here now is brian sullivan. >> and welcome back to a very special edition here on "street signs." brian, of course you've done the big reveal. we all know now that you're in philadelphia. there were many people out there in the twitter verse who already guessed it. mind you, my grandmother could have guessed it with all those things you were sending out like big sandwiches and various things. come on, dude! you could have played it more difficult for us. >> no, no, no. you know who blew it? carl quintanilla. he's in trouble when i get back. i tell you why. we did something for squawk on. the streets and we didn't realize that a septa bus drove by. he's like isn't that a septa bus from philly? carl quintanilla gave us you up. >> next time you got to rise above. >>> who have we got coming up there, brian? >> all right. so we got a guest here. richard phillips, ceo of pilot

let's get to brian sullivan. he's there with the details outside the white house. hat do you think? did you get the sense from people we're going to see a deal get done or no? >> you know, if you listen to the words, maria, you get that sense. we know that words are easy, but the word that seems to be prevalent today is optimistic. the president said it and when ursula burns came out, she said it as well multiple times. listen, 12 ceos, most of them ran out the back, scurried out a side door, if you will. we were able to get some comments from ursula burns. basically said, listen, we're confident, we're optimistic. they're using the right language right now, maria. there were some sticking points. obviously taxes going to be a big issue. so far, i guess the feeling would be that, yeah, we're leaning toward a deal, but until pen is to paper, don't buy anything yet. >> yeah, but brian, did anybody when you chatted with some of these ceos, did anybody mention spending cuts? >> right now all the attention seems to be on, what do they call it, revenue enhancements? aka,

want to bring in brian sullivan at democracy plaza in new york city. we have indiana, a win for mitt romney, kentucky a win for mitt romney. projected from nbc news, and vermont a win for president obama. over to you. >> i know you've been talking about the polls. the only thing i know right now which is 100% of america is sick of polls. right? that's my guess. and we look at the stock market. i would love somebody to address that because the stock market is almost never down heading into a presidential election. however, it's been down five times heading into an election in the last 100 years. of those five times, four times the incumbent was tossed out. the stock market up 60% since obama took office, the dow, and we know what kind of run we've had in the last 12 months or so. should that be a poll we're looking at. will the stock market help the president? i don't know. maybe somebody there knows. >> brian, i'll tell you one thing, in all the other cases that you're citing from a historic perspective, i would suggest probably offer that the federal

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cnbc's brian sullivan will have the numbers next on "morning joe."♪ ♪ ♪ humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> here they are. the unemployment report was out seconds ago. the numbers from cnbc's brian sullivan live from cnbc's global headquarters. >> they are better than expected. 179,000 for the month. that is 46,000 more than the estimate or at least some of the estimates. the unemployment rate 7.9% so still under the 8% mark. i think the two better numbers are the fact that there were some prior revisions that were revised higher as well, mika. and you've also got the better data on hourly working so basically -- kind of waiting for the government report to actually update on its own website rather than go with the headlines. 171,000, 7.9%, an

you all figure that out. >> hand it now back to brian sullivan who is in city number two charlotte, north carolina. you have a very special guest with you as well, brian? >> yeah, we do mandy, one of the purposes of this recovery road trip is to spot the companies that are under the radar a bit, not household neighbors maybe should be, based on their returns. cool about creating the city indexes. one of the names we uncovered was carlyle companies. carlyle companies' stock gone from $42 to $56 and change over the past year. the man who runs carlyle condition, dave roberts, chairman and ceo, joins us now, a very cool background we will get to in a second. mandy and steve liesman in englewood cliffs, talking about the recovery, whether it is real. you are a diversified industrial company, roofing your single biggest market, is the recovery real, dave? >> i think so i think if you look at our markets, the only market really slowed recently is our heavy equipment breaking business and i think what is happening, the cat pill lawyers, co-mat sues, adjusting invetter to. not as strong as the sta

