kind of the fascinating land of bush kerry. the first settlements were founded here thousands of years ago. this is a land of ancient mountains and pristine forests the mountains here are very old and they are popularly known as the gray headed urals. russia's best honeys produced here. this is what we've got for today. and they use meds milk to make a strong beverage. three glasses of commerce a day keep the doctor away. and at the same time enjoy it but it's only a view of the landscape. that i saw how he started falling down the street into the grand. a cherished blend at the foothills of ancient mountains. besh is a republican central russia itself is often acclaimed as one of russia's most spectacular natural features as. the plane gradually blends with the. southern europe is where europe in asia meet the landscape seems to absorb the best of what nature has to offer on both continents but this place is surrounded by three nature reserves and three mountain ranges. move the front. a little bit higher. pull this bit back.

they may run a version of the bush-kerry campaign.calls and this guy is a flip-flopper. on cain, it's the kun undrum of an outsider candidate. somebody outside the system is really trablgt iattractive. the thing that makes them attractive, ultimately weighs them down. people want some of this confidence in the biggest job in the world. >> big week coming up in politics and on the deficit. you guys will be with me all week. thanks very much. >> thank you, wolf. >> and that half million dollar federal tloon a solar energy firm that went belly up. the energy secretary gets a grilling on capitol hill this week that is making no apology. last throw, prince. and last chance at medicare open enrollment, too. what do you mean? it ends december 7th. if you haven't reviewed your medicare plan choices yet, well, it's getting late. medicare gives you free cancer screenings and wellness visits, and 50% off brand name prescription drugs when you're in the donut hole... it's all part of the health care law. december 7th? i better get goin'! [ male a

important thing right now is for them to get out and encouraging them to vote for my dad and john kerry. >> bushspent time on the road. >> my dad is leading america with the same values. strength and compassion and integrity. >> if you have an idea of how america should look. today and tomorrow. you have to get out and vote on november second. >> sometimes that election road is bumpy for the kids. >> in the 2000 presidential election. too harsh by critics. >> and she was a decade of joanne colins' dynasty. and did the widening gap. >> and remember ron reagan who refused to campaign and instead taking the stage at saturday night. >> how many people here think i was hosting the show because my father is the president of the u.s.? [cheers and applause] >> and those occasionally stumbles. they are all right. ♪ i am america. ♪ we are unite to stand. >> when rick perry's brain freeze and herman cain sexual harassment epidemic many republicans are frustrated in the search for a candidate who is not mitt romney consider jon huntsman. he is best known as the father of my next guest. his three eldest daug

bush made in 2004 against democrat john kerry.12, democrats want to say, look, you may not agree with all the decisions president obama made, but he stood in there on the battlefield and in crisis time for the country and made tough calls one after the other. and stands by them where as his other guy, mitt romney, he's someone who puts a finger up to the wind and can't trust him to make the tough calls when times are tough. that's the case that president bush made against john kerry, remember the famous windsurfer ad where they showed kerry seemingly arguing he was flip-flopping back and forth on issues. i think it is a very similar case to one the democrats are going to make against mitt romney if he wins the nomination in 2012. >> okay, three surveys out this week showing president obama, a substantial lead over republican front-runner mitt romney in several of the so-called blue wall states. they voted democrat in the past five presidential elections. what is your take on that and what does romney have to do to change that? >>

for this mission to succeed the hopes are it will turn towards being the impossible into reality kerry or bush r.t. moscow or as euro that's claim another prime minister already has crossed out discusses currency on the critical list that's after we've had a business up there with korea. has twenty four minutes past eleven here in moscow thanks for western europe's getting its first russian gas fired or newly built a wrecked north stream pipeline bushell wasn't ready supplies. this new route should bring cheaper gas for homes and businesses in the european union for the first time there are no transit fees to be paid to countries like ukraine and belarus it also eliminates the threats of supply cuts which we've seen in recent years actually leaving so many e.u. states out in the cold now this is an e.u. word project there are german shareholders also french as part of this goes from the project and it will guarantee supply to citizens of those countries for the next fifty years or so even through this year's euro to crosses did more for gas in europe has gone up you know this was the point whe

