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The first would tell phone companies to destroy customer records as soon as the records are no longer are needed for legitimate business purposes . He said potential fellow contender Barack Obama was " the first mainstream African American ( presidential candidate ) who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy . " In one surprising result , the researchers found that coins sold in auctions that end on a weekend sell for about 2 percent more than coins sold in auctions that end on a weekday . Chertoff is due on Thursday to make his first appearance before the subcommittee since Democrats took control of Congress . In 2001 , items shown in an accompanying image sold for an average of 11.3 percent more than identical items without an accompanying image , nearly double the premium in 1999 . The cause could be a parent distracted by a vociferous child or an aging car struggling up a steep slope . But conservatives also are n't entirely sold on McCain , an Arizona senator , and Romney , the former Massachusetts governor , and that could even the playing field for Giuliani . It would be " catastrophic " if they do n't , said Jacqueline Lain , associate executive director for governmental relations for the Texas Association of School Boards . The comments by Rep. Charles Rangel , D-N.Y ., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee , were the first public acknowledgment by a top House Democrat that some tax cuts might be necessary to win approval of an increase in the federal wage floor .