meaning it's great news for him sarah palin has come out and unloaded on mitt romney.ting there waiting to -- to surface as the -- as you put it, the kind of reasonable establishment candidate, he was the first one in, the first romney alternative in there. does he have an advantage because he was the first one in? >> certainly in iowa and that's what he's betting on, investing a lot of money, resources, staff, in iowa, we have the ames straw poll coming up, that's a huge test for him. we look at some of these things and we have a tendency to wonder if we're inflating false milestones, but he is focussed on it and inflated it and if he does poorly it will be a problem for him going forward. >> ken vogel of politico. >>> mike huckabee has decided to turn 9/11 into a cartoon. one he hopes you'll pay to see. that's in the rewrite. >>> and bad news for rick perry's controversial p.r. stunt disguised as a prayer rally, not that many true believers are taking part. is it an omen for the presidenti campaign he might be planning? [ twig snaps ] that sounded like the chocobeast

also most political pros what sarah palin is, and most shrug.'t trust the political establishment. one exception is fred malek who is dated back to the nixon days. malec is from aspen with us tonight. it's good to see you. you've been sarah palin's escort. you've introduced her to people. is she going to run? >> sarah palin is a friend and i think she does a great job of energizing people and getting people interested in voting. i think we owe a great debt of gratitude. i don't think you're going to see her on the ballot but i think that she will continue on have influence because she does suck up a lot of oxygen in the room and she really does bring a lot of attention to wherever she goes so i think she'll be influential, i think she'll be a part of the process but i don't expect to see her on the ballot. having said that, i do believe, john, that our nominee in the next president of the united states is going to be a governor or a former governor but it's not going to be sarah palin. >> well, then, why do this? you know her well, you've been t

and the sarah palin-karl rove smackdown goes another round. rove says palin has an enormous thick skin. gets upset if you speculate about her and if you don't. finally, both sides now. mitt romney weighs in on both sides of two more issue, that's in the "sideshow." we start with the latest on hurricane irene. for that we go to the weather channel. >>> i'm charl parker at the weather channel. we have a life threatening event. this storm will be devastating for many people. let's take a look at particulars. category 3 storm, 115 mile-an-hour wind. moving north northwest. looks like it may be getting better organized. an eye wall showing up there. may become more intense in the next day or so. probably category 3 as it approaches the carolina coast. moving into north carolina, getting into saturday. possibly category 2, undergoing >> governors, senators, congressmen, governor chris christie's office told us they asked for funds in the past and will do so again. the others haven't gotten back to us, or said it's too early to say. welcome governors

also most political pros what sarah palin is, and most shrug.sn't trust the political establishment. one exception is fred malick who is dated back to the nixon days. it's good to see you. you've been sarah palin's escort. you've interviewsed her introd people. is she going to run? >> sarah palin is a friend and does a great job of energizing people and in getting people interested in voting. i don't think you're going to see her on a billion lot but she'll have an influence because she sucks up a lot of oxygen in a room and brings a lot of attention to wherever she goes. i think she will be influential and part of the process but i don't expect to see her on the ballot. having said that, di do believe that our next president will be a governor or a former governor but i don't think it's going to be sarah palin. >> you know her well. you've been through this with george h.w. bush and through this with others. you know what it's like, especially those candidates that need a good straw poll polling. why does sarah do this, then? >> will, i can't a

. >> sarah palin rushes to iowa. >> never fear, america, sarah palin has come. >> predictably sarah palin is back. >>tops of cameras and sarah palin showing up. that's so strange. >> heart land fights. >> tired of the inaviativasion privacy. >> this guy is nuts. i can call this napkin a paper towel, but it is a napkin. >> barack obama a one-term president. >> you got to love retail politics. >> the president blames congress. >> the only thing keeping us back is our politics. >> rooting for the president. >> what can the president do? >> extend the payroll tax cut. call people back early. >> people of the united states of america, your congress is bought. >>> good evening from new york. the top eight declared republican presidential candidates are in debate for saturday's ames straw poll. but texas governor rick perry is now doing all he can to divert attention from iowa. he allowed his spokesperson today to tell the associated press that perry will announce on saturday that he is running for president. governor perry's name will not appear on the ames straw poll ballot but does allow for

