>> basically, ivan -- the powder found in the letter to senator daschle was the most sophisticated ever discovered. it was ground down and meant to be a killing machine. he didn't have the expertise, maybe he got it from somebody else. we just don't know. >> that's remarkably distressing news. we don't know who is manufacturing it. >>> how will the new acquisition reforms affect companies that supply >> last week pentagon acquisition chief ash carter joined us to explain his plan to cut the costs of the department. this week we're joined by a company that provides intelligence services and the company was founded in 1978 and employs 7000 people. welcome back. >> glad to be here. >> what do the guidelines mean for companies like yours? >> i think they're logical. if you read the memo and think about it. everything he's proposing makes sense. it's hard on the face to argue with any of those things. the question will be in the implementation. >> under this strategy, and obviously, ash is going out to do the whole rollout over the coming months and years and maintain pressure on how to get

. >> and outside possibilities, tom daschle, john podesta, leon panetta. these long shots at this point? >> the president would go this way if he needed a surrogate, needed somebody a news figure on their own rather than someone more a manager. right now, looks like they want somebody who can slightly restructure the west wing, get it running well. david plouffe will come back in before axelrod moves to chicago next spring. >> a lot of turnover at the white house. >> i sure hope they get somebody like tom daschle. i was against the rahm choice from the beginning for a lot of reasons. also, he's a house guy. you need a senate guy running that white house. you really do. the house is run like a -- it's a totalitarian regime. whether republicans or democrats in charge, make rules, you can ram anything through the house. it always breaks down in the senate and daschle understands that. he's also not from chicago. he's a red state guy, a democrat progressive. >> a wonderful man. >> in a red state. >> regardless of who they call chief of staff, they need somebod

maybe tom daschle. this has been a relatively ancillary group so they expectation is they will pick from within but there's pressure to look outside. some say they wish they could make the decision after the mid term elections. >> paul, you want to weigh in on who should be it? >> no. not who. john's reporting is good. it's spot-on as far as i can discern. i hate to admit that because i like to correct him. tom daschle, and tom donnelin and john padesto and leon pi they ta. these are able people. we talk about washington all the time. the truth is, staff comes and staff goes. as a staffer, i prided myself in knowing the difference between the organ grinder and the monkey. these staff monkeys come and go. >> anderson, this is really an important moment for the president because he's had to deal with an unruly democratic congress. nothing worse than success in washington and he's had to placate a congress that is led by democrats that are really farther to the left than mainstream of the country. that may

>>shepard: and tom daschle? egging he is a name out there.nd leon panetta, and, also, national security advisor is a name that is said to be on the short list. at least at this stage. >>shepard: as an observer of the process and realizing where the deficiencies seem to lie, what would you think with be the biggest task to write this white house, to get back some of the narrative as it runs? >>guest: well that is a good question. that probably falls more in the communications job than with the chief of staff. there are signs that robert gibbs will move out and that would leave the communications post open. in the press room. chief of staff, rahm emanuel is a hard charger, a guy up there, on the hill, on the phone all the time, abrasive and did not take people's feel evening -- feelings into account. >>shepard: pressure, pressure, pressure. >>guest: that could be something looking ahead, depending on what happens with the election if the administration wants to take more of a conciliatory tone toward the hill, they would look for someone who is

who would replace him as chief of staff, tom daschle? >> he is a close friend of president obama, but i do not know. i would hope that he does not pick another washington insider. >> what kind of a leader does he need as chief of staff? >> somebody with a big group. -- big boot. >> certainly, he needs somebody who can communicate with the republicans. he was the architect of the takeover of the senate. he is not the man to talk to the republicans. the president will need someone who can cross that line all because there will be more republicans next time. >> the question is whether or not the aisle is crossable. >> it will need to be somebody that can enable the president to do what he does best, that is to inspire, connect to the american people, which he has not done in these two years. >> you run the ship, i will get out there and decide what course it takes. >> you cannot do that job unless you are a washington insider. >> the debate continues. the koran burning now. >> this stunned could greatly in danger of our men and women in uni

