of receding back to republican ways of the '90s in illinois. iowa, when the wave hits, we'll be able to measure how high in the midwest and a place like iowa. >> of course, david gregory, russ feingold losing track among likely voters in wisconsin. i'm fascinated, what do you think about delaware? do you think mike castle may be a write-in candidate? >> if he's looking at recent polls, there's a reason to consider it. you see this revenge of the center where there's going to be a move for moderates in the party to try to make sure their voice is heard and that they have to make sure they have power. something to watch. >> david, we haven't had a chance to talk about it or talk to you since last week. what a show. what a show. >> thank you. >> colin powell and bill clinton, it was just great. >> thank you. >> how are you going to one up that weekend? that's a problem with that show. that really was, it was riveting. >> we'll focus -- we've got education week coming up that you're a part of. we'll have arne duncan, michelle rhee, robert bobb, randi weingarten. we'll talk about the

dinner in iowa over the weekend, campaigning across the country, advocating across the country as she did in delaware, which helped christine o'donnell get elected. some republicans think that has hurt the seat. what is her impact right now on the republican party, and does it bother you? >> she's a star. it doesn't bother me. she is out there mixing it up, she's conveying her views. she's animating people to come forward and participate in the political process. i didn't think she was ready to be president of the united states in 2008 and i'm not sure she would be in 2012, but there's nothing wrong with former governor palin getting out there, presenting her views and animating american political life. people seem to suggest or think that this is something new and wild. but if you look at our history, we have had movements like this throughout our history. we've had this kind of political fighting throughout our history. it's the nature of our democratic system. one of the problems that i'm having with all of it right now is that there is a certain undercurrent of thought that is not

. >> that was the ppt doing a back yard question-and-answer session in iowa. >> this paladino guy, going around accusing people of having affairs and stuff like that when he's had kids outside of wedlock. it's all the rage these days i hear. look at this guy. this is who the republicans put up to beat andrew cuomo. he looks like grandpa munster. >> that could be an unfair photograph. >> no. he looks like grandpa punster. >> you're looking at the "new york post." >> what do you think they do? >> they take a picture. >> what do you think? i'm telling you. it's grandpa munster. >> how do you keep your slim physique? >> this is not a gag. >> now available at starbucks. >> you can't get that at whipped cream. >> this is special at starbucks, whipped cream to go. >> with us right now, white house correspondent savannah guthrie. savannah, i hope you're doing well today. >> good morning. i am. >> rahm emmanuel is going to bolt out of the white house soon, isn't he? >> very soon. in fact, what we've heard here is it could happen as soon as tomorrow. a lot of people expect that to happen, t

that massive egg recall? well, lab tests said they found hundreds of cases of salmonella at the iowa farm for a two-year period before last month's massive egg recall. the farm that is at the scepter of recall of 150 million eggs after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak. congressional leaders are demanding answers from the farm's owners and hearings are scheduled for september 21st. >>> the french senate has passed a law banning veils that conceal the face including the burqa that is worn by some muslim women. that makes the first country to ban such a item countrywide. the measure takes effects next spring. >>> and if you are looking for the fastest internet connection in the u.s., you won't find it in silicon valley. try the tennessee valley instead. chattanooga in southern tennessee says it began offering upload and download speeds of one gig per second yesterday. it says that it is the fast nest the u.s. and twice the average internet speed in the nation. wolf, i don't know how fast one gig per second is, but i like fast internet. >> it goes really fast. really fast. >> ye

, than he drew during his campaign. he's back on the trail today again in iowa and in virginia and if, if he can close the enthusiasm gap, the democrats may be looking at a sweeter november. plus, sharron angle's habit of denying what she said on tape. we'll listen to the denials and then go to the videotape. love this job. >>> also, i just went spent the entire day here on the irish isle with bill clinton and got a chance to talk to him about america's positive role in the world these days and what a former president can get done. our new nbc news/"the wall street journal" poll ranks him bill clinton, as the most popular political figure in america. clinton faced the democrats' collapse this year. and also why are republicans covering up for bp? duh. and who is denying subpoena power to the president's commission investigating the gulf oil disaster? same response. what's wrong with putting the oil folks under oath? >>> and let me finish tonight with the important lessons the current president can perhaps learn from a former one. all that is ahead. but first, let's check on the latest