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. >>> brian sullivan has breaking news on a major shakeup at boeing. brian? >> layoffs are coming at boeing, tyler. although we don't know how many. here are the headlines. boeing in a memo obtained by reuters telling employees they will be looked to cut costs by $1.6 billion between next year and 2015. they will reduce the number of divisions from 13 to 10 and that will also reduce the number of jobs, as well as managerial jobs. perhaps by as much as 10%. again, all this coming from a memo that was sent to employees that was obtained by reuters. boeing saying it does see some layoffs, though it can't pinpoint the exact number. boeing in the memo saying this is all part of a continued affordability drive because you guys know as well as i do, tyler, that with this news today, the threat of possible sequestration, the fiscal cliff is going to be some theories out there about why the announcement is coming out. boeing making it known this is part of a plan where they've already cut $2.2 billion in costs from 2010. still, not good news for boeing employees. that

brian sullivan, you are with me as well, you are live at a yet to be disclosed location. i believe it is the number one city in our recovery road trip. right, brian? >> yes. that city is -- you got to wait a few minutes. we'll tell you right after i know we got the beige book headlines. going to be a great show though. >>> let's get straight to steve leisman for those breaking headlines from the beige book. >> thanks very much. aen net dotal reports from the 12 federal reserve districts say the economic activity expanded at a measured pace in recent weeks. eight districts say growth was modest. st. louis and minneapolis say the growth was stronger. boston said it was slower. then have you new york and philadelphia attributing weakness to hurricane sandy. >>> districts reported concern and uncertainty over the fiscal cliff. that's another theme that runs through this report along with sandy. consumer spending grew modestly. manufacturing however weakened or in some cases even contracted so that dual track economy of the economy doing okay but the manufacturing sector not is

i'm brian sullivan. thank you very much for joining us. >>> stocks relatively in a holding pattern again all ahead of the fiscal cliff. we're not seeing big moves. people unwilling to take bets. we're going to get to bob pisani in just a minute. >>> but first we need to get to eamon javers with some breaking headlines from mitch mcconnell on the fiscal cliff. eamon? >> brian, we're getting a trial balloon here just within the past couple of minutes from mitch mcconnell. he's the senate republican leader responding now to the president's proposal of yesterday. mcconnell telling the "wall street journal" just within the past few minutes what he had's like to see are changes to ensitelement programs, he's floating the idea of means testing medicare and social security. that means that the rich would not be able to receive the same level of benefits that the poor would from those programs. that would save some money. he would also like to see some retirement age extension. obviously both very controversial i

coming up. >> thanks, brian sullivan.e in at the top of the hour. >>> more now on the big story of the day. the holiday shopping season and what it means for retailers and shoppers with tablets stealing the show. so far this holiday season, consumers have a lot of options. jon fortt is in san jose looking at the models, the niche they're going for and some of the pros and cons of tablets. jon? >> reporter: tyler, lots to cover. lots of tablets, so many i can't get through them all. but let's look at some of the big ones. first, ipads. three models mainly. the mini at $329, ipad 2 at $399, and the fourth generation, $499. they want everybody. pros, apple has the most apps. cons, apple has the most expensive tablet lineup and the screen resolution on the mini isn't as good as cheaper seven-inch tablets. next, kindle's fire and fire hd. fire had a pretty amazing $129 today only. the seven-inch hd at $199 -- the 8.9-inch hd, $299. amazon is targeting gamers with these tablets and some media consumers but the truth is they jus

