after mccain and palin lost the last presidential election, john mccain just sort of dissolved back intor the election, sarah palin quit her job as governor of alaska. she said she was going to work full-time on national republican politics, and she did that mama grizzly thing and she does make endorsements sometimes, but she did not run again. nobody thought she'd have a thought if she did run again, and mostly she and her family are just doing reality shows now. she had a reality show, her daughter had a reality show, plus the dancing thing, now her husband has a new reality show as well. no one in current republican politics calls themselves a sarah palin republican. nobody calls themselves a john mccain republican. what is the republican party after bush and cheney? who is the new face of the republican party? what does that party stand for? if romney and ryan lose this year, i'm not saying they're going to, but if they do lose, are these going to have anymore of a chance than mccain and palin did of defining the new republican party? of%ing the face of what it means to be a republic

and eight the democratic national committee counted one hundred seventy five major lies by the mccain palin campaign and c.n.n. did a report asking whether or not mccain and sarah palin were literally lying their way into the white house. but you will mistruths half truths stretching the truth telling the truth whatever it is it has both democrats and republicans questioning what's going on inside the mccain campaign they were opponents have gone so far as to say that john mccain and sarah palin are lying their way into the white house claims that john mccain's allies nearly won in the white house which is saying a lot considering he was coming from party the george w. bush had run into the ground he was committed to a very unpopular war he had picked a vice president who was woefully unqualified and he was running up against one of the most gifted politicians of our time who outspending on t.v. three to one yet he still nearly won and this year with mitt romney most likely to spend a billion dollars thanks to super pacs made possible by the supreme court citizens united decision those lies

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here with me now to talk tactics on both sides of the campaign trail, basil and poreries from the mccain palinnk campaign. thank you for joining me. the candidates have stepped on multiple landmines. >> multiple. >> eliot: bouncing from one to the next. mistaken to me how you go from the debate about jobs and decide to talk about a medicare policy that is universally unpopular and you think you're making progress. >> you are making progress when you look at the polls. in florida you're doing better now than before paul ryan was put on the ticket. what paul ryan did for the ticket and what sarah palin did was excite the base. ed medicare does that. that's why i say we are doing better in the polls. and we have a wider debate than just talking only by jobs. >> eliot: do you see the polls that way? >> no, i don't actually. your comments are correct. he does excite the base. but what is happening is for the fors time in this election we're talking about seniors in a very real way. and i have to semi about with aarp siding with the president on the medicare issue that's a problem for romney-ryan. a

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it's 63% to 28%. 35-point margin, almost exactly the same margin that mccain and palin lost the latinowhen they lost to barack obama and joe biden. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. in the platform they wrote they want the arizona papers please law for the whole country after that, the romney immigration advisor celebrated by suing the federal government today trying to stop the president's dream act program that he instituted by executive action starting this month over the objectin inobjections of the republican congress. you can't necessarily say the republicans are in hot pursuit right now. same thing for the african-american vote of which they currently enjoy 0% support. with less support among black voters, how can the republicans expect to win this time? there is a tactic of some use. it is very basic, tied and true in our american history, already organized and apparently funded for this year, and i personally find it creepy, and that creepy story is sclutively here, next. capella university understands businesses are trying to come bac

you're the strategist for mccain and palin. say you brought in medicare. is it still a third rail issue? do they have to be worried about this? >> well, most republicans genetically and certainly republicans in congress over the last decade have gotten into a fetal position when democrats have gone after them on the issue of medicare. trained to avoid it, trained to look at it as a third rail issue. paul ryan's an entirely different cat. he's out there talking about this issue. he's talking about an offensive issue. talking about it in the context of the country's debt challenges. the difficult decisions that are going to have to be made in terms of an out of control $16 trillion national debt. and so i think that this is one of the great unanswered questions of the campaign. you're going to see a very different type of republican reaction to these issues. you're going to see paul ryan going out there talking to me american people about this and talking about it as a issue through a moral prism that we have to get the fiscal house of the country in order.

