have you ever googled the word santorum?ndraising letter apparently is trying to make sure that everybody does that. the letter opens up with a description of last week's bill mahrer show on books hbo, you may recall mr. savage google bombed the word santorum when you look it up on line -- yeah. the fundraising letter says instead of having an intellectual conversation, they broke into vile attack against me. i refuse to repeat these sexual references because the references are far too inappropriate. this is the reason why my children cannot google their father's name. rachel maddow serves as his lackey. if you had not heard about the whole google santorum, would you run to your paycheck? dan savage, rachel maddow, would you race to your checkbook to scrawl out a check for $25, $50, $100? or would you out of curiosity google santorum? imagine the fundraising discussion about this. all right, what we know we will accomplish is that every one of our most core supporters across the country will be told in effect, go google the

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girls being in power in fact the other presidential candidate who signed the ridiculous bridge rick santorum is a man so let's just stick to criticizing these people for their actions and there is plenty of critique plenty of material but let's not criticize them for their gender and as for women being in power i say the more the better now lastly i'd like to respond to one of my were conservative viewers apparently apparently i'm offending him coffee is necessary said on you tube god alone to stop dressing so provocative you seem as if you're attempting to seduce random it now believe it or not this is actually not the first view or is that an issue with the way i dress and while i thank you for your feedback i gotta say i really don't care i dress the way i like and if random men happen to be seduced by it so be it and that's it for my ranting today i'm going to have more as usual for you later in the week. well it looks like somebody's having a bad case of the mondays the activist organization anonymous sent out notices to their twitter pages today that something big was coming they said

s first african-american president really really is the family leader michele bachmann rick santorum they're advocating for maybe back to the days of the south to return the days of slavery a little thing called the civil war or civil war or not to mention all of that is grossly inaccurate from a historical perspective so why in the world anyone want to be associated with this group that peddles this trash is mind boggles me now over the weekend the family leader removed the line and bachmann and santorum both had to apologize i don't know maybe they should have looked at the document a little more in depth little more carefully before trying to appease the christian base of the party now sticking with the absurd we told you last week that it also calls for protecting women from porn and in fact they calls for a band of all forms of porn to protect women and children but there's one little thing that's missing from the family leader's pledge on born men they're not calling on men to be protected from. the dangers of porn i don't think this group really thought this pledge through if

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then the economy in 2012 with rick santorum. >> we have a president who's in denial. >> and after the space shuttle with nasa administrator charles bolden. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." hope for a grand debt deal got buried last night in a blizzard of status quo rhetoric. speaker boehner writing -- out of the white house, communications director dan pfeiffer responded -- joining me now to try to make sense of where things stand, house republican whip, kevin mccarthy of california. if i am out there listening to all of this, i want to strangle all of you. why can you not get this deal? this looks to me like a strategic bargaining ploy rather than where we're actually going to end up from speaker boehner. >> i don't see that at all. boehn boehner's been very clear there are no votes for a tax increase. you look at the jobs data, only 18,000 jobs. canada has fewer people that live in california created more jobs than america. you would not increase taxes on the small business, which is what the president wants to do. all that boehner said was you've had a negotiati

rick santorum gives president obama credit for creating 240 million jobs?hematical ignorance puts him in the zone, next. >>> well, we got a shutdown of the government up there in minnesota. minnesotans spent the fourth of july unable to go to the state parks or use the highway rest areas or get a lottery ticket, which makes money for the state. the state's government shutdown put 22,000 people out of work and left many government services unavailable. democratic governor mark dayton won't give the republican lawmakers what they want. they want to balance the state's budget by cutting services instead of taxing the state's millionaires. now, today a bipartisan commission was announced by the former republican governor of the state and former vice president walter mondale. they say the commission they formed will find an alternative by the end of the week. i thought that's what elected officials were supposed to do, but it's good to have them involved. another former republican governor of minnesota is urging the budget crisis for his own personal gain. tim p

