. >> her dance partner is richard perry, her boyfriend of the past two years. >> i could never have beenr. >> why? >> because i needed a man to validate me. the three men i married were alpha men. richard is an extremely successful music producer. he is not what i call an alpha male. >> alpha male or not, he has helped her find true intimacy she says. and in the process she's come to a new understanding of those other alpha males from her past including her third ex-husband who we just missed when we arrived at perry's house high in the hollywood hills. ted turner spent the night here last night. >> right, with his girlfriend. >> how's that work? >> we're not in love but we love each other. he taught me so much. especially humor. how many men have you been sexually active with? >> what? >> that many huh? >> if i could be good in "monster in law," it's because i spent ten years with ted. >> by age 60 she says she started thinking about what she wanted from the third act of her life. that led her to write this new book, "prime time," in which she mixes her own journey in old age with the l

. >> reporter: james richard perry was raised in a ranch house without running water in paint creek, texas. he was an eagle scout. a yell leader at texas a&m. an air force pilot in the 1970s. his is a message that appeals to conservatives. cut taxes, cut spending, deregulate. it has made him a popular figure in conservative texas. in elections, he's 9-0. and a hero to the tea party. >> i'm just not real sure you're a bunch of right wing extremists. but if you are, i'm with you. >> reporter: it remains to be seen how that uncompromising style will wear with independents and moderates looking for compromise. >> reporter: and diane, earlier today, karl rove, president george w. bush's political guru called the comments perry made about ben bernanke unfortunate and unpresidential. of course, there is some bad blood not only between rove and perry but between the bush camp and the perry camp, which we'll no doubt hear more about in the weeks and months to come. >> shaking things up out there. thank you, jake. i want to bring in "good morning america" anchor george stephanopoulos, who sat

the catalyst was up richard perry both public and personal.he citizens found themselves polarized. on july the 17th 1926 and all came to a head of a successful businessman, someone pretty well connected went to pay a visit to a local pastor. this is not just any pastor from the typical man of the cloth ruling over a religious empire. she presided over the largest protestant congregation in america. in an anemic -- in many ways america's first mega church. radiobroadcasting pioneer, tabloid newspaper accused by many beyond texas as the emerging leader of a movement then near its apex. as the businessman argued, became hot. with a few moments gave way to that for a shot, he fell and was left for dead. no one in the church office that day, and there were 20 people, they approached and to offer help. send police arrived in an ambulance before the man reached the hospital he briefed his last breath. dexter elliott, known as the to just about everybody. the preacher was the preference dr. john franklin norris, well known as j. frank norris. the texa

. >> reporter: james richard perry was raised in a ranch house without running water in paint creek,he 1970s. his is a message that appeals to conservatives. cut taxes, cut spending, deregulate. it's made him a popular figure in conservative texas. in elections, he's 9-0, and a hero to the tea party. karl rove, the political guru for former president george w. bush, called the comments perry made about ben bernanke, unfortunate and unpresidential. the recent bad blood between rove and perry and the bush and perry camps, which we'll no doubt hear about in the weeks and months to come. jake tapper, abc news, traveling with the president in iowa. >> we have many miles to go in this campaign. more than a year away. between bachmann and perry we'll have incredible sound bites. >> i know. >> over the next 15 months. it will be wild. >> and there may be other people that may be jumping into the race as well. we have wisconsin republican congressman paul ryan considering a presidential run. >> the field is not done. >> and the don, news about him. donald trump likes what he sees in governor

perry. that, to be honest, offends the bush people. >> it may be, richard, it may be better off, might have been better off for bush to be kind of a fake texan. because he sort of understood and appreciated, oh, the northeast. what about rick perry? does the kind of texas twang, swagger, boots with a suit kind of stuff that's really real, that's him all the way, is that going to play elsewhere in the country? >> well, i don't know how it plays it around the country, frankly. because if you look at where former president bush stands in approval ratings, he's nowhere near good enough to want to evoke those memories. he's better than he used to be when he was in office. he's not like some other former presidents who are up in the 60s when it comes to approval ratings. president bush is somewhere in the 40s, not that far off the current president. it's not a great platform to be on. still too soon for the full rehab of president bush to come into effect. on top of that, there's the sort of personal problem that rick perry has. i once had the good fortune of watching perry try to schmooze one way

