i'm christine o'donnell and i approve this message. i'm you. >> you know, if you're me, republican senate candidate christine o'donnell, if you're me, i have some questions for me but which i mean you. should there be a federal minimum wage? why do you think privatizing the v.a. is a good idea? you said last week jim demint is the senator you most admire. the day after that senator demint said, again, gay people should not be allowed to be schoolteachers in america. do you agree with him on that? senator demint also said a pregnant, single woman should not be allowed to teach school in america. do you agree with him on that? how about a man who has had sex outside of marriage? could he teach school? how will you check on that? do you have a virginity it test in mind? one for men specifically. i came to delaware with a whole sheet of questions i would like to ask the republican senate candidate here. i did get an interview with the democratic senate candidate chris coons. that was fascinating. i'll have that for you in just a moment. in

christine o'donnell storms in.pearances on "the bill maher show" back in the 1990s. >> it's interesting, they don't really know who chris coons is either, you know. while he's been in the office as a county executive, he hasn't had a high profile. he really hasn't been out there. this kind of volumable woman who has been the leader of a tea party in this state getting advice from sarah palin. and you have chris coons who gets advice from joe biden on how to handle christine o'donnell because he dealt with sarah palin. delaware has become a very interesting state this time. >> and you brought up the parallels between palin and christine o'donnell. last night, unfortunately, some were reminded of a gaffe. let's play. >> what opinions of late that have come from our high court, do you most object to? >> oh, gosh. give me a specific one, i'm sorry. >> actual list, i can't because i need you to tell me which ones you object to. >> umm, i'm very sorry right off the top of my head. i know that there are a lot, but i'll pu

>> i don't know what information christine o'donnell has. i think there's a very legitimate concern about the extent to which china controls our debt and the impact that's going to have on our economy. >> that's -- >> and the fact that china -- >> you know that's not the question. the question is her making a statement that she has classified information -- >> well, chris, i don't know what information christine o'donnell has or doesn't have. >> do you think it's likely? >> whether it's classified or not, i don't know. >> chris januarysing with ed gillespie. he says he didn't know. it's possible christine o'donnell has classified information about a secret chinese plot to take over the united states. she had that classified information leaked to her, leaked to her in her capacity back in 2006 as a religious right anti-condom activist. do you think that's -- do you think that's right, huh? getting a security clearance so as to be privy to classified information is not as easy as you might imagine involving a polygraph test and investigations

we take christine o'donnell seriously. one of the reasons is christine o'donnell has been able to raise a great deal of money. there's an awful lot of negative ads she's been able to put up. >> we haven't yet taken out a negative ad. >> except perhaps this one. >> hide your will. hide your lights. 'cause he's taxing everything out here. chris coons is the tax man. >> if he's elected chris coons told me tax policy will be a top priority. >> i would vote to extend the overwhelming majority of the bush tax cuts. there's a trillion dollars in private capital sitting on the sidelines right now in the american economy. all that money is sitting there waiting for clear signals about health care costs, about where we're going in tax policy and what we're going to do to restart this economy. we have to get these things solved. >> there's the scare tactic coming from the democrats saying that these tax cuts for the rich or these billionaires who are trying to find places to dock their yachts, that's not it at all. it's the dry clean

. >> i'm christine o'donnell, i'm not a witch. >> former witch christine o'donnell wants the jokes to stop. >> just like you, i have to constantly deny that i'm a witch. >> it is disgusting that it has even gotten this far. >> yeah, how did that happen? >> companies are cross breeding humans and animals, mice with fully functioning human brains. >> why are monkeys still not evolving into humans. >> you can't masturbate without lust. >> now candidate o'donnell is facing more extreme statements from her past. >> it's that kind of spinning with words, things that we know will not prevent aids. distribute condoms in high school. >> is candidate o'donnell starting to sound a little witchy again? ♪ >> america is now a socialist economy. >> the federal government was never designed to be as invasive and intrusive in our daily lives as it is today. >> for the first time tonight, she is debating her democratic opponent. >> i'm chris coons. >> he's intelligent, compassionate, he cares about the people. >> this november second, vote for christine o'donnell, a.k.a. sereta the enchantress. because

