the protest against austerity and reid mike asked about this in panama. why is of venezuela down near the bottom of the table? to discuss the corruption index, he is joined by the doctor. >> to boat -- and do both of you except these findings? pretty corrupt. >> thank you for inviting me. i have to say last time it was very insulting and patronizing that you would take a massive group of propaganda. >> the answer to that question is you do not accept. >> absolutely not. we have never done anything to anyone, not even in venezuela. they are pretending to be the barometer when corruption is unique to private sector and public officials. >> what about as far as finland is concerned? do you accept these findings? >> i am not very surprised that this kind of ranking has been established. i am not talking about other countries. i am talking about finland and perhaps the other nordic countries that you see at the top of the list. >> to an outsider, i agree that this looks like a load of phooey, the perceptions index. let's go with it for a second. it goes with c

it follows an event in nevada where he campaigned for harry reid. mikeeira is traveling with the president and he joins us from las vegas. good morning, mike. >> good morning. the president is going to be leaving las vegas this morning heading to minnesota. he's got another one of those big rallies on tap. this one for mark dayton. this kngd concludes this four- five-state swing he began in oregon. big rally there for the democratic candidate for governor. then on to washington, another big rally on the campus of washington. for patty murray, another endangered senate democratic candidate, this time for the senate, then he headed to california. raising money, $2.5 million in the course of just 24 hours. another big rally. this one in favor of jerry brown running for governor there in california. and barbara boxer, yet another senate democrat who is in trouble. last night a rally at a middle school in las vegas for harry reid. the embattled senate democratic leader, of course, two points behind in the latest poll. a bruising battle here in nevada. if the

reid. lester. >> mike, thanks. for more on the strategies down the stloechl homestretch of thi election, we want to bring in john harwood. he mentioned a new ap poll. it indicates that the coalition that propelled obama into the white house has crumbled and the core backers are disspirited. can he help ailing democrats without re-energizing that group and does the first lady hem him get there? >> the first lady can help to some degree. the biggest challenge is not persuading independent and swing voters because they have drifted towards the republicans. the coalition was strongly boosted by independent voters in 2008, they have shifted towards republican. the president can try to boost turn outby core democratic partisans and try to even up that enthusiasm gap. they can't do it all the way. >> much of the talk is about how many of those who voted democratic in 2008 will this time vote republican. what about those who don't vote? is a low voter turnout a big danger for democrats? >> it depends on which group you're

reid. craig? >> mike viqueira on the road with the president this morning, thanks.k is spreading. nearly 200 people are now confirmed dead and authorities say more than 2,000 are sick in rural haiti. health officials fear the outbreak will spread to port-au-prince where thousands of quake victims are sll living in tents. >> the newest member of the boston celtics is on the bench, not on t hardwood. check that out, shaquille o'neal surprised students at harvard square, the big guy sapt as still as a statue on t bench, posed silently for pictures and when he left he could now tell everyone that he went to harvard. that's the news, leste amy, back to you guys. >> in that case i went to harvard. on a colle tour once. cool. >>> bill karins is out on the plaza. >> great saturday morning, >>> right here our winter could be a little sloppy. we're on the line with some messy conditions. the ice slush and that sort of thing. this morning a very chilly start for us. we'll beat back that chill with nice sunshine and a big warm up by the afternoo 44 is the temperature in d.c. 44

[ applause ] >> mike: thanks to mike reid and our staff for helping put this together giving us this great idea. i think we could probably say take this job and shovel it. that's my view. i welcome yours. contact me at mikehuckabee.com fox news feedback section. you can sign up to go to my facebook, follow me on twitter, all sorts of stuff. you know a couple weeks ago we talked about the importance of ohio in the national political landscape. this weekend, president obama is making his 11th trip to the buckeye state. that's where the race for governor has gotten closer in recent days. the latest real clear politics average of polls has republican challenger john kasich ahead of incumbent strickland by five points. there are only two weeks to go. joining us now from a rally in pomeroy, ohio is john kasich. i want to say in the interest of full disclosure i'm a friend of john and his wife karen, probably more so karen than john, i wish she were running. also, as someone who has endorsed him i'm not the least bit objective. we've invited governor strickland to be on the show. he was una

