well, rick perry is the lone star state's 47th governor. he has defended texas conservative values, fought for possible solutions to tough challenges and work to implement a clear vision for better schools and more jobs and a brighter future. it sounds like our kind of governor. as a result texas is consistently ranked as the nation's best place to do business and create jobs. i'm sure some of you here know that texas has led the nation in job creation with more jobs gained than any other state in 2010 and over the past ten years texans are safer because governor perry has pursued an aggressive border security strategy that is putting more boots on the ground, more helicopters and the sky, and more resources into the hands of texas peace officers standing between texas and be exploited drug-related violence across the border. he has refused to raise taxes. the $10 billion budget shortfall in 2003. instead he was the first texas governor since world war ii to sign a budget that lowered the state's spending and has now done it twice. as gover

. >> narrator: and texas governor rick perry would not use his authority to delay the execution for 30 days. >> in texas, you do not get elected by granting stays of execution to people like cameron todd willingham. you do not show any kind of mercy to criminals. you are hard on criminals. and that gets you elected in this state. >> i was given the duty or task to call mr. and mrs. willingham, and it was one of the most really horrifying experiences that i ever had to go through, to tell parents that their son, even though had been proven innocent, was going to die. >> narrator: at 6:00, cameron todd willingham was told that his time was up. >> when he was asked by the warden if he had anything to say, then he went into the statement where... that he said that he had been wrongly convicted and that he was innocent. >> at some point, he looked over and into the state's witness room, he noticed stacy. >> she walked up to the window, and he says, "[bleep] you, bitch." >> i believe that he felt in his heart that she had lied, and her lie had cost, you know... helped cost him his life. >> n

and rick perry has done more than flirt with succession. i say don't talk about it, be about it.'ve got your super majority, there's nothing stopping you. i think texas will miss that net flow of income from the federal government into its coffers. >> and also, the nfl moving the cowboys out and the nba moving the mavs out. >> it's going to get ugly. >> baseball teams having to leave. according to the morning news, the gop social agenda that could get fast tracked would include legislations that would allow guns on campuses. any problems with that? >> besides the obvious ones, no. i think that's not going to be for a enough for some people in this gop majority. they would probably like a war where you're required to see a gun, kind of like car insurance, but with guns. you'll be fined if you're not holding. >> and going back to revising history, have we misunderstood all these years why texas was admitted to the union. were that a prototype of iraq? did we just take them for their oil and now it's time we let them toddle off on their own? >> you're suggesting we liberate texas. i

there are a lot of governors that are impressive, jindal, and dams and -- daniels and rick perry. >> chris: he says he is not going to run. let me mention some that we haven't and some we have. mike huckabee. tim pawlenty. newt gingrich, former speaker of the house. senator john thune of south dakota. mitch daniels, governor of indiana. let me ask and just throw this open. who jumps out among those? >> it's interesting when you throw them out like that. thune jumps out because he has the least baggage. newt gingrich has personal baggage. >> chris: because he's cute, right? >> he's very handsome. but he is -- newt gingrich has personal baggage that doesn't go, his marital history doesn't go over well with social conservatives. mike huckabee, we just discussed. i don't think mitch daniels is necessarily going to run. haley barbour i think even if the comments specifically don't hurt him, i think it opens up a line of inquiry which we have seen other comments come out on the race issue that could hurt him. his lobbying issues could hurt him. you just see all of these -- when you look at

russia so what you see here on the board is basically the essence of eight years of experience all rick perry did with a dozen friends and i decided. you know the route in technology that needs to have access to global markets openness leaders get in between and don't want this team's find the perfect infrastructure in order to do the conversion of that technology into products where is the money to make a reality come from well basically it needs investors right but you know to get them this infrastructure in a high tech start up team to make a predictable conversion you have a clear timeframe move to the few years in order to convert technology to products and prepare the company in order to approach global markets that's exactly the kind of preparation. and his classmates turned business partners and up to gone were looking for when they came to dortmund and to help them take top quality off the electronic technology to the market. up the gun originally was founded by. two my friends and classmates from university and myself and. myers who joined us and he helped to move here to. this. com

rick perry of texas argues against national government intervention and what the governor contends are issues that can be better solved by individual states. in his book fed up, our fight to save america from washington. at 10:00 p.m. afterwards with no loss altman on the career of franklin roosevelt and supreme court appointees. robert jackson and william douglas. mr. feldman talks about his book scorpions, the battles and triumphs of fdr's supreme court justices with the senior editor and supreme court reporter for slate. that is all tonight, prime time on booktv. ..

it's good to remember that the same state that produced dick armey and rick perry also produced molly evans and jim high tower. things can swing back and forth. >> proud winner of the molly ivans with award, glad you brought her up, and i wish u were in charge and with us to this day. great thanks for your time tonight. that's december 15th, nine days since the republicans got the deal for the taxes for the rich. mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >>> and now to discuss the game the gop is playing with national security with senator john kerry, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, keith. thank you for that. and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we begin tonight with some big news out of d.c. our long national nightmare may finally be over. the united states senate, which has been the source of a weeks' long republican-imposed logjam is now freed, open, back up for business. you will recall at the beginning of this month, senate republicans stood absolutely yun anied.

