ron paul was bashed apart. remember how rudy giuliani would smack him down when he said something about 9/11 last time around? he's tied with mitt romney. >> the grassroots of the republican party has moved in ron paul's direction since the last election. they view obama as mr. big government or worse and so, therefore, ron paul's anti-government party of no philosophy fits the mood at the grassroots of the republican party right now. it really does. >> gene, it's amazing the party is not party of the elected capitol hill boring crowd. >> this must be terrifying to the capitol hill boring crowd and to establishment candidates like mitt romney who thought it was all teed up for him the next time and you have this base that has drunk an awful lot of the kool-aid. basically. >> they're going to have a lot of fun this november because it's going to be about watching concession speeches from the democrats they manage to beat, right? that's fun. that's the beheadings in the french revolution. they'll watch that. at s

sarah palin, mike huckabee, ron paul, tim pawlenty. a few of the big names on the list for 1220. -- 2012. we'll tell you how each of them did, coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] try fixodent with a time-released formula. use just once per day for dawn-to-dark hold. it is important to use the product as directed. fixodent and forget it. >>> welcome back on a saturday. bottom of the hour of the here are your top headlines. rnc chair michael steele address ing southern republican conference blasting democratic lawmakers urging his party to take back congress in the november midterm. >> shock, sorrow, disbelief gripping poe land after the nation's president his wife and 95 others are killed in a plane crash in western russia. president obama sending his condolences. >> crews working to retrieve all the bodies from the west virginia coal mines final four were found today that brings the total number of dead to 29 making it the worst mining disaster in this country in four decades. >>> violent protests breaking out in thailand. the army and red

congressman ron paul joins us now.ank you, john, nice to be with you. >> over the weekend we heard a little bit of back and forth and difference of between sarah palin and newt gingrich whether it should be the party of no. gingrich saying you can't be the party of no. sarah palin, saying it's okay if you don't like something to say no. where do you come down on that? >> i agree with them both. if you don't like something you say no. there's an opposite to no you're saying yes to something. i have to say no to most of the legislation in washington but i am saying yes to the constitution and principles of liberty. in a way they are both right. i don't think there's too much of a agreement there. >> newt gingrich seemed to be saying, that you have to sort of stand for something you can point to. maybe legislatively or on principle, standing up and explaining. when you're the minority party in congress it's harder to show, this is what we want to get done. what is your role as the minority party in congress when it comes

ron paul of texas and former presidential candidate. stephanie miller, talk radio host, her website stephaniemiller.com. and andrea tantaros, "new york daily news." big news today. supreme court justice john paul stevens is retiring. who should obama pick to replace him? stephanie? >> well, i'm going to say the most liberal person in the world. i'm going to say janeane garofalo, shakira, michael moore. andrea, the thing is, honestly, i hope that the president doesn't choose his centrist bipartisan path on this that he normally does, governor, because this is a very liberal justice, and in my opinion, the supreme court is already listing very far to the right with the citizens united decision. i call them scrotus, the very far right justices on the supreme court. so he needs to pick a liberal. there doesn't need to be any reason to reach out to the other side on this one. >> jesse: okay. andrea? >> you can sleep soundly tonight, stephanie, because i have absolutely faith that the president will stick to his liberal values and pick a liber

let's look with you, emily, at the very close second, that being ron paul.one sort of seems like an anomaly. is he a viable could be tender? >> no. he's really not a viable contender to be the republicans' national representative. i think he plays an important role within the party. certainly he enjoys tremendous popularity and enthusiastic popularity, people really do love ron paul but he represents a part of the party that, you know, might not be the predominant element of the party when it comes to a race against democrats in a national presidential race. i don't think he would win that. you did see, though, that he won the conservative straw poll back in february, i think it was. it shows he has tremendous popularity but i think seeing these two republicans at the top of the straw poll is interesting because they really do represent the two parts of the party. but i think ron paul is more of the conscience of the party, a standard-bearer for the tea partiers and the real fiscal conservatives. but i just don't see him as a viable national candidate. anoth

