growth and produce jobs but the decision is receiving mixed reviews and looks to some more like mccain/palin than obama/biden. >> reporter: president obama changed his mind about ocean drilling. >> so today we're announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas expansion exploration. >> reporter: it looks like a flip-flop in the '08 campaign. with the gas prices rising john mccain supported offshore drilling. barack obama said no. >> to drill offshore here in florida and other places around the country would not provide families with any relief. >> reporter: but for the past year, president obama's looked at how to develop wind and solar energy and nuclear power while being sure our economy recovers. >> we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel, even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable home-grown energy. >> reporter: the president is ok'ing drilling off the coast of virginia, south to florida, not further north, not in california. some new leases okayed in alaska. environmentalists are upset. >> there's not much oil and gas. it looks like a side show. it co

that was back in 2008 during the mccain/palin run for the white house. palin says it rerouted friends and family e-mails, photos and phone number on the internet for public consumption. the defendant 22-year-old david -- the son of a state lawmaker. >>> the president and first lady on vacation for the weekend. first stop the smoke house in asheville. the president waited in line like everyone else and waited on his order just like everybody else. the obama's sampleled half of the menu, ribs, corn bread, corn pudding and sweet tea. >>> a lot of folks like to drink and we don't mean sweet tea when they are on vacation but getting behind the wheel after a few is never a good idea. now the dc court of appeals says the same logic applies to two wheels as well as four. the city's ban of driving under the influence extends to riding bikes. the law discusses operating a vehicle meaning bicycles, too. >>> too. >>> still ahead, he has proven himself a hero one time over and now the soldier is ready to go back overseas to serve his country again. >>> top is back wit

from mike's visit last year, he served as the director of vice presidential campaign, for the mccain-palin campaign. he is a principal in international public-relations firm. please join me in welcoming these panelists to the dole institute. >> thank you to all three of you for coming tonight for this night to talk about senator dole and his accomplishments. i would like to begin by asking each of you to tell how you can about working for bob dole in the various roles you had in his office. rob, let's start with you. >> i came to work for senator dole in 1979 when the senator rose to the position of ranking member and the senate finance committee. he replaced the retired carl curtis perki. the senator wanted to get some young lawyers to help staff that committee. through elizabeth, elizabeth called one of her law school classmates, and bob and i worked at covington and berling, and bob came over as the republican staff director and i was the deputy staff director. bob, who was a litigator, was interested in having somebody there who understood tax law. >> what else to do going to be? that

visit here last year, he served as the director of vice presidential operations for the mccain mccain/palin director, a position that has enriched him with stories. please help me welcome sheila burke, roderick dearment, and mike glassner to the institute. >> thanks to all three of you coming tonight. it's a great night to talk about senator dole and his accomplishments and him as a an individual. i'd like to ask each of you how you came about working for bob dole and the various roles that you had in his office. rod? >> well, i came to work in 1979 when the senator rose to the position of ranking member in the senate finance committee replace paul curtis who had retired. dole was elevated up. i think the senator wanted to get some young lawyers to help staff that committee. and through elizabeth, she called one of her law school classmates and bob and myself worked at covington and burling, i think he was interested in having somebody there who understood tax laws. that was one the areas that i practiced in. >> what else did you go on to be? kind of walk us through chief of staff; right? >

since the mccain/palin defeat, a low point for republicans.arty has made a slow, steady turnaround where the number of americans who view the gop favorably matches the number who view it unfavorably. the percentage of americans that believe that republicans would be better at handling the economy than democrats has gone up nine points. in october, democrats had an edge on voters chase for congress. gone now because of a significant shift in independence. six months ago, independent voters were evenly split between democrats and republicans. today, the indys lean heavily toward the republicans, 53-35. >>> there were plenty of potential 2012ers who showed up at this new orleans republican meeting. there was only one belle of the ball, one with really sharp elbows. >> the governor, sarah palin. >> reporter: there is something about sarah that keeps conservatives on their feet and her name in the headlines. maybe it is that cheery defines. >> when they say, yes, we can. we stand up and we say, oh, no, you don't. >> reporter: especially when it com

