i amlso joined today by msnbc political analyst pat chanan. d so, mort, i'm ing to start with you. first, good morning. >> good morningo you. >> so how surprised we you about sarahpalin's decisionnd is it an act of political genius for all the critiquethat we hear? >> if that isn act of potical genius, i have to say to yo then i consider myself to be a political genius. i thinkt is one of the-- i haveo objections to r decidi to whdraw from politi. but an act of political genius one ofhe most incorent rambling unfortuna atements. if whater her asons, i'm sure she reayas sensitive to the attacks on her family as a part of it, it's the ong way to do it. this i not somehow or other i ink her making national politics not the natural platform for her. >>at buchanan, want to bring you in here becauseou old friend, bi crystal, said she mae crazy like fox there could be polical genius invo here. she could stand make a lot of money and posion herself for a more serious 2012 run than she coulhave if you were isolated up in alaska. yo thoughts? >> i think there's a clear possibily. look. she's

bring msnbc political analyst, pat chanan.he numbers in the gallup pol, 3 would pefer she leave the naonal stage o independence, t she picks up a t of suor 71% of republicans. so is she still a viable candidate? >>ell, i don't know if se is a viable candidateor president. i certainly hi if she got into the race in 2011 in iowa she would be one of thehree top caidates. i think rney would be in there, had huckabee, mae newt, she would be. i thought she had a terrific interview therendrea and i ink quite frankly in that interview, she did a far better jo explaining w it is she is steppi down in aska than she diin that somewhat disjote prs conference on the lake, whh was very hurried. >> pa let me itch topicsnd before i lose ou, get you comment on wh beenoi on between vladimir putin and barack obama. is the president simply face th inevitab conflictith putin or could he have handled this differently or ds it matter? >> look, i think the president's going to have problems th vladimir utin. putin represents the russian people who be

pat chanan, msnbc contributor, political analyst.ugene robinson, pulitzer prize-winning comnist. nbc analyst. ""wagton post."" she's apparent raised three quarters of a million dollars already behalf of her pac. she'obviously ready to sign up with some speaking burea she's going to be out there, gene. i ess there's no surprise if u think of self-interest why she quit the gernorship. she don't have to put up wit some intramuraght for funding. the crap you always take at home from anywhe if you're a litician. home is the worst place toe for most politiciansbut is there another story here? is she on the road tbeing the nominer next time against barack obama? >> you know, i really doubt it. and there was -- >> do you really doubt it? really? orre you afraid of it? >> no, i really doubt it. there was a time rig afterhe elon when pat almost had me convinced that sar palin was the future othe republican party. i even wrote a column sang watch out for palin,emocrats ould pay attention to r. ju think this leaving the governor's office the way

weill start too pat chanan. gentlelemenave t two words. >> obama willbe draggedback into t the cia ing. >>>>nd jeff seions, surpriring thououghts. that was interereing. >>>> pat is persuadadable. >> good boy. >> don't si on mexic air pepeople. >> pat buchahan, h omicididal maniac. >>> sincwe are getting ready for e meetetg, i hve to do my other b. i nd to finish job. dylan n ratiga oh, my gosh. i wouldn'n't want ito be messy for yo >> ift is way t too earlrl >> good morning toto you. this is the ecial eition of e " "morning eting." inust one hour, sonia sosomayor es in the hot seat over her histstoric nomininion the supreme court. we will talk all l thingsupreme cocourt. i ve to get ridf the scent of widex here. and then we go to o e procs of becomiming a supme court judge. and then we aare breang down e other hot topics,, not the least of w wich is forormer vic esident dickheney and his pontial so-called private army what are e execucutive branch'h oblitions to the congrgrs? spspecificly, what are the obliligati

pat chanan, stil with usrom washington, d.c. in there with us. let's get to t topstories, and then p, we are ging to go therere, we ar going to go ther th sarah again, becacause i have other question for you. it's j just a front page isissu. she sells, and thahat's the b bm line. i rememember sebody else that did, and it was a a candidat tt everybody made f fun of atfirsr and i believhe is now presidenent. and our top story this morning, sonjaa somayor takes the splight today. although sotomayor is exexpected to beconfirmemed, republicans se promising to p put up a ght. >> i am really f flabbersted by th depth and consisistency of e philosopophica crique of the ideal of imimpartial justice, a i think that's ann eression of her,r, and it d does nothow up the lower c court wre you are supervrvised byour circrcuit an preme court, but it can show much more on n the supreme cot. >> judgdge, sotomayayor,will she apprproved? >> i believe shehe will apapproved a i think therere is good chance that she will getas many or more votes for re

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