former senator santorum sees the problem with his own party.enator is accusing mcconnell of punting to president obama. what does he mean? joining us former senator rick santorum from the state of new hampshire. good evening, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> greta: you have said, if i get this right, you oppose senator mcconnell's proposal and it is punting to the president. explain. >> you don't give someone who is fumbling the ball in leadership to run with it. the president has abdicated his responsibility in leading the country through this difficult debt crisis that he has in large part created. you don't turn around and hand him the ball to one -- run with. particularly when you are trying to compete with him on message. the republican message has to be clear. the president has not led. we are prepared to lead. where we are going to lead is cut cap and -- cut, cap and balance. the most important is balance. we can cut, good short term fix, capping good for intermediate term. what needs to be done if we are going to solve this problem, we

and a very very ugly rick don't google my name santorum. in an op ed with usa today santorum double down on signing his name to a controversy a pledge in ohio that compares same sex marriage to bigamy outlaws pornography and argues that african-american children were better off under slavery santorum wrote i don't want to speak for my fellow candidates who have signed pledges in saying it is an honor to be able to do so because that is what a pledge is and oath to honor our word by fellow candidates santorum must be referring to michele bachmann because she's the only other republican. and you have to know when you're in that sort of exclusive company and you've done something very very. tough how is it that the laws that make it harder to vote and laws that cut taxes on billionaires are popping up in one republican state after another discuss a very private organization that has threatened the political landscape for. twenty four seventh's live streaming news like you about the ongoing financial hurricane unlimited free high quality videos

and then the economy in 2012 with presidential candidate, rick santorum. >>> i am candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." hoped for a grand debt deal got buried last night in a blizzard of status quo rhetoric. the white house will not pursue a bigger debt reduction agreement without tax hikes. i think the best approach may be in producing a smaller measure. and dan pfeiffer responded, we cannot ask the middle class and seniors to bear all the costs and budget cuts. >>> joining me now, house republican whip, kevin mccarthy of california. if i am out there listening to all of this, i want to stan gul awful you. why can you not get this deal? it looks like a bargaining ploy? >> i don't think so. you would not increase taxes on the small business, which is what the president wants to do. you had an negotiation with cantor and kyl and biden. so what he's saying, let's go there, there's no taxes, and there are cuts right there, but why don't you also get a balanced budget. >> you could also being looking at trying to help with medicare, and the republicans say they want to do. tak

so rick santorum, not aiming necessarily high for the iowa straw poll.says that no matter what, he will remain in the presidential race in february. let me add one more thing. it is okay to put ice in your beer, okay? for all the purists out there, if you have a warm beer, you have got to- >> are you serious? >> doesn't that water it down? >> sure, sure. if you drink it fast enough, it won't water it down. >> mark preston, the con asewer of all things beer and ice. >>> the u.s. is moving on to the semi finals after one of the most exciting finishes in world cup history. the score in the final minutes of extra time tied the match at 2. the u.s. won on penalty kicks. it was clinched. the u.s. advances to play france on wednesday. >>> a car from french tv won't share the road at the ninth stage of tour de france. it knocked one rider off his bike colliding with another rider sending him into the fence. both riders returned to the race and lost a lot of precious time. >>> fresno grizzlies were wizards for a night in harry potter uniforms and they were auctio

[laughter] santorum is a wounded wildebeast, and gingrich is apparently a spawning salmon. all right. now we're getting there. let's see where governor tim pawlenty is at. he's got there 4.4 million raised. >> former governor tim pawlenty kicked off three weeks of iowa bodily harm storming in advance of the straw poll next month with an r.v. storm and a warning that iowans should not raise their support on charismatic candidates who can't actually win. >> jon: oh, tim pawlenty taking a bold stand against kris matt. [laughter] it's got no place in politics. hey, look, this is not a popularity contest. oh, it is? oh. well, i wonder how "the daily show" will depict pawlenty's demise. [laughter] if a pawlenty campaign falls in the woods, does it make a sound? who's next. >> herman cain raised $2.5 million. >> jon: $2.5 million for herman cain. that's a lot of pepperoni for the godfather of pizza. why is cain connecting? >> i think i'm connecting because of my passion about my support and belief in the constitution. >> jon: yes. herman cain has passion. support and belief in the