christine romans joining me now. it seems republicans if they win in the midterms will help the economy, voters think. realistically what changes. >> nothing changes right away. it takes a long time to enact policy and repeal legislation. they are going to repeal health care reform. every kind of legal and congressional expert there is say that would be virtually impossible, if they could actually do it. the other thing is what do the american people think. i think they are basically saying they don't want the economy to be like it is right now. that's what they are saying. they don't know who can fix it. >> the question asks if it will move the economy in the right direction. a lot of dispute as to what the right direction is, positive, growth, higher markets, home prices, more jobs, unclear how we get there. candy crowley, chief political correspondent, anchor of state of the union. candy, take a look at this poll, last october, 57% of americans believe president obama had done a better job than president bush this

tea party darling, christine o'donnell, released another dandy of a commercial today. let's take a look at it. >> i didn't go to yale. i didn't inherit millions like my opponent. i'm you. >> you bet you. she didn't go to yale and she also didn't go to oxford and a couple of other schools she put on her online resume. this commercial is flat out a joke. but low information republican voters, you see, they absolutely eat this stuff up. christine o'donnell reminds me of a guy who actually did graduate from yale. >> i know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully. >> american scientific companies are crossbreeding humans in animals and coming up with -- with mice with fully functioning human brains. >> pretty close. bush got elected twice because people, you know, they just wanted to sit down and have a beer with him in the backyard and have a barbecue as well. republicans have been lowering the bar on elected officials ever since. the tea party is filling -- is just actually just totally filled up with antiintellectual candidates who want you to believe that they'r

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senate candidate in delaware, republican christine o'donnell. you are going to want to hear what she has to tell us on the heels of her surprising declaration the other day in a commercial that she is not a witch. >>> and the new york mayor wants to ban the use of food stamps to buy soda. is he helping people with low incomes or infringing to on their freedom? i'm wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. >>> but just in this hour, a bombshell report being released, right now on the pentagon's private security contractors in afghanistan it alleges that your tax dollars are being funneled to afghan warlords and strongmen linked to murder, kidnapping and bribery. let's go right to our pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, over it he pentagon, startling allegations in this new report, chris. tell our viewers what is going on. >> reporter: yeah wolf, you know this report was just released literally just about one minute ago and do you want an example of what a lack of oversight can cost? one example in the report, back in february, security gua

well it's time for tonight's tool time war we're giving it to christine oh donald the darling of the tea party is running for senate in delaware but her past is coming back to haunt her as she was revealed a few weeks ago that she dabbled in witchcraft in her teen years which i just found kind of funny but apparently it's a real problem for her christian followers so since that revelation she's been trying to backtrack and escape the media spotlight we're now christine has released her first t.v. ad take a look. i'm nothing you've heard i'm you. none of us are perfect but none of us can be happy with what we see all around us politicians who think spending trading favors and backroom deals are the ways to stay in office. i'll go to washington and do what you do i'm christine o'donnell and i approve this message i'm you. so christine see i'm not really sure that you are like me i mean let's take a look at some of the issues were telling the truth hasn't been your strong point christine air has been caught lying about her education several times she claimed to have attended oxford univ

it's all out there, christine.w world where not only is it out there, but conversations that you're having, i mean, you think are private, are are actually going to google. facebook is actually driving more search than google these days. so it's all out will. you must use it with a sense of responsibility, and understand that information that you're providing can and will be used. >> carmen, do you think facebook has to do more, even if it just turns over stuff to its apps does it have to do more? >> i really -- i totally agree with you christine about the fact that this idea you can perceive you're on this site. of course they need to make money, and, of course, your information is going to be tracked and used. i would expect, though -- this is where there's a little trouble, especially with the apps -- i understand if you take my information that i have inputted but do not go to my friends. do not link up to my friends. that's where those apps got in trouble. i may give you permission and understand there's no id