dislike sarah palin but because all the negatives attached to palin.nks to the media and, of course, "saturday night live." >> ultimately what the bailout does is help those that are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy to help, um, it's got to be all about job creation too. >> and i can see russia from my house. >> i don't know. is it? boom boom boom. >> karyn agnus featured in the "elle" article and founder of the conservative women of enlightened women says the palin brand has been so damaged by the media the baby palin label serves the purpose of quickly stereotyping and delegitimizing us at the same time. you know, like not all liberal women fit the stereotype of a man-hating, harry leg bra burner. but the article's author defends her work, stating the women profiled are into guns and motherhood and low taxes. a rather new conservative female ideology first introduced to the national political discourse by palin. so the talk back this morning, are conservative women unfairly stereotyped? facebook.com/a

and the sarah palin-karl rove smackdown goes another round. rove says palin has an enormous thick skin. gets upset if you speculate about her and if you don't. finally, both sides now. mitt romney weighs in on both sides of two more issue, that's in the "sideshow." we start with the latest on hurricane irene. for that we go to the weather channel. >> and good afternoon, ron. it is very difficult day here. watching hurricane as long time, and this is a very bad one. a slight glimmer of barely a little bit of good news this afternoon is now the hurricane center is thinking that this storm may not intensify quite at strong as they were thinking, but the forecast of that is difficult. in any case it looks like a direct hit on the east coast of the u.s. from north carolina all the way up into new england. look at the satellite picture. i'll locate it for you. there you see it. just now about to clear great abaco in the northern bahamas pap very large hurricane and forecasting at even larger, a move to the north. what we're looking at here, the vari

is that the media or governor palin or karl rove? >> no that is governor palin. the head of gross roots organization on her behave in iowa said the same thing i did, which is not knowing any inside information it looks to us like this -- he is more likely to be a candidate. the things she is doing in iowa, showing up at the fair, running this ad, saying i'm looking forward to being back september 3rd, attending a big rally. all signal she is likely to be a candidate at some point. i never said she is going to declare on the they are. i said this schedule -- >> greta: why is -- [ talking over each other ] >> i'm mystified. look she is all upset about this saying i'm trying to sabotage her in some way. and how dare i speculate on her future. if she doesn't want to be speculated about as a potential candidate. there's an easy way to end the speculation. say i'm not running. instead, every time she pops up in the publish -- in the public eye like she did on cnn at the state fair she said i have not made a decision. i'm saying the schedule leads me to believe she is g

i want to talk first though with alex and donna about sarah palin.she draws a crowd wherever she goes. and even bigger crowds than the people who have declared. what's going on? >> sarah palin is almost like a chairman emeritus of the tea party. she is tremendously powerful. there are other ways to be involved in american politics than to be a candidate. i think sarah palin loves her country. i respect her a fwraet degreat . i think she knows she can't beat barack obama. she has too much baggage and she is doing her job, inspires, mobilizes, gets the base out. >> is she looking for attention or does she really as you say care that much about the tea party and that message? >> i think she cares that much about her country. i think she's genuinely concerned that we're going over the edge of a cliff and that's why i think she resonates with so many voters. i think that's why she still draws such large crowds. i think it's authentic. >> donald, let me ask you about obviously, you know, you are going to the democrats are going to go after republicans as b

is the palin train losing its steam?oining us. >> good afternoon. >> what do you think of this film? what does it tell us about sarah palin's brand at this point in time? >> well, it's interesting. you just shows that, about 50% give it an a. about 50% an f. that's kind of like sarah palin. either you love her or you love to hate her. interesting, if you read the headlines about the film. it's either considered a remarkable success on opening weekend or a mediocre success on opening weekend. i mean, it just shows the gamut of hour people react to her and what people think of her. you mentioned, it made about $6,500 per screen on that first weekend, and then in total i think box office mojo, about $112,000 so far after being open. it didn't drop, 65,000, then 24,000 and down to 5,000 the next weekend. >> not a blockbuster. in comparison, yore documentary as the hip hol group, "a tribe called quest" made its debut. if you look at numbers, there's really no comparison. the total domestic gross so far for the hip-hop movie,