so rick santorum, knock yourself out. it worked out great for bob ney. so rick santorum, knock yourself out. it worked out great for bob ney. "first look" is up next. >>> mercury rising. the deadly heat wave that's been gripping the nation's midsection heads east. >>> lockout unlocked? the nfl owners agree on a new collective bargaining agreement. now it's up to the players. >>> and order in the court. a judge dealing with an unruly defendant takes matters into his own hands. good morning, everyone, i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with boiling over. from the midwest to the east coast, folks have fans and air conditioners cranked on high amid triple digit temperatures. and for the immediate future, this so-called heat dome is not going anywhere. nbc's chris clackum reports. >> reporter: excessive heat warnings extend east to new york where there's concern the heat wave could become more dangerous. >> my aunt is 92 years old, and she had a little bit of a heart problem and

rick santorum also signed it.ne has to question whether it will affect either one of these candidates. it probably won't cost them at all. >> not likely to hurt them among their own supporters, i guess, is the point they're making because their supporters tend to be conservative in their views. maybe tomorrow we'll be able to say something has really developed in the debt ceiling talks. the president holding press talks. he's giving them a deadline. they have nine days to get it toikt that. means we have eight days. nice to see you. good luck on the show this morning. tim farley. >>> developing in the last few hours, officials order a new round of safety tests for japan's nuclear plants. i'll tell you what they're doing about it. >>> before you go, be sure to take time to brighten someone's day today why? because it is, i'm not kidding, cheer up the lonely. go face to face. don't text somebody. phone or go see someone. cheer up the lonely day. it's 18 minutes after the hour. with bengay pain relief plus massage yo

do you think it's possible that santorum or bachmann or their people didn't see that? how do you explain them agreeing with this? >> i have to assume that they're people read it and it's reprehensible. the underlying assertion here is that there's some redealing quality that went along with the institution of slavery. that's assanine. you can't play a double standard like we should shoot down anyone that said there's a redeeming quality associated with naziism. we can't play a double standard and we should shout these people down and look at them as what they are. >> eric, historically, it's just not true, the idea that there were these happy families of mothers and fathers and in two-person households in slave times. males would be traded off, sold off, it's kind of ridiculous? >> yeah, you're right. and i'm really shocked by that in there. i will say that having talked to people who were familiar with the pledge, that more likely than not, the candidates didn't see that. there were two pages, this being on one page. the actual candidate pledge they sign being a separ

rick santorum. recently, rick perry. although he is not on the ballot, there is an effort to get right-in votes for him -- write-in votes for him. again, the straw poll is not the caucus. i expect it will be an open and fluid situation, and obviously, people will do better than expectations. could give them a real boost for the iowa caucuses and the subsequent primaries and caucuses in other states. >> can you give us a sense about the history of the straw poll in? do you think that in recent years, its impact on the race at large has been diminished? >> actually, i think it has grown in its influence. more people participate, and it has been a nice fund-raiser for the republican party in the state of iowa. yet, i think we need to look at it realistically. this is not a scientific survey. it is an early test of organization. it is sometimes not who wins it but who exceeds expectations. last time, a lot of people thought that then senator brownback, who is now the governor of kansas, would do well, actually, what happened