. >>> and the man beloved by the country's libertarians, ron paul joins me on the set to talk about the tea parties and their future. what a get he is tonight. >>> i'll finish with a thought on how negative political advertising, attack ads, if you will, work to depress democracy. not a great thing to be doing in america these days. we start with the senate race up in pennsylvania. joining me right now is senator arlen specter. senator specter, thank you for coming on tonight. i want you to talk about your tv ad running in pennsylvania right now. here's the ad, we're going to run it free for you. i want you to respond to why you're running it right now. here it is. let's listen. >> joe sestak. releeved of duty in the navy for creating a poor command climate. joe sestak, the worst attendance of any pennsylvania congressman. and near the bottom of the entire congress. last year alone, sestak missed 127 votes. he says the missed votes weren't important. he went campaigning instead. let's say no to no-show joe. >> and here's part of a web video your campaign put out last summer, let's watch

in just a bit we'll get republican texas congressman ron paul on this program. we'll ask him for his take on the tea party movement. and plus, wait until you see where congressman paul placed in a hypothetical matchup against president obama for 2012. >>> brand new weekly numbers painting an ugly picture of the job market right now. the labor department reporting unexpected spike in unemployment. 484,000 people filing first time claims last week, meaning, seeking unemployment benefits. and that is the second straight week of rising jobless numbers. james rosen live in washington. james, they want, the obama administration and the country wants these numbers to be going into the other direction. any word from the administration why they see this surge in the new claims in the past couple weeks? >> reporter: the labor department, megyn, which puts out these numbers claims the spike owes its part to seasonal adjustments based on easter and cesar chavez day only formally observed in california. bottom line the american job market remains very tough. let's break the n

that is ron paul, his son, kirkesh and the one in mexico. i think they have our country's best interest in mind. if we really want to repair our federal government, we have to start paying attention across state lines and left -- and elect the candidates that really represent the constitution. host: michele on the democratic line, good morning. what do you think? are you making political donations? caller: this will be the first time that i believe that i will make contributions. i am unemployed. it will be hard. but think that i will. i feel that finally, and i agree with the caller from california. we have someone in office who does care about the people. i think the political atmosphere is very complicated, and has a grilling countered a lot of things that were supposed to be done. the economic problems we have been having, but i think president obama is doing a great job. he is working hard. he is the hardest working president i have seen since i have followed politics. i think that is because of all the complications we have. host: let

it's getting nasty between trey grayson, the establishment candidate, and rand paul, ron paul's son. w does that look? >> rand paul, no matter what the establishment throws at him, no matter what and his family, he continues to lead this thing by double digits. the interesting thing to watch, just a hunch, if rand paul wins this primary, i believe he'll win in the fall. the republicans won't lose kentucky in 2010. i have a hunch he'll run for president in 2012. his father will be 77 years old. the times has never been better for the ron paul message in the republican primary. ron paul is winning the straw polls, they need a ron paul candidate out there. >> it's a berry gold water message too. it's a get the government out of your face, get the united states out of world affairs, it's classic old time conservativism. steve, take a look at florida. we're reporting that kidick chey has endorsed marco rubio. where does it go now? >> the question is will charlie crist drop out of this race and run as an independent this year or will he drop out of this race and run as a republican in 2012

former massachusetts governor mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul. sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich each had 18% of the vote. >>> a contrite michael steele addressed the delegation last night. he admitted making mistakes and vowed to learn from them. >> i'm the first here to admit i made mistakes and it's incumbent on me to take responsibility and make necessary changes and move on. we've all had to do that from time to time. but the one mistake, the one mistake we cannot make this november is to lose. >> steele's comments drew a standing ovation in the room. they have been doinged by questi questionable spending. there have also been questions on huge spending trips and meals. all of that led top advisers to cut ties with steele and to call for his resignation. >>> protesters in thailand are refusing to back down after deadly clashes with soldiers. more than 800 people have been injured in all this. the protestors known as red shirts want the prime minister to dissolve the legislature and call new elections. they are refusing to ne

ron paul has, he doesn't cow down to lobbyists and he is not bought off by apac. d i stand right on foreign policy and that's what's high jacking our country. guest: paul was at the thursday tea party in d.c. paul's movement start add lot of the icons and a lot of ideas of the tea party movement but you're right. without agreeing with you on everything, you're right that the more foreign policy neo conservatives in the republican party make up most of this movement. two years ago people ron paul supporters who opposed bases overseas, foreign aid, right now they were sara palin supporters. and there's a debate happening in the tea party movement. the neo conservatives have the upper hand. the paul people don't have the advantage. but there is a debate whether or not we get back to the constitutional government that means kind of a manifesto strength everywhere or that means pulling back. right now the people who want blaces in as many countries as possible, long-term commitments are the ones running this movement. and for someone like yourself, for ron paul too i ca

[cheers and applause] >>> ron paul, ron paul!lly, it is much easier and makes more sense to cut the militarism and the bases overseas than to cut child welfare here at home. i do not hesitate for a minute. i know we would be stronger for it. when we went to korea, i was in high school. that was 60 years ago. we're still there. it costs us a lot of money. what we have to have troops there? we do not have troops in vietnam. we came back to vietnam. people were embarrassed about that. the imam, in our feet, are better friends and more capitalistic the north korea. north korea is not our friend. 20 years of the french and american trying to tell the vietnamese have to be westernized failed at a horrible cost to us. we have won more in peace than in war. they are our trading partners now. we can do better with peace and with war -- thank wit with war.