in 2004, new hampshire was the only state that went from george bush to john kerry in 2004.s made a bunch of gains including an open senate seat. this is going to be a swing state, particularly if the massachusetts neighbor was the nominee. >> thank you very much. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." rachel maddow is here and follow the show online and on twitter @mitchell reports. >> we are following breaking news. occupy protesters in california are about to hold their first major rally since this now infamous video was made public of campus police at uc davis pepper spraying peaceful protesters at close range. i will be joined by annex pert to give her analysis of this video and what she thinks should happen next in the investigation of the campus police. plus, failure was always apparently an option. the super committee appears to be mere mortals with the great divide in congress. our "news nation" gut check. is this the worst congress ever? i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped fo

we had a lot of problems in 2004 in the george bush versus john kerry race.process from several different angles. >> it seems this law that's now in effect is all about discouraging people to vote, which obviously can become habit forming and the next thing you know, we have 2012 and it's their effort to suppress the vote and just, you know, purchase as many people as you can getting to the polls on the republican side. out-advertise big time, get your base out there and beat those that may be the novice news people out there that really normally don't get too motivated. if you shut down the early voting forum, what does that do for 2012 and the presidential? >> well, this is a very big deal because remember, this is a republican secretary of state and here we have what looks an awfully lot like a coordinated attempt to deny people access to the polls. if they get away with it this fall, you can presume that they will do so again next year. and remember that republican tie groups, supposedly independent groups, like americans for prosperity, have been on the

bush and john kerry, they had a consistency in their careers and you could expect them to go to the mat obama, even the left didn't like what he did all the time on health care, but in the white house, people keep telling him, back off, back off. he said i'm going to push ahead, even if this wrecks my presidency. let's take a look at that. >> here's the latest huntsman campaign web ad, showing how romney has flipped on issues. >> here illegally should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship. >> we can't talk about amnesty, we cannot give amnesty to those who have come here illegally. >> i don't think i ever hired an illegal in my life. we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn and they had illegal immigrants that were working there. >> i believe that since roe v. wade has been the law for 20 years, that we should sustain and support it. >> i'm in favor of having the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. >> wow, a lot of 180s along that road. yesterday romney tried to defend himself against the charges of flip-flopping to the seacoast media editorial board. let's listen. >>

it's very hard to look at the john kerry campaign in 2004 and think the democrats have a lot of money, they could do to mitt romney what george bushgingrich said this the other night, he's changed his position on the individual mandate on health care, he says i was wrong, or i've changed my mind. i don't know any adult who over 20, 30 years hasn't changed their mind on one, two, three, four things as you learn more information, circumstances change. is that something that governor romney needs to communicate better on the issues where some of them he's changed a lot, some he's changed a little, say, yes, of course. >> the reason these two gentlemen are on top we're seeing the republican base at least want someone who is articulate and able to take on president obama and win in a debate. he needs to use his words more wisely. i think speaker gingrich -- former speaker gingrich is more sp sper persuasive when he talks. he has not had the same scrutiny on the flip-flops and those who watch this are well aware of them. >> john, i would say, to some degree with mitt romney it's not the flip, it's the flop. he's gone from one position b

our touch screen, that's why we call it touch, historical, historical matchup between george bush and john kerry back in 2004. and the map red is republican, blue is democrat. george bush not much of a problem, and it has not been a problem for republicans going back to the early 1960s. he beat john kerry by a count of 54-46 back in 2004. now, in 2008 as the map changes you see what happened in virginia that year when barack obama for the first time since 1964 a democrat won the state of virginia, counted 53-46 over john mccain. watch the battle in virginia as we look at bellwethers right now for what happens in our upcoming election in 363 days from now? give or take a few. here's martha. martha: we wanted to talk about this horrifying child sex abuse allegations that are rocking penn state and really that whole community this morning, and the rest of the country is watching closely as well. new reports today that the university is planning for legendary football coach joe paterno's exit. last night hundreds of people rallied outside of paterno's house. watch this. >> joe paterno! joe paterno!