it's all out there, christine. think is private you're actually going to google. facebook is driving more search than google these days so it's all out there and you must use it with a sense of responsibility and understand that information you're providing can and will be used. >> do you think facebook has to do more to turn over stuff to its apps? does it have to do more? >> i totally agree with you, christine, about this idea that you can perceive that you're on this site. of course, they need to make money and, of course, your information is going to be tracked and used. now i would expect though and this is where there's a little bit of trouble, especially with the apps, i understand if you're going to take my information that i have inputted and do not go to my friends. do not link up to my friends and that's where the apps got in trouble because i may give you permission and there's no idea of privacy when i go in in terms of myself, but this does not give you access to your hundreds of friends that they can

i'm christine o'donnell. i'm you. >> the tea party or the halloween party? >> good evening from new york. i'm lawrence o'donnell. as the republican party continues to try to gloss over its tensions with the constantly embarrassing tea party candidates it has been forced to embrace, republican party chairman michael steele now says the two parties are actually locked hand in hand. tired of what he calls nit-picking and back fighting he has one target in mind. nancy pelosi. he has taken his message on the road in a "fire pelosi" bus tour, but who's really driving that bus? and does it make a difference? i spoke with michael steele earlier today while his bus was stopped in los angeles. michael steele, thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you, lawrence. how's it going, man? >> all right. now you've said that the republican partied on the tea party are locked hand in hand. that's your phrase. and you have a republican nominee for senate in alaska who says the minimum wage is unconstitutional. so is that now your position, republican party position, that th

conversation was between me and christine o'donnell and know one else.rst time i met her. we were going to film them the next day. i said you need to get this behind you. she got it. she understood. christine o'donnell, if you saw in the debate the other night, she is one sharp lady. they say we're down double digits. wait till you see what the numbers are on election day. she's great. she understood it. >> just deal with it and get beyond it. that's your idea, just deal with it and get beyond it. you think that's worked and we weren't seeing that in the polls yet? >> it hasn't worked yet. you had to do it. you had to take the first step because you were the butt of every late-night joke. you were the lead joke on "saturday night live," of course. you have to say no more of that. from now on we talk about what's important to the people of delaware. you couldn't do that until you put that to bed. so we put it to bed. >> it wasn't just hear and the appearance bill maher. now it's become social commentary, your ad we're watching. let me play a little clip o

christine o'donnell should come on the show and be a good thing for her.ill: laura ingraham, everybody. we will see who wins that bet. charles krauthammer on deck. cbs news puts on a muslim cleric who says a muslim flag will fly over the white house. takes you to the friendly skies. >> please take your emergency exit, marked along each side of the cabin. >> bill: back in a moment. ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yoursf. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn hotels, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. and now stay rewarded with a sweet dilemma. up to five free nights at any of our properties or double points. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight, some viewers were stunned when abc news put a radical cleric on the air who was asked about radical islam in america. >> do you agree with reverend graham and our panelists on this side that americans should fear isla

how does christine o'donnell know about this plot? "there's much i want to say. i wish i wasn't privy to some of the classified information that i am prifty to." according to the associated press, when the claim was challenged, she suggested she had received it through nonprofit groups she worked with that frequently sent missionaries to china. we called christine o'donnell's campaign to find out which specific nonprofit groups she had worked with that had access to classified information about chinese plots to take over america. so far we have not heard back. what we do know about christine o'donnell's past work with nonprofits is she worked with groups that promoted the idea that homosexuality can be cured through religious boot camps. groups that said having sex alone is a kind of adultery. using condoms actually spread hiv and that allowing women to join the military harms the national security. that's what we know about her work with nonprofit groups. that's on the public record. we contacted the state department today to find out if being associated with gr

