honks] >> run, sarah, run. run, sarah, run. sarah, run. ♪ >> the farmer's out factory workers do it with pride e 24/7, that assembly line. in every city and every town ♪ we will keep it movin ♪ god's country ♪ ♪ ♪ we'll keep a rockin we'll keep the roll we are the country we'll keep on movin we are the country we'll keep a groovin we'll keep it we are the country ♪ >> god bless you, sarah. >> we love you! ♪ >> can you get a picture? ♪ ♪ i love the red, white and blue ♪ >> tell her to look up here. >> right here. right here. ♪ >> someone lost a camera. if you find it, could you please bring it here? thank you again for coming. >> sarah. sarah. ♪ >> sarah! >> sarah. >> sarah. ♪ >> thank you, sarah. >> we love you, sarah. ♪ >> god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with a night from above from the mountains to the valleys to the oceans white with foam god bless america my home, sweet home ♪ ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above from the mo

detroit. we're going to begin -- we're going to begin on this question. should sarah palin run or not? is she in the race or is he staying out? -- or is she staying out? the drug report -- drudge report had this headline. about 2000 people showing up for this tea party rally. you can join the conversation by sending us a tweet. or you can send us an e-mail. we will get to your calls in just a moment. she points out that over the last couple of years, under the obama administration, the deficit has been rising about $3 million a minute. one in seven americans are on food stamps. she is saying that this problem has awakened a sleeping america. also this morning, will she help or hurt new hampshire? sarah palin will be in the state tomorrow. tomorrow. this begins a month of debate, beginning on wednesday at the residential -- at the reagan presidential library in california. another debate taking place a week from monday. that takes place on monday, september 12. linda, sarah palin, should she run or not? caller: yes, of course, she should run. should run. that would give obama an opport

keep taking your phone calls. some more headlines. this is the cause of " usa today" about sarah palin and her speculation. palin told cnn yesterday that she would definitely had to iowa. she was quoted as saying that she was sure she would go to iowa at some point. she is coming in to% percentage points behind mitt romney. romney is expected formally announce later this week. she told chris wallace on sunday they she could win the presidency if she chose to run. cnn out with a new poll showing that mitt romney would win if he were to get into the race. romney came in second, juliani about 16%, from the 15%, and palin comes in third in this latest poll at 13%. more about politics coming up this morning at 7:45 a.m., talking about 20 to politics than. but we will keep taking your phone calls about owning a home. in a minute, this editorial from the "washington times" about a vote happening this week in the house. one of the things that democrats like about high unemployment is the ability to dole out of to 99 weeks' worth of free money to those without jobs. here is the "new york

governor, sarah palin, speaks to a tea party rally in iowa. then, redistricting and african- americans. after that, a forum on whether marijuana should be legalized. >> 2008 republican vice- presidential nominee and former alaska and the governor, sarah palin, was the keynote speaker at a tea party of america rally in iowa. she criticized president obama's handling of the economy and offered her own plan for recovery. this event is about one hour and 25 minutes. >> thank you. thank you. what an honor. thank you, iowa. thank you so much. thank you. the sign that says "thank you sarah," no, i can thank you. your love of country keeps us going. iowa, you are good people thank you. it is an honor to be in the heartland during this -- sharing this labor day weekend with you. i thank you for the invitation. the organizers put so much work into this. it is great to see you here today. last night was fine, but -- fun, getting to run into some of you at the response. to see so many demographics represented and so many different states all across our great nation, we got to gather together last

is the cause of " usa today" about sarah palin and her speculation. palin told cnn yesterday that she would definitely had to iowa. she was quoted as saying that she was sure she would go to iowa at some point. she is coming in to% percentage points behind mitt romney. romney is expected formally announce later this week. she told chris wallace on sunday they she could win the presidency if she chose to run. cnn out with a new poll showing that mitt romney would win if he were to get into the race. romney came in second, juliani about 16%, from the 15%, and palin comes in third in this latest poll at 13%. more about politics coming up this morning at 7:45 a.m., talking about 20 to politics than. but we will keep taking your phone calls about owning a home. in a minute, this editorial from the "washington times" about a vote happening this week in the house. one of the things that democrats like about high unemployment is the ability to dole out of to 99 weeks' worth of free money to those without jobs. here is the "new york times" territory. the economy needs more help but health -- h

bull's eye that sarah palin has become the most famous for using. democrats have used it for years. they have used it for mailings and fund-raisers. it is to take out their opponent. there is new legislation that is being pursued to limit of that. i don't know that that will get very far. it infringes on free speech when you are handpicking what kind of imagery people can use. you can expect to see a lot of these kind of bills, and the next few days. host: you for your time this morning. host: outside live off the office of congressman giffords. in about 40 minutes or so, president obama and the first lady will lead a moment of silence at the white house. i had of that, we expect congressional staff to gather for a short memorial ahead of that moment of silence that about 10:50 eastern. we will take you live to the white house at 11:00. we will continue to take your phone calls with your thoughts and reactions. make sure you turn down your radio or television as you tune in today. in the segment with john stanton, he talked briefly about possible action on gun control. on our faceb