then there's the ron paul camp which is against big government.e who came for the rally on a weekend, over 400 people, there was a direct split between the two camps. sarah palin, of 52% said under no circumstance would they vote for sarah palin for president. if it chose not everybody is a sarah palin republican as part of the tea party movement. we are trying to figure out how big the group is and who they are. they have a profound effect in kentucky where the tea party- backed candidate is beating the establishment candidate in the senate race. then we see in texas last month it did not have the impact in some of the local races a lot of people thought they would. >> who speaks for them and who do they feel their leader is? >> 15% would like to see sarah palin as the next candidate for the republican party. 15% said the same thing for ron paul. there's not a leader. a lot of folks in the media want to say it's the conservative base of the american party, but the truth is a big segment of the department does not like the republican party at all.

former massachusetts governor mitt romney barely edged out texas congressman ron paul. now, sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich each had 18% of the vote. >>> a contrite michael steele addressed delegates at the conference last night. the chairman of the republican national committee has been getting a lot of attention. he acknowledged making some mistakes and vowed to learn from them. >> i'm the first here to admit i've made mistakes. and it's been incumbent on me to take responsibility, shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on. we've all had to do that from time to time. but the one mistake, the one mistake we cannot make this november is to lose. >> steele's comments drew a standing ovation in the room. the party chairman's been dogged by disclosures of questionable spending of the money, including paying to reimburse a noncommittee staffer for a $2,000 tab at a sex-themed california nightclub. donors have questioned huge increases in spending on private jets, limo trips and meals. all that led some top advisers to cut ties with stee

so did rick santorum and ron paul.upporters of mitt romney and ron paul were the only ones visibly organizing for the gathering. evangelicals for mitt romney, who say they operate independently of his campaign, offered 200 tickets to republicans who would commit i am writing to voting for romney in the straw poll. a minor reality check for sarah palin and the intensity of the ron paul base support." switching gears, we are turning to another story in "the washington post." looking at the school days of president obama and his early education in indonesia. you are in beijing, thank you for joining us. tell us about the piece that you did. what was your motivation to look at this catholic school in jakarta? caller: i was addressing the accusations that the president attended an islamic with ross of -- host: i think we just lost andrew higgins with that connection to beijing. we will try to get back to him. "long shadowed that he had attended old school pals to come clean about the past. the truth is clear, according to t

[cheers and applause] >>> ron paul, ron paul!ch easier and makes more sense to cut the militarism and the bases overseas than to cut child welfare here at home. i do not hesitate for a minute. i know we would be stronger for it. when we went to korea, i was in high school. that was 60 years ago. we're still there. it costs us a lot of money. what we have to have troops there? we do not have troops in vietnam. we came back to vietnam. people were embarrassed about that. the imam, in our feet, are better friends and more capitalistic the north korea. north korea is not our friend. 20 years of the french and american trying to tell the vietnamese have to be westernized failed at a horrible cost to us. we have won more in peace than in war. they are our trading partners now. we can do better with peace and with war -- thank wit with war. if there is a need to go to war, it should be done properly. the rules would be quite different. if you are an advocate of personal liberty, we are advocates for limited government, small government.

>> if it is, then ron paul is a serious contender for the 2012 nomination. at cpac earlier. they are a fun thing and entertaining but don't necessarily indicate where the parties are going and we are two years away. they both organized and had people on the ground there to gin support for the straw poll and that is usually what it takes at the southern republican leadership conference. >> and you are here working. >> thanks for acknowledging that. >> people are saying how come you weren't there? because i have a job and i have to be here in new york. >> exactly. you are part of the stimulate the economy situation. >> i need to stimulate it. i don't want to join the ranks of the evergrowing unemployed you are nevertheless a gop karling. a top rated show that everybody watches. and people want to know if you gorgeous run? >> the honest answercy don't know. right now i am doing what i love doing and i think that the voice that i have here at fox and on radio every day. >> and in your book. >> and in the books. and i honestly do believe it is too early. i think

asked whist politician best exemplifies tea party goals, the top vote getters were sarah palin and ron paul. to see the entire poll, go to politico.com. >>> coming up, oklahoma city 15 years later. >> today is a great day to remember. >> remembering those vietnam war veterans who are not included on the memorial wall. >> bright sunshine and mild temperatures but some changes near. temperatures but some changes near. bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. if you're at high risk of heart disease and taking a statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and raise good cholesterol to help improve all three cholesterol numbers. trilipix has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or stroke more than a statin alone. trilipix is not for everyone, including people with liver, gallbladder, or severe kidney disease, or nursing women. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you are pregnant or may become pregnant.