this is christine o'donnell playing defense. her second tv ad a bit of biography here in her senate bid. let's listen. >> i didn't go to yale. i didn't inherit millions like my opponent. i'm you. i know how tough it is to make and keep a dollar. when some try to push me out of this race, they saw what i was made of and so will the senate if they try to increase our taxes one more dime. i'm christine o'donnell and i approve this message. i'm you. >> well, alex, do you feel like she's a sister in america there? i guess if you didn't go to yale and if you didn't inherit a million. there have she's us? >> i did not actually in fact go to yale, although i have to say i found it interesting that the person who has led voters to believe that she went to oxford university and princeton university and claremont is now talking a big game about being salt of the earth and not having gone to yale. you know, look, gop and -- the gop's latest crop of female candidates and education curcuffels is nothing new. remember sarah palin? she went to

christine o'donnell knocked the other out of the race.u think the republicans would be leading? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> huh. >> mike castle was -- it is -- there's only one representative in the congress of delaware. he was delaware's congressman for 20 years and he's also the former governor of delaware. very popular, never had any problems. delaware is not a red state. we're really talking about what should o would have been a shoo-in. he was considered the next governor of delaware. it's the reason why beau biden did not get into the race. he didn't think he could win against castle. the fact that chris coons is ahead at this point makes a lot of sense. if democrats again on this theme of democratic apathy decide to stay home, republicans will put more money in the race to try to put christine o'donnell over the line, but that's it. she's the most probable. >> west to the golden state of california where boxer leads carly fee or renney by about 9 points. a lot suggest this race closer. >> she's only recently opened up this lead a

preparing to take an entire week christine connolly explains the district said that furloughs are budget crisis. >> classes in the san jose and union school district will be empty from october 4th-october 8th those four days are drastic is why. with over $50 million in losses of the state funds in the budget, it was either furlough days or teacher pink slips and wanted to save jobs, and with a 3 percent pay cut, and save 5 superintendent had to say. -. >> teachers are figuring out how perhaps in an accelerated manner and this is a time when we need more days, not less but it was a teachers will still cover the curriculum of many lessons will not be as in debt. necessary step. >> in san jose, christine connolly. >> and alameda, big cuts of the possibility of closing attend the schools. reggie kumar is live. in a community meeting later. reggie? >> many people knew that it would come to this after measuring this parcel tax failed in june by 300 votes. basically, is what forced children parents to pay for their education. and a community meeting is happening at lincoln middle at 6:30 for

christine is not really a tea party candidate.ea party candidates are all about jobs and the economy and the debt and look what you're doing to my country that way. now you have social conservatives and up here in northern newcastle county that doesn't really resonate. she could catch him. i depend on who makes the bigger mistake. >> for those people who missed part of this debate, let's play a little bit about this, they talk about their differences over abortion, education, health care. let's listen to this. sure. >> you say that you are concerned about reducing costs but reports have shown that this health care bill has caused costs to sky rocket. second of all -- >> i don't know what reports you are reading. i haven't seen reports that document that. >> but one out of four democrats have gone on record saying that they oppose obama care, they have realized that, we made a bad mistake and what this bill does is it gives a massive government control over health care. >> i know -- hang on one with second, i know is going to sound

. >>> christine o'donnell on the offensive. she goes face-to-face with her rival for joe biden's senate seat. is she ready for prime time? >>> the man who dick cheney shot in the face is telling his side of the story after all these years and he says he never even got an apology from the former vp. >>> is there any reason to ask seventh graders what they know about sex positions? we'll talk about the sex survey that has parents at one middle school outraged. >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing. this is "jansing & company." joining the discussion evan schock and galina espinoza. they can't wait to talk about christine o'donnell. but first other big stories we've been watching for you. we just learned that some of those rescued chilean miners could go home today. we got that word from chile's health minister. initially they said theç3 miners would be hospitalized for 48 hours for observation and they say all the men seem to be in nearly good health, although they are facing some emotional and psychological challenges from those

do you agree with christine o'donnell? classified information? i mean, america would be safer if she was not privy to classified information, wouldn't it? >> christine o'donnell is a fantastic candidate for us, for the united states senate. i can't wait to call her a senator. >> michael, you know she's lying about the classified information, right? reassure the country. >> do you know that, lawrence? >> she doesn't have any classified information. don't worry. >> do you know that, lawrence? do you know that? >> is it legal for her to have classified information? >> no, let me ask the question. do you know that for sure? >> i know to absolute certainly. i know to a certainty she -- >> have me back on the program to talk about it. >> michael steele, chairman of the rnc, defender of the tea party, thank you very much for taking the time today. >> all right, man, take care of yourself. >> all right. former governor howard dean has been watching the michael steele interview with me here in the studio. he will weigh in after a break. >>> and later, sen

