i want to focus quickly on michele bachmann.ith these memories of bob thorn you know when he ran for president. and on election night at the time an unknown hispanic woman by the name of loretta sanchez shocked him. turned out orange county was slipping away. he got punished for not being in the district, too much of a national figure. this happens when you try to be a national star and look like you're not tending to the home front. >> it does and it could. the district and redistricting got about a plus four republican benefit so a slightly improved district for michele. she has a history as luke said of running tight races. she has a few scares where she won by three or four points. that is probably the likely outcome here. your point is valid. >> i want to talk to you and i want you to both hit on this point. melissa, i just had sessions, the fact is you talk to the strategists on both sides and one thing everybody is sure of, with the presidency, the battle to control the senate controls the house. republicans are going to

michele bachmann did not vote for that. i would have voted for it. >> let me say -- it is important to clarify this. i do not support taxpayer funding of abortions. obamacare includes taxpayer funding of abortions. it is important that people know i in no way support taxpayer funding of abortions. >> let's make the turn to foreign policy -- michele bachmann, sent a letter to various agencies over the summer saying that the muslim brotherhood has made a "deep penetration in the halls of the united states government'." you even raised questions over a aide to hillary clinton. senator mccain called these accusations as "no basis, no logic, no merit." you stand by those accusations and ddc prove the muslim brotherhood has infiltrated our government? >> these are letters we sent to the inspectors general, myself and five other colleagues. i stand by this letter is because what we know is that terrorism continues to remain a very real threat in the united states. i serve on the intelligence committee. we deal with classified -- >

a narrow win for michele bachmann. soledad?ered a lot of this race and that candidate. >> i have. look, it was a bad night for wingnuts last night, but michele bachmann drawn through. she had her first competitor in jim graves that put up a really good fight. >> 3,000 votes. >> 3,000 votes. and it was amazing, michele bachmann's final ad in the race presented herself as an independent mind thinker and someone to reach across the aisle to solve problems. it was an snl shift. >> talk about fiction. oh, yeah. >> if you want to point fingers at someone creating the crisis that mitt romney faced turning him to the right, michele bachmann. >> brings us back to the fiscal cliff, doesn't it? how you get to some resolution. >> she's going to come back in a much different role than she had before. she's no longer a presidential candidate. she doesn't have that kind of national voice. she just squeaked by. you think -- >> she has power. >> i spent a lot of time with her last year and she raised more money than a house candidate than anyon

him and michele bachmann.our opponent just said that you favor all aspects of obamacare and would like to keep it intact. is that true? >> no. there are some good things. we talked about those kids staying in to the program until they are 26 years old. we have talked about these exchanges that will open up the bidding process and let small businesses buy insurance. this is by no means a done. it is a process. the heavy lifting is bending the cost curve. we have not done that yet. >> the coverage is pretty popular. do you want to scrap all of that? >> i want to bring down the cost of health care. obamacare escalated the cost of health care. it is money we do not have. we did not need the government to take over 1/6 of the economy. that is a cost of about $5 billion a year which we can do. that money will go to the states so we can take care of people's needs. the big issue is bringing down the cost. obamacare has escalated the cost and taken the decision making away from the people. i want to empower people and

michele bachmann is locked in a tight race against democratic challenger jim graves. the right wing's war on women came up in the last debate. bachmann was asked about richard mourdock's remarks. bachmann wouldn't tell voters

wasserman schultz with us tonight, thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, congresswoman michele bachmann faced democratic challenger jim graves in their first debate last night. i'll show you the bachmann claim that had the whole audience in stitches laughing. stay tuned. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> up next, michele bachmann, congresswoman from minnesota gets some big laughs at her debate against jim graves last night after she says she doesn't engage in political speech. we'll have all the details. you'll want to see the reaction from the crowd. >>> and in the big finish, putting politics aside to give aid to states devastated by sandy. jonathan alter joins me to discuss the re