the nation for local baseball on a daily basis and yet you never felt i know your respect john and mike reidere afraid not to voice your opinion. how old are you date? >> 34. >> your 27 when he started but she never seen that reverential to them was that by design? >> a lot of people told me just be yourself and those guys are so good they don't need a brought them off or lavender jokes are funny so i figure they don't need my help will do my own thing. >> when you say just be yourself that and also the audience there's something if you're trying to be why i am one of the guys in with you will i'm buddy buddy after a while why should it was an him he's not going to give me the real straight thing. >> i'm not kissing a tour of the worst year i think bay area people are little too sophisticated to pull that over them. they get it, they know when someone's phony or not being themselves or trying to go along with the act and so i respected the giants fans and the viewers and figured they would get it if i located for a while and worked my way in trade and it's worked out. >> it trend by house he

nuclear reactor, so let me try to speak slowly and clearly so that even harry reid can understand it. [laughter] e. >> mike: and that means it has to be pretty simple. people have been hurting and i understand that. and it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me we'd be in a worldwide depression. [laughter] e. >> mike: thank you, harry. you've done such a fine job for nevada and the rest of the country. i want you to know i've raised three kids and now that they're grown and gone, my wife and i have three dogs. i learned something from raising kids and training dogs and here it is. if you reward behavior, you get more of it. if you punish it, you get less of it. our current tax system penalizes and punishes productivity by taxing our work, our savings, our investments, cant gains, even our debt and it rewards mismanagement and reckless behavior by getting tax benefits by failing at the expense of people who succeeded. the critics of the fair tax who say it's regressive, seem incapable how the-- it unfairly taxes the poor and empowers rather than enslaves them which doe

reid has become a coolish night will leave town. that will be a much nicer plane ride into the night. >> cris: mike singletary, i am sure he is thinking what does it take to get a win. it all fell into place but at the end of the game, they could not make the plays again. >> al: blown out twice. the 49ers have suffered three excruciating losses. up next, the gillette postgame report. . i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. >>> good night for philadelphia sports fans. the phils win on the road in cincinnati to sweep their first round playoff against the reds and eagles on the road to san francisco and send the niners 0-5 with a win. andrea kremer is on the field with lesean mccoy and kevin kolb. andrea? >> an

mike dukakis. here's the schoolyard talk from sharron angle. here she is, let's listen. >> man up, harry reid. you need to understand that we have a problem with social security. >> well, she also accused him of saying he wanted social security for illegal aliens in the country, totally illegal. but what -- well, what do you make of this, john? is she going to get away with these facts with being fast and loose with the facts because she was able to stand up credibly there? >> well, listen, i do think she held her own. and i do agree with chuck's description of it. she wasn't impressive, but harry reid was so all over the map in his performance. but look at the -- she made many claims in that debate, chris, that are easily debunked and harry reid made little effort to call her on it. chris, she not only said it, she apologized for it, yet harry reid let that go too. i don't know why he would not have called her on that. the social security for illegals is in several of her ads in which she calls harry reid the best friend an illegal alien ever had. catchy line, right? but there's nothing benea

reid has become a coolish night will leave town. that will be a much nicer plane ride into the night. >> cris: mike singletary, i am sure he is thinking what does it take to get a win. it all fell into place but at the end of the game, theyould not make the plays again. >> al: blown out twice. the 49ers haveuffered three excruciating losses. up next, the gillette postgame report. . hey ov i'm gonna need a bank. any ideas? capital one bank. they're everywhere. yeah, you're right! ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] capital one banks are everywhere. [ clang! ] wih hundreds of branches and atms they're hard to miss. hey, there's one right up the street. [ male announcer ] capital one bank. the most branches and atms in the dc area. what's in your wall? ove, go long! [ male announcer ] it'sunday afternoon. time for football on verizon fios. the nfl in 100% fiber-optic hd quality. that's a good start. but what's this? i can check my fantasy stats without changing the channel. and get an alert any time my team enters the red zone. and then watch every red zone play on nfl redzone. watch out couch you've got competition as daddy's favorite. it's time for

