the face of stories like these so let me just play a little clip for all of you from the radio of dana loesch. can someone explain to me if there's supposed to be a scandal that someone pees on the corpse of a taliban fighter someone who was a is part of an organization murdered over three thousand americans i drop trial and do it to let me go i want to million cool points for these guys is that harsh to say come on people this is a war what do you think this is. she dropped her out and do it too and she thinks that these marines deserve a million cool points now i have quite a few thoughts on this but let me just start out by saying that dana which she later says in the video she says she thinks she's being politically incorrect by saying it really you think that you're being politically incorrect everyone else is just too sensitive to spew the same kind of filth as you let me tell you something it's not being politically incorrect it is i think morally deplorable but even more so it's a sure sign of how an educated and misguided people are about this war in afghanistan it's politically igno

appears to be defending dana loesch c.n.n. issued this statement she it says c.n.n. contributors are commentators who express a wide range of viewpoints on and off of c.n.n. that often provoke strong agreement or disagreement their viewpoints are their own and you know it just seems a little strange are the lines blurring here i mean this is the network that has fired two others octavia nasr who tweeted that she was sad to hear of the passing of the grand ayatollah who was affiliated with hezbollah and also rick sanchez for comments on a radio show where he called jon stewart a bigot well joining me on the phone i've got rick sanchez journalist author and former c.n.n. host he's also the author of this book conventional idiocy why the new america is sick of old politics hey there can you hear me there chris you know you're doing things are. good to have you on the show again i guess i just want to start by asking you kind of what your reaction was that was not just to this video but to a c.n.n. contributor making these comments. well you know i can't speak specifical

contributor dana loesch saluting marines for a year in aiding on that afghan so dana tweedy quote nice spin good to see you don't bother actually gathering info and only mine it from progressive ha well in response our web team asks didn't you say that words speak for themselves and we just played the words that she said he said quote i would drop trial also so. let's talk about this i mean do you think that there's a little bit of a conflict of interest here by having a paid c.n.n. contributor say that said well it depends on you know your model of what the media is fifteen years ago when people were brought on who are academics or think tank people or experts in analysis yes now it's all a circus the whole point of bringing her on and if you get any c.n.n. producer behind closed doors again the couple cosmopolitans they will say the whole point of bringing someone like her on is to is to create that engaging circus atmosphere not real analysis the joke really is on them though because instead of on the surface they say well we're bringing diverse opinions people listen to her don't w

contributor dana loesch who said this on her radio show can someone explain to me if there's supposed to be a scandal that someone pees on the corpse of a taliban fighter someone who was a. part of an organization murdered over three thousand americans i drop trial and do it too that's me though. all right so dana has this radio show she's also one of the co-founders of the st louis branch of the tea party but she is also a paid contributor on the network that calls itself the most trusted name in news c.n.n. now our web team at r.t. got a little bit into a discussion with her earlier on twitter about this and i'll show you part of that conversation basically r.t. america tweeted that the audio of this that we just played and more that we posted c.n.n. contributor dana loesch saluting marines for a year in aiding on that afghans identity quote nice spin good to see you don't bother actually gathering info and only mine it from progressive's ha well in response our web team asked didn't you say that words speak for themselves and we just played the words that she said she said quote i

. >> dana loesch from big journalism.com. what do you see? >> i've been looking at the top three and looking at some of the numbers coming in for ron paul. i'm genuinely shocked just as the sheer number of independents. also that 43% number that's defining themselves as moderate or liberal. you can look at this as this is a candidate who can reach out to independents and reach out to those moderates who will be helping the gop candidate come 2012, or come this election "b" or you can say he's liberal. if you talk about ending wars and legalizing pot. we'll don't see the numbers come in. >> i see one huge screaming story tonight, republicans just don't want to vote for mitt romney. like you're trying to give a dog a pill that keeps spitting it up. they'll eat the pill because romney will eventually be the nominee. he may but it will be 25%. >> something he had four years ago. >> he has a weaker field. they don't want to vote for him. >> two number i'm looking at. you need 2,286 delegates to win the gop nomenation. you are not going to bin it t

contributor dana loesch she said this on her radio show can someone explain to me if there's supposed to be a scandal that someone pees on the corpse of a taliban fighter someone who was a this is part of an organization murdered over three thousand americans i dropped do it too that's me though. all right so dana has this radio show and you know she's certainly allowed to say whatever she wants on her radio show it's her show she's also one of the co-founders of the st louis branch of the tea party but she is also a paid contributor of the network that calls itself the most trusted name in news c.n.n. this is the same network by the way that fired rick sanchez for comments on a radio show where he called jon stewart a bigot and also on t.v. a nasr who tweeted that she was sad to hear of the passing of a grand ayatollah who was affiliated with hezbollah are it obvious so i guess i want to ask you what you think about this i mean do you think there's a little bit of a conflict of interest here oh yeah and look at the double standard just in the corporate press michael moore on the osca

james carville, dana loesch, ari fleischer to set the stage for the big vote.xcited, as energized this year as it was in 2010? >> you're shaking you're head already. already people in camp obama say good. >> i think -- it depends how you look at it. tea partiers from everyone that i've heard and of course there are so many different groups, so every different group has a different opinion. tea partiers are more concerned with beating the white house incumbent. they're more concern with beating obama than excited about a single candidate in the gop field. so that's what we're seeing. >> what is your biggest question about the intensity gap and whether the republican coalition will come together in the right way? >> well, i don't think there's a problem on the republican side with intensity. my big worry the democrats come home. the democrats are not satisfied with obama, he's let us down, he's not the great hope and change he was, all of a sudden come october, they start to realize we could lose the white house, they come home. that's what i think is the issue.

questions, 30 seconds on the clock and playing today, cnn contributors maria cardona, will cain and dana loeschney trying to seal the deal in new hampshire, lead the pack by a large margin, do you see any other candidates making a serious 11th hour challenge? maria? >> sadly no, kyra and i still don't understand why it was that they waited to vet last debate to start going strong against romney who is an incredibly flawed candidate with incredibly flawed economic record that has a lot there to go after. but unfortunately in new hampshire, i think his lead has solidified, the big story is who comes in second, john huntsman that is a big story there he is on the rise. who know it is it will be enough, or if santorum comes in second, start consolidating the anybody but romney vote, the story out of new hampshire as well. >> will? >> i don't see anybody making an 11th hour push to catch romney. i do agree it is a race for second, third and fourth, but that's interesting to me for these reasons f it is jon huntsman what does that say about his future? is his second or third place finish close enough