problem is this right-wing fanaticism. jesse kelly, sarah palin, all of this gunsights, it comes to a head. this 9-year-old child, i wish i had been standing in her place. i would have given my life. that baby was born on september 11, 2001. i was 42 years old that day. this breaks my heart. it has nothing to do with the economy. it is right-wing fanaticism. this hatred towards blacks. i am black. this hatred toward immigrants. we need to stop and take a moment of silence. no more right wing, no more rush limbaugh. no more sarah palin. host: republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. your reaction to these shootings and where things might be going from here? caller: i would hope that they might be going down a more secure level for all of our government employees in the congress and senate. to have a congresswoman there with limited security is mind- boggling. when you have people running for president, if you are running for president you have security. people will object to you that might want to harm you. people in congress are making decisions. people in the senate are making

] [crowd chanting "run, sarah, run"] folks, you know it is not enough to change up the uniform, if we do not change the team in the game plan, we will not change our country. we need sudden and relentless reform. that will return the power to "we the people." this, of course, requires not just words. it is not good enough for the politicians to be throwing our way some kind of a vague -- vague generalities, it is time that they hold -- we hold them acuntable. it is amazing to me that good conservatives run away from beingonest and straight up with us about what needs to be done. they do not want to rock the boat. they cannot hurt future at elecon prospects, evidently. -- evidently. they are saying what they think we want to hear. instead, they should be telling us what needs to be said and what needs to be done. let us, today in this field, let us have this adult conversation about what needs to be done to restore america. let's do that now. in five days, our president will gift us with another speech. in his next speech, he will reveal his latest news. his jobs plan. it will have a more

♪ >> god bless you, sarah. >> we love you! ♪ >> can you get a picture? ♪ ♪ i love the red, white and blue ♪ >> tell her to look up here. >> right here. right here. ♪ >> someone lost a camera. if you find it, could you please bring it here? thank you again for coming. >> sarah. sarah. ♪ >> sarah! >> sarah. >> sarah. ♪ >> thank you, sarah. >> we love you, sarah. ♪ >> god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with a night from above from the mountains to the valleys to the oceans white with foam god bless america my home, sweet home ♪ ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above from the mountains to the valleys -- to the prairies to the oceans white with foam god bless america my home, sweet home god bless america my home sweet home ♪ [applause] >> god bless, american and god bless the tea party. ♪ ["9 to 5" theme playing] >> and yawn and stretch and try to come to life out on the streets the traffic start jumpin working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living an

contenders." this week, his kentucky home. >> sarah palin was the keynote speaker in a rally over the weekend in iowa. we will show you a portion of the event with miss palin. >> thank you. what an honor. >> run, sarah, run. >> thank you so much. thank you. by thank you -- i thank you. your love of country keeps us going. iowa, you are good people. it is an honor to be in the heartland. i thank you so much for the invitation. it's so good to see the people here today. last night was fine, but -- the. to see so many demographics represented and so many different states all across our great nation, we got to gather together last night. different political parties represented. todd reminded me as we walked out of that room last night, "we are not celebrating read america or blue america, we are celebrating red white and blue america. [applause] what brought us here today out in this field? why are we not watching the hawkeyes or grilling up some of venison or corn on the cob on this labor day weekend? what brought us together is a love of country. we see that america is hurting. we are not willi

think the vitriol that has been going around this country is ludicrous. you have people like sarah palin who has the brains of a toad. she is out there talking and everything is about her. we need to change the vitriol in the country and we need to get along. guest: gained about 10 minutes without talking about -- we made it about 10 minutes without talking about sarah palin. [laughter] that is our record. the contrast between obama and kailyn on wednesday could not have been more striking she looked defensive end somewhat petty in her video address before obama spoke. and after he spoke and laid out an expansive vision for the country, she looked more petty and smaller. and republicans will call-in and yell at me for that. she is a very more polarizing figure. chic -- i don't know how she is expanding her coalition. obama wanted to be a leader who could reach out across party lines. host: much of your book focuses on howard dean and the influence, the legacy that he really left behind before running for president. you write that the campaign provided the manual for a bottom-up mass move

cspan dot oregon/podcast. earlier today, sarah palin kicked off her one nation bus tour beginning at the rolling thunder rally on the national mall. her website says the tour is part of the campaign to educate and energize americans about will sneek -- about the nation's founding principles. >> this is a story looking at sarah palin and the launch of her bus tour today. this is off a political ball writing the bus tour, which says starting sunday sarah palin enters enemy territory, the bus tour that sends her to the 2011 spotlight is taking her to a part of the country she's mostly avoided since 2008, conspicuously not setting foot in new hampshire not at all during her two book tours and 2010 tea party campaign swings and now with her luster dimmed and national relevance in question she has chosen to venture into the belly of the beast. as part of her bus tour is concerned, if you go to her website and there's information there, the sarah's website has professional video of the bus tour and to give you a flavor of what to expect, here it is. t is. ♪ [roar] >> freedom is a god-give