i'm here with him and michele bachmann.ponent just said that you favor all aspects of obamacare and would like to keep it intact. is that true? >> no. there are some good things. we talked about those kids staying in to the program until they are 26 years old. we have talked about these exchanges that will open up the bidding process and let small businesses buy insurance. this is by no means a done. it is a process. the heavy lifting is bending the cost curve. we have not done that yet. >> the coverage is pretty popular. do you want to scrap all of that? >> i want to bring down the cost of health care. obamacare escalated the cost of health care. it is money we do not have. we did not need the government to take over 1/6 of the economy. that is a cost of about $5 billion a year which we can do. so we can take care of people's needs. the big issue is bringing down the cost. obamacare has escalated the cost and taken the decision making away from the people. i want to empower people and bring down the price. >> on the issue

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we'll get caught up in allen west and michele bachmann and the rest of the usual suspects.s is "hardball," a place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." this is the side show the morning after. the common thread in this lineup of congressmen and women? joe walsh and allen west lost their bid and todd akin lost against claire mccaskill. west has yet to concede. nbc news projects his challenger patrick murphy will come out on top. here's a way they left their mark, including one from "hardball" itself. >> we need to let president obama, harry reid, nancy pelosi and my dear friend, the chairman of the democratic national committee, take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will of the american people take it somewhere else, to the bottom of the sea, to the north pole, but get the hell out of the united states of america. >> first of all from what i understand from doctors it's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, a female body has a way to shut that thing down. >> don't blame ba

. >>> plus, tea party favorite and former presidential candidate michele bachmann is fighting for her political life. those details next. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: brought to you by the makers of centrum men and women. have you taken the most complete multi-vitamitoday? >>> well, the campaign clock is ticking down, and with just about 120 hours to go until election day, the polls show the candidates are still neck in neck. nbc's tracie pots has all the details for us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. the latest poll of the battleground states show a slight advantage for president obama, ahead by 6 in iowa, three in wisconsin, and just two, well within the margin of error in new hampshire. but this week he's really been focused on new jersey, touring the storm damage there with governor chris christie, a republican rival who has said repeatedly the president's done a great job responding to the storm. analysts say the president could be scoring some political points from that endorsement only from governor chris christie. meanwhi

in minnesota's sixth district, michelle bachmann has been re-elected. the republican incumbent re-elected there in the state of minnesota by a very close margin. they were obviously counting these votes deep into the night. but now nbc has called michelle bachmann winning re-election in her district. >>> well, president obama has won a second term. in the end the electoral talley, 303 for the president. 206 for mitt romney with florida still throughout and too close to call. and the popular vote, a difference of more than two million votes separated the candidates. after midnight, governor romney conceded the race in a short speech. >> this is a time of great challenges for america and i pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation. at a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. and we citizens also have to rise to the occasion. >> and there was a lot of other business last night outside the race for the white house. republicans had ho

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if we're able to send michele bachmann home, trust and believe there will be another michele bachmann socialization and economic strata all take place, they play themselves out in class warfare, and allen west was just a symbol of that. he allowed himself to be used by the tea party as a symbol to help them advance that cause. and, unfortunately, you know, he got played. and he is going home. >> yes, indeed. joy, another man of unique political genius, joe walsh of illinois, has also lost, and he's going to be going home very soon. does this indicate that the tea party in the house is literally falling apart? >> i think it's interesting because i agree -- allen west was probably the most potent symbol of the tea party because in part because in florida i can tell you he was the tea party. he was their favorite candidate and he embodied all of the belief systems of the tea party, the idea of shrinking government, the abject hey dread of barack obama who he literally said he can't stand. his ideas were sa none news where the tea party and he and walsh losing is symbolic the tea party ha

that nonfactual story from michele bachmann about the cost of obama's trip was started been an unnameddian news website and somehow got into the ether there. we can't talk about conspiracy theories without bringing up rush limbaugh. remember the first day of the republican convention was canceled due to hurricane isaac. rush then floated the idea that president obama was somehow involved with the weather reports showing that tampa might get hit. >> you've got a hurricane coming. the national hurricane center, a government agency, very hopeful that the hurricane gets near tampa. the national hurricane center is obama. it's a national weather service, part of the commerce department. it's obama. obviously, obama is sending fema in advance of the hurricane hitting tampa so that the republican convention is nothing but a bunch of tents, in tampa, a bunch of rvs and stuff. make it look like a disaster area before the hurricane even hits there. >> was he laughing at his own b.s. there? did you ever think rush limbaugh would warn us of a skewed weather report. next, an extreme case of preelec

