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come out of washington is to her. you will learn more about come up with a new host of tax palin's future plans. credits that make the tax code more complex. >> president obama has proposed a $4,000 tax credit to businesses who hire people who have been out of work for six months or more. and speaking of the president's american jobs act, one house republican has responded with his own legislation. with the same title as the president's american jobs act of 2011. here it is. it was introduced by texas republican louis gohmert. it's exactly two pages long. proposes only one thing. cutting the corporate tax rate to zero. joining me now are ezra klein, "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor, and bruce bartlett, former senior policy analyst in the reagan white house. and deputy assistant secretary at treasury. he is now a columnist for the

"financial times" and a contributor to the "new york times." bruce, i'm struck by this bill, the republican bill to cut the corporate tax rate to zero because as i've been listening to republicans oh, these many months it seems that the argument behind everything they're saying would lead to virtually all tax rates to go to zero. i can't figure out what they think the optimum tax rate is. is there a tax rate that's too low? >> well, i think we're already while the president was out at rates that are really too low in ohio insisting over and over to raise the revenue the government needs. again that congress pass the but you're absolutely right. i've never once in my life heard bill, it seemed like the only democrats who were even willing a republican say that a tax cut to talk about it here on capitol was too large or tax rates -- hill were tearing it apart. >> that was senate minority cutting rates to some level such leader mitch mcconnell today, as zero is too much. noting the growing democratic resistance to the president's jobs bill. and you're right. the white house dispatched implic advisers david plouffe and gene implicitly, they believe tax sperling to the hill today to rates should be zero. >> ezra, was the speaker still convince dissenting senate making that phrase about common democrats to support the president's legislation. ground, but what common ground? complaints in recent days ranged after the speaker's speech

today, what common ground was from the bill includes too much spending to the bill includes left between the president and the republicans in the house? >> not a ton. too many tax cuts to it unfairly and what struck me, though, was there wasn't all that much eliminates subsidies for oil common ground left between john boehner and the economy today. companies while ignoring other i went through the speech big industries. shortly after it was given and i after the private 90-minute looked for some of the words that weren't there. and remember, this speech was meeting, senate majority whip about why the economy is not working yet, why we are still at dick durbin told reporters, "we're not going to get 100% of 9% unemployment. it never mentioned wall street, our caucus, but believe me, if never mentioned foreclosures, it's up to the democrats to pass negative equity, household debt, the president's plan, it'll emerging markets, european debt crisis, demand. it never mentioned demand. pass." senate minority leader mcconnell it mentioned only one thing as the cause of our problems, which was government. saw the meeting as a sign of and that was how you got to a solution, which was only one thing, which was less weakness. government, less regulation, >> one would think they'd want lower taxes. to be briefed on details before that's sort of fine as a the president demanded they pass political document but doesn't it right away, not after. but then again, the white house understanding the crisis that we're in. liberals get tagged a lot for probably expected stronger believing the government can support from democrats than it's solve all of our problems, but gotten so far. conservatives can be a mirror image of that sometimes, and >> joining me now, editorial boehner was today, in which they director for aol, huffington believe government is the sole post, msnbc political analyst cause of all of our problems. and that ain't right either. howard fineman. thanks for joining me tonight, howard. >> hi, lawrence. >> howard, i'm confused by dick >> bruce, how do republicans durbin's statement. explain, or do they bother to he's saying we're not going to

explain how the golden age of get 100% of the democrats in the reagan had a corporate tax rate united states senate but if we democrats have to pass it we that was higher than the corporate tax rate is now or was will. they need 60 votes to pass it in under bill clinton? the senate. they're nowhere close if they don't have all the democrats. >> well, really the substance of >> yep. the reagan years has been that was less than a ringing whitewashed from the republican endorsement from one of the memory. remember, the top tax rate was president's closest allies. and you know you're in a bad 50% on individuals up until situation on the democratic side 1986. among the things that reagan did where you have mitch mcconnell in the '86 tax reform was to giving you lobbying advice on how best you ought to operate raise the capital gains tax to things. i think having spoken to some 28%. people on the hill who know the top 1% of taxpayers paid 1/3 about that meeting that while david plouffe and gene sperling, of their income in federal taxes the two people who came up and briefed, you know, made the best during reagan's administration. and now it's down to about 10 case they could, you know, it was not -- it was not a happy -- percentage points less. it's dropped by about 1/3. it was not a happy meeting for the reasons that you said. and economists are increasingly there are conservative democrats focusing on the fact that a lot of the negative trends that -- in the senate who don't want to things that we're dealing with support it because of -- they don't like the idea of a big in the economy today really seem to have started about ten years bill, you know, doesn't sound good. they've had too many big bills ago. i don't know what happened ten from the president, they're

