it's sarah palin cohosting the "today" show. she was there performing a medley of her greatest hits from "i don't read newspapers" to "i write on my hand." (laughter) to that old chestnut "i pass i aggressively hate matt lauer with every ounce of my being." >> how's it going so far governor? >> thanks for letting me crash your dressing room and now that i have your hair product... (laughter). >> technically i didn't give you permission to be in there. (laughter) >> jon: seriously. i'm not being light hearted about this. i do not give you permission to go in there. obviously that was just a little bit of scripted banter based on the fact that matt lauer no longer needs a hair brush. kind of a funny... unless... oh! (audience reacts) dear god! how did we get that image? matt lauer hopefully having sex with a badger. good for you, matt, kicking it old school. cancel lauer's invitation to pool party. (laughter) drains can't handle. (laughter) here's the thing-- thank god we got that picture. the former alaska governor was actually q

sarah palin is incredibly -- if you have a new show, you don't want sarah palin on there. don't forget, this is -- let's get a new news woman on there. >> wow. >> i can't -- i couldn't disagree more. >> go ahead. >> i couldn't disagree more. are you actually trying to argue that the "today" show should try to protect its journalistic brand in the era of fox news and msnbc? >> yes, sharon, i would. yeah. >> absolutely. okay. we lost that -- the ora of that journalistic credibility back when mike wallace used to -- was in his heyday, honestly. the news is not about journalistic purity anymore, and the "today" show really is not the showcase for great journalism. let's be honest. >> all right. >> i have a piece on the morning show wars coming out in newsweek tomorrow, and i talk to former today show bryant gumble who said he was embarrassed to see sarah palin on his former program. i do have to say katie spent the week, you know, at "gma" as we all noted to help gma and the ratings. it was a reminder that she's really, really good, and the other big news is that even though t

he writes -- i like "the today show" but i do not like sarah palin.t people do not know why they do not like sarah palin. she started off hosting. this makes sense. >> now, the 11 sports. with keep mills. >> good morning. we begin with college basketball. the programs have combined for 10 n.c.a.a. championships. women's will play tomorrow night. britain with a huge game last night as the irish beat connecticut. -- brittany with a huge game last night as the irish beat connecticut. the scene near -- the senior, she squares up, knocks down the three. at notre dame. a few minutes later, takes it out. brittany squares up, and knocks it down again. notre dame with 83-75. they are 39-0. opening day for the orioles is friday. tonight and tomorrow against college teams in florida. did the north played the aaa team on wednesday. good game against the blue jays. battling a sore shoulder -- not here. two home runs. he is ready for opening day. he has won here to make it 2-1. he had not won, not to, but three home runs yesterday. -- not one, not two, but three ho

the third ticket was sold in illinois. >>> sarah palin will be on nbc's "today" show tomorrow morning will reveal a side of her you have never seen before. >> what are you doing to prepare? are you reading some newspapers? >> oh! >> and it begins! >> you can still turn that plane around, governor! >> great. okay. that's a fine how do you do? what is a great start. here we go! >> for at least an hour. in will compete with katie couric who is hosting "good morning america" all week. the two have a history dating back to 2008. couric was was cbs news and palin was the gop candidate for vice president. >>> >> i'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation. >> i'll try to find you some and i'll bring them to you. >> it was an interview for the ages and countless comedy skits. >> but, again, and not to belabor the point, one specific thing. katie, i'd like to use one of my life lines. >> you don't have any life lines. >> well, in that case, i'm just going to have to get back to you! >> it looks like sarah p

