mr. steele republicans and it isn't going to work. republican voters believed that michael steele and republicans in washington are out of touch with the party base by -- >> guest: michael steele criticized limbaugh, rush limbaugh pushed back and steele sued for peace, and in a certain way, when that happened, i said boy, that's the power of rush limbaugh, in actual fact while he is an undeniably potent and powerful and influential it was ultimately an expression of the tea party power reflecting itself in the dispute. >> host: maybe it is a point in history that the to produce such as the repeal of the fairness doctrine that radio doctrine that made it very strongly opinionated shows such as rush limbaugh's possible, dating all the way back to president reagan comes of the would-be decades and decades ago now. >> guest: certainly what's happening goes back to what we know is the tea party movement. everything that is in the political mainstream today is built upon frustration that's been growing for decades. and this is the lead gras

mr. steele of the rnc. can you tell the anecdote again and what you think it means? >> guest: my sense is what the anecdote really means is that the political class, the political leadership just doesn't have a clue about what the movement is really about, and one of the thing this scott points to frequently and should talk about is the republican leadership is as alienated from the tea party movement as is the democratic leadership. >> host: can you repeat what happened with mr. steele and mr. limbaugh? this could have different views of republican voters, to party activists. mr. limbaugh would like to think of himself as the leader. mr. steel thinks they're a co-op for republicans and it doesn't -- it's not going to work. republican voters believe michael steele republicans in washington are out of touch with the party base by a wide margin. >> guest: he criticized limbaugh, he pushed back and steele sued for peace, and in a certain way, when that happened, i said that's the part of rush limbaugh, in actual fact. while he is undeniably potent and powerful and influ

mr. steele. next for gop leader stopping palin. first paragraph says top republicans in washington, the national gop establishment say the 2010 campaign highlighted in urgent task will begin in earnest as soon as the elections are over stopping sarah palin. are you part of that movement? >> oh, heck, no. and let me make something very clear here, and i think it's part of the washington noise that so frustrates the american people. if you're not willing to put your name with the comments, there's no validity to it. all these anonymous sources running around talking about this, that, and the other thing. what's going to happen to sarah palin? what isn't going to happen to sarah palin? we'll stop sarah palin. put your name next to your quote and then have a conversation with sarah palin. until then, leave it alone. all this kind of dissension and, you know, frustrations within the party is not doing anything to get republicans elected tomorrow, so until we get that job done, let's not worry about 2012. >> okay, michael steele and tim

mr. steele's rnc, itself, is jumping into the breach today to defend him after these allegations came outst of this year the knives out for michael steele among republicans all seem to be a small number of sources, all leaking to the same reporter at the "washington times." the "washington times" is a conservative paper but a strange paper. now republicans who have it out for michael steele are going mainstream. i really, really, really wonder what happens next. don't want to deal with a lot of flibbity-flab or mumbo-jumbo. sounds like you need to name your price. no gobbledy-gook? never. do i still get all the dagnabbit coverage i need? sure. we give you a quote and you can adjust your price up and down to find something that works for you. ♪ this thing is okey-mcsmokey skiddly-doo. great! i think. diggity. oh! still not sure. the "name your price" tool. only from progressive. call or click today. consider this: these duracell batteries were given... to the mattel children's hospital, u.c.l.a. because when it comes to kids and healing... you're not just powering a toy. you're powering a

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mr. steele's rnc, itself, is jumping into the breach today to defend him after these allegations came outfor most of this year the knives out for michael steele among republicans all seem to be a small number of sources, all leaking to the same reporter at the "washington times." the "washington times" is a conservative paper but a strange paper. now republicans who have it out for michael steele are going mainstream. i really, really, really wonder what happens next. ♪ [ growls ] ♪ ♪ [ polar bear grunting ] [ growls ] [ male announcer ] introducing the 100% electric nissan leaf. innovation for the planet. innovation for all. my professor at berkeley asked me if i wanted to change the world. i said "sure." "well, let's grow some algae." and that's what started it. exxonmobil and synthetic genomics have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. algae are amazing little critters. they secrete oil, which we could turn into biofuels. they also absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in our vehicles, and to do this at a large enough scale to so