. >> four times more to obama than they gave to mccain-palin. right now, they are really worried. not just rhetoric. they are worried instead of reforming healthcare, we created entitlement. instead of maybe helping the people at the bottom end of the ladder, we redistribute the wealth and they are worried about what this does to the deficit. they may not go public with it, but you can talk to every single wall street ceo and they can't believe he turned to this instead of deficit reduction. >> aren't you worried as a patient advocate that innocent human beings, whether they're healthy 20-year-olds or 75-year-olds who need to see a physician more regularly will be powerless here? there is a clause in here that prohibits an appeal from a decision of bureaucrat. if a bureaucrat says to dr. paul you may only perform this service on this patient, that decision is final. >> right. doctors will be forced to choose between what is right for their patients and avoiding a government penalty. women right advocates who fought for woman to choose for reproductive issue and keep records privat

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no television advertising because alaska with palin on the ticket was secure for mccain. they spent an inordinate amount of time complaining to the campaign staff that not enough was being done in alaska. sarah palin had a very good relationship with the local media in alaska. from the palin's point of view as we write in the book the media turned on her. she was not being allowed to talk to those local reporters. like a lot of governors she would give out her phone number, her mobile phone number to reporters who covered her. talked to them on a regular basis and most of that ended when she was put on the national ticket. she saw a dynamic there. that was one of many causes of tension between the palins and the national campaign staff. >> cape coral florida, david on the independent line. >> caller: hi. good morning. >> good morning. >> caller: my political affiliation in florida i'm on my election card. i'm identified as no party affiliation because independents is classify as a party. i always -- when a politician reaches their twelfth engineer that's a maximum served f

you had people showing up at obama rallies, republicans showing up there or republican crowds at mccain/palin rallies calling him a socialist, calling him a marxist, saying this is the beginning of communism in the united states. that was before he proposed health care, let alone pushed it through congress. one thing we try to understand the motivation on the right, i think what ties together health care now, medicare in the 1960s, social security in the 1930s, all these great progressive advances and the reaction from the right, i think what ties them all together is there's always this fundamental sort of inherent fear of redistribution. the sense that went the government gets involved in terms of the right, when the government gets involved they're going to take from me and give to someone else. one of the amazing ironies of this debate over health care is you have people out there, older people out there who are leading the protests on health care who are also at the same time on medicare. you can imagine the same people maybe 30, 40 people years ago opposing medicare and now they benefit

mccain paid and yard signs in alaska. no television advertising because alaska with palin on the ticket would secure for mccain. based in an inordinate amount of time complaining to the campaign staff that not enough was being done in alaska. sarah palin had a very good relationship with the local media in alaska. from the palin's point of view as we write in both the local media kind of turned on her. she was not being allowed to talk to those local reporters like a lot of governors. she would give up her phone number or mobile phone number to local reporters who covered her, talk to them on a bigger base. all of that are most of the and wind should put on a national ticket. from the mccain point of view there was no time for the. she had said she understood that before she put on the ticket. that was one of many causes of tension between the payment and a national campaign staff spent david on independent line. >> caller: good morning. my political affiliation in florida, i am on my election harkin i am identified as no party affiliation because independent is classified as a party. here's some way i vote over

from the mccain campaign's point of view, there was no time for that, and she said she understood that before she was put on the ticket. that was one of many causes of tension between the palinsthe mccain staff. host: david, next caller. caller: on my part i am identified as no party affiliation. i always -- when the politician preaches the corrupt year, -- when the politicians it reaches the crop year, i will not vote for them. with clinton into york -- if i was a resident of new york, i would not have voted for her, because she moved in. and many voters in southwest florida thought they were voting for his father and they were very upset that they had voted for his son. i was extremely upset, being a disabled veteran, 1 george w. bush -- host: let me jump in here, because we're running out of time. what is your question or comment? guest: this is a question i have recently started asking my friends about voter fraud. which of the three largest cities in the u.s. have a reputation, whether it is deserved or not, for having corrupt elections? host: i am not sureç of this cn answer that we want to take a stab at it? guest: never be wrong picking cities in louisiana and new je

