newt gingrich and mike huckabee have been campaigning for nathan deal while sarah palin is throwing her support to karen handel. >> are you ready to elect a pro-life, pro-second amendment, commonsense, constitutional conservative who will fight like a mama grizzly for you? >> reporter: if her candidate wins, she's guaranteed to be seen as the mama grizzly bear of her party headed into the

but huckabee is number one right now in iowa.ased on the christians out there. >> he remains a mormon. >> he's a mormon. >> mormons exactly, you saw those polls saying muslims hold 58% didn't want a muslim for president. a high number said we wouldn't take a mormon either. >> and a medical condition in this country, you don't think it bleached out? >> it should bleach out, but it hasn't. >> the recent poll that showed obama being -- a lot of people think he is a muslim. that same poll talked about how now what the jews are considered to be the most trusted religion now. they moved up, muslims have moved down. it's the same kind of way african americans are more accepted now politically than immigrants and illegal immigrants. >> there is also a decline generally speaking in the religiousness of the culture, broadly speaking. religion doesn't count as much anymore. >> it does -- >> yes or no? >> independently denomination totally? >> it still counts for an awful lot. especially if you are a mormon or muslim. >> i think it counts mo

sarah palin and mike huckabee brought georgia's race for governor to the national stage, each stumping for one of the gop candidates. in colorado two cliffhanger races could test anti-establishment sentiment as the democratic party pick michael bennett meets outsider andrew romanoff. >> at some point is, you have to stand up to the leadership of your own party when you think they're doing something wrong. i'm doing that right now. >> the gop senate primary in connecticut may be close, but it is sure to be in the spotlight with wrestling executive linda mcmahon expected to pin down the gop nomination. three democrats who want to be minnesota's next governor will be pressing hard in their states. a republican state legislator in the state's gop primary. >>> commuters stuck in the slow lane have a chance to pay for a faster trip in the east bay. the first express lane is about to roll out on 680. it's a 14-mile stretch between highways 84 and 237. carpoolers are still free, however single drivers can now pay for access. the fee depends on the traffic. the expense lanes rules go into effec

deal had newt gingrich and mike huckabee on his side. the highest profile race of the night was easily the democratic primary in colorado where senator michael bennet bested former state house speaker andrew romanoff. bennett, appointed to the seat, was branded the establishment candidate even though this was his first time on a ballot. in his corner, the endorser in chief, president barack obama. romanoff ran as the outsider despite his years in state politics. romanoff had the backing of former president bill clinton. bennet avoided becoming the third sitting senator this year to lose in a primary. t.j. wingic, abc news, washington. >>> new york democratic congressman charlie rangel is not resigning despite facing more than a dozen ethic charges. he made that clear at an unexpected 37-minute speech on the house floor. any call on the house ethics committee to move it along without delay. >> don't leave me swinging in the wind until november. i do want the dignity that the president had said. if i can't get my dignity back here, then fi

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and when they talked about sarah palin's religion, and also mike huckabee and mitt romney's on the folksn the right they used them to make them sound crazy. so her christianity was crazy and his christianity was humanizing. it made him interesting. it made him an every man. it was a very intellectually dishonest way of presenting that information. you have two totally different stories. >> polls show americans are skeptical of the media. some 40% say they trust the media most of the time. but cupp believe it is takes more than skepticism. she says christians need to fight back. >> but if christian america first notices it they have to acknowledge it first. and then get angry about it. and maybe vote with their feet. you know cancel their descriptions. changes the channel. and then i would hope get organized around this issue. and say look enough's enough. we are not going to take it anymore. i'm not to be honest, optimistic. that that will happen. but the bottom line is we are a religious country, founded opportunity judeo-christian values and a country of mainly christians. that has not

are a number of factors that involve, of course, obviously governor palin's endorsement, governor huckabee's endorsement, lieutenant governor lehman, a number of radio personalities here in alaska, and at the base, our volunteer network. this is a very small state, population-wise. elections here are determined by the strength of your volunteer network. we had volunteers that worked day and night. they covered every quadrant of the state. it was just an extraordinary effort. >> schieffer: there is a lot of federal money that pours into alaska. in fact, i think alaska ranks about second per capita of the amount of federal dollars that come in to the state. as you say a small state-- 700,000 population. you've said that we can't afford all that federal money that's pouring into alaska. should alaska get less money from the federal government? >> you know, the government is going bankrupt. i don't think anybody can deny it. it's sitting at $13.3 trillion in absolute debt. by some estimates, $130 trillion in future unfunded obligations-- that we are in any way in a good financial state. that mea

