in his latest campaign ad, hit democratic senator debbie stabenow, it aired during the super bowl. michigan senator, debbie spend it now. debbie spent so much money, you buy more and more from us. your economy get very weak, ours get very good. we take your jobs, thank you, debbie spen it now. >> i think the race for u.s. senate is between spend it now, and pete spend it not. i'm pete spend it not hoekstra, and i approve this message. >> needless to say folks on both sides of the aisle calling it racist, and really dumb. the ad was actually shot in k california and produced by fred davis, as well as the modern classic. >> i'm not a witch. >> to make sure all of the stereotypes in his ad sink in, his campaign set up a website featuring the ad with pictures of chinese money, lanterns, parade dragones and stabenow's face on a fan. earlier hoekstra was defending the ad telling the detroit free press there is nothing racist about it. here is hoekstra explaining the ad to wdiv. >> why show a woman in a rice paddy, why not a factory worker? >> could you show a young woman we chose a young

we take your jobs, thank you debbie stabenow. >> i think this race for u.s. te is between debbie spend it now and pete spend it not. i'm pete spend it not hoekstra and i approve this message. >> bill: is that message acceptable? juan, what say you? acceptable? >> you know, i think it is a satyrical ad to. me it was silly. this woman portrayed as some sort of charlie chan character. this is supposed to be a serious issue if you are talking about u.s. debt, china, holding our bonds. it just doesn't seem worthy of pete hoekstra. to me this was child and given that you know what, the republic party has all these problems because it's almost an all-whited party and got all these issues with immigration, minorities, mocking people. i just don't think that was an effect forgive add for pete. it creates problems and crosses the line. >> bill: asian and pacific islanders vote group nonpartisan group, mary katharine says quote, it's very disturbing that mr. hoekstra's campaign shows harmful stereotypes encourage anti-asian sentiment. what do you think of that? >> i thin

he scrubbed a website featuring debbie stabenow on a chinese fan. too late your poll numbers have dropped. stabenow leads the congressman 51 to 37%. most people were familiar with the ad, 45% said it made them less likely to vote for hoekstra, 15% said it made them more likely to vote for the former congressman. the actress in the ad apologized saying i'm dep deeply sorry for any pain the character i portrayed brought to my community. she said more but that is the only sentence we used. >>> one other story we have more on the story out of arizona, the union busting bill in arizona has hit a major road block. it is failing to get enough support from republicans. the proposed bill would have stripped collective bargaining rights from government workers in the state. republicans control the arizona legislature, and it was expected to pass but then of course the unions pushed back hard, public got involved, now the senate president says there aren't enough votes to move the bill forward. >>> we just saw last week what obamacare looks like effectively one

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debbie stabenow. the ad ran in michigan. hoekstra is trying to raise money from the ad outrange.aign sent out an e-mail liberals are doing what they always do crying racism. the ad aside from the tone and outrage it's attracting also makes some substantive claims, which are every bit as offensive in their truthfulness. the core of the ad's argument u.s. deficits redistribute power from america to china. the mechanism by which it does that is china purchases american treasury bonds which are the means we use to fund american deficits. when we have a gap between tax revenue and spending, we have to make that up with debt. the instrument is a treasury bond. and scary china is buying up the debt. that notion, take away the offensive way it's couched, that scary china owns america notion is almost a consensus idea in american politics. it's absolutely everywhere. it's also become a prominent theme in many political ads. this is an ad put out by the vague front group conservative not for profit citizens against government waste. it's set in beijing in 2030. be very afraid. >> that noti

and hoekstra he's in an uphill battle against debbie stabenow in michigan. so it's not like he's a frontrunner. this guy is trying to get traction. he still has a primary to get through. he's desperate for attention. and i guess nothing gets attention nowadays than stereotyping and playing up racial stereotypes. mission accomplished if that's what you want. i don't think that's a winning strategy either short-term to win the election, and long-term for the republican party to compete nationally in a country that is increasingly less white. >> you hit the nail on the head, and this brings the subject of larry mccarthy promoting mitt romney and the bug bow of this inherited many cases fear that democrats and liberals have of willie horton. here is the man who did the willie horton going to work for romney. is there any evidence that this stuff works any more. >> i think it works in republican parties. if it's going to work anywhere, that's where it works. nationally, or in a general election it works less and less. that's why we we're seeing less overt appeal