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rick santorum. just recently rick perry, although he's not going to be on the ballot. there is an effort to get votes for him that could make an impact so it's a wide open situation. and, again, the straw poll, you know, isn't the iowa caucus. so i would expect -- you know, it's going to be a very open and fluid situation. and obviously the people are due better expectations as huckabee did four years ago. he could give them a real boost for the iowa caucuses and for the subsequent primaries and caucuses in other states. >> can you give us a little sense about the history of the straw polling? you think that in recent years its impact on the race at large has been diminished? >> well, actually, i think it's grown in its influence. more people participate, and it's been a nice runed raiser -- fundraiser for the republican party in the state of iowa. and yet i think we need to look at it realistically. this is not a scientific survey. it is really a early test of organization. and it's sometimes not who wins it but who exceeds expectations. the last time a lot of people

meanwhile, out in iowa, the long-shot candidate rick santorum, kicks off a jobs tour in iowa.pect to hear a lot about the jobs and the economy as the main theme for the gop candidates on the trial today. and of course, in the coming months. >> rick santorum will be on american morning a couple of hours from now. you can hear it directly from him. mark, good to see you. have a good rest of your morning. it's 42 minutes after the hour right now. >>> here are three things that need to be on your radar today. the jury tried too to deciding whether accused murderer casey anthony is guilty or not guilty? their deliberations continue this morning. >>> plus the senate is back in session today, trying to come to an agreement on the debt ceiling. pay attention to this today. it could influence the money in your wallet. the house comes back tomorrow to try to achieve the same thing. >>> in minnesota today, formal meetings continue on the government shutdown. they weren't able to come to an agreement on the budget. the government has been shut down since friday. >>> eagles wide receiver d

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there were long shots newt gingrich and rick santorum. poll has the minnesota congresswoman in a statistical dead heat with romney while gingrich and santorum barely made a dent in the single digits. tim pawlenty also polled poorly there. he raised a disappointing $4.2 million this quarter and has had no public event over the holiday weekend. but those in the bottom half of the poll can take comfort in the fact that the early polls don't tell us that much. this time four years ago mike huckabee was way down at 4% right where rick santorum is today. huckabee ended up winning iowa. >> jan crawford in washington this morning, thanks. >>> joining us from des moines to talk about his presidential campaign, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. good to have you with us this morning, sir. >> thank you, erica, that's a pretty good lead-in. we think being at the back of the pack is not a bad place to be in iowa. working hard is what you need to do here. >> there you go. you and jan already worked out one of my questions. we've got that one ou

. >> gingrich, $2 million, rick santorum not so much, half a million dollars. >> $500,000 in the work chest. bye-bye. >> what about that old silver back, newt gingrich? by the way, he stopped shaving his back when he left congress. >> i wonder how "the daily show" will depict pawlenty's demise? if a pawlenty campaign falls in the woods, does it make a sound? >> herman cain raised $2 million. that's a lot of pepperoni for the godfather of pepperoni pizza. there's one candidate who seems to be gaining strength. michele bachmann. >> michele bachmann's migraines and whether this should be considered a campaign issue. >> got to say, of all my issues with bachmann's brain. >> $18 million raised. mitt romney is the king of the jungle, the thick maned, super predator of the race, the republican's aslund. >>> time for your political ticker with tim farley live from washington. 11 days and counting until the debt ceiling deadline. what's your feeling? do you think we're getting closer? >> i think you got it in the beginning when you said the democrats are netting nervous. harry reid and nancy p

one was former public figure rick santorum. jim? >> this is a pledge you would sign?act i actually did sign, yes. >> you did sign it. >> look, when i first read it i was taken aback, but i can't argue that i wasn't. >> stephen: yes, he signed it, but only after he was taken aback, okay? goes like this. oh, my god. oh, no. what the -- what the -- (bleep) okay. [laughter] [cheers and applause] but the other person to step up, do the right thing and sign the pledge is michele bachmann who used the public backlash against the preamble's insensitive slavery reference to make a sensitive slavery reference. >> here is the statement against her spokeswoman. she believes slavery was horrible and economic enslavement is also horrible. >> yes, taxation is economic slavery. and michele bachmann stands up against slavery in all forms-- whether it's the slavery of healthcare-- >> this is slavery. it's nothing more than slavery. >> stephen: the slavery of the national debt-- >> it is a slavery, it is a slavery that is a bondage to debt and a bondage to decline. >> stephen: or slaver

