and haley barbour said this as a warning to his own party. this is the danger of potentially misinterpreting these results. it will be fascinating to watch if the republicans do win and ascend in power how they walk that line of not considering this a mandate for republicanism but instead sort of a check on obama and on the specific issues like susan was saying in their message: spending, taxes but not for the party as a whole. they're going to have to walk that line very carefully. >> lehrer: is it your reading, susan, that barbour is speaking for a majority of the republican leadership when he's saying let's not get carried away with these results. >> i think haley barbour is one of the most respected republicans around among other republicans. definitely a leader. with the weakness of the party chairman michael steele that's even more the case. he's a very respected voice. i think we expect to see him make a presidential bid. yes, i think when he's speaking, he's heard... his voice is amplified with some of the republicans who will be taki

each fellow, real quick. >> i like haley barbour. oing to be president. >> jonathan martin? >> i think mitch daniels from indiana and{ governor barbour are two governors to keep an eye on. and don't keep your eye off bobby jindal. >> when we return, we'll have thoughts on what i need to see to be convinced the economy is getting strong again. [ female announcer ] we were flattered when regenerist beat a $100 cream. flabbergasted when we creamed a $500 cream! for under $30 regenerist micro-sculpting cream hydrates better than 23 of america's most expensive luxury creams. fantastic. phenomenal. regenerist. >>> finally tonight, a word about the economy. every at a offers yet another of economic indises to examine. i have a hard time distinguishing gdp from my gps. i hope that the economy is turning around but i need results i can see, touch, appreciate. i've developed my own list of economic indicators that will suggest things have turned a corner. less pessimism. when jim cramer and the other financial gurus say we're on our way back, w

haley barbour has some history in mind. think it looks likely it will happen that. >> haley barbour has recent history. i am sure ross perot is still ringing in his head. a popular president, even with the economy, after the gulf war, a year later, he was packing. he is saying, you run as a fiscal conservative, the gop nominee is doomed. >> teddy roosevelt, best known third-party president candidate ever, he lost. ross perot, best-funded third-party candidate, he lost. third-party candidates typically elect democrats. >> would he have the guts to stand up on some issues in the election. today we learned that they will at least try on tax cuts. the house current majority, the majority leader, steny hoyer putting out a statement saying the house will vote on an extension of middle class tax cuts before they expire. democrats firmly committed to continuing tax cuts for middle class families up to $200,000. they will fight on this one. we can not afford to add $700 million to the deficit to benefit the wealthiest americans. >>

each fellow, real quick. >> i like haley barbour. dent. >> jonathan martin? >> i think mitch daniels from indiana andç governor barbour e two governors to keep an eye on. and don't keep your eye off bobby jindal. >> when we return, we'll have thoughts on what i need to see to be convinced the economy is getting strong again. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the mall. hey. hi. you know, holiday shipping's easy with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. yea, i know. oh, you're good. good luck! priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.90 only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. i won't. ♪ [ female announcer ] clear some snow. ♪ or spread a little warmth. maxwell house gives you a rich full flavored cup of coffee so you can be good to the last drop. maxwell house gives you a rich full flavored cup of coffee missing something

even he post election press conference was mitch mcconnell, john boehner and haley barbour. that must mean something. >> that means he's seriously thinking about running. gwen: and who else? >> yeah, on the republican side? >> sarah palin, mike huckabee. tim pawlenti. mike pence. >> we've not had a sitting member of the house elected president in this country since jamed garfield in 1880. but mike pence announced he was stepping down from the republican leadership to consider his options. gwen: and he might run for governor of indiana. there is so much going on. it's been is much fun. -- so much fun but we're going to have to leave it here and pick it up in the web cast. because before we go tonight i'd like to take a moment to salute charlie mcdowell. the richmond dispatch reporter and columnist who spent nearly 20 years at this table passed away today, suitably on a friday. he was a treasure not only to us but to those who recognized his brilliance like ken burns who used his voice for "the civil war" and "baseball." his voice just stuck in our heads. in 1991 when washingt

i think that he's going to be president. >> haley barbour president. jonathan martin? rtainly mitch daniels from indiana and governor barbour are two governors that you have to keep an eye on. down the road don't keep your eye off of bobby jindal of louisiana. >> bobby jindal. thank you. >> he's young. but down the road, snoou john fee here, jonathan martin, thank you. >>> what i need to see to be convinced that the economy's getting strong again. you're watching "hardball." ♪ ...and brains. ♪ a phone that gets you to the stuff you love faster. only from at&t. rethink possible. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. from new car replacement and guaranteed repairs to accident forgiveness, we do all we can to help you move on. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? [ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. the new standard of the world. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge

governor haley barbour. >> thank you, bill. the descriptions of us -- built thought when we were talking about the party of the big 10, we were talking about his tailor. >> i started something i should not have started. >> were honored to have served in the reagan administration. good politics -- that is where we all learned this. ronald reagan stood for the policy that the politics is good policies. don't try to do what makes people happy. to what is right. people want you to do what is right. that has never been more truth than today. today, the american people understand the country is going in the wrong direction. the policies of the obama administration are catastrophic. they understand this election was a repudiation of those policies. i think republicans need to be able to distinguish between disliking the president -- america wants our president to succeed. the american people know the policies of this administration and the pelosi-reid congress are terrible. they know all of the spending has hurt the economy rather tha

you may want to look at a governor like haley barbour or tim pawlenty. just to give you my view of obama triangulation, and it's going to be difficult for him because the key party is going to hold the republican leadership to a very rigid line. i'm not sure how far across the aisle obama is willing to reach in order to reach a compromise. other than the mandatory bills on spending, i look forward to very little getting done over the next two years and the president retreating into foreign-policy as an area where he has more leverage and independence. >> knowing you will never vote for any of them, is there any hope the republican candidates you think looks better tomorrow than they might have six months ago, given the issues we're talking about? >> sarah palin looks better than she did six months ago. i can't wait to have her nominated. go girl. i like the fact it was a woman they gave them some much trouble. on a serious note, i agree with chris. voters are frustrated with washington and will be frustrated with washington in two years. one of the big d

you know, speaking of one of the speakers here is haley barbour.an't help i'm standing here and thinking about that interview he did with you last night, judy, where he talked about republicans having to accept the fact that the results here may not necessarily be about them or at least that's the way they want to... that's the way they have to take it right now. we don't know how much of this is against the other guys or for us. clearly that's the message that he and others are spreading around here is let's not... let's not say this is all about us. let's take the results in. we'll make our speeches later on. we're not going to jump around. as we said probably no balloons. now i'll be here all night and we'll talk later on and see what happens. but that's the situation now. >> woodruff: you're going to keep an eye on it. we will be coming back to you. one more time back to kwame. you're saying they're not confessing to be closely watching the returns. is anybody going to come out and talk to the media? we know nancy pelosi the current speaker of

haley barbour, the head of the governors association and soon tonight i think you're going to hear from mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader. i think you mentioned earlier john boehner. is there a theme to the message you're expecting to hear from them? >> well, the theme started early on from the first speakers which was it's really what we've been hearing throughout the campaign. time to end democratic rule. time to roll back many of the president's policies. and most of all listen to the american people. again this goes back to what you and i talked about earlier tonight, judy, and to your interview last night with haley barbour who will be speaking here in a little while. the notion that, yes, we expect to win tonight. let's not say it's all about us. let's listen to the american people. they want change. we must hear them. we'll go forward on that. that goes back to... i said it's not studied calm anymore here, but it is still lowering the expectations and, you know, not crowing. it's sort of, yes, we're going to win. we hope to win big. and then we'll go forward with the peo

like mitt romney, governor haley barbour or governor mitch daniels? then because obama's clearly vulnerable on big spending, g.o.p. deficit hawks like newt gingrich, tim pawlenty and john thune. but there's another path to the nomination. this way of thinking goes, don't try to be unobama. assume -- play strongly to the christian conservatives who are vying for values voters and might be the thinking of mike schneider huckabee, mike pence, tim pawlenty and sarah palin. and exploit those early primaries on the map. it starts in heavily evangelical iowa and then after new hampshire, quickly goes to baptist south carolina. howard, this is the season. we're not jumping the gun. isn't this the season this fall when all those names we mentioned are decided where they go or not? >> no question. both here in washington and in other places where there's money to be had, the race is on. not to collect the money right now. but to sign up the key fundraisers one of the things you have to decide at the beginning is you're running -- if you're running, who's going