what we did find is a tossup, obama 42, ron paul, 41%.nk this tells us a lot about the frustration that many voters are feeling with president obama and the economy. but the reality is, until the 2010 elections are behind us and we see how the president reacts, we won't have any kind of a good read on where his numbers will be in 2012. >> gregg: democrats have been accusing the gop of being the party of no, obstructionists and so forth. we heard sarah palin in a speech say nothing wrong with being the party of no when the democrats are engaging in what she characterized as bad behavior. what did you find? >> first of all, 75% of americans do recognize the party of no refers to the republican party. 39% of voters say it's good to be the party of no. 34% say it's not. what this means is that if you're in a republican leaning district or a district a lot of independent voters, it's okay to be the party of no. won't work so well in a heavy democratic district. but think about this, with 75% of americans knowing that the republican party is th

are about evenly divided in the party between the social conservative palin and the libertarian ron paulw politico poll that actually answers the question. who are the tea partyers? >>> plus, do the fraud charges against goldman sachs increase the democrats' chances of passing wall street reform? president obama put a name and a face to the republican opposition to that effort, mitch mcconnell. this may be a battle the democrats can actually win. >>> in florida, signs that charlie crist may have decided he can't win the republican nomination for u.s. senate. if he runs as an independent it may give the democrats the best chance they have of taking that seat. >>> let me finish tonight with what i think about americans who think they need guns to protect themselves from their own government. >>> we start with today's pro-gun rallies in washington and virginia. larry pratt is executive director of gun owners of america and skip is the founder of the second amendment march. gentlemen, thank you for joining us

what do you think about ron paul's effort to audit the fed and then more importantly abolish the fed? >> well, he sold more books than me so far. [laughter] >> i think this is an example of why -- if reasonable politicians on both sides of the aisle don't come up with reasonable solutions, people are going to gravitate toward these unreasonable solutions. we don't need to get rid of the fed. what we can't depend on monetary policy is our only regulatory tool which is effectively what we've done for 20 years. i mean, people -- monetary policy is wrong. it's the human condition for monetary policy to be wrong. but we need limits on borrowing so that mistakes in monetary policy don't create any asset bubble in one particular asset class that becomes so big that it can't fix itself without destroying the economy. and we need to do more with monetary policy and focusing on the fed what it did right and wrong is a drack on my view. -- distraction on my view, thank you. >> hi, this is ray niles. what about getting rid of some of the regulations that i would view as sort of part of the root c

ron paul was mentioned. similar uproar, a much bigger one of was generated by the release of the report or the leak of the dhs report. that was a tempest in a teacup. it did not do anything it was accused of. it was attacked as supposedly characterized him all returning the vets as potential timothy mcveigh's. it was withdrawn ultimately by janet napolitano. . . host: and they were arrested as they were about to invade for good in central texas to kill as many people as they could because they believed that foreign troops were being trained their to assist in martial law on the united states and so on. these are ultimately where these kinds of conspiracy theories lead. of course, there are pilots, eu pilots and other military officials that are trained over here as various cooperation programs. that is not a secret. that does not mean that fema is running concentration camps or anything else like that. host: a stake a call from don in michigan -- let's take a call from john in michigan. caller: may i call yo

ron paul was mentioned. those kinds of ideas. you know, similar kind of uproar, much bigger one really. it was generated by the release of the report, the leak of the rather dhs report are last spring. that was the tellist in the tea cup. that report did not do anything that was accused of. american legion attacked it as characterizing all returns vets as potential timothy mcveighs. they wouldn't do anything that. it was known in janet napolitano in political characterization. >> host: there are programs in the u.s. military where troops from various countries come over here to train with u.s. troops. but they are not actually deployed here, are they? >> guest: no, that's absolutely right. but these kinds of fears have ended in criminal violence a number of times. i remember back in 1997 when i am not mistaken two men were arrested who had been principals in the militia movement, they were arrested as they were about to invade fort food -- fort hood to kill as many people as they could, because they believed foreign troops were b

