so those eight prestincts will never be counted and in the end it showed rick santorum up. but matt strong was hesitant to call rick the winner and that escalated the tension. and in "caucus chaos" rick santorum had a shouting match about how this was going down. >> we don't know what the final vote tally is but congrats to rick santorum. he has worked hard in iowa. we will it has been a great victory for us. and ron paul had a great night as well. >> if you look at caucus night by the numbers, strong was right. by the numbers romney did win by eight votes. the challenge was because it was so, so close, the closest it has ever been in the history of the caucus, that could change once getting through the certification process. it took a couple week and the campaigns were fighting here because strong, after going through the certification process, he and his staff were saying it was a tie and that made the santorum people. when it was eight-point margin you said romney was the winner. now you are counting the votes you found, and santorum is up by 44 you are saying that is a t

that are only eight those between mitt romney and rick santorum. we know have a certification process to go through the make sure everything was counted. the 14th a process according to the rules, and we will know but it's an unbelievable night. more people voted than ever before. he didn't do that. because he stuck his neck out and submit romney won, he sort of hung himself really, his reputation a lease before a lot of people because they just couldn't that come how he could do that when he knew that there was a chance that mitt romney didn't win. so once they went through the syndication that proves that romney did not win, and it really, really damaged strawn's reputation primarily in some people's eyes, but when the u.s. senate race came, that high profile race, matt strawn was not a candidate. there are people that will point to that one night on caucus night that destroyed strawn's chances of becoming a u.s. senator. after the caucus night debacle and is eventually forced to declare rick santorum the winner a couple weeks later, he eventuall

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. >> had a lesson in his own way, got in the race late and a set of working it like rick santorum didr the state. rick perry decided to spent a lot of his time outside of the state of iowa doesn't have a lot of super rich billionaires who can form their own super pac and help you to an election. so rick perry, and we talked about this in the book, he chose to spent a lot of his time outside iowa and fundraise pics we treated this like a general election or even a primary campaign. that doesn't work just we didn't get in all the coffee shops and the church basements and would work over people one on one. he seemed very sees about 2016 but i don't think he will make this a mistake. i think you'll see them, and you've overseeing him, he has come to i will already and he's getting more involved in the local dinners where you can get out and meet people. .sys lasting impact and has lasting lesson for the widget to get out here and work it. you look at newt gingrich, he was also a fun read for a while. people already knew him. but he ran a different kind of campaign. people who did not like

rick santorum you start off. >> optics matter.to the border is the same as george bush flying over the border. you have to be there, you have to care. >> photo-op. >> the substance of the question, give us your tired, poor, huddled masses. that has to mean something. >> politics, still tough for gop. >> look, i know people are trying to separate this out from comprehensive immigration reform. if we had it, some of this would not be happening. >> this is now a problem on the left for the president who says deport them. >> i don't think it's as much a problem on the left. i do think it's gop's katrina moment. >> congressman castro disagrees with the president's approach. >> i don't know that he does. i think everybody agrees. the same principles apply. i think gop failing to do what the president is asking and failing on immigration really is a problem for them. >> we've got to go. thank you very much. appreciate you being here. find the big question and weigh in on your response with the facebook page. all for today. if it's sunday

welcome. >> thank you. >> here is the big political question, rick santorum.f you're a candidate in 2016 and you go to the convention in cleveland, do you praise lebron for making a good political move here? >> i'm a pittsburgher, cleveland and pittsburgh tough rivalries, like sibling rival rice. just like a sibling, when your brother does well, you're proud. i'm excited for cleveland. a good blue-collar town. >> just the fact he said i'm going to go back there and talk about hard work and contribute to my community, those are all very positive things. a lot of good mojo. >> i worked here in washington for five years and went home to detroit where my work could matter more. lebron is doing the same thing. >> the prodigal son. >> unfair swipe at bud light, which is my favorite. jennifer granholm, let me ask you about these challenges the president is facing on immigration. here he is, he loses the shot at getting immigration reform. now this border crisis and getting a lot of heat from those in his own party but doesn't look like he's engaged enough. doesn't lo

in 2012, it was rick santorum, former pennsylvania senator, considered the darkest of dark horses on the national scene. he actually practically tied with mitt romney for the caucuses in 2012. as they counted this historically" a couple weeks later, it turned out romney was actually edged out by santorum. >> game on. really getend to keyed into politics because of the caucuses. of a -- even sort if not everybody participates, everybody watches it. it is a fun spectator sport for .owans therefore, the have opinions about the issues. -- they have opinions about the issues. >> find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next, online at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> coming up next, matthew pinsker joins journalists to discuss the evolution of the american wartime press from the civil war to the present. they talk about the relationship between the press and the

