hayworth. >> obama is completely illegitimate for u.s. president not only for -- for two reasons.ecause he didn't provide the place of his birth but because he has to be a u.s. citizen. >> obama knows he was adopted in indonesia. if he had a hawaiian birth certificate, we would have seen it now. >> for every race across the country it would be great if people can confirm who they say they are. >> the sad fact is, questions continue. until president obama signs his name and in fact has the records revealed, the questions will remain. >> the only difference between these people is that only one is running for the u.s. senate. john mccain character matters. >> citizens across america are rising up, standing up for liberty. from townhalls to thejx+ nation mall. we the people took a stand in new jersey, massachusetts and won. now the torch of liberty comes to arizona. j.d. hayworth heard our call to take on moderate john mccain. now we can reclaim a place in the senate. for the people of arizona that are conservatives, do your part. join j.d.'s campaign today. >> one match, one winner!

hayworth will announce the campaign to challenge john mccain in the g.o.p.mary, a former congressman from arizona and some conservatives are saying, this could be the toughest re-election battle of john mccain's career. and anita vogel joins us from phoenix and why is he challenging him at this time? >> reporter: well, hi there, j.d. hayworth is set to make this is announcement en a couple of hours and i talked to him a while ago and asked him, why he was challenging john mccain and he said, simple, he believes john mccain is a flip-flopper on major issues, like illegal immigration and taxes, and he believes arizona residents want a more consistent, conservative voice, and that john mccain is really more of a moderate than a maverick and we'll hear from j.d. hayworth a little bit later this morning and, first, we want to get reaction from john mccain himself. i spoke to him this morning and he said he's always up for a good fight. >> i take every race seriously and i have taken every race seriously in the past. i have been through a couple of pretty tough ra

hayworth. >> you could say there are two john mccains-- the one who campaigns like a conservative and the one who legislates like a liberal. ( cheers and applause ) in fact, when it comes time to debate, i'm going to ask for a third chair in case both john mccains show up. >> ifill: mccain jabbed back at hayworth, who lost his seat in 2006 and is now a talk radio host. >> i know for nearly a year on his radio show, mr. hayworth used to attack me in the most disrespectful fashion, so i would imagine, over time, that we might see a repetition of that. but the fact is, i'm confident of victory. the polls show us with 20-point leads. but i'm going to go out and earn every single vote. that's the only way i know how to campaign. >> ifill: all over the nation, mainstream candidates have become fresh targets. in florida, governor charlie crist-- once thought a shoo-in for the republican senate nomination-- is now trailing former state house speaker marco rubio. >> you know the establishment in washington is not supporting me. to them, this is nothing more than the opportunity to pick up anot

hayworth, a republican senatorial primary is in august. tie his opponent to the birther movement. >> obama is completely illegitimate as u.s. president for two reasons. not only because did he not provide the place of his birth but also because both parents have to be u.s. citizens. >> obama knows he is not natural born, as he knows where he was born, and he knows he was adopted in indonesia. the sad fact is, questions continue. and until president obama signs his name and, in fact, has the records revealed, the questions will remain. >> the only difference between these people, only one is running for the u.s. senate. >> bill: now that ad appeared on senator mccain's web site. joining us now from phoenix is j.d. hayworth. so, are you a birther guy, j.d.? >> bill, no. i'm a broadcaster. and those comments were taken from a radio program where i was a catalyst for conversation. just imagine, bill, if every topic you brought up on the factor bloggers said you were an instant advocate for whomever was on. >> bill: they do already. that's what

hayworth. >> obama is completely illegitimate for u.s. president not only for -- for two reasons.because he didn't provide the place of his birth but because he has to be a u.s. citizen. >> obama knows he was adopted in indonesia. if he had a hawaiian birth certificate, we would have seen it now. >> for every race across the country it would be great if people can confirm who they say they are. >> the sad fact is, questions continue. until president obama signs his name and in fact has the records revealed, the questions will remain. >> the only difference between these people is that only one is running for the u.s. senate. john mccain character matters. >> citizens across america are rising up, standing up for liberty. from townhalls to thejx+ nation mall. we the people took a stand in new jersey, massachusetts and won. now the torch of liberty comes to arizona. j.d. hayworth heard our call to take on moderate john mccain. now we can reclaim a place in the senate. for the people of arizona that are conservatives, do your part. join j.d.'s campaign today. >> one match, one winner

