kingston is high. this is a very different group. >> larry u-get the last word tonight. >> there's learning curve here for republicans whether they are tea party or mainstream. they realized that both the establishment and the tea party threw away some senate candidacies in 2010 and 2012. they are looking for winners, people who can put together a majority coalition in november, so far they have been finding those people. >> all right, guys. good to see you. coming up we'll continue to bring you the latest updates on the primary races. but first one of president obama's closest advisors met with members from va groups behind closed doors today. two of the men when were in that want meeting join me for exlus jennifer details. what does it mean to have an unlimited mileage warranty on a certified pre-owned mercedes-benz? what does it mean to drive as far as you want... for up to three years and be covered? it means your odometer... is there to record the memories. during the mercedes-benz certified pre-o

i'm with you on kingston. i think he's a great candidate. i love both handle and kingston.how you choose between them. the only thing you can say against kingston is he has the chamber of commerce endorsements. i don't trust them as far as i can throw them, but he's voted very well on the immigration issues. in general, i prefer elected officials to people who say, this is what i'm going to do. that's a really interesting race down there. handle, the reason she's zooming up now, it is totally because of immigratio i also point out in some of these other elections when i try to figure out who i'm going to be for by looking at immigrat n immigration, every single republican claims to be rock solid on immigration. they're against amnesty when they're running for office. voters must like that position. maybe i won't get to washington and double cross them. >> well said. i know you've become single issue. >> it's not single issue. you can lose -- but i want to make this point. you can lose on abortion, which is very important, and still win on all the other issues. you can lose

tonight in torture, kingston will pull it out. they would be establishment picks, but these guys have moved so far to the right, not just during the primary season but over the last couple of years. the tea party has coopted the establishment. i don't think we can view this as a tea party losses if they have so affected the republican party that they are now touting their beliefs. that is my take away from every republican primary we have seen so far, but the establishment could not beat the to party, so they became them. they are running against democrats able to talk common sense, jobs, talk to the moderates, independence in their states about what their states need. >> what i would say to add on that, david purdue is a very famous political narrative. jack kingston has been a longtime member of congress. it suggested that they should be sweeping the floor is to get their school lunches. those are the folks there. what i would say to out onto that is that we are talking about to party ideas with establishment disposition. part o

so has jack kingston. jack kingston was more or less the other favorite besides mr. perdue among more main stream republicans in georgia. republicans hopes of winning the u.s. senate in november depend on the republican party keeping that senate seat in georgia. it's been vacated by sax mcchambliss that is retiring. sniet was supposed to be a give me race for georgia. heading in to tonight's voting, not one of the seven candidates on the republican side polled convincingly against the democratic nominee michelle nunn. the candidate that looks bens against her is the one who finished first, david perdue. after michelle nunn won her own primary handedly tonight she took advantage of the brawl ing still going on between her would be republican opponents. watch. >> tonight, we send a signal to washington, that we want something different. [ applause ] we want stability. we want collaboration and problem solving. we don't yet know who the candidate on the other side will be tonight, but we know these candidates are all in a race for the extremes. they are exbracing acrimo

tonight in torture, kingston will pull it out.y would be establishment picks, but these guys have moved so far to the right, not just during the primary season but over the last couple of years. the tea party has coopted the establishment. i don't think we can view this as a tea party losses if they have so affected the republican party that they are now touting their beliefs. that is my take away from every republican primary we have seen so far, but the establishment could not beat the to party, so they became them. they are running against democrats able to talk common sense, jobs, talk to the moderates, independence in their states about what their states need. >> what i would say to add on that, david purdue is a very famous political narrative. jack kingston has been a longtime member of congress. it suggested that they should be sweeping the floor is to get their school lunches. those are the folks there. what i would say to out onto that is that we are talking about to party ideas with establishment disposition. part of wh

and so jack kingston -- you'll see kingston moving as far to the right as he possibly can. >> ed rendell how does the governor's race look to you? do you have any insight about how the numbers are going? >> i think tom wolf will win by a 20-point margin. a smashing victory for someone who nobody had heard of in january. a great campaign by wolf. his media consultant, his adviser mary eisenhower did a great job and blew this race open. blew the race open. >> mary eisenhower, an inside pro if there ever was one. thank you all. governor, we only have time for that thought. now you made your prediction, a 20-point spread. >> at least. >> we'll be right back with chuck todd and our political roundtable. you're watching ""hardball," the place for politics. jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment

expect the race to be between perdue or even kingston or handle. we see evidence kingston has been spending all of his time going after purdue of late. as for nunn, she is still overperforming over democrats in the state. jason carter is down 10 in our poll, 50-40. now a new poll from the atlanta journal constitution is doing somewhat better, nunn beating kingston by 10 points and they have carter a bit closer than we do. but nunn's lead shrinks when asked how many were likely to show up at the polls. do african-americans and young voters come out? there getting registered now? is the electorate disproportionately white and elderly? overall democrats competing in the southern states still face stiff head winds and we're seeing it reflected inside the numbers, 32% in kentucky, 34% in arkansas and 41% in georgia approve. a strong majority, 59% in georgia, 67% in kentucky and 69% in arkansas believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. still, the question 2014 has always been whether individual candidates can trump the national environment. so

so has jack kingston. jack kingston was more or less the other favorite besides mr. perdue among more main stream republicans in georgia. republicans hopes of winning the u.s. senate in november depend on the republican party keeping that senate seat in georgia. it's been vacated by sax mcchambliss that is retiring. sniet was supposed to be a give me race for georgia. heading in to tonight's voting, not one of the seven candidates on the republican side polled convincingly against the democratic nominee michelle nunn. the candidate that looks bens against her is the one who finished first, david perdue. after michelle nunn won her own primary handedly tonight she took advantage of the brawl ing still going on between her would be republican opponents. watch. >> tonight, we send a signal to washington, that we want something different. [ applause ] we want stability. we want collaboration and problem solving. we don't yet know who the candidate on the other side will be tonight, but we know these candidates are all in a race for the extremes. they are exbracing acrimo

could be kingston and perdue. she's a very strong social conservative. georgia remains a very conservative state, especially socially conservative state. i don't know that it's really -- it's not quite as black and white as establishment versus conservative. >> he is very wealthy, but never run for office. >> i is the cousin of the former governor, though. a lot of voets think that the governor is running. they think david purdue and governor purdue are theere are hammering. >> people always say what is it like to be on a tv show with john huntsman? it adds to the political -- >> we'll get a -- these primary races, are about turnout. it's been fluid, but we see david purdue at 24%. jack kingston, at 17. karen at 14. if you look at the average, but i think the questions goes to the deeper point, which is is the toor party battle within the republican party. is it about issues or also cultural? whether or not purdue has run, i would say he is part of that old guard culture, and kingston, whatever he wants to claim a

so there are people actually far to the right of kingston. so his problem now is he's looked at as the establishment because he's an elected official from evil washington. >> and that's a bigger point, and it will be interesting when we watch these returns tomorrow night, is does it matter what happens to these tea party candidates or have they so fully scammed their fiscal austerity conservatism on the establishment that they've already won in that sense? joy reid, thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. and you can tune in as i mentioned tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. eastern for special coverage of tuesday's primaries. chris matthews will be here. coming up, "the dallas buyers club" and colorado's controversial idea to help sick people get drugs they say they need. that's next. cars are driven by people. they're why we innovate. they're who we protect. they're why we make life less complicated. it's about people. we are volvo of sweden. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fas

does she do well enough to catch kingston at the end of the day? when all these -- we expect perdue to do well. weigh don't have any of that vote in. that's why it's probably going to be a long night for all three campaigns. >> a long night. i think it's a very different run-off contest between handel and perdue than kingston and per perdue. >> i'm glad you said that. i think you'll see a bunch of conservative groups come on handel's side in a fight against perdue. if it's perdue and kingston, i think some of these conservative groups stay out a little bit and it becomes more of a fight between two sort of mainstream conservative establishment types. handel will attract more of the outside conservative tea party support. >> absolutely. fascinating stuff. chuck todd, host of "the daily rundown." thank you very much. appreciate it, my friend. >> you've got it. see you soon. >>> a big night. small deed democracy wise. we'll check in with the great state of pennsylvania where there has been a really important call. true business-grade internet comes wi