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i'm pulling for michele bachmann in minnesota. can't lose all the punch lines in one night. hman >> well, she w by 500 votes, but, yeah, it's very hard to unseat any incumbents. that's one of the problems we have in this country, is that people are always complaining about congress and they hate it and they give it a 9% approvang same people back in every time. >> you spent a million dollars dollars, which i never imagined giving anything like it, you give $1 million to the obama effort, obama superpac and the other guys, brothers gave a couple hundred million, and addelson, he gave a bunch, but he makes it eve h casinos in macaw. you know what i liked, the tv advertisement had nothing to do with results. people don't pick their president from 30-second tv ads. >> we don't know that. what i thought about giving the money early was defining mitt romney, letting people know who he was. especially in the swingg i twee night, since we've made these ten swing states the decider in this election, since they're the simon cowells here who decide the singing contest, since obama basic

but you bring up michele bachmann. democrats speak several of those members.hmann who was a reasonable presidential candidate, almost lost joe walsh, actually did lose. do you think they are going to rethink that or just sort of a function of the unique circumstances of 2012? >> it's almost new. josh mandel, who was another rising star, lost to sherrod brown, two years ago they wouldn't have thought he was going to lose. and same complaint there. he raise d a lot of money. $40 million in outside spending. he attacked him

michele bachmann is locked in a tight race against democratic challenger jim graves. the right wing's war on women came up in the last debate. bachmann was asked about richard mourdock's remarks. bachmann wouldn't tell voters where she stood, dodging questions about abortion, access for rape victims. >> you heard what richard mourdock said and you know that has been controversial. god intended this to happen if a fetus results a consequence of that rape. i want to know if you agree with that. >> what i agree with is i'm 100% pro-life and i agree with the position of the catholic church on this issue. >> let's bring in kelly goth, political correspondent for theroot.com and democratic strategist chris kafinis. the war on women. these remarks by mourdock continued to erode away. how big of an impact is this going to have on these races? >> huge. it already is, right? and i think the way i look at this, ed, is the other perspective of the gop was that this election cycle was essentially about three issues. the economy, the economy, the economy. and that is partially true,

but you bring up michele bachmann. democrats speak several of those members.s a reasonable presidential candidate, almost lost joe walsh, actually did lose. do you think they are going to rethink that or just sort of a function of the unique circumstances of 2012? >> it's almost new. josh mandel, who was another rising star, lost to sherrod brown, two years ago they wouldn't have thought he was going to lose. and same complaint there. he raised a lot of money. $40 million in outside spending. he attacked him constantly. it failed there. who was advising him? there was just a sort of fog of advice around all republicans the more intense you could be, the more palin-like, you could win. >> dave weigel, thank you.

it is easy to see why michele bachmann dragged her feet on debating jim graves. came too much for her own party to stomach. don't they have exquisite taste. good morning, jim graves. >> good morning, stephanie. >> stephanie: i hear your race has really tightened. >> we're neck and neck going into the last 24 hours. we had bill clinton last night. stumping for us. we had a great evening. we're doing our best to get the message out. we think we're going to win this thing. >> stephanie: that's what i'm told. that is incredible when you think of the money the name recognition she's had. i think that you know, the "star tribune," i think has called it. the people of minneapolis have finally realized she has name recognition because she's out for herself. she's out to be on tv. >> i've been saying she's great at creating headlines but she can't create a single job. she doesn't know how to get the job done. >> stephanie: her positions on her self-promotion have alienated colleagues on both sides of the aisle. in 2010, the republican leadership denied her a key leadership