suspect was accused of hacking into her e-mail account while she was campaigning with john mccain in 2008. palin said the intrusion forced her to stop e-mailing her family. >> a mama wants to communicate with her kids, especially when she can't with with -- be with them. so it was a big darn deal. >> reporter: the accused hacker revealed bristol palin's cell phone number and she testified that she got harass said. some say it was no more than a college prank. >> i don't think an illegal action like this was a prank. when you consider how impacting it was on a presidential election, it went beyond a prank. >> he faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted on identity theft and mail fraud. but palin says it's up to the court to decide the punishment. >> reporter: palin's husband may also be called to testify. >>> ford motor company announces a recall but not for safety reasons. ford is recalling 33,000 midsized vehicles and suvs to fix front seat recliners. the recall affects some versions of the 2010 ford fusion explorer, explorer sport track and mercury milan. dealers will replace the seat free

know from his visit last year might serve as the director of vice presidential operations for the mccain palin 2008 presidential campaign. a position that has enriched the lifetime of stories. [laughter] he's a president at llc international public relations communications corporation. please help me welcome sheila c. bair, rob dearment to the institute. >> things to all three of you for coming tonight. it's special to talk about senator tefra and his accomplishments as an individual. i would like to begin by asking each of you to tell how you came about working per for bob dole in the various roles you have in his office. let's start with you. >> i came to work for senator dole in '79 when the senator goes to the position of ranking member of the senate finance committee replacing paul curtis and dole as elevated and i think the senator wanted to give some young warriors to help staff that committee and through elizabeth elizabeth called one of her classmates at cal for ten and birling and the bald and myself worked at covington and birling and i think that bob recommended us and came over as

. >> i was on the road in arizona with john mccain who brought in sarah palin. you can see how angry people are in this country about the size of the deficit, the size of the government. and it is colored everything. and there is a very, very angry element out in this country and i don't think it's the tea party crowd. that was a republican-leaning tea party crowd. but people are fed up with the size of government and there is so much distrust. even voters -- chris: you have to ask the same angry voters. you guys tell me -- the president knows the politics of this thing. >> are they going to shut down schools? watch when states have to do this. the next great crisis is going to be the state budget crisis because it is going to lay off teachers and create a huge problem in congress and with the president because they have to figure out that doesn't happen. chris: can you get the white house to be overt about the politics of these decisions, afghanistan, the drilling, the deficit commission. do they admit to you that this is repositioning the president? >> they wo

and sarah palin gives us a flash back, what during the campaign made her turn to john mccain's senior advisors and say, chill? >>> arizona's governor signed a tough new law tonight designed to crack down on illegal immigration. and as she was making her announced, there was word of a shoot-out just south of the border in which seven people, six of them police officers were killed, a reminder if we needed one that illegal immigration and the separate but related challenge of across the border drug violence stoked policy choices. we have a great panel with us to debate the pros and cons of both the arizona law and the coming national conversation. to hear arizona governor jan brewer tonight, she had no choice. >> we in arizona have been more than patient waiting for washington to act. but decades of federal inaction and misguideded policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation. >> the new law has some tough provisions that requires police to determine if a person's status, if there's reasonable suspicion they could be here illegally. it allows people to be arrested who are

he had come out for offshore drilling during the campaign when he was running against john mccain and sarah palin who were two of the most enthusiastic drillers. >> drill, baby, drill. >> since the american dental association. there was heavy symbolism, i thought, on the obama policy that when you get barbara boxer, senator from california, chairman of the senate environment committee endorsing his position because of it exempted california, oregon and washington from drilling. >> oh, mark, you're not suggesting what i think are you suggesting. >> no, i wouldn't suggest that, since she is up for re-election this year, and you get the embrace of bob mcdonald, the newically elected republican governor of virginia for tidelands drilling off virginia. >> he is in favor of, and there is florida, you get republicans in georgia in favor of it. so it is-- it's intriguing to watch the american petroleum institute and barbara boxer, the american petroleum institute endorse the president's position. so it is, i think it is intended at least in part to build political support so that the president's energy b

obama was elected in 2008 -- what were the reasons that you feel he was elected over senator mccain and governor palin. what made him better in the eyes of the people who elected him? >> well, i don't know if -- well, it was certainly 'cause he was the better -- the better candidate. not because he was the better person when it came to his policies. but he was certainly a better candidate, 100%. and i'll tell you why. first and foremost he was abdicating for change from the old white male. he ran an ad -- it was called -- i think it was called "out of touch" that's the name of the ad saying john mccain is out of touch. he's just like push. -- bush. he's a member of a country club. you know, all country club people are bad, right? and so he's a member of a country club. he rides a golf cart. and he's a bad man. john mccain is just like bush. he's the, quote-unquote, old white male. that's what the republican party was seen as. he did a great job hammering that message in and saying at the same time that, well, i am the new guy, the fresh face, good night who's only been in the senate for less than two