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brian sullivan, eamon javers, john harwood is working his way into the white house right now for that news conference. they are all gathered with me. brian, we're going to begin with you. >> this is a big day at the white house. this is a big week at the white house regarding the fiscal cliff, guys. and today, 12 top ceo are coming here to the white house to meet with the president, anything from walmart to duke energy to ursula burns of xerox and nine others. they will gather up, they will huddle up and exchange ideas to try to find a fix for the fiscal cliff. the question is, how much is the president willing to give on spending cuts, how much is the gop willing to perhaps give on tax increases and revenue enhancements, and what will the ceos say, ask and demand? eamon javers here also at the white house as we have full team coverage and he has got the ceo part of the story. >> brian, i think one of the key questions going into this ceo meeting as we wait their arrival on the north lawn of the white house is how do these ceos react to the more than $1 trillion figure now that's been

brian sullivan is want alone in his battle with post traumatic stress disorder.he veterans affairs estimates more than half of new veterans are seeking treatment for war-related mental disorders. >> i was always angry. i had outbursts with my wife and i was having difficulty sleeping. >> anxiety. >> reporter: so sullivan turned to something called p.e. coach, a unuke smart phone app designed by the defense department to help soldiers recover from ptsd. >> they are asked to a recording of them reliving the memory of what is haunting them daily, as part of their homework. >> reporter: they listen to their own therapy sessions to help them relive and therefore overcome their fears. therapists use the same program to help keep soldiers on track, monitoring their progress. it's an emerming trend, where technology can help reduce post combat stress. >> it makes sense to leverage the capabilities of these devices to support their health care needs. >> you are getting to understand what went wrong -- and you don't have anything wrong. you are not the average person. >> r

. >> reporter: retired army staff sergeant brian sullivan is not alone in his battle with post- traumaticess disorder. veterans affairs estimates more than half of new veterans are seeking treatment for war related mental disorders. >> i was getting angry. it's outbursts with my wife and i was having difficulty sleeping. >> anxiety and sleep problems. >> reporter: he turned to pe coach a unique smart phone app designed by the defense department to help soldiers recover from ptsd. >> in this treatment they are asked to listen to the recording of them revisiting the memory of what's haunting them daily. as part of their homework. >> reporter: they listened to recordings of their therapy sessions to help them relive and therefore overcome their fears.therapists use the same program to help keep sold years on track by monitoring -- soldiers on track by monitoring progress. it's an emerging trend where technology can help reduce post combat stress. >> it makes sense to leverage the capabilities and destria's support health care needs. >> reporter: today, sullivan feels more confident controlli

retired army staff sergeant brian sullivan isn't alone in his battle with post traumatic stress disorderterans affairs estimates more than half of new veterans are seeking treatment far war related mental disorders. >> i was always getting angry, i had outbursts with my wife and i was having difficulty sleeping. so, sullivan turned to something called p.e. coach, a unique smart phone app developed by the defense department to help soldiers recover from ptsd. >> they're asked to listen to a recording of the memory of what's haunting them daily, as part of their homework. >> they listen to recordings of their own therapy sessions to help them relive and therefore, overcome their fears. therapists use the same program to help keep soldiers on track by monitoring their progress. progress. >> it's an emerging trend where technology can help reduce post combat stress. >> this makes sense to leverage the capability of these devices it support their health care needs. >> you're getting to understand what went wrong, and that you don't have anything wrong. it's just, you are not the average perso

brian sullivan takes you on the road to recovery and finds out which towns really have the right stuff." >>> indeed we are very much looking forward to brian's road trip and all the great guests he has lined up and the cool stuff as well. we've got it lined up for you on monday, tuesday, and wednesday of next week right here on "street signs." if you have some guesses on where brian might be, you can tweet us using the #recoveryroadtrip. >> all right. before we go, let's take a quick check on the markets. we are a bit higher on the day as you can see right there with the dow and the s&p eking into positive territory. airlines been quite strong this morning. perhaps fuel prices down a bit.

brian sullivan's my partner, joining me from the white house at the top of the hour.back to scott and the guys and "half half". >> thanks so much. we look forward to that at the top of the hour. >>> chief international correspondent michelle caruso-cabrera with brand new video in from the gaza strip. we've seen the reaction in the oil market related to this today. >> we saw a spike in oil on what happened. take a look at your screen right now and take a look at this incredible piece of video that's just come in from israeli defense forces. watch that car. inside that car is a military leader of hamas. ahmad al jabari, killed by israeli defense forces in what is a brand new operation by the idf being launched against the gaza strip at this point. he is believed -- they wanted to get him for a long time. he's believed to be the mastermind behind kidnapping of israeli shoulder back in 2005 held hostage until last year in what was finally released last year as part of a dramatic prisoner exchange. this is the second time they have tried to kill him. last time they missed.