. >>> palin gives iowa a try. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews, down in washington, leading off tonight, the senator from delaware. that's right. the prominence of christine odon thel week, tells you how much the republican party has changed. at least for now. the grand ole party is history. this week's primary voting especially in delaware has changed the calculus. less for this november than for november 2012. if you're a classic lineup, well, if you're a classic lineup the endorsement's big money establishment republican like mitt romney, you've had a very bad week. who had a good week? the candidate who wasn't in today's obama-bashing viewers values summit here in washington, sarah palin. this is her parent now. the only question is what she wants to do herself, run or stand back of the sidelines? get on the field, or play quarterback or grab the megaphone as the party's number one cheerleader? well the shining new story news summit was nominee christine o'donnell. she may win, she may not. in delaware. but progressives are fools to underestimate her,

time, does it? >> what works in iowa doesn't work in the northeast. i think that's where her sights are. i think it has a lot less to do with alaska than iowa. i thought for a while she wasn't serious about running for president, but either she is or she-devil wants to be perceived as such and she has her sights on that iowa primary. >> let's talk about delaware. mike castle is a guy who will win that seat for the republican party. that simple. there are some republican activist, some conservatives, self-proclaimed conservatives, i don't think they're that conservative, but there are some out there that would say, we would rather lose the seat than have mike castle win it. that's giving harry reid another vote. >> here's where it gets a little tricky. i think you can call pundits and politicians fools. i think it's really hard to criticize an entire class of voters. i'm uncomfortable calling the republican primary voters stupid. i want to understand what they're thinking. >> i'm not calling them stupid. >> i think a lot of people have. i'm not suggesting anyone here has. i think a l

places like iowa coand new hampshire not as declared candidates but as exploring a run, and what is fox going to do in january and february of 2011 when sarah palin, mike huckabee, they're looking at a run, they're going to those early states, but they're still on fox's payroll. how are they going to cover those candidates? >> what happens? can they do interviews with, for example, local tv stations in iowa and new hampshire? is that okay? does their contract bar them from doing that? does fox news have to approve all of these tv interviews? >> it's my understanding that any news organization -- at least tv side, i should say, that wants to have them on the air must get approval by fox news in new york. steve skully over at c-span, even c-span cannot have these folks on the air without getting prior approval from fox nationally. so that's, i think, what we're looking at here going forward. this is new terrain here. we haven't dealt with this in years past. with the incentives seemingly geared towards putting off an announcement, you could have a situation next year where palin, for exam

attention to 2012. i love this. potential new republican governors in the three key early states, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, including nikki haley there who is strongly favored. being showered with endorsements, money from potential candidates. we're seeing a lot of movement. i sat down with senator john thune of south dakota yesterday. he's looking strongly at it. he's already figured out, he told me he thinks lit cost $30 million to $35 million just to do the early states. he said he'll decide in january. he says he thinks there's going to be a crush of republicans announcing right after november. they think suddenly this nomination is worth having. also tim pawlenty is going to be announcing today as soon as he leaves office in january, he'll be going on a speaking tour for his book and paid speeches he signed up with leading authorities. >> we'll talk with tim pawlenty later in the show. mike, thanks so much. >>> politicos were all out last night celebrating baby love. >> we all love "baby love." look at patrick. nora had a party for her book which is called "baby love." great

