and she said welcome it's right next door to todd and sarah palin. and i said well, this is my lucky day. and i drove up to the next day, took a look at the house, and moved in the following we can. >> what was the reaction of the palin? >> they weren't happy at all. i didn't think they would be happy because they knew i was writing a book about sarah, an ira published an article in portfolio magazine about her failed attempt to build an alaska gas pipeline. and that peace her considerably. but i expected they would at least be mature about it. the third day i was there i was out of my porch in the early evening, and todd came walking around the fence, there was a fence that separated two properties, and he walked up to me and said, what are you doing here? who are you? what are you doing here? oddly enough, todd and sarah had rented the very same house. they been renting this house through the previous fall and then they decide they didn't want to pay the $3000 a month anymore so they canceled their rental and left mrs. ted is looking for a new tena

i watched sarah palin. what really -- everybody is sick and tired of all the bad mouthing of each other. instead of saying what they're going to do, they just sit around and cut each other for what they have done wrong. i do not think that is the issue. i think the issue is what they are going to do for us. i see a lot of racism going 9 and dad is a sad thing. our country -- i see a lot of racism going on and that is a sad thing. host: he writes that at times, she sounded like a candidate, at times, she did not. john has this point, artware page. but this point on our twitter page. carry on the democrats' line from miami, florida. caller: i do not think sarah palin should run because all the people that she is talking to our old people. she is like drugs to those people because they are old and they do not see where the country is going. she should stay out of it. she should stop trying to make the other party insufficient. host: thank you for the call. caller: i must be one of the old, stupid people. i am

i will say this about sarah palin.n she attacks someone for being part of the permanent political class, she's got lots of standing, she left that class before her job was even over. >> we love playing paleontologists, i acknowledge it. is it possible that what motivates her is that she regards herself as the mother of the tea party movement? and the idea -- >> as the queen-maker. >> and the idea that the support from the tea party could so quickly go to rick perry, who is a newbie in this regard, she can't take that. >> i think there's a poll out today on another network, which will go unnamed, that says that 71% of republicans, republicans, do not want her to run for president. >> but it doesn't matter to her. >> it may not matter to her. >> but she could get in the race and she could see her standing, even with the tea party folks fall, which would be less money and maybe less power for her. >> i still say it never happens. david corn, thank you as always, michelle bernard, appreciate seeing both of you. >>> up next

and todd palin are the parents of trig palin? >> guest: i don't know. i think that's still a legitimate question to be asked about that. i go into this in chapter 19, but i'm very careful not to go beyond where the facts take me. there are many, many people -- i've been blogging for the past six months, and i got thousands of comments from people who accused me of being afraid to tell the truth about him. there's a whole swath of people out there saying the pregnancy was a fabrication. i don't know. i do know that the story that she has told -- stories because there's a couple different versions -- of having her water break making a speech in dallas, texas, and rushing back to alaska and going to wasilla and giving birth the next day, there are many, many problems with that story, and i specify exactly what they are in the book, and it leaves me still feeling uncertain. if she's not, it would be the most appalling hoax ever played in the american -- on the american people by a political figure, and that's a terrible accusation to

the palins deny all of that." show's savannah guthrie. >> reporter: from the moment she stepped onto the political stage, sarah palin has been a force. >> they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? lipstick. >> reporter: self-styled mama grizzly. >> you no doubt don't want to mess with moms who are rising up. >> reporter: reality tv star. >> dang it! >> reporter: her large family fascinating the country with its dramas. babies and feuds. >> i hear he goes by the name ricky hollywood now. >> reporter: but now a controversial new book takes aim at the image palin projects to the world. "the rogue," a 318-page takedown of palin by best-selling author joe mcginniss, paints a scathing portrait of the woman who could have been vice president. >> an utter fraud. an absolute and utter fraud. >> you call her a tenth-grade mean girl. >> oh, that's -- those are kind words compared to a lot of what you'd hear in wasilla today. the thing that i found, savannah, that really surprised me was that the people wh