reid's campaign's been doing it. >> really? >> absolutely. >> don't forget there's some dog whistling here with christine o'donnell. you've got -- christine o'donnell, she suggested mikeou know, said all these things about put your man-pants on, acting unmanly. one of her top aides made questions about commenting his sexuality. and she distanced herself from that. repeating it over and over again. something is going on here. >> good examples, guys. probably before you were both in the business, george bush sr. after debating geraldine ferraro, said, i kicked ass last night. that did not go over two to be well. then he did something brilliant against pete dupont. he was taking a shot -- this is how -- roger, this had to be you. he said "let me help you with that one, pierre." that was a great putdown. anyway, they used to say the first name of the head waiter and last night a polluter, pierre offense to anyone. and good luck with your new job. >> monday. >> is rand paul changing his positi position. b . ica. together, we've rolled out over 100,000 machines to small businesses all over the country so they too can grow. ♪ ge capital. we're there for bobcat every step of

reid's manhood last night. you know what that shows me she, number one, has no plan, no credibility and will go in the gutter. roophost mikeunds off on that from las vegas in just a moment. >>> and rand paul doubles down again on the crazy. he wants to abolish the department of education so schoolchildren won't have to learn about gay people. well, we're goi to take care of him in the zone. >>> all of that plus crazy carl paladino's alleged pornography -- surface. it's friday. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol® to advil. to learn more and get your special offer, go to takeadvil.com. take action. take advil®. [ ted ] for years, i was just a brewer. until one of the guys brought in some fresh bread that he'd made from our pale ale. and from that first bite, i knew my business would never be the same. [ male announcer ] when businesses see an opportunity to grow, the hartford is there. protecting their property and helping them plan their employees' retirement. ♪ beer or bread? [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses at achievewhatsahead.com. >>> coming up, race

reid does the right thing. >> nbc's michael harris is live for us in las vegas. and mikery good early morning to you there. it's one of the many stops for the president before election day. good morning. >> anything for our craft, alex. the president starts his day here before later on this morning leaving las vegas but not before doubling down on harry reid, his close ally yesterday to try to boost the chances of marry read, the democratic leader being re-elected to the united states senate. a recent poll has him two points down. he, of course, is running against sharron angle. it's a very controversial race, a bruising battle, millions of dollars being spent. the president here campaigning on behalf of someone who helped shepd ard the health care bill through congress and all the other legislation that the obama administration pushed through in the last four months. the president concluded this trip through five states. he was in washington state for patti murray, started the trip in portland, oregon, then went down to california for barbara boxer where he had a big ral

reid. >> reporter: the concept, if not the exact phrase, began with none other than christine o'donnell, who had this to say about her primary opponent, mike castle, back in early september. >> these are the type of cheap, underhanded, unmanly tactics that we've come to expect. this is not a bakeoff. get your man pants on. >> reporter: at least one woman from the other side has jumped on the phrase. >> man up and do what you ask other people to do. >> reporter: it is not a bad way to leave your male opponent speechless. >> i think this is a very effective way for a come candidate to look tough. and it is very tough for a male candidate to have a comeback. >> reporter: but it's not just about testosterone. many republican candidates this year seem to be reading from the same tea party script. first, label your opponent. >> career politician. >> career politician. >> career politician. >> reporter: then, label yourself. >> i am a mother and a grandmother. >> i'm a physician. >> full-time business person. >> reporter: say what you oppose, like it's a dirty word. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> reporter

