greta: it is nasty. >> why would kay bailey hutchison want to leave washington? a much better job, and she has got family, going back and forth. >> people in texas, a wonderful state, i have family there, but it is like a country. greta: this is sort of a half governorship. maybe it is a good house, the mansion? it is? >> i have spent some time in the governor's mansion in austin. greta: there he goes. now we know what it is. it is the mansion. >> nobody else wants to leave the senate. greta: some other senators want to be governors. senator evan bayh says it is a great job. >> they have some that are over 200 years old, and they just do not leave. but it is interesting. these two really, really wanted. rick perry is taking the position that he can represent texas values. greta: alaska, vt., and texas are all seceding from the midterms. >> there was a speech at which hutcheson's people had videotape, and they are hitting him hard on not knowing there was a reception in texas, and she is a representative of a more modern and inclusive republican party, according t

he's facing senator kay bailey hutchison.'s going to portray her as being this liberal who democrats are going to love in the statehouse. he is trying to appeal to these hard core conservatives because he knows if he can knock her out in the primary, the bottom line is no democrat holds any statewide office in texas. he is a very good shot at winning another four-year term. he's already the longest serving governor in texas history and that's what this is all about but it's still just stupid talk, just ridiculous. >> at what cost? i can understand if somebody told me, you know, if you say this, you might be able to get those people over there, those 80,000 people to support you, but i look in the mirror, and i say i can't say that. that's not right to say that. i love my country. i'm not going to talk about leaving the united states of america which i've pledged allegiance to. >> well, first of all, it is ridiculous conversation. look, those of us from texas, we know texas used to be its own country, had its own president and

that's the problem. >> kay bailey hutchison, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, andrea. >>> please watch president obama's prime time address to a joint session of congress right here on msnbc at 8:00 eastern. after the president's speech, msnbc will be broadcasting the republican response. then catch keith olbermann live at 9:00, rachel maddow at 10:00, and the ed show at 11:00. >>> after months of negotiations, a last ditch effort for a bipartisan bill may have fallen by the wayside today. h how. >>> remembering water cronkite. a look at today's moving memorial to the tv anchorman known as the most trusted man in america. >>> and happening live on msnbc right now, apple ceo steve jobs returns to the stage for his first product launch event since medical leave. he was just given a standing ovation. details on apple's big announcement straight ahead. bicycle, what are we waiting for? the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the

independent from vermont who organizes with the democratic party in the senate, and senator kay bailey hutchison is a republican. thank you for coming on. the first is the question, what do you make, senator sanders, of the statement by general mcchrystal in the field there, that basically we have two choices, go in big with a larger complement of troops, enough to protect the people there, or we leave and lose? we have no more -- >> i'm not overly impressed by that statement. this is my fear. my fear is that we can get sucked into a quagmire like we did in vietnam, like we did in iraq. we've already lost over 700 troops. we have spent $200 billion. and you know what? we have not, as a congress, been clear about what our goal is in afghanistan. originally, it was to capture osama bin laden. we did not do that. and now it presumably is to rebuild one of the poorest countries on earth, which is rampant with corruption. so chris, what i think we need to do is, we need to really -- a national debate about what our goals are, what our exit strategy is, and i don't think the alternatives are simply pu

. >>> coming up, republican senator kay bailey hutchison tells us what she needs to hear before even s. is there anything that senator hutchison -- i'm going to ask her. it has to be scaled back, i know. we talked to her in washington in front of the six senators. i know how she feels or have an idea. "squawk box" will be right back. i've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try to get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitment to finding out... just how much algae can help to meet... the fuel demands of the world. >>> all right. coming up, texas senator kay bailey hutchison on what she wants to hear from president obama in tonight's health care reform speech. >>> understanding the economy on "sesame street," picking up the economy insecurity. talking t

. >> you have, in fact, kay bailey hutchison the challenger of rick perry saying she thinks the secession. she's calling for an enlightened republicans -- i guess in texas that means those who go to nascar but don't put the confederate flag on their window of the car. this is really an appeal to a conservative constituency in the primary, the republican primary, that is very, very conservative. now, on the one hand you don't want to appeal to folks whose main sort of method of operating is to call for you to pick up your guns and go to the hills. on the other hand, talking about states rights and state sovereignty and anti-washington rhetoric really pays dividends here. >> if hutchison is going to run to perry's left on the issue of sovereignty and state rights and the prospect of rights and the progress of procession, i haven't asked you. your experience guide in politic, are there chances this run for re-election would rep up for kerry. would there be a formal debate of it in the legislature? >> this group, in fact, is asking the governor to run for special session to put the issue on t

thank you very much, senator bernie sanders, senator kay bailey hutchison of texas. coming up, president obama's media blitz. he does five sunday shows. and letterman coming up tonight. when the president says the same thing on each show, is it a bit like dancing the same dance at every inaugural ball? what did he actually achieve this weekend? you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. now your card comes with a way to plan for what matters to you. introducing blueprint. blueprint is free and only for chase customers. it lets you choose what purchases you want to pay in full to avoid interest...with full pay. and those you split... you decide how to pay over time. if having a plan matters. chase what matters. create your own blueprint at chase.com/blueprint. yeah, my buddy's got all that. do we need to buy a bunch of different medicines? pepto guy: oh, no, pepto alone relieves all five symptoms. plus gas too. dude. we're covered. enjoy the game. easy. >>> coming up, john edwards may be close to admitting he fathered a child with rielle hunter. but could edwards end u