lone star governor rick perry made if official during a press conference this week in garland. mr.ranger certificate will be put on display at a museum on his texas ranch. i think i'd rather go to dick vermeil's winery. i don't know. >> all right. field trip. that's going to do it for us at 6:00. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. >> and good-bye again laura. good luck. >> we'll miss you. >> i'm back at 11:00.

it's good to remember that the same state that produced dick armey and rick perry also produced molly evans and jim high tower. things can swing back and forth. >> proud winner of the molly ivans with award, glad you brought her up, and i wish you were in charge and with us to this day. great thanks for your time tonight. that's december 15th, nine days since the republicans got the deal for the taxes for the rich. mr. boehner, where are the jobs? i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >>> it's my party and i'll cry if i want to. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, one down, one to go. the senate has just passed the tax bill that angered so many on the far left and the far right, a number of progressives are still promising to fight it in the house but our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows americans left, right and center approve of the bill, which raises two questions. why is the minority making all the noise and why is the majority staying silent? two great questions. and speaking of today's poll, it

. >> next, texas governor, rick perry talks about the power of the federal government and offers that many of the problems currently managed by washington would be better handled by individual states. governor perry presents his argument at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c.. ..

governor rick perry is honoring the actor for positive portrayal of law enforcement officers.thers, listen to this one. a mother who is pregnant gave birth in the parking lot of a mcdonald's in southern end y indiana. i. >> i felt that push and whoa, she was in my pants leg and i was kind of holding her in my pants leg like, okay, what am i going to do? >> get to the hospital. an off-duty officer heard the chatter on the radio and came to help out before the ambulance arrived. now the mom knows where she's going to have her daughter's first birthday party. i wonder if she gets a freebie. >>> four hours from now, lebron james will be walking into the court in cleveland since the first time he left down south played for the heat and miami. they have blasted him for this. they've even burned his jersey in the street. think about it. what kind of reaction do you think he's going to get tonight? carol is in cleveland on the court. carol? >> reporter: brooke, security will be tight. fans wearing t-shirts with profanity will be asked to take them off. they will be given a cavalier sh

rick perry. they are very impressive. i also looked at people like ryan. the rules have changed and barack obama had something to do with that in terms of how long someone has to serve to throw your hat in the ring. here is the point about ryan -- and i'm not predicted. it is just that he is in some ways the man of the moment given the issues and as chairman of the budget committee. will -- whether he runs or not it is worth talking about him some because i think candidates will cite him either critically if they are opposed because of the serious proposals he has recommended, or they will cite him in support of what he is doing because he's leading the charge. he is the architect or will be the architect of the republican budget. and this is issue number one, two and three. host: we are talking politics and policy. looking at 2010 and ahead to 2011 with bill bennett radio talk show host and former reagan education secretary and author of 20 books? >> yes. could we mention director of drug control because it has fallen off the map and the numbers are all,

texas governor rick perry will make chuck norris an honorary texas ranger later today. >>> a dog is rescuedis home while he was stuck inside. look at this video from waga. rescue crews found the dog under the rubble trapped behind a wall. he was freed without a scratch. great news. brian. >> brian: they bailed out wall street, but is the white house now using your tax dollars to save europe's economy as well? the administration says no. but some new reports suggest otherwise. peter barns is live right now in washington, d.c. following this story. peter, what can you tell us? who is telling the truth? >> hey, brian. one of the reasons stocks jumped 250 points yesterday was because in part of a report out of brussels quoting an unnamed u.s. official that the u.s. would be ready to help europe contain a debt crisis by increasing its commitment to the international monetary fund. any increase like that would be backed by u.s. taxpayers. but the obama administration shot this down immediately. a treasury official saying we don't have anybody in brussels and an extra commitment to the imf is not

rick: a loss of one border patrol agent is a loss for your entire organization, as it is for the entire country, and our condolences to the family of brian perryt.j. bonner, president of the national border patrol council, a retired agent himself, thank you very much for your time, sir. >> thank you. jenna: "ing right now on capitol hill, we're awaiting the house vote on extending the bush era tax cuts, hopefully it's a little clearer inside than outside. as know this tax bill includes unemployment benefits, extending the bush era tax cuts, it has the new estate tax amount that we're looking at as well, all wrapped up in the white house compromise wrapped up in the senate. that's why we're looking at the house today. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live on capitol hill. i guess it's a loaded question but a simple one. what can we expect today? >> reporter: eventually the house is expected to vote and is expected to pass the tax package. exactly what's in it is the critical question and when they get around to it is a less by equally critical question. right now we have a house floor live shot that says they're working on a motion