[applause] thank you. >> ron paul! ron paul! ron paul! >> thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. it sounds like a freedom rally. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] well, it is great to see so much enthusiasm for the freedom movement and limited government. i want thank the host of the convention for and by now. i'm delighted to be here among friends. my wife is here today and i'm very pleased with that, too. [applause] you know, this last week, our report came out on friday -- a report came out on friday from the treasury. it shocked even me, even having been concerned about deficits 35 years ago. yesterday, it was reported by the treasury that this last week, our national debt went up $106 billion in one day. i would say it is time to it end that kind of spending and get rid of the deficits. [cheers and applause] getting rid of the deficits is easily said. i guess everybody wants to get rid of the deficits. there is an effort in washington today, and our side of the aisle, which is well-intended, might do some good, but i think it comes u

like ron paul said, iran is not a suicide mission.srael has more than 400 nuclear weapons and they are not part of the non-proliferation treaty but nobody talks about israel. guest: i think it is an ongoing debate and discussion of what we need to do in israel. i have met with many people in organization to support or israel is today, but they are always under attack in a lot of ways. our goal has to be how to figure out how to move that region into a more peaceful state. if we do not do that, it will jeopardize not only the work that is being done today and yesterday, but as well, the stability of the world. this is an ongoing effort and we need to work with neighbors to figure out there right approach to bring peace to the region. this is a very troubling area, as we know. host: our guest is in the commerce committee and veterans affairs committee. a phone call from memphis, tennessee. margaret on the democrats' line. caller: i wanted to make a comment. i noticed we have so many right- wing wing nuts on c-span. i have been watching

ron paul followed with one vote less. overnor sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich in third and fourth. cnn asked congressman paul about the goals of the tea party movement. >> i think clearly there is a fair amount of disagreement on where they come down on, say, the war on drugs and foreign policy. what unifies them is they are disgusted with hearing promises and not being fulfilled by the politicians. they don't trust the government. they are concerned about the size and scope of the government and bankruptcy of government. >> the tea party express is rolling toward a tax day protest in washington on thursday. the road trip started in the far west. today the tea party express is in buffalo then on to syracuse. cnn's political producer shannon travis is along for the ride. boy, how long have you been on the road trip. >> reporter: it's hard to hear you. we're in buffalo. but these tea party activists are calling it a victory tour. they say the fact that congressman bart stupak decided not to seek re-electio

romney and just behind romney by one vote, congressman, ron paul, triumphs of organization over celebrityas palin coming in third overall with gingrich nine votes behind wechlt didn't want to leave the sarah palin subject without sharing some of saturday night live. >> it seemed like the next logical step was to launch my own network. if you like fun, you are going to love our afternoon block of game shows. at 2:00 p.m., tea party wheel of fortune. at 2:30, catch me in "are you smarter than a half-turned governor." i think you will be surprised by the answer. i know i was. >> reporter: up next, our discussion with an actor and the creator of a powerful new hbo series about post-katrina life here in new orleans. ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring oh sure, we have plenty of employees that... you can label as "different." like janice. uh-huh. yeah. fashion deficient. and tom... copy incapable. it's open kimono time. looking good, dan. oh, we want to

someone like ron paul might do it, but he is kind of an eye duck himself. theodore roosevelt did it in 1912 with the bull moose party and split the republican party int two. >> ross perot put the budget deficit on the map. ross perot made it possible for bill clinton not to address that issue with historical significance. the one person out there who is in a position to do that would be mayor bloomberg of new york. >> alright, we will switch subjects. this is a stream of consciousness hour. what is the best historical book of history that you have read recently? i would say that i have reread "the best and brightest." i don't just look at the kennedy administration in vietnam, but stylistically. i think he was the best writer of history since 1945. i also read his book, "the powers that be." his ability to be a journalist and historian and had a bit of a novelist flair and a seamless fashion seems to me that he is a well-known person. he was a genius at this creative nonfiction narrative about america. you get a real slice of the country. >>8 karr ran him o

in kentucky, we have the son of ron paul, who we are now endorsing in the state of kentucky. . they seem to think that having democrat led works. you read the platform and it is very good in terms of our issues, but we have some letters that cannot seem to stick to it. one that has been a real leader for conservatives, i do not think he is in any political trouble, senator and jim demint. [applause] going to skip our candidate [unintelligible] we're going to let her, on the program in a few minutes. in the house, we have five members of congress who have voted wrong and every single important vote, bailout, cap and trade, obama care, the stimulus, yet there districts are very conservative. john mccain has won all of those districts. john spratt has been forever in south carolina. in west virginia 1, there is william monahan. hopefully, we will get them -- we will get rid of them before november and not in november. we have two of the most obnoxious members of the congress. one person who has been particularly hostile to the tea party of movement is a freshman and a republican i