i don't know, good morning america is going to give them a run. >> well, if they had sarah palin for >> bill: the press did not hammer palin. palin wasn't really the co-host. >> she was just kind of on special guest host. >> bill: i didn't see any vicious stuff against palin. >> no there wasn't at all. i kind of thought there would be more. you would just think there would be more of the addressing. sarah palin had the little newspapers up obviously. >> bill: a schtick. i would have liked to have seen the governor interview somebody in a serious thing. now you, juliet huddy. >> oh, boy. >> bill: do an invitation of sarah palin. >> i do. i sort of feel upset doing it because i don't want to offend her or anything. it doesn't sound good. i have to practice. >> bill: you have to practice. why don't you go outside. >> can i have it for you next week. >> bill: they call it going viral. there was the abowl -- virus. everybody watches it. a video called charlie bit my finger, go. [ laughter ] ouch. ouch. ouch, charlie. ouch! [crying] charlie, that really hurt. >> bill: i love it here is a cl

the running mate will get judged against sarah palin.ay, a week or a month, this whole cloud that she leaves over the process. >> absolutely. >> if you put sarah palin, and i said this earlier today, if you put her in a program computer and said give me the exact opposite of sarah palipalin, yo would get rob portman. >> let's take a other options. jeb bush might be popular with conservatives. but george will spend this weekend, the issue with the bush brothers. let's take a watch. >> if jeb bush is to be romney's running mate, it would mean that in seven of nine presidential elections, there would be a bush on the republican ticket. and it gets hard to argue that we're not a tribal society at that point. >> what do you think of that? chuck, just too many -- another problem for jeb who i like is he would have to defend his brother's administration. and he'd be like a voodoo doll. anytime you said anything against w, he would have to depend him. >> i think it's a little bit of a negative for portman by the way is his service in the bush ad

sarah palin endorsed you back to was a real ally to you. there were different responses. can you describe that a little bit. >> you have to know that when sarah palin came and endorsed. at the time i didn't realize what she said. and it's so telling to me. after we talked shoes and politics and family and everything especially. she said when you start to get momentum, they will start to come after you. and when you run for governor, it will never stop. and i realize that she was so right. i got a phone call from sarah and she said two questions, she said is it -- are you okay? and is it true? i said yes, i'm true, and no its not. she said then let's fight. >> governor romney said the same thing, theyed a a meeting the next day, it was very thoughtful and he came out and supported me. we have two people that have totally different methods. >> palin is more of a gut players. >> yes, yes. and governor romney was more thoughtful, how can we do this in a way that -- >> more careful, more cautious. let me ask you, are you in this race? is romney the nominee? >> what i do think

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i think that the show is a lot of spunk on sarah palin, which is why people like her in the first placel. if it takes the edge off a little bit of the palin derangement syndrome that swept the nation. this makes people see her more for who she is, who we have gotten know it's a very good thing. i think they will be great for her and bend over backwards to be nice to her. she will hold her own and have a good show. >> eric: juan? >> juan: i think sarah palin is bailing out nbc. i mean, gosh, everybody, around here, thinks they're lefty crazy people. sarah palin going over there and is going to bring a lot of her conservative moderates with her. she will get them in the papers in a moment when otherwise the papers would be filled with all the talk about katie couric, because katie couric is the one who actually built up the "today" show and now she bailed out and is on the other team at abc. >> eric: that is the big thing. >> kimberly: the rub. advantage, "today" show and palin. smart move. it will be great tv. why not? >> dana: when you see the clip from "good morning america" it's like

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now jumping into the mix, i mean, listening to sarah palin dispense v.p.ike going to michael jackson's doctor for medical advice. i agree that rubio is probably the front-runner. i think the choice of rubio is a better way to cross racial lines for rick santorum in i than, say, singing who let the dogs out. i think hayley is a better way of reaching out to women than by saying rush limbaugh used the wrong word or he would have used a different word other than slut to describe sandra fluke, and the real story is a lot of these folks aren't really that interested in being the v.p. candidate. people remember bob dole, lieberman, and being a v.p. candidate for a guy that everyone thinks is going to lose is not a good career move. >> onto julian's point, south carolina governor nikki haley endorsed mitt romney and she says she would not accept a spot on the ticket tuesday on the view. she may have inadvertently explained why with this remark. take a listen. >> women don't care about contraception. they care about jobs and the economy and raising their families