>> join me in welcoming the man who is going to take back the white house from george bush -- [applause] john kerry>> 2004, senator john kerry won the primary by a couple of touchdowns. >> i love new hampshire. [cheers and applause] >> then, again, that was how it was supposed to be, even from the early days of his campaign. >> your courage, your courage can make sure that we do what's right for our country. >> he started out in that campaign as the front runner. everybody thought he was the person to beat. >> he department give up. >> he really seemed like the dominant candidate and the front runner to a lot of people, and he came even out of new hampshire a lot, and campaigned all over the place. >> going and before and after things in the 24 hour fitness gym? >> the funny thing happened on the way to the win, a deep democratic field including the likes of weley clark, and others, and all valued his support, while folks were still not real sure about this senator from massachusetts. >> people always like this, you know, he's got money, he's kind of swift. >> i'm not sure how one's status is and h

>> join me in welcoming the man who is going to take back the white house from george bush -- [applause] john kerry>> 2004, senator john kerry won the primary by a couple of touchdowns. >> i love new hampshire. [cheers and applause] >> then, again, that was how it was supposed to be, even from the early days of his campaign. >> your courage, your courage can make sure that we do what's right for our country. >> he started out in that campaign as the front runner. everybody thought he was the person to beat. >> he department give up. >> he really seemed like the dominant candidate and the front runner to a lot of people, and he came even out of new hampshire a lot, and campaigned all over the place. >> going and before and after things in the 24 hour fitness gym? >> the funny thing happened on the way to the win, a deep democratic field including the likes of weley clark, and others, and all valued his support, while folks were still not real sure about this senator from massachusetts. >> people always like this, you know, he's got money, he's kind of swift. >> i'm not sure how one's status is and h

do you remember when john kerry and george w. bush showed up on davenport? 3 banks are held up on the other side of town? my point is they know it'll be that type of election. it will come down to what happens in places like scott county. republicans are united. president obama will take that avenue protest off to harvard yard. we're going to have a new republican president perrin it is with that resolved that we gathered tonight at the ronald reagan dinner to celebrate the man knew laughed at are you better off today than you were four years ago? here in scott county, you're probably aware of this. we consider ronald reagan one of our town. he was born across the river in and illinois. this is the time we had in california. these of the values we pride. he understood what america was really all about. it is with great pride and humility that we hear on the hundredth anniversary of the birthday of ronald reagan gather. >> he worked as an actor. >> a spokesman is ronald reagan. >> good evening. february 6, 2011 marks the day president reagan would have turned

>> join me in welcoming the man who is going to take back the white house from george bush -- [applause] john kerry>> 2004, senator john kerry won the primary by a couple of touchdowns. >> i love new hampshire. [cheers and applause] >> then, again, that was how it was supposed to be, even from the early days of his campaig >> your courage, your courage can make sure that we do what's right for our country. >> he started out in that campaign as the front runner. everybody thought he was the person to beat. >> he department give up. >> he really seemed like the dominant candidate and the front runner to a lot of people, and he came even out of new hampshire a lot, and campaigned all over the place. >> going and before and after things in the 24 hour fitness gym? >> the funny thing happened on the way to the win, a deep democratic field including the likes of weley clark, and others, and all valued his support, while folks were still not real sure about this senator from massachusetts. >> people always like this, you know, he's got money, he's kind of swift. >> i'm not sure how one's status is and how

republicans on the supercommittee were pushing to make the bush era tax cuts permanent for everyone, while democrats like massachusetts senator, john kerrynted to let the tax cuts expire next year. >> this is not a tax cutting committee, this is a deaf deficit reduction committee. we don't believe wealthiest americans need a tax cut. >> the partisan gridlock gripping washington. congress clashed over raising the debt limit. a downgrade of u.s. debt by standard. >> this process has become a joke. it is a disgrace. >> senate leaders gave the super committee unprecedented powers and packed it with senators and congressmen who know how to make a deal. in an attempt to cut a modest $1.2 trillion from the nation's $15 trillion debt. budget expert says both sides made some sacrifices, but couldn't meet halfway. >> members of the supercommittee put good ideas out there. they pushed themselves out of their comfort zone in order to come up with a deal and the fact they couldn't make it across the finish line is just sad. it's just a sad moment where they could have done something great and they fell short. >> the failure of the supercommittee trig