could daschle return as chief of staff? what are the top names at this point?> we certainly hear that name, although tom daschle would have made more sense at the beginning of the administration when health care was such a big issue. we hear a lot about tom domlin moving up. there is almost an endless sort of game we could play. to me, there is a big question, does president obama believe that there is something fundamentally in need of correction in terms of how he has run his staff to date? in which case, maybe he is really looking for an outsider not part of somebody who is part of the inner circle and maybe has a representation of his or her own but think this has fundamentally worked and naturally people are moving on but i like this being a white house of insiders so he will pull somebody like pete rouse or others who he is really familiar with. >> john, answer that question. do you get the sense that these staff changes are going to be part of what is the natural cycle, that and out of a white house, which is a tough place to work, very long hours, or do

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this is somebody he was tom daschle's right-hand man in the senate and when daschle was not re-electedpicked him up when he became a senator. and he was even known as the 101st senator, somebody who had a very good relationship on capitol hill. somebody else that president obama could use certainly going into the next few years. >> let's switch gears just a bit here. bob woodward's new book "obama's wars" hits shelves soon. it looks at how to handle afghanistan. the white house says it is satisfied with the way this book portrays the president but from what you've read about this book so far, how do you think it might help or hurt the president and his image? >> that's the key word of what we've read because the book isn't actually out yet. i have not read it. i've read the excerpts out there. certainly the white house believes that's paints a flattering portrait of a president that's very deliberative. that's something we sort of already knew. there had been a lot of stories out there about how he went about his decision to send more troops to afghanistan. i thing sort of deliberative

maybe the former senate majority leader tom daschle. this has been a relatively insular group so the expectation is they will pick from within. they may look outside. some say they could make this decision after the mid-term elections where the president might have a bit more sober view. >> want to weigh in who should be it? >> who is it should be up to the president. john's reporting is spot on as far as i can discern. hate to admit that. sam names, names being bandied about, including tom daschle, the former senate majority leader, tom donlon, one of the top aides on the national security council and two that alex mentioned before, john podesta, the final chief of staff for president clinton and leon panetta who preceded john by a couple of chiefs of staff, now the cia director. these are able people. we talk about this a lot in washington all the time. the truth is staff comes and staff goes. as a staffer, you know, i always pried myself in knowing the difference between the organ grinder and the monkey, right, and i was just the mon

there were between 600 people to 700 people who were here for the funeral for daschle mccray. she was the victim of a fatal shooting. >> i heard gunshots go off. from where, i do not know. >> was there panic, sir? >> yes. >> he described the scene after paul burress had taken the body of ashley mcrae from the church. -- after pallbearers had taken the body of ashley mcrae from the church. >> it is very disrespectful toward our daughter and our family. they need to stop this. >> police say that today's incident had nothing to do with ashley mccray's death. that had already arrested a suspect in that case. -- they had already arrested a suspect in that case. one gang saw rival those side of the funeral and started shooting. >> they could not put down would ever be if they had for one day to at least show respect for someone who had died. >> the same type of gang violence occurred two years ago when ashley mccray's brother was shot in a plain brown. later, friends in a moral teacher sat outside the family home as police kept watch to protect the mourners. >> [unintelligible] >> v

and when senate republican leader trent lott and his democratic counterpart tom daschle approached the microphones, lott had his arm around and on the shoulder of his old political foe. we all came together that day because we realized we were all in this together, that any one of us could have been in those buildings or on those planes. so all over america, people went back to work with purpose. military, firefighters and police and rescue peoples risked their lives for no reason of reward but to save the innocent. partisanship faded and we set about in common cause." we can only be saddened to look across america today and realize we have let so much of that slip away. in the days after 9/11, we found what americans always find in crisis-- a way to come together. that ability, that special something we found that day, is still deeply ingrained in the american character. and somehow, we must find it again. 9/11 was a dark day, but the time after became one of our finest hours because we put aside those things that set us apart and recognized that, for all our differences, we were firs