palin's endorsement. dick cheney said lately that john mccain's decision to nominate palin for vice president was a mistakelin's response. >> well, seeing's as how dick -- excuse me, vice president cheney never misfires, then evidently he's quite convinced that what he had evidently read about me by the lamestream media, having been written, what i believe is a false narrative over the last four years, evidently dick cheney believed that stuff, and that's a shame. >> vice president cheney, perhaps chastened, dialed back his comments last night. >> it wasn't aimed so much at governor palin as it was against the basic process that mccain used. my point basically dealt with the process, in terms of that basic requirement, is this person prepared to be president of the united states should they have to step in and be picked. and it was my judgment, i thought the mccain process in '08, had it be well done or was it a mistake, and i thought it was a mistake. joining me now, karen finney and jonathan capehart of "the washington post." karen, let me go to you first on this. is sarah palin still powerful enough tha

commenting, maria. >> joining us now for more, boris eckstein, a former communications aide on the mccain/palin you know a thing or two about select ago vice presidential candidate. what do you think about this pick? >> it's a good pick. governor palin energized the base. in this case, not only with you energizing the republican base, you're bringing the business wing over the conservative and the tea party and the republican party together. you're bringing gravitas on the budget, experience in washington, d.c., 14 years in congress as well as you're bringing a lot of support throughout the midwest. wisconsin, ohio, minnesota, those are all very much implied. unquestionably, a good the pick. >> i can see why the conservatives will be pleased, boris. i can see why the democrats would be pleased, as well, because they now have going to have clear positions on which to attack. >> that's not necessarily the case, ross. these are the positions taken by the vice presidential nominee. you have a vice president and a presidential candidate and they don't necessarily agree on everything. george h.w. bus

when obama was running against mccain/palin. we get, false affairs -- rumors of an affairs with john mccain. >> mccain got 23. >> as james carville said, the only person who saw tax returns, john mccain saw 23 years of tax returns and then he picked sarah palin. >> nothing is big hidden. >> something isn't become revealed. >> this is what turns people off from politics. this is exactly the problem we have right now. ordinary people don't care about this stuff. what they care more than anything else, their houses, their homes are under water. it used to be, it was the good old days. when you sign that mortgage check you were building wealth for your family. in washington, d.c., you got ed demarco, a bush administration holdover whose building held on by obama, who sits back and said, freddie and fannie, they came up with a report if they just reduced some of these mortgages and gave some mortgage relief and stopped overcharging people for their homes, america would save a billion dollars in foreclosures. this one bureaucrat said,

up a man who knows a thing or two about vice presidential picks, former senior adviser to the mccain/palinampaign, steve schmitt, chuck todd, host of "meet the press" david gres gregory and "washington post" dan balz. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> good morning. the humidity left areas of new england as we went throughout a beautiful sunday and going to lead yourself out the door to a beautiful monday. we're watching mostly sunny skies already. temperatures are in the 60s and 70s in most areas. it will be a nice afternoon. leave the umbrella at home. now tomorrow is going to be stormy late in the day, but today is dry and very low humidity. as far as the worst weather in the country right now, arkansas. we welcome the rain in arkansas but we have been watching some pretty big thunderstorms around little rock. some of those will drift towards memphis. what an unusual monday morning in chicago and indianapolis. cloudy, cool and a little bit of light rain out there. temperatures today will only be in the 70s. so your forecast around the country, look at that, chicago a hi

you ran, and in 2008 you wanted the mccain/palin ticket to hit harder at obama. >> yes. >> sean: there's a very different barack obama running this time around. i think this is has been the sleaziest, slimiest campaign i've witnessed in my lifetime. i want to intersperse words of obama in 2008 with what's going on today and i want to get your reaction to the tone of how obama is running this campaign. let's roll this tape. >> you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters. if you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. >> i don't think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone. i furthermore do not think mitt romney is concerned. >> i don't know the facts of when joe soptic's wife got sick or died, but i do know the facts of what mitt romney did with g.s. steel. >> if you don't have fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters. ♪ >> their plan, which is let's have dirtier air, dirtier water -- >> it is thinly veiled social darwinism. some middle class families with children with autism or do

dick cheney is clarifying his recent comment about sarah palin when he said it was a "mistake" for john mccain to pick palin as his running mate. he tried to walk back those remarks. >> it wasn't against the palin or the basic process he used. my problem dealt with the process in terms of that basic requirement. is this person prepared to step in to be president when they are picked. it was my judgment, i was asked if i thought the mccain process in '08 was well done and i thought it was a mistake. it's not a criticism of governor palin as it is i just thought it was not -- the process didn't meet the standards i would like to see our candidate pursue when they pick a running mate. >> cheney also said he will not be attending the convention in tampa. however, rick santorum has agreed now to speak during that convention. >>> coming up on "way too early," it doesn't get much better than this. another thrilling moment from the summer games as team usa battles for a spot in the gold medal match in women's soccer. willie will have highlights and a look at the competitions. >>> mitt romney breaks ou