host: kay bailey hutchison complaints in "the washington times -- in "the washinton post" that theseks do not get vetted. she writes "tsarist washington," "i oversleep legislation and agencies that cover policy areas -- i oversee legislation and agencies to cover policy areas, trade technology, transit, consumer protection, and commercial regulation. neither i nor the committee chairmen have clear authority to compel these stars to appear before the panel and report what they are doing. the obama administration presented only two of these officials for our consideration before they assume their duties. we have had no opportunity to probe the others credentials." guest: i would be interested to know the 10 of the 32. you know, it is interesting. if you take someone like ron bloom, being called the car czar, a very small office responsible for the gm-chrysler matter, he has gone before congress many times. i am wondering if this -- in this case of senator hutchison has tried to some of these people to these hearings. if this was an issue, i think would be worthwhile to try to force it.

these will include senator kay bailey-hutchison. she gets a special award, because texas had 165,000 people sign the petition, and that's the biggest group that there is. senator jim demint from north carolina. representive tom price from georgia. representative pete sessions from texas. john shay. there he is right there. the newest arrival. so they will make some comments to you in order. so john. i was at a tea party on saturday with 18,000. on behalf of all of us, i want to say to the 1.3 million people that signed these petitions, we will not let you down. [applause] >> let me introduce the house whip eric cantor. i would like to present the largest petition drive ever. i am told we are over 1.3 million individuals and counting. that's extraordinary. that is democracy at work. that will allow us to stand up and propose that we give the american people some graurnts. -- some guarantees. that we will bring along our colleagues, and the majority of our colleagues in the houps -- house of representatives to insist that we will not

host: kay bailey hutchison complaints in "the washington times -- in "the washinton post" that these folks do not get vetted. she writes "tsarist washington," "i oversleep legislation and agencies that cover policy areas -- i oversee legislation and agencies to cover policy areas, trade technology, transit, consumer protection, and commercial regulation. neither i nor the committee chairmen have clear authority to compel these stars to appear before the panel and report what they are doing. the obama administration presented only two of these officials for our consideration before they assume their duties. we have had no opportunity to probe the others credentials." guest: i would be interested to know the 10 of the 32. you know, it is interesting. if you take someone like ron bloom, being called the car czar, a very small office responsible for the gm-chrysler matter, he has gone before congress many times. i am wondering if this -- in this case of senator hutchison has tried to some of these people to these hearings. if this was an issue, i think would be worthwhile to try to force

senator kay bailey hutchison and gov. rick perry are battling it out.harges of economic looseness and political factory are flying as caylee hutcheson challenges. for the nomination. the primary is not until march. this large and heavily gop state. but from the get go the race has been fierce, even by the bare knuckled standards of texas politics. for instance, both sides have taken to posting attack videos on youtube, referring to one another as kay bailout and tricky rikki. rick -- wichita, kansas. what you make of new gingrich's article? let me jump in. don't mean to be impolite. just turn the sound down so we can hear you better. caller: i actually see mr. gingrich's remarks similar to what speaker nancy pelosi said the other day, what she sought and things going on kind of causing controversy. i think the media has done a really good job pitting republicans and democrats at each other but in the and we are really all americans and a really hope the american people can remember that. and washington is trying to ram this health care bill down our thr

host: kay bailey hutchison complaints in "the washington times -- in "the washinton post" that thesefolks do not get vetted. she writes "tsarist washington," "i oversleep legislation and agencies that cover policy areas -- i oversee legislation and agencies to cover policy areas, trade technology, transit, consumer protection, and commercial regulation. neither i nor the committee chairmen have clear authority to compel these stars to appear before the panel and report what they are doing. the obama administration presented only two of these officials for our consideration before they assume their duties. we have had no opportunity to probe the others credentials." guest: i would be interested to know the 10 of the 32. you know, it is interesting. if you take someone like ron bloom, being called the car czar, a very small office responsible for the gm-chrysler matter, he has gone before congress many times. i am wondering if this -- in this case of senator hutchison has tried to some of these people to these hearings. if this was an issue, i think would be worthwhile to try to force

let me make my opening statement, the ranking member, kay bailey hutchison, is not here today. nobody else comes, we will go right to you, mr. genachowski, and then we will see what happens from there. we have got lots of questions and you need to go after your first thing. we would love to have some of your folks that you are talking to come back in. then we have another terrific panel behind about. my approach to this, frankly, isn' not to start out controversially. i did that last year because i am so put off by the whole concept of promiscuity and the seriousness and all of these things. i'm a grandfather of -- i am a grandfather and i care about that. i found out that this is a very much a first committee, so we have to work carefully, but i am determined that we will eventually get to this. now i want toç talk about the committee -- the commission, and the committee will talk about the committee in other sessions. i am delighted to see you and i have explained to people but just the very fact that you have been appointed is a testament to the president and his interest i