. >> if you have eight donald trump-sarah palin ticket, that -- >> i am not taking the bait. >> a word on the royal wedding, next. prince william and kate middleton at now husband and wife. the wedding of, will prince and the commoner. could party, they know how this are one of their -- how to throw one there. >> beside the fact that british ?oyalty is entirely and expensive institution, they are a lovely couple and i wish them well. i like a marriage, i like weddings, i have been married almost 50 years. i would like to see them five years from now, 10 years from now. still married, then we can at have a celebration. >> let me say a good word about the british royal family -- i searched for one, but i found it. these privileged people served the country in military service. what at the amerans have the samexample ofeopl in high positions of leadership have children in their family it served in the same way? >> we have been to the -- they have been together for 10 years in one form or another. she is so discreet, but not once has she said anything mean about him in all of those years.

donald trump did. >> beginning rich's past behavior. >> you supported governor romney in 2008. >> i love the huck. >> mike huckabee. >> donald trump. >> sarah palin>> michele bachmann. >> the replacements there. fifteen mentions of romney, beginning rich, palin, trump. fifteen mentions of no shows. what a debate. tonight's missing in action big number. >>> next, inside the navy s.e.a.l.s commandos that took down bin laden. we have two former s.e.a.l.s joining us to tell us how it works. what courageous people they are. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. now we're hittin' the road with the proglide challenge. [ horn honks ] yo, my friend, come on down here! what do you think about that proglide? yeah, this is great. this thing is fantastic. it feels good on my sensitive skin. i don't feel like i'm shaving. [ male announcer ] fusion proglide is engineered with gillette's thinnest blades ever... it feels like it's doing the work for me. [ male announcer ] ...so it glides for less tug and pull. it was smooth! this was fantastic. i'm having way too much fun with this razor. [ male announcer ] turn shaving into gliding with fusion proglide. i'm a bel

donald trump does. >> i would say to newt gingrich. >> gingrich's past behavior. >> you supported governor romney in 2008. >> i love the huck. >> mike huckabee. >> donald trump. >> sarah palin newt gingrich. >> michele bachmann. >> the replacements there. fifteen mentions of romney, gingrich, bulk bachmann, palin, trump. fifteen mentions of no shows. what a debate. tonight's missing in action big number. >>> next, inside the navy s.e.a.l.s commandos that took down bin laden. we'll meet a couple of them. we have two former s.e.a.l.s joining us to tell us how it works. what courageous people they are. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which

but potential candidates like newt gingrich, donald trump and sarah palin stayed away. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks in asia were down sharply today. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> and good morning to you, betty. well, that's right, most asian markets took a hit today. japan's nikkei index was almost almost 1.5% while hong kong's hang seng finished down a half a percent. crude oil inched back above $100 a barrel today in asia, after dipping below that mark thursday, falling 9% in one trading session. some traders are worried the american economy is slowing down and that could hurt demand for oil. still, since february the cost of crude has jumped more than 30%. >>> those concerned with heavy on wall street yesterday, the dow lost 139 points for the week so far the blue chips are already down nearly 2%. while the nasdaq gave back 13 points. >>> all eyes on the labor department this morning, as it prepares to release the april jobs report. most analysts expect it to show the economy added around 185,000 jobs last month, while t

from myth romney and mike huckaby to new players and what some consider the long shots, donald trump and sarah palin. each debating an uphill challenge against a incumbent president with a foreign policy victory. >> he missed the boat on the economy. >> i think the problem the republicans have is they are not united and they have this tea party faction and this social conservative wing and they are not sure what they want to prioritize right now. >> reporter: when the president making the rounds in the bay area, the republicans will be quick to do the same. >> reporter: expect the field to narrow this summer with new hampshire's debate in june and the iowa straw poll in august. >>> plenty of sunshine today. temperatures on the increase tomorrow. i'll show you which cities will be the warmest. >>> homes, businesses and a lot more under water. the little bit of good news emerging from the mississippi flood zone. >>> bart trains are more and more crowded. there is good news and bad news with that. the news continues in 90 seconds. >>> the water of memphis, tennessee is spared the worst of the flooding

