senator from florida, bill nelson. >> florida senator bill nelson is taking a beating in a new political attack ad. >> it claims the health care overhaul supported by nelson will leave millions of people without coverage. >> greg fox puts these claims through our exclusive truth test. >> obamacare will be a nightmare for florida seniors. >> here in the news world, our weather people use the phrase chamber of commerce day when it's bright and sunny. but in the political world, a chamber of commerce day usually means a category 5 hurricane making landfall on mostly democratic candidates. here's the latest from the u.s. chamber trying to scare florida's 3 million senior citizens attacking florida senator bill nelson. >> did bill nelson consider the consequences when he cast the deciding vote for obama care. >> let's bring up the truth meter. the ad says nelson cast the deciding vote on the act. false. nelson was according to the roll call vote one of 60 senators who voted for the patient protection and affordable care act. actually, it was not bill nelson but rather nebraska senator ben nel

the ad takes on bill nelson for being too cozy with president obama, let's watch it. >> president obamaaid no to the keystone pipeline. bill nels sided with president obama instead of the people of florida. say no to bill nelson, and choose connie mack for u.s. senate. >> it's so awful, i mean ezra, i love the way you describe the grainy pictures with the grim forbidding voice. i wish everyone would just say i will not be influenced by any ad that shows black and white picture that's is subversive in making this guy look evil without saying the words, but they work, don't they? >> yes, and i don't know, that bill nelson guy seemed pretty evil to me from that. this is the upside, they are issue ads. negative ads tent to have more issue content. bill nelson really did side with president obama on the keystone pipeline, even though that was not a fair assessment. it was paid for by freedom pac, what do they want? who is funding them? and that's what citizen's united did here. they said corporations could spin as much as they want, but congress could pass a law and say they have to disclose

>> i believe if i'm the nominee, i can beat bill nelson. mack is the nominee, i don't think he can beat bill nelson. connie mack can't win a character race against bill nelson. this needs to be about the issues. the fact we have too many people out of work, a staggering national debt. if i'm the nominee, that will be the issues bill nelson and i litigate. >> i have to go back to some of these attacks. this charlie sheen hit, trying to compare him to that, the stuff that has been -- are you at all uncomfortable with sort of the personal road that this campaign could go on? >> this is the least qualified person to run for a major office. >> you're comfortable with these attacks? >> it's the truth and the people of florida need to know it. he is trying to run a campaign where people will mistake him for his father and we can't make that mistake. this country is in too much trouble. we need to win this election in order to take back the senate on the republican side. if he is the nominee, we will lose. >> senator george lemieux, thanks for comi

so for example, if i was a campaign manager running against bill nelson, i would be thrilled with that fact checking segment. partly because of the images, because it presents nelson as weak. and partly because it simply repeats the claim over and over again. so what we see again and again with field experiments is that when you repeat a false claim about a candidate and then say, this claim isn't true, you go back to people later and ask them, well, what do you know about bill nelson and they'll repeat the false statement even if they've seen the debunking segment. so this is -- and so there are specific tactics we can do to somewhat lessen that, but and, of course, we do want to provide accountability, but at the same time, i think this is -- i think in some of these specific segments, what you're really doing is doing additional damage to candidates that have been unfairly attacked. >> i'll answer that simply by explaining to you that if you want, afterwards i can get your e-mail address and i can forward you this e-mail response from the campaign manager for bill nelson who took an

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we're going to now move to senator bill nelson for three minutes. >> madam chairman, our people are hurting on the gulf. and i think it's indicative that in the senate bill, it was sponsored by seven republicans and two democrats and then when we passed the bill, what is a near miracle in the senate, the vote with 76 to 22. and you wonder how since there are only five gulf states, how did you get the interest of the senators from 45 other states? and it was the very small but an important part, the land and water conservation fund, which is very popular even amonging a a churl interests. all of this cobbled together, allowed us then to have part of the bp fine money, and this could be substantial money, anywhere from what is estimated maybe five billion, all the way up to $20 billion. 20% of that money goes in to the oil spill liability trust fund and/or the treasury, and the 80% is doled out according to a formula that all of these republicans and democrats came up with. and then was embraced by 76 senators. and so i commend it to you who are not familiar with the gulf of mexico, you have

