. >> host: "pendulum swing" has reporters and authors write team in here and the focus is christine o'donnell 2010. was that an aberration and predictable? >> not 2010 there were several tea party candidates' including sharon angle lost erase that could have been one lourdes tea party candidate in colorado that lost. >> mike castle would have one betsy and elite. there are three seats write their nile joe biden would break the tie but that is a different atmosphere for policy social conser3 one betsy and elite. there are three seats write their nile joe biden would break the tie but that is a different atmosphere for policy social conservatives as well. they get them in trouble with moderates who were open to the appeal with fiscal issues. >> host: year earlier book called the being currency? >> it was a bat -- about attack journalism to jump on every conceivable hint of scandal real or not. whether of little misstatement made by an aide that mentions the etch-a-sketch. they focus on trivial things that don't matter at all. now the the idea has changed enormously. the whole world is different

prime atism in this coming election as opposed to the last wave that now rather than seeing christine o'donnell we're seeing heather wilson, even chris shea up in connecticut. could there be a counterwave going on after the 2010 election when we failed to take the senate? >> i would say minimally. we may look back and say 2010 was the peak for the taet party, its influence good and bad on the republican party. but there is not a lot to suggest that the party is in any way ebbing back from things conservative as it has been. we may see some individual cases where that is the case. but i don't think as a general proposition. but these things do have -- as i said in my opening remarks, parties are dynamic, they do adjust to success and failure. and if the republicans lose a bunch of seats in the house, if romney loses, there will be a period of reflection and recrimination no doubt but also be as individual candidates look at how they want to position themselves in 2014, perhaps others saying the way we did it in 2010 and tried to do it in 2012 is not way, we've got to move back more to the center

democrats think of him as sharon angle and christine o'donnell. >> he's not that. >> won statewide twice before and in 2010 the highest vote getter in the state of nndeeting dan coates a republican senator and earned more votes than he did. so this is not some fringe candidate that's going to be easy to beat. to the democrats' benefit, they're running a really good candidate. joe donnellly is a conservative democrat and what's known as a blue dog democrat and fiscally conservative. the problem is that he has voted -- one. democrats that voted for the president's health care bill which is going to be an issue in this race. so i think republicans are very confident. but it's probably going to force democrats to -- or republicans to spend money in that state to defend it. gwen: it's going to be interesting to see who decides to spend it and whether the democrats say this isn't really worth our time and lower hanging fruit. thanks, sue. and finally this week, the story of the foiled al qaeda plot. the plan was to bomb a plane. again. using explosives concealed in underwear, again. and to ter

christine o'donnell, not so much, but, hey nobody is perfect. >> but she did win the primary. >> shetake delaware and alaska, her track record is not that bad. people might or might not know ranrand paul, but people know sarah palin and in the primary could that make a difference? >> it could. when they deemed out her 2010 primary endorsements i think she went 29-17. when you follow sports that's a pretty good record for a team. some of the issue is that some of these candidates might be people who were on their way of winning any way. it was the republican year, and some of her endorsements are have not always turned out great but there is a record of endorsements that have worked out. >> we're not saying in the general election, we want to be clear. but in the primaries she has done an interesting job seems to help some republicans. thanks guys. some in hollywood are not happy about 1% getting everything. we've got one of those guys here in the studio. >> i think the disparity between the ultra rich and the next level is as disgraceful as anything that's gone on in our history. >>

this was the same ad guy who did, i am not a witch, with christine o'donnell.is bizarre stuff in my book. and i can't -- i think that it was a straight-out to be honest it was a straight-out racist approach and, thank goodness, it seems to be deep-sixed. i hope so. >> peter you are the man. you know this inside outand out. >> that's peter fenn democratic strategist and head of the fenn communications group. coming up, we are going to talk about one of my favorite topics clean energy. we are going to put it in the context of politics. lampton, ceo for green for all is going to join us. later, brett er lick makes a surprisingly frank political assessment. >> the obama camp is too smart for their own good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>(narrator) gavin newsom, lieutenant governor of california, and former mayor of san francisco is coming to current tv. >>every night on cable news networks everyone's focusing on what's wrong. i want this show to move past that. i love creative people, and with all the vexing problems we have we need cr

davis, many people might not know his name, the one that brought you, i'm not a witch from christine o'donnell, the nefarious killer sheep in one of the california campaigns. he has been around a long time. boy, a lot of his friends are saying, whoa. >> most recently worked for john huntsman, a more moderate presidential candidate. the people who used to work for john mccain repudiate this on the record, off the record. i sfopoke with charlie black, w was the senior adviser, and john mccain, who said, anybody who wants to relitigate the reverend write issue. there are republicans that say, it is offensive and that president obama is liked, very well liked by the american people, over 50% like him. why do you want to attack somebody that people really like? third, any time mitt romney is not talking about the economy or jobs or the president's health care plan is a minute wasted. why waist your time. are are afred davis is not a du guy. he has been president for three years. the american people have been through some pretty tough times. they would like to have a campaign about a job, about the