they want to ride sarah palin's coattails but they'll ride them to defeat ultimately. >> there's that happy guy, john mccain. happiest man in america. i need sarah palin. thank you, pat buchanan, thank pat buchanan and thank you, ron reagan. >>> coming up, the new republican governor of virginia has declared april to be confederate history month. that's got a lot of people in virginia a bit upset. why are we going back? pat wants to say so hard but he has to leave. i'm sure he'll be able to get by. the first ever african-american elected president -- governor of the country, has the thought on this. he was the governor of virginia. he doesn't like this go back to confederacy stuff. you're watching "hardball" -- by the way they go south, west. the republican party's going all over the place. it's real... boring. ♪ are you up for some sandwich-kicking flavor? are you miracle whip? >>> midst of all of his republicans, michael steele has been talking up the rnc record fund-raising take last month. $11.4 million he's raised. the best march the rnc has ever had during a non-presidential year. it sounds good until

palin your signs in alaska. no television ad for citing -- advertising because it was secure for mccain. hey spend an inordinate amount of time complaining to the campaign staff not enough was being done in alaska. sarah palin had a good relationship with the local media in alaska. from sarah palin's point of view the local media kind of turn on her. she wasn't allowed to talk to the reporters like a lot of governors she would get out her phone number, mobile number to the reporters, talk to them on a regular basis. all of that are most of that ended when she was on the national ticket so the palin salles the dynamic in alaska the was bad for them. on the mccain's point of view there was no time and she said she understood that before she was put on the ticket. that was one of the many causes tension between palin and the staff. >> host: david on the independent line. >> caller: good morning. my political of addition and florida on my car i am identified as no party affiliation because independent is classified as a party. here's the way i vote over the years. i always -- when a politicia

here, you would think sarah palin -- sarah palin is leader of the opposition in parliament, elected, and a future prime minister. there is paul ryan, john mccain, thune -- i can give you a dozen republicans who speak the conservative point of view and we now twice have had palin and zero anybody else. she is fun, but she is not -- this is a character of liberals who think that -- [crosstalk] >> it is shi'a threat to the republican party? >> she is a celebrity, not a leader of the party. >> issue a threat? asset to democratic party question of >> she may be if she was -- if she does, she will lose. >> wait a minute. let me say a word on behalf of sarah palin, please. gov. palin is an important figure in the republican party -- gov. palin is an important figure in the republican party to the extent that john mccain, john mccain had to call her into his campaign to help save his but because he is in trouble politically. she had to go out there and bless him as being a good conservative. now, that is influenced, impact, star power. she is yours, charles, and you can't disowned her. >> democrats and the media, unholy alliance, sarah palin. in the l

one group, out of sacremento, weighed in in the 2008 campaign on behalf of senator mccain and palin against barack obama, called "our country deserves better." then they tacked on "tea party express." they run those bus tours you see. they raised $1.6 million in the first quarter, nothing to sniff at, and they are using it both to fund the pac and direct money to consultants, but also to independent campaigns including scott brown's, where they started at a big expenditure against bart stupak, seen as key to passing the overhaul of health care, and he subsequently retired. they took credit for the retirement. they are throwing around money in a way we don't normally see among tea party groups. host: we saw a new pew survey that only 1 in 5 americans trust their government. if that's the case, are individuals giving to campaigns? what type of person? guest: it is always a small universe of people who have the incumbent -- income and interest. some of these positions seem wilder than any recent election cycle. when you add it up across the board, where we see a shift in that is an uptick in i

what were the reasons that you feel he was elected over senator mccain and governor sarah palin. what made him the better candidate in the eyes of the people who elected him. >> well, i don't -- it was really because he was the better candidate, not because he was the better person when it came to his policies. he was certainly a better candidate 100 percent. first and foremost he was advocating for change from the old um, i think it was called out of touch in the name of the ad about john mccain was out of touch, he's just like bush, he has a country club. all country people are bad. so he's a member of a country club, he rides a golf carts, he's a bad man, john mccain is like bush, the old white male. that's what the republican party was seen as an he had a great job saying at the same time and that's, i agree to change washington for the better, he said a change you can believe then and the great thing is change can be interpreted as progress or if can be changed for the worse and he's used the term change. he really has changed a lot of things and he changed his use of a lot