rouse has a long history in washington, dc, as chief of staff to the senator obama, and to senator daschle, 30-plus years on the hill and well-known in the white house and well connected. >>shepard: thank you from the white house. they survived multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan but a variety of factors are pushing the military to more and more often kill themselves at the home. the top military officer in the country says it will get worse. according to the army more than 200 troops have taken their lives with the army reporting 32 suicide deaths in the month of june alone. now the admiral warns more will kill themselves ahead. the chief fox correspondent is like with news from the newsroom. why is this becoming news now? >>reporter: because of the alarming upward trend. it is disturbing now for the last six years for the army and if you drill down into the figures, in 2007, there were 148 deaths, suicides, among the army and the marines. 2008 that climbed to 182. last year, there were 214 army and marine suicides and already this year we are over the 200-mark so army and marine offic

outsiders mentioned, former senate majority lead are tom daschle, one time clinton chief of staff, poedesta and leon panetta. whether he'll go or stay mara. >> seems like he's going to go. he's been totally open for wanting to do this for a long, long time. he never thought the opportunity would come up so soon. of course he's going through this with his family they did just move here after all. we don't know for sure. but as far as what happens, pete rouse would be the interim chief of staff and the president doesn't have to decide right now who to release, could wait until january. >> reaction to the mid terms. >> a lot of times when the presidents get a drubbing in the mid terms they bring in somebody else, new blood. they want to send a message that they got it. that things will be different. i mean, ronald reagan brought in howard baker, bill clinton brought in leon panetta and these things happen. >> bret: looking at the polls now and the mid term we don't know the full extent of it and looking at the insiders. how do you see that message being sent? >> well i think that if a lot of d

worked for president obama for a long time back when he joined the senate and also worked for tom daschle for many years before that. he was known as the 101st senator because he had such good relations on capitol hill. rahm emanuel rubbed a lot of his former colleagues the wrong way and people are looking at this as maybe a good change. >> is it a super staffer or has been said by politico a surrogate. he is entering into a crowded race there in chicago. it's not going to be easy. >> it's not going to be easy. from what i understand, rahm emanuel understands that and who knows. the reports are that he could possibly resign as early as friday from what is reported today in "washington post." . maybe he'll give us a sense of what his thinking is in terms of this race. but, no, he knows he is not going to walk right into the mayorship of chicago. >> he may not even be able to walk into his own home. i was reading the "chicago sun-times" he may not be able to walk in there. >> i'm sure he can find another place. >> we'll see how that goes. thanks very much. >> thanks, richard. >>> jennifer g

and prior to that, pete rouse was the chief of staff to then majority leader tom daschle.ed to as the 101st senator, reason being because of his intimate knowledge of congress and personal relationships he developed with the other senators on the hill of both parties. the white house believes this is a really good fit, not only because of the president's comfort level with pete rouse but also because of his intimate knowledge of congress. >> rahm got the reputation as being the bulldog there of the west wing, being able to strong arm legislators in supporting the president's agenda. >> and he was very successful at that. after all it was rahm with the help of people like pete rouse who helped pass health care reform, the major domestic accomplishment for president obama. what it means right now if pete prous does indeed fall into this new role, you'll have a kinder, gentler voice coming from the white house and of course, pete rouse's relationships in his prior career working on the hill will help the president move his agenda along. >> it looks like your tent it having th

he won office back in 2004 by defeating a major political heavyweight player tom daschle who was then the democratic leader of the senate. right now thune is the number four senate republican. he's running for a second term in the senate without any democratic opposition. thune bills himself as a pro-business and anti-tax and anti-abortion leader. like the current president, he is a rabid basketball fan and get this, he ranked in the top five of huffington post list of sexiest u.s. senators. we are here with john thune, republican senator from south dakota. thanks very much for coming in. >> nice to be with you. >> are you seriously thinking about running for president in 2012? >> right now i'm seriously trying to help for the midterms. like a lot of people, i'm interested in public service. i want to do as much as i can to change the direction of this country and who will give consideration to that after midterm election zblis know you discussed it with your wife. >> this is true. any time talk about something of this consequence, that's -- she's one of my closest adviser. obviously