. and in that regard, they want somebody that can help us get us back on the right track. >> sarah palin? >> very popular. tells it like it is and she inspires a lot of people. >> two final points. mentioned radio a couple of times. when and how long? >> i was on the radio for five years, two years doing a weekend show, the herman cane show and then three years up until the most reenforcemently. five night as week onw sv out of at lan tax georgia. >> what's the hermanator? >> a nickname given to me by member of the restaurant association when i was chairman of the board back in the early 1990's when we were fighting hillary care. as an officer of the national restaurant association, i became one of the primary spokesperson against hillary care. and so, a gentlemen by the name of larry maccarthy helped us to develop some of the commercials that we used to tell people to the truth to wake people up about hillary care. larry tells the story about how one night he was watching t.v. and the commercial he had done with me in. representing the views of small businessmen had just run on hi

direction? "pages began disappearing from the web. one with sarah palin's crosshairs map, and which included congressional districts with gun targets on them. odds are pretty good deathat neither of these had much to do with shooting in tucson. but scrubbing them from the internet could not erase all the evidence of the rhetorical recklessness that permeates our political moment. the question is whether saturday's shooting marks the logical end point of such a moment or the beginning." good morning. caller: this shooting should reflect and how the argument about the second amendment, guns. in that state, that is a very high state or people over guns. we cannot get back from -- away from the rhetoric that the tea party had. african american congressmen, calling them the "n" word. we cannot overlook the level of anger place in people's minds and how it is coming forth now. republicans should be out in force calming this down, and they should be taking some of the blame for this. they have been attacking the whole summer and fall. now you have this mindset in some individuals -- i am n

way that sarah palin has been behaving, there is a very good chance that she could wind up getting in. if either of those things happen, it as such a complete game changer for the field, that these debates that we're looking at -- they are perfectly interesting to look at if you like to watch ron paul takes center stage. but i do not think it is a realistic feel right now. host: george zornick, same question to you. guest: the most that tim pawlenty can do to raise his name, the better for him. he is suffering from a lack of name recognition. the more sound bites that he can provide, the better it will be. republican talking politics 2012. other items in the political news for the next hour. if you want to get involved comic give us a call. -- if you want to get involved, give us a call. the numbers are on your screen. you can also send us e-mail messages and messages on twitter. going forward, after this debate in new hampshire, lay out for us what you expect to see the candidates doing as far as making a name for themselves and iowa. guest: we have seen a lot of activity with the pe

people who inspire him. sarah palin andy tea party. -- and the tea party. looking at this photograph, i was surprised. he is young and he looks like a normal kid. i do not know that that is a case of someone who goes on a shooting rampage and takes so many lives. i was surprised when i saw that. >> has there been any discussion as to when he is going to be arraigned? >> i imagine it will happen pretty soon. the fbi is the lead investigative agency in this case. we have heard president obama sending the lead investigator from the fbi to tucson arizona to lead this process. they are very tight-lipped. i am sure they will be questioning him in detail in the days to come. >> a lot of people were around this morning when this shooting happened. we do not need to tell you that. it was an extremely crowded grocery store parking lot in the morning on saturday. we are joined live from the scene with the latest. >> it was tragic and dramatic for many people, not just the people involved, but for people all around the area. the intersection was close down. several people were affected by what happ

the democrats had a similar map with targets, like sarah palin did, and i would like to apologize for her. obviously, she did not intend that we should shoot. i am from florida. maybe we would have oranges on our map. of course she did not want anybody to be shot. she has been unfairly targeted. host: we will leave it there. in the "the new york times" this morning, she sends an e-mail to glenn beck -- host: what is your reaction, what are your thoughts on this back and forth with sarah palin? guest: irrespective of whether the rhetoric contributed to a heated environment in which this crime would be committed or not -- it is important for us to examine our rhetoric. examine the way we engage in politics and discussions of policy. words have consequences. i think each of us have to look inside ourselves and examine whether our words have contributed to an environment in which people cannot express themselves civilly without engaging in violence, or believing that violence is an alternative to respectful policy discussions. sarah palin has to do that, has to do that, we all have to do

the honor and integrity that the office should. host: this story looks at sarah palin and the launch of her bus to work today. -- tour today. host: as far as her bus tour is concerned, if you go to her web site, there is information there. they also have a promotional video. to give you a flavor, here it is. ♪ [roar] >> freedom is a god-given right. it is worth fighting for. the constitution provides that road map. these are in during troops. they have been passed down from washington, to lincoln, now to you. we know that our best days are yet to come. ♪ host: let's talk a little bit in length about this tour. james from "politico" joins us. has there been any sense of the why behind this tour? why behind this tour? caller: what we do not know are a lot of the details about this tour. sarah palin has seen her attention that she gets decline dramatically. the conversation has really shifted away from her. she has kept a low profile for some time now. increasingly it has been taken among conventional wisdom in washington that sarah palin will not run for president. that she does no

sarah palin making this last- minute splash at the fair and michele bachmann's decision to join rick perry in her hometown in waterloo, and what you got for political junkies like us, a real fantasy few days. it is the best of politics, the best of iowa, and the best part about it, steve, is temperatures are well below 100. as you know, it can get really humid out here. >> and we'll all remember that in january and february when the caucuses get underway. >> to paraphrase it elvis -- she is in the building. sarah palin is at the state fair as we speak. what is termed motivation? >> it is a great question. i think we are all trying to figure it out. i always thought it was a fool's errand to get into sarah palin's head. she may want to run still. but there is no question she definitely wants to be part of the conversation. she does not want to be forgotten. it could mean a very unconventional candidacy or somebody who wants to be a player in the course of the primaries. >> the straw poll will take place on the campus of iowa state. nine names on the ballot. six actively participating.