like mitt romney governor haley barbour or governor mitch daniels? then because obama's clearly vulnerable on big spending, g.o.p. deficit hawks like newt gingrich tim pawlenty and john thune. but there's another path to the nomination. this way of thinking goes, don't try to be unobama. assume -- play strongly to the christian conservatives who are vying for values voters and might be the thinking of mike schneider huckabee mike pence, tim pawlenty and sarah palin. and exploit those early primaries on the map. it starts in heavily evangelical iowa and then after new hampshire quickly goes to baptist south carolina. howard this is the season. we're not jumping the gun. isn't this the season this fall when all those names we mentioned are decided where they go or not? >> no question. both here in washington and in other places where there's money to be had, the race is on. not to collect the money right now. but to sign up the key fundraisers one of the things you have to decide at the beginning is you're running -- if you're running, who's going to r

while mississippi governor, haley barbour, is looking toward the future. >> the next step on the political agenda for republicans is defeat obama. this election has been a repudiation of president obama's policies. >> i think this was a reaction to the worst economic times this country has been going through since the great depression. when you look it, every time there's a bad economy, whoever is in, gets blamed. we did a terrible job communicating to the public what we did. >>> want to catch you up on some of the other big senate races people are talking about. it could be weeks until we know the winner of the senate race in alaska. write-in candidates have received the most vote. that's considered good news for incumbent republican lisa murkowski, who would stay in the race after losing the primary to joe miller. >> and as emily mentioned in her report, tea party-backed republican rand paul won the senate race in kentucky. it was paul's first-ever run for office. his father is congressman, ron paul, of texas. >> and in pennsylvania, pat toomey won a hard-fought race. he nearly defeated

we'll go live to washington and talk exclusively with gop leader haley barbour about the plan to shift the balance of power. >>> terror plot. experts say the two package bombs intercepted were meant to explode in flight as they headed to the u.s. we'll bring you inside the investigation into the alleged mastermind behind the plot and hear from the head of the tsa what's being done to make sure flights are safe. >> lucky to be alive. a father and daughter lost for three days in the icy mountains of idaho. >> it's very snowy outside. >> their incredible story of survival and rescue. >> daddy, they found us. >> they found us, baby. >> they found us. i'm so happy. >> we are speaking to them about their ordeal and they're their happy homecoming this monday morning, november 1 tsz, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >> november is upon us. good morning everybody. hope you had a good weekend. welcome to "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez. >> i'm harry smith. good morning. >> it's been six weeks since rutgers freshman tyler clementi committed suicide after two classmates posted videos of him.

politico reports perry would replace haley barbour. they will vote on a new leader in san diego. some in the leadership are unhappy with chairman steele. they brought the first official challenge to steele's challenge. >> thank you for helping us to pull this elephant across the line. >> fresh off historic election for republicans, michael steele had competition for chairman. steele insiders say he hasn't decided if he will run for a second term, but new chairman of the michigan republican party came in third to steele in the elections in 2009. says the republican national committee needs to shift. >> we need to change wow we concentrate on raising money and getting a ground game together and spend less time giving speeches and being on television. have a different direction. >> steele bristled at the selection he's not been a strong fundraiser. >> do you know how much we've raised in the last few months? $175 million. 1-7-5, a lot of zeros after it. you know why and how? $47 is the average donation. we have added over a million donors. >> still, in a letter to republican nationa

message across without the financial support of those behind our g8 -- behind rga and governor haley barbour. it is a dream that has come true and has allowed me in going into a county where republicans are outnumbered 3to 1 to take that challenge statewide. it has allowed me to win this race with eight points. the way we did that is we kept on the message and we want to make sure to close the deficit of the state of new mexico. at this point it is about a half billion dollar deficit. we also or 49 in the nation in education. we are at the bottom of every good list and the top of every bad list. we are not competitive, and we continue to have really challenge among each other that i intend to bring back all the jobs we lost to your state. the great hopes that will create an environment in new mexico that is competitive for small businesses, so small businesses have a level playing field, which they have not had in a very long time in the state of new mexico. our administration picks the winners and losers, and the backbone of our economy, 80% of the jobs created in mexico have been strangled

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. >> haley barbour, thinking about running for president says that we need a new chairman.worried about money and funding. they want to make sure all the wheels are running because they're going into a presidential year. >> david, have a good weekend. >> you too. >> were going back to the mcgil -- back to doug hill. >> everything is looking nice. a lot of kids will have a three- day school week. looks like the weather pattern could change and give us rain on wednesday and could hang around on thanksgiving. let's look at what's the average temperature. yesterday was 59 for the high temperature, 56 is average. to date we will be around 52 degrees. a couple miles from where i am there is a beautiful sunrise looking east across the bay. city41 degrees in the right now. kids can 32 degrees at dulles airports. mostly clear skies. there's all local tastes of a few areas of snow showers possible in upstate new york, mixing with rain. by sunday we will have cooler temperatures. in the meantime, sonny on this friday, mid 50's. in the thirties tonight. 59 tomorrow. somewhat cooler on