. >> michelle bachmann. we had newt gingrich. we had rick santorum. we had herman cain and rick perry. five of them, perhaps inartfully refer to them as the clown posse, but when they all left the stage, mitt romney was the guy left standing, by the process of elimination. >> we didn't know when herman cain was saying 9-9-9 he was speaking german. >> romney won more by the process of elimination over these characters. that's the point. >> cogently stated fact of history. because they didn't like the other guys. they didn't like him. michael and howard, thank you. back to talk about the big moments. we're going positive in a moment. up next, the right wing's most outrageous conspiracy theories are coming up about president obama. of course their favorite target. this is "hardball," the place for politics. so you say men are superior drivers? yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? bikes and balloo

so president clinton going to minnesota tomorrow, he's going to be there to try to defeat michele bachmanng a guy named jim graves who is a self-made guy. this is a guy that came from a very humble background. he's a very successful businessman. in fact, joy, if the republicans wanted to get somebody to run, this is the kind of guy that they'd go after. >> yeah. >> what kind of effect can bill clinton have on a high-profile tea partier who has been very critical of the president from day one, michele bachmann? >> think about what you just said. this candidate on the democratic side is a perfect democrat and a perfect dlc -- he's somebody that michele bachmann's softer supporters, whether it's women who are concerned with her position on women's issues, or republicans, there are a lot of republicans who look fondly at bill clinton, who might be thinking, you know what, michele bachmann was a little too extreme for me, but if clinton is validating this guy he might be my kind of democrat. >> all right, joy reid, thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, katy perry helps president obama get out t

now michele bachmann -- comedy wins.hat was a squeaker. >> it may be enough of a squeaker that there may be a recount. >> maybe. >> they've called it for her. it is possible they can do it but right now for sure, joe walsh is gone. west is gone. if you look at -- you know, dick morris. we'll take two seats in the senate. if you look at the senate now we're talking about -- first openly gay american ever to be elected to the senate. >> it is huge. huge! >> it is huge. but think about the quality of the democrats who are going in. it's not just tammy baldwin. it is elizabeth warren. >> stephanie: excuse me, david. what else did i say? this war on women was not fictional. you know what? this is the year of the woman. i'm telling you what. not only do we have senator elizabeth warren. senator tammy baldwin of course todd akin and richard mourdock went down to defeat. it really -- i'm telling you they were like poking the woman bear with a stick. >> you know what, i've got to say what i said to you last night. women, two. rap

this candidate on the democratic side is a perfect democrat and he's somebody that michele bachmann'ster supporters, whether it's women who are concerned with her position on women's issues, or republicans, there are a lot of republicans who look fondly at bill clinton, if clinton is validating this guy he might be my kind of democrat. >> thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, katy perry helps president obama get out the vote in wisconsin. state senator lena taylor. stay tuned. this is "the ed show" live from democracy plaza in new york city. [ male announcer ] introducing zzzquil sleep-aid. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing. ♪ zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. that's the sound of car insurance companies these days. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice, you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just so

there are leaders who are stepping up and being defeated, michele bachmann but mitt romney was a very strong resume, background businessman, olympic fixer, personal candidate, not the candidate. >> michelle bachmann is in a very tight race now. we're still watching closely. >> we don't nominate the most conservative. i would urge republicans to take a deep breath and take some time. they wouldn't have been here since suffering the biggest loss in 1938. take their time and take a deep breath, start the conversations. >> i think we heard an unprepared speech. they really thought he was going to win. >> he said he only had one speech. >> i was standing there when john mccain gave his speech and we knew he was going to lose. he had days to process that. he had days to write a beautiful concession speech. i think this was a surprise and it's going to take some time to process it. it was very gracious for a quickly written speech. >> there you see a very different mood. obama supporters ready to hear. >> fired up! ready to go! >> fired up! >> ready to go! >> fired up! listening to a video t