truth is, had that election been held at the end of september, beginning of october, even with a mccain/palinket, they might have won. the problem on timing here is i think this might be sort of a premature veep moment, only in this sense. you are absolutely right, as you were saying earlier, you see romney like, on fire in a way you've never seen before. but this guy is not some newcomer to the political spectrum. this guy has a way of being. and he is going to go back to that way of being. and i do think there's a little premature veep elation. >> to make some of those points, here's the obama ad. obama for america has already released an ad, hitting team romney/ryan, already. quick turnaround here. let's take a look. >> guy put on a very comprehensive plan rewriting the health care system, medicare, social security, our entire tax system. >> the cuts in here are so dramatic, they are so painful. >> it gives a $4.3 trillion tax cut to the wealthiest in this country. >> so the mitt romney became president of the united states, you're convinced he would follow through with a lot of the reduct

truth is had the election been held at the end of september, beginning of october, even with the mccain/palinblem on timing here is i think this might be a premature vp moment, and only in this sense. you are absolutely right as you said earlier. you see romney, like, on fire in a way you have never seen before. but this guy is not some newcome tore the political spectrum? this guy has a way of being. and he's going to go back to that way of being. and i do think there's a little premature vp there. >> this obama ad for america has released an ad hitting the obama team already. let's take a look. >> the guy put on a very comprehensive plan rewriting the health care system. medicare or social security, our entire tax system. >> the cuts in here are so dramatic they are so painful. >> it gives a 4.3 trillion dollar tax cut to the wealthiest in this country. >> so mitt romney became president of the united states, you're convince head would follow through with a lot of reproductions you would make. >> yes. ♪ >> one question i raised before. this issue of direction. the american people know the e

when you look back at john mccain choosing sarah palin, a huge surprise. when you look back to john kerry, he chose john edwards. he turned to him hoping that he would bring some of his popularity in key states. so we'll have to look to mitt romney's choice for, what does this person bring to his campaign? if it is someo like paul ryan who we've had a lot of conservative support, congressman 42 years old, a young man but he's been in congress for seven terms. he knows his way around washington. he's got a lovely family. that is always part of the picture of the campaign. he comes from an important state. wisconsin is critical. he's very popular there. he's been very popular among conservatives in part because he sort of took on all of the conventional wisdom and took on all of the p courageous thinking, his most ar dent supporters would say, in putting out a budget plan that takes on medicare. there are critics that would say it's so destructive to medicare that why would romney choose him and the budget plan for ryan which tries to deal with the deficit w

i saw that when john mccain appointed sarah palin as well and i don't think it worked out very well. >> reporter: paul ryan, a tea party favorite, is best know for a program that would shift medicare into a voucher program for seniors. that may be a hard sell for states like florida. ryan defended his plan during an interview on 60 minutes. >> in order to make that promise for those current seniors, like my mom, who is a florida senior, we need to reform it for the next generation. >> reporter: president obama welcomed ryan to the race and then took aim. >> he is an articulate spokesman for governor romney's vision. but it is a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. >> reporter: the president is launching a three day bus tour in iowa today where ryan is also campaigning. randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >> paul ryan is not well-known yet. a recent poll says about 40% of voters have never heard of him. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, the powerball jackpot continues to grow. find out how much you can win in tomorrow's drawing, provided you have the right tic

now, as you know, immediately after john mccain announced sarah palin as his running mate, it was looking like nothing but clear skies and surprising hotness. [laughter] >> take a look at this wider shot. a lot of activity. we're going to keep an eye on it. over here, we've got abusive power allegations. [laughter] >> a secessionist front. some possible crazy-preacher activity, that video of palin saying she doesn't even know what the vice president does, so all in all, a lot of fronts converging here on st. paul. now, it could all fizzle out, or, if conditions are right, it could become a category five [beep] storm. [cheers] >> yeah. yeah. but what we're keeping an eye on now, there is a developing prepartum depression that actually -- let me show this to you as we put it in motion -- you can see as it develops. it will bring real relief to the evangelical region. >> jon: thank you very much, sam. samantha bee in the weather center. last night last night was day one of the republican national convention, but in an eerie parallel to all that has happened last past eight years the plan did

senior strategist for the mccain sla mccain/palin campaign in '08.dwater in 1960? >> huckabee when you give consideration to him as a political figure, timing matters in politics. if he had run this time, there's a tremendous chance he would have wound up as the republican nominee, but presuming a romney victory, he won't have a chance to run for eight years. presuming an obama victory, i think you will see great fishers in the republican party, some of the unsettlement below the surface, you know, will come up. there will be a big debate in the republican party about the direction of the party. and mike huckabee is someone who will absolutely if he wanted to run for president, would be a formidable figure in the party. >> do you see what is going on in the republican party right now as people trying to set themselves up for 2016 in the event of a romney loss? right now, nobody can protect what is going to happen, but it's no shoo-in that romney is going to win. i feel like what we're seeing is people trying to set themselves up as the conservative a