and in fact, the republican party chairman said of bill nelson that nelson wants public servants to ignoreate division of elections told us today, we want to make sure people who aren't eligible to vote don't vote. >> going back to our poor world war ii veteran, is he qualified to vote? should he be able to vote in florida? he has for for a very long time. >> yeah, and all he had to do he said was he sent in his papers, so he should very likely be allowed to vote and many of these people who have gotten these letters saying hey, we need you to verify that you're eligible to vote, have sent their paperwork back to their counties and the issue's been clearing up. but the bottom line for democrats is they believe that hispanics and other minority groups are are being targeted and that's what has them really upset. >>> and he's appearing in a new jersey courtroom now and will report to jail tomorrow to start his 30-day sentence for bias intimidation. yesterday, he apologized for being thoughtless, insensitive and immature when he used a web cam to watch his roommate's gay sexual encounter in 2

this is one attack of bill nelson. >> he is taking a beating. >> it says the health care bill leaves many without coverage. >> we put this through the exclusive truth test. >> obamacare will be a nightmare. >> here are whether people use the phrase "chamber of commerce day" when it is nice and shiny. usually it means a hurricane. here's the latest from the u.s. chamber trying to scare florida's senior citizens, attacking bill nelson. >> did bill nelson consider the consequences when he cast the deciding vote for obamacare? >> the ad said he cast the deciding vote. that is false. he was one of 60 senators to voted for patient protection. it was that bill nelson but rather ben ne who was -- nelson who was last. funny the chamber of commerce gave $5,000 to ben nelson's campaign. now he tries to get a word in. >> this legislation is going to let folks that are happy with their insurance keep it. what's wrong. 20 million people could lose their current coverage. >> we are going to have to leave this in the middle. cbo did release a report on employment based health insurance that had a ra

. >> but to me karl's point, had gore picked bill nelson, senator florida, would that have made it -- because the election was so close. see, that's what i'm -- the reason the vp hasn't mattered in most of these elections is because the race is mostly -- walter mondale. would it hell have mreally have who he picked for vp? this one actually could be so tight in some of these big -- >> so your choice would be to go -- for romney your advice would be to go for someone like a portman or a rubio who can help you with a state. how about ryan, wisconsin? good choice? >> oh, man. you've got to be doubling down on a lot of issues to do that. it's going to be tough -- because of some of those -- >> i think it depends what happens on june 5th. if walker wins by a good plarnlgin, four, five, six points, then wisconsin's in play. if he ekes out a narrow victory but loses, 51.5, 49.5, then it probably means wisconsin is not in play. because it means the $70 million is going to be spent in the wisconsin gubernatorial recall and no election campaign is going to spend $7 million to get a bunch of rec

as vulnerable as bill nelson is on coat tails t winner of the primary had a 50/50 shot. >> i'm goingd her big progressive party last night. >> it was a big party, i didn't get to make it. >> it was her at the helm. >> a different war on women, check out the ft special supplement this week on the women of eric springs. >> sounds like a good one. >> i'm going to plug the texas conservatives fund and also my son carter's last t-ball game is this saturday, they're undefeated. >> my son, nor the opponents never lose their t-ball games. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." coming up next on msnbc, chris jansing and company. bye-bye. still a chance of showers and thunderstorms, right along the immediate east coast, especially up in new england this amp and areas of florida this afternoon. the rest of the nation looks great from d.c. to atlanta to detroit, chicago looks dry, all areas of the west expect a lot of sunshine. have a great day. [ female announcer ] lactaid milk is easy to digest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of

senator bill nelson of florida told a hispanic audience they are under attack. the most precious right of all of our rights in america to the right to vote and it is being assaulted right here. nelson said this to the league of united latin american citizens in tampa. a coalition of civil rights have asked florida secretary of state ken denster to stop the purge or risk a lawsuit. they saw federal law prohibits voters being removed from the roll less than 90 days before the election. florida holds a primary election on august 14th. the next presidential election could be stolen right before our eyes if this flawed voter purge is not halted. maureen russo has thrown out the rolls. she is a ft. lauderdale residents who has legally voted in florida for 40 years. two weeks ago the state of florida said they had information indicating she was not born in this country. she immediately asked a hearing but has not yet received a response. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, does the justice department need to get involved in the