from myth romney and mike huckaby to new players and what some consider the long shots, donald trump and sarah palin. each debating an uphill challenge against a incumbent president with a foreign policy victory. >> he missed the boat on the economy. >> i think the problem the republicans have is they are not united and they have this tea party faction and this social conservative wing and they are not sure what they want to prioritize right now. >> reporter: when the president making the rounds in the bay area, the republicans will be quick to do the same. >> reporter: expect the field to narrow this summer with new hampshire's debate in june and the iowa straw poll in august. >>> plenty of sunshine today. temperatures on the increase tomorrow. i'll show you which cities will be the warmest. >>> homes, businesses and a lot more under water. the little bit of good news emerging from the mississippi flood zone. >>> bart trains are >>> the water of memphis, tennessee is spared the worst of the flooding of the mississippi river. the riverside road is flooded but the musical landmarks and graceland are

i don't think that effects sarah palin at all the fact they don't like her, the fact her poll numbers are where they are, sarah palin is like the female version of donald trumphe is marketing sarah palin she will run for president if the marketing makes sense from the stand point of all those things you talked about her previous book the second book went right in the toilet almost day out it was gone and she needs to get something about that career although that reality show got renewed she is a $20 million a year entity. >> this whole republican line up is blurring the lines between politics and reality tv. trump came in, newt gingrich, mitt romney, he is only clocking in 17% and he is the front runner followed by sarah palin >> first of all phil there is no front runner he may be a front jogger or walker but if you are 20% you are here with us. >> this is a reality show the world's most boring reality show. 25% of those republicans don't like any of those people. >> what do you think when they get out there, is it going to be afghanistan, economy or medicare? >> among the republicans. >> anti obama republicans are stuck permanently in what worked last nove

trump books her as an atlantic city lounge act for the right wing. she's not running for president, she's running to save her brand. >> ouch, pete? >> well, sarah palin can't be the new donaldas the new sarah palin. this new version of sarah palin, she'll be a lot more informed, but she's sure to get -- to be ready for questions like what do you read. but i'm interested in seeing the difference between her and michele bachmann who's going to announce. i want to see them argue about how different they are. that should be good. >> question number two, dick cheney says he worships the ground congressman paul ryan walks on. join the club. should paul ryan and his medicare plan run? robert? >> look, there are a lot of democrats who are worshipping the ground paul ryan walks on because his plan to end medicare as we know it really defines the difference between the two parties. and of course dick cheney, who as vice president destroyed our surplus and doubled our debt speaks to the hypocrisy of the right wing today. >> medicare is already in the hole trillions of dollars. paul ryan's plan was just something to reform that. no, i think it's too soon for him to run. first of all, h

newt gingrich was not there, sarah palin, donald trump was not there, mit romney was not there.do they want to see them before they come to their conclusion? >> yes! >> how does it make you feel those candidates did not participate? >> i love seeing other people besides the flashyness of everyone else. >> i agree but you need to take south carolina more serious. >> are you angry at those candidates for not showing up? >> yes! >> romney lost my vote. i'm now for cain. >> how many would say the candidates who didn't show up lost your vote tonight, because they weren't here raise your hands? who did you switch from? >> newt gingrich to cain. >> you went from gingrich to cain. who did you switch from? >> it allowed me to take a closer look at everybody else which may hurt them. because with were allowed to see what the other people stood for. >> again sean, there's a mistake, political calculation made by some candidates it was too early. i would argue they made a mistake. for these republicans you want obama out? >> yes! >> you want the campaign now? >> yes! >> i think they made a

others include mitt romney, mike huckaby, donald trump and sarah palin. >>> president obama will focust sit during the next few days. the president wants to figure out which debt-fighting strategies can be put into place now and which can be left for -- for late, probably after the 2012 elections. the city antioch has 1.7 million to send. but not everyone will benefit from this extra money because it comes from a special tax fund. it can only be spent on construction at the pruitt family community park. for now, officials are trying to decide what to do with that money. they have to be careful because they don't want to build something that's gonna cost the city more money in the future. >>> 8:19. this morning, jean quan is in china to promote port of oakland. her office sent us this picture her meeting with representatives. later today, she will host an event at the california vintage wine bar in hong kong. the event will feature oakland and east bay wines growing export from oakland to china. her trip is paid for by port of oakland. >>> the navy has done an about- face to allow chapl