richard, what did you hear in candidate perry? >> i bet i wasn't the only person in your audience, chris, who at some point closed his or her eyes and thought if you just change the accent and the twang a little bit, this is george bush 2000. i mean, he's doubling down. he talked about balancing the budget. bush couldn't talk about that, because he was inheriting a balanced budget from bill clinton. he talked about lower taxes, federal regulations, and dealing with tort reform. remember, it was -- that's what got us into the mess that barack obama inherited. do people not have amnesia in this country? do they not remember what we went through in 2008 and 2009 because the private sector was unregulated. so rick perry, and you point out about his record in connection with environmental protection, is that something he wants to bring to the suburbs of cleveland and detroit where all the swing voters are? he talks about education being something that's going to restore the promise of america. he's cutting the budget in texas on the ba

one of the things we heard from some of the folks in rick perry's campaign, richard, is that he would like to, over the next couple of weeks, raise $10 billion. for someone like him, is that feasible? is it enough? >> we'll see. i mean, the story in the no, times this morning talked about all the morn any he has raised but it also said that most of it or a big chunk of it came from 200 people because in texas there are no limits on -- except your bank account -- to how much you can contribute in a gubernatorial campaign. obviously as you referenced earlier, federal restrictions here. you can only give up to $2500. yeah, there are all these super committees and so forth. what you need to report is the money that gets put up on the board. that's what people like you, chris, and people in this profession look to at the end of each quarter to see how well a candidate is doing. and they've kind of set the bar pretty high. mitt romney, let's remind people, talked about a $40 million quarter. he came in at 18. 10 of that was on one day. there's an awful lot of talk and bluster. the dollars a

have not been activated bart is on time all make major public transportation is on time perry >> said senior richardt was what we told you yesterday kidnapped now he is under for arrest for being a participant saw what happened well >> not only is this 16 year- old arrested they also were arrested a 23 year-old who they believe was the gunman. this is a picture of the 16 year-old boy that was arrested he was found around midnight tuesday evening he never called the owner of the barbershop he never called police then finally yesterday afternoon the told investigators he was a part other robbery he also said he faked the kidnapping. he never got a hold of the honor and the owner felt he was like a brother to the 16 year-old " but he never called the owner of the barbershop he thought maybe the teenager was behind this and surely he was right that 23 year old man at the was arrested found at the thought of shotgun used in oriental kidnapping his name is eric walker and is now behind bars and this morning. >> police believe that it was kind of a set up it was planned allied land? >> they did not go that

but the republican nomination could be decided by these kind of voters. >> if rick perry jumps into the race, richardd shake it up a and all too aware of the republican primaries and ultimately the republican imnominee where and who it might be. >> i think he runs as a very strong candidate. and not just because of the christian conservative thing but because he is outside of washington. voters are looking for a popular figure who many be there tea party. but the bigger worry, the big number is that in the recent poll he was losing his own state of tom president obama. if you are trailing as texas governor to a couple of points to a sittering democrat in texas, that's a more worrying number than the 8 thourz or so who may not fill out that stadium. >> don't fik on them about the 8,000. i have an idea for you governor perry. why don't you get the 8,000 and have the meeting up at mitt romney's house in new hampshire. they've got the room. rest rand gaddy and richard wolffe, thanks. >> thank you. >>> ahead, tea partiers have a new information. it could mean more of this. p. >> they do tax the -- >> no,

