democrats had a message tuesday.y are screwed. >> what we have seen here is that sarah palin has emerged as a leader of the republican party. the intellectual foundation of the republican party as well. >> it is not a good year to run as a washington insider. i think that is fairly well established. i n't know anybody who is doing so. >>as inside as you can get. i was born at 14th wasand k. >> a thursday editorial says republican incumbents from the far right did well in tuesday's primary. what their campaign's lack in logic and compassion seems to be counterbalanced by eight fiercely committed voter base where there is nowhere to be seen on the democratic side. however, insurgents did not win erywhere. not in azona. >> this will be a consequential election. no one should have any doubt about that. no one is satisfied with the current condition of our country. i know arizonans like americans elsewhere are rightly concerned with the direction we seem to be heading in. staggering unemployment, a devastated housing mark

we have not seen the democratic polls come out. are the polling day you are seeing ruting the republicans' in any way, and why you think, if the republican polls are off, what are they getting wrong in the methodology? >> the polling that i have seen does refute that. it does receipt that you have -- it does not refute the fact that you have a lot of close races, a lot of republicans running away with these races. i believe that the main error in a lot of these polls is assumptions about turnout on the democratic side. it is the same reason, i have to go back to pennsylvania 12, the same reason that republicans were popping the champagne balls after the polls closed in -- the champagne bottles after the polls closed in pennsylvania 12. the result of your pole will be driven entirely by the assumptions you make. turnout is a difficult thing to gauge, especially in a year like this. we have look at the facts. on the one hand, it is true in poland today, if you try to measure the political energy level, you have got folks on the right

you have democrats saddled with a bad economy, high unemployment among many on the democratic base. the core of this president's base-- unemployment among african-americans is now 12.5%. to the point that some people are saying that the unemployed may be the swing vote in this coming election. republicans, on the other hand have... find themselves suddenly with some... unusual candidates. people who have taken very extreme views on things. and one thing that comes to mind is the senate race up there in connecticut, where you have linda mcmahon who is formerly, or maybe she is still part of the world wrestling federation, formerly an executive to that. she winds up as the republican candidate up there. i have to say one thing, she really packs a lot of kick. i mean, just watch this video here. ( laughter ) >> schieffer: i expect republicans are going to be seeing that video a lot this year and they're going to have to defend it. is this somebody who's going to be good for the republican party? is this a good image for republicans to have? i mean, if the president's gonna -- every can

democrats will be there for him. only two say the democrats are going to peel off. helene, i know you cover this hard reality. but underneath the president's thinking, is there a worry about all those people from the liberal areas like san francisco, the liberal areas of the democratic party, who are going to peel off? >> absolutely. and it's not just the liberals. he's very worried about this. and he's going into -- 2012 is not that far away. that's a very real fear. and i think a question to ask is where president obama is on his own support for the afghan war and just whether or not he wants to narrow its focus. chris: it was interesting that speaker pelosi, i know it often happens like this, but said nothing on this issue this week. her friends all voted against the funding. she was mute. she was the speaker. but she didn't take a political position on this. >> well, this is one of those situations where she's not going to score any political points with the white house on this issue by speaking out. and she's got her own issues that she's fighting with them. so

typical democrat. the way democrats have sex -- it is always the babies fall, -- never say no -- host: "the national journal" magazine, front-page cover story is tea party paradox. inside the magazine -- they call it the "tea party paradox." the story goes on to say this -- that is "the national journal" frontpage trouble story. douglas, democratic line. good morning. caller: the fact that the united states last year, 40% of our economy was on paper, gross domestic product, with the derivatives and stuff going on with wall street. so, 10% unemployment is going to become the norm. and a fellow from the texas, you talk about idiots, you have one, george bush. thank you. host: "the christian science monitor," their weekly magazine this morning focuses on the political swings ahead and says a political tsunami is growing that could not democrats out of power with november's elections. that is a "the christian science monitor" magazine. cape cod, massachusetts. vincent on the independent line. good morning,

it is no help to democrats. they will come back and deal with the rangel issue and the waters' issue head on, potentially a trial in september. it will distract from everything they are trying to do to create any sort of momentum heading into the polls. the party will be divided. the news coverage will be focused on it. the one-day session that the house came back to pass a bill, $26 billion to what they said would save teachers' jobs, charlie rangel went to the floor and defended his -- himself against these charges and the party was forced to respond to that instead. and this is a distraction they don't want to deal with. >> that has been the real problem for democrats all year. late spring, democrats had been imploring the white house stay focused on jobs, jobs, jobs and then the huge oil spill. when this white house has wanted to pivot and focus on jobs, they have either been knocked off by external events or by themselves. the democrats wanted to spend the whole weekend talking about social security, instea