rick santorum, 2012 republican presidential candidate, former senator from pennsylvania.rmer democratic governor of michigan. kim strassel from "the wall street journal" and for the first time on the program we'd like to welcome stephen henderson editor of the detroit free press, winner of the pulitzer prize this year. rick santorum, if you're a candidate in 2016 and you go to the convention in cleveland, do you praise lebron for making a good political move here? >> look, i'm a pittsburgher. cleveland and pittsburgh, very tough rivalry, like sibling rivalries but when you're brother does well, you really are excited, and i'm so excited for cleveland. it's a great blue collar town. good move for him. >> good legacy move or does he look bad? >> i think the fact he said i'm going to go back there and talk about hard work and contribute to my community, those are all very positive things. a lot of good mojo going for cleveland. >> stephen -- >> going home. that's something i did. i worked in washington for five years and went home to detroit where my work could matter more.

rick santorum. you got him. office seeker, disappointed for $800. katie. who is lieberman? good. literary significant others for $1,000. jerome. who is aeneas? that's it. triple "a" for $400. jerome. what is caracas? that's it. triple "a", $800. it was a hoot. "bananas." back to you, jerome. literary significant others for $600. [ beep ] "who is nancy?" jerome. literary for $400. jerome. who is jane? me tarzan. you jane. good. triple "a" for $1,000, please. jerome. who is galahad? that's it. literary significant others for $800. [ beep ] "who is molly?" all right, jerome. "mythbusters" for $400, please. me. all right, jerome. whkatie or megan? [ paint?" jewh are fillings? jewh are fillings? an to $2,800. to break number one. [ applause ] looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm. cool. yeah. hi. final boarding call for flight 294. [ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival? this guy! bringing our competitors' rates to you -- now,

it wasn't tha rick santorum talked about it. it was that mitt romney and other candidateses didn't say, what are you talking about? we are not the anti-contraception party. if the republican party is to be viewed as a limited government party, it can't be a limited government party when it comes to regulations on business. when it comes to the personal space and sphere the big government peeping through the bedroom window is deeply offensive to a lot of americans out there. you look in the northeast of the country, the west coast, mountain west. you look at all these places that were bedrock staples of the republican electoral calculus, it's all fallen apart. there is enormous cultural differences in the country on these issues as well. republicans are going to have a are very difficult time particularly in the context of immigration reform. they were unable to deliver the message that's key for republicans to deliver to win elections. >> look no further that happen some of the reaction on the right. conservative blogger eric er

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a christian film company headed by senator rick santorum is planning to release a documentary about theuling on september 1st. chris mcdaniel lost to ed cochran. mcdaniel is not ready to admit defeat. a spokesman said they were in a holding pattern for now while they look over poll books for possible crossover voting. >>> a poll asked veterans to rank their opinion of the v.a. many said it was hard to get medical care. 55% polled said it was very difficult or somewhat difficult to access care through the v.a. 30% disagreed saying it was easy or somewhat easy to get care. >>> 50 years ago today, president lyndon b. johnson signed an act into law based on race, sex, religion and national origin. >>> the first female is a naval academy grad and vet. in 1999 she was the first african-american to head a navy ship. she helped rescue phillips. >>> president and ceo of a nevada based start up that plans on filling medical marijuana products. he says he believes the company has the creme da la creme of products. >> i believe that we can win! i believe that we can win! i believe that we can win!

i want to applaud those liberal leaders like mitt romney me and rick santorum you'll have whom in the past two weeks said we should raise the minimum wage in america there's the recognition you look at the powell this is not simple departmentalize it's across the board because there's a recognition that we need to put money in people's pockets that's the matter of fundamental fairness we can reduce the ranks of food stamps recipients by $2.8 million by raising the minimum wage 3 about the $8 million we'll continue to work hard because this san antonio isn't an issue for a few but for the entire country and so many disare portionly women and women with children if you're a worker you're especially challenged people don't believe me the minimum wage is average 2, 13 an here who people women get tips and their pay check is zero after the seductions they're relying on the tips for the entirety of their income a that's not it 0 fair we have a $2.13 minimum tip wage we have to make sure we have the building blocks and not stop with minimum wage they include talking about the workplace flexi