sernl winners. you go to iowa, straw poll is august of next year. sarah palin walks in, she's got the christians, she's got the conservatives, she's got the tea party, she's got glenn beck out there trying to get 100,000 people. they may have to move that thing to soldier field. >> all right. let me show you something, pat -- >> there's a real possibility sarah palin could be the next republican nominee. >> maybe so. maybe so. >> she run it is party. no doubt about it. >> guess what? somebody needs to explain to sarah palin because she doesn't know and i don't blame her for not knowing, but delaware ain't utah. i'm not saying she's not smart. i'll let somebody else say that. sarah palin doesn't understand that all of america doesn't look like alaska. that's why the republican party today doesn't have -- the reason i'm so passionate about this and i recesent people that don't understand, we don't have a single republican congressman in new england, not one. why? because for the past 10 to 15 years, the republican party has shrunk to the type of party that sarah palin wants it to be. no

. call for details. the switch to chevy starts at chevydealer.com. >>> sarah palin is in iowa today to it be a signal she is considering a presidential run in 201? well, joining us to talk about that and more in today's strategy session, two cnn's political contributors james carville and national talk radio show host bill bennett, and thank you for being in "the situation room" on this friday afternoon. real quick, sarah palin going off to headline this republican ronald reagan event this evening. she is endorsing a lot of tea party candidates and doing fairly well, but does this translate into potential success in iowa for a presidential bid? bill? >> it could. it is possible. main thing it does is to get some buzz going. she turns out a lot of people. a lot of people like her, and it adds to the conservatives among a lot of republicans, so it is a good things but remember, we have to do this as we approach iowa. it is not a lock and not a lock in the republican party. george bush won it, and reagan got the nomination, and dole won it, and bush got the nomination, and huckaby won it,

backyard talk with local families in des moines, iowa. >>> north korea's kim jong-il made his youngest son, kim jong um, a four star general that he's getting ready to succeed the ailing leader. the promotion of the 28-year-old kim jong un came at a party to elect its top leadership and also to appoint other family members to take the communist dynasty into a third generation. >> let's do it. >> jimmy carter was there. >> jimmy carter was there helping with the transition. >> nuclear weapons. in good shape. >> self appointed envoy. >> secret weapons. vaporizing the west. >> let's do some sports in honor of james earl carter. how about monday night football? undefeated rivals, packers and bears, to the fourth quarter. packers up 10-7 and make the mistake of punting to devin hester, something nobody does anymore and here's what happens. hester bolts to the outside, finds a hole, jumps over the kicker to score. later, two minutes left. game tied at 17, packers driving hopefully to win the game, aaron rodgers dumps it off to james jones an he's stripped. check out the replay. ryan

campaign style road show. two stops today including one on formerly friendly turf, which would be iowa where president obama carried 54% of the vote in 2008, but the limping economy has changed sentiments there. a des moines register poll shows that 59% of iowans are dissatisfied with the president's handling of the economy which is up five points from february. from iowa on to richmond, virginia, for day two of the president's events. our white house correspondent dan lothian is there. dan, how did it go? >> well, wolf, i will tell you that white house aides tell me that they like these kind of events because the president is able to have a deeper discussion, and more than 30-second sound bites and something that fits on a bumper sticker. this event today had to be moved inside because of the rain and the president working a room of 35 people trying to energize voters and some of them not as enthusiastic as they were two years ago. >> reporter: in what looks like a political rewind, president obama is retracing the steps that led him to the white house. >> it is wonderful to be back.

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you want them to have some kind of insurance and you could buy an insurance policy in iowa and you think that meets the basic needs of your family, i think that you ought to be able to do that. now, the argument for that is basically, you wind up driving all people into lower policies. in other words, it's not like there's no argument against that, but i'm persuaded that it's right. why? because i've thought about the facts. if you say from the get-go, president obama is a closet socialist who wants to you know, extend the reach of government across the length and breadth of the land and choke off free enterprise and small business and individual initiative and therefore i have to be against for whatever he is for. or if you say, we beat bill clinton and the democrats in '94, by just saying, no. we were responsible for health care not passing. we were responsible for thwarting things and we got credit for it and the things they did do, no one knew because the no drowned out the positive accomplishments. let's do it again, see if it'll work again. it may work in the short run, but i