years ago that would have caused worried about it. then you have the progressive anything to change, though. caucus on the other side saying >> ezra, the speaker of the no tax cuts at all, please. >> mary landrieu's got a problem house formally ruled out any with it because it goes after oil companies. possibility of the pay for side louisiana senators always, of the obama jobs bill, which is always protect the oil industry. the taxation part of it, the that was predictable. increases in tax revenue due to we could see that coming. what other problems do they have adjustments, to deductibility with what other democrats in the issues for the top taxpayers. is that the? >> well, last night i had an where does the obama bill go from here if the speaker is basically saying we won't give interesting conversation with you any of that tax revenue that kay hagen, the democratic pays for it? senator from north carolina. >> maybe it doesn't get paid for she was elected in 2008 on the it, maybe it goes nowhere at ticket with barack obama. all. it was fascinating to me. it seemed to be a major break in barack obama won north carolina administration strategy. when they released those pay by less than half of 1 fors. as you mentioned every single one of them was on the tack side. percentage point. every single one of them were kay hagen reminded me that she things that republicans and to had won her race in north some degree senate moderate carolina by nine points. democrats had rejected in past couple of years. so i don't know how many of and it was striking because for those nine points she's willing the first time the to give up for the sake of her administration didn't end up offering the compromise at the president. she's concerned because she beginning. they said we're going to give you a popular-seeming jobs bill, wants to look and see, again, if we're going to only tie big pieces of legislation with ourselves to popular tax big names on them are going to increases on the rich, and if you want to oppose us on that

we're happy to beat you over the head for a while with the fact be able to be sold to her that you refuse to spend money constituents back in north carolina. on the jobless by raising taxes a lot of people were urging on the rich. barack obama do something, do so where it leaves the bill is something, do something. he came up with a big bill with a big number. in a political place that the but the problem is for a sort of bill in some ways was always going to end up in, which is moderate democrat like kay hagan whether or not obama can from the swing state of north leverage what they believe to be a popular package and create carolina, and obama's determined to try to win north carolina enough public pressure on the republicans that they break and at least let some or most of it again, you know, you had the through. >> bruce, what is your sense of stimulus bill of a while back, you had the health care, the big what the political dynamics are sweeping health care legislation, a lot of swing for the republicans on the hill on this? voters in her state are worried are they at some point going to about big bills with barack feel the pressure to come up with something more than louie obama's name on it. it's as simple as that. >> howard, the white house seems gohmert's one-pager on eliminate to be taking some cues from programming here on msnbc. the corporate tax as their only proposal for job creation adam green and other guests on this show have frequently said the president should be out legislatively? >> well, i think over the last there in these legislative week you did see some cautious battles selling them through speeches, through campaign-like movement in the direction of speeches out on the road. chris matthews repeatedly supporting the president's jobs saying, isolate those bridges in bill. but i think that came to a the republicans' districts and show them, this is the one, this screeching halt the moment he is what needs the help. put out his pay fors. and as was pointed out, they so white house press secretary

were all tax increases. jay carney announced today that it was almost as if obama was raising -- waving a red flag in next thursday the president will speak at a bridge in need of repair that happens to connect their faces just daring them to ohio and kentucky. let's listen to what jay carney said about that. come out against it. and they obliged him by doing >> i don't think it's a mystery, so. mike, that we are out there, you frankly, i have to question the president's political judgment know, loudly and with great in being so in the face of the intensity arguing that we in republicans by putting forward these pay fors that he had to washington need to do the know and everybody knew they bidding of the american people and take action on the economy. would absolutely reject so yes, he's traveling, as he categorically. >> ezra, as bruce and anyone promised, the president did, in who's worked on legislation his speech to congress across knows, the pay for side is the the country to highlight this urgent need and to engage the hard -- that's the killer. that's the part that is very, very hard to get either right politically or in policy terms. american people in calling on their members of congress, their what alternatives? what pay for alternatives did senators to pass the bill, to the president have that he could take action, to grow the possibly have chosen that would economy, to take action, to have both made sense to his party and had a chance with incentivize the private sector, to hire more workers. republicans? >> there's probably not a lot this is the number one priority that would have a chance in the of the american people. broad sense. and it also happens to be the so right now we're in a number one priority of this situation where the super committee needs to come up with president.