that banner comes from a segment in no. 3 when we did have rondel -- when we did have ron paul appearnk that they are great. >> and why? >> mostly hugability. i think that is why i like them so much. >> they always want to shake your hand. if you have a baby, they will hold it for you. >> who is your favorite of all times? >> i became quite endeared to john boehner. he delivered one of the most memorable choruses in politics from any era. >> and it was basically what? >> hell no, hell no, hell no. >> ♪ hell no, hell no, hell no ♪ >> michael, do you have a favorite? >> the three that we just saw -- pelosi, john bamir, joe biden -- john boehner, joe biden. >> we would be remiss if we did not describe joe biden as one of our favorites. >> god bless, god bless, god bless america. >> they have standout voices and they will hold your babies, too. >> the next one is a serious speech from years ago. who got that idea? >> the first historical speech that we did was martin luther king, jr. jfk was an obvious choice for an inaugural address. >> let's do the martin luther king. >> when did you do

secretary of state who is backed by the establishment but many tea party folks are backing rand paul, ron paul'son. a definite outsider who people thought would get steam rolled. right now he is tied in the polls. if paul pulls it out that's a major coo for the tea party folks and could foreshadow a trend for november. harris? >> all right, caroline. thank you. a violent bloody murder in south africa. the victim a former political leader who fought to keep apartheid going in the 1990s. the body of eugene blanche discovered on his own farm a colleague saying he was beaten with pipes and hacked to death with pangas, big african knives used to cut through the jungle growth. he was the former leader of a political group that wanted to create whites only state within south africa. he lived in obscurity in recent years. in fact police believe he was murdered by a young man and teenager in a dispute over wages. iran's hard line regime again defying the west tonight. this time daring the united states for more punishment. president mahmoud ahmadinejad saying potential new sanctions would only serve to s

rand paul who is ron paul's son. are you going to enter the race? >> at this point, i have decided not to get involved in kentucky. i have said before i think rand paul is one of the best candidates we have as republicans in the country today. that's one race, at least at this point, i'm going to stay out ofme. >> i can't help myself. will the republicans take the senate come november? >> i think your question was will we take the senate. i think we have a good shot of taking the house. i'm not sure there are enough slots open in the senate to actually take it back this time. we are hoping for a good election. the key for me, larry, is to get four or five republicans who are committed to stopping the spending, the borrowing, government takeovers. if we can do that in the senate, if we don't take it over in 2010 we definitely will in 2012. >> senator jim demint of south carolina, we appreciate it, sir. good luck on saving the gop's soul. >> thank you, larriment. >> thank you, sir. >>> tomorrow we visit with dick durbin, the number two democrat in the

party and i a agree with what is being said about the policies of like the few to be more consistent ron paul gave the best speech. but when the talks about interventionist foreign policy that is just wrong. you cannot say something about the obama then be in favor of the war. >> host: any thoughts? >> guest: the tea party movement is largely driven by the disgust of the level of spending it doesn't have to be with poor's or social policy. >> host: a democratic caller excuse me independent line go-ahead. >> caller: good morning. i was calling those people from the beginning when he was running for president they were getting called the obama zombies because they don't see it. >> host: we will let you go there and wrap up with jason with final thoughts. >> guest: i appreciate your support. she is from staten island i grew up in brooklyn. many americans buyer's remorse have said in. they may have been former zombies but now slop back to reality because policies are at a direct aim of their futures and what he has promised has not materialized. i hope many young people like up, -- wake up to rea

many tea party folks are backing ron paul's son a definite outsider. right now he's tied in the polls. paul pulls it you major cue for the tea party folks and could for shadow a trend for november. >>> we are learning more about monday's deadly homicide bombings on the moscow subway system this is one of the accused bombers pictured with her husband. killed by russian security forces last year. separately human rights group saying the attack was likely motivated by a russian security forces attack in february in the country's north. the group saying four civilians and 18 militants were cut down by russian forces in that attack. >>> folks in new york have been thinking about this this wake of the moscow bombings. how safe are our subways and trains? almost 14 million people ride the rails everyday. the federal government spends 100 times more money on air security. with a look inside the numbers rick leventhal has this report. >> reporter: a show of force in new york city train and subway stations. a surge of heavily armed officers from multiple agent s

texas congressman of 2008 candidate ron paul is staple at such gatherings and is sure to get huge ovationsbig names will be noticeably absent. minnesota governor tim pawlenty canceled his appearance to take part in welcome home ceremony for troops returning from overseas and mitt romney is on a book tour. the big speeches start tonight with newt gingrich. one candidate who is not here mitt romney may have an edge in the straw poll counted on saturday. his supporters sponsored a reception and taken out a full-page ad in the program. it says the economy is a moral issue. it's from evangelicals for mitt. it says a guy who knows how to balance a checkbook. supporters are buying the only ad by a candidate in the program, itself. >> chris: carl cameron in new orleans. that sounds dangerous. thank you. the campaign manager for florida governor charlie crist reaffirmed today charlie crist will run in the republican senate primary and not independent. he's trailing former house speaker marco rubio in the polls. wednesday the governor gave a vague answer when asked about an independent run. the late