no word yet on sarah palin, donald trump or tea party star representative michele bachmann from minnesota, among the republicans who have all set up exploratory committees at this point. >>> for one graduate at uc berkeley, walking with his graduating class today was an incredible moment, not so much for the diploma, as for the actual walking. graduating senior austin whitney was paralyzed in a car accident in 2007. last year, he began working with uc berkeley engineers to develop exoskeletons, wearable robotics that look like sound up leg braces. the device is worn like a suit and does the walking the disabled legs are no longer capable of. when it was time for him to receive his diploma, austin was able to stand up and accept it himself thanks to the innovation from cal. >> truly, truly is beyond words. i was never not confident about the machine, ever. i trust these guys. they are brilliant. they know what they're doing. but the second that i pressed the button and stood up, i was just flooded with a series of emotions. >> the engineering team named the project austin in honor of its h

and there's no word yet on sarah palin, donald trump or tea party star michele bachmann from minnesota among the republicans who have all set up exploratory committees. >>> three people from florida are under arrest today charged with funneling money to the taliban in pakistan. they are being charged with multiple federal offenses. one sent more than $50,000 to the taliban for guns intended to kill u.s. troops. more than two dozen secret service agents arrested the three near miami after more services. >>> pakistan's parliament has condemned the u.s. special forces raid on osama bin laden's compound. members of pakistan's two houses of parliament are calling for review of u.s. ties with the country and say supply lines to american troops in afghanistan could be cut if there are more attacks. an opposition leader in parl simt pushing for an independent commission to investigate the incident. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s killed the 9/11 mastermind during a raid on his compound near abbottabad two weeks ago. >>> libyan state tv ran a defiant message supposedly from moammar gadhafi that is leading

ton nald tru apprentice," donald trump's show on tvt is not there for self-aggrandizement or to attain. so i think we are going to have donald trump around, maybe not sarah palinle while. i suspect trump's run ended basically went long-form birth certificate came out. and now, it is just piling on and on. but for those of house appreciate irony in politics, he can't stay in this race long enough. >> look there's opened in to the conspiracy theories. really, we would make a decision based on what we do with bin laden and time it to trump's show? they are unreal. but look, sarah palin, as you said, is already in disastrous shape in the polls but last we checked in trump is near the top. do you think the next poll we see, he will be near the bottom? >> it is hard to say, you are dealing with a fairly narrow slice of the electorate, you can't predict for sure. what you see happening here is in our "washington post" poll today, obama got a nine-point jump overnight from this in his favorable ratings and even some of the hard core conservative opposition to him here has lessened here. this won't last necessarily for a very long time but you should see a correspondin

governor johnson, if you had a reality tv show like donald trump does -- >> i don't think it would be donald trump's show. i don't think it would be sarah palin's show, either. >> how many people here would use heroin if it was legal? i bet nobody would put their hand up. oh, yeah, i need the government to take care of me. i don't want to use heroin, so i need these -- >> most of the candidates in the debate aren't even beyond the margin of error in a poll. you can't prove they exist. it was not a very serious debate. >> reporter: but with the clock ticking and president obama raking in millions, some on the fence are making decisions. former house speaker newt gingrich makes it official tomorrow and is trying to confront his past marital problems by making his third wife, calista, a centerpiece of his campaign. and president obama's one-time ambassador to china, john huntsman, is inching closer, last week giving a commencement address in south carolina. but speaker john boehner is among a group of influential republicans pushing for more choices, like new jersey's chris christie. >> i think he's done a great job. and he speaks english like in

republican strategists already worry that caricature candidates like donald trump, or extreme social conservatives such as sarah palin and michelle bachman are giving the party's credibility an unbeatable burden heading into the 2012 presidential primaries. but when credible party leaders such as house speaker john boehner squabble over statutory rape and abortion, serious strategists fear swing and independent voters may desert the gop in large numbers. so, you know what the g.o.p. did, they insert this language in the record because they couldn't get it passed in the bill. the bill will ultimately not be most likely not be signed in to law anyway. but why this issue and, yes, they're fighting over a lot of issues right now, but why waste chits on something that most people don't go to the polls pr or or anti abortion. it's not the main issue. the main issue is jobs, wars and national economy, spending, ought these different things. >> i think because they do believe, i believe lot of people do care about this issue. the fact is, i think we ought to care whether our country is spending too much money or not. we need