endorsements and a big speech in iowa. we will ask our panel is she now the frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination? >>> if the american people were to be ready for someone who is willing to take shake it up and get back to time tested truths and help lead our country towards a more prosperous and state future if they happened to think i was the one if it were best for my family and our country i could give it a shot. >> chris: sarah palin opening the door a bit wider for the possibility she may run for president in 2012. back now with the panel. before we get to sarah palin's pressial prospects, look at this campaign. endorsed christine o'donnell and she won and palin has backed 36 candidates in contested primaries this year. many long shots. 25 have won and 11 have lost. how much clout does sarah palin have in the republican party right now? >> i think more than any other single person. awfully impressive. and she backed some losing candidates and people who didn't have a chance in the maryland governor's race for example but no, she is a real force to be reckon

iowa. you were there. as you've always said, where goes sarah palin, there, too, go i. how was it? did you jump up and down and scream? >> it was a big crowd. eye wants are not the most' motive people in the road so you can't always get a sense from their reaction. but she was feisty and pepperry and she did none of the spade work that most people who come into iowa who has presidential aspirations do. she didn't really use the opportunity to do anything but give her speech and get out of town. >> most of the speech or a good bit of it was dedicated to attacking what she calls, and really i don't know where she came up with this, quote, the lame street media. >> a very large portion of the speech, much to my surprise. i think to the confusion of some of the audience was devoted to talking about the recent "vanity fair" article about her, about how hur troops fight so the media can lie. >> they love that in ames. >> it rally it is base. it is something republicans have talked about for a long time. but she didn't do anything to lay out specifics on policy. >> all right. let me get

back on monday. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> palin gives iowa a try. let's play "hardball." i'm chris matthews. tonight, the senator from delaware. christine of donnell this week, tells you how much the republican party has changed. at least for now. the grand old party is history. this week's primary voting has changed the calculus. if you're a classic lineup, well, if you're a classic line upthe endorsements republican like mitt romney, you've had a bad week. the candidate with a good week, sarah palin. this is her party now. the only question is what she wants to do herself. run or stand back on the sidelines. get out on the field or play quarterback or grab the megaphone as the party's number one cheerleader. the new story today was senate nominee christine o'donnell. she may win. she may not. in delaware, but progressives are poised to underestimate her. by the way, o'donnell was on "hardball" as far back as 2002 talking about the ten commandments. plus, jon stewart announced his rally to restore sanity in washington last night. can he do for liberals a

of people when you say, how do you feel about the ground zero mosque, if you're in iowa and people say, i don't give a damn about the ground zero mosque. i care about my job. on a national level, i think most people are totally switched they wonder what these grice talking about. >> be careful here because this is a cultural piece. when they give these rallies and they're pretty wild in the mall or anywhere else, we want our country back. they're not talking about unemployment and real problems. they're talking about somebody, forces of evil or whatever, have taken over their country. they're talking about sharia, islamic people, african-american people. >> they're talking about the first african-american president, who has the name barack hussein obama and whom they are painting as alien and foreign, and you know, dangerous person. >> and his father is channelling him to fight the british oppression. here he is. in the "national review." i used to grow up reading that magazine. it was serious and very antibias, by the way -- he kobd us into thinking he is an american. he is really

the reagan dinner in iowa rather than the values summit in washington and has just said -- either asked or just made a statement about 2012. if the american people were to be ready for someone who is willing to shake it up and get back to time tested truths and lead our country to a more prosperous and safe future and happened to think i was the one, if it was best for my family and my country of course i would think about giving a shot. there are a lot of if's in that one. >> there are. and she's positioned herself in kind of a nontraditional way if she were to launch a presidential campaign. but there's no doubt that the option is available to her. she has proved through some of these primaries that she has incredible clout within the sort of tea party wing of the republican party and of the conservative base. and certainly if she were to run, she would be formidable just by virtue of the tea party activists, whether they are spectacularly unsuccessful in the midterm elections and cost republicans control of the senate or are successful and deemed to sort of have changed politic