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brian sullivan is following that story for us. >> yeah, bill. kiep kind of an interesting story.hink the stock would be selling off dramatically, but it's not. here's the news. we know cell service has been spotty for everybody, not just verizon. they said, listen, this is going to be a significant impact on the fourth quarter, both from the landline business and the cell phone business as well. we don't know how big. they didn't quantify significant. you look at the stock, it's only down a percent. in the same regulatory filing, they said they're going to save $500 million from new union deals they just made. so maybe the market balancing those two things out. >> all right. thank you so much. so should you buy verizon on this weakness or look at at&t? maybe both are bad bets right now. on the heels of that, we do "talking numbers." looking at the technicals with ennis tanner with riskreversal.com. on the fundamental side, david burkes. he joins us from louisville, kentucky. good to have you on the program. david, let me kick this off with you. who -- to what extent will this imp

. >>> now to brian sullivan for what's coming up on a very special edition of "street signs" today. hey, sue. it is going to be champagne wishes and caviar dreams on "street signs" today because our recovery road trip wraps up. we are in the number one city for the stock market over the past year. all ten stocks at our cnbc index were higher year over year. we have got a great guest lineup. we've got the mayor, some ceos, we've got a billionaire who owns a local football team. i can't give it away because you'd know where i am. we have the beluga, it is going to be a whale of a show. whale of a show. >> indeed, a whale of a show. have fun! we'll see you at 2:00 p.m. >>> ceos are meetsing with congressional leaders to discuss fixing our fiscal mess. they are expected to hold a news conference just moments from now as you look at that podium. we're looking at the power players in washington and asking their constituents whether or not they are rising above to help solve this fiscal cliff issue. jane wells is in los angeles focusing on house minority leader nancy pelosi's home state of

brian sullivan is here with what's coming up on "street signs." >>> sounds like my effort on the showay. 52% doing nothing. how's that any different than any other day? i'm kidding. >>> we're going to rise above the politics of the cliff. we are looking for solutions with the president of the business roundtable and chairman of the house republican policy committee. the dow has lost 29 days in 20 days of trading. but we have names that have bucked the down trend. >>> did the sandy gas lines get you thinking about buying a hybrid? well, we did the math. we're going to show you how long it would take to recoup the higher sticker price. answer is this -- a really long time. now back to simon and tyler on "power lunch." >> i still love my prius, brian. >>> cream filling inside sponge cake on the outside! the twinkie, an american passion. on the verge now of extinction and the company is pointing one very sticky finger at its union. kayla tausche on the case and inside the box. kayla? >> well, tyler, it is the end of the road for hostess. twinkie maker liquidating today shuddering 18,500 j

let's go over to brian sullivan as we continue to watch the market. he's watching shares of pitney bows. >> i'm watching it because it's the worst performer in the s&p 500. coming in with earnings that missed the street. sales less than expected. came in at 47. the street was looking for 48. revenue at $1.22 billion. guidance there affirming $1.25 to $2.15. the problem is the consensus is $20.03. they're left 8 cents of potential downside on current estimates of pitney bowes shares. i agree with you completely about the marathon. >> all right, brain, thanks very much. coming up, apple lovers waiting for hours to get their hands on the latest ipad mini. can the device help boost a flailing apple stock? we'll have some answers. >>> and gold has its worst day in nearly four months. we head to the pits to find out exactly what in the world is going on there. down 2% for gold. we're back in two. charlie rose: will you endorse president obama? colin powell: yes. when he took over we were in one of the... worst recessions we had seen in recent times... close