sarah palin's nonexistent natural gas pipeline. it was in her next-to-last issue. i did not quite close it up but i came close. i spent three weeks in alaska researching that story. without padding, my expenses came to $12,000. most magazines will not even pay the fee of $12,000 anymore. what is a writer to do? this is where i look at the gentleman to my right and i look at "the atavist" and i say this as my savior. this is where we can still do the kind of work i like to do. we do not have to make decisions on simply commercial but tell the stories that we want to tell and reach of smaller audience. he can make money because he does not have the overhead. i think that "the atavist" is one of the most important steps forward. they're very few people who support themselves solely by writing anymore. i have a lot of novelist friends who already said that the one thing that would never do is teach. i can find them now on faculties all over the country because they cannot sell their books. now they are teaching. likewise the work i am doing most nonfiction books are not written by peo

conference with sarah palin. you can see it at noon today or follow along at c-span.org. as part of washington journal, we'll talk about what's going on in campaign 2012 politics. in campaign 2012 politics. . 35,000 people have been convict as terrorists in 65 countries. that's over the past decade. vernon lowe, the author of king's council, will join us at 9 :15 tomorrow to talk about his work in the fields of espionage, especially when it comes to areas of the middle east, and that discussion will take place starting at 9:15. the journal starts at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. we'll see you then. . >> sunday, on "newsmakers," ohio governor, john kasich discusses jobs. "newsmakers," at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> there are many people in this town who would like to describe themselves as machiavellian. they have it next to their bedside. not many people would call themselves machiavellian. >> his name is synonymous with the selfish pursuit of power. miles unger argues that machiavelli's theories may have been a response to the corruption around him. tuesday, live on c-span

is what you will get. then, we will turn to sarah binder, a senior fellow here at bookings. she is an expert on congress and on legislative politics, and she will talk about the history of supercommittee spirit it is sad to think that there actually have been previous committees like this one. it seems when congress cannot make a decision or force itself to the right thing, they need to appoint a committee or commission or so forth. sarah will describe that and talk a little bit about this particular committee and how it will operate. and, we will turn to bill, the great expert on taxes. he also is the author of several versions of the deficit and 10- year projections with all kinds of interesting baselines. in fact, bill can produce baseline's faster than congress can pass legislation. i think he had this thing out about a minute and a half -- after they reached agreement, a bill comes out with a baseline. shockingly, he is going to talk about baselines, and it turns out they are a very big deal and completely unresolved as far as i can tell. then, we will turn to henry and judy.

bachus on your daily blog. sarah palin is in india this weekend. guest: if you remember during the 2008 campaign, sarah palin was criticized for lack of the world view, her knowledge about the world and what goes on outside. since then she has taken a couple of these trips abroad, which it is anyone's guess how they are intended to repair that image. it seems likely that she does for president, she will need to have a better perspective on the world and a sense of that. she has gone to india. it is actually a paid speech, she is a member of the washington speakers bureau, and they arrange this for her. she will be going after the speech to israel, which is not a paid gate. she will be assessing the situation from israel and having dinner with prime minister netanyahu there as well as other israeli officials. and then come back to the united states. if he does run for president, and it is anyone's guess, this will be an important piece in getting folks a sense that she has a better knowledge and grasp of the world. host: david brody, have you sat down with mitt romney or sarah palin

. >> joining us this sarah murray from the wall street journal. as far as how states are giving that top discussions here in washington d.c., what are the concerns among chief executives like yourself among what is going on? >> i think the biggest concern the biggest concern and the more inaction we have been out of washington, d.c., the more upset this causes in our own economies and state. consumer confidence and business confidence is affecting my economy. you can imagine my consumer confidence is down. i'm not getting revenues and it is affecting the coffers of state government. a number of those in the business community have money but have not been willing to hire simply because of the uncertainty of what is going on in washington, d.c. that really has a direct impact but not just my state. with all the individuals at the table, we said if what we hear is correct and you are planning a 10% cut of medicaid to the tune about $100 billion and the backs of the states, you need to know the consequences of that and only to those who are being served by that but also, is to those kind