so if you're asking me if by about 1.5 trillion or so in pay fors on its own before you get going to this bridge are we hoping to draw some attention to to the extra 450 billion for this urgent need? this package. the answer is unequivocally yes. so what you need to do in order to get republicans on board is >> howard, is there any particular political significance to a kentucky-ohio you would need to add $450 billion in spending cuts, bridge? somehow very concrete spending >> well, the significance cuts over ten years. you can do that. obviously is that it's -- it you can dig into medicare. you can dig into medicaid. involves connecting john boehner's district with mitch you can dig into social security. mcconnell's state, and so it's a you can dig into defense. there isn't a whole lot more at this point we can do in two-fer. it's across the ohio river. and you know, i think it makes non-discretionary, non-defense discretionary spending. that would have been harder with the point. his party. but the question the white house the problem is that the began to ask is, well, are president's got to not only republicans really going to come on board for that either? because obviously there's always convince people that it's been this deal on the table. necessary to fix these bridges $4 trillion deficit deal. and falling pieces of which is what boehner and obama were discussing before the infrastructure in america but negotiations broke down. that's a larger one than what that this will not only create the super committee needs to do, but republicans have really not jobs but that it makes economic been willing to say yes. so the new theory was instead of offering up a compromise that sense and it's the most shrewd and efficient and careful use of they'll say no to now you'll be money we could make at a time yoked to unpopular compromise when we're broke as a country. it's a difficult argument to policies which made the make. republicans something they'll try to pass on their own later he has to make it. i think he deserves great credit for following chris matthews's come out with something you can

sell politically and hope that advice. but it has to be part of a will either increase pressure on republicans or if it doesn't do larger sales job. and as far as not having consulted with congress in that let's be honest about the advance, i mean, congress strategy here, help get you knows -- they knew pretty much re-elected. what he was going to be >> now, the republican chant proposing here. about why the economy is so bad but you've got to remember, is too much taxation, and they lawrence, that the president and ignore that we've had much higher levels of taxation in the this white house has a terrible past with much stronger relationship with the democrats economies. on capitol hill, has always had and then also, of course, regulation. regulation is just drowning this a bad relationship with them. the chief of staff at the white economy and tying it up in knots house, bill daly, who's from, and making everything immovable you know, one of the great political families, you know, in this economy. let's listen to what speaker does not have close relations boehner said today specifically with democrats on the hill, does about regulation and how that's not have systematic relations going to be the second prong in with democrats on the hill and there's a lot of grumbling on the republican attack on how to the hill about the lack of coordination between the white fix this economy, cut taxation house and the democrats. and don't forget, barack obama and regulation. let's listen to what he said came in on a wave of his own, about regulation zblpz we all know there are some regulation that? that's are needed. he was the answer, that his there are reasonable regulations movement was the answer. that protect our children and and right now he's paying the keep our environment clean. price for that splendid well, then there are excessive isolation that got him elected. regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers it's what was his appeal and small businesses. >> well, at least he's one of initially, but it's one of the

things in addition to the state the republicans who admits that of the economy that's causing we need some regulation. him so much trouble now. >> well, democratic presidents there are those out there who don't even grant that. having trouble with democrats on but bruce, what is the empirical the hill. you can check with bill clinton evidence? what do we know about what and jimmy carter. regulation does to the economy? that is an old tradition. >> right. >> howard fineman, thank you very much for joining us what is the negative drag on the tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. take care. economy from regulation? coming up, rick perry >> well, look, government regulation is a very -- imposes apparently hadn't done enough damage to his campaign this a large cost on the economy. week. so he came to new york city to but to make the argument that praise donald trump. regulations are what's holding us back today as opposed to some and the republican tea party other thing, you'd have to show that there's been a significant congressman who remains a increase in regulation just deadbeat dad is back in the "rewrite" tonight. since 2008. and there's absolutely no evidence of that. in fact, if you look at the [ tires screech ] surveys by the national [ crying ] federation of independent business, they show that the [ applause ] [ laughs ] burden of regulation is less [ tires screech ] than it was back in the 1990s, when the economy was booming. [ male announcer ] your life will have to flash by even faster. so i think what republicans are doing here is simply using the autodrive brakes on the cadillac srx poor state of the economy as an activate after rain is detected to help improve braking performance. excuse to pursue the agenda that we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs. they pursue year in, year out,