deal had newt gingrich and mike huckabee on his side.the numbers. we hope that they will hold. but i just wanted to come out and say, thank you to all of you for all that you've done. this has been a great night for us. >> reporter: the highest-profile race of the night was easily the democratic senate primary in colorado, where senator michael bennet bested former state house speaker andrew romanoff. bennet, appointed to the seat, was branded the establishment candidate even though this was actually his first time on the ballot. in his corner, the endorser in chief, president barack obama. romanoff ran as the outsider despite his years in state politics. romanoff had the backing of former president bill clinton. bennett avoided becoming the third sitting senator this year to lose in a primary. rob and vinita? >> our thanks to t.j. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in louisiana because of a tropical depression that is now gaining strength. >> it is expected to turn into a tropical storm that will threaten the gulf coast. accuwea

i think mike huckabee is gearing up. mitt romney is a safe choice.ld love sarah palin to be the nominee. the obamas can sizing up the drinks right now for the next four years. >> one thing that's interesting, larry, she does have more chief executive experience than barack obama had when he ran for president. >> she is mayor of mayberry. >> maybe alaska doesn't count for marc, but it's a cool place. >> larry: one thing before we leave, we only have 35 seconds. laura, how is your health? >> my health is great, larry. five years out, i don't call myself a survivor, i call myself by god good graces of god a thriver. two kids at home, 5 and 2, and they are my life now. i appreciate you asking. >> larry: does five years mean it's over? that cancer is done? >> well, larry, you know what they say, no one gets off this planet alive. so it's a snapshot. we have a snap of a finger, so i -- you know, i hope for the best. i don't really worry about it. >> larry: laura, congratulations on the book. marc, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, larry. thanks, marcus.

newt gingrich and mike huckabee have been campaigning for nathan deal while sarah palin is throwing her support to karen handel. >> are you ready to elect a pro-life, pro-second amendment, commonsense, constitutional conservative who will fight like a mama grizzly for you? >> reporter: if her candidate wins, she's guaranteed to be seen as the mama grizzly bear of her party headed into the midterms. these are obviously state races but with the midterm elections coming up and 2012 looming in the distance it's all about positioning. and, george, there's a lot at stake. >> sure is. for more we're joined by donna brazile, from washington, and mary matalin from new orleans. good morning to both of you. donna, let me begin with you. as david pointed out while these races are going on in colorado especially the president's in texas, the gubernatorial candidate in texas does not appear with the president on the tarmac. is he becoming toxic in these democratic races? >> well, george, all politics is local. we've heard that before. look, the president is gravy, what you need in every campaign is a

having the endorsement of newt gingrich and mike huckabee is great. i will be a governor who will govern with an open mind, an open door, and a servant's part. i ask for your vote on tuesday. >> that concludes our debate. we would like to remind voters that the primary runoff election will be held this tuesday, august 10. we thank the candidates. we thank our panel of journalists. we would also like to it -- to thank the atlanta press club for sponsoring this debate. these debates will be archived on the a atlanta press club web sites. -- on the atlanta press club website. we invite you to stay tune for the primary debate with the candidates in the republican runoff for aid attorney general. that is coming up next. >> this is made possible by a donation paria. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> in a few moments, today's headlines and your calls live on "washington journal." the house is in for a special session after that. a $600 million border security bill is also on th

sarah palin and mike huckabee brought georgia's race for governor to the national stage, each stumping of the gop candidates. in colorado two cliffhanger races could test anti-establishment sentiment as the democratic party picks michael bennett meets outside andrew romanoff. >> at some point is, you have to stand up to the leadership of your own party when you think they're doing something wrong. i'm doing that right now. >> the gop senate primary in connecticut may not be as close, but it is sure to be in the spotlight with wrestling executive linda mcmahon expected to pin down the gop nomination. three democrats who want to be minnesota's next governor will be pressing hard in their states. a republican state legislator in the state's gop primary. >>> virginia lawmakers are lashing out on plans to close the joint forces command center. they say it would eliminate 5,000 jobs in the area. defense secretary robert gates says he wants the closure to eliminate overspending and proposes slashing the pentagon's budget for military contractors. but virginia lawmakers say many of the contrac