perry. also with us is richard dieter. executive director of the death penalty information center. mr. e rick perry ousted you from the kpligs? >> the stated reason i think from his staff was that we didn't have jurisdiction to consider the case. i think there was probably more of a concern about what we were investigating. now, when you say more of a concern of what you were investigating, this man had been executed. and continued to have mounting evidence that raised the question of whether or not this man was in fact executed wrongly and you and the commission members were going to look into it. now, had you determined that he was wrongly convicted and therefore wrongly executed, and that the governor should have listened to some of those appeals, that would have been quite embarrassing to say the least to the governor, wouldn't it? >> yes, al. i think it's important to realize that what happened with the science of arson between 1991 and the time of the execution, was rather extraordinary. many of the indicators that had been previously reported as science, as indicators of arson in

liberal democrat empty suit from illinois, hawaii, kenya, indonesia, then the choice is clear, perry 2012. richardrites, absolutely not. i'm sick of these phony baloneys, these people ought to have to take a test before they can run for president. did you see rick perry's grade transcript from texas a&m? a pretty boy he was. and nan from facebook, perry prayed for rain, we didn't get a drop. he prayed for the economy on saturday in houston. the dow dropped 600 points on monday. maybe a higher power's trying to tell us something. if you want to read more on this, you can go to the blog cnn.com/caffertyfi cnn.com/caffertyfile, or and we're starting to get more posts on facebook, you can go to "the situation room's" facebook page and read comments there as well. that's it, wolf. see you tomorrow. >> good work, jack, see you tomorrow. >>> well, watching wall street is not for the faint of heart. jeanne moos is next. that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today!

chief judge perry did exactly the right thing. >> richard?> fred, it has gone even worse than that. the judge has made ethical claims against baez. what he said was at the sentencing portion on the check fraud case, this was extensively discussed, the issue of probation. all sides knew it was going to commence upon release from prison. that was an argument that was raised and discussed at length. therefore, when there was a "scrivener's error," that's what they're saying, scrivener's error, for the judge who was too lazy to sit and read his own order before he signed it, what the judge is saying is the intent and the clear statement was she's going to serve it when she gets out. for baez to argue differently and for him to allow some sort of purported probation to occur when she was in prison was wrong and unethical. he should have brought it to the attention of everyone. i think this judge will file -- >> you can catch our legal guys every saturday noon eastern time. >>> we turn now to some startling statistics, a record 46 million americans

perry's record on education in the state of texas. and that brings us to our must read op-eds. >> we'll go to the "washington post" and richard cohen onerry. perry's reality gap. whatever global warming might or might not have done to polar bears, it has put rick perry's presidential candidacy at risk. the republican texas governor has diminishing credibility, emerging as intellectually unqualified to be president. he engaged in a brief dialogue with a child about evolution and came out the loser. perry said there are some gaps in the theory. if so, he is one. i take perry seriously. he is the these term leader of the vast nation of texas. the achievement warrants deep rts and after last week, considerable worry. it's not his thinking i fear, it's lack of any at all. michael steele. he's one of your people. >> now he's my people? okay. no look, i think perry's made no secret about how he feels about the issue of global warming and the science and i think that it resonates to a certain level again with some in the base of the party. again, i appreciate cohen and others taking all of this stuff and trying to paint some tableau, but prim

chief judge perry did exactly the right thing. >> richard? >> it's gone worse than that. judge has made ethical claims against baez. what he said at the sentencing portion of the check fraud case, this was extensively discussed, the issue of probation. all sides knew it was going to commence upon release from prison. that was an argument that was raised and discussed at length. therefore, when there was a, quote, scrivener's error, it's a legal term, for the judge who was too lazy to sit and read his own order before he signed it, the judge is sigh saying the intent, the clear statement was she's going to serve it when she gets out. for baez to argue differently and for him to allow some sort of purported probation to occur while she was in prison was wrong and unethical. he should have brought it to the attention of everyone. i think this judge is going to -- >> judge did the right thing. >> let's move on to something else. it's going to have a lot of college graduates listening intently. talking about law graduates of new york law school. they are suing their alma mater