. >> what happens is when you are senate majority leader and we saw this with tom daschle.1952, when the electorate turns it is a referendum on. >> sean: 14.4% unemployment. 1 in 7 americans now are in poverty in america. foreclosures are up 25 . we have three trillion dollars in obama debt and he's only been there 21 months now. >> that's why you hear and see attacks on o'donnell, sarah palin and all the rest of it. they can't talk about the issues. they won't. that's what the campaign going to be marginalize, marginalize tea party folks because we don't want to be held accountable. >> sean: it was in the "new york times" they were going to try to go after the tea party movement as owning the republican party. they tried to do this to me and talk radio and rush and mark and fox news. they actually went out there and demonized tea party and town hall attendees. >> i think couple months ago harry reid was dead in the water trailing everyone in the polls. he started to claw back. now it is a very competitive race. i think because we to look at each one of these races in isola

you have tom daschle, the former senate leader who isn't certainly working the white house, but knows players. there's also clinton's former chief of staff in the 1990s. another, john podesta and then leon panetta. he's a former clinton chief of staff. they may want to tap someone who certainly knows what the job is and also knows a thing or two about dealing with republicans in charge of congress if that turns out to be the case after november. >> how concerned is the white house from the things being said with needing someone who is not as divisive. it's more than that he's wearing sho many hathats. >> well, the republicans may dispute that. >> exactly. but a lot of democrats around town have talked about emanuel wearing a lot of hats. he was a former clinton political director. often speaks to the press. the white house may be looking for someone who can make the trains run on time and be more focused on that. you raise an interesting point. the next chief of staff, if republicans do take back the house, that chief of staff will have to work with republicans and have a good working

he was one of daschle's right hand men, he was one of the -- president obama has worked with him for for president. there's been so much going on with it, but it appears that the democratic controlled senate has decided not to hold a vote despite many democrats making the case that they should. the house still trying to figure out a way to do this. procedurally there are several options they can do. but politically, it's a little dicey and pelosi is under a lot of pressure from people who don't want to take a vote on taxes and then members on the left who do. >> thanks for that wrapup. stay with us, we'll have updates, breaking news for you, i'm alex witt, have yourself a great day, don't forget to wake yourself up with us tomorrow morning. zyrtec® is that it allows me to be outside. [ male announcer ] we bet you'll love zyrtec®, too -- or it's free. [ vonetta ] it is countdown to marshmallow time. [ woman laughs ] [ vonetta ] it is countdown to marshmallow time. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is

i'll never forget having a conversation with tom daschle an instrumental architect of obamacare who saidhasing across state lines because it would be a race to the bottom. i got to tell you a lot of small business owners out there, a lot of americans out there would like to see a race to the bottom of cost of health insurance. that's what a nationwide competitive marketplace will do. >> greta: any republicans you who you know that are opposed to repealing the national health care? >> no, i'll tell you what. republicans are united in our commitment to repeal obamacare, lock, stock and barrel. also united in our commitment to immediately start over with health care reform that focuses on patient-centered solutions, free market solutions, medical manage practice reform and on providing coverage for people with preexisting conditions through existing state programs. >> greta: a line from one of your speeches i'm a christian conservative, republican in that order. i assume you know what i'm talking about. >> you bet. >> greta: from the value voters sum met. they had the -- summit. they had th

he was tom daschle's chief of staff for 20 years, so if the president hires him as interim, he might not be in much of a hurry to find a permanent chief of staff. >> shepard: all right. wendell goler on the north lawn, thank you. >>> facebook, changed the communication habits of half a billion people and it could soon change their portfolios as well. tonight is talk of a facebook stock offering a a buy or a hold in how big might it be and teachers can help students learn a different language, but so can interactive software. that's what some public school officials are saying as they search for ways to cut costs. that's next. while you're waiting, quick commercial break. you can head to the web site for the latest poll. ahead of the midterm elections, click on the politics button on foxnews.com. >> shepard: you can like it, tag it, but you can't own facebook. at least not yet. one of the company's more prominent board members telling "fox business" network that the social network site is still a ways off from making shares of its company available in what's known as an initial public