heads last week in a high profile speech in iowa. a new poll could give indication what might happen if she were to take on the press in 2012. according to rasmussen 54% say their views are closer to sarah palin's than president obama. only 40% admitted she side with the president. gop senate candidate joe miller is straight ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. >> sean: as the midterm elections continue to creep closer conservatives across the country are uniting to send a resounding message to the gop establishment. no more politics as usual. tea party candidates have shocked the republican system with big primary wins across the country, sharron angle in nevada, marco rubio in florida. christine o'donnell in delaware and joe miller in alaska. miller losing opponent lisa murkowski refuses to bow out gracefully. she has launched a write-in bid. if history is any indication her chances are slim

at that. the big losers, new york and ohio, likely to lose two seats a piece. illinois, iowa, louisiana, massachusetts, michigan, missouri, new jersey and pennsylvania, all lose one. evidence that as a country we're beginning to migrate south and west. it's all because of air-conditioning. >>> back to "hardball." republicans pushing to extend the tax cuts for the wealthy didn't say where they'd cut spending to make up the difference. let's watch mike pence, a republic an leader on "meet the press" yesterday. >> where's the painful choice you're prepared to pak? >> cutting discretionary spending. >> on what? >> we could reduce government employment back to 2008 levels because. $35 billion 10. >> what about entitlement spending? are you going to raise the retirement age? >> the last time i was on this program i told you we keep our promises to seniors and near seniors but for americans under the age of 40 we absolutely to have begin to reform medicare and social security in aways to ensure long term -- the pledge to america is not the end all, be all. it's meant to be a good st

. former governor sarah palin made a different stop. a republican dinner in where else, iowa. governor palin has a message for republicans before the midterms. >> we have some great common sense conservatives who are putting it all on the line these candidates and their supporters. fighting for what is right. a lot of them just fought some tough primary battles. that's good contested primaries are good. it is good for the system. it is great for voters. democracy at work. competition is good. healthy competition breeds success. and it makes us all work harder and this rebuilds character. but the time for primary debate is over. the time for unity now is the time upon us. the time for choosing is near. in just 46 days republicans will put their ideas and their experience on the line. they will let the voters decide. it is time to unite. if the goal really is to take away the gavel from pelosi and reid, and to stop the obama agenda, and make government respect the will of the people and the wisdom of the people, then it is time to unite. and congratulations to the primary voters and to t

if sarah palin decides to run for the republican nomination, goes to iowa, might be three or four or five other republican candidates, white guys running, and her. she's the front-runner to capture the iowa republican caucuses? >> she certainly is the most significant republican on the scene today. obviously mike huckabee decided to give up his fox show and go back and be a viable candidate. and i have to preface it by saying i was his chairman. but he went on -- hep won that last time. she's got to run a grassroots campaign. she can't just bop in and make speeches. reminds me of ronald reagan in 1980. he was the great love of iowa having been a radio announcer and everything. the strategist of this campaign, which i was not the principle at that point in time argued he didn't have to go to iowa. george bush went to iowa and did all of the things that he had to do, he won that and lost his career. so if sarah palin wants to be a viable candidate, she ha to go in for the next year and work like any other candidate. >> not just mike huckabee, but sarah palin would have to give up her f

-- because fresh off of a trip to iowa, sarah palin is now saying for the first time that she may run for president. unless someone with the conservative credentials she thinks are right with america gets into the game. >> if nobody else wanted to step up, i would offer myself up in the name of service to the public, but, i also know anybody, anybody can make a huge difference in this country without a title, without an office, just being out there as an advocate for solutions that can work to get the country on the right track. that's where i am now. it's a comfortable place to be. >> democratic strategist tad divine and vin weber joins us now. vin, you heard sarah palin say, if nobody else wanted to step up, do you think that's the case that nobody else would step up. >> she left herself a very big out. first of all, a lot of candidates, especially if the republicans do well in the midterm elections, there's going to be a vulnerability on the part of president obama. we'll have many running. second of all, those candidates have seen the politics, everything else. they'll be running