who are these moocher bla people, rick santorum? who do you mean? >> i've looked at that quote. in fact, i looked at the video, and i don't -- in fact, i'm pretty confident i didn't say black. what i think i started to say a word, and sort of blah, sort of mumbled it and changed my thought. but i don't recall saying black. i was start to say one word and i sort of came up with a different word and moved on, and it sounded like black. >> sounded like black, but -- the blah, the blah. let me reiterate. the bla people. those were the bad old days of republicans trying to maximize the white vote against president obama. maximize white voters' grievances against president obama. i have to say, in reality, those were -- i can say those were the bad old days, but that was just the latest round of that. right? that was two years ago. they roll out stuff like this periodically whenever they're strategizing against the president and think that white people are the key to how they can succeed. it is now happening again with them bringing back out the welfare lie to justify why they are sui

yesterday rick santorum came to kansas to campaign on brownback's behalf.in the general election isn't clear. most of the people, steve, who support rick santorum are already voting for sam brownback. what he has to do is figure out a way to reach out to moderates, concerned about education. in that sense, you might expect, for example, jeb bush to come to kansas. he's come to kansas for sam brownback before. he would give sam brownback some credibility with those moderates, independents, people in the middle. you're going to see both sides trying to use surrogates, trying to make their case, trying to work on endorsements, that type of thing. we've got a real, real close race and while as you pointed out in your intro, democrats don't do very well at all at the presidential election, or the senate level, the state does have some history of electing democrats. kathleen sebelius, john carlin. democrats have a shot and really think they have a chance in the state in 2014. >> yeah, you look at the midterm climate nationally for democrats. this really could be

be the party keeping women from having birth control, which was an issue that got, for example, rick santorum, in trouble back in 20012. is there a reluctance generally among conservatives to sort of associate themselves with this case? >> i don't think necessarily i've seen a lot of conservatives jumping on board this particular hobby lobby horse here. i think chris christie is just being extraordinarily cautious. i think he doesn't like to discuss what makes him appear to be discussing washington. when he was down here giving a speech recently, he was entirely dismissive and not willing to engage on that. if you look at it as a political calculation, he's hoping that all of his would-be opponents are carving up the social conservative vote there and leaving this field open to him. so equivocation actually has some political benefit. >> that doesn't play so well, though, once the primaries begin. >> we'll see where that gets him. dana milbank, thank you so much. >>> all right. up next, the countdown to the world cup game. everyone here is watching the u sau versus belgium. ari is super psych

please welcome former senator rick santorum. [applause] >> thank you for inviting me to be here, any time someone asks me to do something the answer is always yes, she's a great leader, thank you for participating in working, argued to be congratulated in helping for disorganization. and i will be back in this room to premiere in washington our next movie. we are a movie production distribution company. we make feature-length motion pictures and have done a couple -- one is we just a couple months ago released to hallmark movie channel, we felt, i felt that it was important for us to weigh in to a faith based movie company and i thought was important to way into an area that was the quintessential issue of our time with respect to face and that is a religious liberty. we put together a documentary coming out september 1st and we will show it later in august and we talked to folks at heritage and try to get an indication here but it is called one generation away based upon the speech ronald reagan gave, we are one generation from

trailing them, jeb bush, ted cruz, marco rubio, scott walker and rick santorum. no clear front-runner, but a comeback for chris christie including colorado this past week. >> stop public life worrying about making everybody happy and faking like we are going to agree all the time. we are not going to agree all the time. >> senator paul is following the most intriguing strategy. listen to part of the pitch to the national urban league where he said too many young black men are in prison and promised to help those down on their luck. >> if i had my way, not one penny would be altered from the safety net before all corporate welfare is eliminated. >> let's start with chrischristie. there's no clear front-runner, but he's on top. at a time, many thought see you later. he's not dead, yet. >> not at all. we are seeing the new jersey governor, he's not necessarily coming back, but on the way to a comeback. regardless of the bridge controversy, he's a political talent. you saw it in colorado. you saw it in iowa. he connects with voters. name me one person on that list wh