senator kerry telling "fox and friends" the only thing holding back from a deal was the idea of not extending the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. for the democratic view here is senator john kerry. >> facts are facts. this is not finger pointing. this i saying we are stuck because we do not believe that the wealthiest people in america ought to get a huge tax cut when we are suppose to be doing deficit reduction. >> reporter: we expect some small group meetings today but nobody is particularly optimistic at this point, just waiting to pull the plug on the super committee after the markets close today. martha: a lot of people were wary about this idea when it first came into being. mike were thank you very much. bill: if you remember when all this started there were high homes for the super committee. the co-chair jim hensarling said congress would be judged by how they deal with this issue. >> history will write we wrote the first chapter of america's decline but we kept faith with the founding fathers and left the next generation with liberty and limitless opportunities. the choice is our

bush's rating. his rating rose a little bit while he was taking john kerry out in just such a fashion.ou get a little bit of reflected approval rating bump from seeing your opponent -- by mashing your opponent and making him unacceptable. but it's hard to do that starting at 43. that's the difference. you can move those numbers if you're at 47%, 48%, creep over 50%, hard to get from 43% to 51%. >> that's what i'm worried about. that's something we'll talk about later in the though which is the third party. it seems obama can beat the heck over whoever's the nominee, but he's not making himself likable. >> whatever obama does, if he wins a year from now, it will be historic just on the basis of the numbers we see. he's going to have to use that frying pan again and again and turn this election into what the consultants call a choice election where it's me and the other guy. usually elections are referendums. particularly on incumbents. people decide they want to keep the guy there -- >> but there's another choice beyond that, looking for a third alternative. free will and free choice, s

republicans on the supercommittee were pushing to make the bush-era tax cuts uermanent for everyone, while democrats like massachusetts senator john kerry wanted to let ee tax cuts for top earners expire next year. nothis is not a tax cutting committee. this is a deficit reduction committee. and we do not believe that the wealthiest people in america should get another tax cut. ommitporter: the supercommittee was seen as the best chance to break through the partisan break gridlock grip in washington. it was created after congress resshed over raising the debt t mit this summer-- a standoff that triggered a downgrade of u.s. debt by standard & poor's. >> this process has become a joke. it is a disgrace. >> reporter: senate leaders gave ree supercommittee unprecedented powers and packed it with senators and congressmen who know how to make a deal. in an attempt to cut a modest $1.2 trillion from the nation's $15 trillion debt. budget expert maya macguineas said both sides made some sacrifices but couldn't meet halfway. >> members of the supercommittee put good ideas out there, they pushed themselves out of their tmfort zone in order to co

when george bush faced off against john kerry that year.a state that kerry won by three points despite losing the presidency. in 2008, however, this really wasn't much of a battle between obama and mccain. you know, obama swept that state by 11 points, 55 to 44. you know that all too well, barbara. >> well, you can't -- bill: go ahead. >> as a democrat, you can't win the presidency without pennsylvania, so this is obviously -- bill: but you could make that case about ohio and florida also. >> well, sure. but pennsylvania is something they need to have in their column if, to put together a winning strategy. virginia's also one of those states, ohio. but when you're tied in pennsylvania at this point, i think that shows that the economic focus that -- really across the country people want our president to be focused on the economy, and this president just hasn't been. and that's what governor romney is trying to get out there so strongly. bill: i gotcha. to be clear, though, your point was about democrats winning pennsylvania, not necessarily

bush's rating rose a little bit while he was taking john kerry out in just such a fashion. a little bit of reflected approval rating bump from seeing your opponent -- by mashing your opponent and making him unacceptable. it's hard to do that starting at 43%. that's the difference. you can move those numbers if you're at 47%, 48%, creep over 50%, hard to get from 43% to 51%. >> that's something we'll talk about later in the show, the third party. it seems obama can beat the heck over whoever's the nominee, but he's not making himself likable. >> whatever obama does a year from now, it will be historic just based on the numbers we've seen. he's going to have to use that frying pan again and again and turn this election into what the consultants call a choice election where it's me and the other guy. usually elections are referendums. people decide they want to keep the guy there -- >> but there's another choice beyond that, looking for a third alternative. free will and free choice, someone in a philosophy choice described to me, free choice is limited in the options. that's

