has decided to take their life. just stop this mess. stop this madness. it s creating it s an ugly atmosphere down there and it seems to be getting worse. amen to that, chuck. let s talk more politics here. mitt romney, we have seen a lot of him lately talking about politics. the two-time republican contender headlined a rally in new hampshire at the same spot he launched his most recent white house bid but only this time there to endorse u.s. candidate scott brown who moved to the granite state after losing a senate seat in massachusetts to elizabeth warren. speaking yesterday, romney shot down speculation he might be compelled to run again for president insisting the republican party has plenty of qualified candidates. still a recent poll in new hampshire showed romney leading the 2016 field for what it s worth by more than 2-1 margin and new quinnipiac poll shows 45% of voters believe the u.s. would be better off if romney had won the election.
to the big story of the day. the iraqi government is focused on stamping out the insurgency there but now the tactics favors through the obama administration. the u.s. pushes for reconciliation prime minister alma lal maliki is paying more attention to the extreme fighters. they say maliki spends more time on war strategy and not on efforts to bring together the competing side. members of his inner circle are now wearing military uniforms instead of civilian clothes. president obama is boosting security at u.s. embassy in baghdad by deploying an extra 275 military personnel. outside of the capital, the fighting continues with the sunni terror group taking new ground. it s something that has the shiite leadership in iran on edge and raises the potential of washington and tehran actually working together to solve the crisis. speaking yesterday, secretary of
night local time. look at this. as you remember, from the scene this time yesterday, egyptians by the hundreds of thousands embracing the fall of their religiously oriented government. the first elected government ever overthrown. so what now? well, this is the new leader. his name is adlai monsieur. he is a judge. he is temporary tasked with leading an interim government and organizing elections. keep in mind he was hand selected by the military. his appointment announced by general abdell fattah asisi. we saw asisi speaking yesterday. he rolled out the tanks yesterday in support of all of those protesters. and later announced the ouster of egypt s first elected leader, mohamed morsi. morsi, president yesterday,
msnbc. justice anthony kennedy sided with the high court s conservatives in a 5-4 ruling against a new jersey man who was strip searched twice after being arrested for a fine he had already paid. critics call strip searching for offenses as minor as unpaid parking tickets or illegal u-turns an unacceptable violation of privacy. justice kennedy cited oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh, originally arrested for driving without a license plate. elsewhere, president obama took a swing at the supreme court over its historic consideration of the new health care law. speaking yesterday, the president ramped up his rhetoric issuing a rare direct challenge to the high court to uphold what many consider to be his signature achievement of his administration. referring to a public perception of judicial activism or lack of judicial restraint on the bench, the president expressed
this is insane. but former freddie mac executives are disputing those accounts. gingrich has been critical of freddie mac and fannie mae for blaming the mortgage crisis. in his book he slammed them for irresponsible lending policies and suggesting replacing them with private institutions that don t focus on what he says is the manipulation of politicians. texas governor rick perry also in iowa looking to regain some momentum he s lost over the last couple of months after a string of poor debate performances. speaking yesterday, governor perry announced a proposal to shake up the federal government. there are those who believe like i do that washington is too broken to be fixed by tinkering on the margins. i don t believe that washington just needs just new coat of paint. i think the whole place needs to