build by sarah palin regardless of what she does. -- tried to vilify sarah palin. she was criticized -- criticized for not speaking out, then when she did after continual harassment by the media, she spoke herpes and she is vilified for that. -- she spoke her piece. i do not agree with everything she says but certainly not everything the media says. they are certainly complicity. whether it be the people on the left who continually blame people -- things on people on the right and vice versa. but the president made a great speech last night. i think of the two years he has been in office it is the first time, in my opinion, that he actually looked presidential. he did a fantastic job. host: thank you for calling in this morning. this from "politico." john boehner turned down air force one ride to tucson. bob, utica, new york. what do you think? caller: i think it has gotten out of hand. i thought it was a very good speech that he gave. but i don't think it has very much at all to do with what happened to this individual. not to say that we shouldn't take this opportunity to tone thin

sarah palin." that is his think social media as a political tool. what are you doing with this, and why do you think it will be affected. >> first of all, sarah palin is the best thing for comedian's sense george bush, and we want her to win. it is tongue in cheek, but it is an example of what anybody else can do. i wrote an article and start today "comics for palin" twitter account. if they say a joke about sarah palin in cyberspace i will find it and put it on the account. i think it is a great grassroots way. i was lucky enough to get on cnn and talk about it because i have a relationship with them. you can start anything. you can start a twitter put -- a twitter account for anything, whatever it is. something about a candidate. the beauty is, you can set it up in five minutes, then you start trying to get people to follow you, your friends, use facebook and twitter to follow what you are doing. it is a great time for empowerment. anyone can sit in your room, for good or bad, and create a web site or a twittered feed and start getting the word out and raising consciousness about

other stations out there. >> let's watch you and a little comment on sarah palin. >> let's do it. >> you know what i love about this? you'll see pundits, anchors on cable networks talk about how sarah palin is a distraction. but the real presidential candidates -- how unfair it is to the real can dats. the point is, it's the weakest and lamest excuse for analysis that i've ever seen. here's the idea, you don't have to cover her if you don't want to. then you can focus on the other supposed real candidates. i know, it's really ground breaking logic i'm bestowing upon it. give it a little time to sink in. when you wake up from your sarah palin wet dream, let's remember there's an economic crisis in this country, a recession, high unemployment, a demolished housing market, how about the fact that we are out of money. >> money-grubbing media whore. >> you had to use that sound bite. >> would you hear that on american -- >> i don't think you'd hear that. i think you'd hear that from jon stewart and stephen colbert and i think those are the venues where people are flocking to because y

letting me participate with you. >> former bryant -- vice- presidential nominees sarah palin speaking at a tea party rally in iowa. house minority leader nancy pelosi speaks at the american legion convention. i newsmakers, ohio's republican leader discusses the economy and jobs and ohio's economic issues as well as his view of the obama administration's economic initiatives in advance of the president's jobs speech. newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> 2008 republican vice- presidential nominee and former alaska and the governor, sarah palin, was the keynote speaker at a tea party of america rally in iowa. she criticized president obama's handling of the economy and offered her own plan for recovery. this event is about one hour and 25 minutes. >> thank you. thank you. what an honor. thank you, iowa. thank you so much. thank you. the sign that says "thank you sarah," no, i can thank you. your love of country keeps us going. iowa, you are good people thank you. it is an honor to be in the heartland sharing this labor day weekend with you. i thank you for

politico. rick santorum touched off of media firestone that. to denigrate sarah palin and her response was swift and unforgiving. guest: comments by rick santorum now considering a bid for the republican nomination. his essential message was sarah palin was skipping cpac so that chicago make money, making speeches and other financial ventures. there was some blood back pretty quickly about that. he came in for a lot of criticism. he took it that that was not what he meant. he went after political by name. by the video tape, it seems that what he was implying. he was the first likely presidential candidate to really criticize sarah palin. he backpedaled on it, but some people think he would've been better off sticking with that line of criticism, punching above his way, getting his name up there, getting mentioned in the same breath with sarah palin. he would seem like a more viable candidates. we will see how the other candidates respond. host: ron paul came in first. coming in second was mitt romney. gary johnson, the former new mexico governor, and the governor of new jersey tie for

by new gingrich and sarah palin. ron pollack 15%. tim pawlenty comment &. over in new hampshire, mitt romney currently has a pretty large a lead in that poll followed by ron paul, newt gingrich, rudy guiliani and tim pawlenty. this article, obama to end waiver approval. they announced on friday it is changing the way it approves waivers to part of the health care reform law. south pointe, ohio. our independent line. caller: right now i am just listening to the candidates. i believe herman cain might be the one i am interested in. i heard a fellow talking about texas and our economy doing so well. it seems like they took lyndon johnson and 10 years of vietnam and now the bush boys and 10 years of iraq. i guess from what i hear they're a lot of people from texas over there. i've come to the conclusion i like folks from texas. they seem like good folks. there ought to be a lot from people from texas running for president. especially bushes and lyndon johnson. thank you very much. host: fredericksburg, virginia. maxwell on our democrat line. caller: barack obama is my candidate. just like