if this race is about him, and don't think you can't knock out majority leader, ask tom daschle. the bottom line is nevadans have the highest unemployment, that's guy. if it's about him, she wins. if it's about her -- >> overall, when you look at the enthusiasm gap, you'll see that if you do registered voters versus likely voter, the republicans do better with likely voters, because those are the folks who are going to come to the polls -- >> register voter polls always lean to the democrats though. look at kentucky. i mean, with registered voters, it's tied. registered voters always lean towards the democrats. one thing angle has to worry about veis registered voter pol don't lean that far to the democrats in nevada. but she's got headway. >> i want to show our viewers, so they can learn more about tea party candidates. ken buck, the nominee in colorado. he beat the establishment republican candidate. here are the positions that his critics say are extreme. again, he opposes abortion in all circumstance, including rape and incest. he says social security is not what the founding

money and, you know, she is in good company with people like treasury secretary geithner and tom daschlen terms of having financial irregularities. if we are going to criticize them for what they during. we ask v. to ask her tough questions about what she has done. it will be a fair and balanced interview. >> bill: i have no doubt about it. i am going to use some of it monday when i come on. >> it may be the only opportunity you get to get christine o'donnell to come on your show. >> bill: i don't know. christine o'donnell after going through your mill might say having gone through that. let me ask you the same question i asked rove. i think a substantial amount of voters in the country don't care. they will say, look, i will vote for anybody except these people, being the big spending liberal class that many americans believe have just shattered the country the last 18 months. i get mail like that all the time. i don't care. i just want them out so whoever is against them, that's who i'm supporting. how much do you think, you know, what percentage would you put on that? >> well, i'm not

people that qualify on that list, a goi like tom daschle, former senate democratic leader. erskine bowls. and somebody that i'm told the president sort of bonded with when he first met him back before he took the oath of office. >> another name to put on the list, although i don't know how likely it is is leon panetta. the director of the cia. a former chief of staff. knows washington inside and out. but very happy at cia director. >> that's a tough gig to give up, but i have heard through the grapevine, she one of those if the president asks, he'll do whatever the president asks. >> so that will be the speculation through the next couple of days. >>> all eyes are on the governors race in california. and the first debate between candidates meg whitman and jerry brown tonight. she is of course, the ebay exec who spent millions of her own fort town win. he's the longtime politician who is a household name in california. mark murray is nbc news's deputy political director. so this is the first chance we get to see these candidates in action in a debate. >> absolutely is avanna

somebody mentioned about charlie rangel and daschle -- the one guy was complaining. the guy was kind of stunt. he did not have any insight. people really have to educate themselves by themselves. do not listen to olbermann, don't listen to fox, so do your research on your own so you can make a credible position. host: bob, when you look at candidates in -- we did have a caller call in to say that you have to be simi perfect to be a candidate. you agree? caller: twitter all-purpose people. got it don't make mistakes. only people make mistakes. host: super tone tweets in -- thank you. "the new york times" this morning -- that is in "the new york times" this morning. this is also in "the new york times." equally famous for the stalwart defender of english and died in oxford, england. he was 91. he died of pneumonia in august but the announcement was delayed until wednesday so the family could spend time reading privately, his lawyer said. he said he and his wife moved to england in 2007 to live closer to their daughter. that is in "the new york times" this morning. we'v

it's an organization founded three years ago by former senate majority leader tom daschle. bob dole, george mitchell, and howard baker. this is live coverage on c-span. welcome, everybody, i'm michael allen of the bipartisan policy center. i'm project director of congressman hampton and governor kane's national security preparedness group whose mission is to oversee the commission of the 9/11 commission recommendations and to study other national security issues. we are housed at the bipartisan policy center founded by former senate majority leaders mitchell, daschle, dole, and baker to promote bipartisan solutions to the nation's problems. i'd like to introduce governor kane to introduce the report and the panelists. thank you. >> thank you, michael. good morning. we are here again preparing for another anniversary of 9/11. preparing to mourn with the families, to look at what happened in the past, to remember, but also to look forward. part of that looking forward is to reassess what the threat is today. how are we doing? are we doing any better than we were before? and h