we will see if they respond to bill nelson's request for an investigation into chesapeake energy. of course chesapeake continues lower right now. what else is continuing lower? certainly green mountain coffee roasters on the back of their disappointing earnings. they had the manufacturing plants. managing partner of t 2 partners. he was an dissipating the weakness. >> feeling great about it today. they have been as short as the 80s. down $20 from 50 to 30. we are not interested in covering a single share. they are playing out as we anticipated. it's a combination of two things. we are affecting the company and it's not the weather and the dog ate my homework excuses. it's two things. rising competition and they haven't come off patent yet. that is coming later this year. secondly, i can't quite put my finger on it and prove it. there enough warning flags about they were stealing sales from future quarters. the last few quarters to make the numbers look extra good and juice the stock. what happens when you steal sales, the future quarters catch up with you and we are seeing the fir

maybe in tight senate races like, you know, senator casey and claire mccaskill of missouri and bill nelsonho haven't endorsed gay marriage. i am wondering, have those senators sort of lost their cover now that the president has come out in favor of gay marriage? and how will that impact those key races? >> i don't think so. look, the bottom line is that even though members of our caucus and can dates that are running around the country who haven't expressed firm support for marriage equality are very clear and on the record that they believe that rights like hospital visiontation, being able to visit your partner or a loved one when they are in the hospital, that these types of rights should be protected. and i would also note that it's the democrats that have a candidate that has the opportunity to become the first openly gay or lesbian senator in our current tree's history. i will let senator casey and mccask ill speak for themselves. senator mccaskill spoke out strongly on this issue. i am confident we have a lot to be proud of in our party and in the senate and we, too, are eager to ta

we will now move to senator bill nelson for three minutes. >> madam chairman, our people are hurting on the gulf. i think it is indicative in the senate bill sponsored by seven republicans and two democrats, and then when we passed the bill, what is a near-miracle in the senate, the vote was 76-22. you wonder with five gulf states how you get the interest of senators from 45 other states. it was the small but important part, the land and water conservation fund, which is very popular even among agricultural interests. all of this cobbled together allowed us to have part of the bp fine money, this could be substantial money, anywhere from $5 billion all the way it to $20 billion, 20% of that money goes into the oil spill liability trust fund and/or the treasury. 80% is doled out according to a formula that all of those republicans and democrats came up with. it was then embraced by 76 senators. i commend it to you who are not familiar with the gulf of mexico. you have already heard the words of senator shelby and senator vitter. that is all i want to say. thank you. >> the next on the

is bill nelson in florida going to want to run in a state where 62% of voters said it should be betweennd a woman and then that takes a lot of wind out of the sails. >>en 0 the republican and democratic side. >> if other elected officials in the democratic party say i don't agree with the president -- >> cheney does. >> we have to take a break. lots more to come from our roundtable. >> from the bullying the kid with long hair and ridicule the same hair for having an american express gold card, not platinum. >> was romney a bully in high school? how much matters now? >> after one term nicolas sarkozy lost his re-election bid because he wasn't able to fix his nation's economy or as obama put it, uh-oh. >> here and abroad president obama fighting a global wave and "time" magazine asks "are you mom enough?" we'll debate the controversial cover. >> don't look at it as a source of future humiliation or helped shape him into the most fearsome cage fighter in the history of mankind. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its

senator bill nelson, a florida democrat who flew on "columbia" in 1986, with the current nasa administrator, charlie bolden, insisted the agency build a heavy-lift rocket that uses shuttle-derived components. again, with no clear destination in mind. is it a rocket to nowhere? >> it's a rocket to mars. that's the goal. the president has said that's the goal and that's where were going. >> reporter: well, maybe one day. the president did say that when he announced the cancellation of constellation, but nasa does not have the money for a mars program. still, nelson says the space agency is doing relatively well. >> first of all, look at nasa compared to other agencies of the federal government. nasa is being treated very well. nasa is basically being flat- lined. >> reporter: so the agency is left with orion and an under- funded idea for a big rocket that could take humans to mars, but no concrete plans to do so. when-- or if-- it will ever fly is anyone's guess. what is nasa's goal right now? do we know? >> that's a very gd question. i think that's the fundamental problem. i think, for the f