. >> president george bush's approval rating rose a little bit while he was taking john kerry out inuch a fashion. you get a reflective approval bump by mashing your opponent and making him unacceptable. it's hard to do that starting at 43. you can move those number if you're at 47, 48, you can creep over 50. hard to get from 43 to 51. >> that opens up something we'll talk about later in the show, which is the third party. obama is still not making himself likable. >> whatever obama does, if he win as year from now, it will be historic. he's going to have to use that frying pan again and again and turn the election into what consultants call a choice election, which is it's me or the other guy. people decide they want to keep the guy there who has been there -- >> there's another choice beyond that, not voting and looking for a third alternative. free will and free choice, you're limited in your options. that's why i like free will regarding abortion. there are other things you can think about doing besides having sex, if you can. how about free will? free will? >> obama has to worry

john kerry probably had more foreign policy expertise than -- than george w. bush. george h.w. bush probably with more foreign policy expertise than bill clinton. i'm not sure that matters all that much to the american voter anymore so, you know, would he have -- could he have gotten raked over the coals, another time, another week? possibly, but i'm not really sure it makes a difference in his campaign. >> paul singer, paul, thank you. >> my pleasure. see you again. >> herman cain still atop the gop field. new numbers from quinnipiac have him at 30% with mitt romney in second and everyone else vying for think. meanwhile, that same poll, in that same poll, the president's approval rating is up six points and his disapproval rating is now below 50%. joining me now peter brown, assistant director of the quinnipiac university polling institute. peter, you conducted this poll. we should note before most folks had heard about the allegations of sexual harassment, but you also say that there were some warning signs about mr. cain's political experience that could make it difficult fo

the second point which senator kerry alluded to is that on the two issues congress needs to address to really address the deficit question, the tax rates, particularly the bush tax cuts that are a point of contention and medicare, there was never any real give by either side despite the finger pointing, they blaming one or the other, democrats did put a certain amount of medicare cuts on the table, but never got to the red meat of the problem. so the idea that they failed is not surprising, but it is terribly bad policy for what is going to happen next, which if they don't solve it before january, 2012, we will have an automatic cut of $1.2 trillion. >> we have had several of these moments before, people have said the economy could crater if there is not a deal. in this case there wasn't a sense of urgency, is that the way you see it? >> that is right. it did demonstrate the disfunction of washington on this big long-term issue. but the reason, though the markets reacted negatively and they didn't expect anything to happen here. the other thing that is going on here, for every embarrassment, every gridlock here in washington, the europeans have six of them a

members of the gang of twelve senator john kerry said this today about the role grover norquist played the negotiations unfortunately you know this being about the bush tax cuts and the pledge to grover norquist keeps coming up grover norquist been the thirteenth member of this committee without being there i can't tell you how many times we hear about the pledge the pledge were all of us took a pledge hold the constitution into full and faithfully and well execute our duties that i think that requires us to try to reach an agreement so we had to compromise today senator kerry met in his office with several members of the supercommittee not including grover norquist and all in a last ditch effort to strike a deal but that failed to any automatic trigger a one point two trillion in both social welfare and defense programs could be poll and earlier this evening president obama didn't hesitate to make a very clear who holds responsibility for the subcommittees failure to reach a compromise. there are still too many republicans in congress who have refused to listen to the voices of reason and compromise that are coming from outside of washington they co

kerry. >> heilemann: .and, and you remember. i mean james carville at the time said that if george w. bush win under the circumstances that he looked like he was heading into reelection with, it would be the, the, the political miracle of the centuryy >> smith: right. >> heilemann: they did that, and it was, people forget, it was in fact, in some waas a miracle. and. >> smith: and it was a very close election. >> heilemann: it was. >> smith: if 60,000 people in ohio went the otter way, john kerry was president. >> heilemann: would be ú&esident, right. >> smith: very close, very close election. >> heilemann: so let's not, you know, minimize how hard it is to turn a, a race in which there is an incumbent into a choice instead of it being a referendum. >> smith: yeah. >> heilemann: that's what the obama campaign will do and its major advantage in this is that, a, they are very skilled campaigners and, b, the president's going to have more money than god. >> smith: and, c, he will run against not a generic ccndidate named not obama. >> heilemann: yes. >> smith: .he's going to run against a spe