congressman nathan deal, endorsed by two other potential presidential contenders, newt gingrich and mike huckabee. handel conceded the tight race today, clearing the way for deal to face democratic former governor roy barnes. in connecticut, republicans nominated linda mcmahon for the u.s. senate she's former head of world wrestling entertainment. >> linda mcmahon said she wouldn't take money from special interests either. well, how much did she take? not a dime! >> lehrer: in fact, mcmahon spent more than $20 million of her wrestling fortune in the primary. she'll take on long-time democratic attorney general richard blumenthal to fill the seat of retiring democrat chris dodd. and to "newshour" political editor david chalian. now there are themes to be read into these results, beginning with colorado. let's start there. >> yes, the democratic senate race in colorado, as you said there in the piece, jim, very welcome news at the white house today because they avoided the headlines of the obama political operation is out of sorts. they won one here and won it big by eight points. they backed micha

and the best rebuttal i've ever heard on that was given by conservative mike huckabee, the former governor of arkansas. i asked him how do you handle that when people come up to and say he was not born. he was born in kenya, nigeria, mars, wherever the hell he was born. i turn them them and i say if you don't think he wasn't born here you don't think hillary would have found that out and used it against him in 2008. there is on talk radio, that is really an alive part of making him the other. making him somebody other than an american. a socialist, you know, a foreign religion, foreign born. >> lehrer: it's all part of a piece. do you see it that way? >> i do. i agree with that. i think this is a reflection of polarization. it is a reflection of the a conspiratorial tendency on the internet which is true on left and right by the way. and so i, you know, i think, and it's not, but is not historically unprecedented. if you look back, people accused no-nothing accused abraham lincoln of being a secret catholic, okay. people accused franklin roosevelt of being a jew, okay, with policies that h

mike huckabee, don't change the 14th amendment. mike huckabee says he is against changing the 14th amendment to remove birthright citizenship. "the supreme court has decided in three different centuries. every single instance, they have a firm that if you are born in this country, you are considered to be a citizen. the only option there is to change the constitution." the constitution reads, the first sentence reads," all persons born or naturalized in the u.s. and subject to the jurisdiction there of our citizens of the united states and of the state where in the they reside." that is what we want to talk to you about. . it has been a simmering issue, whether or not this part of the 14th amendment should be repealed. if you support repeal of the birthright citizenship, the numbers are on the screen. again, we are talking about repealing the birthright citizenship part of the 14th amendment, as has been talked about for a couple of weeks. some politicians are lining up in favor of it, some opposed to it. a former arkansas governor

and mike huckabee endorsed late. >> casey hunt with politico.hank you. >> thank you. >> and you can watch tonight con cession speeches of these candidates on c-span and c-span.org. >> congressman tom price from georgia's sixth district. also the republican study committee chairman. >> thanks so much for allowing me to come. >> talk to us about the vote today for this $21 billion aid package. how are you feeling about it? what are your concerns? guest: well we believe it's simply another bailout. it's $10 billion for the education and $6 billion for the medicare arena and paid for with permanent tax increases, so permanent tax increases to pay for temporary spending. and spending especially on the education side is really the federal government telling the states exactly what to do. so they are shackaling the states making it less flexible for them to use the money in the ways they see appropriate. so it's another bailout from washington and dictate from washington and frankly what the american people are sick and tired of. host: many governors c

her opponent nathan deal is backed by former presidential candidate mike huckabee. >> it's so important that we elect her. >> reporter: out west, john mccain rallied support in the colorado senate primary. and in connecticut, the gop hopes a national wave of enthusiasm with outsiders will help them quoefr run the u.s. senate seat democrat chris dodd held for five terms. heading in to the primary, polls show pro wrestler executive linda mcmahon, wife of vince, is expected to beat former congressman rob sim ons for the republican endorsement. and linda mcmahon has already spent more than $20 million of her own money on her campaign. she's expected to face democrat and connecticut attorney general richard blumenthal in november. >> whit johnson, thank you. >>> drilling continues in the gulf to complete the relief well. and permanently stop the oil flow from bp's blownout well. the relief well is now within 30 feet of the main shaft. as early as friday, engineers could begin pumping mud and see nmt to to permanently kill the well. >>> and a case of mcnugget rage. surveillance individual yoe

called her one of the mama grizzlies she's backing and former congressman nathan deal backed by mike huckabee and newt gingrich. this one is just too close to call right now. fewer than 1% of the votes separate them and there could be a recount here, and finally up in connecticut, a big race on the republican side, linda mcmahon, the former head of world wrestling entertainment, won the republican primary after spending $22 million in the primary. she's going to face the attorney general democrat richard blumenthal. he faced questions about whether he exaggerated his war record in vietnam. that's going to be the november matchup right now. we spoke with linda mcmahon, but first, i talked to senator bennet. congratulations, senator. that's your first win ever, right? you were appointed to the seat before. >> yeah, i've never run for dog catcher before. it feels pretty good. >> i bet you it does. it was a tougher challenge than you expected. you did have the backing of president obama in this primary. republicans are saying they'll make that the issue. here's senator john cornyn talking about y