at 1:00 p.m., we will be live at that conference in norman spinco speakers include a ron paul and steele. next, remarks from author barbara ehrenreich, chris hayes, and harold meyerson and activists and the obama administration. a spoke at georgetown university in washington. this is two hours >> welcome. think you for joining us for this panel discussion. this is of labor, the left, and progresses in the obama error -- era. before i go any further, i would like to single of several people whose are hard work made tonight's event possible. first, the staff of the kalmanovitz initiative. their help was invaluable in putting the seven together tonight. our student workers -- i would also like to thank rachel from the georgetown university office of communications and joanne who helped with the logistics of this event tonight and put the panel together. her hope was indispensable in many ways to organizing the event. finally, i would like to think the free trade journals that have co-sponsored this event tonight. "dissent,"t"the n-- "dissent," "the nation," and "the american prospect." in n

congressman ron paul, lots to talk about, that's what you'll do with chris matthews, coming up.cer: trying to be good to your heart? so is campbell's healthy request soup. low in fat and cholesterol, heart healthy levels of sodium, and taste you'll love. chef: we're all kind of excited about it. guy: mmm! i can see why. announcer: campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good! for your heart. >>> the goal is do make certain that taxpayers are never again on the hook because a firm is deemed too big to fail. >> the president today, diagnosing the disease that plagues our country -- too big do fail. but not offering a cure. that's the topic of today's "town square," a group of senate democrats introducing a bill that would shrink of nation's largest banks. bank of america, wells fargo and jp morgan chase, along with goldman sachs, citigroup and morgan stanley. it would also have an impact on companies like the parent of this network, general electric. the bill aims to close loopholes in an existing rule that says no single bank can hold more than 10% of our nation's deposits. it woul

romney and, just behind romney by one vote, congressman ron paul, both triumphs of organization overs for a palin/gingrich showdown, it was palin coming in third overall with gingrich nine votes behind. and we didn't want to leave sarah palin subject without sharing some of last night's "saturday night live," where tina fey reprised her role as the former alaska governor. >> it just seemed like the next logical step was to launch my own network. if you like fun, you're just going to love our afternoon block of game shows. at 2:00 p.m., it's tea party wheel of fortune. and at 2:30, catch me in "are you smarter than a half-term governor?" i think you'll be surprised by the answer. i know i was. >>> up next, our discussion with an actor and the creator of a powerful new hbo series about post-katrina life here in new orleans. ♪ [ researcher ] if you're using the leading sensitivity toothpaste, you may be missing some of the protection you need for a healthy mouth. with crest pro-health toothpastes, you don't need to make that trade-off. [ sela ] crest pro-health is the first and only lea

romney took the top spot with 439 votes, edging out texas congressman ron paul, former alaska governorpalin and former house speaker newt gingrich rounded out the top four. gop national chairman michael steele also did some damage control this weekend speaking before a half empty conference hall. >> democrats also know's they have some explaining to do. and they love nothing more than for us to keep pointing fingers at me and others instead of their radical un-american agenda. i'm the first here to admit i've made mistakes. it's been incumbent on me to take responsibility, shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on. >> steele has faced fierce criticism over his management of the republican national committee and questionable spending including the latest up roar over a $2,000 tab at a sex-themed nightclub. steele taking heat over his response when asked if he thinks race is a factor in all this criticism of his leadership. >> do you feel that as an african-american you have a slimmer margin for error than another chairman would? >> the honest answer is yes. >> why is

issue >> old feud over the causes of 9/11, between former new york mayor giuliani and congressman ron pauls heating up again. it began right here on fox back in 2007. remember this? >> have you ever read about the reasons they tacked us? they attack us because we've been over there, we've been bombing iraq for 10 years! i'm suggesting that we listen to the people who attacked us and the reasons they did it. they are delighted that we are over there, because osama bin laden has said i'm glad you are over on our sand because we can target you so much easier. >> that's an extraordinary statement someone who lived throughout attack that we invited the attack because we were tack iraq i don't think i've before and i've heard some absurd explanations for september 11th. >> sean: paul's son is running for senate in kentucky, giuliani has endorsed his opponent. giuliani noted grayson is not part of the blame america first crowd. this did not sit well with the elder paul who slammed the mayor for his endorse accusing him of slithering into the race. slither or not, i think it is fair to say that ma