. >> dean, you wrote about a research video by rick santorum. >> yes. >> that came in the wake of theecision. i want to watch just a piece of that and then have your response. >> and it will go away if we do not attend to the threat of religious freedom right now. >> if you and i don't do this and you and i may well spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in america when men were free. >> this is just so everyone knows just a trailer to a movie that rick sanatorium's company is producing. i'm happy he's making movies and not public policy. let him just make movies. but the movie imagery. to say that liberals will cut down across and those are government agents, the men in suits, i assume. other images of nuns in prison that somehow they're going to put nuns and religious leaders in jail and they want contraception and rick santorum is against contraception. to me it's so counterintuitive. free birth control in this study brought down unwanted pregnancies remarkably. they should be advocating free birth control. free eiud. it was re

christie stand on a debate stage in iowa with probably marco rubio, rand paul, ted cruz, maybe rick santorum. we haven't heard yes or no from mike huckabee, say i'm not going to get bogged down talking about what the supreme court says is pivotal to the republican case? >> hillary talked about democrats like this issue so much more than republicans. it's so telling that christie does not want to take a position on this. you see that with so many republican candidates, back in 2012 a lot of republican candidates thought they had a winning argument in this idea of religious liberty. religion is popular. turns out birth control is more popular and democrats have become very skilled at putting this argument on their terms and convincing people that republicans are trying to take away your birth control and we have seen republicans from cory gardner in colorado to chris christie becoming very uncomfortable getting anywhere near this subject. >> this isn't the first time chris christie's used that argument on a social issue. last fall when they declined to move forward with the state challenge to

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in 2012, it was rick santorum darkest of dark horses on the national scene.h mitty tied romney for the caucuses in 2012 and actually has counted the historically close vote and it turned out that romney was edged santorum. >> game on. >> people tend to get keyed in because of the caucuses. become -- even if not everyone participates, everyone watches it. fun spectator sport for iowa yans. therefore, they have opinions issues.e weekend long, we're observing the history of des moines. hosted by our des moines cable context teampan visited des moines. learn about des moines all american history tv. >> it was surreal for the time that first 24 hours when the water started coming up. said, we knew there was going to be flooding but we've before andg everything like that. then people started talking beut this is not going to like any flood that you have experienced. it was a nice break that and then all hell loose. and themoines river raccoon river is the center not onlythe city, geographyically. the city started. will,ography, if you everything feeds there in term

. >> up next, after words with former representative rick santorum. ... the folks out there that are working people, most of whom don't have college degrees, folks that really still understand the value of work and the importance of work and responsibility in people that understand the importance of family and faith, believe in freedom and limited government. you say oh wow those are conservative republican voters and in many cases they are not. in fact a lot of them aren't voting at all because they don't really see either party talking to them about the concerns they have been trying to create an opportunity for them to live the american dream. if you look up the democratic party they talk about these voters a lot and in fact they talk about how they can give them certain things whether it's free health care or subsidize health care or increasing their wages with minimum-wage increases, a whole laundry list of things that they try to help but of course most of these folks don't want to be on a government program. they want to work. they want to have job

. >> he seems to have retreated to the corner where he can go around and pal around with rick santorum said, quote, sam takes on dragons. he is the warrior. so when the conservatives sort of fiscal mantle is falling apart or crumbling, wear the cloak of social conservatives and maybe that will get you votes. i just wonder if you think that is enough. like the exodus of republican support can be shored up by base voters who will come out and anger will propel them. >> so it's clear he's alienated a hugement amount of elite establishment. polling suggests he's also alien natu alienated voters. he's in a neck and neck fight with paul davis. it will be a very close race right down to the last weeks. >> there is also something that sam brownback was supposed to be the guy in the lab cooking up -- i won't do a breaking bad metaphor, but he was the poster child for here's how if worif is so well. but wonder if this is a message to conservatives that whenever this stuff is instituted, it didn't work out. >> this struggle has gone on for five years at least. an ideology born under ronald reagan

. >> host: senator rick santorum and the book is "blue collar conservatives" recommitting to an american that works. thanks a lot for joining us. that was really interesting. >> guest: thank you tucker. appreciate it. now representative james clyburn on his life growing up in the south and his political career that led him to being the third highest-ranking democrat in the house of representatives. this is an hour. in the late 1800's it was known as the manual institute. it was the first school developed for the children of newly freed slaves. since that time it has been a school for several generations and we are cited about the opportunity to turn this once again into a learning center. aiken has a rich and phenomenal history. a lot of times who are unaware of the history of the community that they live in. this facility will capture that history. i don't know if you know this or not but macon county was established by african-americans during the time of reconstruction. we want to tell the story of that history. i am an african-american baptist pastor and when i'm really excited about