in 2006, the democrats had three million more democrats turn out in primaries than republicans.he democrat toox the house, took the senate. 2010, exact reversal. so far in the primaries, where people have voted, 3 million more republicans have voted than democrats. that's a huge enthusiasm gap, and it can actually be measured over time in who shows. up that's what determines winners and losers in november. that's the biggest trend of the primary season so far, larry. >> larry: and congressman schultz, does that give you pause for concern? >> actually, what should give republicans pause is that they are in an battle for essentially the heart and soul of the republican party. all over america, what we've seen is the extreme right wing tea party republicans have been beating moderate, where are mainstream republican candidates, and essentially, strangling the chances of almost any of these races to be successful for republicans. america is not on the far right. we're in the mainstream, middle of the road, and to watch the tea party essentially strangling the republican party, that'

it is no help to democrats. the welcome back from august recess and deal with the rental and waters -- rangel and waters issues. it will distract from any momentum heading into the polls. the party will be divided. the news coverage will be focused. the one session where the house came back to pass that bill -- $26 billion -- what they say will save teachers' jobs. instead, charlie rangel went to the floor and defended himself against these charges. the party was responding to that as well. they do not want to have to deal with this destruction. >> that has been a real problem for democrats all year. going into the late spring, democrats have been imploring the white house to stay focused on jobs. that has to be the message. then there was the huge oil spill. when the white house wants to pivot and hone their message and focus on jobs, they have been knocked off message by external events or by themselves. democrats wanted to spend a whole week and talking about social security. instead, we're talking about the

this democratic party in colorado is pulling together.ou set an example for colorado and four democrats all over this country. give yourself another round of applause. [applause] you will hear later today from somebody who set a wonderful town the other by, andrew romanoff. give him a big round of applause. >> the mike: went off but i don't know how to turn it on. >> you will hear a great democrat, andrew romanoff. give him a round of applause [applause] there is a lot at stake in these elections. as democrats, we have done what we as -- have always done, which is the heavy lifting to get the change. instead of losing jobs, we are gaining jobs. we are reforming wall street, we are doing health insurance reforms, all the things we want to do. we are not there yet but the only way we can get there is to put good partners in place in november and keep moving forward, not backward. is everyone for that? yes. [applause] with great candidates like your may are running for governor and joe garcia [applause] we have the house speaker and majority

it is a tough state for democrats. there are lg-term demographic ises going on, but texas is always a fond place in my heart because that is where my roots are front. m. host: the front page of "the new york times" -- voters are mad ecause -- but it is no surprise to democrats. they are missing the element of surprise they had in 1994. guest: it's a great opint. point. i was in college at the time, and what we know and i was reading newspaper accounts of the congressional election is that everyone was caught by surprise. there were some people who had an inkling, but democrats were caught with their pants down. this time around, we knew the political environment for the last year and a half. democrats do after winning in 2006 and 2008, in many conservative areas, that they woulde due to lose seats. historically, the incumbent party almost always loses midterm congressional el seats. i think every poll shows democrats that need to raise a lot of money. and they have to be able to point out the issue differences with the

a democrat is president. democrats control the senate, and democrats control the house." from the new york poaftd, obama mosque and backpeddles on saying he was defending the rights of religious freedoms but not giving the project his stamp of approval. john is joining us from canton, job, and said that we needed to buy health insurance. there is no jobs out there. i have 7 or 8 fellow graduates who graduated in teaching and they have been out of work for a year and a half with no job offers and the debt this man is leaving our generation, i don't think i will ever get to middle class, you know. i'm just scared to death of what this administration has done for me and the rest of my generation. host: how old are you, john? caller: i'm 24. host: good luck in your job search. caller: i appreciate that, thank you. host: this from brian saying "president obama's favorite phrases are "we inherited the previous administration and for eight years." meanwhile, bill kristol has today's editorial in "the weekly standard" called collapse. the left has collapsed. the political support