was never likely the mccain ticket would pull over democratic women just four sarah palin and just thet was not in the cards from the outset. >> host: we're talking with anne kornblut from "the washington post" and before that "the new york times" and "boston globe" her book is called "notes from the cracked ceiling" the next caller is on the independent labour code good morning. >> caller: i agree with you. that hillary clinton voted for the war in iraq probably destroyed her chances to be president and also being influenced by her husband wanted to be politically correct i think that caused her the presidency. sarah palin? she probably could be a good candidate for the republican party she has all of the values the party stands for and i think she would be a good candidate. barack obama common at many americans enough fighting al qaeda or the economy but they're fighting and because who he is. they probably need somebody who looks like them and they would be happier who is a republican. thank you. >> host: do you think sarah palin will run in 2012? >> guest: i will not try to get ins

mccain needed to bring sarah palin into the state to ward off the challenge.today governor charlie crist is faced with humiliation in the republican primary for the senate. challenged by marco rubio, he's been hit for accepting federal relief efforts. he may have to run as an indent in the election to have a chance of victory. reached absurd levels with the challenge to bob bennett in utah, real conservative by any standard definition, ben fighting for his political life. this is all quite bizarre. i can remember when moderates were not only at home in the republican party, they were viewed as the party's establishment. when barry goldwater said in accepting the party's 1964 presidential nomination, that quote, extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. many in the party were appall and refused to join his campaign. today goldwater could face a challenge for being too liberal. positions on familiar social issues could be getting his conservative credentials challenges. if conservatives can be thrown under the bus the republicans may be purging themselves

mccain and they're especially with sarah palin. as vice president. if he would have died, he is old enough to die, i don't want to see him die. >> host: one quick question. you voted for obama. what is one area he has disappointed you most? >> guest: i think the first thing he should have done, personally i think if we make our solar power and wind power we can stop the dependency. >> guest: no. wind and solar power is a fantasy most is provided by oil, coal and nuclear we should continue to ramp that up. all of these policies and i think young people in general are skyrocketing past 20% among the black men unemployment rate is 50% these are results from the failed policies of this obama administration. >> host: maggie is on the democratic line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. bless your heart and enthusiasm i have fillings and my teeth debtor older than you. your concept of republican conservative began because it was much different prior than the reagan administration your views of the free market and smaller government. grover norquist part

the charges are that he hacked into sarah palin's e-mail, in 2008, right after he was tapped as john mccain'sd his attorney says, no big deal, it was a harmless prank. but bristol palin testified yesterday and begs to differ and recalled how scared she was after her cell phone number made its way onto the web and a group of boys called her, one night on her cell phone, and they said we are right outside your house and she explained why that was so scary. she said he live in the middle of nowhere in alaska car, the middle of the woods and it was almost dodds describes it as almost a stalking kind of experience and she was frightened and that is the tip of the iceberg here, ann marie mcevoy joins us and keith sullivan, a criminal defense attorney, how strong is this case against the young man. >> it is a very strong case and is serious what he did, he did it in the midst of a presidential campaign and could have affected, if they got information relevant to the campaign, could have affected an election. it also affected the family and friends of sarah palin. as well as sarah palin herself. and

. >> right on palin, direct hit on romney and cheap shot on mccain but he softened it a bit by talkingimself getting older. day one of the republican southern leadership conference in new orleans. out of all the conference speakers yesterday everyone that spoke at that podium, a city that is still rebuilding. how many mentions of hurricane katrina? none. sarah palin was the first to mention the bush-led disaster. reminds me of something fdr once said never mention the word rope in a family where there was a hanging. no mentions of hurricane katrina. >>> that's "hardball" for now. up next "your business." a fiver frontal crash safety rating. that's peace of mind for every size family. chevy... may the best car win. i watched what i ate. i worked out. personally, i thought i was invincible. once it happened, i realized it's a different story. i'm on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone. so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i was the guy who was doing everyt