condolences to the victims and their families. i would like to say that sarah palin made comments about reloading and in the cross hairs. what we must realize about these type of situations -- because president obama won, the people who are infected him were elated. you have people who hate him. this is the rhetoric. these domestic threats have picked up against politicians. whether you will admit or not, people were taking assault weapons to president obama's political rallies. host: we have violence in this country in the 1960's. the assassination of robert kennedy. we saw the assassination attempt against ronald reagan. how can you attribute it to recent events. we have a history of violence in our country. caller: those were for other reasons. you did not have a black man as president during those times. you have a reason for violence. you can have racial hatred or violence and different types of things. martin luther king was killed, but he was for nonviolence. host: thank you for the call and your point of view. the sergeant of arms of the house of representatives issued a s

magazine story i wrote was about sarah palin's nonexistent natural gas pipeline. it was in her next-to-last issue. i did not quite close it up but i came close. i spent three weeks in alaska researching that story. without padding, my expenses came to $12,000. most magazines will not even pay the fee of $12,000 anymore. what is a writer to do? this is where i look at the gentleman to my right and i look at "the atavist" and i say this as my savior. this is where we can still do the kind of work i like to do. we do not have to make decisions on simply commercial but tell the stories that we want to tell and reach of smaller audience. he can make money because he does not have the overhead. i think that "the atavist" is one of the most important steps forward. who're very few people support themselves solely by writing anymore. i have a lot of novelist friends who already said that the one thing that would never do is teach. i can find them now on faculties all over the country because they cannot sell their books. now they are teaching. likewise, the work i am doing, most nonfiction boo

of our political leaders are using. not saying that sarah palin or glenn beck, or people laugh outrageous language -- it does insight and encourage others to use that type of language. it is very, very dangerous and needs to be looked at. host: what does that mean for changes? do you think there should be laws on the books? caller: if i -- i call those of us out here peasants. if those of us went around using language like that out loud, i think we would be thrown in prison quite frankly. it does in sight -- incite a nger and hatred. i know sarah palin would feel that kind of anger. i think it is very dangerous. i do not know if someone should be thrown in prison for that. i know the freedom of speech peace. people need to be more responsible, including sarah palin. host: anna, a democrat in ohio. let's go to the herald, a republican in canton, ohio. took myi'm so glad you call. someone called wishing that someone in the audience had a gun. a man was in the store next door and heard the shots and ran towards the gun man. he did have a gun in his pocket. he did help secure the m

sarah discussed, we have to go back and look at what other appropriate loan products. 30 years fixed rate loans are the appropriate products for most people in america. the exotic context, you know, the arms, the option a.r.m.s, no docs, all of those, were products that were creating for a particular economic class. that was very high income who had increasing annual income. those products were pushed out to the middle class and low and moderate income people, which before were sucked into the foreclosure rate that we see. we have to get back to the middle. be sensible about underwriting and make sure that down payments can be under 10%, and do good underwriting. two good underwriting. >> first of all let me say i think the american people are right to like homeownership in particular, and ownership in general. this isn't ideas with deep historical roots. thomas jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence as we all know, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. but the more common phrase, is life, liberty and property in the virginia declaration of rights for example.

representative michele bachmann or former governors sarah palin because they are women? guest: no, we are the wome's organization that like cement. the are very thrilled to see rah palin and -- thathe women's organization that likes men. obviously, we are very thrilled to see sarah palin and michelle bachmann. it is very exciting to see two women who are conservative, people who embrace our values, our front runner candidates this year. of course, sarah palin has not declared, i am aware o that, but she is amongst the candidates. we are very pleased. host: do you think she is going to get in the race? guest: it seems to me that it has been a long time. she has let a lot of people get a lot of ground on her at this point. but i cannot imagine her sitting it out, actually. she has done so many things that are typical of a candid it, that you say, why is she doing that if she is not going to be a candidate? but she has a lot of other things going for, a lot of personal things going on in her life, so we shall see to it that is what i really like about sarah palin and michele bachmann. they are w

poll donna way with. >> and of course we do know sarah palin is going to be in iowa on saturday, september 3 for an event being put together by the tea party. >> that's right. >> you put together a story that the iowa state fair and the pork association putting pork on the stick has been a scene every four years. we saw it with mitt romney and tim pawlenty. what's it like for you to cover this story personally? >> well, i had one. i went to the "des moines register" has a little venue inside the fairgrounds called soap box. and candidates cycle through there surrounding this day, and i went looking for ron paul and listened to tim pawlenty then made a beeline for the pork on a stick and i had one. and it was delicious. i won't say whether i felt particularly healthy after i was done with it, but it's fun over there. it's a great scene. you look at the exhibits of cows and look at the butter skull. ture. and it's not staged or an organizational test like it is here today. it's a place where regular people are coming out to the fair with their families and kids and having a lot of