perry today. this is a must-read op-eds. richard "the washington post," watching the emergence of rick perry over the weekend was nostalgic. here again was the president declaring for the presidency and wise people cautioning us on the air and in print that what worked in texas might not work in the nation. perry is too conserve too much of a cowboy, too religious, and while we're at it, too handsome. this, more or less, is what we heard about ronald reagan. he's nearly on mt. rush more. the white house has plenty to worry about. perry may not turn out to be ronald reagan, but again, he doesn't have to be. barack obama has turned out to be no barack obama. >> which candidate the white house would rather run against. i think it's clear despite what richard writes this morning they would rather see rick perry than mitt romney. >> i don't think they're unanimous. whoever emerges from this fight, presumably, one of those two, will have beaten a titan candidate and will come out strong. i think you could make the case that mitt romney is

party let's start with you, dick, down in south carolina because that's where perry announced his candidacy. i'm looking at richard cohen's piece today in the "the washington post." is he no conservative, kind of a liberal guy. and his piece is called the texas gipper. he doesn't much like the texas governor but he said the following. perry stands a pretty good chance of being the next president of the united states. he said this man was born for the stump. it's basically ridiculous to think he can't campaign beyond texas. he have great appeal beyond the suburban america and midwest and beyond. what's your response to that? he all of a sudden becomes a republican. look, he is out there promising this and saying he has done that. the fact of the matter is, this guy, we see him in the south, see guys like this all the time. trying to sell you vinyl siding or they want to pave your asphalt. driveway. >> is that like a president going out there and saying we are going to create and save millions of dollars with the stimulus bill that never comes to fruition and then goes around and promises that the health care bill i

. >> reporter: richard engel, nbc news, in green square, libya. >>> texas governor rick perry's quickly rising to the top of the republican presidential field despite his team of so-called eggheads or maybe because of them. >>> plus, a mother is charged with pouring hot sauce down her kid's throat. but is she guilty of child abuse? the verdict is in. >>> first a look at wall street today. the price of gold slumped 4% as investors got a little more confident. and the dow is off 38 points. s&p is down by almost five and the nasdaq has dropped 22.r5 at midday. , (what) can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. ♪ [ country ]gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. [ man ] ♪ gone, like my last paycheck ♪ gone, gone away ♪ gone, like my landlord's smile ♪ ♪ gone, gone away ♪ my baby's gone away with dedicated claims spe

perry thinks. that's a blind reading operation. >>> up next, the front lines of that horrible famine. serious business coming up near somalia. our own richardngell, best reporter around, in mogadishu with the latest. >>> this is "hardball," only on msnbc. for the trouble spots. to know its wants... its needs...its dreams. ♪call 1-800-steemer. man: be kind to your eyes with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare professional which transitions lenses are right for you. woman: discover the protection, comfort and convenience of transitions lenses for the entire family at transitions.com/samsclub or visit a sam's club optical today. >>> mitt romney may be looking over his shoulder at rick perry, whom we just talked about. signing an anti-gay pledge supporting another constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. they love loving the constitution. keep changing it. one of three presidential candidates to sign the pledge. the other two staunch social conservatives, rick perry and, of cour

i think chief judge perry dealt with it very effect live any, that stay is very, very unlikely. >> so, richardhis latest distraction? why would her attorneys try to argue this when this bad check writing charge had nothing to do with time served and why she was released under the conditions in which she was released? >> yeah, well, with all due respect to my esteemed partner, they are denying the probation aspect. they're saying she completed her probation when she was incarcerated and the probation department accordingly issued correspondence saying she completed it. even though they know that the sentencing judge said probation will begin upon release to prison. he said, listen, pal, you knew this all along. this is a frivolous case. borderline on ethical conduct. we kind cough gleaned last week there might be a problem. i believe it's coming from the judge at a minimum in this particular case. and that will be dealt with accordingly. >> okay. let's move on to the next case. this involving joran van der sloot. but the family of the slain peruvian woman says the murder suspect could walk out