bus tour this is all about getting attention for sarah palin?me people in iowa, some of the good people desperately hoping she's going to run for president? >> no, i think more and more republicans are not happy with her. the ones i talked to, what is she doing kind of thing. i think early on, they were willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, but there's a point in this process that if you're serious about running for president, the saying out here is you have to fish or cut bait. by flitting around with this thing, it does start to take on the aura of publicity to her when in fact when she wants to run for president, she needs to be doing events, doing some retail politics. and they're not seeing that yet. >> doesn't perry's move allow his spokesman today saying he'll announce on saturday that he really is running for president, doesn't perry getting more serious even highlight just how unserious the palin publicity tour is? >> well, you're talking about two different potential candidates here. i think governor parry is real. but like sar

and sarah palin has never been one of those kind of republicans in washington.tea party revolt goes back to the new york 23 race. she was one of the first. she didn't need polls or pollsters or strategists to tell her that there was something going on, something afoot, a revolt, not just against the obama administration, liberals spending us do the ground, but big government republicans in conservative clothing, they needed to be called out, too,. >> sean: it was interesting to me, i thought jeffrey lord of "the american spectator" had a good piece. he called it the tipping point. i don't know if you like gladwell. those that have been called terrorists, every other name in the book, even by "the weekly standard," the "wall street journal," it was interesting to me, he was saying this is the beginning of the conservative ascendsy, starting in 2010, taking it back to 1938, taft, etc., reagan revolution. he says this is only going to get better. do you agree with that? >> i hope he's right. i hope this is the tipping point. we've had so many breaking points, the g

sarah palin has children, grandchildren. she not yes 50. successful career woman.l women? >> it should be. women on the left see her as betraying her gender. she a woman she is supposed to be a leftist feminist. she is not following the path they've set out. she is not fitting in that square peg in a round hole kind of thing. they retaliate. this thing with "newsweek" what drove people crazy peter boyer had a great article about sarah palin recently which was honest. it portrayed her as she was. pictures of her in her running gear, cargo pants. larry o'donnell was having a conniption about it. i think they needed to come back with something like this to say left wing base, we are still on your side, don't worry about it. >> mark: i'd like to know if she could make a moose stew as good as sarah palin? >> me too. >> mark: this is the real women's issue. time to check in with greta van susteren and see what is coming up. >> greta: no secret there is disturbing news rocking the world about wall street, our kphefp the question is, is president obama -- the question is,

sarah palin, any idea when, if she might test the waters here? >> reporter: well, she has officially said by september sometime that she will make a decision. but our peter ham by and don lemon they were out talking to her. it's a huge earth shattering decision she has to make she said. she want to take her time. >> shannon, thanks from iowa. now we go to the cnn newsroom, continuing with brooke baldwin. >> don't go far. i want to talk to you about that piece in mississippi. hello to you. good afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. let's begin where drew sort of left off there. you know what, you need a scorecard today. or maybe a traffic cop to keep up with the presidential hopefuls. i'm giving you a map. des moines, iowa, ground zero ahead of the iowa straw poll. des moines, iowa, flooded with republican candidates. plus, yep, sarah palin. she turned up, arrived there just a short time ago. she is not, i repeat not in the race, at least not officially. why else would she be in des moines? sarah palin is in iowa. but not the front-runner. no, mitt romne

i think sarah palin has to make up her mind fairly soon. what strikes me is that the old line is that -- democrats want to fall in love and republicans want to fall in line. but this -- this year, it seems like republicans actually are looking for an candidate they can fall in love with. sarah palin may have been that person saying nine months ago but they are still looking for that person in iowa today. >> do you get that sense being there, because i think i agree with kate about that. in talking to some republican strategists over the last week, they are all still anxiously waiting for that sort of person to emerge, that star to emerge, that shining light who can lead them out of the land as they see it of barack obama, michael. is that the sense you get being there? >> yes. i definitely think so. i agree with kate that it may be too late for sarah palin. i have to tell you, she came to the constituent fair. i was there with her and i was caught in essentially a mob crowds? >> yes. i me, i think, you know, here at the straw poll, definite

and mitt romney solidified their spots as top contenders but there are still rumblings about sarah palin. >> let's do what we know america needs. >> reporter: who just released a new campaign-style ad. >> the schedule she's got next week in iowa, it looks like that of a candidate, not a celebrity. >> reporter: the former alaska governor is not a candidate yet but she can still draw a crowd. palin's iowa tea party event for september 3rd has already been moved to a larger venue. >> mitchell: whit johnson in washington, thanks. for more insight let's go to washington and john dickerson. good evening. >> good evening. >> mitchell: politically speaking how tonight important is this speech president obama is set to make next month. >> it is important that the white house and government have to get on track. they have had a rough couple of weeks but the president has given a lot of speeches, what is more important that he maybe get