well-known democratic senators, all representing states with laws that ban same-sex marriage including bill nelson down in florida, bob casey in pennsylvania -- florida and pennsylvania, swing states, of course, considered critical to the president's re-election bid. chris stirewalt is host of "power play" on foxnews.com. so you say this is an alarming trend for president obama. why? >> well, it's alarming in the sense that you're dealing with a small universe of potential states for anybody to battle, and anytime you have an issue like this that crops up in places that you've got to win or you need to keep your opponent from winning anyway, you have to wonder. and if you're obama, basically, these lawmakers are falling into a couple of different categories. one, are the folks who are like you, who are similar to you like claire mccaskill out in missouri on this issue, in a state where your stance is not going to be popular. that means that there's potential more downdraft on the whole democratic ticket in that state. then you look at a state like pennsylvania where you have a democrat in bob case

debbie wasserman schultz who is also the ircha of the dnc, the democratic national committee and bill nelsonor re-election. they agree this was a bad idea. >> i don't think they'll expel me from the democratic because i hold opposing views. >> the dnc -- >> debbie is fro florida --? >> and she did it for political reasons? >> and the situation when with i was alvarez' campaign manager. i understand florida politics and cuban politics. we've had 50 years of this embargo and you know what? we have to get rid of the cold war mentality. i met with the cardinal. i met with dissidents and cuban officials and i met with alan gross. i didn't go as a propaganda regime, and i went there to find out what was going on 90 miles from our border. >> debbie wasserman schultz does what is politically popular in her home state. as far as the embargo in cuba, there are two sides of that issue. there are folks, wolf who think the most powerful weapon we have is freedom and free trade. do you then sell stoves to hitler? do you do trade with a tyrant who will use the benefits of that economic trade to oppress his

the potential frontrunner connie mack versus bill nelson. as well. describe what his dilemma is and what shape it has put him in. >> he has made a number of mistakes here and there and there is, of course, talk about the fact that his wife is a california member of congress and that he spends a good deal of time allegedly in california rather than florida. he is having a tough go of it. but again, we'll see whether anybody else jumps in. every time i turn around i hear about somebody new considering that florida senate race. if connie mack is the nominee let's keep one thing in mind. this could turn out just like at 1988 senate race in florida when george h.w. bush was running for president, won 61% of the vote in florida and who did he pull in with him to the senate, connie mack senior the father of congressman connie mack. by the way, that connie mack was expected to lose to democrat buddy mckay. he ended up winning purely on coat tail. i don't exclude any possibility this early and, once again, in florida we need to look to the presidenti

. >> in florida, let's see bill nelson is up 46 to 42% over his opponent.er chamber have been tempered with flameouts of some democratic resurgence. [ applause ] >> dead heat with elizabeth warren. i love that mostly, because i think are these fake fox issues going to run these races? >> doesn't look like it. >> i'm already looking to vote for senator warren for president in 2008. >> people are smarter than fox news. >> ah 45! [ laughter ] >> that's the beltway, boys. >> as people who watch fox collectively said -- darrr. tim in detroit you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, tim. >> hi, stephanie. i may be a little bit outdated with this, because the thing about the haircutting that romney did when he was in high school? >> yeah. >> i would make a bigger deal of it, but back in the early 1900s, there's a guy who wrote two books that got him in a hot of heat because they primarily talked about the relationships of the mormons in arizona about land taking and about the wife issue, and all of that -- >> he is not getting his own planet. >> -- not only to

we are going to now move to senator bill nelson for three minutes. >> madam chairman, our people are urting him the gold and i think it is indicative in the senate bill is sponsored by seven republicans into democrats. and then when we pass the bill, what is a near miracle in the senate, the vote was 76 to map 22. and you wonder how, since there's only five g-golf states, how did you get the interest of the senators from 45 other states? it was a very small part, but an important part come in the land and water conservation fund, which is very popular, even among agricultural interest. all of this cobble together allow this then to have part of the bpe fund money and this could be substantial money, anywhere from what is estimated maybe $5 billion on the way up to $20 billion. 20% of the money goes into the oil spill liability trust fund and or the treasury and the 80% is doled out according to a formula that all of those republicans and democrats came up with. and then was embraced by 76 senators. and so, i commend it to you who are not familiar with the gulf of mexico. you have hear