santorum said sodomy laws exist to help the bay sis of society and said homosexuality was a sin. >> the point is you could say -- you could obviously that is wrong, but it is not advocating violence against women. and by the way, i disagree with what bachman -- whatever their therapy is. but there are people that go to it to seek help. i don't think it works, but if people are unhappy in their life -- lifestyle and they want to do it, what are you going to say? people have sex changes. if you have a biological need to change your sex, can't you have a biological need to change your lifestyle? >> it was just the big new york "new york times" magazine article about the guy who used to run the gay magazine in san francisco and found god and is no longer gay. it happens, and the point is we are actually talking about it and not saying "i want to rape someone." that's their argument? >> and the one thing before we move on -- >> i am getting press on it and that's what ticks me off. >> marr says it is not sexist and he doesn't do it about women. but it had to be a month or two ago, what did h

maybe huntsman, santorum or cain.ine up in iowa is going to be important and obviously how they weather the campaign. we saw a little bit on the fund raising race before. >> and palin could turn everything up side down. never dull. fascinating and our debate, i will go out to watch our debate. i will go out to iowa to watch it. nice to see you even though you went on with bret baier and i call you a trader. >> never personal. >> greta: i know. here is coming up on the o'reilly factor. >> brian ross got roughed up a bit over the migraine headache situation. we will have mr. ross on this program, coming up. >> greta: at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. coming up, they say the white house isn't listening to arizona republican lawmakers doing things their way again. we will tell you what they are up to now coming up. and we first told you about congressman west's nasty feud with representative wasserman schulz the. but the story got a whole lot weirder. it may or may not include an apology. apology. wewewewewewe an accident doesn

two of his rivals, michele bachmann and rick santorum already put their name to the pledge circulatedervative group in iowa. they had to clarify their support because of the introduction to the vow suggests that black children born into slavery had better family structures than black children do today. bit of advice for any photo-happy politicians who may be teetering on the brink of a scandal. if the world is going to see you nearly naked, hit the gym. take a look at this ad running in the "new york post," "the washington post" and the boston herald. it says get in shame for your next scandalous photo. i have to hand it to the sports gloves. in the wake of weiner gate, the gym is sticking to one of the cardinal rules of business, know your clientele. >>> a family clinic is accused of trying to turn gay patients straight. a gay rights activist group called truth wins out posed as a patient and went under cover. this is what she heard from a bachmann clinic counselor. >> you can actually have homosexuality and become heterosexual? >> oh, yeah, yeah. definitely, definitely. and it happe

among them, former presidential candidate rick santorum.ur. >> he joins us live this morning from des moines, iowa. senator, good to see you. >> good morning. >> you are -- you're a former senator. you know about how things are going in washington. i have to tell you, christine and i share a view. it's an absolute mess what is going on in washington right now, specifically, with respect to the debt ceiling and failure to reach an agreement is somewhat gorable. my fear is you support what some people are saying a block to the increase to the debt sealing? >> who is blocking what? >> reporter: the republicans are doing that. >> well, no. i think both sides are to blame. the president of the united states is doing anything but leading on this issue. >> that wasn't the question, senator. what would you tell them to do right now? we have to have an i crease in the debt ceiling. would you support it or not? >> well, i would support a responsible increase in the debt ceiling that does something to do something about the basic problem as to why we