, and sarah palin made this kind of striking comment that democrats would, if they had an opportunityo do it again, vote for hillary clinton rather than barack obama. is this is sisterly feminist appeal on sarah palin's part, is she saying something about the quality of women's leadership or is this really just an attack on the incumbent president? >> i think it's probably the latter. i could imagine her making a similar statement even if hillary clinton had not been the second choice in the 2008 election. we know that barack obama's approval ratings are low, we know that congressional approval ratings are low, we know that people are frustrated with the status quo, so republicans are even trying to get democrats to think about alternatives. >> sure, that said, in the same class where i teach your book, i also took a week where the students, mostly young feminists, by the way, self-identified by feminists, read hillary clinton's aud biography and even though most disagreed with palin's policy positions, they found her life story to be pretty compelling. is sarah palin actually a good

palin's website, the donate button. it is still there.political panel now, krystal ball and david drucker after s, a staff t roll call, and seriously, what is she doing there? >> well, it is a shock with tons of cameras and political event and sarah palin is showing up. strange. >> like moth to a flame. >> the obvious answer is that she wants to be relevant and she can't help herself, and i would say you should never write this woman off. a lot of people say no way to run for president. >> i am one of them. >> i would not count her out, and there is no predicting what she might do come september, october, november. >> hmm, david, we know her political action committee continues to seek the donations, so we know what's in this for her, but does palin's trip hurt anybody in the gop field at this point or just a distraction? >> well, it does not hurt anybody, and the big gate crasher is rick perry giving a big speech in south carolina and running off to new hampshire and showing nup ining up in wateri sunday. sarah palin needs to stay in the

with me by phone we caught up with palin at the fair. alex, great job. >> reporter: it's not easy to track her down. she arrived shortly after 11:00 central time here. we were able to find her out with the cattle shaking hands with even she met. even that stopped and talked with her wanted to take a picture. get an autograph, say hi. she's here with her husband, today and their daughter piper. and those are -- they are walking around the fair as we speak. >> alex, when you see sarah palin gathering such a crowd, does she seem to attract more of a crowd than orpersonalities, she's not a candidate. >> reporter: absolutely. the crowd right now that i'm looking at has at least i would say 50 to 100 people that includes reporters and people just wanting to take pictures. since i've been in iowa i haven't seen a crowd around a potential candidate this large. she seems to be drawing a lot of attention. she told me that she's still thinking about running. she's still a potential candidate. does not know her time line as to when she's going to de

we continue to be joined by sarah palin. i think we are at a tipping point. we are watching almost before our very eyes, a meltdown of the presidency. in terms of barack obama's ability to pivot, to adjust, to change, you know, give clinton his due, when push came to shove, he did shift. >> he did. >> sean: i don't see this in this president, why? >> clinton did. he was smart and pragmatic enough to know he needed to roll over from the way left side of the bed and go to the center. and he had congress to shift him to the center. and they were strong enough, that helped our economy. that helped our country. obama isn't capable of doing that. i don't know if we are seeing so much a meltdown of a presidency. i think we are seeing a great awake thing of the american public. what i saw in candidate obama. when we were questioning his record. we knew he wasn't being vetted. >> sean: at all. >> voters were not told what it was that he believed in until we saw snippets here and unedited when he alluded to his desire to redistribute wealth and fundamentally, transform

palin may still get into this thing. lot of road ahead of us here. >> regarding mitt romney, how comfortable are you or might the romney campaign be with the disclosure the man is worth more than $200 million in these lean economic times? do you worry at all that's going to alienate people from saying this guy can't relate to me? >> i don't worry about that. we have to get out of this notion of beating people up because they've been successful in this country. this country is built on the proposition everyone can obtain the success of a mitt romney or an oprah winfrey. let's not begrudge this. let's have them help us and teach us how all of us can be successful. a message from a mitt romney who has built companies, who deals with downsizing a company, who employs people. that will be an important voice for america to listen to and this process helps us get to that point, i believe. >> okay. i can absolutely see what you were the former rnc chair. michael steele, good to talk with you. thank you so much. >> take care. >>