right now looks like, kingston will face david perdue in the run-off. in georgia, michelle nunn, daughter of sam nunn, won. and tom cotton will take on mark prioror. businessman, tom wolf, defeated, allison schwartz for the democratic nomination. wolf will take on republican tom corbin in november. lots more about that from me. let's talk about the senate right now. the kentucky/georgia senate races are so important to democrats. right now democrats have 55 seats in the senate there are 12 states with competitive senate races this november. and 10 of them. see them there on the mark. the map in blue. democrats are playing defense. in other word, democrats in the seats now. they got to hold them. republicans need a again of six seats to take over the senate. to make it 51 for them. already, three states, montana, south dakota, west virginia. look to be easy pickups. nothing is for sure. republicans will need to net another three of the remaining nine states. kentucky/georgia in the red on the map are the only states where democrats have a chance to pick

kingston and purdue are going at each other.ne person tell me that next two months will be a street brawl and purdue looking close record at kingston's 10-year record of congress and kingston putting a microscope on purdue's background and business. >> i think he is somebody who really hasn't been that vetted in the primary process and that we're going to talk about our very positive record and our support of growth policies and jobs and, some of his business missteps which is claiming were great victories. >> reporter: what kingston is referring to as perdue's time of the ceo firm, pillowtex. pillowtex closed down. thousands of jobs were lost after perdue left as ceo. perdue said he learned from the experience. with dollar general his next position, he opened 2500 stores and created 20,000 jobs. arthel, this will be an interesting couple months heading into that july 22nd republican runoff. >> no doubt, john. you have a lot to look forward to in this race. john roberts. thanks. >> reporter: thanks. jon: another incredible study

if karen can beat kingston that's a victory for the tea party but if kingston purdue get into a runoff that's a win for the so-called establishment. >> a month ago i was having dip with folks from oregon and hey were talking about the candidate poised to win, monica loy. she is pro choice, pediatric neurosurgeon, pretty good in front of the microphone. her campaign is absolutely imploding. this is a tweet, a reporter with the nbc affiliate. monica webby appears to have gone underground. campaign is not returning calls no public appearances, this is unprecedented implosion happening in oregon right now. >> monica webby's situation in oregon is indicative of how the narrative of this primary cycle has some fall lines and problems, because monica webby was a doctor, a republican woman who was supposed to represent the establishment, had the backing of a lot of people, running against the state representative who has endorsed by rick santorum, has a fiery temperment, but monica webby is having problems and if you're the establishment candidate, and you're touted by those in washington, doe

right now looks like, kingston will face david perdue in the run-off.georgia, michelle nunn, daughter of sam nunn, won. and tom cotton will take on mark prioror. businessman, tom wolf, defeated, allison schwartz for the democratic nomination. wolf will take on republican tom corbin in november. lots more about that from me. let's talk about the senate right now. the kentucky/georgia senate races are so important to democrats. right now democrats have 55 seats in the senate there are 12 states with competitive senate races this november. and 10 of them. see them there on the mark. the map in blue. democrats are playing defense. in other word, democrats in the seats now. they got to hold them. republicans need a again of six seats to take over the senate. to make it 51 for them. already, three states, montana, south dakota, west virginia. look to be easy pickups. nothing is for sure. republicans will need to net another three of the remaining nine states. kentucky/georgia in the red on the map are the only states where democrats have a chance to pick up a

we appreciate your time, congressman kingston thanks much. >> thanks a lot. >> for reaction to the kingston, time to bring in kirsten powers and larry o'connor. good to see the both of you. this plan, i was kind of surprised, larry, to hear that newt gingrich who originally had the plan back in the '90s, doesn't think it's a good time for the republicans. what do you think? >> yeah, i'm not sure what his rationale is. but newt's not running. and the fact of the matter is, i think this is a great idea. republicans need to stand for something. and they need to be able to proclaim what they stand for. it's not enough to be against obama and harry reid. this is a political party. this isn't the bachelorette. they're not going to win by their good looks. >> i happened to flip through that last night. thanks for the reference. kirsten, i would think on the democratic side, you would actually hope this doesn't happen because one of the major talking points of the democrats is this sort of fracturing of the republican party. >> well, i think part of the reason that newt gingrich probably doesn't th