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the only one that really jumps out me as a great candidate is haley barbour. >> governor of mississippi>> he brings a lot to the table, and obviously can raise tons of money. he's a great communicator. you know, he's a great governor. southeast tee me he's the only one that seems like somebody that could give her a run for her money. >> rich? >> i think dull is great in theory, but primary voters operate on the basis of passion, especially the iowa caucus. you don't get people to go out there at 8:00 at night on a gold, freezing iowa night, just because you're dull and worthy. you have to motivate had people. someone who really has both the substance and the personality is chris christie. impressive first round -- >> although he's adamant that he's not running. >> he's viral on youtube, but he's probably got to run. someone like that that can have both of those aspects is the ideal candidate. >> something tells me we'll be talking about this again. >> yes, i think you're right. >> you voted at our homepage foxnews.com/specialreport for the topic for >> welcome back to new york tonight.

and he's very close to haley barbour so there's a lot of speculation if barbour runs. newt gingrich gingrich will mak appearance here. one person who will not be here, guess, former governor sarah palin. she's no longer governor so, yeah. >> real quickly, are they boo-hooing that sarah palin is no longer with them as part of the group or not so much? >> reporter: right. i think they all know if she's not here they'll get more air time and attention themselves and they can at least check her out of on tlc if they miss her. >> reality show star now. jessica yellin in san francisco. thank you, jess. >>> speaking of some shows, another palin. if you didn't see "dancing with the stars" last night -- i know a lot of you out there were watching -- all the buzz today is over bristol palin going to the finals and singer brandi getting the boot. there's evenly chatty a tea party movement conspiracy to keep palin in. what? >>> the mid-atlantic gets slammed by a storm that leaves thousands of people without electricity. chad myers is next. >>> a big storm along the mid-atlantic se

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haley barbour said that a third party candidate would probably tap into some of that anger and he said obama. so you can see republicans already saying no third party bid, they don't want to see that. and james carville, our cnn contributor, he got into a little bit hot water with the white house and fellow democrats, he told a little bit of an offcolor joke yesterday. i'm going to quote it. if hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to barbour, he would have two. he explained that it was a joke, he had said it once before in the campaign and he told john king if i off fended anyone, i do not apologize. look, james carville is going to be on "the situation room," first time on camera talking about this, 5:00 p.m. eastern, so we'll let wolf deal with exactly what noun is being used this time. >> what hour of sit room? >> 5:00 p.m. eastern. james carville's point is he was talking about don't ask, don't tell, some of these cat fights with republicans and he suggests that maybe hillary clinton would be tougher with some of these republicans. but carville said he was joking, he made a

when hurricane katrina battered the gulf states in 2005 mississippi governor haley barbour earned nothingut praise. looking back now five years, what have you learned from all that? >> if you have the biggest natural disaster in american history anybody that thinks everything is going to go right doesn't know what he's talking about. we had good plans. great people on the ground. our first reponders were fantastic. but we were obliterated. when that happens to you. having a good plan helps. it teaches you. don't expect everything to go right. don't expect everybody to get it right the first time. >> bret: there are other aspects of his years as governor he's eager to out to. -- easter to tout. >> when i was elected governor i ran on an agenda. i followed that agenda. everybody knew i feel raising taxes -- we got rid of a deficit without raising anybody's taxes. the state of mississippi will spend 13% less this fiscal year than two years ago. the federal government needs to learn that you can spend less. >> bret: which is why many conservatives see barbour as a real contender for a possibl

when hurricane katrina battered the gulf states in 2005 mississippi governor haley barbour earned nothingise. looking back now five years, what have you learned from all that? >> if you have the biggest natural disaster in american history anybody that thinks everything is going to go right doesn't know what he's talking about. we had good plans. great people on the ground. our first reponders were fantastic. but we were obliterated. when that happens to you. having a good plan helps. it teaches you. don't expect everything to go right. don't expect everybody to get it right the first time. >> bret: there are other aspects of his years as governor he's eager to out to. -- easter to tout. >> when i was elected governor i ran on an agenda. i followed that agenda. everybody knew i feel raising taxes -- we got rid of a deficit without raising anybody's taxes. the state of mississippi will spend 13% less this fiscal year than two years ago. the federal government needs to learn that you can spend less. >> bret: which is why many conservatives see barbour as a real contender for a possible prom