is there a positive picture of sarah palin? >> i think the positive sarah palin story is she's someone with incredible will and discipline and charisma and she has the ability to lead people and for them to believe in her. they don't necessarily believe in her for very long. there are an awful lot of people who gave their hearts and souls to sarah, who talked in the film who i think would have done anything for her. but then she turned. and i think that's why a lot of people came forward. they were frightened about her having some real power. >> and the -- she clamped down on friends of hers, told them, don't cooperate with this guy. you encountered that, right? >> i think also there was a genuine fear. it's a small evangelical community and the church is incredibly powerful. >> did they think you are the antichrist? did they ever -- anyone ever accuse you of that? >> no, they didn't. the first question was on immigration and education. the second question was, dude, are you running? here's how that went. >> governor christie,

she said right next door to todd and sarah palin in. i said this is my lucky day. i drove up the next day to look at the house and moved in the following weekend. >> host: what was their reaction? >> guest: they were not happy. they were not happy at all. they knew who was writing a book about sarah i have already published an article in portfolio magazine about her failed attempt to build the alaska gas pipeline and that the seven '08 hurt considerably but i expected they would be mature about it. the third day i was there i was on my porch early evening and todd came walking to the fence and said were you doing here? who were you and whether you doing here? oddly enough todd and sarah had rented the same house 3-d previous fall then decided they did not want to pay $3,000 per month so they canceled the rancho levying mrs. taylor looking for a new tenant and that was me. he said i do not like this because you are writing a book about my wife now i am worried about our privacy. will you have a long lens camera looking over the fence taking pictures and putting in m

the word is that sarah palin is about to go after perry as well. it's not easy being the front-runner. democrats and republicans alike are taking it to cantor to say that fema money for hurricane victims has to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. and the new jobs report, no new jobs created. as we head into labor day weekend, some say let's remember who got us here. george w. bush and dick cheney. and finally, let me finish tonight with the catch 22 of the republican party. anyone conservative enough to be nominated might be unelectable. and anyone moderate enough to be elected can't get nominated. we start with the disrespect shown towards president obama. roger simon is chief political columnist for politico and ron reagan is a political commentator. i want to show you something from "the new york times" that ran today. it says this. american presidents often have highly disagreeable relations stem from deep policy divides, the relentless acrimony between president obama and congressional republicans also seems strikingly personal, almost petty

this is stalking and harassment. >> sarah palin and glenn beck.oe mcginniss. he's written "rogue searching for the real sarah palin". >> that's outrageous. that's irresponsible. he doesn't know what he's talking about, but he's using the language to describe me that has nothing to do with the reality. he's accusing me of crimes, stalking is a crime. he has no right to do that. >> i suppose his point is i can't think of a single high profile author ever who has rented a house next to their subject for months on end. it's a bit weird, isn't it? >> i think it's pretty wonderful. >> well, you would. you're the one who did it. it is a bit weird. >> i don't think it's weird. it would have been weird if i had said no. the lady calls -- i was about to sign a lease on an apartment in anchorage. 6:00 on a thursday night in may. i get a call from a woman i don't know at 3:00 that afternoon. she says i have a house in wasilla -- >> i know the story. but you didn't have to take it. >> i would have been crazy not to. that would have been journalistic malpractic

, palin for president. it now, i never see it. >> gene, roger ailes has helped us greatly with this, he instituted the policy at fox news that if you're thinking about running for president, even before declaring, you have to get off my payroll. she and mike huckabee stayed on the payroll. therefore, telling all of us, we're not running. >> that's exactly right, because if you even -- if the thought had even crossed your mind that you might end up being a candidate, would you do that to roger ailes if you're a republican, would you alienate roger ailes by keeping that a secret from him and embarrassing him? i wouldn't, and i don't think any of them would. huckabee didn't and she didn't. she's not running for president. >> she's making very easy money from roger ailes, which she would continue to make after she lost in the republican primaries, if she was ever silly enough to get in them, which she isn't. >> right. look, there are already two actual candidates with actual campaigns who are out there scarfing