is it, a, igloo palin. b, harpoon dogsled palin. c, ronald remington reagan palin.ces moosehead palin. the answer is -- it's d, grizzly frances moosehead palin. [ applause ] actually, no, the kid's name is -- is kyla, k-y-l-a. she was named the same way all the palin children are named. by throwing a handful of scrabble tiles down the stairs. the proud parents released video of the birth. watch it, because there really is right off the bat no doubt this kid is a palin. >> oh, my god, it's coming. don't look, get out. >> you're doing great. push. and breathe. and push. gun! [ gunfire ] >> ahhh! >> oh, my god! [ continued gunfire ] >> get down! >> oh, my god, what's happening down there? >> drop the guns! she's reloading. twins! twins! [ gunfire ] >> grenade! [ applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. that's obama care for you right there. there have been major riots in london for the past four days. apparently they realize this was the last harry potter movie and went nuts. here's what's going on over there. groups of young people have been setting buildings, vehicles a

, the husband of former alaska governor sarah palin.a woman, almost personal snip fest between the two of them, very tense, but then todd palin said something here in this little snip fest that i actually think in retrospect is key to understanding at least why a lot of the people running for president right now are, in fact, running for president. listen to what todd palin says here. >> we're from alaska. we were sick when she quit. >> what would you recommend? what would you recommend doing when you had $700,000 over your head? >> well, you go for the money, obviously. that's what she did. everybody in alaska thinks she sold out. >> when you have that much money over your head. what would you do? hundreds of thousands and dollars and all this debt hanging over your head. >> it's not there anymore, is it? you got quite the deal. sell out. >> the husband of sarah palin telling a woman confronting him in iowa this week that his wife stopped being governor and started doing what she's doing now, this is part of her new iowa-specific campa

>> sarah palin is not on the ballot in the iowa straw poll. she's not a declared condition data for president. but guess what, she announced yesterday that she is taking her one nation bus tour here to iowa. that is right. she wants to be part of the debate, clearly. >> jon: well, not part of the debate. just close enough to the debate that her presence drowns it out. (laughter) >> jon: i swear to god, she is not running for president. she's running to be the mayor of [bleep] blockington. other than palin there is only one other thing that could distract the press corps. >> the hot new dish at the iowa state fair is deep fried butter on a stick. >> deep fried butter. >> fried put certificate the new big thing. >> that not a corn dog, it looks like a corn dog t say fried butter log. you heard me, a fried butter log. that will cost you four bucks at the iowa state fair. >> jon: four bucks! of course if that's too rich for your clearly struggling blood, for $2 there is a gentlemen tow fair who will fill a shotgun with cheese wiz and shoot it up y

sarah palin will show up.new hampshire in june when mitt romney was announcing and in iowa the day after michele bachmann announced. we're joined from des moines iowa. don, sarah palin's boss rolled into iowa. what's she up to? >> oh, she's up to talking to a lot of media and people here. she had a crowd of media around her. one of my first questions to her was why haven't you declared? listen. >> i'm not the only one who has not decided yet. there's still a lot of contemplation that needs to go into such a earth shattering life changing decision. >> reporter: so i asked her why she hadn't declared. you heard the answer. do you think you're stealing the pot light from other candidates even though you haven't declared? she said no, tell you media go, if you want to talk to the other candidates. i had to handle business because a lot of people are wondering who is responsible for the downgrade in our credit. i asked her. she's a tea party favorite. if she thought the tea party was responsible? >> the discussion