long as there's no payback other than being poked fun at by chris matthews, john mccain and rudy giuliani and sarah palin will keep saying these things. if voters don't care about some fundamentals like getting it right, then there is a gain for them to say things that aren't true because it sounds good. >> you guys keep bringing up magic names. sarah palin talking again this week about death panels. all they had was a provision, one congressman suggested, which is you can get payment if you want to get counseling on issues like deciding what you're going to do at the end of your life and what treatment you want at the end to keep you alive. it happens all the time. it's not a death panel. she just made that up. >> right. and this stuff -- >> living wills. things like that. >> death panels get repeated over and over. we're seeing same thing again about these 16,000 irs agents. it has gone through -- >> what's that whopper? tell me the whopper. >> the idea is the irs is hiring these thousands of people to enforce the mandate but the irs' responsibility is to put out tax credits, not to collect revenue. th

mccain in there. especially with sarah palin as vice president. if he would have died and he's old enough to die >> host: one quick question you voted for president obama. what's the one area where he's disappointed you most? >> caller: i think the first thing he should have done after the banks is jobs. you know, i think -- personally i think if we start making our solar power and wind power that we can -- we can stop this dependency on --. >> host: let's hear what jason mattera has to say. >> guest: wind and solar power is a fantasy. most of our energy is oil, coal. and we should ramp them up. i think young people in general should have most buyers remorse. unemployment is skyrocketing 25%. and black men 50%. these are policies. these are results that are caused by the failed policies of this obama administration. >> host: maggie on our democrats line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. jason, bless your young heart and your enthusiasm. i have fillings in my teeth that are older of you.÷n% our concept of republican conservative began becaus

do not give us sarah palin and john mccain, give us mitt romney. democrats and republicans are people that need to work together, they have to drink about what they're doing for the united states. mr. obama is taking the country down because the democrats are letting him. guest: i would probably, specifically distance myself from any characterization of the president's race and what it means. the president is certainly a person of great intellect and ability, so i will leave that part not discussed. but one point that the caller did make that i want to associate myself with, we are all americans. with the challenges we are facing overseas, of what the american people are looking for is for parties to work together to solve common problems, not for continued fighting. while political parties my bell believe from the point of view of washington that hyper- partisanship works coat -- politically, most voters have said -- enough, already. we are to into problems of the economy, health care, and our role in the world rather than working the other. host:

. >> which is why palin had to go to minnesota and campaign for mccain. >> we'll talk about that. were a republican senator or governor or whatever thinking about running for president, you would have a temptation to go out and capture that set of tea party militants. has anyone succeeded in that? >> doilt has said in many ways, this is frustrating for people, mitt romney, one thing that property him to prominence is health care work. and governor that took stimulus money and now -- those guys are getting clobbered by the tea party people and they're having to do this dance to explain why they did that. gwen: it occurs to me maybe the tea party is going to rescue somebody like michael steele, he says i'm an outside ir, and that's why the insiders hate me? >> i suppose, gwen, he had a meeting a couple of months ago. it was a little awkward and the tea party people see the r.n.c. as part of a political structure they're not enamored of. >> we'll see how that plays out. thank you, everyone. we'll keep an eye on the nuclear summit meeting next week. for full coverage, tune in every ni

party people turning on an incumbent, the fact he's the person who introduced sarah palin will help save him. >> in yarn mccain31. it makes me want to go to arizona and walk precincts for john mccain. >> bill press, susan molinari. >>> coming up, a stagger 16.5% of african-americans do not have a job. the old white angry tea party thinks president obama does too much for the black community. i'll explain my vision for the black agenda next in the "playbook." so i was the guy who was never going to have the heart attack. i watched what i ate. i worked out. personally, i thought i was invincible. once it happened, i realized it's a different story. i'm on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone. so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i was the guy who was doing everything right. i was wrong. talk to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. [ male announcer ] learn more about protecting your heart at iamproheart.com. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and

i mean, sarah palin got booed campaigning for john mccain by tea baggers who are for his oppone opponentthink there's more disarray on the right now than the left certainly. >> stephanie, what do you make of this group that sent out letters saying they would -- if governors didn't remove themselves they would be removed? how do you view that? >> i think that's dangerous rhetoric, ed, when we see a lot of cases of real violence that you cannot deny that is fueled by a lot of this right-wing rhetoric and anti-government rhetoric and, you know, i understand that that may not be their goal, but what does that say to the crazies that they can leave or be removed? what does that say? >> heidi, is it over the top? what do you think? >> i think the rhetoric is over the top. i listened to one of the broadcasts of the so-called group who has a so-called radio show. the guys are whaackowackos. they don't speak for conservatives. no one is going to believe them or follow them because they sent out letters. they're desperate for attention. i don't agree with anything they say. it's interesting if you