a basketball star, does the media have a different standard for sarah palin? >> look, this is an irrelevant story about increasingly irrelevant figures. one wonders what it is doing in the news. you can't even denounce the book easily without retailing the stories inside it. the new york times review was very tough, appropriately tough on the book, but at the same time it repeats every one of the not terribly well verified stories. >> look, she bears some guilt here. i think the book is a heap of trash. but she's played the game herself. she played the celebrity game. she wants to be a celebrity. she's been on reality tv. she change it is standard herself. >> we talked about the bus tour and why we cover it. it's fair to say that. the palins obviously didn't want the book written but a fascinating debate at the miami herald where a sports writer named armando selguero wrote this. the herald played up the glen rice alleged incident. do we know this story to be true? are we certain it is true because we have done the work? did anyone actually try to confirm this

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. >> spurning obama for palin. for one thing, it's what you mentioned, the pluralistic idea that america is not a christian nation. but also keep in mind, a very important issue for a lot of folks in the jewish community, especially women -- >> let me tell you what i think about that. i think that, to me, is another one of those dog whistles that says if the christian right can set abortion policy, it's running the show. if i was a jewish voter, i would say, more evidence of this attempt to dominate, to seize dominion over this government and this country. john heilemann, don't you think that's part of the signal? >> chris, i think it's very simple. i think that the jewish vote, the broad jewish vote, put aside the donor class, the broad jewish vote is overwhelmingly liberal and overwhelmingly secular. and rick perry or sarah palin will scare a lot of that vote right back into barack obama's arms. the greater concern is that someone like mitt romney, who could do well with the jewish donor base, that mitt romney ge

>> the only people that know sarah palin is going to run for president is sarah palin and todd palin. can tell you that they're waiting until the last minute to make this decision. they know they have to make a decision as you said by the end of this month. but they didn't announce today, they're not going to announce tomorrow in new hampshire and they're probably not going to announce for several weeks. so that's all i can tell you. even her staff have no idea. they do know they have to weigh some basic political ground work for her -- which they're trying to do a little bit of in iowa in case she does run. but, again, until sarah and todd pull the trigger, there is no campaign, alina. >> all right, there you have it. peter hamby, live in iowa where sarah palin gave a speech to tea party members. peter, thank you very much. >>> rick perry is campaigning hard today in the state of new hampshire. traditionally, the first state to hold a primary, of course. the republican presidential candidate is attending a backyard house party in manchester. he spoke at the event taking aim at presid

fame, cult of palin people.he cult of personality with sarah palin. they're not helpful to sarah palin. they've become extremely angry, they've become extremely hostile to everyone. it has a lot more to do with these people than with palin but at some point palin has to take responsibility for them. her speeches are whipping a lot of people into a frenzy, keeping a lot of people on the sidelines. people are tired of being teased. i thought -- i put up a post at red state this morning and thought i was in the minority of conservatives online. but suddenly realized that i'm not alone. there's a vast majority of conservatives who really like sarah palin but like her less and less each day because of a lot of her supporters. >> eric says, like her less and less recess let's show numbers. her gave ability among republicans and independents, the two groups she would need -- we don't expect her to get a lot of democratic votes. republicans september 2008, 94% down to 78%. still good but that's a big drop. among indepen

you couldn't use a target if you're sarah palin. thinking about the landscape today, is he really the best democrat out there to lead this country out of this economic disaster? the most qualified? everyone in the country, every democrat leader. if you could switch him out right now, would you? >> no. i mean, i understand the fantasy and keep thinking the -- >> laura: i'm thinking that. >> i think a lot of people are thinking about hillary clinton. i've heard that batted around. but i haven't heard anybody else. remember, he's the president of the united states. even if you ask the national association of business economists, conservative economists do we need a tax hike, yes, but you'll never hear from a conservative. >> laura: i'm just thinking as a democrat, do you think he's working? >> i don't think he's having much success at the moment. i will say he got a bad hand coming in. but in terms of what we expected, you know what? he hasn't been able to perform. >> laura: if you could switch him out and someone else would have the b