it is not democratic policy. it is easy for republicans to frame this as an across-the- board tax cut. as we know from walter mondale, george bush, 1992, raising taxes is a good way to end up in the lose a column with an early retirement package. >> a couple weeks ago kevin mccarthy said that if the democrats maintain control, it could be a fight for leadership within the democrats. it might not be nancy pelosi. have you heard that? >> there are always rumors to that effect. it is not clear that will happen. a lot of republicans are trying to drum up a controversy on the democratic side. if the democrats lose their majority, policy -- pelosi may face a race for the minority leadership position against steny hoyer or any other ambitious member. her days may be numbered if the top leadership cannot hold on to the majority. .> let's say that does happen the republicans take control of the house. could you see a fight for congressman boehner's position? >> eric cantor and john boehner, while they get along publicly,

the vice president was giving a red meat to his democratic house -- democratic crowd. tavis: it appeared john mccain was in serious trouble in arizona. he looked to be on the verge of being thrown out, leaving very unceremoniously. it appears now that john mccain may pull off this race in arizona, which would make him the favorite. >> here it looks like senator mccain is winning over the former congressman. it is a surprise. i was in arizona when sarah palin appeared at senator mccain's side. he would not have done that if he knew it was going to be an easy primary. he has spent $21 million on the primary. he has convinced republican voters that he has a new position on immigration. a lot of that money has gone towards taking a tough stance on immigration, not the same john mccain we saw a couple of years ago trying to negotiate with an agreement with senator kennedy. senator mccain has insulated himself from this attack from the right. it looks like he will prevail in a primary. one thing we are not sure of is voter turnout in an august primary. if it is small, the pe

it's one democrat -- it swung democratic in 2006.t will be interesting to see if they can gain any ground. host: thank you so much for joining us on primary night to talk about the results, particularly florida. we will be back at about 11:00, after the polls closed in arizona and get some results. we will bring you john mccain and theirhay worworth victory and concession speeches. we will also be taking your calls. we will see you at about 11:00. we will see you in about an hour or so. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] im mctague , j looks at the economy and home sales. after that, as part of our week- long series examining defense issues, colonel robert sova talks about the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles in afghanistan. the heritage foundation continues its weeklong conference on homeland security. it will focus on the role of the private sector and -- in that security forces. see that live wednesday morning at 10:00. >> we now have a generation com

. >> i make the case that i am the real democrat in this race. gwen: millions of dollars and dozens of negative ads laterer, the immensety of the midterm challenge becomes a little more clear, in part because the economy refuses to recover with yet more bad news on housing and on wall street. >> president obama should ask for and accept the resignations of the remaining members of his economic team. >> folks, i'm still waiting for what it is that they are for. gwen: plus, an unexpected court ruling revives the stem cell research debate. covering the week, karen tumulty of "the washington post," charles bashington of the associated press, eamon javers of cnbc and pete williams of nbc news. >> award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. produced in association with national journal, funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> what if you can just be you? what if you had your last bad date? what if she's out there? what if he's out there? what

republican sam brakesly wins the seat held by democrat abel maldonado leaving the democrats without a 2/3 majority. hewlett-packard ceo mark hurd has resigned, but the scandal involving him deepens. also, the second part of my conversation with u.s. senator barbara boxer. conversation with u.s. senator barbara boxer. coming up next. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> good evening. i'm belva davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel, benjamin pimentel, technology reporter with "marketwatch" on leadership at hewlett-packard. josh richman, legal and political affairs reporter for the "oakland tribune," on the outcome of tuesday's special election in the 15th senate district. and starting with stu woo, reporter for the "wall street journal." stu, in addition to a court win by the governor on the issue of furloughs, there was also word now from the state controller that he's thinking that the state has reached a point where it must issue ious. now, what is this going to do to california in the financial markets in the view of th

it's not good for democrats.number of democrats, there are four house democrats who already said he should step down. the republicans say it's more than half a million dollars in campaign contributions the came from rangel to the fellow democrats in congress have been returned. because people don't want it said they have, you know, dirty money on their hands. i think it's a little bit of an overstatement. but anyway, it's a problem. the thing that grieves me so deeply is charles rangel is such a wonderful man. i mean it with all my heart. he is a terrific guy. but he has it in his head now that somehow he has done nothing wrong. and he makes the case there has been no quid pro quo. he didn't personally benefit. my goodness, appearance is terrible. forgetting to put half a million on the financial disclosure statement. income from a dominican villa. so what it comes down to you just have a sense of you have been here 40 years. he is a heroic person. one of the cofounder of the black caucus. it's highly racial. cha