>> palin has a unique problem. it is not voters don't like her, they love her in the republican primary. it is not that they don't think she is qualified in the republican primary, they largely do. it is they don't think other people think she is qualified or other people think they would vote for her. her problem is that republicans are determined to elect someone who can win. of all the candidates she runs the worst against obama in the polls. if she were to get into the race, all of the media would come down on her like a ton of bricks, because that's what they do for a living. she would have a tough time dealing with that. not because she has to prove her innocence. she has already done that with the republican voters. but because she has to prove she can survive the flak and still win. especially when there's a softer option there in bachmann who hasn't had those personal attacks yet. voters might want to go with her. i hope sara does not get in i do not think she can win. i think she will lose the women's pri

sarah palin is here with reaction. despite the deals the economy is still in shambles, can you really afford four more years of a this? we'll break it down and it's not pretty. could this debt deal really lead to a hype in your taxes? a congressman is here with the facts. plus he played a psychiatrist on tv. now kelsey grammar is considering a real run for office. we'll tell you where. we're on the road and hannity starts right here. >> sean: the debt deal was signed into law after it easily passed the senate by 74-26. here is the president earlier today in the rose garden. >> congress has now approved a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert a default that would have devastated our economy. it was a long and contentious debate and i want to thank the marine people to keep the pressure on and put politics aside and work for the good of the countries. voters sure didn't vote for dysfunctional government. >> sean: what the president failed to mention his own party is spewing hateful rhetoric that is contributing to t

i don't know why anyone thinks that sarah palin is not running. the last big political event, the last biggest political event on mitt romney's political calendar as the republican front-runner for the nomination is when romney formally announced his candidacy in new hampshire back on june 2. remember that? sarah palin's family vacation one nation bus tour made sure that the bus was stopping in new hampshire that day to big foot that mitt romney event as well. the palin bus tour barreled through tornadoes in massachusetts to make sure they were in new hampshire that day in time for a patriotic landmark clam bake five minutes from mitt romney's presidential announcement on that same day. mitt romney is and has been from the beginning a clear front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. while it has its advantages, it means everybody is out to get you. while it seems lineback the romney campaign is used to that from the other republican candidates or would-be candidates so far, today they got it from iowa voters as well. >> if we're ulti

gray matter and sarah palin with self control.iscipline is extraordinary. >> what we're seeing is ed rollins, who's running the campaign has set her down and said look, here's how it works, you do this, this, and this, and she's following the advice, which is really simple to follow and what makes it so fascinating, her predecessor, sarah palin, who couldn't do any of that. >> first thing fred rollins did was fought with the sarah palin campaign and said she hadn't been serious, but i think it laid out a marker for what michele bachmann is intending to be, and the discipline is extraordinary. you can always hire these guys, raise money and hire these guys, but then they wind up not listening to them, the advisors fight, we remember the hillary clinton campaign. michele bachmann is listening and she may look crazy in a photograph, but this woman is not crazy. >> does she run a risk of becoming jon huntsman here, so careful and so boring? >> i think she'll be just fine. everybody is dogging her about the -- what her husband's clinic

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why would palin not run? serious prospect now with the candidates in the race, it diminishing her. >> repororr: skeptics say there are too many questions about her fitness for office. whether she's in this to lead or be famous. nonetheless, she still has something. charisma, leadership, or notoriety. >> i think she's an impactfufu figure within the republican party. in many ways she sets the tone they all follow. when she gets on her twitter account and tweets, you know, when she gets on the facebook page, people in that party pay attention to her. >> reporter: is it fun watching her for you, because she's kind of disruptive? >> i think she's an interesting political personality. >> reporter: i'll take that as a yes. she said she would make a decision by next month at the latest. >> i think that practically speaking, that has to be a drop dead timeline. in fairsness to supporters on a timeline, this is what i have told todd over and over again. i don't want to be seen as or perceived as stringing people along

and sarah palin's whining about democrats.hat's our con job of the day. >>> sarah palin doesn't like it when political opponents resort to name-calling, but the rules don't apply to her. that's our con job of the day. republicans have come down hard on vice president joe biden over a report he compared tea party republicans to terrorists, but sarah palin's criticisms stand out. >> to be called a terrorist because of our beliefs from the vice president is quite appalling, quite vile. >> interesting. i wonder what changed since 2008? >> our opponent is someone who sees america as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country. >> of course the wort "terrorist" suggests vicious attacks. i guess palin's against all kinds of violent rhetoric. >> my dad was more along the lines of don't retreat, just reload. >> we cannot afford to retreat right now, either. now is the time to reload. >> one of my favorite, don't retreat, reload. >> to be clear, i don't think "terrorist" is a word that should be used li