reid. >> reporter: the concept, if not the exact phrase, began with none other than christine o'donnell, who had this to say about her primary opponent, mike castle, back in early september. >> these are the type of cheap, underhanded, unmanly tactics that we've come to expect. this is not a bake-off. get your man-pants on. >> reporter: at least one woman from the other side has also jumped on the phrase. >> and man-up and do what you're asking other people to do. >> reporter: it's not a bad way to leave your male opponent speechless. >> i think this is a very effective way for a woman candidate to look tough. and it is difficult for a male candidate to have a comeback. >> reporter: it's not just about testosterone. many candidates this year seem to be reading from the same tea party script. first, label your opponent. >> career politician. >> career politician. >> career politician. >> reporter: then, label yourself. >> i'm a mother and a grandmother. >> i'm a physician. >> full-time business person. >> reporter: say what you oppose, like it's a dirty word. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> reporter: and what you want to do abo

mike, this is not a bake-off. get your man pants on." >> man up, harry reid you need to understand that we have a problem with social>> run a race as a man. stand up and be a man. >> rick: is it fair politics, joining us, is sam bennett, who is president and ceo of women's campaign forum, a nonpartisan organization supporting female candidates, good to see you, why is everybody talking like this. >> it is election season and people will grab any weapon they can in the hotly contested races but the bottom line a lot of the comments, what we might call reverse sectionism is based on the foundation of sectionism that has been lobbied at women candidates from time immemorial, rick. >> rick: let's break it down, when you hear a female candidate, saying to her male opponent, which we heard in a clip a moment ago from sharron angle and christine o'donnell. is that any different than when we hear a male candidate saying, it to another male candidate as we also heard, in the last part of the clip, as well? what is the difference? >> our research, we have an initiative called "name it change and, name it, change it.org and i

reid's campaign has been doing it. >> really? >> absolutely. >> that sounds like lucille ball kind of stuff. >> don't forget there's dog whistling here with christine o'donnell. christine o'donnell, she suggested, mike you know she said all of those things, put your man pants on, unmanly. well, one of her top aides made comments about his sexuality. she distanced herself from that. >> probably before you were both in the business, george bush sr. after debating geraldine ferrar said i kicked ass very well. that didn't go over well. but then he did something brilliant against pete dupont. he took a shot against him. and he said, let me help you with that one, pierre. that was a great putdown. >> then there's that. >> anyway, they used to say that first name of a headwaiter and a last name of a polluter. hear the pun. no offense to anyone. thank you, christina and john. good luck with your new job, which is -- >> roll call starting monday. >>> up next is rand paul modifying his position? he seems to have done a 180 from one of his more far out positions. here he is coming up on here on "sideshow," rand paul. you're watching "hardball." [ male announcer ] prilosec otc traveled to fairbanks, alaska. hom

reid and others had to say. changing routine politics and i believe there ought to be a special prosecutor, mike, ainterpoed to havehat evidence released and the government won't agree to release it as i advocated that they do. if the evidence is released are we going to find out dirty hands on part of these people or exonerate everybody including you. >> it will exonerate everybody including me and remove the cloud over rahm emanuel and the chicago tribune has on the front page somehow indicating he did something wrong. it's interesting what's happening. two weeks ago congressman jackson indicated he want today run for mayor and he's a player involved in these allegations as well. and they didn't caring him, didn't charge rahm emanuel, didn't charge harry reid, but charged me. when jessie, jr., jesse jackson, jr. said bring out any evidence if you have any. the very next day, more evidence was released to the president than congressional jackson by the personal relationships that was sealed evidence. so my point is someone is releasing evidence in violation of a court order. there ought to be a special prosecutor

mike mcwhorter and bill [unintelligible] face each other. then a race between an incumbent and challenger. in nevada, harry reid is in a re-election race against angle.can sharron >> watch our exclusive interviews with current and former justices. it is a unique insight into how the court works. search and watch our coverage of the judicial branch. online all free at the c-span video library. it is washington your way. >> tennessee's candidates for governor met in their final debate last week. mike whorter never held political office. his father is a former tennessee governor. wreg tv anchors moderated saturday's debate. your boadce voice, coverage. -- vote coverage. we will let you know how the candidates stand on issues important to you. >> you will hear from the two leading candidates for the race for governor. bill haslam is involved with a chain of truck stops and mcwherter.o mike >> we have two panelists who will be asking the majority of the questions. norm brewer and otis sanford. >> we want to thank our partners for this debate. the commercial appeal and the organization impact memphis. prior to the me