what is the reason that we talk about sarah palin?what gives her that on-stage, i guess they call it sparkle, pizzazz, charisma? what is that thing in her that gets people interested in her? >> well, she's a natural-born entertainer, chris. you know, she has charisma. she can deliver a great speech to the proper audience, as long as someone writes it for her, and she's capable of saying just about anything at any time. so this unpredictability, we watch her as if we watch someone walking across a tightrope, wondering if they're ever going to get to the other side. >> well, you quote several people in the book, throughout the book, as saying, that they push hard to get what they want. in fact, you write palin learned this from her father, chuck heath. you write, "they were bullies, essentially that's what sarah and her cohorts are today. she learned from her father. if someone disagrees with you or does something that you don't like, annihilate first, ask questions later. like chuck says, like chuck, she's all about intimidation and fe

for contacts here, palin has just published a book about someone very much like sarah palin who is elected vice president and who then turns out to be very seriously mentally ill. here is nicole wallace of the mccain-palin campaign. here is nicole wallace's take now on the thought of sarah palin getting into the race for president this year. >> my advice for anyone, but particular formal her, and she has a whole nest of problems that would -- you know, she would have to confront. but the first one would be to resist her most partisan instincts because that would make her a bad candidate for the moment. i was inspired by her to write a book about someone who was cuckoo for cocoa puffs, so don't ask me. >> she is the inspiration for a terrifying book of fiction about someone who gets all the way into the white house before they are revealed to be seriously mentally ill. we are not usually a show that breaks important political news about sarah palin, but that is important political news about sarah palin. >>> the lights friday of arkansas, which is in the northwest corner of the state. this

♪ when sarah palin released a stylish video tribute about that trip -- >> sarah palin was also at theair today. >> reporter: everyone asked, is she running? and when she scheduled two speeches this weekend in the key states of iowa and new mpshire, they asked again. is she running? in her speech tomorrow, she will attack the status quo in washington, discuss her own record in alaska, but not her campaign plans. and tonight, instead of asking, is she running, some are asking, is she just too late? >> in terms of being a serious competitor for the nomination, i think her moment has passed. >> reporter: palin has always said that she will not decide until the end of september. >> i don't want to be seen as or perceived as stringing people along. reporter: but this summer, as she waited, she has watched, as other candidates seized the spotlight and perhaps some of her tea party support. less than a year ago, palin was leading the republican field with 19%. by this week, she slipped to third at just 11%. in another poll, the numbers are even more glaring. 71% of republicans say she should

i mean, sarah palin does not talk to very many people in the media, but palin allies have told me that to directly go after rick perry who, as brian mentioned in his piece, has been attacked by critics in the past for rewarding his political donors and allies with government jobs and contracts and that sort thing, so palin, you know, who came to power in alaska in 2006 is kind of this outsider populist maverick, was really trying to capture some that have political brand and carve out some space for her in that republican field if she does run. you saw her give a back-handed compliment to mitt romney saying he's kind of late to the game when it comes to reaching out to the tea party movement, so, you know, we still have to see whether she's going to enter the race. it's going to come down to her and todd palin. only they know. her staff don't know. it's wait and see. trying to lay the groundwork and create some political space for her in case she does run. >> good point. peter it out on the campaign trail covering all of this fours, doing an excellent job. the republican canned day, by

i will say this about sarah palin.s being part of the permanent political class, she has lots of standing because she left that before her job was even over. >> let me ask, we love playing palintologists. trying to figure out what motivates her. is it possible what motivates her is because she regards herself as the mother of the tea party movement? >> and the queenmaker. >> the idea the support from the tea party could so quickly go to rick perry a newby in this regard, she can't take that? >> there's a poll out today on another network, which will go unnamed that says that 71% of republicans, of republicans, do not want her to run for president. >> but it doesn't matter. >> it doesn't matter to her. >> it doesn't matter. >> she can get in the race and see her standing even with the tea party folks fall, which would be less money and maybe less power for her. >> this >> this divide and conquer. she will split the tea party vote, and all of this will be wonderful for mitt romney. >> listen, dick cheney weighed in on sa

