let's bring in from washington, d.c., chris kofinis.ming on. >> thanks, david. >> this citizenship stuff is not idle chatter in the gop. what does it say about the intellectual integrity or the lack thereof in the gop when so many republicans believe this canard. >> it suggests that there are a lot of republicans out there with some disturbing beliefs and too many have gotten in the car and driving fast to crazytown. what's interesting about these conspiracy theorys, there are conspiracy theorys out there that say we never landed on the moon. there are conspiracy theorys out there that say elvis is still alive. there are conspiracy theorys, and this is my personal favorite, that the royal family are also reptillian. animals from the planet draco. that may be true, i don't know. but the notion here is that you have republicans basically falling into these kind of crazy conspiracy theorys. i just didn't know that so many conspiracy theorys apparently registered republican. but here's where it gets a little bit more disturbing for me. ther

here to face-off chris kofinis and republican strategist ben. chris told our write tors prs to put gladiator. but we'll deal with that later. we were talking earlier with governor kaine about this effort to have a bipartisanship spirit. we're hearing some in the white house say they may do health care without the republicans coming on board. chris, let's start with the bipartisanship grade that you gave. >> i'd give the president and the administration is b plus/a minus. i think on some of the most significant issues we faced in the first six months, you're talking about an administration that walked into a series of unprecedented crises. they have tried to involve republicans on the stimulus. they have tried to involve republicans on health care. fortunately, what you have seen is a consistent pattern from the republicans and the republican party not to offer a single new idea that doesn't start with the word "no," and that is i think part of the problem with bipartisanship. if there's one thing i think you have to say or maybe you can argue is

chris kofinis is a democratic strategist and chip saltsman, a republican strategist. >> from where iit, she's a quitter. if she's ever running for office, i'm not letting go of that, she let down her people, no matter how you slice it. >> those ads are already being cut, they're already working on voice overs. sarah palin does excite a big part of this country. she's a great communicator. she's got a great future, but she really does have to figure out how she's going to get over that quitting status. if you want to stand up for things, you stay and fight even during the harders time. anybody can do it when it's easy. >> i want to follow up on that, chris, i know you want to get in. he's our reining champion in face-off, so watch out, chip. >> i know he's a tough one. >> we talk about her future in these broad terms. tighten it up for me. what do you think her future is ? >> she's going to write a book and get a lot of money, give spechs and g speeches get a lot of money. my opinion is she's running for president. that speech was the first campaign speech of the 2012 primary. it was

chris kofinis joins me now.now, you have dennis blair, the director of the national intelligence office saying the cia didn't break any laws, that it was in the planning and sometimes it was off, then back in. what kind of game here are these democrats playing? >> well, i'm not sure it's a game. it's a question of trying to find out the truth. i think dennis blair has his perspective and congress has theirs. there are some really troubling questions that have been raised about this. there's probably nothing more corrosive to our government than if you have an agency and electelect ed officialed deciding not to inform congress. whether there's illegalalties or not, i don't know. >> but according to "the washington post," this is not an operational program. is the cia, do you think, supposed to go to congress when they're sitting around a table going, we really want to get osama bin laden and the top leaders from al-qaeda. how? we can form a hit squad ofand g after them. >> this is not an issue about getting tough

communications direcector for t edwards prpresidenal campaign and pbablyhe reieiing championon, chri kofinisviser to george w. . bush. you u have to geget your glos o because chriss fights dirty. >> okay. >> w wre we go -- >> that's hi chchoice. >> rurush limbaugh, he had something to say abobout g gernr palin just a ahort time ago. hereres what he said. >> okay. >> i d't think this precludes her running for oice down t road, theresidency in 2012 at all. i think theseeeople saying thatt she's s an instant targrg becau she quit is just -- that's just inside theeltway formaic, and she's not that. all inow is that she's going to continue to fe up people in th conservative republblan base as oft as she speaks t to them. >> so, leslsle,ush also said he was perprpxed b her dision. whats your take on wh happeneded here? >> i nd agreeith rush. you know, sandwichch beeen chris anand rushs really just a great day. i wiwill tell u this,n the long term we donon know if s will movove from a lilitning d to a alightning force in the republican party.. she hasas trememendousumber of sitive you can't didisco

chris kofinis is a democratic strategist and brad blakeman is a republican strategist.find out he spent taxpayer money on first-class travel. should he resign now? >> he should have resigned weeks ago. this guy is not going anywhere unless and until there's an investigation either by the u.s. attorney or the attorney general of his state to get this guy to leave. absent that, this guy is going to be there unless, of course, the legislature in his state wants to act upon the things that they are accusing him of, but, yes, he should go. >> chris, how bad is this not only for sanford but the republicans the long they're sanford is still there? >> well, it's pretty bad because it keeps a really negative story line going in the news. it's the hypocrisy that hurts obviously governor sanford but then spills over and hurts the republican party. in terms of south carolina, you're talking about a democratic candidates running for governor that now are going to have a real shot of picking up a state where up until let's say a few months ago people would have thought would have bee

. >> chris kofinis, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> sarah palin could soon be on her way to -- it is her final two days in office as governor unless she gets mavericky and decides to keep her current day job at the last minute. coming up, rachel will look at why the secretive group the family was paying for overseas travel for the senator. and the grandmother in chief, marion robinson's transition from a grandmother on the south side of chicago to living in the white house. details ahead on "countdown." access to favorite courses chef's meal with pommes frites perhaps a night at the theater with extra special seats additional hotel night, our treat your world in perfect harmony: priceless look for world on your mastercard to get rewards and offers that matter to you. in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. population 49 million. 145,000 teenagers are typing a text message at 70 words a minute. average speed of their parents: 8. right now, 90 high schoolers are shopping for new kicks on zappos.com. - none of them