mike barnicle? >> i learned that that if he were alive, he'd be dead today. >>> what she's talking about is extreme. >> man up, harry reid. >> fight night in vegas or the dud in the desert, as politico called it. the only nevada senate debate was, in a word, awkward. >>> also, can he have it both ways? the president wants to bring back don't ask, don't tell, until he can repeal it again. >>> and what a recovery. three of the rescued miners are home. doctors are hopeful that even more could go home today. it's friday, october 15th, 2010. i'm chuck todd. savannah is off. also this morning, we are watching federal reserve chair ben bernanke. he's speaking right now. how will markets react? and we're going to look at whether the foreclosure mess is actually an opportunity to help fix the entire system. plus, one other note, why is sarah palin going after michelle obama? that's all ahead, so let's get to the whip. and we're going to start in nevada, where the midterms, it's a race that symbolizes everything so far this year. democrats are up against the democratic leader of the senate, harry reid fighting for his political li

you retire reid and their band of merry followers and we get back on putting the country on the right track. >>> the president has several more stops planned between now and election day. mike is at the white house this morning. good morning. >> reporter: the president is at the white house briefly this morning after that five-state four-day swing through the west coast ending yesterday in minneapolis a rally for mark dayton. the president trying to rally democratic voters. he had a number of rallies at campuses trying to get young people out. he a backyard issues forum for women in seattle, but so far there's that enthusiasm gap. they are not backing him in the same numbers and fewer people are turning out for the midterm electi election. the president goes to rhode island next, then chicago, pennsylvania, cleveland, and connecticut to help a democratic senate candidate, richard blumenthal, who is facing a tough challenge from linda mcmahon. the president trying to set up that fireball, trying to keep control of the senate for democrats. the house of representatives, many democrats will tell you privately it's all but gone at this point, which brings up another whole host

reid and other democrats. he goes to minnesota for another rally, to raise more money, and back to new england, to rhode island. a full slate of travel on tap for the president. >> mike viqueira at the white house, thank you very much. >>> another get out the vote effort in florida today. al sharpton brings together national leaders and a tour about the upcoming elections. that tour hit a philadelphia church where tim kaine suggested personal attacks are getting in the way of the nation's progress. >> it's not just voting no on matters that the president cares about we know you can disagree on issues, that can be done. but when you allow members of congress to file bills challenging whether the president is a united states citizen, it's more than just policy that's at stake here. >> former president bill clinton is in california, again today, that's makes his case for democratic candidates there. he's going to be in the bay area for a rally at san jose state university following an event friday in l.a. where the former cam president campaigned along jerry brown and mayor gavin newsom. >>> robert gibbs is on "meet the press." check listings for an interview there. >>>

reid is sitting at 40% out there. this has got to be one of the most unpopular majority leaders in modern history. mike, can you think of a parallel? >> no. i don't think majority leader has anything to do with it. i think the fact that harry reid in his own home state is distinctly unpopular, not because he's not a good guy. i don't know him. but because he's an incumbent and because people -- again, the level of frustration among the electorate. you guys are in washington, and i'm walking around in grocery stores, going to gas stations and everything. all you hear is people's unrest. it's physical now. it comes right out of them when they're talking about washington and everybody in washington. that's where harry reid is. >> even if democrats don't lose the majority, we talked about it on this show and you said it, the way president bauchl is going to have to govern will be very different. even if he's re-elected, pelosi and reid will have a different group of democrats with a different mindset and different kind of loyalty and fidelity to the white house. jobs, housing and -- health care there has b

reid. >> reporter: concept is not the exact phrase began with none other than christine o'donnell who had this to say about her primary opponent miketember. >> these are the type of cheap, underhanded unmanly tactics we've come to expect. this is not a bakeoff get your man pants on. >> reporter: at least one woman from the other side has also jumped on the phrase. >> man up and do what you're asking other people to do. >> reporter: it's not a bad way to leave your male opponent speechless. >> i think a very effective way for a woman candidate to look tough and it is very difficult for a male canada dade tori comeback. >> reporter: but not just about testosterone, many republican candidate this is year seem to be reading from the same tea party script. first, label your point. >> career politiciapoliticians. >> career politician. >> reporter: then label yourself. >> i'm a mother and a grabbed mother. >> i'm a physician sflf full time business person. >> reporter: say what you oppose like it's a dirty word. >> obama care. >> obama care. >> obama care. >> reporter: what you want to do about it. >> we must repeal this health care bail