. >> to meet karl's point, had gore picked bill nelson, the senator from florida, would that have been -- because the election was so close -- the reason the v.p. hasn't mattered in most elections because the race is mostly -- walter monday dale, -- monday daily, would -- mondale, would it have mattered who he picked? this is so tight in big key -- >> your choice would be for romney, your advice would be to go with someone like a portman or a rubio who can help you with a state? how about ryan, wisconsin, good choice? >> oh, man, you got to be doubling down on a lot of issues to do that. it's going to be tough, because of some -- >> it depends on what happened on june 5. if walker wins by a good margin, five, is six points, wisconsin is in play. if he ekes out a narrow victory or loses, then it probably means that wisconsin is not in play. $70 million is going to be spent in the wisconsin special gubernatorial recall and no presidential campaign is going to get upper midwestern recalcitrant norwegians to vote for him. >> after wisconsin -- we're left with a bunch of germans. >> let's o

perhaps, to be a little too cute, by making one of its major villains nelson rockefeller and a principle hero bill buckley. but the fact is rockefeller undermyroned the moderates in a multitude of ways, whereas bill buckley was actually working towards an understanding with them ap quote i came across just in the heat of bill buckley's personal letters where he said i've recently to h to negotiate with ply 15-year-old son regarding who i prom possess weapons as those in the nube clearists in the pentagon, but i found myself not temporizing. the bad word. calculating, figures, renging. i think it's part of the conservative function to do and that not the say-so engage in betrayal. this is the kind of moderate middle ground, small and moderate, perhaps, that some on the conservative side and some on the moderate republican side were working towards. we tend to forget. there were a lot of productive negotiations and working arrangements between them. the ripon society, largely brought to-of-you supply side economics, or at least some alumni that did, and the riponnites were actually further lady on t

she looks innocent. [ laughter ] >> bill: here it is, question number three. george baby face nelsoneorge nelson, it's a pleasure. [gunfire] i'm george nelson i'm bigger than any guy ever that lived. >> that's a crazy. to this day baby face nelson holds what dubious distinction in american history? the answer is, correct, killed the most fbi agents. three questions, three correct answers, i don't think that has ever happened before. ladies and gentlemen, should we quit while we're ahead? >> good night, everybody. >> bill: this the is easiest question coming up. >> uh-oh. >> bill: al capone one of the most famous gang members in history. >> i want that son of a bitch dead. did i ask you what you are trying to do? i want you to get the [bleep] where he breathes. i want you to find this fancy boy. i want him dead. i want his family dead. >> bill: sounds like a factor meeting. just kidding. for you media matters people. get that right up on your web site. capone was busted for tax invasion. inmate at what famous prison. alcatraz, attica. where did capone go on the federal tax wrap? the a

whatever happens, there's enough overlap between senator nelson's bill, the administration's bill, congressman johnson's bill, and the house if 90% overlap. i think that everyone realize z that the most important thing is to get moving to make sure that the major abuses don't continue. a lot of these other things are details that we'll be able to work out through the course of the legislative process. i commit to working with the committee and the congress, generally to accomplish that. >> thank you. i want to complaint you for the work good that you do. so you my respect, for sure. hopefully we can work out the statutory language so that some of the problems that have been raised can be solved. you're one of the few people that might be able to work that out in a way that might work well. we want to thank you for the hard effort you make. we appreciate your work. >> thank you. >> thank you, senators. thank you, commissioner, too. just curious to see how it started out during the one -- you wanted to serve the full six-year term. you wanted to be independent. your thoughts now as you near the

but whatever happens, enough overlap between senator nelson's bill, the administration's bill, congressman johnson's bill and the house that it's 90% overlap. and i think that everyone realizes that the most important thing is to get moving to make sure that the major abuses don't continue. and a lot of these other things are things we would be able to work out through the course of the legislative process. and i certainly commit to working with the committee and the congress generally to accomplish that. >> well, thank you. i want to compliment you for the good work that you do. you have my respect, for sure. and hopefully, we can work out this statutory language so that some of these problems that have been raised can be solved. and be you're one of the few people, i think, might be able to work that out in a way that would really work well.