. >> where are you in mccain versus hayworth? >> if i'm out in arizona, i would vote for j.d.ayworth who is a friend of mine. >> we know where you stand. >> we absolutely know where you stand. he's a birther, an extremist. thank you, pat. >> this is why you lose -- do you know why you lose these people? because you show contempt for them. you call them birthers, call them names. i'm talking about the people, the tea party people, all they want, joan, is respect. and you liberals never give it to them, call them all names. no wonder they go over to the republican party. >> you know what, pat, that's unfair. i went to a tea party in san francisco april 15th. go read about it on my blog. i talked to people who i thought were very common sensical, and i talk to people upset about t.a.r.p., thought it was a giveaway to goldman sachs, pointed to the places the left and right could make common cause. for the most part, these birthers, they're not reaching out. they're hysterical about barack obama and they're dividing the country. don't tell me i'm the problem and i'm not reaching ou

and that's what unites -- >> why do you guys -- you've got hayworth out there, by the way, still bashing his birth certificate. why can't your party just drop that baby like you dropped the berkshires years ago? why don't you drop him? >> when i went out and campaigned, chris, people were talking about the black helicopters. fine -- >> it's crazy, though. >> i don't care. >> you want the crazy folks? >> that's 60% of our constituents. >> okay. thank you, pat. >> you said it. i didn't. >> easter loses an argument he falls back on his good sense of humor and says okay, i've got some wackos behind me. anyway, pat buchanan. who won't say no to a wacko vote. and joan walsh. thank you. up next, it's just the trouble when the balance becomes crazies. rod blagojevich, the former governor of illinois, is heading up a panel at northwestern, a great university. he's going to be leading the discussion on ethics. don't you love it? stick around for professor rod blagojevich. b-rod's teaching ethics. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in

hayworth, appreciate your time, sir. we'll be watching this race. >> hey, monica, thanks.ber the website, jdforsenate.com. >> you got your plug. >>. >>> women in the military haib able to go somewhere they've been banned from for decades. >>> plus, illinois university just invited rod blagojevich. let's hear it for saving on the healthy stuff. people who spent $100 a week at leading national supermarkets... on frequently purchased groceries... could have saved $55 in one month... by shopping at walmart instead. save money. live better. walmart. >>> let's move to the pentagon. defense secretary roberts gates is bringing quality to naval controls, barring women from serving on submarines. jim mcleshevs can i joins us with who are on what this means. how long before this takes effect? are they putting in some sort of special policies to prevent anything inappropriate from happening on these submarines? >> well, you know, it's that good order and discipline that should take effect when women ultimately serve on submarines. but it's intended to open up new career paths for wome

hayworth called for ten debates which mccain -- has mccain airing web ads like this one. we'll see.r, kentucky senate, ran paul versus tray grayson. the nationally recruited candidate is finding himself trailing ron paul's son. the two are exchanging negative tv ads already, listen to one of them. >> rand paul opposes the war in iraq and doubts whether afghanistan is still a threat. he even thinks we should cut military spending and operations. >> rand paul will stop obama and the epa from crippling the mining industry. trey grayson, listen for yourself. >> i look forward to doing my part as secretary of state and the citizen of working with president obama. >> a friend of obama, no friend of yours. >> they make the case that grayson is the only one that can hold the seat. we shall see. last week it was number nine. this is the big mover for us. number three, pennsylvania senate, the best primary on the democratic side. trying to take down arlen specter by reminding democrats that specter was once a republican, a takeoff on obama's yes, we can. number two, texas governor, primary da

hayworth in the 104th congress put target a bill that would require the congress to put the enumeratedhat it had whenever any bill passed, like within the title of the bill and even in the 104th congress which is the one that was the contract with america, etc., that bill never got out of committee. >> it seems to me we need sunshine provisions on all of these laws. i want to thank members of this panel. thank you very much for signing us off. [applause] >> please give us two minutes for a transition. we're going to move into the next panel. thank you for being so attentive. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> in a little over an hour from now, a celebration of the achievements of the tuskogee airmen. included in a short film in 1944 and narrated by ronald reagan that is held by the national archives and the national african-american history museum at 7:00 eastern live here on c-span. now an update on relief efforts in haiti from general ken quinonez and the u.s. special coordinator. the pentagon lost their

. >> hayworth in the 104th congress put forth a bill that would require the congress to put the i numeratedd whenever any bill passed, like, within the title of the bill. and even in the 104th congress which is the one that was the contract with america, etc., that bill never got out of committee. >> seems to me we need sunshine provisions on all of these laws. i want to thank members of this panel. betsy and peter and gary and diana, thank you very much for starting us off. give us -- please give us two minutes to transition. we're going to move into the next panel. but thank you for being so attentive. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> up next on c-span, the funeral for john murtha. after that, remarks from former u.s. comptroller general david walker on the federal budget deficit and debt. and later, president obama talks about clean energy and jobs. >> with your wildest imagination if you were writing fiction could you not have made this story up. >> this weekend, ken on the death of american virtue, clint