. >> haley barbour. >> and the governor of mississippi.ike louisiana and mississippi. >> bobby jindal. >> there's just a lot of people who are voices of reason. i think of jeb as a voice of reason. >> larry: what do you think of president obama? >> well, he's been very pleasant to me personally, very. and i remember when i went up to washington to do something. i forget what it was. he heard i was going. with jeb incidentally. the white house sent word over he'd like us to come by. we did that. he came here to my library at texas a&m for a points of light events. and he was very gracious. so on a personal basis, i'm very strongly impressed. he's a decent, decent man. and he's taken a lot of heat lately. but that goes with the territory. >> larry: do presidents, despite the politics, have sympathies for other presidents? >> i think i would. i mean, i think so. and, i mean, i don't like to see anybody beat up on and down. and people are -- some are down on him today, although his numbers aren't bad. and -- but i -- he's a good man. he's a de

if a tim pawlenty runs, hail lee barbour there's a possibility a -- haley barbour there's a possibilitycan come in and -- >> greta: what if bloomberg ran as an independent? >> one thing for sure, there is a desire an appetite in this country for a third party candidate. mayor bloomberg has ruled it out. a candidate running on a program of reconciliation, balancing the budget, bringing the warring factions together starts with the kind of base that ross perot had, maybe and a better base. >> greta: interesting when they go to ohio, everyone says the same thing. whether it is the democrats or the republicans. how do they distinguish themselves? how do they sell themselves or convince the voters? >> either their record or specific elements of their program. governor huckabee has a particular appeal to social conservatives. mitt romney has been a businessman. sarah palin is a clear outsider with a decisive and distinctive message. those are the kind of criteria that will make a difference this year. >> greta: terms of things that are fatal your record can be fatal. whenever i hear governor

republicans, as haley barbour said earlier tonight on cnn are going to have to earn the trust of democrats. i want to say, to offset -- the john boehner was wrong in saying the most important thing -- mitch mcconnell said to bring down -- or make sure he doesn't have a second term. equally so, what president obama said. talking about republicans, they can come along for the ride. they have to sit in the back seat. that also is an invitation to gridlock. he's got to make sure they ride shotgun with him if he really wants to govern in the next two years. >> larry: candy crowley and david gergen, the best in the business. you'll see them tomorrow night. wednesday night we'll be back with a post election analysis and i bet these two will be back with us thursday night janet jackson. and we'll be back with more of our panel after this. >> larry: a bitter race is going on in nevada between harry reid and sharron angle. it's very, very close. all day jessica has been with the twist lady of the united states campaigning with harry reid. both victory parties tomorrow are in the same hotel? >> they'

today we're going to look at some of the people who might be eyeing the 2012 presidential race, haley barbour, tim pawlenty, mitch daniels and also newt gingrich will be speaking here. one other story is the drama of rnc chair michael steele. will he remain as rnc chair after his political director resigns, citing mismanagement at the republican national committee. yesterday governor tim pawlenty cited that resignation as well as the report that the director sent raised some concerns. take a listen. >> i haven't taken a position on that. but there's a letter i think somebody wrote that was executive director or something, outlines a series of concerns about the rn krfrnlc. it concerns me a great deal in terms of the concerns raised in that letter. think there will be a healthy discussion over the next few months about the rnc and the future direction of it. >> reporter: now, haley barber was more definitive telling politico there will be a new rnc chair next year. so we'll wait and see. certainly not a ringing endorsement for michael steele. >> nbc deputy political director mark murray in lov

haley barbour and nick ayers did a great job. i'm delighted governor perry will become the new chairman again. a lot of bright new governors, good friends of mine like john kasich, scott walker in wisconsin. i think we have a chance to see a dramatic improvement in state government. tomorrow when i'm with them in san diego, i'm going to make the argument, we need move from a rejection kind of conservatism which rejects the left to a replacement model which starts to replace the institutions and the policies of the left. and the right place to do that is at the state level where they can actually get a lot done. while washington is relatively deadlocked. >> greta: let me go to michael steele many in the republican party are not anxious to have him run again. what has he done well? where has he failed? if has failed? >> michael steele has done very well in dramatically expanding republican outreach to minority communities. 37% of the members of congress who are latino are republican. the highest number in history. we have two afric