joining me from capitol hill, republican congressman jack kingston. congressman, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning to you guys. >> so, you know, we're all characterizing this as establishment versus tea party and you and david purdue, karen handel on one end of the spectrum. are we oversimplifying this in your mind? >> well, i think you are because the georgia republican primary base right now is somewhat split up. it's a lively dynamic conservative family, if you will, and it's very hard to pin down the whole electorate in a few labels. and hard to pin dow the whole electorate in a few labels. we work hard on the grass roots basis and we do really well in south georgia and we have an office in gwinnett county, and we have had more people than we can accommodate vol untooering to make the phone calls there, and we are here, there, and everywhere, and so the party right now. there is nobody who is fewer establishment or tea party, because it is hybrids. >> and what do you think of the name there? >> well, i take public service seriously. i have

kingston did not do well in the atlanta media market. that's going to be the interesting issue for him. tea party when 0 for 3 in the marquee races we were watching. and mike simpson, an ally of speaker boehner, look at this one, 62% of the vote against challenger brian smith, big win there, big loss for club for growth. mcconnell's election campaign against grimes began last night. one thing mcconnell do not do is subtlety. he previewed his general election play book in a very obvious way. he wants to make this campaign about two thing, the president and the national democratic party. >> my opponent is in this race because barack obama and harry reid want her to be in this race. there isn't a dime's worth of difference, not a dime's worth of difference between a candidate who puts harry reid in charge and harry reid himself. >> president obama is not on kentucky's 2014 election ballot. nothing about this election will change who is in the white house, but we can change who is in washington d.c. >> the next 30 days might be more importan

senate. >> our dad is jack kingston.ly is cheap, and it's not just the car he dries. >> he'll drive five miles on empty to save on a gallon. >> we thought hand-me-downs was the name of a store. >> you know for dad, it's about personal responsibility and respecting the value of a dollar. >> he'll be the same way in the senate. >> i'm jack kingston, and i approved this message, once i saw it was under budget. >> here's the best part, kingston is the same congressman who said underprivileged kids need to sweep floors for their school lunches. now we see his penny pinching extends to his own family. >>> the ex-supreme court justice who wants us all to know who's paying for these campaigns. you're watching "hardball." the place for politics. . the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl.

and the battle six other candidates from georgia we're joined by jack kingston who tells us why the tea party failed in georgia and why he will win the runoff. president obama did not mention the veterans affairs scandals despite those relying on the the air with their health care. congressional republicans have never want answers and they want them out. holding a rare nighttime hearing with top virginia officials and is scheduled to begin within this hour. we will go live. tonight's hearing coming just hours after the official watchdog for the v.a. released a scathing report that says the v.a. has a systemic problem with critics that lie about patient wait times for trout this report looking into the facility were 40 veterans allegedly died while pleading for treatment. according to the inspector general into reports, a 1700 of our veterans were left off the official wait list and those who were had to wait an average of 115 days for the first appointment for care. v.a. secretaries in secchi said the findings are reprehensible. he did not offer his resignation. the first guess as to de

david perdue and jack kingston will run off. they were the most mainstream republican candidates in the primary field. this will make it tougher on democratic challenger michele nunn to turn georgia blue. tea party also came up short in idaho. eight term republican congressman mike simpson easily defeated bryan smith in the second district race. the takeaway, no unelectable o'donnell, engels or aikens so far. republicans are giving themselves a better shot at actually winning elections. for super tuesday results we got super size expertise. the senior editor of new republic d.c. and erica here at the table. thank you for joining us. bryan i want to start with you. you and i were on the hill in 2010. we saw the tea party storm take washington. but the establishment fought back. the empire strikes back in a huge way last night. how do they do it. where did the funding come r from. how were they able no billize their voters. how were they offset the tea party wave that killed them in '10 and '12. >> after 2010 and 2012 republicans