what can the gop learn from sarah palin?ince she was the vp designee with john mccain, and that is that charisma is very important. on the campaign trail. certainly as politics has become part of the media age for decades now. we understand that personality and charisma is very, very important. and she's got it -- she's got it by the bucketful. >> on the political side, matt lauer said to her, should the party choose a more seasoned politician, and conservative. and she said no matter who they choose, they're going to get clobbered by the media. >> well, that's the standard. i mean, the media is always a target. you know, no one who was, you know, sitting behind the desk during the clinton years and the impeachment years or -- you go back in time. and the media goes after whoever the incouple bancy is, challenging the status quo. and we forget that sometimes. but the media is a very, very effective target to rally your constituents with. >> it seems that palin doesn't like bad press, but she does like to be the conversation.

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former vice presidential candidate sarah palin in the hot seat this morning. palin guest hosting the "today" show. >> it's a pleasure to welcome the former alaska governor sarah palin to our program this morning. oh, man. she is doing her homework. governor, nice to have you here. by the way, she told me a funny story. tell everybody what happened when you were coming to 30 rock yesterday. >> nicest lady in the world stopped me, asked me where i was headed and she said, "30 rock." and he is said i told you, tina fey is here. >> start of the hour. you are guest hosting and there is experience there. sportscaster in anchorage in the day. >> in the stone age, yes. >> is it falling off a bike do you think? anything make you nervous about the role? >> not nervous, but very excited to be here with the new yorkers and all of your tourists who are here. [ applause ] >> what do you call this? >> not wearing a coat. >> all right. all right. >> do any of you here have experience with people being paid a lot of money to pretend like they are you? >> yes. >> seriously. >>

former alaska governor sarah palin. >> you bech a, pai will will go had he had to head with koour youted this infamous interview when palin was running for vice president. >> what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read? >> i read most of them. >> what specifically, i am curious. >> palin called into nbc on her way to new york city and matt lauer went there. >> what are you doing to prepare? are you reading some newspapers? >> oh. >> whoa. >> and it begins. >> you can still turn that plane around, governor. >> great. okay. that's a fine how do you do. that's a great start. here we go. >> before politics she was a local sports caster in alaska. >> i will show you highlights and tell you about that next. state right there. >> that was long ago. by inviting palin the politician to host the 8 a.m. hour of what's supposed to be a morning news program, nbc is treading on dangerous ground. so is palin. not only has she made a career out of slamming the mainstream media. >> don't get sucked into the mainstream media's lies. >> she is also playing into a dynamic she says she did he tes

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, though, nbc goes i will raise you katie couric and here is sarah palin.s fight. according to early ratings which are in now 5.5 million tuneed in to see sarah palin and 365,000 wax nbc, and -- no, that is not right. our numbers wrong. i remember it because i just read it before the program, and ... sarah palin won on "today," on over katie couric and we have confused overall numbers with the numbers in the advertiser friendly demo but it was a one time thing for sarah palin and she is our contributor and we gave her permission. we always hear about jobs leaving america. here's a chance to create jobs in america. oil sands projects, like kearl, and the keystone pipeline will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million jobs in the us alone. from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast. benefiting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country. this is just what our economy needs right now. >>shepard: and before we wrap it up one for t

do i admit that tina fey has been pretty clever. >> trace: game change is about sarah palin. tream media she said it was organized chaos. >> shepard: this palin couric rematch isn't turn into much of a fight, is t, trace? >> certainly not ali frazier. on different networks. never mentioned each other's names. not much of a fight. you and i are talking about it the "the washington post" is writing about it. it makes for very interesting conversation and if towed continues to beat good morning america in the ratings, then sarah palin can always say that she held her own. political analysts brad blakeman has a pretty good idea. listen. >> bill o'reilly, i think, should send out an invitation to palin and couric and have them both on his show where maybe co-host together on a fox news channel show and that will drive ratings through the roof because then when they are both on the set together, that's where the game on will be. >> that is where game on would be. by the way, katie couric is on the rest of the week. sarah palin was a one day gig. >> shepard: thank you. word of new te