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- at politicoroger on twitter and facebook you can find me if you look hard enough by typing in roger simon. there's also another roger l. simon who's a conservative. don't get confused between us. >> we've been reading and seeing a lot about twitter, facebook recently. what part of online media going to play in the upcoming campaign. >> well, a large part. i think there's a lot of confusion about both twitter and facebook. i've only been on for a week. i'm new. but bill keller, a man i respect enormously, the outgoing editor of the "new york times" did a famous attack on twitter a couple of weeks ago. i really thought twitter was basically, you know, teenagers in the back of study hall, twittering messages to each other. it's got to be 140 characters or less. that encourages talking without thinking and how would you really have. of a conversation. it really turns out to be in my experience very unlike that. although i think teenagers spend a lot of time texting from their cell phones. i think twitter attracts somewhat older audience, you can find obviously a range of people. but the peopl

while political pros say palin will go from contender to pretender sooner than later roger simon sees it differently. >> i don't think the bus tour is about building her brand or increasing viewership for a tv show. i think she's seriously testing the waters for a bid. >> reporter: back to the unsecret dinner with the donald. palin emerged to not quite answer that question one more time. >> when do you think you're going to make your decision? >> not for many weeks still. i think that there is really a lot of time. >> reporter: palin confirmed her agenda today will start with ellis island and lady liberty. after that probably boston and new hampshire, but she hasn't said specifically, at least not to us. ann? >> mike taibbi, thanks. msnbc political analyst michael steele is the former chairman of the republican national committee. michael, good morning. >> good morning. >> she's calling it her one nation tour. if sarah palin is not run, what is she doing, michael? >> i think mike had it right. i think she's out there testing the water. i think she's experimenting with the limits to wh

simon as we wait to hear the announcement. thanks very much. >>> spain's rafael nadal making a run at becoming the king of clay. nadal beat roger open title. that ties him with bjorn borg, the name from the past. for the most french open titles ever. and he's only 25. so we could certainly see him in centre court for some time to come. and then in dallas, it was hot, and the heat was on top. 88-86. game three of the nba championship, dwyane wade was all over the court scoring 29 points, pulling down 11 rebounds. but it was chris bosh's last shot that clinches it. miami take ace two game to one lead. >>> space shuttle "atlantis" lifts off next month on the final mission of the space shuttle program. next we'll talk to san draw magnus. one of the astronauts on that flight. orful! [ female announcer ] together at last. introducing new stouffer's farmers' harvest with sides of lightly sauteed farm-picked vegetables. find more ways to get to the table at letsfixdinner.com. we could've gone a more traditional route... ... but it wouldn't have been nearly as memorable. ♪ no matter when you get around to booking, hotels.com will have a