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kingston was supported by the u.s.f commerce and karen handel was able to capitalize on very strong support from sarah palin and other tea party groups. >> when you look at this math there's a contested primary you have to be thinking to yourself, okay, what does turnout look li like? i imagine you're up in the fall as your fellow members in the legislature. the what democrats will be coming out to georgia? what number of them, what percentage do you need to come out for someone like michelle nunn or perhaps jason carter or anyone else to have a shot statewide or even in con 0 tested races in the state legislature? >> i think what we need is the highest turnout we can generate which is certainly 52% of the electorate is democratic, that's fantastic. i don't think we need a plurality of democrats to win. i think the republican extremism will convert a number of moderate leaning republicans in michelle's favor. i think on top of that, you have excitement at the top of the ticket with michelle nunn, with jason carter, wit

joining us is jack kingston.t through to the runoff, but know that you were percentage points behind mr. perdue? >> we feel very good about where we are. it was a very crowded seven-way race. a lot of great people ran for this seat. so we just wanted to be one of the top two, which we were. there is only six points that divide us between where i am and where the other guy is. historically in georgia, the person who has been in second has always done very well in these runoff situations. so we're going to talk about my consistent conservative message and voting record and we think we're going to be successful in july. >> your opponent comes in with an ad that actually compares you to a crying baby. so is mr. perdue's ad. we're going to play it and get your reaction. >> it's hard to believe that my opponent has been in office for 63 years. if these politicians had any understanding of the free enterprise system and knew how to make a difference, wouldn't they have done it already? help me change the childish behavi

the eagle forum, and jack kingston is about as conservative as you get and jack kingston is being claimedate we want. i call that a victory. >> that means the party is actually moving even further to the right. >> no. i'd say they move where the country is which is conservative. buddy carter who is running for jack's seat is also a conservative and this has happened across the board. these are great candidates and they're rated by conservative organizations as conservative. if they want to claim them as own. i'd call them a victory. >> let me read to you what politico had today because they propose a theory that there is a conundrum for republicans. the article is titled how republicans lose by winning. republicans prevail in this year's midterm if republicans prevail in this year's midterm elections, it will be because of their party's sharp-edged stances on topics like abortion and benghazi, obamacare and immigration, gay marriage and minimum wage, but if they lose the white house in 2016 it will be because of the polarizing out of step stances on those very same issues. so i guess the

he has been duking it out with jack kingston.now beginning to pull ahead as we're getting results from the bigger counties. it is, though, looking here in the state of georgia like it will be another win for the establishment and another defeat for tea party. david perdue, businessman, he's running in the lead followed by kingston. then the three cane who are backed up by the tea party, karen handel, congressman phil gingrey and paul broun running behind. who comes out as the victor has bragging rights because it looks like it will be perdue and kingston. people are expecting a bruising battle. the two have been going after each other in this early primary and go after each other leading up to the 22nd. they want to battle michele nunn who looks like she's poised to do very well. this is a very important race for the republican party. they want the right candidate, somebody that they make sure they keep the seat in the republican column and not like has happened before in the republican party lose something that should have bean

jack kingston has the endorsement of the chamber of commerce. karen handle has been running third in the polls. backed by sarah palin. if she could get into the runoff, it would change the dynamic. at the moment, it looks like these two candidates and the establishment is okay with either one. they would face up against michelle nunn. the name seem familiar? her dad was the democratic candidate for georgia for quite some time. democrats believe they have a chance here. but she has not run statewide before. she is new as a candidate for public office. and just in the past week, she has made two statements that you might call wolf, unforced errors. let's listen to. this we'll talk about it on the other side. >> we need accountability. we need to make sure there is congressional oversight of this issue. i defer to the president's judgment about the leadership that will be necessary to ensure that accountability. >> would you have voted for the affordable care act? >> so at the time that the affordable health care act was passed, i was working for p

can jack kingston, whether this is appropriate or in the house who hasn't necessarily shied away fromis role in congress, he's battling karen handel who has been endorsed by sarah palin for the second slot in the primary runoff. if karen handel can slip through and beat him, that's a victory for the tea party. if kingston and purdue get in the runoff, a win for the so-called establishment. >> i was having dinner and some folks were talking about the candidate who was poised to win the primary. a woman by the name of monica wehby. she sounds like a formidable person, a pediatric neurosurgeon, telegenic, pretty good in front of a microphone. her campaign is absolutely imploding. a tweet from a general assignment reporter with an affiliate said "gop senate candidate wehby appears to have gone underground. this is a nearly unprecedented implosion happening." >> monica wehby's situation in oregon is really indicative of how the narrative of this primary cycle has some fault lines and has some problems because monica wehby was this doctor, republican woman who was supposed to represent the