. >> john, it's brian sullivan. what have the last five days been like? >> they've been okay. i don't have a lot of freedom of movement. the food is not best. i have no television. i would like a television. >> and john, what is the end game here? you can't hide forever. what is your ultimate goal? how is this going to pan out? >> the ultimate goal is they will figure out who killed the man. it will have nothing do with me an they will leave me alone, or if enough international pressure is applied -- not for me but for simply the legal system here, again, if you've done any research at all on the web, you will discover that the constitution here in belize is basically being usurped. we are living in a near dictatorship where the legal system is subservient to the cabinet. the abuses of the gang suppression unit -- by the way, it is the gang suppression unit that invaded my property. that unit was created to deal with gangs. why are they raiding an american businessman? things do not operate here, sir, like they do in the states money. in the states i would be happy to turn mys

i am brian sullivan where the president just wrapped up his first news conference since re-election and his first in eight months. since that time there's been this little thing called the election and that big thing we are all facing called the fiscal cliff. >>> the markets are selling off for a number of reasons. let's see where the markets stand and welcome back michelle caruso-cabrera. >> brian, take a look at the markets. intrasession here, the dow hit its lows of the session during president obama while he was speaking, lower by 107 points. 12,648. the dow down 1,000 points from the year's high. nasdaq dipping into correction territory right now, lower by 17 points. down 10% from its highs of 2012. retailers, prominent among today's movers, abercrombie & fitch soaring after a blow-out quarter. 30% gain after raising its earnings estimate for the year. staples also rising in a down market, a gain of nearly 3%. also better than expected earnings. checking gold, up about $3 on the fed minutes. we're going to check in with steve leisman in a second about those. >>> but first, bob pisa

brian sullivan has the answer. >>> thank you very much. >>> coming up on "street signs" -- john olympic by phone a couple of weeks ago on the run in belize. robert frank getting him back on the phone. they will -- he will join us, maybe they, he apparently is on the run with somebody else now, too. by phone at 2:00 eastern time. >>> plus, "the new york times" headline says people are paying less in taxes than they were in 1980. it is half right. we'll dig into both sides of the story with the author. >>> and should detroit be dissolved, just completely rolled into the county or even the state. one state senator says yeah. is he our guest. big "street signs" coming up in a few minutes. >> couple of very interesting stories there, brian. >>> let's go to eamon javers with some new developments on the fiscal cliff. >> well, the "wall street journal's" just released some new details here from mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader. they say mcconnell is floating a couple of new ideas here on the fiscal cliff. let me read those to you from the "wall street journal." they're saying that

. >> i want to go to democracy plaza in new york city because brian sullivan is there. he's going to tell us also the results in the senate. over to you, brian. >> yeah, thank you very much, maria. listen, i mean, right now there's certainly going to be talk tomorrow for everything you're hitting on. the unemployment rate is still too high. will we get a deal on the fiscal cliff? i can bring you color from here. not the blue and red on the map, i'm talking about the crowd. when those results you announced at the top of 11:00 came out, an audible cheer, chants of "four more years," people hugging over here, cars honking over here. i can't speak for the rest of the country, maybe with the exception of chicago. there's a lot of jubilation right here in democracy plaza. you can tell this yehere arounds a very pro-obama crowd. i think you bring up a great point. when we wake up tomorrow morning, we're still in for a mess of fiscal cliff trouble and we're still pretty much back to where we were and i want to put it back to you guys in the studio. when we look back on this elec