let me also could mend the distinguished majority leader, senator daschle, and the distinguished minorityleader, senator lott, eir respective leadership teams for the dignity and manner in which they conducted the business of this body yesterday. let me also could mend the president of the united states, mr. president, for his very eloquent remarks last evening to the nation. i want to commend don rumsfeld, secretary of defense, whom i add immensely, the job he did yesterday, staying on the job, staying inthat build being, i would bet there are those on his staff and elsewhere to encourage him to ave. i would assume ey made a good case for it. i admire that don rumsfeld sta stayed on the job in e building yesterday, to be with men and women who were there, the injured, those who lost their lives, not to men's those who were fighting the blaze and trying to bring that incredible scene under control. this is a very sad time, mr. president. it has been said by others this morning, it will be said repeatedly this ternoon, for our country. there are no word that can i utter in the next few mom

i think he's the inside one. >> steve: daschle, leon panetta, donnelen? >> maybe. donnelen? maybe.s the problem, the ideas that these guys continue to put forward, regardless of who is the inside baseball favorite to be chief of staff, the ideas don't work. so you can have the best political strategist out there, but these ideas are not growing jobs in the united states. all this horse trading and horse whispering about who will be in and out, i don't think adds up to much unless they'll really change their ideas. >> gretchen: yesterday to me, one of the biggest headlines was that the san francisco chronicle was not going to endorse a candidate in the senate race out there this year. you're talking about barbara boxer, the long-time democratic incumbent running against republican carly fiorina. here is what they did say. they said, quote, about boxer, 18 years of uninspired representation. come on, san francisco chronicle is very liberal newspaper. they are not going to put out an endorsement of any of those candidates? what does that say to you? >> gretchen, it's mind blowing. i w

or someone from outside the administration, such as senate majority leader, tom daschle. emanuel is known for his loyalty and te nasty. he began each day before the sun did, often by swimming a mile. and he's the hardest worker in the white house, all requirements for the chief of staff. >> on friday, just presents two more workdays until monday. >> reporter: robin, on friday, we also expect president obama to announce an interim replacement. an interim chief of staff, that is likely to be senior adviser, pete rouse, robin. >> when this first came out, the white house said that rahm emanuel would wait to make a final official decision until after the midterm elections, five weeks away. what changed? >> reporter: well, reality. there were other candidates that wanted to enter the race. it became apparent that he needed to enter the race in order to stave off competition. also, he needs to get 12,500 signatures by november 22nd in order to qualify for the february 2011 primary. and it became untenable to do both things. to pursue a mayoral run while being chief of staff. >>

. >> another name, tom daschle, the former senate majority leader who is now in private practice in washingtonc. at one point, he was going to be the health and human services secretary, that didn't work out because of tax related issues involving a car and a driver. you remember that, maria. but do you think he would be a good chief of staff? he doesn't need confirmation, as you know, in order to be white house chief of staff? >> he would be terrific. he's incredible smart and well respected on both sides of the aisle to alex's point. and he knows as ram did the ins and outs of congress which is something that i do think you need in a chief of staff. but i think interestingly enough, what alex is saying is a myth when, in fact, what this administration has done, a lot of the policies are straight down the middle. if they had been as left leaning as alex said, you wouldn't have the progressive left also clamoring for the fact that they don't think this administration has brought the change that they need. so this president has governed very much down the middle. what he needs to do is communic

or someone from outside the administration, such as senate majority leader, tom daschle.manuel is known for his loyalty and tenacity. and brash personality. he began each day before the sun did, often by swimming a mile. and he was perhaps the hardest working in the white house. a requirement for the job of chief of staff. >> friday just represents two more workdays until monday. >> reporter: robin, on friday, we also expect president obama to announce an interim replacement. an interim chief of staff, that is likely to be senior adviser, pete rouse, robin. one other issue. when emanuel first said he might run, there was talk of a decision that the announcement would not come until after the midterm elections. the field has started to get crowded. there was concern that emanuel needed to get in the race before it got too crowded. two, the business of campaigning needs to happen. 12,500 suggests due by november 22nd. and three, it just became difficult to become chief of staff at the same time as running a campaign. robin? >> jake tapper with the president, in new mexico.