katy perry's single "last friday night" hit number one on the billboards, giving her album "teenager dream" five number ones, tying the record set by michael jackson's 1982 album "bad." >>> actor richard gere not only plays get ark but he is an avid collector, but he is auctioning them off for as much as $1 million to support humanitarian causes. the gibson flying v alone is expected to go for up to $90,000. >>> and, finally, this ranks right up there in all-time celebrity hissy fits. you'll be shaking your heads with this one. according passengers french actor gerrard de pardu apparently anearbiryuated apparently being denied into the bathroom and urinated in the aisle. he was escorted off the plane, but no charges were filed. i can't explain that. >>> well, this comes to us from joplin, missouri, where the opening chapter of one community's comeback story began on the first day of school. three months after a tornado devastated their entire town, officials kept their promise of opening schools on time. a dedicated group of teachers and administrators celebrated their long-shot victory by throwing hugs around. returning students just starting the school year gives joplin students a l

perry's going to resolve the whole thing. she's not going to be on probation. >> go ahead, richard. >> go ahead, joe. >> what happened was judgee who handled that criminal case. he sentenced her to time in prison and then to commence her probation upon release from prison. that's what he said verbally from the bench. when he signed his order, it did not say upon release from prison. so probation took the case immediately, began to supervise her. she completed it january 24, 2011, they issued her a letter saying, you have completed your probation. at that point, judge strickland said, whoa, i didn't mean for this to happen. he tried to undo it. he had 60 days to modify his order. he did nothing. it's too late. judge perry has this mess in his lap. he's going to hold that she did her probation. she doesn't have to do it again. if it's not casey anthony, if it's just someone else we don't know, would they make that person redo probation? florida does it. they give probation to people who are incarcerated. she's not going to get a redo. judge perry will decide by wednesday of this week. >> but you can still do administrative proba

katy perry's single "last friday night" hit number one on the billboards, giving her album "teenage dream" five number ones, tying the record set by michael jackson's 1987 album "bad." >>> actor richard guitar but he is an avid collector, but he is auctioning them off for as much as $1 million to support humanitarian causes. the gibson flying v alone is expected to go for up to $90,000. >>> and, finally, this ranks right up there in all-time celebrity hissy fits. according to passengers french actor gerrard de pardu allegedly inebriated apparently being denied into the bathroom unzipped and urinated in to the aisle. he was escorted off the plane, but no charges were filed. and they cleaned up the mess. but come on, it's just -- >> how do you not get charged for that? j and wh >> and what would be the charge be? urinating in the aisle? stay tuned, "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> his sweep through the midwest complete, president obama heads to martha's vineyard while the republican frontrunners stay out on the rail attacking the president's record on creating jobs. the question is after president obama makes his planned job speech after labor day, what meaningfu

richard, a republican. i am surprised you mentioned rick perry's name. guest: he shows growth over the years. caller: he has more blood on his hands by saying there was a law in texas and people were dying of a vaccine. you did not mention ron paul. he is the only one that can beat obama. i tried to make a comment on the "forbes" magazine. ron paul has my vote. host: what do you think of ron paul? guest: he is a formidable candidate. i supported him back in 1996 when he was trying to get back into congress. he had a tough primary. i helped him now. -- i helped him out. i like him on monetary policy. on the federal reserve and monetary policy, i think he is spot on. retyping the dollar -- relinking the dollar to gold. i would very much upset ben bernanke and put ron paul in to run the fed. host: your former governor, george pataki, is said to be possibly entering the race. guest: we will see what happens. so far he is not let any fires -- lit an fires. so far it hasn't happened. if people are looking for new candidates and looking for people like chris christie or congressman ron paul who has

richard, a republican. i am surprised you mentioned rick perry's name. guest: he shows growth over the years. caller: he has more blood on his hands by saying there was a law in texas and people were dying of a vaccine. you did not mention ron paul. he is the only one that can beat obama. i tried to make a comment on the "forbes" magazine. ron paul has my vote. host: what do you think of ron paul? guest: he is a formidable candidate. i supported him back in 1996 when he was trying to get back into congress. he had a tough primary. i helped him now. -- i helped him out. i like him on monetary policy. on the federal reserve and monetary policy, i think he is spot on. retyping the dollar -- relinking the dollar to gold. i would very much upset ben bernanke and put ron paul in to run the fed. host: your former governor, george pataki, is said to be possibly entering the race. guest: we will see what happens. so far he is not let any fires -- lit an fires. so far it hasn't happened. if people are looking for new candidates and looking for people like chris christie or congressman ron paul who has