>> very bad news, christine, very bad news, indeed. the fact on top of it that some of the additional job losses as we see reported among teachers and losses by state governments at the very moment when the new school year is starting. that shows how much pain. i'm here in atlanta, your headquarters, i've been talking to a lot of people out of work and a lot of people still at work but worried they are going to be next. that's really why the economic anxiety is so deep among people still working. >> if you have your job, you're going to feel those local and state job cuts because it's going to mean fewer teachers in the classrooms for your kids, fewer services, right down to going to the county park is going to cost more money. all these things people feel because state budgets cut and meaning more job loss. we have our good friend steven moore, editorial writer for "the wall street journal." voters say the economy, specifically unemployment is their top concern. what realistically changes if republicans take one or both houses of cong

>> because of the roughly one in fire fighters on high alert christine conley is life and in the oakland hills where crews are keeping a very close eye conditions. christine. >> that's right that's what the signs that this showing that the fire danger is extreme right to help rid of all residents to know that they had to be very careful and also the see a lot of very brown hills like you're looking at here. that all has firefighters picking a lot of precautions the kids a lot of unnecessary trading in or out patrolling the neighborhood. let's roll the elin should the conditions are concerned about. this is exactly what of our department is worried about what it what residents to be careful with the red flag warning you can see just how to all these weeds are easily over 5 ft. and take a look as to break them off. you can see the reply, a little. this is a park and oakland hills and you could see the vegetation is just got the overgrown. that's because we had what weather earlier end it's

the debate twelve dollars a bumper sticker to make clear who you support two dollars a watching christine o'donnell make a complete fool of herself on national television that is just priceless and despite the fact that this is like the fiftieth time that she's done it she just never seems to get old now going to give you the details on that in a minute but first let me introduce my guests before i get carried away joining me from new york is blogger sarah bennett caza sarah great to have you back on you know it's been a little while we've talked about the sarah pailin the sharon angle is i don't quite remember if we talked about christine o'donnell before but i do want to start with her today we're going to get to the other ladies. i've got and i'm kind of speechless i guess let's first just play the clip of what she said last night. when we were fighting the soviets over there in afghanistan in the eighty's and ninety's we did not finish the job so now we have a responsibility to finish the job and if you're going to make these politically correct statements that it's casting us too muc

christine, did you catch the film?nd that had after seemingly embracing the fold originally christine o'donnell is now distancing herself from witches? >> i am. this whole i am not a witch, i am you, christine, you don't have a broom up your -- i know i do. >> do you -- i bet it is. do you think that christine o'donnell is telling the truth about her past or is there something suspicious about her claim had a she only dabbled in witchcraft? >> i think she's holding back. nobody just dabbles in witchcraft. that's like saying i commit add slight case of murder. she is suffering from an identity crisis. is she related to rosie o'donnell? >> do you think that turned her off to witchcraft or what did turn her off was a love of meatballs? can you be a meatball eating witch? is there a conflict? >> i know her favorite foot is toe of frog and eye of newt gingrich. she gets it every monday at olive garden, all you can eat. >> back to mr. zo. do you think mr. o'donnell's repudiation led ms. o'donnell to dabble in witchcraft and