announced as early as friday and are looking at a couple of names who popped up, leon panetta, tom daschlemong those, insiders, into the president's circle. what do you make of all of that? >> i think it will be telling, martha, if rahm emanuel leaves as he is expected to. the person the president selects, this is a president who is going to suffer severe losses in his party and congress. and, he's going to be faced with an entirely different political landscape than he had when he came in and the question is can he adapt as bill clinton so adroitly did after his loss of the congress in -- party lost the congress in 1994, clinton moved expeditiously and deftly to the center, and governed from the center from then on to the and handily was reelected and so on, we all know the story and the question. martha: can this president, whose politics i think are distinctly to the left, of president clinton's policies, across the scope of his career, can he do the same and will he do the same and the choice of chief of staff will tell us a lot. whether he's going to try to do that. martha: very inter

president, he was chief of staff to then senator barack obama, pete rouse also goes back far with tom daschleort of behind the scenes. not really a big public figure, but he's expected to be sort of the interim chief of staff when rahm emanuel leaves. it could happen as early as friday, by the way, because rahm emanuel is really up against some big deadlines here. he's got november 22nd where you've got to get the signatures to basically get on the ballot. then you've got a february 22nd primary. there are a lot of other democrats looking at this race. and so while, you know, here in washington there's this expectation that rahm emanuel is this giant political figure and maybe this is going to be a slam dunk, this is going to be difficult. and i remember a few weeks back when all of this -- when mayor daley first announced he was going to retire, i think it was the president himself in an interview with abc suggested, look, we'll deal with all of this after the midterm elections. people inside the white house, including the president, were really caught off guard by how rapidly this is going

all they did was daschle, and this administration. they had not one solution. i wish they would please try to separate church and state. you keep mixing the two together. there are religious nuts out there that want to talk about people that is all you do. please, sir. i watched the whole thing. all they did was-obama and his administration. guest: if you watched the whole thing then you saw herman cain. he is an african-american from atlanta. he gave a great speech. if you look more closely, you would have seen african- americans in the audience. i would invite you to come and join this and bring your 16 grandchildren. they would find it very informative and educational. host: gainesville, florida. on the republican line. caller: good morning, mr. perkins. i am thrilled to be talking with you. i am coming from a different perspective. i use the family research center for a lot of the riding of my dissertation for my doctorate of homes and children. i think you are such a wonderful organization. this is coming from the family perspective with children. i tell m

remember that john thune is the congressman who came out of nowhere to defeat then senate democrat tom daschle considering a run for president. he told the weekly standard, our friend over there steven hayes that in an article that was just published this week. and mike castle, what is he going to do? he's the republican who lost to christine o'donnell in the republican primary in delaware. well, there is a remote possibility he tells the local newspaper in delaware that he will stage a write-in campaign to take on o'donnell. he has to make his decision very soon. he's very upset about how the primary was played out. he feels like he was done wrong. the question for castle is, if he does do a write-in campaign, will he be able to pull enough conservatives over as well as pull enough moderates over to win that election? so we should know in the next day or so what mike castle will do. john, kiran? >> john thune doesn't look unlike bobby kennedy. and part of running for president, according to bill clinton at least who told me this, people have to be able to see you as president. he's got the lo