front runner right now and basically people have the highest name recognition are sarah palin and donald trump and quite honestly i don't know if they're the most serious presidential candidate some people in the confidence in what should be i represent paul ryan from wisconsin and governor chris christie have publicly announced that they're not going to be running for the presidential election which i think is somewhat unfortunate but so are you saying the best chance the republican party has is to get behind someone earlier in this case wanted to go and i do think that the republicans are going to win the senate and i think they're going to keep hold of the house of representatives which is going to be really good for the republican party in general and i think it will open up the doors for you know talking sixteen but right now i think that that's sort of their best chance to get you know hold of the government well it's the republicans take the house and two thirds of the senate in two thousand and twelve going to looking for them through the two thousand so. team election or perhaps a two

sarah palin surrounded by cameras, climbing onto a harley to launch the first leg of a trip that looks like a campaign but looks, as we learned from donald trump, can be deceiving. why campaign if you're not running? here's david kerley now. >> reporter: dressed head to toe in black, sarah palin started her bus tour on the back of a motorcycle, arriving uninvited at the rolling thunder memorial, which honors p.o.w.s and grabbing much of the media attention. >> freedom is a god-given right. >> reporter: palin used a slick video to announce her bus tour which reportly will take her up the east coast to the first primary state of new hampshire. so, is this a launch of a presidential campaign? or a publicity tour? what does the bus tour indicate, governor? >> it indicates a desire on our part to get across america and remind others about our foundation, how important it is to respect and protect our constitution. >> reporter: but there's no published schedule, no advance teams -- >> you hang in there. >> reporter: even republican leaders were in the dark in the states she may travel through. political professionals are left wondering if palin is s

it's a position that no one is out, donald trump is out, sarah palin seems to be taken out for a while. this race needs to be taken up. not clear it will happen next week. >> thanks for talking to us. >> thank you, lester. >>> the rest of the headlines from ron mott at the newsdesk. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with new reports that al qaeda considered an attack on oil tankers. the terrorist group was interested in hijacking and blowing up oil tankers as a way of inflicting economic damage. information from that bin laden raid also shows that the terrorist leader was behind the failed plot in 2009 when the terrorist was arrested on trying to blow up landmarks in the city of manchester. astronauts used a 100-foot laser tipped boochl to get a look at damage that happened after liftoff. nasa officials say there's no reason for concern. the extra inspection is just a precaution. >>> all aboard, amtrak is saying that a lot lately. last month, 10% more riders than the same time last year, higher gas prices and air fare prices have more people turning to the trains for an

names like mitt romney sarah palin, newt gingrich, michelle bachmann, mitch daniels, donald trump. you know what? we're going to throw the rest of the names up on the webb. as a result, america got to meet some of the lesser known republican candidates. >> congressman ron paul of texas, herman cane, former chairman and ceo of god matter's pizza. tim pawlenty of minnesota. rick santorum. >> jon: you might have to google some of those candidates. although i guess for the last guy i prefer you didn't do that. by the way, if you didn't get that joke, go google samtorum right now. i'll wait. yeah. (beep) believe that? santorum might as well change his last name to lemon party. go ahead. google that. i'll wait. all right. let's move on. perhaps the most well known candidate was 12th term texas congressman ron paul the only participant currently holding office. >> we do not need secret prisons nor do we need the torture that goes on in the secret military prisons. maybe we can take care of some people back here at home if we weren't spending $1.5 trillion a year on our mill tarism. >> jon

suddenly think well wait a minute if she can do it why can't i and so i see a lot of sarah palin influence in this donald trump run for the presidency that's what it is alex you know and doing research for this program and there are so many tabloid things about trump out there now it's not you know it's easy to come across it but some of the more serious stuff that i look at is that there's some very serious doubts by some very serious people that trump is that nearly is absolute as he likes to claim to be as a modified one reach researcher pointed out rhetorical says you your net value may be higher than he is he because he's so terribly in debt. right he is horribly in debt i mean he's built a quote career i put quotes around that again branding and leverage and a lot of it hasn't worked out terribly well he'll build some gigantic complex it will go bust some little buy it for pennies on the share and trump points to it and says oh yeah i built this masterpiece well from a business perspective that's ridiculous so yeah there is a no if he well and if he was in any way put through the real route because of a