. >> i thought he was playing for the hard cultural right, the rick santorum crowd. he used catholic u. as a base of operations. he was talking to the right wings in the country. >> he went to the wrong place. the republicans are silly. people under 35 won't vote for candidates who talk like this. this is why obama got 67% of the vote. >> i don't know about that. >> they haven't so far. >> we'll see. '16 is a long way off. >> certainly true. among women under 35 you are definitely correct. they are liberal on these issues. they don't buy what's called the traditional view. nobody is attacking heterosexual marriage. there is no marriage in jeopardy because it is a straight marriage. if you worry are about people being coupled together in a same sex situation that's your problem, not a real problem. i love that word coupling. anyway, up next, strong arm tactics on wall street. but not the usual kind. the sideshow is next. this is "hardball," the place for politics. dust irritating your eye? ♪ (singing) ♪ visine® gives your eyes relief in seconds. visine®. get back to n

. >> when you look at rick santorum's company's tape, almost like the apocolypse and nazi germany used here. this is some real ugly stuff. you're saying as a young man, these were the kind of things where we are driven now, actually plotted by some of the evangelical leaders for political purposes? >> absolutely. for instance, i'll give you an example. when we met with people like ronald reagan, they did not believe in the pro life issue as it was called, the anti-abortion movement. but they were told, if you want our votes, you have to do something about it. you've got say you believe in it. then they come in the office. then that moved along and then we started bashing guy people. and then guy people move along. now it is contraception. but what it is, is a strategy to look for ways to weaken and damage this president. >> whether or not the president really believes in it or not, they've got a feed to this extreme fire right religious group. you know, because rush limbaugh told women today that they didn't need contraception. listen to this, frank. >> pregnancy requires action that h

it helped catapult senator rick santorum to a win in 2012. thereabout along with mike huckabee. senator ted cruz, governor rick perry and louisiana governor bobby jindal. >> the corruption trial for former virginia republican governor bob mcdonnell and his wife began today in richmond. the mcdonnells are accused of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from the owner of a dietary supplement company. they have pleaded not guilty. >>> the fighting intensifies in the world's hot spots and there are a lot of them. we'll get reaction from the panel when we come back. so we gave her purina cat chow complete. it's great because it has the four cornerstones of nutrition. everything a cat needs for the first step to a healthy, happy life. purina cat chow complete. share your rescue story and join us in building better lives. one rescue at a time. honey, look i got one to land. uh-huh. (vo) there's good more... honey, look at all these smart rewards points verizon just gave me. ooh, you got a buddy. i'm like a statue. i just signed up and, bo

carla stewart is former national press secretary for rick santorum. should rick perry say yes?ile meeting on this very important issue, immigration, tomorrow in dallas? >> well, i spoke with someone in the governor's office a short time ago and the bottom line is this. they say that governor perry has been making the point that this is a national crisis for quite some time and wanted the president to see it first-hand and the fact that his invitation for the president to go see it face-to-face on the border, the fact that that was turned down, he's a little frustrated by that but at the end of the day, he's the governor of his state and he wants what's best for his state. i think between now and the time the president leaves texas, they will have some kind of conversation because at the end of the day, governor perry wants what's best for his state and certainly, for our country. >> we talked a little about this yesterday. i think it's stupefying some people as to why the president isn't going to the border. he's getting heat from republicans and from those in his own party. wh

mike huckabee and rick santorum lost to their establishment rivals in 2008 and 2012.ng me now to talk about this is robert costa of the washington post and susan page of usa today. thank you for joining me. i want to get this factually. when you hear rand paul talk you could take the lines we just showed you and give them to senator warren. it's about power, it's about the government and seemed to be by most people feeding in a welfare state way, feeding the rich more than helping the middle. your thoughtses? >> both politicians are trying to capture a populist moment. you see it throughout the democratic party and the republican party. look at the house gop. they are fighting this import, export bank. that's bubbling up the republican ranks. >> why doesn't the president -- i will get back to him. why doesn't president obama say if you're populist take out the loopholes? like tear down this wall. you're a populist, you're for the little people. why do you have carried are interest. why does the guy in equities make a fortune and not pay taxes on it? this is an unreaso

elizabeth warren could win a general election but i do think that she might go after voters that rick santorum has been going after, some of the independent, blue collar voters and a lot of her maximum wage, guaranteed salary rhetoric might resonate with people who have been at a hard time financing basic lives. >> we have bob beckel sat there in the chair yesterday saying that hillary is not running. maybe he's right. >> what is she doing? >> others have said she probably won't run. >> she's out there getting beat up. she must enjoy just for the fun of it. >> you bring up a good point. so far i've heard three good ones from you. >> all right. you didn't like my rapping. >> your rapping, well -- >> is that what you were doing? >> you're not familiar with jay z? >> you mean vanilla ice. >> but i know a little bit. >> it's like a broken dr. seuss book. no. we love you. >> this is what they do on imus. it's cool. sandra, we don't think she has legs going barred in terms of getting elected? >> no way. >> maybe the nominee but not the presidency. >> i think they would counter. >> your boyfriend sai