. >> you did one thing that's hard to do, you beat a senate leader when you beat tom daschle, sharonmeone that powerful? >> in a race like that, obviously the issue is harry reid, when you look at public opinion polls, that race is very much in play, i think that's what she's got to do, keep the issue, keep the pressure on him and make it about the issues, obviously you don't want to become the issue in a campaign like that, you want to challenge the incumbent on the record and try to create as much contrast as you can. that's sort of the way we ran the campaign in 2004. so that's some of the advice that i shareded with her. >> do you think she'll win? >> i think she has a chance. all of these races right now are very competitive. there's a big wave and i think there's going to be, she could do well. >> always great to see you, you're looking good. >> very healthy looking. >> thank you. i need to go on the mika fitness fun run here. and joe is the guy if you want to belly up to the twinkie bar, then you'll be okay. >> thank you very much. >> i'm going to get the new senator from mass

. >> in president obama's first year, he chose jay leno's couch after tom daschle was tossed into theying i screwed up. >> when he became president, he went to jay leno and letterman as well. equal opportunity comedian in chief. >> we know a lot of stuff. >> we do. >> like headlines. >> let me start with the headlines. we begin with the moment capturing when a bomb explodes during a military parade. watch. >> the blast left 12 people dead and dozens more hurt. the wives of two iranian commanders among the victim. no one has claimed responsibilities. iranians believe the kurdish separatists are behind it. secretary of state hillary clinton has condemned the attacks. >> a grand jury has indicted phillip and nancy gurrido accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard and holding her hostage for 18 years. the indictment speeds up the trial process that has dragged on for more than a year and could spare jaycee from having to testify. she hasn't spokence sin appearing in "people" magazine last october. >> 22 people have been indicted in a marriage scheme. a gang of foreign nationals in the san gabri

senator-all -- senator tom daschle is leading one of those efforts, and we do not intend to have just one side. it is a bad law, the american people know it, and we will remind them of how their congressman voted. at this time, we would be happy to open up to questions. let me think some of the grass- roots groups. we appreciate you coming this morning. ultimately, it depends on who comes out to vote november 2. that grass-roots energy is what we need to win policy majorities this november. thank you. questions from the press? >> of their members that you will be targeting this cycle? >> we have been looking at races, and we have at least a dozen that we believe we will be involved in. at this point, we will not release those particular districts. yes? >> talk about the repeal effort and how you see that going after the election next year. am i think it is important is not just out between -- >> i think it is important that it is not just between now and november 2. you could have policy majorities with two-thirds in both houses to repeal the law. i am realistic. i think that is very

obama, a creature of the senate, has been the last staff chief of staff to former senator tom daschle for many years. when senator obama came into the u.s. senate, he became chief of staff to mr. obama. he is not a public figure. nobody knows him broadly outside of washington. but he is sort of a fixture for mr. obama. he does a lot of things at the white house. he will step into that role. >> what impact these think this will have on policy and politics? what is the change going to mean for this white house? >> that is something we will be exploring over the next days and weeks. one of the things that will be striking is you will go from a very aggressive, public personality who had taken a lot of eras for mr. obama very publicly to somebody who is a very much behind the scenes staff guy. it is the difference between somebody who is a principal and someone who is a staffer. he is going to have to earn the trust and the loyalty of the white house staff and be able to reach out on capitol hill without that oversized public persona. that is probably going to be the difference. how does

adviser to president clinton, dee dee myers, former press secretary for president clinton, and nathan daschle, executive director of the dga. arguably, they are four of the best minds in politics. the understand dynamics. they understand dynamics bid to understand how things are going to play out as well as anyone in the country. i'm going to start off with opening remarks. we will have discussion, then open it up to questions from the audience and the press. to paint a picture of where we are right now, i think it's fair to say that this is a volatile election and a volatile electorate. we have seen is in the polls, the changing way that these polls seemingly fluctuate. we have seen this in generic ballot that go from plus 10 in one week to a time in another. there's been a lot of discussion about whether this is a wave election, the way that 1994 was arguably a wave election. i would put it into an ellicott that this is more of a whiplashed election. -- i would put it differently, that is more of a whiplash election. democrats have let republicans and the debate to some extent. soldme exten