palin is calling the shots here.p not a lot of people have heard of and the main event is sarah palin. i mean it almost seems like this event was created so sarah palin could come to iowa, t.j. >> peter in iowa for us, thank you as always. >>> at ten minutes past the hour, up next, a conversation that has really got a lot of you all talking and the question is, "is marriage for white people?" that is the title of a new book that has people fired up. but don't let the title fool you. it actually examines black marriages. the author is joining me to explain just what in the world is he talking about. he is next. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] new purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena naturals. removes 99% of dirt and toxins without dyes, parabens, or harsh sulfates. so skin feels pure and healthy. [ female announcer ] new from neutrogena naturals. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone s

is she perpetuating sarah palin, the brand? sarah palin, the author, sarah palin the speaker?g to get out there because she's considering herself as a candidate and running for the presidency of the united states? >> i worked full time in a presidential campaign and i've been following this for a long, long time. she ought to be out there by now. it's almost too late at this point. if you want to be a candidate for the presidency, in a race with other candidates for delegates. primaries coming up in iowa and new hampshire, that's serious business. you have to have a full-time staff out. be on the campaign trail every single day and you have to do more than make speeches. >> karen, he makes that point. does that mean that sarah palin, unless she has this in place, she can't be running with the presidency? >> well, part it you have to have the infrastructure in place, it's about physically an work, campaigning, phone banking. there is no evidence to suggest that's what she's doing. the more i think about it, in all seriousness. >> we're on the same page, isn't that great, karen?

do you hear anything new in there in terms of palin messaging?i've seen that interpreted as veiled criticism particularly of rick perry as a crony capitalism is something his critics say about him. it's at the point no the primary where if you criticize somebody you say it by name. she probably wants to keep her options open. she's going to end upstanding next to one of them and a stage at some point. >> it is amazing. mitt romney gets in trouble for saying he's not a lifetime politician. >> they don't count it as attacks and criticism until you direct them at someone. >> ben, i want to play one other thing. dick cheney the former vice president was on laura ingraham's radio show. >> you do need to have thick skin. you'll be the subject of a lot of criticism. i've never gotten around the question of her having left the governorship of alaska midterm. i've never heard that adequately explained. >> cheney speaks the truth about the republican field on occasion. i do think that that is a problem for her. she just left midterm. if she's in the race n

: searching for the real sarah palin."e author of that book doesn't work for fox news, not a single question was asked about it. there's plenty to get your teeth into including allegations she once snorted cocaine and had a one night stand with a former basketball player. joining us now is the author of the book in question, joe mcginnis. good evening, joe. >> good evening. >> congratulations. you have single handedly managed to persuade numbers of americans no longer to loathe sarah palin but like here. "the new york times" says though most of "the rogue" is dated, petty and easily available to anyone with internet access, mr. mcginnis used his time in alaska to track unsubstantiated gossip about the palins often from unnamed sources like, quote, one resident and a friend, and these stories need not be consistent. is that fair? >> no, it's not fair. janet didn't like the book. that's obvious. when you said "the new york times," i wish you would have read a book editor wrote on the front page of the sunday review section b

is palin faking out the media mop once again? >> joining us, lynn sweet, washington bureau columnist for "chicago sun times." and jim geraghty, contributing editor at national review. it's september. journalists seem to be falling for this palin tease although she was hasn't lifted a finger to form any kind of presidential organization. what's going on, i ask you, eleanor clift? >> if you start with the cynicism in the first paragraph, i think that works. i think if you took every one of those reporters and asked what they think, they'd be more skeptical and be angry that they're being led into this game she's playing. >> you're saying they're covering their back side in case she runs? >> that's right, that's right. >> the fact is, jim geraghty, palin is down in the polls, most republicans don't want her to run. she's been eclipsed by rick perry and michele bachmann. >> this is somebody who shook up the race in 2008, very unpredictable. very few people saw the resignation coming. there's only two more months of that. the effectiv