runners-up included ron paul, sarah palin, and newt gingrich. now from day 3 of the congress, remarks from senator david bitter and former senator rich santorum. this is one hour, 10 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] thank you so much. thank you, andy, and thanks to all of you for the warm welcome. even more than that, thanks for doing all that you do for our republican party, and thanks for doing it this week in louisiana. we really appreciate that. [applause] and i want to give a special thanks to many of you who are backed, having been here, worked here, toiled here right after katrina, with church groups, civic groups from around of louisiana, the south, around the country, and a special, special thanks from the bottom of my heart as a louisiana andn for all of that help it in our time of need. thank you for your help in that. [applause] as you can tell, being here five years later, we are rebuilding very succ

now congressman alan grayson, democrat from florida who sponsored the audit in the fed bill with ron paul. congressman, pleasure to see you again and on the phone president of fleckenstein capital and more importantly author of -- does an exceptional job of explaining exactly how the godfather greenspan allowed the banks to perplate to con. and bill profited rather handsomely against the conspacek because knowing it was a bubble. >> i would likely more frustrated than i am that our congress' unwillingness to acknowledge or understand the con or address it. why does it continue to be so difficult and continues to be difficult for ghb our congress to really deal with. >> i've had the benefit of worked with an economist for for four years before i was electsed to congress and that does give me some insight into how this works. i think a lot people on capitol hill didn't how this works just as you just described. clearly they should be listening to your show. >> if you don't understand that the bank's incentive is to lend as much money as possible without repercussions. the only way they make

texas congressman ron paul came in a very close second. i mean just one point separating them.hile sarah palin and newt gingrich rounded out the top four spots. the republican party's chairman is working to recover from an embarrassing series of disclosures that put his leadership under fire. facing questions about reckless spending michael steele told the conference it's not only republicans who need to come clean. >> democrats also know they have some explaining to do. and they would love nothing more than for us to keep pointing fingers at me and others instead of their radical un-american agenda. i'm the first here to admit i've made mistakes and it's been incumbent on me to take responsibility, shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on. >> it was steele's first public appearance since he began to face calls for his resignation. we're going to have a lot more coming up with the political panel later on this hour. you can also stay up to the minute on the latest political headlines on our website. that is firstread.msnbc.com. it is the place for politics.

have tray grayson seen as more of an establishment candidate, and ran paul as the opponent, son of ron paul, the former presidential candidate, endorsed by sarah palin and jim bunning. he's actually ahead in the primary race. this is going to be a test to whether a tea party sentiment or movement has real political power. >> i think david, first thing we have to define is what's the tea party itself? if you say it's the anger that people feel about the economy, et cetera, that's giving the tea party too much credit. we had two recent tea party demonstrations in washington, one a week before the health care vote, drew about 1,000 people. the tax day rally by the organizers' own estimate was 1,50 people. if i organized aa rally for stronger laws to protect pup byes, i would get 100,000. i think it's blown out of proportion. secondly, there is anger out there at washington, at wall street and it's anger that's justified. we, the american people were handed a bad deal by wall street. >> there's a real thing here, whether there's the culture wars being replaced by the government wars. people rea

congressman ron paul will look at it again. senator john thune of south dakota may look at it. mike huckabee may take a look at it but i don't think he goes, and then we are keeping an eye on rick perry, the governor of texas. it could be a very, very interesting field, lots of fun people and i hope i don't, sound like a know it all. the only thing that we're certain about is uncertainty. i mean, this is a scrutiny business, weird things happen, that this is sort of my best cut on what i think is happening, why it's happening and what to look for for the next couple of years. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the role that goldman sachs and banks had in the current downturn. goldman sachs executives testify before a subcommittee to day lives at 10:00 a.m. eastern on cspan 3. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online and you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube and sign up for our scheduled over e- mails that c-

mitt romney finished first beating ron paul by one vote. palin narrowly beat newt gingrich for third. congresswoman, what does that tell you about where the g.o.p. is now in finding a candidate to run against barack obama and make him the one-term president you say he is going to be? >> well, i think we're going to have a full bench of great candidates coming in to 2012. if you look at the approval numbers for president obama, he has fallen faster and farther than any previous president in the polling. i think it's his policies that people are looking at and they're recoiling from. his is not an agenda that people want to embrace. therefore, i think that our candidate needs to be a strong, bold, courageous, constitutional conservative. and i don't know that we fully yet know who our front-runner will be. although, the results that came out yesterday point to mitt romney. but i think a lot will happen in the next two years. we'll have a vigorous debate coming forward with our candidates. and i know we are going to put together a top flight c