that debate. >> mike, your friend and ours, mark halperin sent us an e-mail saying he was impressed by the number she's put up financially saying the right is truly energized against reiddrift of polls and the fund-raising he at this point makes her a slight favorite to beat reid. what do you make of that? >> at this moment, people will tell you that. the republicans are a little worried about what's going to happen in the debate. but when she was -- got the nominee, people said, okay, leader reid is safe. maybe he's the favorite now. that switchback and i agree with that. in washington people say the election held today, harry reid would probably be noblgd off. >>> the first lady, michelle obama hitting the campaign trail today for the first time since 2008. you have some exclusive details on what she'll say. what should we expect? >> she's going to call herself the bomb in chief when she goes out there. that simple phrase shows you she's not going to be the attacker. she's going to talk about military families, about struggling families, about her husband's accomplishments. she's going to leave the bashing to joe biden. she has a heavy schedule coming up. she'll be i

mike oliverio with nancy pelosi. not very popular at all in west virginia. the first issue has been the obama administration, nancy pelosi, harry reid, but not in the house race. that has dominated the discussion for much of this campaign. >> we are making it clear that i'm not running for congress to get in step with leaders. i'm running for congress to get them in step with the people of west virginia. >> you get to the last couple of weeks of the campaign, and every commercial has an ad for the ken lay or oliverio, said the airwaves are inundated, and the campaign has done fairly nasty in the last couple of weeks because the polls all indicate that this is a close race, and i'm sure that each candidate figures that 1% or 0.5% is vital. mike oliverio told an interesting story. he said earlier in his campaign, he ran positive ads about himself and his lead evaporated, so he said he would build more aggressive. both candidates have been extremely aggressive, and the charges have been flying back and forth in the final days of the campaign. this has been historic in west virginia. we cannot rule out incumbents, and this year, the lon

mike is a vote for nancy, not very popular in west virginia. issue number one has been the obama administration and nancy pelosi, harry reid but not in the house race. that has dominated the discussion for much of this campaign. >> we're making it very clear that i'm not running for congress to get in step with washington leaders. i'm running for congress to get them in step with the people of west virginia. >> there is a tremendous amount of ads running. in fact, you get to the last couple weeks of the campaign and every commercial as an add for both candidates. the air waves are inundated with all of these political ads. the campaign has gotten fairly nasty in the last couple weeks. the polls indicate this is a close race. each of the candidates figures that a percent or half a percent is vital. mike tells an interesting story to the press. he said earlier in this campaign, he ran positive ads about himself and his lead evaporated. he said i'm done with that. i'm going to go more aggressive. both candidates have been extremely aggressive in the last couple weeks. the charges have been flying back and forth in the final days of the campaign.

mike barnicle. >> the more you watch these clips from these debates in the various states, it's a wonder that anyone votes. it's a wonder that anyone goes out to vote. i don't know harry reid, but i do know instinctively he gave the wrong answer when sharron angle hit him on how you made so much money. looking into the camera and saying i'm really disappointed you asked that. i don't think that resonates with a guy who lost his house within the past year. what happened? how did you make this money, harry? level with us. >> the only state where you can vote "none of the above." >> i'm curious to see how "none of the above" does. it's surging in the polls. it's coming from behind. welcome senator mr. none of the above. >> i was not watching the nevada senate debate but i was watching sarah palin for a ""today show"" piece. the former alaska governor, sarah palin, is actually on this three-day swing through california that is partly promotional and partly political in a state that's been slow to embrace her star power. yesterday she spoke to a receptive audience of conservatives in san jose, urging voters to drop democrats in next month's election. >> remember the old line, l