jack kingston might have a shot of make night a runoff if he's a top two finisher maybe but the otherthings go as expected tomorrow they are not only going to be out of luck, they are going to be out of a job. do you remember the kerfuffle about the country's highest profile breast cancer charity trying to cut itself off from its relationship with planned parenthood? remember that. holy cow did that make people mad. so much so that the susan g. komen breast cancer foundation reversed the decision to cut off planned parenthood after four days. the fund-raising plummeted, a number of their staffers including eventually the founder and ceo of the organization quit. the group still hasn't quite recovered two years later. that whole disaster was the brainchild of this person, who is another one of the real contenders for that seat tomorrow. her name is karen handel rupping in part on the basis of that disastrous decision she made at komen. she's got endorsements from rick santorum and sarah palin but heading into tomorrow's voting, jack kingston has an endorsement from a pop fox news chann

able to get the best person whether it is mich mcconnell in kentucky and run over of perdew and kingstonnot getting folks who are nowed headi flawe novemb november. >> and as i mentioned, senator mcconnell will be alongside rand paul and let's look at the race the day after the tremors and what is leading up to the midterms. >> well, you encapsulated it well, that alison grimes wants to make it about mitch mcconnell and if you don't like what is going on in washington, vote for me, and mitch mcconnell skeeps mentioning harry reid and barack obama saying that alison grimes is a democrat, and we traditionally do well in the senate and the presidential races in kentucky, and grimes wants to take it away from president obama, and emphasize somebody like steve bashir who has a 16 pors % approval rating >> all right. thank you, mark. and let me bring in the daily beast contributor, and founder of jane politics. let's start with you, robert, and how will alison grimes combat that, and the strategy is to hold her down with harry reid and obama. >> well, the mcconnell strategy to try to make it a

what happened during the primary is jack kingston has moved so far to the right he came out and saidought to sweep the floor before they get their free school lunch so they learn there's no such thing as a free lnch. the moderates have had to move or have wanted to move all along or whatever it is, they are now so far to the right that there's no way to get farther to the right. and georgia doesn't end tonight. we just figure out he's in a runoff tonight. they'll spent another couple of months to figure out where on the right they can position themselves farthest. >> remember when -- i should make tee-shirts -- the etch a sketch moment. mitt romney said this horrible thing and that's what republican candidates who moved to the right are hoping to do. look no further than north carolina where you have someone like tom tillis responsible for all the craziest if right wing legislation in the north carolina legislator and now he has to pretend to be moderate. is the etch a sketch on sale at the gop toys store? >> i'm old enough to remember the etch a sketch moment. you asked me if i reme

so what did desperate jack kingston do?hat all politicians do, he lashed out falsely at david perdue. >> that ad there from georgia republican front-runner david perdue targeting who he sees is the closest competitor, jack kingston. to discuss this race, we have joe klein. >> good to be here. >> let's start with the point that matt bevin raced in his campaign against mitch mcconnell, saying mitch mcconnell hasn't stood up against barack obama. i don't think for the most rabid right wing audience that rings true. >> yes, it does, for the most rabid right wing audience. given -- i disagree a little bit with chuck because given the amount of apathy out there, this isn't like 2010 when they wanted to burn down everything. given the amount of apathy out there, i think that a lot more of the really crazy base voters are going to be -- they are going to have more weight in these elections because normal people won't show up. >> you're making a point to the distortion of the turnout universe, he may be down 20 points to the extent

for the second runoff spot it's going to come down to kingston versus handel. >> a lot of those folksin interviews we did to embrace this tea party monday kerr. it doesn't appear that has the same strategic influence it may have been had not too long ago. >> we're seeing an evolution within the republican party. being a so-called tea party candidate, it's unclear what that actually means these days. so many candidates within the party are adhering to the same ideology, they are not breaking in any kind of issue like abortion or government spending or taxes. with the tea party monicker means, a question of style or temperament, with purdue, more the establishment in his makeup, seen as almost as anti-tea party candidate, but when you look at the issues he's on the same page as he is with handel and kingston. it's about what kind of candidate they want. >> let's switch gears to a person who lived in the pretty white house behind you and never xapz the headlines, that is hillary clinton. here is reince priebus. >> it's not the mission, but she's coming out with a book called "hard choice