democrats say it's good economics to end tax cuts for the rich. the republicans say the dems just want moey mono t spend. with the election coming and the recovery stalling, can the party of obama and pelosi win? give me liberty or -- is bashing gays no longer good politics? and finally, comeback kids. is this talk about hillary clinton bumping biden from the 2012 ticket just backroom buzz for hill and bill when obama is gone? is it a boomlet without a bong -- bang? hi, welcome to the show. i'm chris matthews. with me today, john heilemann, erin burnett, kelly o'donnell and howard fineman. democrats say they will take up the bush tax cuts right after labet. but that gay marriage ruling this week could be a wild card. will it distract? >> we don't take more from the private sec and grow government with it and that's exactly what obama has in mind. it's idiotic t othink about increasing taxes at a time like this. chris: for his part president ob a ishitting the familiar democratic line, that republicans cater to the rich. >> they want to extend the

caller: listen, democrats -- all caller: listen, democrats -- all i've hea

a democratic majority in the house and the democratic majority in the senate. that will be the case. [applause] and we're not illegal, i'd book on it. >> comment now and call in. (202) 737-0001 for republicans. (202) 737-0002 for democrats. michael on the independent line. what do you think of the vice president's statement? >> i think democrats might get back many there. depending on what kind of tea party candidate is running. people want less government, less taxes but you have to know what they want to beat rid of they can't give a definite answer so you have to say how you are going to do it. >> so, there's an influence guy tea party this november and a significant one? >> i think so. depending on who they run against. if they run against somebody moderate, democrats side, i don't think they'll weigh in. you need somebody to be moderate and have balance of what's right for americans. we as americans don't think that way anymore. we put ourselves debt and let congress and whoever president is do it. we put ourselves there but what we have to do to get back

hey, are you a new democrat, a so-called d.l.c. democrat, or are you more traditional old-line liberal? he said those questions are irrelevant. i'm barack obama. he united the party around his personal story and, of course, around the democratic party's disdain for president bush and that was enough. he never defined himself in a philosophical or ideological way. that was great in the campaign. i think it doesn't work as effect ily in governance.

both republicans and democrats. we rise up and in a lot of ways is too louay to fix anything because of bad policies have already been passed. what bob dylan is saying is that politics is too important to leave to politicians. politics is politics. they respond to incentives and there are certain reasons why they disappoint us, because they are responding to the people that show up. this is the power of the tea party. every time you go to a political speech, what do you hear? he says i'm going to go to washington and changed the culture in washington and then they come back two years later having really screwed up washington and they say it again. it is a cynical for politics. george bush promised to do it. barack obama promised to do it. nancy pelosi promised to drain the swamp and be a fiscal conservative. they all do it. what you need to understand is we don't need to change the culture in washington. we need to change the culture in tacoma, washington. we need to change the culture so that people that live in am

a risky strategy for the democrats. >> do you think bush bashing is smart for democrats to go? >> yeah. it's been successful until now. >> chris: but he was president. >> what? >> chris: he was president when they went after him. >> even after he's president, it's been a successful president all through now. if you look at the poll numbers that the political strategists look at, most americans blame president bush for our financial disaster. now the numbers shifted. so the question is does it work in this fall as we approach it? >> chris: that is what i'm talking about. >> in this fall, president obama and the democrats are saying don't go back, don't go back to president bush and policies that did hurt us. we have to keep moving forward, even if we are slogging and the economy is slow to recover. that's the struggle. that is the conversation. i'm not sure president bush is to be left out of the conversation, but i don't think he will play the significant role democrats hoped. >> steve? >> what matter most is what democrats are doing on the ground and individual districts in th

you had some democrats and liberal democrats trying to retake their party in arkansas senate primaryrom earlier this year. when groups like move on.org, labor groups championed bill halter against blanche lincoln. that was a race where the establishment rallied around blanche lincoln and she won by the skin of her teeth, had to go to a run-off. but i think it's happening on both sides out there. people are angry right now. when candidates come into "roll call" and cq and we're talking about these different races, we ask how are people feeling right now? and angry is the response we get most often. host: both sides, liberal or -- jshes yeah. host: it's interesting when you look at the connecticut governor race, where former ambassador tom foley won the republican nomination and will face dan molloy who defeated ned lamont. he ran on the anger from the left over foreign policies running against george bush's strategy in iraq, and now he lost. guest: he couldn't re-create the magic this time around. it was fairly i thought surprisingly easy win for molloy. but i think with foley i think