senate candidate pete hoekstra books throws running against incumbent debbie debbie stabenow in michigan or as his campaign calls are spend it now and during last night's super bowl his campaign aired this ad continuing the mispronunciation of her name hello. thank you michigan senator debbie stand it now debbie stand so much and managing many more and more for much of your economy get very weak eyes get very get your job thank you defend it now i think this race for u.s. senate is between debbie spend it now and keep spending i'm pete spend it not books and i approve this message. the ad has garnered a great deal of negative press since last night with many calling it racially insensitive and just think about the national g.o.p. consultant even called the ad really really dumb here we'll just call it very very . well press is reporting that there was an incident at the occupy d.c. movement a brick thrown at a cop. parenting court they said it was just a plastic bottle but you combine that with the recent activity and alyssum in oakland and you wonder what's going on you know is this wit

michigan republican candidate pete hoekstra ran this ad in an attempt to paint democratic debby stabenowg spending. >> and thank you, michigan senator debby spend it now. americans spend more money to buy more and more for less. and your economy gets weak, yours take ours take jobs. and thank you, debby spent it now. to the pacific islander american vote group, it's disturbing that mr. hoekstra's campaign thought to use negative stereo types that encourage anti-asian sentiment. even republican consultant murphy tweeted the ad was really, really dumb and oak extra maintained, it was care. >> we have a growth rate at 2% and china is coming off the 9% growth rate and this ad hurts the democrat where it hurts. and debt, whether referring to personal or national debt and the president is often the center of the debt discussion. it turns out he has some debt of his own. a chicago tv station reports the city of springfield, illinois, is still waiting for a $55,000 reimbursement for police overtime during a campaign event for then candidate obama in august of 2008. the city officials say they've

and speaking of strategy democratic senator debbie stabenow is fund-raising off that attack that angeredand democrats. >> your economy get very weak, ours get very good. we take your jobs. thank you debbie spend it now. >> stabenow is trying to outraise republican pete hoekstra. he spent about $144 on that ad. >>> president obama harnessing some celebrity power. scarlett johansson fund-raising for the president alongside. johansson said 2012 will not be easy. we have to fight even harder this time around. and this is just one of the pictures the president manning, yes, it's a marshmallow gun. we should have a caption contest. twitter just about exploded when this video came out of the president. he joked the secret service was going to be mad at him afterwards. the extreme marshmallow cannon was made by 14-year-old joey. look at how cute he is. >>> february is black history month and on this day in 1986, if you can believe it, 0 oprah winfrey's television show appeared on stations across the country making her the first black woman to host a nationally syndicated program. oprah aired for

case american deficits con tribe you tet to american decline, a theme of the hoekstra ad against debbie stabenow, dubbed spend it out in dubbing himself as spend it not. who has been contributing to the deficits, if you believe his rhetoric, debilitated america. pete hoekstra was a member of congress 17 years. he voted for the medicare part d care plan, it created a new social insurance program that extends out in perpetuity with no way to pay for it. he voted for the bush tax cuts, not just round one but two, which increased the deficit by at least trillion dollars. the iraq war, all funded by deficit spending, total cost, roughly $800 billion. so if anyone i think our fictitious chinese adversarie seven should be thanking >>> kind of a good news-bad news day for mitt romney. mr. romney begins the week with three trends shaping up around him, one is quite promising for his campaign, the other two are plain worrisome. the promising trend is this. >> thank you, guys, wow. what a great showing, thank you nevada. >> after winning the nevada caucus by nearly 30 points, mitt romney -- now won two in