. she's heading to iowa to headline the state republican party's biggest fund-raiser tonight. >>> and senator lisa murkowski of alaska is expected to announce today whether she will run for re-election as a write-in candidate. last month murkowski lost the state's republican primary to the tea party-backed joe miller. >>> other stories making headlines on a friday. hurricane karl is barrelling towards mexico. it could reach category 4 status before it makes landfall north of veracruz later today. >>> workers in the gulf of mexico are on the verge of permanently ceiling that broken oil well by pumping in mud and cement. it the should happen by sunday. >>> a woman in washington who claimed someone threw acid in her face now admits her injuries were self-inflicted. police say bethany storrow confessed after they began questioning details of her account. >>> the newest star of the tea party movement is of course christine o'donnell. she's front and center today at one of this year's biggest gatherings of social conservatives, the values voters summit. >> the summit is already under way. w

. we're looking at iowa. iowa is a place that democrats have made huge gain overs the last ten years. pure swing states. lots of swing districts. over the last six years you've really seen a trend toward the democrats. well, if this wave gets big, a guy that's sitting at number 64 on our list, leonard boswell, been there for ten years in i a iowa. it's a district that democrats have been carrying, kerry carried it in '04. obama carried it in '08. this is where a wave of election, you know this wave is pretty big. and then finally, i'll say this, there actually is a sixth bucket here, very small bucket, savannah, almost more like a beach pale, like republicans seats that they're playing defense in. five of them. one in hawaii. the vietnamese republican down in louisiana. even an open seat in south florida. republicans are a little nervous that if they lose three or four om them they don't just need 39 seats they may need 43, 44, 45 seats. that means they're always going to need that wave to be bigger than they're planning on. get your budgets out. >> what did you think? >> look at it.

but i love that the voter in iowa thought the twitter was a disease because frankly it is. >> it kind of is. you're right. it is a disease. you got it bad, chuck. coming up next, one in eight seats on the federal bench is empty. where are all of the judges? plus a rare canndid conversatio with sating member of the u.s. supreme court. >> more people know the names of the three stooges than the three branches of government, that's not right. >> more of brian williams interview and what do you get the girl who has everything including a meat dress and meat accessories? we'll tell you. but first, today's trivia question. who are the only three members of congress to cast two votes on the impeachment of the same president. that's a riddle. the answer and more still to come here on "the daily rundown." ♪ [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. ♪ [ mom ] game time is all about the traditions. it's all about

out of the out and pushed out of the news by her appearance in iowa. think of the money and the sort of grassroots organization around the country. she'll be able to put together it will be substantial and powerful. i do think that there will be a lot of serious republicans that will say, now wait a minute, that's a lot of sizzle, we need a little steak here and we need to take a serious look at players like mike pepsand others. >> do you think she's a serious thinker? >> i think what she knows she can teach. she has to show some interest in learning. >> i think she has to show she's not lazy and she wants to put in the hard work. >> i want to talk about the 2010 elections. bill clinton in an interview with politico one thing newt gingrich taught in 1994, he didn't say this, but was applying it. he is advising the white house to have asian national conversa politics is national. >> that's really interesting, i think that is another testament to just how smart bill clinton is. he's a hall of famer. i think that's true. i haven't thought about it before, but that's an interesting

that there will be a lot of folks snapping up personnel in iowa, new hampshire, other places like that and taking very assertive steps in that direction. i think that, you know, sometime next year is plenty early. i think these campaigns are long and people get weary of them. it is probably an advantage not to launch too early. >> would it be a factor if sarah palin announces? in other words, would you want to be challenging her? >> i think that if she were to get into the race it would change the equation for a lot of people. >> explain how that would happen. >> i think she's someone that has a tremendous following out there and particularly in some of the early states. this is -- not a campaign where you start out and run nationally right away. you have to get through certain states and she has a big following. if i were to decide to do it and -- i would go all out and i'm not sure at that point you can change or make a decision predicated upon who else is in the field. she is a formidable individual and someone that if she got into the race would have a tremendous presence in i

