i want to go back to michelle bachman's comment. she says that there's a separate fund.ue. there's a couple things going on. first of all, separate local chambers of commerce in toledo and mansfield and all over this country, chambers of commerce working on economic development making their communities better with this national chamber of commerce. they are very different kinds of organizations. but there's two things going on, ed. one, if the chamber is so -- if there's no federal money or no foreign money involved, why do they fight the disclose act and fight our efforts to make them disclose illegally any federal dollars? and second, at the same time, why did they fight our legislation to stop the tax breaks and the incentives for american companies? >> because they got to protect people. they're trying to from text their donors. >> exactly. they're trying to protect their donors and it's allable these companies outsourcing jobs. these large corporations some have foreign ownership and some don't that are outsourcing jobs to china and all over the world. they clearly

to minnesota for a vikings tailgate party with terrell clark, fighting to unseat republican michelle bachman in the most expensive house race of this mid term season. he's the only american on the cias capture or kill list, talking radical cleric al-awlaki. and take a look at the video posted on the radical islamic website, praises, accused fort hood shooter and the christmas day underwear bomber, umar farouk abdulmutallab and goes on to call for her muslims to follow their example and he's believed to be hiding in yemen. in other developments in yemen, a crackdown on al-qaeda. launching a manhunt for the lawless country side, the region where al-awlaki is thought to be hiding. according to military

. >> no one does more for the special interests in washington than congresswoman michelle bachman. michelle bachman, not doing [bleep] for the people of the sixth district, but doing more than her share for the special interests in washington. >> the candidates are not the only ones in the mud, their supporters are, too. friends for harry reid paid for this brutal ad. >> introducing sharon engle's crazy. made with real mint. all our crazy juice is made with nonclorinated water. so, so, so extreme! >> joining us is rick cline. at least they are getting more creative. >> have you to be funny. at least we are seeing humor. have you to match that up with the campaign message. it's hard to see it if in the crazy juice ad. >> but that was a good one. >> it was funny. but you need to break through. that's the bottom line from my perspective there. i think we are seeing a great, silly season of ads. you need to do something different because people are seeing way too much. governor wanna-be barrett said he's cheap. cheap's good. >> this could be the year of the cheapskate. if you can defen

for all of clark's efforts a mid september poll shows she is still trailing bachman by nine points. >> please welcome micheleann. >> reporter: bachman, back in washington, takes center stage at the values voters summit. >> i feel like i'm home when i'm here because you care about the country. >> reporter: at this gathering of conservatives from across the country there is a presidential straw poll and originally bachman's name is on the ballot. >> michele bachmann. >> reporter: at the last minute she asks for her name to be withdrawn from the poll only to find herself shortly thereafter on the cover of news week. >> my whole goal is really about the mission of being in congress and getting our country back to acting within the constitution. >> for those that think that you harbor ambitions you would say what? >> i don't. my ambition is for the country not for me personally. >> reporter: back in minnesota, carol clark hits the road with less fanfare than bachman's bus tour, cruising through the sixth district to talk to small business owners including a stop at an auto parts store that salvages parts from old

michelle bachman is the most conservative of the lot. guest: thanks for your call.e just launched this campaign basically two months ago. when the comments that were made and put in front of my newspaper day after day with a photo of me i -- are so offensive, i cannot repeat them. every day, myself, my husband, and my children got to look at this newspaper with an unbelievably offensive quotation on the front of the newspaper. that is when our resolve that no woman would ever have to go through what i went through. that is why we did not come to sarah palin's defense before. i have been under a lot of fire for defending christine o'donnell and sarah palin because their positions on the issues. here is my response. i was on tv defending them against sexist comments that were being made about them recently. guess who called me on the phone? it was christine o'donnell. i agree with you. she has some spunk and some legs as far as a long political career. she said she looked at my website and told me i was way far left of her. i was the only one in the country that stood