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with donald trump. yes, the same donald trump who knowingly misled republicans and easily fooled pundits this past spring by pretending to be flirting with his own presidential bid. viewers of this program of course always knew better. the two met at trump tower, then dined not at a pizza chain in times square, as trump and fellow television performer sarah palin did back in may, but at a pricey french restaurant that no mere governor could ever afford, which happens to sit inside the trump international hotel. >> we're just going to be talking about, you know, how to create jobs in america. donald trump's pretty good about creating jobs. and i've got to think donald's got some advice for me. >> joining me now, msnbc contributor jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the "washington post." jonathan, thanks for joining me tonight. >> hey, lawrence, good to see you. >> what the -- what -- what?

please. explain. >> why -- >> what's he thinking? doesn't he know that the reality star on tv whose opinion matters with america is simon cowell? why isn't going to see simon cowell? >> well, simon cowell has never run for president or even flirted with running for president or even pretended to flirt with running for president. look, the reason why republicans are going to, you know, kiss the ring of donald trump is because when he was flirting with running for president he blew out there and climbed to the top of the polls. knowing full well he was going to go and re-up, what is this, his "celebrity apprentice" show, or his "apprentice" chain. what perry does by going to new york and meeting with donald trump is, one, you know donald trump is going to get press coverage, media coverage. two, donald trump lives in the -- as you know, lawrence, the number one media market in

the country. and three, it's a way of you just sort of -- you don't even have to say anything. you can just show up with donald trump, and as we saw all those pictures of governor perry and donald trump, they're not talking about anything of substance. in fact, they're not talking. they're walking in and out of buildings. it's good for perry, and it's good for trump. >> now, jonathan, you had your own chat with donald trump yesterday. how did that go? >> it went fine. you know, we started talking after he saw a piece that i wrote basically saying, you know, will governor perry end up being the next donald trump, that is, someone who bursts onto the scene, rises to the top of the polls, and then implodes and gets out of the race? he didn't quite like the fact that i said he fell or he imploded. so we got to talking. so i called him yesterday. i wanted to find out what he thought about the debate in florida. and we had a nice little

conversation. clearly, donald trump likes governor perry. he likes mitt romney. he told me that he thought they both did very well and pooh-poohed all the criticism of governor perry's debate performance. but clearly he thinks that there are some people who were on that stage who shouldn't be there. he is relishing the role that he's playing within the republican nominating field. his chief political guy, michael cowan, i believe his name is, went on abc and talked to the folks there and called donald trump the godfather of politics. donald trump is very proud of something that he saw on newsmax which said that basically donald trump has become his own iowa because perry and bachmann and romney and all of these folks who are seeking the republican nomination are either getting him on the phone or going up to new york to see him in trump tower. >> now, there's also the matter of dick cheney.

and let's listen to what romney had to say about the possibility of having a vice president, if he could be lucky enough to be able to choose a vice president as capable as dick cheney. let's listen to this. >> last weekend i was watching c-span, and i saw vice president dick cheney, and he was being asked questions about a whole host of issues. following 9/11, the affairs in various countries in the world. and i listened to him speak, and i said whether you agree with him or disagree with him this is a man of wisdom and judgment and he could have been president of the united states. that's the kind of person i'd like to have, a person of wisdom and judgment. >> jonathan, where's this going? are we going to start hearing praise about richard nixon and spiro agnew, who actually got caught with bags of cash in the white house when he was vice president, the republican vice president? what do you have to do to get ruled out of the game in republican politics now? >> well, clearly -- well, to get ruled out, have moderate views. that's what you need to do to