but this guy, this attorney, joe miller, as support for mike huckabee and sarah palin, which certainly put his name on the map but it certainly has not been enough for people to turn away from murkowski who has been in office since 2002. host: newspaper said many expect murkowski be favored, in a state that about his security. that is the headline in "the philadelphia inquirer were" in this race. security is the key issue in alaska's gop. she is running on the opposite campaign -- saying my security brings money home to this state and that is why you want to re- elect me. guest: she tied herself to the late ted stevens, and he was beloved. the airport is named after him. lots of knows -- roads are named after him. he brought back so much money. she says i will be a continued nation of that. host: that is the headline in "the new york times" this morning. in alaskan republican primary, two names not on ballad may play big roles, a matchup between sarah palin, who endorsed mr. miller, and lisa murkowski tying herself to ted stevens. host: republican line, you are up next. caller: i want

but this guy, this attorney, joe miller, as support for mike huckabee and sarah palin, which certainly put his name on the map but it certainly has not been enough for people to turn away from murkowski who has been in office since 2002. host: newspaper said many expect murkowski be favored, in a state that about his security. that is the headline in "the philadelphia inquirer were" in this race. security is the key issue in alaska's gop. she is running on the opposite campaign -- saying my security brings money home to this state and that is why you want to re- elect me. guest: she tied herself to the late ted stevens, and he was beloved. the airport is named after him. lots of knows -- roads are named after him. he brought back so much money. she says i will be a continued nation of that. host: that is the headline in "the new york times" this morning. in alaskan republican primary, two names not on ballad may play big roles, a matchup between sarah palin, who endorsed mr. miller, and lisa murkowski tying herself to ted stevens. host: republican line, you are up next. caller: i want

mike huckabee, don't change the 14th amendment. and the first sentence in the 14th amendment reads, "all persons born or naturalized in the u.s. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside." and that is what we want to talk to you about. it has been a simmering issue, whether or not this part of the 14th amendment should be repealed. if you support repeal of the birthright citizenship, the numbers are on the screen. again, we are talking about repealing the birthright citizenship part of the 14th amendment, as has been talked about for a couple of weeks. some politicians are lining up in favor of it, some opposed to it. a former arkansas governor and now stands as one of the few gop leaders firmly against the proposal. that is from the politico this morning. go ahead and dial in. we will start taking your calls in just a minute. i want to assure you this picture from the front page of "the wall street journal." there are six pictures of center schumer here. in an em

i assure you that having the endorsement of new gingrich and mike huckabee, people who know me and work with me, is great. but i will be a governor who governs with an open mind, an open door, and with a service mark. i ask for your vote on tuesday. >> that includes our debate and we would like to remind voters the primary runoff election will be held this tuesday, august 10. our thanks to the candidates, karen handel and nathan deal. and to our panel of journalists. we would also like to think the atlanta press club for arranging this debate. for more permission about the lack press club, you may visit their web site. the debates that air on george of public broadcasting will be archived on the press club's web site. the broadcast has been strained alive and will be available on demand on the website, gpb.org. we invited to stay tuned for the primary debate that the candidates and republican runoff for attorney general. that debate is coming up next. thanks. >> s club today series is made possible by donation from the late tom watson brown. [captioning performed by national captioning

governor has turned into a 2012 republican presidential proxy fight with newt gingrich and mike huckabee on one side supporting former congressman nathan deal and sarah palin on on the other side, in support of her mama grisly, karen handel. >> show the nation how you are ready to bring it on, georgia. >> reporter: a political comeback is being attempted by mark dayton, he's trying to become his party's nominee for governor. >> chuck todd in washington for us. thank you, chuck. >>> uss john mccain docked in vietnam today as two former enemy nations mark 15 years of renewed diplomatic ties. the destroyer is named for admiral john mccain sr. and junior, the grandfather and father of arizona senator john mccain who was held as a p.o.w. during the vietnam war. >>> now 7:12 pacific time. back to meredith, matt and al. >> thank you very much, natalie. mr. roker here with the first check of the weather. >> in dillingham, alaska, 48 degrees and raining. you see on the satellite, we haveot chauds and showers, nothing horrible right now, but the weather isot deteriorating, expect showers right ove