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of course i'm not christine o'donnell. not that i wouldn't want to be, strictly speaking not true, a little weird. >> greta: let's look at it for a second. you are a smart i go. fancy schools, lots of opportunity and stuff like that. christine o'donnell seems to be more like had some hardship, she couldn't make mortgage payments. when she says, i'm you is she not connecting with a different type of people, a different group of people? that likely to resonate or could it? >> message is what you described. a populous message we are all going through difficult times i've had trouble paying my bills who hasn't, elect me. i think it is a valley message probably a winning message. probably one of the few available messages. i think the phrase, i'm you has a meta-physical over tone that makes me uncomfortable. >> greta: i felt like she was saying i'm not one of those inside the beltway type of people. i'm not washington. i'm my own person or something like that. i thought by the ad she was saying i'm a regular person, whatever th

it shows that chris coons now is way ahead of christine o'donnell by 19 points. consistent of other polls we've seen, 57% for chris coons, 38% for christine o'donnell. doesn't mean she can't come back almost three weeks to go. but this is a formidable uphill struggle she has right now. >> this is a state in which a moderate republican was expected to win this year, wolf. mike castle, multi-term incumbent congressman. and it's clearly a state in a could have gone republican. what she's got to do is change the narrative in this debate. it can't be who she is. it has to be about what she can do for the state of delaware if she were to become a united states senator. looking at that poll, wolf, i have to say she has some tough questions. >> we will be asking some tough questions. domestic issues, national security issues. we'll get through that. that debate begins 7:30 p.m. eastern. gloria will be here as well. we'll have extensive coverage as well. a quick break. when we come back, we'll go back to chile. there are dramatic developments unfolding right now. 24 miner

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christine o'donnell should come on the show and be a good thing for her.ng. >> bill: laura ingraham, everybody. we will see who wins that bet. charles krauthammer on deck. cbs news puts on a muslim cleric who says a muslim flag will fly over the white house. takes you to the friendly skies. >> please take your emergency exit, marked along each side of the cabin. >> bill: back in a moment. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight, some viewers were stunned when abc news put a radical cleric on the air who was asked about radical islam in america. >> do you agree with reverend graham and our panelists on this side that americans should fear islam. >> we do believe that muslims, the east and the west will one day be govern governorred by the sharia and we believe the flag of islam will fly over the white house. >> bill: wow, joining us analyst charles krauthammer. if i were christian amampour i would have laughed at that guy and called him a loon or something like that. i don't take that seriously, do you? >> no, i don't. i can assure the viewers that there

sarah palin is like christine o'donnell a very polarizing figure. she's a figure who has plus points, negative points but a figure who closely identifies with a pretty large community of people. so when you mock someone like christine o'donnell for her peculiar religious beliefs, et cetera, there's likely to be a backlash. >> it's a different thing to mock someone. >> 21st century updated, where he was would go on about negativism in the media. but i do -- i will never sit in judgment on a sarah palin, for example. i think politics of condescension are dead on arrival. they want to gut medicare. they want to end a minimum wage. these are the real issues of our time. >> i think they want to do -- they want to do some cutting and stop some spending and keep government from expanding. >> that is witchcraft. that i don't believe in. that is witchcraft i will never to my last breath. >> i am a witch. >> i'm with katrina. i think the reason they need to run on the vap pid claims of less government -- at its root what they're going back to is a herbert hoo

>> well, the christine o'donnell story is one the republicans want to go away. know that christine o'donnell is now the face of the new tea bag republican party. just like david bartman who you just talked about or jot plummer, newt gingrich or michele bachmann. look, this is exhibit a for what the republican party's morphed into. they can't run away from it, ed. as democrats, what democrats should be doing is using her, morphing her into every gop candidate out there. the real story on christine o'donnell is not that she believes that rats have human brains. the story is not that she believes that she wanted to be a witch sometimes. it's not even it's not even that she says that she doesn't want to eat meat -- she doesn't want to be vegan because she likes meatballs, the story is that she is the face of the tea bag party and the leadership is happy about that. as we speak you have karl rove traveling all over the globe on behalf of the chambish of commerce, who is raising money in places like saudi arabia, libya, china, russia, to raise money for candidates lik