one was former public figure rick santorum. jim? >> this is a pledge you would sign?ly did sign, yes. >> you did sign it. >> look, when i first read it i was taken aback, but i can't argue that i wasn't. >> stephen: yes, he signed it, but only after he was taken aback, okay? goes like this. oh, my god. oh, no. what the -- what the -- (bleep) okay. [laughter] [cheers and applause] but the other person to step up, do the right thing and sign the pledge is michele bachmann who used the public backlash against the preamble's insensitive slavery reference to make a sensitive slavery reference. >> here is the statement against her spokeswoman. she believes slavery was horrible and economic enslavement is also horrible. >> yes, taxation is economic slavery. and michele bachmann stands up against slavery in all forms-- whether it's the slavery of healthcare-- >> this is slavery. it's nothing more than slavery. >> stephen: the slavery of the national debt-- >> it is a slavery, it is a slavery that is a bondage to debt and a bondage to decline. >> stephen: or slavery of the loi

have -- michelle bachmann and rick santorum have both signed it. >>> the president has a large fund-raisingover republicans heading into the 2012 campaign. the republican presidential candidates collectively raised about $35 million during the same period. >>> democrat janice hahn has won the race to fill a vacant u.s. house seat in southern california. hahn fought a hotly contested race against a republican opponent. the vacant seat was previously held by jane harman who resigned earlier this year to head the washington think tank. hahn, who is a los angeles councilwoman ran and lost against gavin newsom. >>> opening statements start today in roger klemm men's perjury trial. the -- roger klemm men's per -- roger klemm mon's perjury trial. clemens maintains he never used performance enhancing drugs during his record-breaking career. >>> today, the treasury department is expected to announce a change in how savings bonds are bought. for the first time in 76 years, the paper bonds will no longer be sold at banks and at credituneiance. instead you will have to buy them -- credituneiance. inste

michele bachmann signed it and immediately came under fire and so did rick santorum. and we are joined by justin elliott who recently interviewed the man behind this vow. great to see you again. you asked him the questions that so many people want alet's jump it, and you asked him why this pledge bottom line, and how did he describe it to do this? >> well, the thing to understand is that the marriage issue, and opposition to gay marriage is sort of the animating position in this guy bob vand er plot's platform, and he was running based on the repealing of the supreme court decision there ale lou same-sex marriage. he is clearly influential guy, and he is trying to put the same sex issue into the primary this year as it was not on the mind of people as it was a few years ago. >> and when you think of the pledges and you think of grover norquist and some people see them as traps that people are asked to sign the pledges. what influence does this organization have beyond iowa? >> well, it is an iowa-based group, and their influence, well, arguably very influential in iow

last month, struggling presidential candidate rick santorum used world war ii vets to attack president's healthcare policy. >> almost 60,000 average americans had the courage to go out and charge those beaches on normandy. the very americans that our government now and this president does not trust to make a decision on your healthcare plan. those americans risked everything so they could make that decision on their healthcare plan. >> nothing is off limits for these guys, like santorum and franks. they will say anything to attack the other side. for them to exploit the sacrifice of american soldiers to score cheap political points, it is unpatriotic psycho talk. >>> major victory for the democrats in wisconsin. state senator david hansen defeating his republican opponent. he is standing by and will join >>> msnbc and "the ed show" are teaming up to hold the next health clinic august 29 at the this past year alone there was a 93% increase in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. som

no reports from bachmann, gingrich or santorum. what do you make of the numbers? who are the winners and losers so far? >> the big winner is president obama because he has tens of millions of dollars. they are projecting half a million donors total, broad-based. they'll have all the money. they are making financial argument. alum rock has enough, bringing in enough dough to make inevitability argument, he has the cash to site through and get it done. tim pawlenty raises enough to stay viable but the numbers aren't good enough. he can stay in through the ames straw poll, the next debate and make more one more argument. >> shannon: why not more traction for him or rick santorum? tim pawlenty is working hard in the key states like iowa. but it seems like in the polls it doesn't seem like he is catching on. >> he is having trouble catching on. the numbers become the race, they become the poll numbers. they start substituting for that at this point in the race. i have to say my husband is romney advisor, full disclosure. but this is bad news for tim pawlenty. i agree g