and michele bachmann is feeling the heat in minnesota, steve king in iowa is running against the wifefter former governor, tom vilsack and he's feeling the heat, too, an interesting night. >> one of the interesting strategies, the reason they said they would take the house back, they would put pressure on the so-called orphan states, california, and where mitt romney isn't playing, they're not competitive in that race, but the house seats, okay, we can plow a lot of money in, and republican turnout will be down and we can turn the seats, but they're going to win a couple of them, but surprising so far in the polling, republicans are holding their own in those seats, why? >> you're right. they are he' doing this very aggressively, especially going after freshmen that won in 2010, guys like bobby schilling in illinois the first republican to get elected in his district in 30 years. the reason you're not going to see a huge shift is because one thing the republicans did well. not only being aggressive in the south and some of their home tougher, but they in contrast to the senate recruit

michele bachmann started the tea party caucus.t always get their way, he can say, but they do. it is the tail wagging the dog we have seen that for the last two years under john boehner. he is not a bad guy, but he is not a leader, and he is not in charge. we'll get into that president obama coming up. and karl rove the total fool of this election season. but first. >> on this friday overhead lines making news. a 21-year-old man arrested after trying to rob nancy pelosi's house in california. he tried hitting the minority leader's house in nap pa county not once but twice, monday and tuesday, which was election day. he was then caught by police robbing another house wednesday and then immediately admitted to breaking into pelosi's house, but he didn't take anything the second time because when he was in there he realized who's house it was. >> we ought to tell this guy there is hot property at the white house. >> the new jersey governor called the man he supported, mitt romney, to offer some support as well he said no he just sent

results just in from minnesota now concerning one-time presidential hopeful michele bachmann. let's check in with jummy. >> just within the past couple of minutes, the associated press reporting that they are projecting that michele bachmann will win the sixth district of minnesota, defeating her democratic challenger jim graves. her campaign also posting this on twitter just a couple of minutes ago, saying she's humbled and honorable oured to be re-elected. but this was a race that many people went to bed not knowing what would happen. it was very deadlocked in the overnight hours, but we know that her lead widened overnight from 1,000 votes to about 3,700 votes, but it's still so very close that we're hearing a lot of reports out of minnesota this morning that there will be some sort of recount in this race even though many outlets, including the associated press, are calling bachmann as the winner. jim graves say he will also try to get a recount in this race. right now, neither party is really saying whether or not they're going to concede -- rather the graves party they'r

this candidate on the democratic side is a perfect democrat and he's somebody that michele bachmann'sr supporters, whether it's women who are concerned with her position on women's issues, or republicans, there are a lot of republicans who look fondly at bill clinton, if clinton is validating this guy he might be my kind of democrat. >> thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, katy perry helps president obama get out the vote in wisconsin. state senator lena taylor. stay tuned. this is "the ed show" live from democracy plaza in new york city. [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with a low national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on your medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details. >>> welcome back to "the ed show" coming to you from democracy plaza. we have some of the best fans. earlier today we asked our twitter followers to send us your photos of early voting so

no word on the presidential prospects of michelle bachmann, rick perry or herman cane. expect focus on rick santorum who gave mitt romney a run for his money in the primary. i guess it's never too early to start talking about what could be a jam packed 2016 election cycle. >> if you have not had enough of politics this week, check out square off this sunday morning , the round table discussion show hosted by rich chair. everything from the election to the fiscal cliff battle. square off airs here on abc 2 at 11:00 a.m. sunday. >>> they have dogs and ducks and paintings and posts. >> you can always take in a spectacular view in easton, wyatt everhart is here with more on the water foul festival. where is our fox? is that fox going to make an appearance again. >> a great mascot for the festival and a goose mascot floating around, too. they won't be involved in this. we are talking about art. the incredible art here, a huge part of the 42nd water foul festival. the carpenter, why? this is building his nest. that's how this painting got its name. i want to talk to two of th