. >> joining us tonight, james traub and ralph reid. >> welcome to both of you. great to see you back. >> nice to see you again. nice to see you. >> ralph. >> welcome, welcome. >> cnn broke the spell and we got this remarkable interview. jim acosta of cnn with christine o'donnell. she came in on the broom stick and gave an interview. she said she wants to -- the republican tea party candidate for the united states senate of delaware and she said we are going to extend our should extend the bush tax cuts to both solve the deficit problem and help our economy expand. >> grow the economy. >> what do you think? >> what's wrong with that? that is the official tea party position, isn't it? >> you have been cast under the spell, as well? >> no. i mean, look. it's become, i think, republican party doctrine not only in the tea party that the bush tax cuts should be extended. this is a version of a ridiculous view in the first place but that's the direction the party is going in right now. >> ralph, she was not prepared for the interview and been saving herself for fox news

last night on "parker spitzer" conservative ralph reid said that might just work. >> she beat michaelng on this guy for a majority republican senate. nobody thought this would happen. she became a poster child. i think rightly so if you like her or not for the immense transformation inside the republican party. >> i think the left and the media are making a huge mistake strategically and i think christine o'donnell is the greatest decoy in american politics. while they're firing at her, she sharron angle is beating harry reid in two polls this week. nikki haley's going to be the govern nor of south carolina. susanna martinez is up in new mexico by eight. these mama grizzlies, these women candidates who are attractive and tough and smart and cable are going to win from coast to coast and christine o'donnell may surprise some people and win, too. >> i don't deny that. >> there's no question when people gang up on an individual like christine o'donnell, it has the opposite affect. there's sympathy for her. >> hasn't so far. the last poll showed her doing quite badly behind coons, the dem