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i'm melissa lee along with brian sullivan a sulliv sullivan. how we're up for this abbreviated session. this is historical tendency in terms of the period between thanksgiving and december 3rd. most of the time we are higher in the markets and we're seeing that play out so far in future. look at the picture in europe. a surprise increase in german business confidence there really helping to push the indices higher across the board with the exception of spain which is down by .2 of 1%. it is the most wonderful time of the year for the retailers. millions of shoppers are hitting the malls this black friday looking for door buster deals. a number of stores including walmart, target and toys "r" us upping the ante with thanksgiving night openings. 147 million people will hit the malls and stores friday through saturday slightly below last year's levels. unbelievable number of people who started lining up so early. i mean, a week ago. >> those people we saw at best buy with the tents. we assume they got whatever they were after. i certainly do. i ce

brian sullivan at the white house for us. for more on the discussions, we want to get perspective from both sides of the aisle. ed rendell, former democratic governor of pennsylvania and lanhee chen, former economic adviser to mitt romney. governor, is the president pressing his luck or is this what you do when you win an election? >> it's what you do when you win an election. in the long-term it's really needed. if we're going to do four or five trillion dollars of a debt deal, you have to have that level of revenue. i think we can have it. the meeting with the ceos is very important. as you know, judd gregg and i are co-chairs of the campaign to fix the debt. business has responded big-time. they've given over $35 million for a public relations campaign and business has to take the message to the republicans in congress that we're serious about this. this has to happen. it has to happen with significant revenue and that revenue not only comes from raising rates on the top 2%, but it comes from getting rid of a lot of loopho

brian sullivan is at nbc's democracy plaza. we need to be watching.t has 13 electoral votes and the polls close in about 90 minutes along with south carolina, georgia and kentucky. so what is the latest on the ground? >> reporter: it's absolutely right. what we are seeing is still long lines. the polls close in 90 minutes. they are starting to handout hot chocolate as the temperature starts to dips and says everyone in line will get to vote. we have heard of long lines throughout the morning. the state board of elections held a press conference hearing complaints of long lines in northern virginia. they say they have heard of complaints of too few voting machines. they say these are all minor and anyone in line will get to vote. of course, this state is divided by north and south. president obama, the first democrat to win virginia in over 40 years and he depended largely on northern virginia which has become more diverse, more urban than it has been. there was a huge housing boom here. condos and houses that brought a lot of d.c. and its population i

business before the bell and brian sullivan. what's wall street's take on election day? pricing in one win over another but solids are higher. they all look like a higher day today. in fact, we're starting to see stocks, i think, maybe with more clarity if you talk to most wall streeters they will tell you publicly and privately they do believe that president obama will be re-elected and we are looking at higher futures, a higher market the last couple of days. we'll see what happens. >> the stock surging. it's called the biden rally. joe biden announcing he will run four years from now. >> that's the news of the morning. >> that is the news of the morning. >> thanks to mark halperin. all right, brian, anything else? >> reporter: yeah. listen, guys, here is the thing. if you talk to most people as well the biggest day may be a week from today, because the election is huge but congress back in session one week from today and everybody says, listen, the fiscal cliff has to be resolved. i hate to harp on this thing. the it's a big thing. they have to figure this out and tha

. >> brian sullivan at headquarters.ews in the online travel site. >> reporter: everybody was calling for a disaster in europe, maybe from price line and trip adviser. that is not the case. both these names are soaring. expedia up and the price line earnings soared, up 27%. not nearly the amount in europe some had feared. trip adviser's earnings rose 9.3%. they had broad based revenue broet. maybe a little bright side. especially in europe. people probably thought no one would travel to europe again and every hotel would go out of business. maybe people are taking advantage to spend a little money. >>> we have an exclusive with the trip adviser coming up later in the show. apple's ipad mini is met with much smaller lines than usual and not just in the northeast. the details up next. and hurricane sandy's wrath leaving much of lower manhattan in ruins and certainly in the dark as people are still trying to assess the damage done. up next we'll talk to the president and ceo of silverstein properties, the developer behind t