i was raised a democrat and my grandfather was a senator from the state of montana with democratic party but no one would vote for that party again and you opened my eyes and i mean, i was in college campaigning for jimmy carter. god forbid that i did. thank god for the "american spectator" you guys are great. host: very quickly, kathy. hurry up. caller: don't cut me off. i want to say what i've realized is i love this country and that the democrats are, not even americans. i was a political science major and it's amaze together me what they're doing to this country and all the rest of it is follow knebo log kne bologne. guest: yes the democrats are clearly pursuing an agenda to the west of where the country is and that's picked up by poles. so i don't really see in terms of adam talking about republican obstructionism and so forth. democrats had 60 votes in the senate for most of last year, so i don't think that people want to hear about what they - you know - how it's democrats - how it's republicans obstacle juksism's fault. they were able to get their agenda passed. on the stimulus i

the democrats were excited by that. crist has look for support in democratic circles.s a big fund-raiser for democrats here in washington, d.c., who are holding a fund raiser for charlie crist. he will go to florida democratic circles. he may pull some pullkendrick meek. i think this still leans republican, and rubio's camp thinks the numbers will fall his way in the end. host: let's go to california where there are some interesting races there. good morning, bob. caller: you know what? all these things that i hear -- i called to comment on the tea party. first of all, i have four points -- and i want to ask a question. what is a moderator? host: he is referring to the caller from connecticut. guest: both sides get to have officials at the polling booth to make sure they're watching what is going on. caller: if you want to vote for john jones -- is that the deal? guest: no, they're not to push one side or the other, but just to ensure their parties' interests. they are there to prevent the other side from doing that. caller: you do not get the point. in the california

some democrats are actually not so happy that you won. i mean, how do you deal with that? >> well, those are individuals. many of whom are not in the state of florida. i'm very excited by the fact that i beat a billionaire that spent $26 million in falsehood ads and what have you to try to win the nomination. what i do know is the fact that a super majority of democrats, some 20-plus percent more voted for me than my opponent. i am the nominee. i don't believe that i'm in a position to say that i will be the one taking votes away from charlie crist. he decided to bail out of the republican primary when he noticed that he was not going to win that primary. i stuck in my primary and fought. that's what i'm going to do as a united states senator. i'm the only candidate in this race that has won by a popular vote in a contested primary. i look forward to capitalizing on that, because there's vast differences between myself and the other two life-long republicans that are in this race. i'm the only pro-choice candidate in this race. i'm the only person that stood up to oil comp

this is a big problem for democrats. >> it's a big problem for democrats because nothing is go to happenmprove the jobs picture before november. it's just not going to happen. that's what we know from the latest data. given that, he has to go on the orchs and make a credible political argument and maybe an argument that goes beyond economies and just gets to what the white house is saying is just let's just beat up on george w. bush. i'm not sure that's credible so many years after he left office. they can talk about the inheritance and what he came in the office with. the problem is that congressman ford identify soldier all the things they accomplished is not popular. with the stimulus, the jobs aren't there and they don't like the bank bailout even though most experts tell you it was necessary despite how up unpopular it is. >> and to pay the money back. >> they have paid the money back. congressman pence is strongly opposed to it. interesting that the minority leader boehner opens the door on the retirement age. that was a very big opening and one that i don't know if congressman pen

that is the democrats were facing, that kind of debate -- that is what the democrats are facing, that kind of debate. now simmons is gone and plymouth rock and fire away -- and and richard blumenthal and fire away at all eighthe muck out of world wrestling. >> jeanne is right. the president is flying around the country and a few states are letting him land. [laughter] >> major cuts in defense spending as the comet mission in iraq winds down. -- combat mission in iraq winds down. >> we are on target by the end of the mound to end our combat mission and turn basis to the iraqis and transition our role there. >> he says the plan is to have a 50,000 american troops by the end of the month. five months after elections, we still don't have a government there. shouldn't worry people? -- shouldn't that were repeople? -- worry people? >> 50,000 is not exactly a skeletal crew. but this is the iraqis' now come up to them to pull the government together. -- iraqi's now, up to them to pull the government together. we have done our job and made the sacrifices. they have to take up the rest of it, a

