that exceeded -- that certainly exceeded the popularity rating of the incumbent governor nathan diehl the way, is a democrat turned republican, turned republican many the early '90s before the newt gingrich republican revolution. i questioned diehl earlier this year and asked if he remembered voting for jimmy carter as a democrat, and he said yes, i sure did, all my friends did, too. >> that's the story of southern party. i want to play a cut, jimmy carter last week talking about the role or minimal role he'll play in his grandson's campaign. >> he needs the show the georgia people accurately that he's his own man. he's going to make the decisions during the campaign and make the decisions as governor, and i'm not. he should be the focal point. >> it is striking the me, doug, when i look at the platform that jason carter is running on. we managed the death penalty, his support for israel. you contrast him with his grandfather, it seems like he's trying to create distance in terms of i'm a different kind of democrat than you might think of my grandfather as. >> he would prefer that you

next up, governor nathan diehl of georgia landed in an embarrassing situation on tuesday.our students stood up to ask the governor about a board of regents policy which prohibits illegal immigrants from attending certain schools in the state. the governor assumeded the students addressing himm were i the country illegally. >> there is a fundamental problem that can only be solved at the congressional level. and that is to deal with the issue of children. and i presume you fit that category -- >> i don't. i'm not an illegal immigrant. >> oh, okay. >> i don't know why you thought that i was undocumented. is it because i look hispanic? >> you made the statement. you stood up. i'm sorry if i insulted you. i did not intend to. >> next up, burger king's corporate flip to canada. they found a way to get out of paying taxes. you and i still have to. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "

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also, georgia governor nathan diehl is going to join us. we'll ask him how he's going to be tops on the business lid list next year. fed president dennis lockhart will join us after the bell in a news-making interview. and the person rumored to be home depot's next ceo, craig menear, also here exclusively and gives us a peek into some of the major changes they're making to their distribution network, bill. >> yeah, the economy's doing okay in georgia there, and it's contributing a great degree to what's going on on the east coast here, so we've got a lot to talk about in that regard. the european economy is struggling, though, and the european markets were down today. the german dax was down enough to make it into correction territory today. it has since bounced back a little bit, but those european markets have been taking a toll on our own. let me show you, kelly, how our markets have been doing so far today. a bit of a bounce on the open this morning. we've been drifting this afternoon. the dow right now is up 14 points. the nasdaq is up