mr. steele a meeting? >> i'd have to -- i have not heard from scheduling that there's a pending request. >> if you do get a question from -- >> i'm not going to speak for scheduling on that. i mean, i assume that the arguments that the chairman of the republican party is going to make would be brought up by those that are in the republican leadership in the house and the senate. >> so it would be a redundant meeting if he were to come -- if he were to ask -- so you would say no -- >> again, i just think the viewpoints that -- i assume his -- well, most of his statements are in line with what the leaders have said. obviously there have been some diversions on some issues. >> thanks, robert. the president was criticized during the health care debate for investing too much time in bipartisan outreach, in effect, for waiting for the republicans to come along when in fact their cooperation never was forthcoming. is there a period now where the president might see if republicans are willing to meet him halfway,

mr. steele, then you should look in your own closet before you begin to assess the actions of a caucus that has shown itself to be nothing more than open-minded, diverse and embracing of all races, color creed, background, religion. >> no doubt. >> it's all in the democratic caucus. we're proud of the democratic caucus and, ed, i'll tell you this, we're proud of the work we're getting ready to do because we are not going to take a step backward on serving the american people. we're ready to roll up our sleeves, and by the way -- >> yes. >> -- we're not going to talk about raising the retirement age of 69. we've got a lot of work to do. >> congresswoman sheila jackson-lee, thank you for your time tonight on "the ed show." i appreciate it very much me ed iappreciate being with you. >> you bet. >>> coming up, rachel maddow took on jon stewart last night in the great sanity debate. she was spot on and he was dead serious. she'll join me live in tonight's "battleground" story. >>> george w. bush is singing like a canary to sell his books. and now he needs to see his day in court. i'll go head-to

mr. steele would be, does he believe consensus is 100% of what he wanted?> will the president grant mr. steele -- >> i have not heard from scheduling that there is a pending request. >> [unintelligible] >> i will not speak for scheduling on that. i assume the arguments the chairman of the for republican party is going to make is going to be those by the republican leadership in the house and senate. >> would it be redundant for them to ask? >> i assume his statements are mostly in line with what the leaders have said. obviously, there has been some divergence on some issues. >> the president has been accused of investing too much time in bipartisan outrage while waiting for the republicans to come along. is there a time now where the president might see that republicans are willing to meet him halfway, and if they don't, then he may decide that time is not well spent and bipartisan cooperation is just not going to happen? >> this morning, i think we now have -- and let's be honest, republicans now control and have the responsibility for governing half of co

mr. steele. we will be watching the battle taking place there. in some other news stories not related to politics, education has certainly been in the news a lot. new york city has had its top school officials resigned, joel klein, who presided over a radical reorganization and drew praise and criticism for efforts to raise test scores and hold teachers accountable. mayor michael bloomberg appointed kathleen black, chairwoman of hearst magazine. it was also noteworthy because she has no background in education, in keeping with mr. blumberg's preference for executives from the business world. -- mr. blumberg's preference for executives from the business world. our question this morning is about how you feel about the president's out reach to the muslim world. a twitter from donna -- let's hear what linda had to say from alabama. good morning. are you with us? one last time. moving on to indiana. good morning, darren. >> good morning. host: would be think about the president's outreach? caller: i believe in freedom of all religions and i think it i

i think steele does deserve some of the credit for us having done much better than anybody thought possible in january of 2009. >> greta: mr. speaker, enjoy iowa, thank you sir. >> take care. >> greta: are democrats getting ticked off at the white house for not having a plan about your taxes? vice president quayle talking tea parties and what he says might surprise you. plus, more on the huge breaking news in the wild senate race in alaska. write-in candidate murkowski declaring victory. joe miller refuses to give up. senator murkowski here minutes away. [ male announcer ] this is steven, a busy man. his day starts with his arthritis pain. that's breakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it's time for two more pills. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang on; just two aleve can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is steven, who chose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >> greta: claire mccaskill goes a bit rogue. fighting for a ban on earmarks. how is that going over with her fellow d