christine romans has a look. christine, what are they contributing to this effort? >> well, you know, it's interesting because you have got engineering prowess, logistics, health care technology and, tony, i'll tell you that a lot of the different companies involved in this are proud of their presence there. the place is crawling the journalists, family members, government officials, but also, tony, with the engineers and technology people from companies from all over the world who got this who thing off the ground or out from under the ground. oakley is the sunglasses milwaukee here sent the glasses for them to wear on the way up and also a company called schramm, in pennsylvania, the company that frankly drilled the main rescue shaft. on the left, that's the plan p drill. on the right, that's one of the drills that first reached the miners with a 5 gnat inch diameter bore hole, and the company that made the kril, it went into the hole and took the 5 1/2 inch bore hole and turned it into 28 inches wide. there are hammers in the grill that has been grinding. zephyr

this is christine o'donnell in life. >> there's been lots of discussion in the national media about things my opponent has said or done that i think are a distraction from the core issues. >> you're just jealous that you weren't on "saturday night live." >> i'm dying to see who's going to play me. >> if you're saying what i said on a comedy show is -- forget the bearded marxist comment, you writing an article saying you learned from a marxist professor, that should send chills up the spine of every delaware voter. >> throwing names around. that one will not determine who controls it. let's turn to chuck todd and "the washington post" chris cillizza. chuck, it looks like that race is stuck around close to 20 points for chris coons. this is one of the luckiest people on planet earth election cycle. it's a terrible year year for democrats with the exception of chris coons. >> anytime you see candidates think about, i don't know if i'm going to run this year. well, that's what mario cuomo said in 1991. let that guy from arka

minister christine lagarde, thank you so much for joining us. there seems to be tension between the united states and europe over what's the most sensible way to deal with the current lack of growth. the u.s. wants europe to continue pushing money into the system. europe is talking about a lot of austerity. >> in terms of growth versus austerity, it's a policy that we've adopted in pretty much all european countries that we need to address both issues. if we do not reduce the public deficit, it's not going to be conducive to growth. why is that? because people worry about public deficit. if they worry about it, they begin to save. if they save too much, they don't consume. if they don't consume, unemployment goes up and production goes down, so we need to attack that circle from the deficit. >> you called it a circle, and there is a circular argument about it because, in fact, many economists particularly american economists -- >> some of them. >> many of the prominent ones are saying that europe is, in fact, going around it the wrong way, in fa

christine o'donnell plays this very much like sarah palin. she turned to chris coons at one point during the debate, i'm sorry i wasn't born a trust fund baby. i'm not like all the rest of you who are elites. she plays the victim card to her strength. look, she's down 15 points or more in the polls but still doesn't explain why president obama and president biden going together on friday if the democrats aren't worried. >> that victim card gets old. when president obama was doing it during the campaign in 2008, remember, around this table were saying he's playing the victim, stop playing the victim, stand on your own two feet. at some point christine o'donnell will have to stand on her own two feet and take hits and try to hit some of them back. >> but republicans truly believe that they are the victims of an elite and liberal mainstream media. she doesn't speak -- she's preaching to the choir of the republican base, not just in her state but this is why there's so much national grassroots support for her candidacy. >> but why do they think t

we caught up with christine o'donnell. it wasser first interview, in fact, since she vowed not to speak to the national media. among other things he asked her about sarah palin. why don't you take a listen. >> is sarah palin qualified to be president? >> is she running for president? >> i don't know. you tell me. >> again, hypotheticals. >> i've heard you talk on the tone to you. does she advise your pain. >> she does not. >> she gives you advice. >> she gives me you go girl -- >> does she know you speak through fox news. >> she didn't tell me personally but i heard her say something like that on o'reilly. if anybody knows about the politics of personal destruction it's women candidates and women politicians like sarah palin. >> well, the rise of delaware senate candidate christine o'donnell is one of the big stories of this year's political season and she's been a hot topic for the hosts of cnn's newest program "parker switzer" which airs right here on cnn. >> i think when we look at the substance of what she says here a