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she'll think she has the right to be president and that she could win. she might be able to win in iowa, zphilet that she lacks organization. because she is such a celebrity in the republican party. i also think she's the candidate for the aggrieved. she is both a victim and she is powerful. chris: how is she a victim? >> of the needa, of the sexism that exists. she plays that card well. it helps her not only sell books but in a country where americans feel grieved it is a very, very powerful connection. chris: i like the way she went after that report yesterday. limp, impott? she plays hard. >> she's been brilliant all summer. and she has an advantage. she can be the last person to decide. i think she'll run but she doesn't have to decide until december. >> i think she's in because she loses her excuse to be out their -- there constantly if she doesn't. >> she may not have an organization but she's a great tweeter. she knows knew media much better than anyone else. chris: mitt romney a tim pawlenty, how are they doing? >> pawlenty has set up the most extensive organization already in i

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. sarah palin's endorsement was in des moines, iowa, tonight rallying conservatives ahead of election day. she spoke at the iowa republican party's ronald reagan dinner. >> if i were in hierarchy of leadership in the gop to rally the troops, you know what i'd say? i'd say, okay, folks. we've got 46 days to go. i'd say demint, you're awesome. we need you down south. mitt, go west. g.w., we need you to raise funds, crystal, alveda, rush go deep, anywhere, everywhere. people are listening. hannity, levin, beck, michelle, laura, tammy, all y'all, we need everybody working together. i'm going to get in trouble for miss something names so i better stop. and karl. karl, go to -- here. you can come to iowa and karl rove and the other leaders who will see the light and realize that these are the -- this is the normal hardworking patriotic americans who are saying, no, enough is enough. we want to turn this around and we want to get back to those time-tested truths that are right for america. >> that was sarah palin earlier tonight. >>> country superstar trace adkins has a couple of things to s

chance to define -- chris: in iowa, the reagan event. >> that's something, knowing how to keep people on the hook is something she does very well. when you are a potential candidate, you continue to have a giant megaphone. everything that leads to the possibility that she could run keeps her power growing. until she tweets something else. chris: to all of our regulars, the g.o.p. presidential nominee more likely to be accepted by tea partiers or actually a tea party favorite? just two say heor she will actually be a tea party favorite. kelly, clarence and gloria. you're all on the meter. let's talk about tampa. you get down there, it's still hot in september. they're looking for something to excite them and out comes polenty or romney and they go, nice to see you. what happened? >> i think the model, at best, is going to be a mccain model where he sort of stumbled on this with sarah palin at the time but that if it isn't romney or frankly even haley barbour, i don't know how he gets to run as a nonestablishment candidate, they're going to have to do something, washington lobbyist whos

map, chuck, issic looi looking tough for romney, too. iowa and north carolina, what does he do in those states? >> i think you make a good point, which i would like to put to chris, we just can't assume that the most potent force in republican politics two years from now or a year from now would be the tea party. we shouldn't assume. >> you don't know, two years ago i don't think we would be lts ar. [ ben ] shakira my skin looks - like, a huge improvement. i'm more outgoing with people, and i love going out places. like, even if it's just to the store, becauseou know fred dicker, look at this confrontation with carl paladino the sort of the interesting bombastic, i guess, republican nominee. >> there you go. >> do you have any evidence for the charge you made? it's a simple question. >> of course, i do. you'll get it. >> you know, jonathan, he threatened dicker here, at what point does paladino fly and some people say we should take him seriously. moments like this, how bad are they for a candidate? >> it's not good gauze it's on video. we can play it again and again on tv. a poli