flip antley dealt with by the democrat -- flippantly dealt with by the democratic majority. now, here's what this bill won't do. this bill won't address the massive and inexplicable cuts that the president proposed to cut the coast guard and to the customs and bureau protections ariel -- areial surveillance system. and the president slashed the border assets. the subcommittee in our markup corrected that but we can't get that bill to come onto the floor. this bill won't do enough to improve our interdictions capabilities and stop the flow of drugs into northern mexico and through the source and transit zones. this bill won't address any of the post-christmas day attack needs for aviation security or watch listing, all of these would -- were dealt with in the regular bill if we could get it before the house, but this piecemeal approach doesn't work. and this bill surely won't address the numerous other homeland security challenges facing the country that range from emergency preparedness to immigration enforcement to cybersecurity. simply put, this bill does nothing to make u

it is not between democrats and the almighty. it is between democrats and republican tea party. it is between the democrats and the party of dot repeal and repeat. the president and i believe -- and we have said this repeatedly -- that it is much worse to accept the situation we cannot bear, rather than to steel our spine and embrace the promise of change, even though changes always frightening. that is why you put us in the white house. to steel our spines and turn this country around. for where is it written that the united states has to yield its economic supremacy to china? where is it written that the united states cannot once again be the leading manufacturer of automobiles and manufacturing in the world? where is that written? where is it written that the united states cannot be and will not be as innovative and creative, in the new technologies of the future as we were in the 20th century? for if we do not, we cannot lead the world. ladies and gentlemen, every american knows there is no possibility of us leading the 21st century with the same energy, health, and educatio

i'm a democrat. i'm african-american and i want to speak to the first caller that called on this segment that said democrats are not american. i'm a 20 - over 20 years served the country in the united states air force and as long as we have individuals for the right that are so ereme to call american. say that people are not american because they have difrent political views this country will remain divid and it seems i argue with some republican ideas as long as you have extremist on the right that want to say that because they're reference they're more american than democrat. i served iraq and we came together for a cause and i don't recall anyone on the left said republicans are not american. we might not agree with their views but we don't say you're not american. host: philip klein? guest: i agree. there's unhelpful rhetoric about ways to demonize political opponents. i don't think it's good to say somebody is not abamerican who you disagree with. i sort of debate things on the sort of facts and

robbie, democratic line. caller: this is a movement to bust labor, they do not want to pay health, labor, welfare or social security. fuhit goes back to the regulati. i was a member of the union at the time. they were cutting businesses that i did not know existed. host: youngstown, ohio. caller: i just wanted to say pay cuts, as long as we keep looking at the wrong source of the problem we will keep getting the wrong answers. this problem started when we went to the free trade model with industry is going under -- overseas. where did economists think that the money would come from to support our standard of living? republicans wanted entitlements, but entitlements for of the problem. economists looking at comparative advantages, of the biggest problem was cash for corporations. they did this. now they want to blame democrats, cutting wages. they did this, they wanted to have government step in and provide the things that trade policies gave away. they did this and now the president is saddled with cleaning u

anybody but a democrat. anybody but a democrat. and let me say, before i go, the caller from michigan, he calls about everyday. how does he get through like that every day? host: we will keep an eye on it. we want folks to call in with 30 day intervals in between. thank you for having us on the shoulder about that. more on congressman fisa, "the stimulus web site is propaganda ." he released a media report that documented in the street agencies where the government promoted industry policy using federal resources. he called upon the gao to determine if the the ministration violated federal law by using taxpayer dollars for federal purposes, specifically pointing to websites that contained false or misleading information, including conference calls in which artists and entertainers were encouraged to support the president's agenda." joe, long beach. caller: how transparent is this stimulus? how transparent is this timing? we need money now available need jobs now? they will not give it now, they will hold back killed just before the