we're writing two leads to the story tonight, one is that david perdue, businessman and jack kingston are in the runoff in which case you have a fairly atra traditional race and the tea party is shut out because kingston supported the chamber of commerce and david perdue running as an outsider but more a centrist insider. the own scenario. >> that is striking because it seems all are branding themself as outsiders saying we hate washington, we're going to clean things up and handel is a real fire brand in terms of her stances on issues. what do you think georgia's appetite for outsiders is beyond the rhetoric? >> the outsider does appeal to tea party contingents on the right and more independent centrists toward the middle. your gop establishment is pret darn worried that they are going to see their -- this thing that they built over the last ten years since republicans took over in 2002, they are starting to see it crumble. that they don't like that. >> we'll see if that's a bell weather for the rest of the country. what does this mean for rest of the country? chuck todd joins me now

it's the more establishment candidate that are purdue and kingston. run off. i think the tea party is a little bit back on its heels in terms of the republican party going into 2014. >> okay. panel, stay with us. and now the american legion is outraged accusing the white house of distorting its position on the v.a. healthcare scandal. now, yesterday, white house press secretary jay carney repeated ely suggested the american legion had praised the veterans affairs department for the resignation of robert petzel. >> the top official in charge he was of the veterans health system was requested to resign by the american legion. [ buzzer ] the american legion says it looks as petzel's steps at addressing the leadership problem at the v.a. so i think that undercuts the assertion that that is not a meaningful development. the american legion. the american legion. >> the v.a. issued a press release on september 200th saying he was leaving. that is almost 8 months ago. >> i will refer you. >> i don't care what the american legion has to say. i'm asking what you have to

if kingston age purdue get in the runoff a win for the so-called establishment. >> i was having dinnersome folks were talking about the candidate who was poised to written the primary. a woman of monica wehby. she sounds like a formidable person. pediatric neurosurgeon. telegenic. pretty good in front of a microphone. her campaign is absolutely imploding. a tweet from general assignment reporter with the affiliate and said "gop senate candidate wehby appears to have gone underground. "in is a nearly unprecedented implosion happening. >> monica's situation in oregon is really indicative of how the narrative of this primary cycle has some fault lines and has some problems because monica was this doctor, republican woman who was supposed to represent the establishment. had a backing of a lot people close to the nrsc running against jason who is endorsed by rick santorum and has a fiery temperament. as we see with the reports monica is having problems and just necessarily not if you are you're the establishment candidate and touted by those in washington doesn't mean you're going to win th

kingston has a lot of pull in d.c.ormer -- he is a member of the appropriations committee. he is well liked on capitol hill. i think it's mostly a draw right now. >> let's go over to kentucky. you do have sort of this emerging theme among democrats of legacy candidates. you have michelle nunn in georgia and sam nunn, the former senator. you have also have allison lundgren-grinlz, and she's from a family that is well known in kentucky. let me play you her political ad that she's running right now and we'll talk to you on the other side. >> it seems no matter how many elections we have, nothing gets better in washington. it only gets worse. a lot of that is because the people at the top in both political parties if we keep sending them back, nothing will change. >> the polls show it's a very close race, but do democrats have a realistic belief that allison lundgren-grimes, first-time candidate, can actually take down the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell? >> mcconnell is certainly the favorite. they do think that --

guest: jack kingston's seat hurts the worse. he sits on house appropriations.he has been working on that port ofseven the dutch port savannah funding, and it looks like it will come through sometime today. that is one piece of legislation they are working on on the house floor this week. jim galloway, appreciate your time for setting up the georgia primary today. we will be watching. this turning to all of you morning, getting outside of washington, what do you think of the 2014 election? is it important to you? democrats will call 202-585-3880 . the republican number is 202-585-3881. the independent number is 202-585-3882, and that is for all others. tweet -- no new blood in the democratic party. why is that? michelle nunn running for that seat in georgia. jim says -- tea party is a movement to streamline and make accountable those in d.c., something absolutely necessary. it is not a political party. what to do you think? we want to hear from you, whether or not it is important. do you plan to turnout and vote? what do you think of the tea party movement and t