donald trump will he or won't he game. >> donald trump lent an air of chaos to the republican race. they don't need any more of that. republicans also don't need to absorb sarah palin'sational negatives in this race. i think what republicans hope most is that sarah palin clarifies before too long that she's not going to get into this race, but what we know is the same rules don't apply to her as apply to other people. she's so well-known, has so much influence and clout on the right, she could get in much later than a conventional candidate. >> john harwood thank you very much for your insight tonight. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues tonight, america at war, richard engel on the front lines with a look at the sacrifice americans are making in three conflicts. s >>> a changing of the guard is coming at the top of the defense department. tomorrow president obama is expected to nominate general martin dempsey as chairman of the joint chiefs. he would replace admiral mike mullen with general robert gates is being replaced himself next month by cia director leon panetta. the new leaders will inherit responsibility for this country's involvement in two long wars, ira

michelle and a sarah palin and donald trump as all people ty likely would be easily defeatable. with the res of the crowd, you know i think to be honest i probably would put the height houses chances at under 50% if there were a stronger field of republicans. somebody strong may emerge. we're not seeing anybody with particular strong strength. host: presidential politics. that's what we're talking today. republican strategist. founder of the potomac strategist group. give us a call. (202) 737-0002 for democrats. republicans, (202) 737-0001. independents. (202) 628-0205. you can also send us messages via e-mail. cspan.org. reminder we're having problems with twitter this morning so if you want to send a message electronically send it to our mail address. michael, do you consider right now with the that this being may of 2011, that we're late in the campaign for candidate to get started late running for - if there's anyone that thinks about running in the democratic party or republicans for that matter. late or is this about right time for them to get? >> think the republican fiel

the observation that there are a number of sort of celebrity candidates, donald trump, mitt romney, hiek mike huckabee, sarah palinwho are not expected to come to the debate thursday evening, either because they've not yet made the decision to run or they have but have chosen not to come to the debate, argue it's too soon. the south carolina primary is only about eight months away and when you consider that president obama plans to raise a billion dollars and has already started his campaign running, and that many of the candidates, including romney, have been quietly organizing their campaigns for months, there's a tremendous amount of resentment here in south carolina. pal metro state voters are accustomed to meeting the candidates, giving an opportunity to really go over their character and policy positions, and the assertion that some don't need to be here yet or may downplay the importance of this state is a considerable political risk. jenna: carl cameron, live for us in south carolina, where the debate takes place on thursday, may fifth. you can watch live coverage of the presidential debate on fox news cha

michelle and a sarah palin and donald trump as all people they likely would be easily defeatable.h the rest of the crowd, you know i think to be honest i probably would put the height houses chances at under 50% if there were a stronger field of republicans. somebody strong may emerge. we're not seeing anybody with particular strong strength. host: presidential politics. that's what we're talking today. republican strategist. founder of the potomac strategist group. give us a call. (202) 737-0002 for democrats. republicans, (202) 737-0001. independents. (202) 628-0205. you can also send us messages via e-mail. cspan.org. reminder we're having problems with twitter this morning so if you want to send a message electronically send it to our e-mail address. michael, do you consider right now with the that this being may of 2011, that we're late in the campaign for candidate to get started late running for - if there's anyone that thinks about running in the democratic party or republicans for that matter. late or is this about right time for them to get? >> think the republican field

snooki's filming in italy, and sarah palin has become the donald trump summer replacement series. facts never get in her way. hopefully, the media is going to focus on the serious republican candidates who have real positions on issues. >> john? >> they've got to write about something. they've written herman cain to death. for me, she'll always be a quitter. not interested. >> a powerful aisle of republican donors are traveling to new jersey to convince governor chris christie to run. they're hungry for an alpha politician. what does this say about the republican field? robert? >> first of all, let's throw away the democratic talking points about this election. the reality is any republican who can reach independent voters makes it a 50-50 race. governors pawlenty and governor romney have proven they can do that. the national polls that we're fixating on fascinate political pundits, have no basis in political rally. the primaries and caucuses will choose the nominee. >> john? >> i think it actually says more about the iowa caw kaucus than does about the republican party. they're o

