that's perry jr. on the left, mamie in the middle, the woman who donated the museum, created the museum, and youngest son. we're standing on the third floor billiard room. it was builts a billiard room. and the table has actually been know how it came the house was to be here. it is a single piece. it does not break down. i don't think there would have been any cranesve lifted it thr front. we have heard that it was liftgn the center of the house and that the hole was later closed up and that's as good an explanation as any. but this was a game room. and when the two mcfadden boys, perry and caldwell, got to be teenagers they moved up to this third floor and it became a man space. and the -- one of the domestic employees years that they had parties up here and they would bring their friends up here. so we have re-created it as their entertainment area and also as a mr. mcfadden because we've left his desk here, as it was, wheni. well we're coming into the kitchen of the mcfadden ward house ands sort o

joining me is perry bacon jr., political editor at the grio.com and msnbc contributor and bill press,ed radio host and author of "the obama hate machine, the lies, distortion and personal attacks on the president and who is behind them." great to have you both with us tonight. >> thanks, reverend al. >> perry, republicans just can't let it go, right? this clint eastwood ad i'm talking about. they just can't let it go. >> yes, al. i think at some point the republicans have to concede the president has had some successes. for three years they basically argued everything he's done has been wrong. i think in some way, they have to make a different argument and say here are president obama's values and here is how they are different. it's not working in the light of gm, the unemployment rate, the stimulus going down, osama bin laden. you have to make a different argument for the republicans to win. >> bill, it's a couple of days after the ad and they are still going crazy. look at this reaction again on the ad. this is today's stuff. >> critics say the commercial looks like a blatant promo

for more on that and today's caucuses in maine, i'm joined by perry bacon jr.on mez. good morning. parry, my question to you, what's the political calculation in the white house behind their twaeking this health care contraception policy and the catholic church. do you think before hand the president and his advisers knew they'd be in the sticky position they found themselves in? >> they did know this would be a controversial issue. there was a lot of reporting this week that vice president biden and others had talked about it and they knew it would be a big issue. what seemed to surprise them was the democrats that spoke out against it, tim kaine, john kerry. at the end of the day they had to come up with a compromise that the democratic catholics could accept. you saw yesterday the compromise the president announced, tim kaine and others were supportive of it. i think they're getting past the issues in terms of catholics moderates and democrats. they've accepted what they've done. >> phylicia, dow think this will satisfy his critics or do you think this issue

perry super pac and when perry started to fade and stumble, another half a million to -- >> who did jeffrey katzenberg give? ? $2 million. >> and jon huntsman senior to jon huntsman jr of the huntsman super pac money came from one guy, huntsman's father. harkens back to joe kennedy days when he was hoping to finance his son. >> or others. we've seen that in mayoral races in new york. >> the staggering fact is the size of these what leaps out. i mean, we had the soft money era in the past, $100,000, maybe get a million. now we're getting million dollars routinely and multimillion dollar donations. >> a brave new ugly world. thank you very much. >>> and what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next. this new at&t 4g lte is fast. hey. did you guys hear... ...that mary got engaged? that's so 42 seconds ago. thanks for the flowers guys. [ both ] you're welcome. oooh are you guys signing up for the free massage? [ both ] so 32 seconds ago. hey guys you hear frank's cat is sick? yeah, we heard. wanna sign the card? did you know the guys from china are in the office... [ speaking chinese ] [ male announcer ] stay a step ahead with the 4g lt