get ruled out of the republican party. but you have to keep something in mind. this is something i always have to remind myself. romney and perry and bachmann and all these folks are striving to get the republican nomination. they're not even thinking about the general election and the things that they will need to do and say in order to appeal to a broader electorate. if what it takes is to praise dick cheney to get the nomination, because you saw in that clip as he praised former vice president cheney, there were people behind mitt romney who were nodding in agreement. this is a crowd and this is a party that likes dick cheney by and large and likes the fact that after he left the white house he didn't stay silent, he kept taking the battle to president obama in terms of foreign policy and the war on terror. and that's what they're responding to. and so mitt romney is looking for every vote he possibly can and every corner he possibly can to get that nomination. >> msnbc contributor and opinion writer for the "washington post" and now the "last word's" senior

trump correspondent, jonathan capehart. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >> yesterday tea party congressman joe walsh missed his child support hearing in illinois because he was too busy in washington being an ignored freshman congressman. that gets him tonight's "rewrite." and later, author joe mcginniss moved to wasilla last year to write a book about its most famous resident. we'll show you his exclusive interview with the "today" show's savannah guthrie, coming up. it requires determination and decisive action. i go to e-trade and get unbiased analyst ratings and 24/7 help from award-winning customer support to take control of my finances and my life. i tap into the power of revolutionary mobile apps. to trade wherever. whenever. life isn't fully experienced sitting idly by. neither is investing. [ birds chirping ]

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my kids." that's tea party congressman joe walsh. he's been on this show a few times. but i banned him when i realized he is $117,000 -- $117,437 behind in his child support payments to his first wife, laura walsh, for the support of their three children. there is now a withholding order on the congressman's salary to cover his current child support obligations, $2,134 a month is taken out of his $174,000 congressional salary to cover his current obligations. now, one of my rules about guests -- in fact, it may be my only rule -- is that i don't allow anyone to come on this show unless and until they pay their child support obligations in full.

the judge in the walsh child support case in cook county, illinois was not amused yesterday when walsh didn't show up for a hearing in the case. when his lawyer explained his absence by saying, "mr. walsh is a u.s. congressman," the judge replied, "well, he's no different than anyone else." congressman walsh's spokesman tried to pretend to us today that the congressman just had to be in washington yesterday for all the important work of a freshman congressman who is not taken seriously by anyone on capitol hill. the congressman's only official act yesterday was to vote. and he was called upon to do that only once. the republican bill passed the house 232-186. everyone knew ahead of time that congressman walsh's vote wasn't going to matter. the margin was just going to be

too great for any individual vote to matter. that's exactly the kind of vote a member of congress can and does miss if he or she has something more important to do like, you know, maybe pay child support, which every member of congress should agree is more important than voting on a bill and in fact is more important than being a congressman. in fact, 11 members of the house, including michele bachmann, missed that vote yesterday because they, not unreasonably, decided they had something more important to do. congressmen cast hundreds of votes, thousands of votes, most of which are not important and have big margins in them. it doesn't matter whether they voted or not. and they use their judgment about which votes they can miss. congressman walsh could have easily missed that vote. the deadbeat dad congressman

continues to get invited on other shows where he freely discusses anything but child support. no show on any network, including this network, should ever allow congressman walsh to do any more of his phony posing. >> i won't place one more dollar of debt upon the backs of my kids -- >> no more of his lying about his concern for the financial burdens that his kids face. joe walsh actually tries to use his tv appearances as additional excuses for why he can't show up for his child support hearings. his spokesman told us today that one of the reasons he couldn't be in an illinois courtroom yesterday is that he had media appearances to do in washington. any network that lets joe walsh come on any show that lets joe

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when best-selling political author joe mcginniss moved to wasilla, alaska in may of last year to write a book about sarah palin, palin immediately went on the defensive. the book is now out, and it is

filled with allegations about the palins' marriage, their parental skills, even claims of past cocaine use. the palins deny all of that. author joe mcginniss talked exclusively with "today" show's savannah guthrie. >> reporter: from the moment she stepped onto the political stage, sarah palin has been a force. >> they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? lipstick. >> reporter: self-styled mama grizzly. >> you no doubt don't want to mess with moms who are rising up. >> reporter: reality tv star. >> dang it! >> reporter: her large family fascinating the country with its dramas. babies and feuds. >> i hear he goes by the name ricky hollywood now. >> reporter: but now a controversial new book takes aim at the image palin projects to the world. "the rogue," a 318-page takedown of palin by best-selling author joe mcginniss, paints a scathing portrait of the woman who could