"politco." you can join the conversation. speculation about sarah palin, former governor of alaska. "the new york times" and others are talking about some moves she is making that show a run is not out of the question. what are you watching, andy barr? guest: we are, too. i have talked to a lot of her folks and they are looking at this. they're very much aware of what is going on with this race. they do not know if they're going to pull the trigger or not. "the new york times" talked to people in iowa who do not really know what is happening there. we were able to get to her folks, who were very direct sign saying -- direct in saying that they are looking at filing deadlines. they're very aware of what they need to do to pull the trigger. that said, they have not stepped up yet. they have not done some of the nuts and bolts things that they would need to. her staff is confident and a lot of people around her are confident that they can raise enough money. host: sarah palin's family is purchasing a home in scottsdale , arizona. associates say it can serve as a base for a presidential camp

representative michele bachmann or former governors sarah palin because they are women? guest: no, we are the women's organization that like cement. the are very thrilled to see sarah palin and -- thathe wome's organization that likes men. obviously, we are very thrilled to see sarah palin and michelle bachmann. it is very exciting to see two women who are conservative, people who embrace our values, our front runner candidates this year. of course, sarah palin has not declared, i am aware of that, but she is amongst the candidates. we are very pleased. host: do you think she is going to get in the race? guest: it seems to me that it has been a long time. she has let a lot of people get a lot of ground on her at this point. but i cannot imagine her sitting it out, actually. she has done so many things that are typical of a candid it, that you say, why is she doing that if she is not going to be a candidate? but she has a lot of other things going for, a lot of personal things going on in her life, so we shall see to it that is what i really like about sarah palin and michele bachmann. the

insurmountable sarah palin with michelle verses obama. i would like to see them talk more about funding of public radio and tv, training programs, jobs, taxpayer dollars, family values, the war, education, financial relief, disability, entitlements, failure to comply [unintelligible] also i am concerned with the second chance program. also the deceptive business tracking -- trafficking and the banking and utility companies, mortgage and i am also concerned about homelessness, animals, crime as well as the violence and late technology, two law enforcement agencies. host: a lot of issues there. santa monica, calif., democrats lined. caller: with michelle bachmann winning this straw poll, it is interesting -- when obama ran out conservatives pounced on the fact that obama was not qualified, he did not have enough time in government. i cannot recall ever anyone leading from the house of representatives to the presidency. don't think it has happened since the 18th century. it will be interesting to see where this goes. i have never seen anyone talk in more platitudes and cheerleading

speak with a former alaska gov. sarah palin. at 2:00 p.m., it is the c-span state of the union. a former director of the congressional budget office will be speaking. a former rnc chairman will also there. and bob schieffer interviews nancy pelosi and they will take a look at republicans in 2012. -- campaign 2012. it begins at noon eastern with "this week" of nbc. you can listen to them all at c- span radio. you can also look -- listen to satellite radio or on line at c-span.org. >> it was not altogether a compliment, though -- although he regarded it as one. >> republican of thomas reed changed the power structure in the house. >> it overturned a long standing status in the house. >> mr. speaker on c-span q&a. you can down on one of our signature interview programs online at c-span.org/podcasts. and eileen shanahan talks about reporting this weekend on "american history" television. we will also look at american artifacts, the museum resource center and the history of overflowing fidel castro. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with the executive to rector of the faith

general, and conservative politics in particular, that this is about rush limbaugh, sarah palin, or glenn beck, about the tone of politics. we are learning that, for example, this killer had no political affiliation. we know that he cited two works, the communist manifesto and mein campf. neither one of them are conservative. we now know that he never listened to talk radio. we know that he never watched the news, so how in the world is he affected by the news and by talk radio? if that is the case, then why the continued fascination with wanting to talk about that and halt talk radio has to curb its often do a better job, when in fact we know it has nothing to do with it? we might as well blame a game of parcheesi or the green bay packers for beating the philadelphia eagles. the reality is, those things had nothing to do with this. this man was a killer. is this a demented person or an evil person? the conversation we should be having is that he is insane and evil. that is a far scarier discussion and then about sarah palin. let's stop using it for political purposes, which is what

again because he rented a house next to sarah palin and has written a book that sarah palin -- sarah palin and her many fans do not think is great. that may be good for you. i was reading it this morning. ayman mohyeldin, the only time 100 honoree here. he used to be -- he worked for nbc many years ago. then he migrated to al jazeera where he had opportunity to do something that was a one left on -- once in a lifeti a lifeti. you're at the epicenter of something that i think is truly transformational. ayman has cast that in and is going back to nbc as a foreign correspondent. only in american media company would call an international correspondent of foreign correspondent. any place that is not america is far and. -- foreign. you will fix that. jim warren managed to figure out, how do i keep the best and most important of old media, shoe leather journalism, talking to people and going out and reported which he still does, mashing that with new media, twitter, facebook? jim was the managing editor of the "chicago tribune." he now writes for other magazines and i think you will talk a

any freshman. on screen is a junior -- on your screen is a junior. caller: my name is sarah. if flooded harpoon wins the presidency of russia once again, which negative and positive effect will this have on the u.s. economy? -- it vladimir putin wins the presidency. guest: i believe he is an ideal leader for russia. i wish there was more openness and fairness around the press issues. he has the smallest and many of us are concerned about the corruption that exist on the edges of almost all commerce in russia. without a strong hand and a visionary of the sort of mr. putin, a country that is important for global success, i think it would be in distress today, sarah. i'm a fan of mr. putin's. i acknowledge his fillings 1 yes them -- i acknowledge his failings when he has them. there were unfair trade practices and the globalization of china, which is of grave concern to me. host: i was going to ask sarah's thoughts about your answer. we have ken from tennessee. please go ahead with your question or comment. caller: i have roughly $1 million in the bank's and hired return and use% t