it comes one day before the democrats officially announce their election. >>> democrat lawmakers fear that a head-on clash between kan and ozawa could lead to the party's breakup. can and hatoyama met on monday evening and agreed they should respect the democrats' original three-pronged leadership involving them and ozawa. >> translator: our party had been pursuing a three-pronged leadership that included ozawa. it's important for the democratic party to go back to that arrangement so it can unite as one. >> translator: i have no objection to the basic idea of a three-pronged leadership. so i agreed to the proposal by former prime minister hatoyama to continue running the party under such a leadership system. >> if kan and ozawa do meet on tuesday, they'll be accompanied by hatoyama and the democratic party's upper house leader. all eyes are on whether can and ozawa can agree on specific ways to run the party and whether ozawa will withdraw his bid for the top job. voting for the party presidency is scheduled for september 14th. >>> japanese prime minister kan has hosted a dinner for

gwen: democrats have some problems, too. this week we heard that white house press secretary step in a little bit. he gave an interview in which he said, among other things, he said, i hear these people saying, he that would mean the president, is like george bush. those people ought to be drug tested, he said. i mean, it's crazey. they'll be satisfied when we have canadian health care. we've eliminated the pentagon. that's not reality. wrblings he walked that back a couple of days later but not before he'd really made a lot of liberals unhappy. >> i was kind of surprised that there was thatch reaction to what robert gibbs said. because there's a tremendous amount of frustration within the white house towards the hardcore -- or he called them professional -- gwen: the professional left. >> yes. but the hardcore liberals certainly did have a lot to do with getting barack obama elected. and yet at the same time there's a sense in the white house that they're not being cognizant enough of how things work, especially in the sena

gave democrats a seven-point lead. in the august 9 nbc poll, by nine points, people had positive feelings about democrats. do not get me wrong here. i am not suggesting the american people are bullish on either party. what i am suggesting is that they consistently have greater confidence in the democrats than republicans. none of this should be a surprise to any of us, because what happened during the years of the bush administration is still fresh in people's minds, and the american people know the facts. they lived them. the american people know that the day president bush left office, the economy was in total freefall, and we were losing jobs at the rate of 700,000 a month. they note that over the eight- year span of the bush administration, we lost over 630,000 private sector jobs, that, from the beginning to end. they note the reckless fiscal policies of the previous administration, including the on paid wars in iraq and afghanistan, turned the surpluses from the clinton and the station into a record 1.3 trillion

kennedy had nervous democrats on his right. southerners worried he might be too liberal. and the issue of experience. kennedy was running on a new frontier, versus the steady hand that dick nixon was selling. here was nixon accepting his party's nomination. >> now mr. kennedy has suggested that what the world needs is young leadership. but i think most people will agree with me tonight when i say that president d everyone gal, prime minister mcmill and, the chancellor, are not young men. but we are fortunate in that we have their wisdom, their experience and their courage on our side in the struggle for freedom today in the world. but kennedy spoke with conviction that america wanted for make a generational leap. >> it is time for a new generation of leadership. the republican nominee of course is a young man. but his approach is as old as mckinley. [applause] >> his party is the party of the past, the party of memory. >> well, i guess looking back, it looked like that trumped the let's stand pat argument of dick nixon. >> i was thinking. taking us back to 1960. we hadn't

-- stranded around the necks of democrats. i don't think it can be as effective as the attacks against them were in 2006 and 2008, in part because there is not a series of corruption cases that i like this that they can try to -- that are like this that they can try to knit together into the argument of culture of corruption. a lot of democrats have given the money back and a few of them have called for his resignation. there may be more people who call for his resignation. there may be more pressure to accept some kind of agreement, but it will not be as good a deal, as mike mentioned. they don't need any more weight -- >> what they really need to avoid is the trial, a public trial. that is where charlie rangel still has room to give them relief. he could accept a deal before the trial takes place. if the trial starts, it will be a dog and pony show. >> he could try to renegotiate. egotiating up to the last minute before the charges came he would not accept it. >> why do you think he did not accept it? >> it is very unclear w

i will vote for the democrats. it does not matter, you know, about the ethics, the media just wants something to tell none. they just want to be out in the public saying, you know, we are so great. when they come to the polls, they make their own selections. so many people are not even wasting their time voting for president obama. i have not voted in the polls, but i support him 100%. host: who is running for congress in your district? caller: i support him also. i support congressman david scott. i will always support him because he is out here doing something for the people. he is holding job fairs. there were so, so many people there looking for jobs. host: we received a message through twitter, "rental -- charlie rangel and maxine waters are no more corrupt than anyone else in congress, this is merely a distraction." "officials see an end in sight in the gulf coast, bp engineers delayed until today a test that could permanently plugging the well. they had planned to test it on monday night, slowly injecting oi