. >>> going rogue, the palins come out swinging against bombshell allegations. is there any truth to a new tell-all book? >>> and a racially charged death penalty case in texas has rick perry on the offensive. should he stop this man's execution plan for tonight? we have those details straight ahead. waiting, hoping. that's not how successful investing is done. at e-trade it's harnessing some of the most powerful yet easy to use trading tools on the planet to help diversify, identify opportunities, take action. it's using professional grade research and your brain to seek maximum returns to reach your goals. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. you made the money. you should have everything you need to invest it. e-trade. investing unleashed. and today, we're re-inventing aspirin for pain relief. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief right to the site of your tough pain. in fact, it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspi

sarah palin addresses a tea party rally today, and as usual, she does not hold back. good and honor. [ male announcer ] members of the american postal workers union handle more than 165 billion letters and packages a year. that's about 34 million pounds of mail every day. ever wonder what this costs you as a taxpayer? millions? tens of millions? hundreds of millions? not a single cent. the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. great! did i mention no hands in the bundler? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> welcome back. no one knows how to fire up the tea party faithful like sarah palin. >> polls, they're for strippers and cross country skiers. but -- >> yes, she said that, sarah palin, just one of

specifically this morning, though, sarah palin and the tea party. she is the main attraction at a rally in iowa today, even though she's not an official candidate, at least not yet. cnn political reporter peter hamby is in iowa for us. peter, help people understand this. it's iowa, it's labor day, it's palin, it's a rally. that must mean an announcement is coming. not really. >> reporter: yeah, and we also have a heavy metal cover band behind us, which is kind of unusual for a tea party rally. no announcement today, t.j. we can officially say that. but we are watching sarah palin today, because she is approaching a final decision about the race. we could hear in the next few weeks whether she's going to run. so she's here in iowa. the first caucus state in the presidential nominating process. so all eyes on the political world are on her to kind of see what kind of message she delivers for clues as to how she will frame herself as a candidate. we're hearing that she's going to attack crony capitalism. some are viewing that as a veiled kind of shot a

and joe maginnis' new book on s sarah palin, "the rogue." the sarah palin does get into the race, will this book hurt her chances. and let's finish with the hard test president obama faces. we'll start with what texas miracle, and we're asking that question, what texas miracle? david corn is a msnbc political analyst, and the delightful dana mi milbank joins us. let's take a look at these numbers here. if you look at the numbers this way, the unemployment rate is rising, up to 8.5% in texas. texas. but it's coming down nationally, at least, it has been, it stalled a bit down, but it came down from something like well over 10% nationwide in 2009. so in a way, the directions are off. the guy who says i'm the big job creator is having unemployment rise, the president who has a problem is at least going in the other direction. >> rick perry always had a claim with the texas miracle before now, because there's been a tremendous population increase in texas, which has led to jobs going up there. and also, high energy prices have been good for texa

mistakes that they have made only you know the point is when a crony corporate mouthpiece like sarah palin is decrying crony capitalism then you know there is a serious problem with too much money in our government. it's an issue i talk about in chapter eighteen of my book on equal protection a problem of blowing off politicians handing over massive chunks of our commons from schools to hospitals to energy resources over to corporations to carve up for profits and then rewriting the rules of capitalism along the way through subsidies and tax loopholes to make their buddy buddy c.e.o. zeven more profitable core sarah palin supports the privatization of the commons but in this new populist incarnation she just says doesn't she doesn't like how it's done the backroom deals the political contributions the quid pro quos but considering that we live in a democracy or at least did before the supreme court citizens united decision in bribing politicians is the only way for corporations to get preferential treatment or at least the easy preferred way after all a vast majority of americans sarah pal