of media firestone that. to denigrate sarah palin and her response was swift and unforgiving. guest: comments by rick santorum now considering a bid for the republican nomination. his essential message was sarah palin was skipping cpac so that chicago make money, making speeches and other financial ventures. there was some blood back pretty quickly about that. he came in for a lot of criticism. he took it that that was not what he meant. he went after political by name. by the video tape, it seems that what he was implying. he was the first likely presidential candidate to really criticize sarah palin. he backpedaled on it, but some people think he would've been better off sticking with that line of criticism, punching above his way, getting his name up there, getting mentioned in the same breath with sarah palin. he would seem like a more viable candidates. we will see how the other candidates respond. host: ron paul came in first. coming in second was mitt romney. gary johnson, the former new mexico governor, and the governor of new jersey tie for third place. a great line to davi

to you. tell us who you are and where you are from. guest: i'm sarah stevens from oklahoma city, oklahoma. just expanding on what some of the previous speakers said, i believe that the most impactful journalism is journalism that is honest and earnest. like when hoda was speaking the other day she made a great impact on me. i had not heard of her before but she instantly commanded the room and everyone was silent. it was lake everyohraeublake --d paid attention. she told like how she failed 27 times and it is not easy pause -- because everyone wants to graduate and make money but it is larger than the money. it is like being true to the art of journalism and reporting a true story. host: i will be a doubting thomas for a minute. why do you think she was telling you the truth? why do you think she was sincere? guest: because it is what makes the most impact. we have heard the cliches time and time again of stick to what you believe in, stay in school and of course you will make it. but that is not always what holds true. she didn't go to journalism school. she went it virginia te

turn to sarah binder, a senior fellow here at brookings, an expert on congress and legislative politics, and she will talk about the history of super- committees, and it is said to think there have been previous committees like this one. whenever congress cannot make a decision, they appoint a committee or a commissioner, and sarah binder will describe that and talk about this particular committee. then, we will turn super william gale, who is a great return to -- turned to go william gale who was the author of several versions of the deficit and 10- year projections with all kinds of interesting base lines. he can produce baseline's festive and congress can pass legislation. he had this thing out about a minute and half after. shockingly, he will talk about baselines, and it turns out they are a very, very big deal, and completely unresolved as far as i can tell. then, we will turn to henry aaron. he will say that we have the all wrong, the president has it wrong, congress has it wrong, and you'll tell us what we should do instead. finally, we will turn to my good friend, bill frenzel.

optimistic. >> that's because you lived next to sarah palin for a year. >> i learned to keep my head down. people have the right to choose and there is so much more to choose from and they tend to choose what reinforces with the already believe. people do not seek out. when sarah palin was elected mayor, she presided over first city council meeting and a friend of hers, somebody who voted for her, gave her a book at the end of the meeting because she was worried that she was ignorant in so many ways. he gave her the book called "worldly philosophers" to teach her something about economics. she would not even take a book out of his hands. she put her own hand out and said no. i never read anything that might challenge my beliefs. [laughter] i am afraid that palinization is spreading through technology. people watch fox news because that reinforces what they believe or msnbc, they will carry that mind set over to the internet and all the wonderful opportunities that are available. who seeks out typical the -- difficult information? tell me something i know is right to strengthen my position

year in the nation. i will let our track record speaks for itself. >> thank you. >> neck, sarah palin speaks at a tea party -- tea party rally in iowa. live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> what's more video of the candidates. see what reporters -- see what political reporters are saying. c-span's website for campaign 2012, easy-to-use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds, candid it biographies, and the latest polling data, plus links. all at c-span.org/campaign2012. quacks former alaska governor circuit -- sarah palin was keynote speaker at a tea party for america rally in iowa. in her speech, she criticized prevent obama's handling of the economy and offered her own plan. this is one hour and 25 minutes. you, iowa. thank you so much. thank you. the sign that says "thank you i can thank you. your love of country keeps us going. iowa, you are good people thank you. it is an honor to be in the heartland during this -- sharing this labor day weekend with you. i thank you for the invitation. the organizers put so much work int

to change our paradigm. host: the "new york times of" talks about sarah palin. could you get behind her? guest: i will have to see. host: ohio, on our independent line, good morning. hi. turn down your tv for us. you're on with allen west. caller: why does everybody take pay cuts except the president, congressmen, senators, and politicians? why does everyone take pay cuts except those people? guest: i would not mind having a pay cut for myself. i did 22 years in an the army and got a 55% retirement. that is not something i am against. i think what you are talking about is if the people up here in washington, d.c., are promoting the american citizens to tighten up their bootstraps, we have to do the same thing up here. host: karl rove has a piece today, saying his explanation is there was a third party candidate who spend a reported $3 million of his own money. guest: i think that is a part of it. also, you have to look at the candidate that was running. if you look at a candidate who could not inspire people to come out, i think that is a reflection more so of the candidate. i am no