those questions didn't begin with sarah palin and john mccain. who is barack obama? they began much earlier. who is barack obama? he's not one of us. he has a white mother. she's from hawaii. she is backed by the university of chicago, highly controversy institution on the south side especially for black folks. and also, his money is coming from white people, from shoes. it got really ugly and he got beat so bad that certainly michelle obama was not eager to repeat the experience and really almost left politics for the life of a little of this, a little of that. writing, teaching, may be running a foundation. was that close. >> people who are successful are often successful because they fail. if they learn the proper lessons from their setbacks. >> absolutely. >> what did he learn from that and how was he able to move forward? >> he learned he's not bobby rush. he learned he's not a guy that is going to succeed by trying to out-bobby rush bobby rush. he started going on trips of the state, the counties, the suburbs around chicago. he starts going south in the state w

sarah palin was our vice-presidential candidate and energized a political part of this campaign nobody else could, including john mccain. she's an important part of this. if she ever walked away from our party -- michael steele can go away, if sarah palin decided she would go to the tea party and run as an independent candidate, she would do so much damage, we need her and more like her. at the end of the day, she's an effective communicator. >> david, do you think the republican party needs her now? >> she is like plutonium. ed rollins is right, if she decided to run as a third party candidate as the head of the tea party, she would do a lot of damage to the republican party. and if she decided to run inside the republican primary, she will do a lot of damage. to the republican party. pretty much wherever she goes, she will do a lot of damage. to the republican party. despite the intense devotion of her relatively small band of followers, she's very offputting. cnn has done a poll, an interesting number, half of republican women think sarah palin is unqualified to be president. she has a huge reverse gender gap, her o

those questions did not begin with sarah palin and john mccain. who is barack obama?they began much earlier. who is barack obama? he is not one of us. he is a white other. he is from hawaii. he is backed by the university of chicago, highly controversial institution on the southside especially for black folks and also his money is coming from white people, from jewish. it got really really ugly and he got beat so bad that certainly michelle obama was not eager to repeat the experience. and really almost left politics for a life of a little of this, little of that, writing, teaching and maybe running a foundation. he was that close. >> people who are successful often say this because they have failed if they learned the proper lessons. what did he learn from that and how was he able to move forward? >> he is not a bobby rush. he learned he is not a guy who is going to succeed by trying to out bobby rush bobby rush. he starts to go on trips throughout the state. collar counties, the suburbs around chicago. he starts going south into the state with an old political hand

previously that weighed in in the 2008 presidential campaign on behalf of senator john mccain, his running mate sarah palin against joe biden. they tacked on the name tea party express. they're the group that runs these bus most recently here in washington, d.c., last week for this big rally on tax day. having stops all over the country, they're raising a lot of money. they raised $1.6 million in the first quarter. that's nothing to sniff at. and they're using it both to fund the pac which, of course, is not uncommon for these pacs to have high overhead and direct a lot of money back to consultants even as that gets a lot of criticism from the press and from opponents. but also to independent expenditure teams including scott brown where they spent around $400,000. they started a big independent expenditure against bart stupak who was key to passing the health care overhaul. he subsequently retired. and he they took a little bit of credit for his retirement. it's unclear how much it had to do with it. they are throwing around money that we really don't see on the normal among tea party groups >> host: we'v

mccain in their, especially with pailin as vice president. -- palin as vice president. if he would have died, and he is old enough to die, and i do not want to see him die -- host: you voted for president obama. and what is the one area that he has disappointed you most? caller: i think the first in each of have done after the banks is jobs. personally, i think if we start making solar power and win power -- wind power and then we can stop this dependency. guest: no, wind and solar power is a fantasy. most of our power is provided by coal and nuclear and oil, and we can continue to grant federer. most places, -- to ramp up up. most places, their unemployment rate is skyrocketing. . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> jobs, jobs, jobs. that's what this is about, but it is hard. that's why the recovery act, we invested billions of dollars in infrastructure. not just in highways which a lot of you are building. but also in brings, housing retro fits. not enough. not enough. but without it we wo

