were diverse -- tea. >> the tea party always with a surprise for all of us including politico's ken vogel. great thanks, ken. >> thanks a lot, keith. >> that's september 13th, the 2,081 since president obama declared victory in afghanistan.

ken vogel of politico. great thanks. >>> few forsaw the perennial and losing candidate from delaware cat putting herself to infamy. but a look into history would indicate she was destined for this role. now christine o'donnell's greatest hits. her many pronouncements with think progress cannot be fully detailed but she fears that coed dorms will become orgy rooms. handing out condoms is like legalizing kids driving drunk or further the pred of aids. think about that one. women should submit to their husbands. allowing women to attend academies cripples the national defense and considers herself a feminist. >> do you consider yourself a feminist? >> absolutely but let me qualify, an authentic feminist, not as defined by the modern movement. let me clarify that a little bit more. i'm an england major. ist means one who celebrates. as a feminist i celebrate my fem 90. >> as once mentioned she believes in the united states companies are cross breeding humans and annals and coming up with mice with fully functio

joining me now is the senior reporter for politico, ken vogel.t. >> great to be with you, keith. >> to your piece in a moment. first christine o'donnell. what does it say that armey's group is refusing to endorse but is obviously the tea party candidate in delaware? >> it says that they're pragmatists. they realize that though mike castle is a centrist and also an insider, two things that are really anathema in the tea party movement, he stands the best chance of winning in the general electric. that same set of considerations is clearly not what is driving tea partyer, they have thrown their weight behind a series of candidates who are less electable than their primary election competition and that has democrats in the sort of strange but increasingly common position again on tuesday of rooting for the tea party candidate, in this case miss o'donnell. >> is that where her claim of support from hillary democrats comes from, is it, in fact, democrats who are trying to get her nominated so that he has a prospect of winning that race? >> this one is

. >> the tea party always with a surprise for all of us including politico's ken vogel. great thanks, ken. >> thanks a lot, keith. >> that's september 13th, the 2,081 since president obama declared victory in afghanistan. i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. mao to discuss why lady gaga brought a former west point cadet to the video music awards rather than, say, dylan g. lucas or the go-gos, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow and dressed normally, i see. good evening. >> i have my bubble suit coming up later. >> i had the meat shirt but i left it in the office. >>> thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. on tonight's show, as keith said, for the first time ever we shall broach the all-important world-changing subject of lady gaga. lady gaga now makes our news because she has started poaching rachel maddow show guests to take as her dates to awards shows. you know how people say we couldn't be more excited and they mean that as hyperbole? i don't mean it as hyperbole. we could not be more excited or our health would be at risk. we a