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mr. limbaugh would like to think of himself as a leader. it does not -- it is not going to work. republican voters believe that michael steelend republicans in washington are out of touch with the party base. >> guest: criticized limbaugh. he pushed back. sued for peace. in a certain way when that happened i said, boy, that is the power. in actual fact while he is undeniably potent and powerful and influential it was ultimately an expression of tea party power reflecting itself in that dispute. >> host: maybe it is of force in history, such as the repeal of the fairness doctrine, that radio doctrine that made it very strongly opinionated shows possible. decades and decades ago. >> guest: certainly what happened goes back way before what we know as the tea party movement. everything that is in the political mainstream today is built upon frustration that has been growing for decades. this is the way grass movements happen. back in the 1950's it ignited a civil rights movement. the frustration have been building for decades before that even the founding of america, the frustration have built. that is what is happening today. i

steel, you might call him. unbelievable. >> a good sandwich. >> must have been a good sandwich. >> when you're hungry, you're hungry. mr. roker, we're looking like we're going to have a great weekend. >> looks spectacular here along the east. but our friends in the midwest, not so much. we have got a line of showers and thunderstorms, this part of a slow moving system. behind it much colder air being dragged into the upper midwest from wichita falls up to minneapolis, we're talking one to two inches of rain and then over the next 48 hours, we have got winter storm watches in effect from storm lake iowa all the way up into minnesota. snowfall amounts anywhere from four to eight inches of snow with some areas minneapolis will see a few inches at least, maybe some northern suburbs may see up to eight inches of snow before it's all o >> it's all about blood of sunshine and above normal temperatures. lower-to-mid-sixties for the daytime high. 64 on >> and that's our your latest weather. >>> it's been almost six months since the disappearance of kyron horman. kate snow is joining us with the latest. >> these six months have b

we're going to be totally reliant on our steel and our cement, two of the biggest components that we use in the construction that involve our facilities today. mr. carter: reclaiming a moment of my time. that's part of what you just described, part of the american frustration factor. that's part of what's got americans frustrated in this economy right now. and it's not -- it's the unknown, it's the what is the government going to do to me next that's out there that has businessmen, job creators standing around, scratching their head. i want to tell you a story from my youth. i was working the legislative council and then i left that job, i got hired as the attorney for the ad -- ag committee of the texas house of representatives. i'll make this short. it's a great story. the federal government had passed a new meat cutting law and it was going to affect all these mom and pop sausage makers all over the state of texas and at that time we had literally thousands of them. we were having hearings from these people complaining about what these new regular laces were doing to them. here comes two people from the department of constructions with a guy

steel? >> does 135 -- that is35 p.s.i. stuff, yes. that is just several minutes. >> that gives you an idea. ok, do you have any more comments on the s, mr. ambrose? >> it just goes back to the speed. it is one of the questions we will have for a long time. what was he suspecting was coming at him? he took all the actions that were normal inappropriate. it is unfortunate the magnitude of this event -- it overcame the equipment. >> i am kind of an ex-engineer, but i was floored when i heard about this happening. you, he trained your tool pushers to appreciate the speed with which things can go south here? >> i think everyone working on deep water wells understands the magnitude. >> let's go back to our conclusions. one of our conclusions was diverting overboard, using the diverter and not the gas separator, might have prevented or delayed the explosion. do you agree with that, mr. ambrose? or you just do not know? >> i do not know if there is a way you can tell. this event was too great. the question is whether the diversion -- is whether the diverter would have withstood the mud. and then, again, the slip joint in its self -- we sitting

steele. here is the national journal event from earlier today to continue our post-election coverage. >> is this working yet? >> i would like to start with mr. duncan. what happened last night? >> first, it is great open -- national journal has put this on. what a difference a day makes? what happened last night, it was a mega-tsunami. you have to go back to 1948 when there were 70 seats that changed to find a house that made more changes. but it was more than a house, more than the senate. you have to look at the state legislatures and governors across the country. we have probably 19 bodies of blood -- legislature, maybe 10 governors. -- -- redistricting process coming will be from our standpoint more fair because we have the decision making process. those are the facts. what happened? last night the people spoke. i believe a rejection of the obama administration did two years ago when i stood before some of you at the national press club and talked about what happened then, i accepted responsibility for the defeat, congratulated president-elect obama and said we were a center- right country, which we still are and warned that if we lurch