mccain in their, especially with pailin as vice president. -- palin as vice president. if he would have died, and he is old enough to die, and i do not want to see him die -- host: you voted for president obama. and what is the one area that he has disappointed you most? caller: i think the first in each of have done after the banks is jobs. personally, i think if we start making solar power and win power -- wind power and then we can stop this dependency. guest: no, wind and solar power is a fantasy. most of our power is provided by coal and nuclear and oil, and we can continue to grant federer. most places, -- to ramp up up. most places, their unemployment rate is skyrocketing. these are results that are caused by the failed policies of this obama administration. host: a call from new jersey, maggie on the democrats line. caller: jason, bless your heart and enthusiasm. i have feelings in my teeth that are older than you. -- fillings in my teeth that are older than you. your use of free market and smaller government, moreover norquist i think -- grover norquist i think

mccain now says he never considered himself a maverick. talk about scoop, that should be -- that's the big scoop. sarah palint memo. >>> it could be another summer of extreme violence in one of the largest cities in the country. 13 people shot in just three hours last week. we're going to hear from an anti-violence group about what they are doing to stop the crime in one of our most beautiful cities. [ thunder and cracks of lightning ] whatever i did, my digestive upsets came back. but then came align with bifantis. it helps build and maintain a healthy digestive system to restore my natural digestive balance ....and protect against occasional digestive upsets. align brings peace to my digestive system... and the money back guarantee brings peace to me. so i was surprised when my doctor told me i still had high cholesterol. that really hit me, and got me thinking about my health. i knew i had to get my cholesterol under control. but exercise and eating healthy weren't enough for me. now i trust my heart to lipitor. [ male announcer ] when diet and exercise are not enough, adding lipitor has been shown to low

mccain. she said she had to battle back a lot harder. this was all important here, alex. because the defense is that this was really just a college prank. but what we're hearing from sarah palin, the victim here, is this was far more than a prank. >> you know, kerry, i'm curious. that's a political conservative area, knoxville, tennessee. do you think jurors and people in the courtroom seem star struck? >> reporter: i'm not sure that i would say they look star struck but aside from sarah palin, this is a very, very technical, technical presentation by the prosecution. because you and i know how to get on the internet and maybe search something. but i'm not sure we understand the inner workings of how firefox or how a defrag works. this stuff is being presented to the jury in incredible detail. it's quite a bit to take in here, to understand the inner workings of the computer we just turn on and send an e-mail with. >> i would be fascinated to learn all that. i have no clue on how that works. kerry sanders, thanks so much. more from you later. >>> now to that deadly oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. the coast guard suspended its three-day search for 11 missing oil worke

mccain about that live in the next hour. the former university of tennessee student who allegedly hacked into sarah palin's e-mail account is on trial today. authorities say david kernell gained access to palin's account when she was the republican vice presidential nominee. he allegedly used public information about the former governor to answer security questions for the account. he then took screen shots of her e-mails and posted them on line. palin has been subpoenaed by prosecutors to testify at the trial. there's the latest headlines. guess who's here. glenn beck. nice to see you. can i ask you a fluff question real fast before we get to the hard stuff? >> no. >> i'm dying to know what you think of your "saturday night live" impersonations. >> i think it's hysterical. i think it's hysterical. yeah, i just talked to -- shoot, what's the guy's name in vegas? frank calliendo and a friend of mine was in his show in vegas and said he's doing you. and i said aw, geez. so i called him up and i said what are you doing, frank? and he's got -- i mean, he doesn't have the voice down. he has the pattern down of my -- of my tics a

one group, out of sacremento, weighed in in the 2008 campaign on behalf of senator mccain and palin against barack obama, called "our country deserves better." then they tacked on "tea pty express." they run those bus tours you see. they raised $1.6 million in the first quarter, nothing to sniff at, and they are using it both to fund the pac and direct money to consultants, but also to independent campaigns including scott brown's, where they started at a big expenditure against bart stupak, seen as key to passing the overhaul of health care, and he subsequently retired. they took credit for the retirement. they are throwing around money in a way we don't normally see among tea party groups. host: we saw a new pew survey that only 1 in 5 americans trust their government. if that's the case, are individuals giving to campaigns? what type of person? guest: it is always a small universe of people who have the incumbent -- income and interest. some of these positions seem wilder than any recent election cycle. when you add it up across the board, where we see a shift in that is an uptick in int