candidate pete hoekstra defending his advertisement card it targeting the incumbent democrat debbie stabenowe who should be offended. super bowl commercials that you like usa today scientifically chosen the night belonged to the dogs. top three spots the guilty looking great dane who trades a bag of dorito's for a human's silence. couch potato dog getting in shape to chase a volkswagen beetle sketchers wearing bulldog beats a pack of greyhounds and number for another advertisement dorito's baby grabs chips from a big brother and the no. 5 spot introducing the newest character m&m's mrs. brown. tom skilling in the weather center with the seven day forecast >> those were terrific pretty clever by the way one of the viewers called to say the picture we showed or snowdrops we stand corrected thank you for the call and cloudy out there now look what happened as the night goes on when to turn and northeast lake moisture and also colder air from canada. snow showers and flurries by morning and in the evening light snow showers developing along the lake not a lot of accumulation but perhaps half an

case american deficits con tribe you tet to american decline, a theme of the hoekstra ad against debbie stabenow, dubbed spend it out in dubbing himself as spend it not. who has been contributing to the deficits, if you believe his rhetoric, debilitated america. pete hoke tekstra was a member congress 17 years. he voted for the medicare part d care plan, it created a new social insurance program that extends out in perpetuity with no way to pay for it. he voted for the bush tax cuts, not just round one but two, which increased the deficit by at least trillion dollars. the iraq war, all funded by deficit spending, total cost, roughly $800 billion. so if anyone i think our fictitious chinesed a ve ed adv seven should be thanking him. vicks nyquil cold & flu. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold...medicine. ♪ your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make a plan. [ laughs ] [ may

. >> that's part of an ad running for the senate against debbie stabenow.apologizing for the role there. she wrote "she's deeply sorry for any pain that the character i portrayed brought to my communities. i feel horrible about my participation and i'm determined to resolve my actions." she's likely not the only one who is sorry. stabenow is now leading by 14 points. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaids, aspirin,

michigan, debbie spend it now is the knocking name republican pete hoke strag rebatedly gives debbie stabenow >> you borrow more and more from us. your economy get very week. ours get very good. we take your jobs, thank you, debbie spend it now. >> hoekstra says any charges of race-baiting are off base. >> no, i'm not apologizing for the ad. i said if someone believes that we were insensitive, i'm sorry to them but no, i'm not apologizing for this ad at all. i think it clearly drives the message the problem is american public policy, american domestic policy. the problem here is not anything that the chinese are doing at all. >> now, truth is, team hoekstra could have made just that same point with a chinese actress who is spoke perfect english. is this outrage warranted or is the monday after buzz proof both hoke tra and klyce remember ads are hits? >> ralph reid is the chairman of the faith coalition. and the chairman of the tea party express. was clint eastwood there? he said he was just doing that for chrysler. did you see the double and triple meaning in that ad? >> chrysler got the bail

. >> hoekstra is running against current senator debbie stabenow.ast night during the super bowl and will run for two weeks. >>> the boston/new york rivalry doesn't just play out on the field, also on capitol hill. lawmakers placed friend rly wagers. new york senator chuck schumer will be drinking beer courtesy of his new hampshire colleague jeanne shaheen, she's got to buy beer for all of her senate colleagues. and from quarterback to president, could be a possibility for tim tebow. that's right, the denver broncos' qb didn't rule it out when asked during an interview if he might throw his hat in the ring for politics on the golf channel. >> would you ever think of running for office? >> for me, it could be something in my future, something i have to think about and pray about, i have no idea right now, but, you know, possibly. >>> a man in florida wants newt gingrich to cough up $45,000, claiming one of the security officers stomped him on his foot like he was stomping out a cigarette. the man was wearing sandals and his foot was reportedly fractu

. >> the only group of people this ad is anti is anti-debbie stabenow, the spending policies of the liberal>> and we're just hearing former senator bob kerrey has decided not to run for u.s. senate in nebraska. it's a big blow for democrats who hoped to hold on to the seat of retiring senator ben knenels. february is black history month and on this day in 1926 negro history week began and later, of course, turned into black history month. the man responsible, this man, carter g. woodson, the son of freed slaves. the woodson dedicated his career to the field of african-american history and earned a ph.d. from harvard in in 1912. nong his famous quotes, if the knee grow in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong neve in you have to get out of the ghetto. ♪ ♪ spread a little e today ♪ ♪ spread a little love my way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ ♪ ♪ spread a little joy... [ female announcer ] fresh milk and real cream. that's what makes philadelphia. ♪ so spread a little... [ female announcer ] and that's what makes