lou: coming up here in just moments we'll be joined by congressman jack kingston, telling us why the tea party is flaming out in georgia, whyly will wileahy will win the run on july, and wild be joined by -- we'll be joined by radio hosts. but first, a few thoughts on the obama administration's outing of top cia official in afghanistan. a disclosure portrayed by just about the entire media, as an accidental leak or clerical mistake. the white house is now investigating itself, how the os name, was september out in an e-mail on -- sent out in an e-mail to thousands of journalists saturday, putting the life of that spy and his family in danger, i am very skeptical, and stunned by the number of reporters and columnists who are compliant in their acceptance of this station chief prone blown cover, an act by obama administration strikeed in seemingly every story as accidental. >> i tweeted over the weekend, quote, accidental, stays who? says who? the same administration that is investigating what the administration did and said, is there any member of liberal national media who still has

the winner of the pure do yo you-kingston run off will face michelle nun, daughter of former senator sam nun. >> as i've been traveling across the state of georgia i've been highlighting what washington can learn from georgia. you know what, i think washington is going to learn a thing or two from our campaign. >> a week into that campaign nun was asked if she would a voted in favor of obamacare, and she refused to say. >>> in oregon, monica wibby defeated jason conger. she fought off allegations that she stalked a boyfriend, and described the scandal as a ploy and warned democrats not to follow suit. >> people are tired of your dirty tricks. we all know that the best way to defeat a bully is to stand up to them, and that is exactly what we're going to do. >> this fall wehby will take on senator jeff me rckly. >>> not a single house incumbent has lost to the election cycle. they were 45-for-45, and now they're 139-for-139. the political world is also taking notes today about the power of running television ads early in the campaign. in pennsylvania, gubernatorial primary wolfe went t

cnn projects david purdue and jack kingston were the top finishers. neither broke the 50% threshold. there were two conservative congressmen who won the run off. whoever wins will face michelle nunn. she's the best chance for retaking the senate seat sam nunn once held. >> i would change is possible and we can do it. as i have been traveling across the state of georgia, i have been highlighting what washington can learn from georgia. you know what? i think washington is going to learn a thing or two from our campaign. >> the governor's race in georgia, jimmy carter's grandson will run. he is currently a state senator. >>> two congressmen are set to face-off for the race in arkansas for the gubernatorial race there. democrat mike ross and hutchens won their primaries as the incumbent mark pryor will face tom cotton. >> let's go to pennsylvania where chelsea clinton's mother-in-law lost. she picked up a quarter of the voters in the philadelphia district, a democratic district despite last minute campaigning for her by the clinton's. a businessman, tom w

of people are saying this is turning into georgia's romney versus newt with perdue as romney and kingston as newt. >> and in idaho, congressman mike simpson is fighting off a challenge by tea party candidate michael smith. smith has hammered him with ads calling him a liberal and accusing him of scheming to give amnesty to illegal aliens. the club for growth hasn't run a single ad in this race since april. it's not good news for the treat party groups looking for another victory. there's still a fight going on for idaho's top job. for the governor, who first ran on a pledge to tell the feds to butt out of the state is facing a challenge from the right. if you need evidence that otter is a little worried about his job, exhibit a is this week's wild idaho governor's debate that's gone viral. otter reportedly insisted that a couple of perennial candidates, kind of whacky perennial candidates, biker harley brown and the spectacularly bearded wa walt baz had to be involved in the debate and it ended in exactly what otter was looking for, a political circus that's gone wild. >> you have your ch

congressman jack kingston. those are establishment candidates. and candidates with some' party support is karen handle, phil beginningry and paul brown. kingston says he is best person to. >> i usually win by a substantial majority. have good relationships with a lots of different groups of people and i think the next senator of georgia has to be able to work with the diversity that we have in the state of georgia. >> reporter: it is not expected any candidate will crack 50%. the republican side today, so it is expected top two are going to meet in runoff election that will be held on 202nd of july. -- 20 second of july. in kentucky, mitch mcconnell expected to hold off a challenge for the tea party candidate matt bevin. recent polls show mcconnell is 22 points ahead. he will have a tough race in november against allison hundred der began grimes. wehby is seening a being the republican best hope to defeat the incumbent senator there, jeff merkley in november. however, in recent days, this police report has emerged in which wehby's former boyfrien