are we watching a replay of the christine o'donnell, ken buck, sharron angle, great republican botch of 2010? is this the sequel? we won't know until election night in november, but we'll know a little bit more in a few days. on friday, the choices are the moderate well-knowned former congress manning chris shays or wrestling executive linda mcmahon, who won the nomination in 2010 and then spent $50 million of her own money, trying to win a senate seat in 2010 and she lost, even in that super republican year. so we will see if connecticut keeps up the trend of what dick lugar is calling the purification process in these republican primaries. i think it's a process that must feel great to the republicans, because they keep doing it. but so far, in 2012, just like in 2010, it means that the democrats are starting to look like they will have a chance of holding on to the senate in november. that is something that nobody thought the democrats could do until a few months ago. >>> let's start with your laugh. >> you know, i live for laughter. i mean -- [ laughing ] >> it isn't working. it'

i mean, when you're the ad team behind demon sheep and christine o'donnell i think -- >> this is from the mind of fred davis. >> right. i think any one smart would say i'm going to take a step back from this and distance myself. this is not a winning idea. >> not to mention when your group is called character matters. it's unbelievable ironic sense that -- >> a missing question mark. does character matter? >> punctuation is key. >> it's important to read the campaign reaction this morning. richard wolffe, the romney team reacts to this saying unlike the obama campaign, governor romney is running a campaign based on jobs and the economy and we encourage everyone else to do the same. >> good response zlxt actually, look. what we have here is we talked about super pacs being pandora's box. here is a situation, i mean, that is not really come across mitt romney's desk as yet which is to say the conservative super pac that undermines the campaign he is trying to run, one based on the economy. >> unlike the obama campaign may be their only slogan, that's how they are defining thelss. when y

remember christine o'donnell's shining moment? >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. point out another candidate going with the, i'm not a, fill in the blank, his campaign does the same thing. republican republican running for congress in colorado. let's watch. >> hi, joe coors running for congress. i know what you're thinking. but i'm not that. i'm a manufacturer. i help build the largest technical ceramics company in the world. it's time to washington washington's rec list borrowing and spending my name is joe coors and i am not a beer. >> what does the co-founder to the tea party caucus for congress and birther to boot want it add a new office of government in washington. what what issue? what issue could be so crucial? he whipped out his idea earlier this month when an attendee started with the birther talk own now that video hit of that conversation hit the internet. >> we i'm sorry, but i would like to establish a three-person office in washington, d.c. okay? knowing it will grow to five. but there is no reason why we should have this kind of questions. someone

ad maker fred davis' firm, he's the man behind the demon sheep video and christine o'donnell's famous "i'm not a witch" tv ad. most recently he worked on jon huntsman's presidential campaign. also involved is huntsman's former pollster, acordsing to the "times." we have reached out to both and we have had davis' firm directed us to the ricketts super pac for comment. now, apparently the idea is that the add davis apparently produced for john mccain's presidential campaign but never used is among the kickers in this proposal. quote, if the nation had seen that ad, they'd never have elected barack obama. detailed story boards obtained by the "times" lay out the plan to use all things jeremiah write against the president, including that famous line youtubed after 9/11. quote, america's chickens are coming home to roost. now, the strategists have already apparently contacted conservative african-american radio host larry elder about serving as spokesman. apparently to try to stem charges of race baiting. let's be realistic. this is a very risky plan. if it aired, it would consume the obam

christine o'donnell being championed -- >> i would say it's closer to pennsylvania.is still a very winnable race for the republicans. i think republicans look at example of pennsylvania and they say, we could have kept spector. we could have kept the seat in our hands, but we'd have spector. we took a chance. it was a closer race than. would have been. now we have a guy who's going to vote with us on everything. i think they look at indiana and say the same thing. it's not so much institutional about senate and the congress. it's of the power of the base of each party to insist on absolute purity in these primaries. you look at lugar and the other endangered -- >> they're not in control though. they're not deciding who's in the primaries. the reason mitt romney is pandering -- >> they decide who wins the primaries. >> it's not the leaders of this party. the leaders of the party are doing what mitt romney did with the woman who stood up. they're pandering. they're living in fear. >> they're living in fear of primaries. >> there's not a tactical decision the voters are

the woman you bit him, christine o'donnell -- who beat him, christine o'donnell only got 30,000 votes. we have a sore loser laws that if you ran in a party primary and lost, if you cannot have your name on the ballot in november. we have a system where 30,000 people could deny the rest of the million people in delaware the chance to choose among all the possible candidates. one of the things i'm trying to do is to break democracy. looking at all of you, i have never met most of you. i know one thing. when you go to buy a phone, when you go to buy soap, you want choice. the only place we do not allow choice is one comes to letting the people who wl make our laws. when you get to the ballot in november, you have a or b. maybe there are five republicans need to be considered. we do not allow that to happen. parties to not allow it to happen. we talked a lot about redistricting. those of you who are up close i am wearing loafers. ina said the guy. -- i am a city guy. after i won, i was the first publican elected in my district since 1928. my dirict was 74% democrats. i was not supposed to