and we know that donald trump by his own admission gave a lot of money to john mccain and sarah palin's campaign. john mccain graduated second or third at the bottom of his class in annapolis. he was only there because his dad by was an admiral. sarah palin barely graduated at all. i'm not trying to be cruel, but i don't know how don thald trump can pose as the protector of academic credentials. and that's why when he does this with regard to this man of color it pushes this racial button. it is a very common narrative and one that any responsible person who wants to be president needs to be aware of. and he is either totally unaware or doing it on purpose. either way, it is fundamentally disqualifying him as a leader of this country. >> i asked that question of him saying, don't you realize when you do this that you have a responsibility or at least you should. i'm okay, i'm comfortable with saying that, if he is running with president he's supposed to be responsible. i'm giving you the last word here, buck, whether he's racist or whatever, is it the same outcome whether he is doing it

donald trump both passing on bids. and one of the few remaining undecideds-- 2008 vice presidential nominee sarah palin-- said the motivationwas there for a possible run. >> that's sort of the problem . it's such a roaring fire in my belly to restore an preserve all this good about america that i struck well that every single day. >> suarez: all-in-all, a topsy- turvy week for a very unsettled republican field. >> lehrer: and to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields, "new york times" columnist david brooks. first, mark, what is there to say about newt gingrich for this week? >> well, jim, if you are a republican interested in elected other republicans to office, the downside of a newt gingrich national campaign has always been greater than the upside of one. because of newt's proclivity, his inclination, his irresistable tendency to always speak in sort of bombastic sewer latif, exaggerated words and exclamation points. and that's it. i mean he wantses to draw the starkest extremes he can between his position ands those on the other side. and that's what he did. he went on to a show, "meet t

you see the poll donald trump ran and it actually hurt sarah palin and now she's doing better if youook at the polls from a few different polling firms that come out. she's kind of bumped up a little bit. trump seemed to take a little wind out of her sails. i would be interesting who's numbers will go up and who's will go down. >> host: and we should note newt gingrich is in a three-way tie for second choice with michelle back money and sarah palin each coming in at 10%. michelle back money, is she running? >> guest: i think michelle back money is probably running. i think she's taken steps in that direction. i think palin's presence in the race might change the calculus for her a little bit. she has a problem as someone -- sarah palin part 2 or a sarah palin -- whatever, you want to call it. but i think she's beating back the impression that she and palin are offering pretty much the same thing. they've been pretty close politically. they held rallies together. michele bachmann has allied herself with sarah palin and you can see where people get this impression. >> host: we'll go to

when donald trump was in the race, it actually hurts sarah palin. she is doing better by a couple of percentage points. when you look at polls coming out, she has bumped up a little bit. trump took some of the wind out of her sales. if guiliani says he is not running, what will change? host: newt is in a three-way tie with michele bachmann and sarah palin. they each come in at 10%. is mhele bachmann running? guest: i think she is probably running. she is taking steps in that direction. i think that palin's presence might change the calculus for her. people see her as a sarah palin part ii. she is beating back that impression. they had been pretty close politically. they held rallies together. bachmann really allied herself with sarah palin. host: shelley is a democrat in west virginia. 2012 politics is the subject. caller: thank you for taking my call. sarah palin is not running for president. the reason is, if she was, roger ailes would have suspended her from being a xbox contributor a long time ago. i would not vote for any way. host: melissa, a

when donald trump was in the race, it actually hurts sarah palin.he is doing better by a couple of percentage points. when you look at polls coming out, she has bumped up a little bit. trump took some of the wind out of her sales. if guiliani says he is not running, what will change? host: newt is in a three-way tie with michele bachmann and sarah palin. they each come in at 10%. is michele bachmann running? guest: i think she is probably running. she is taking steps in that direction. i think that palin's presence might change the calculus for her. people see her as a sarah palin part ii. she is beating back that impression. they had been pretty close politically. they held rallies together. bachmann really allied herself with sarah palin. host: shelley is a democrat in west virginia. 2012 politics is the subject. caller: thank you for taking my call. sarah palin is not running for president. the reason is, if she was, roger ailes would have suspended her from being a xbox contributor a long time ago. i would not vote for any way. host: melissa, a