. >>> minnesota congresswoman michel michel michelle bachman. you are probably tied to the pea party closer than anyone else in congress. but some are concerned that the tea party has lost its focus, instead of concentrating on taxes and spending, it's spernt a lot of time debating social issues. the republican candidate for governor, carl paladino was taken to task for his comments about homosexuals and homosexuality. do you think that the tea party movement is losing its way? >> the tea party movement i think has been very focused because from the very beginning they have been concerned about the overreach of people like nancy pelosi and president obama. the tea party is concerned with three main issues, number one, government needs to spend less than what it takes in, number two, don't raise taxes on anyone, number three, they believe that congress needs to act within the bounds of the constitution. >> but that's not what carl paladino was talking about over the weekend. he said that he didn't want children to be brainwashed into thinking tha

to minnesota for a vikings tailgate party with terrell clark, fighting to unseat republican michelle bachman in the most expensive house race of this mid term season. he's the only american on the cias capture or kill list, talking radical cleric al-awlaki. and take a look at the video posted on the radical islamic website, praises, accused fort hood shooter and the christmas day underwear bomber, umar farouk abdulmutallab and goes on to call for her muslims to follow their example and he's believed to be hiding in yemen. in other developments in yemen, a crackdown on al-qaeda. launching a manhunt for the lawless country side, the region where al-awlaki is thought to be hiding. according to military officials, they're helping in the search. and the growing terror threat inside yem nen. the country's foreign minister saying there are some 400 active al-qaeda fighters on yemeni soil. in revent months they're stepping up attacks in the south and the capital. as you may remember, yemen was the site of the homicide attack on the u.s.s. cole in the year 2000 and al-qaeda claiming the lives of 17 a

michelle bachman, the volatile congresswoman from minnesota said we'll cut spending by 23% and we'llthe budget balanced. we'll repeal the health care bill. you're going to go to 33 million americans and take your card away and say your 26-year-old can no longer be on your policy? president bush introduced the prescription drug benefit now over $1 trillion. are they going to pull that back in an effort to get -- there are big promises that are made that will be very hard to achieve and they're on the hill on the republican side there is already a lot of nervousness about how they get their act together and present a unified front. >> mark halperin, as you write in the book, how does the president change the game again? that's what he needs here. he has to have a different-looking washington. >> he can't be passive and he can't assume -- people said it's better for him politically if republicans take back control of congress. he can't assume that will automatically be better for him. is he not focused on this re-election as much as he is on getting things done. having a working majorit

and michelle bachman said she's the number one target for democrats. >> i think the biggest impact isailure of the obama- pelosi agenda. >> reporter: and some are trying to distance themselves from president obama. >> president obama is not on the ballot in virginia. it is joe mansion. we've been successful. they don't want to talk about the record what's so ever. they want to talk about guilt through association. >> political analysts are divided but most agree democrats will see the control of at least one. >> i think at this point most analysts, most nonpartisan analysts think the house will go republican. if you have a con census in this quarreling field, that is a con census. and nearly half of the races, 18, are republican. >> republicans need to win ten seats to take over the senate and 39 seats to win the house. there is a new toll out today. alley from 52% of the vote anderlick bob ehrlich with 40%. >>> it is now 8:10 and 61 degrees on this monday morning and you might not know it from the temperature i just told you about. the cold and flu season is starting. coming up, tips

there has been an effort by some like michelle bachman to position herself as a litter. she helped create a caucus and 49 house members signed on but there was a widespread backlash from the tea party leaders at the prospect the house was creating a tea party caucus. the idea is it is leaderless. jason schafitz refused to join the house caucus because he said that was not appropriate. that led to some division and some people who had signed on hedging a little bit and saying they were endorsing the movement but there were not implying it endorses them. we saw with the pledge to america that the house conference put out that leaders blasted the republican document, saying it did not go far enough. my pantmike pence did not sign contract from america which is it widely signed document the tea party is excited about. he wanted the focus to be on the house republican conference. when pence spoke at that 9/12 rally, he was booed and he got a tepid reaction to his fiery speech. he was part of the republican leadership. all the signals are suggesting that no clear one leader wi

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