. >> the person who created this proposal was the same person who did the i am not a witch, christine o'donnellgreat for her. >> and also the same person wo tried to do this with john mccain and criticize john mccain as confused and old in this proposal. so, yes, the same exact person and also did ads for, by the way, moderate jon huntsman. >> gloria, thanks very much. >> there's new evidence of a seismic population. minority babies outnumbered white babies for the first time. tom, tell our viewers what you're seeing. >> you hit the nail on the head. what it means it means that we're changing. it might be maverick county, texas, that is the census that has the largest minority population. look at almost 97%, but the simple truth is we can't tell exactly where the babe came from. in 2010 it was 49.5% in terms of minority babies born in the country under 1-year-old, over here in 2011 with the latest numbers they have just over 50% which means just under 50% are white babies. this is an interesting trend because it's not really a big change in the overall picture, but the way it fits into everythi

. >> christine o'donnell is not? nazy horono? >> hawaii. little bit of a primary. but i have to tell you, she is pulling ahead. she is running against a blue-dog democrat out there in hawaii. and i am like, of all places, we do not need to be electing a blew dog democrat in hawaii. we need a good progressive out there. she is in a good position to win the primary but up against cylinders a lingel. this is one of those where all -- >> the governor? right? sgfrnlths. >> former governor, exactly right. you know. she really was a good strong recruit from the republicans. they recruited the best candidate. here is the deal. so did the democrats. she is the best candidate to win this seat in hawaii. her personal story, i don't know if you have heard this story, but her mother when the kids were very little, i think mazy was maybe 8 years old took them and ran from an abusive husband in japan. >> wow. >> loaded them up on a boat as immigrants, came over and i am greated to hawaii to start with nothing. i mean just nothing. mmigrated to hawaii to s

one thing in a race like this, we see the ghost of christine o'donnell from delaware coming back hereod strong democratic candidate even in the tough state. joe donely he has a shot at this race now he wouldn't have had a shot if lugger won the race. this is a sad commentary i think on the republican party they have gone so hard right, they are e voice rating these folks that actually get things done in the commons. >> back in 1972 when he was richard knickson's favorite -- knicks on's favorite mayor, he has been around. there is still much anger, the tea party is still alive. people are unhappy with lugger. republicans were unhappy with him. i don't think it is because he is gone to the middle, i think he is out of touch. he is 80 years old but an old looking 80-year-old. if you saw clips or footage he looked old and out of touch he could have retired but you know 32 years in elected office it is time for a change. there is a lot of anger at america across america. this was a referendum on lugger and it shows he lost by 20 points>> is it short sighted if democrat has a chance of comi

but murdock is going to have the same fate essentially that sharon engel has, christine o'donne o'donnell. they all won the primary but end up losing the election. cause them to lose the election. they might even lose indiana. >> you're completely wrong. first of all, that's complete mythology. you're making up all along. >> it happened in 2010. >> you can't say that the tea party elected mitt romney and then say oh, it doesn't matter. that's not acceptable. >> hold on a second, i need another opinion on this. heather higgins, how do you see the relationship between the tea party and mitt romney? let's assume for the moment that the tea party is resurging. i think i just invented that. but you know what i mean. how does mitt romney relate to a resurging tea party? >> when there were primaries, the bar was incredibly high. the standard was ronald reagan and essentially everybody fell short of that standard. once you have a nominee, the bar becomes incredibly low. the bar becomes is he not barack obama, and is he breathing? romney is breathing and he's not barack obama. plus, he's really ch

. >> the problem for republicans is christine o'donnell, remember her, erin angle, remember her in in the primaries they win and then when they win they hand the seat to their nemesis on the other side. indiana is a pretty conservative state. they've benefitted from some of the stuff mitch daniels has done. >> you say it is a good thing. >> i didn't say it was a good thing. i got a kick out of it. >> you don't like it. >> i do like it. >> or you don't like it a lot. >> i saw peggy noonans peechls just to stir things up. >> judd gregg, evan byah. >> you don't think they need to stir things up, a couple of people that could be in the middle there? >> no. you saw it yesterday. >> i saw that. >> you're -- i see progress. you're 35. i see progress. >> you do. >> i do. >> you've going read the book but you haven't started it. >> i'm paying you to read the book. i get a dollar a page, 175 pages. but i want you to know i plan on reading the footnotes which adds another 30 pages. >> so that's 235 bucks. >> if you read that, i would almost give you $2 a page, i really would. >> now the free mar