sarah palin normally draws a huge crowd. is that affecting the crowds? >> reporter: it is a little bit. i think the organizers were expecting about 2,000 folks here. they're still arriving but a big thunderstorm just moved through, sending people fleeing for cover. palin, though, is expected to speak on time. the agenda's moving forward. she's going to speak a little bit after 2:00 p.m. on the east coast. and we'll bring a piece of that to you, i think, live, alina. >> peter, what is she expected to say? there are tidbits starting to trickle in about how she's going to go after president obama, no surprise there, but how she is also going to sort of go on the attack against governor perry as well, right? >> reporter: right. she won't name governor perry by name. but keep in mind, this is the three-year anniversary of her speech to the republican national convention. the speech that made her a conservative superstar. as she considers running for president, she's really trying to define herself and deliver a specific message. and she's going to remind the

palin is neck and neck with herman cain and ron paul. >> i think sarah palin's a very smart person. has such high negatives, she has a real image problem. she'll look at those numbers and say as much as i think i can offer to the debate, i'm not going to be electable this year, and the last thing we need to do as republicans is to put a candidate forward that's very provocative and ruin the chances to win with a candidate that's too provocative. i look back to nevada, 2010, at harry reid was behind and was going to be a loser in every poll. but then republicans put a very provocative candidate up and nevadans were able to make sharon engel into the issue and not harry reid. they'll do the same thing to the republican nominee. we need to have somebody who is experienced, seasoned and doesn't have open wounds that the obama campaign can really take advantage of. >> dana loesch, if michele bachmann has -- she's declined in the polls lately. do you think that makes it more likely for sarah palin to think, okay, i have an opening? >> possibly. i look at how the president does in the poll

i introduced sarah palin yesterday.hing like that and sarah palin was coming up to speak, do you think she would have gone right along with it? no, it is absolutely outrageous. what happened to the call for civil discourse after the attempt on gabby giffords's life. this is unacceptable. no one is doing anything about it, but yet when somebody gets out of the line in the tea party movement, everybody runs to us and says aren't you going to denounce their behavior, their rhetoric? we do it time and time again. when will somebody go and call them out for what they're doing? >> amy, there's been tough language on both sides as you know. how do you defend joe wilson when he screamed "you lie" at the president on the united states senate floor. >> it wasn't appropriate and shouldn't have been said. many people have said that, but the fact is that's not inciting violence. this is inciting violence. it's calling to take us out. what does he moon? this is a problem. we are a threat to their agenda. we're a threat to the liberal

what about sarah palin? >> sarah palin is beloved by many in the republican party.n't want to see her become president. 60% say it would be bad for the gop if she became their presidential nominee. that includes 52% of republican voters. this is a woman who has been treated as a media figure from the day she came into the spotlight when she was nominated by john mccain. most people tend to think she's been treated poorly by the media. in fact, more poorly than other candidates. but the end result is, 58% nationwide have an unfavorable opinion of sarah palin. >> kelly: let's shift gears here. i hate to use that term. let's switch from politics to hurricane irene, which pummeled the east coast. we're all rebounding from it. how much of an impact has hurricane irene had on americans along the east coast? >> 69% of all americans say they're concerned that it will have an economic impact on the nation, about a third say they're very concerned about that. when you look a little bit deeper, i think what it tells us is that people are concerned that anything could go wrong

the palins intimidate. they threaten. people in wasilla are very scared of the palins.thing could happen. sarah palin lived an outrageous life and all i did was talk to people about it and they documented it for me. when i was comfortable with the harassty of what i heard, i put it into the book. a lot of things i wasn't comfortable with, i didn't put it in the book. >> he has his critics who said he did a hatchet job on palin. "the rogue," by the way, hits book stores today. >>> talking about books. an explosive new book out today by ron suskin. it portrays the early obama administration as a boys club. >> christina romer is quoted as saying, she felt like a piece of meat after being shutout of a meeting. anita dunn said the obama white house fit all the requirements for a hostile workplace to women. >> cnn's brian todd has more. >> reporter: for a best-selling author, serious brushback from the white house that depicts in the obama early days. in his book "confidence men" ron suskind said they had doubt whether they could handle the economic crisis. former director of