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and brian sullivan drove past it yesterday and said the line was at least 200 cars deep. similar scenes like there are being played out all over new jersey as well as long island. residents driving across state lines to find gas, others expressing increasing frustration with the situation. >> impossible. can't get it. and we have no lights on, so i have to get a gas can for a generator. >> it's a game. we have so much gas right down the street in elizabeth. no reason we can't have gas. >> reporter: but there is a reason. yesterday just from personal experience, i drove around morris town for two hours before i found gasoline. most only selling diesel at this point. the reasons for the lines are different this time. and here's why. first of all, there is no power at the retail outlets. a number just can't open. second of all, at some of the retail outlets, there may not be supply because they've already pulled out. but most importantly, there have been pow and flooding issues at the terminals in new jersey and long island. the gasoline then delivered to those retail outlet

our brian sullivan is kicking off his recovery road trip today.ng with small business owners about how they're preparing for the cliff. take a look. >>> all right. thanks, everybody. listen, i can't say where i am, that's going to be the big reveal. we are here part of our road trip speaking about the economy, the fiscal cliff. now that the election is over, we're here with mark. we're going to give all your information later, but if i say your name and company, people are going to know where we are. we're not going to give that. you run a marketing company and a branding firm. how has your business gone now that the election is over and as we head toward the fiscal cliff? >> well, our business has been robust and continues to be robust. so far, it hasn't been impacted at all. we're actually looking forward to a pretty good 2013. >> are your clients saying, hey, mark, i want to give you more business, but i'm worried about this fiscal cliff thing. i'm worried about taxes, worried about the economy. are you hearing that at all? >> well, we haven't

i am sure brian, who knows what a liberal looks like, knows that president obama is not a liberal president. there are people like andrew sullivan, who is a conservative who says that barack obama is really a conservative. the republicans are radical and obama is really a conservative in terms of the things he advocates for. i would say there is a conflict that is probably going to be exacerbated. there will be a lot of tension between two things -- one is that the biggest influence of the tea party, their supporters, has come from defeating republican incumbents in republican primaries. for example, this year, richard lugar was defeated by instead a person was nominated who was a -- who defeated lugar and was a tea party person who said his idea of compromise was the democrats coming over to his point of view. in missouri, i have to limit that claire mccaskill is a very clever politician. she did spend $2 million of her own money to get todd akin the republican nomination. if the republicans -- what used to be called the republican establishment was more on their toes it would have done a lot more to make sure he did not get --

brian knows this. there are people like andrew sullivan who are identified conservatives who say that barack obama is really conservative. and that is really a conservative in terms of the things he advocates more. i would say that there is a concept that is probably going to be exacerbated. a lot of tension will be built between two things. the first is that the biggest influence of the tea party and their supporters has come from defeating republican incumbent in republican primaries. for example, this year, richard lugar was defeated by murdoch and the state of indiana. if he had been renominated by the republicans, that race would have totally disappeared. no one would talk about it. there would be no news stories about it. it would be nothing. it would be disappeared. instead, the person was nominated who defeated richard lugar and was a tea party person who said that his idea of compromise was the democrats coming over to his point of view. now, in missouri, i have to admit that clair mccaskill is a very clever politician and she did spend $2 million of her own money to get todd akin -- the republican

i am sure brian, who knows what a liberal looks like, knows that president obama is not a liberal president. there are people like andrew sullivan who is a -- conservative who says that barack obama is really a conservative. the republicans are radical and obama is really a conservative in terms of the things he advocates for. i would say there is a conflict that is probably going to be exacerbated. there will be a lot of tension between two and things -- one is that the biggest influence of the tea party, their supporters, has come from defeating republican incumbents in republican primaries. for example, this year, richard lugar was defeated by mourdock in indiana. if richard lugar had been nominated by the republicans that race would have totally disappeared. no one would talk about it. no news stories about it. nothing. it would totally disappear. instead a person was nominated who was a -- who defeated lugar and was a tea party person who said his idea of compromise was the democrats coming over to his point of view. in missouri, i have to limit that claire mccaskill is a very clever politician. she did spend $2 million of

brian knows what the president looks like feels the same way. there are people like andrew there are people like andrew sullivan who is a