talking about sarah palin. she's headlining a ronald reagan dinner in iowa. >> yep. >> tell us -- be the tea leaf. >> well, look, you don't have to be a tea leaf reader to see that this is going to stoke more speculation about 2012, especially on top of the fact that, remember, she endorsed christine o'donnell and kelly ayotte. i've also said no politician goes to iowa by accident. whether she walks through the door or not, i don't know that she knows. but i guarantee you that visit tomorrow night will all the way through the sunday shows and into next week we'll talk about it. sarah palin in iowa is a fascinating story line. >> indeed. since she's sort of become the republican queen maker. the small business lending bill. this is something the president was really hammering on over the last couple months actually. finally passes. >> a win for the white house. this is something democrats will try to go to people and say we are doing things to try to get the economy going again. remember, the economy by far the dominant issue in every poll. democrats need to be able to show that even

a new target. mark, thanks a lot. >>> the president is on the road again today in iowa and virginia. last night in wisconsin, he proved he can still get tens of thousands of young people to show up at a rally. but can he get them to vote? >> the biggest mistake we could make right now is to let disappointment or frustration lead to apathy and indifference. we are bringing about change, and progress is going to come. but you've got to stick with me. you can't lose heart. >> mike viqueira is travel with the president. he's in des moines, iowa, this morning. so mike seems like he really packed in a crowd last night. what was the message? >> well, after the scolding came the pleading you guys. the day after he told them to buck up and that they had to get to the polls to vote in november, he really was a full-throated plea from the president to his base which include many of the college students and the youth mark was just talking about that are disaffected, that are apathetic that the president was speaking to last night. was a full-on campaign-stril production. they had cranes, jib ca

people saying your endorsement can make all the difference, especially in a caucus state like iowa. >> john ridley, you think she'll run? >> i hope if she does run it's as a tea party candidate. i don't love the tea party but i'm really excited about a third party campaign and this is interesting in politics. this is the titans overthrowing -- the olympians overthrowing the titans, and i like her as a person, don't love her as a politician. but when was the last time you saw someone outside of the system who can really turn every deficit into a positive? she can quit and people love that about her. i would love to see her run as a tea party candidate. we'll see if that really is a national moment. >> i'm so stealing that olympians versus the titans line. >> you can have it. i get 10%, but you can have it. >> thank you. >> john ridley, john avlon, erick erickson, appreciate it. thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, shocking allegations against a popular pastor with more than 25,000 followers, ties to the martin luther king, jr., family. now eddie long is accused of trying

, seven short of the 60 votes needed. of course, senator chuck grassley of iowa pulled the plug on the american worker today. he said, this is an unacceptable gamble with american jobs. excuse me? here's the number, they've filibustered at least 100 bills during this congress. this un-american otruction was encouraged by the chamber of commerce, the national association of manufacturers and other big business front groups, who are addicted to one thing only, and that is cheap labor. the bill was the last chance to help create jobs before the midterm elections. before we go to our guests tonight, just what i've told you in the last minute and a half, whose side are you on? does it make sense to want to help our economy? to give a break to businesses for creating jobs here in america? my question to the republicans tonight is, is there anything we can do that you wouldn't block? joins me is snork dick durbin. what happened today? it was predictable. not one single republican senator would join us in closing the tax loop holes that american businesses are using to subsidize shipping ameri

strategist during the campaign and helping now said in iowa... all but said this. what they're basically trying to do is energize their own base which is incredibly dispirited. after the election as we go to governing and then the presidential, i think the tea party is a very dangerous dynamic for the republican party. but in the short term, very positive. >> the people that are getting elected, particularly on the republican side this time, are going to be aware of the tea party phenomenon. they're going to be aware of primaries that were run against establishment and in many cases incumbent republicans largely on the issues of spending. and there's going to be a lot of votes if the republicans take the majority particularly in the house which i think that they will that are going to be heart for them to cast that a governing party must cast at some point a governing party must fund the government. and the spending has become so taboo in the course of these campaigns that it's going to be very difficult for the new congress, for congressional republicans particularly, to ever