perry dealt with it very effectively in his 16-page opinion. that appeal or that stay, i think, is very, very unlikely. >> richard, why -- why offer this latest distractionad check writing charge had nothing to do with time served and why she was released under the conditions in which she was released? >> yeah. well, with all due respect to my partner -- my esteemed partner, they are denying the probation aspect. they're saying she completed her probation when she was incarcerated. and the probation department accordingly issued a correspondence saying that they monitored her and she successfully completed it. even though they know that the sentencing judge said probation will begin upon

perry thinks. that's a blind reading operation. >>> up next, the front lines of that horrible famine. serious business coming up near somalia. our own richard best reporter around, in mogadishu with the latest. >>> this is "hardball," only on msnbc. yup, america's favorite. so we're celebrating the honey sweetness, crunchy oats and... hey! don't forget me!! honey nut cheerios. make it your favorite too! two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. >>> mitt romney may be looking over his shoulder at rick perry, whom we just talked about. signing an anti-gay pledge supporting another constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. they love loving the constitution. keep changing it. one of three presidential c

richard engle debuts here on msnbc. >>> it's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise, set free from the shackles of overbaring federal government. >> that, of course, was texas governor rick perryg his presidential candidacy earlier this month and pushing his particular brand of small government conservatism, the kind that wants to free us all from the shackles of federal government of say social security and medicare. governor perry makes it clear in his new book, "fed up," that he thinks programs like social security and medicare are unconstitutional. he wrote it in capital letters, so you know he means business. he wants the government to be so small that it doesn't provide a social safety net, that it doesn't support you when you grow old and retire. that's big government and he wants to set us free from those shackles. he's also helping free texans by way of thousands of public school teachers who are losing their jobs this fall under governor perry and texas republican small government budget cutting, the shackles of a paycheck and work life that contributes to society, so rick perry's version of small government conservatism means government so small it's not there to he

richard wolfe, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> coming up, republicans have finally found a tax cut these don't like. oh, wait, it's only because president obama's the one pushing for it. >>> and rick perry has stopped telling people to buy his book. i guess he would avoid selling his book than having to defend his ideas. kim and james are what you might call overly protective. especially behind the wheel. nothing wrong with that. in fact, allstate gives them a bonus -- twice a year -- for being safe drivers. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. goo

richard, always a pleasure. sad to see you across the pond. we enjoyed having you here in the united states. christine, you stay with us. >>> america needs jobs. brand-new republican presidential kept rick perrys look no further than his record as the governor of texas. we'll do that, breaking down rick perry's economic record with candy crowley next. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. [ male announcer ] if you're in a ford f-150 and you see this... it's the end of the road. the last hurrah. it's when ford's powertrain warranty ends. but in this ram truck, you've still got 39,999 miles to go. ♪ guts. glory. ram. ♪ [ male announcer ] time to check your air conditioning? come to meineke now and get a free ac system check and a fre

perry makes me look moderate. good morning. with us on set, senior political panel cyst, mark halperin. president of the council and foreign relations, richard haass, host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. thanks for being us with early this morning. >> great to be here. >> joe and mika have time off this week so you are stuck with me. today is vacation day for the president. there's a lot of hand wringing of whether or not he should go. talk about what he did over the last three days and what he will do when he gets back. what is the strategy between the bus tour and the speech? >> the white house is trying to, for the next act, trying to train the debate in a different way, come in, give the president a stronger hand. the bus tour was a place holder to try to tell people he's out of there, listening to the american people, trying to position himself to be outside washington candidate and comes back and lays down the big marker talking about a speech of job creation and deficit reduction. republicans were aggressive yesterday, showing the change in how fierce the battle has become over the issues. it's the middle of august. the