he hired rick santorum's manager, teamed with cory booker and backed a policy more popular with the public. this could mean paul will be an early target of established republicans all of next year. the third takeaway, chris christie has a lot of work to do. the new jersey governor has the heightest negative ratings among any of his rivals and that's among republicans. that's why he's pledging to come back to the state a lot. >> i'll see you back in iowa soon. >> all this activity and a mere 560 days away for iowa caucuses. for "meet the press," chuck todd, nbc news washington. >>> back to the roundtable to talk about the politics of the moment, still away from 2016. i want to pick up on chuck's point, rand paul, does he look like a republican front-runner this far out. if he does, he represents libertarian wing of the republican policy on foreign policy, such a big foreign policy week this is. you were saying that's striking to you. >> it is. particularly views on foreign policy don't sit well with republicans. >> where is dick cheney. >> in fact, rand paul's views on foreign policy isn't

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he hired rick santorum's former campaign manager. and he backs a less active foreign policy that happens to be more public with the public. this could mean that paul will be an early target of uneasy establishment republicans all of next year. and that brings us to our third takeaway, chris christie has a lot of work to do. the new jersey governor has the highest negative ratings of any of his republican rivals and that's just among republicans in both states. it's why he's policemening to come back to the state a lot. >> i'll see back here in iowa really soon. >> reporter: all this activity and we're just a mere 560 days away until the iowa caucuses. for "meet the press," chuck todd, nbc news, washington. >> we're back with our roundtable to talk about the politics of the moment, which is still a long way away from 2016. jason riley, i want to pick up on chuck's point about rand paul. does he look like a republican front-runner this far out? and if he does, he represents the libertarian wing of the republican party on foreign policy

. >> that was former senator rick santorum.ahoma was one of the ten states he won during the primary season but that's not surprising for a conservative state that hasn't backed a democrat for president since lbj isn't t in the landslide of '64. no democrat has won a single county in more than a decade since al gore won nine in 2000. republicans have run the table in all 77 oklahoma counties for three elections running. even when president obama ran the first time in 2008, he couldn't make any inroads. john mccain won the state by 32 points. the same margin of victory as president george w. bush four years earlier. we'll have much more all week on oklahoma's political climate as well as some actual climate concern, like tornado threats and alarming increase in earthquakes. you don't want to miss that. boomer sooner. >>> all right, trivia time. as we just mentioned, 2000 was the last year a democratic presidential nominee won any of oak laez 77 counties. congratulations to today's winner, yortal. congratulations, yortal. my mher

had michele bachmann running and herman cain and rick santorum and ron paul, not the right guy, never definitely going to be president. none of those people were. that circus was under way in the summer of 2011. republicans knew they had a great opportunity but knew these folks were not their candidate so they thought they had their prayers answered, when in august of that year, the candidate who was perfectly designed by god to defeat barack obama in an election in 2012, he finally got around to announcing that he was going to run. and rick perry is good looking, he's got an amazing head of very presidential hair. he had been governor of texas for, like, 150 years. he wears boots. he has an accent. he's very, very conservative. business likes him. social conservatives like him. rick perry on paper was perfect. he was definitely going to be president of the republican nominee for president. the week he announced gallup did a nationwide poll of republican voters and republican-leaning voters and picked rick perry as their nominee by a mile. the number of republican and republican-leadi

on the 9th, perry along with ted cruz, bobby jindal, mike huckabee and rick santorum will all be in ames for the evangelical family leadership summit. of course the 2016 action isn't all on the republican side. today in detroit vice president joe biden will speak for the first time in front of the largest gathering of progressive and liberal activists in the country, called net roots nation. if there's any chance for a democrat not named hillary to somehow emerge as a serious challenger, they'd need to become by becoming the darling of this crowd here on the left. unfortunately for biden, the message from our polls is pretty crystal clear. there's just no craving for an alternative to hillary clinton. iowa democrats helped end hillary clinton's first presidential campaign but she is crushing biden among just these same voters. she's ahead of him by 50, 5-0, points, 70 to 20. in new hampshire her lead is 56 points, 74-18. her favorable rating among iowa democrats is 89%. among new hampshire democrats, it's 94%. that is unheard of for anybody at this point in time. a second big takeaway fr