have been vice president. >> an utter fraud. an absolute and utter fraud. >> you call her a tenth-grade mean girl. >> oh, that's -- those are kind words compared to a lot of what you'd hear in wasilla today. the thing that i found, savannah, that really surprised me was that the people who know her best like her least. >> reporter: mcginniss spent four months in alaska. he claims he spoke to approximately 200 people, a mix of palin's old associates, acquaintances, and former friends. but his book was causing controversy before he wrote even one word. >> she had a problem with you living next door. >> well, she did. and i don't know why she did because -- >> really? you don't know why? >> i really don't. >> reporter: mcginniss says it was just happenstance that the woman who owns the property next door to the palins in wasilla offered to rent her house to him for the summer while he did his research. palin revealed who her new neighbor was on facebook, writing, "wonder what kind of material he'll gather while overlooking piper's bedroom, my

little garden, and the family's swimming hole?" and on her reality show. >> and piper whispered to me as we were coming up the lawn, mom, that neighbor's out there, he's watching us, he's watching us. >> reporter: an editorial in the local paper warned mcginniss, "alaska has a law that allows the use of deadly force in protection of life and property." >> has that been a problem or do you just go with the flow? >> you know, like todd says, some people just need to get a life. but bless his heart, he needs to get a life. >> i was surprised at sarah's reaction, but it taught me something very interesting. she overreacts. she has no modulation in her responses to stress. in other words, she freaks out. >> reporter: mcginniss insists he was not there to spy and that anything he learned about the palins from living next door did not go into the book. but the experience becomes a huge part of the story. >> you really became a character in the book. >> well, sarah made me a character. she's a phenomenon. i said that to todd when he came tromping across my lawn to

confront me about living next door. he said, why are you writing about her anyway? i said, well, todd, i've been writing about politics since 1968. your wife is a phenomenon. there's been no one like her in american politics before, no one has come from nowhere to get so far. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, todd palin writes that mcginniss is a man who "traffics in innuendo and falsehoods and spent the last year interviewing marginal figures with an ax to grind in order to churn out a hit piece to satisfy his own creepy obsession with my wife." but mcginniss says talking to those who knew palin convinces him there is much less than meets the eye. he accuses the famed hockey mom of using her children as props and reports she was not much of a mother at all. >> people who've known that family for the entire period of time that those children were growing up told me in ways that i found very believable that sarah palin was virtually non-existent as a mother. >> reporter: mcginniss describes

a rocky palin marriage, with todd and sarah fighting incessantly and threatening divorce, something they've denied in the past. another bombshell. mcginniss writes that both todd and sarah have used cocaine in the past, a claim that has not been verified. >> how do you substantiate something like that? >> well, you talk to somebody who snorted it with her. and you talk to many of todd's friends, who describe him as having been on the end of the straw frequently in his youth. i'm not saying that todd and sarah palin today abuse cocaine or even use it. but there's no question that they both did at one point in their lives. >> reporter: mcginniss also quotes friends who speak of a sexual encounter palin had with basketball star glen rice in 1987, while she was a sports reporter for a local anchorage station, prior to her marriage. it's not clear from the book whether rice admits or denies the encounter, but he told mcginniss, "in a short time we got to know a lot about one another. it was all done in a respectful way, nothing hurried." he continues, "she was a gorgeous woman. super nice.

i was blown away by her. afterward, she was a big crush that i had." mcginniss portrays palin as hands off when it came to governing alaska, but a ruthless political opportunist who crushed her enemies and rarely lived up to the fiscal conservative image she championed. >> hypocrite, you know, at the best. at best she's a hypocrite. >> and at worst? >> at worst she's a vindictive hypocrite. >> reporter: mcginniss says the palin enemy list in alaska is long but acknowledges he talked to few friends. >> do you think you were fair to her in the book? >> i think i was as fair as i could possibly have been given the fact that she told all the people who were closest to her not to talk to me. >> reporter: now as palin tantalizes supporters with travel to early primary states, many wonder just what are her political intentions. >> polls, they're for strippers and cross-country skiers. >> reporter: mcginniss says everything he learned about palin convinces him she won't run. >> i think she's going for the

easy money. she's going to take the path of least resistance. i don't think that she's going to run for president. >> i didn't have to move into the house next door to figure that out. if you'd like to hear more from todd palin about the book, his entire statement to nbc news is available on today.com. "the rachel maddow show" is up next. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, lawrence. thanks to you at home for