>>> and we turn next to sarah palin, sending out all those signals today that she may, in fact, run for president after all. a lot of people who just said good-bye to donald trump wonder if this is real, as she revs up a bus and buys a big new house in arizona. and john berman is on it all. >> reporter: a bus, a house, a film and a fire in the belly. four signs, perhaps, of the second-coming of sarah palin. the bus? a campaign-style tour machine that will swing through the northeast, starting sunday. a speaking tour about restoring the good in america. visiting historical sites in washington, pennsylvania and, yes, new hampshire, where they happen to hold an important primary. this comes on the heels of buying a $1.7 million home in scottsdale, arizona. why is she looking for land outside sarah palin's alaska? well, the house sits on four acres, has a home theater and a six-car garage. and some speculate might be an easier place to base a campaign than wasilla. the film, a glowing $1 million biographic documentary called "the undefeated." and she just told fox news she feels a real pull to run. >> i want to make sure that america is put back on the right track

those polled nationwide say they will never, never vote for sarah palin, that same number, 58 percent say they'll never vote for donald trump, 42 percent say they'll never vote for former house speaker news gingrich, 32 percent say they won't vote for mike huckabee who came in second in 2008 and 26 percent say they will not vote for mitt romney. it raises real questions, jenna, if those important gop leaders are looking to endorse someone, don't you think they'd want to come here? they all have their various excuses they won't be here. tim pawlenty, former minnesota governor is in iowa, enroute here tomorrow and he made it clear he thinks it's time for the white house hopefuls to get off the sidelines, jenna. jenna: let's say, for example, just speculating, carl, that trump decides to get into the race. how does he make it out to the -- make it up to the people in south carolina? >> reporter: it's very, very difficult. the early voting state voters in iowa, first of the nation caucuses, new hampshire, the first primary, and south carolina are fickle and they are very demanding i they've got a long history of testing candida

sarah palin newt gingrich mike huckabee and battle trump stayed home hesitant to throw themselves into a race against an incumbent like president obama so early on please join me in welcoming mr donald h. . like everything in american politics we're going to declare also comes down to money analysts say that because of campaign finance laws that donations to presidential campaigns twenty five hundred dollars politicians prefer to rake in money for political action committees before officially declaring you see today this charade of obvious candidates for the republican nomination pretending their candidates delaying their declarations of canada see although he's dismissed by the mainstream media congressman ron paul is no underdog fund raising money. thanks in one day alone his liberty pac did in one million dollars compared with another two million raised by the campaign for liberty much of it coming from young voters god is smiling upon us it'll be running around in two thousand and twelve republicans say president obama isn't unbeatable president obama is not unbeatable because one right decision not the great president made although with so many party favorites still hedging the

folks did a national survey that took into account donald trump is not running for president and mike huckabee is not running for president and sarah palinhowed a respectable second in that polling. obviously she and her staff see that and they capitalize on that, she's sucking up all of the oxygen. >> we have taken a poll and it is pretty clear she's bunched right up there at the top with several others, including rudy giuliani who's also not in the race. so doing pretty well for a person who's not declared anything. this is very atypical campaign apparatus, if you will. do you think that anybody else could get this kind of mileage out of so little organization? >> reporter: i don't think so, joe. i think this is vintage palin. that is why you have folks john john mccain, her former running mate. we all remember there were some tense moments between her staff and john mccain's staff during the 2008 presidential campaign. but he's maintained pretty good relations with the former alaska governor. he was on one of the sunday talk shows yesterday saying he thinks she could run and win and beat president obama in a potential 2012 field. folk

sarah palin or you don't know? >> yeah, probably a little bit. she's not like out and about that much. >> jimmy: yeah. >> you know who is out and about? it's donald trumpd. beautiful, beautiful." [ laughter ] >> do you remember when we did a thing -- when donald trump hosted, we did a -- for "weekend update" we did a thing. we started it with a fake opening that was like "weekend trump-date" and everything was gold. i had a pageant lady outfit on. do you remember this? >> jimmy: oh, yeah. weird. >> and donald trump kept saying, he's like "you should dress like that all the time." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's like, "you're not getting the joke." >> "you look very beautiful." >> jimmy: "you look beautiful. [ laughter ] you have a beautiful face. beautiful boobs." [ laughter ] what? it should be fun. i'm excited. and the musical guest is someone i've never heard of. >> yes, it's this young woman named ellie goulding. she sounds great. i just heard her sound check. she -- she performed at the reception of the royal wedding in the u.k. >> jimmy: hello? i was second in line for that. >> you were, right? [ laughter ] you were going to do the chicken dance? >>