at how paul ryan changed the race and how 2012 is comparing to the 2008 race when john mccain announced sara palin as his running mate. >>> they posted this video online it hasn't been verified. a man shouts a war plane was shot down, god is great. they say the plane wasn't shot down but suffered a technical failure. >>> deadly shooting not far from a college campus, what happened before a gunman shot and killed a police officer. >> and the day after, they are picking up after outside lands festival and the revenue it generated for san francisco. >>> three people dead, including a police officer near texas a&m. the gunman was facing eviction when he opened fire. >> reporter: a few blocks from texas a&m police say a man started shooting at a police officer who was serving an eviction notice. >> we received the call from a citizen. we responded quickly and upon our response is when they took on fire from the suspect. >>> the shooter was killed along with two men. >> he was close to everyone in law enforcement. it is sad. and tragic that we lost him. >> reporter: another officer and a woman were also

as the basic process that mccain used. >> sean: governor palin told me once she didn't even know she was being considered until four days before she was announced. >> yeah. well, i called her -- >> sean: are you talking about that process? >> that's a big part of it. >> >> sean: you mentioned experience, too. >> i think experience is important as well, too. i voted for her, just like i voted for the ticket. but my point basically dealt with the process in terms of that basic requirement, is this person prepared to step in and be president of the united states when they're picked. and it was my judgment -- i was asked if i thought the mccain process in '08 had been well done, or was it's a mistake, and i said i thought it was a mistake. that's not so much a criticism of governor palin as it is that i just thought it was not -- that the process didn't meet the standardsle i would like to see our candidate pursue when they pick a running mate. >> sean: coming up, the vice president opens up president obama and yes thinks his political career should

. >> he gave mccain 23 years of tax returns to be the tryout for vp where mccain picked palin. if 23 years is good enough to show mccain so he can be vice president of the united states, how come only two s is appropriate for the president? >> the president took the weekend off from a campaign to celebrate his 51st birthday. he is scheduled for a fundraiser in connecticut tomorrow and rallies in colorado later this week. >>> today romney wouldn't say who he is considering as vice president. >> i have nothing for you on the vice presidential pick. i have nothing. i give you nothing on that. i can assure you that by the third day of the republican convention we will nominate a republican vp. >> he campaigned in florida yesterday. today other republicans weighed in and say the form ermine minute governor, virginia governor, ohio senator rob port man are likely to be on the short list. >>> the peace and freedom party has picked roseanne barr for its nominee. she announced her bid last year but won't show up on many ballots. she picked cindy sheehan as her running mate. the mom lost

it started when former vice president dick cheney said it was a mistake for senator john mccain to pick sarah paling mate. >> did you just call out john mccain? well, you just woke up a cranky giant, my friend. and it's on because folks, right now we've got ourselves a classic old man fight. >> let's get ready to grumble! ♪ >> old man fight! tonight's main event, the wyoming whirlwind against the animal from arizona. time for round one. >> get off my lawn! >> you going to take that, mccain? >> i'm always glad to get comments four years later. >> come on, cheney! counterpunch! >> i like governor palin, but based on her background, she had only been governor for, what, two years. >> ooh, point cheney. all right, fellas, let's keep it clean out there. and round two. >> this frisbee's mine now! >> i respect the vice president. he and i had strong disagreements as to whether we should torture people or not. i don't think we should have. >> oh, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. did i pick the wrong vice president? you torture [ bleep ]! >>> and we showed you yesterday how stephen colbert was preparing for a crash co

in 2008, it was maverick election of sarah palin that helped john mccain clinch another term in the senate. (cheers and applause) everybody wants to know who romney will pick. well, now there's a new way for us to figure it out. >> if the past is any indication how we will learn of mitt romney's choice, perhaps you can just look to wikipedia because the day before sarah palin was named as john mccain's running mate her wikipedia page was updated 68 times. >> stephen: 68 times! well, that's impressive. considering that once she was on the ticket she did not edit herself once. (laughter) so the number of times a wikipedia page has been edited predicts the chances for v.p. slot. folks, that means we could be looking at vice president season six of "bufffy the vampire slayer." (cheers and applause) so nation, let your voice be heard in this historic decision. go on wikipedia and make as many edits as possible to your favorite v.p. contender. now, i like friend of the show tim pawlenty so to up his chances i'm going to get on the old wikipedia to pump up his edit count. let's see here. let's se