this is in that secret tape by scott ashjian.well there she is again and the question presumptuous vetting the fellow tea party candidate's saying she believes christine o'donnell is for real. joe miller and ken buck in colorado, but is not sure about marco rubio. being a real tea partier. she's already vetting the national tea party ticket. it's interesting. your thoughts. >> to get all these candidates in a room and ask how many things agree with one another. joe miller was quoted today he thinks there shouldn't be a federal minimum wage. christine o'donnell and sharron angle share this lawyer we mentioned. very establishment lawyer. representing these two sort of antiestablishment tea party candidates. it's really hard to know how these candidates would get along if they win or who they would support for the republican leadership. >> how about this, zillions of dollars coming in from very right wing, very religious people helping the tea party. they're not exactly the regular folk. thank you for joining us talking about nevada

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of course what's ironic about that conversation is after saying i'm like you, scott ashjian, i'm an outsider, she acted like harry reid or some other establishment politician. let's make a deal. i can get you juice. i'll get you an apology. we'll get the lawsuits dropped. you have to get out of the race. she'll have some problems inside that meeting. you know that better than i do. those guys in the meeting want one thing and one thing only, that's to beat harry reid. they have an imperfect weapon against harry reid but she's the only one they got. >> the whole purity thing in these tapes doesn't come out.

this is in that secret tape by scott ashjian.d the question presumptuous vetting the fellow tea party candidate's saying she believes christine o'donnell is for real. joe miller and ken buck in colorado, but is not sure about marco rubio. bogbeing a real tea partier. she's already vetting the national tea party ticket. it's interesting. your thoughts. >> to get all these candidates in a room and ask how many things agree with one another. joe miller was quoted today he thinks there shouldn't be a federal minimum widg. christine o'donnell and sharron angle share this lawyer we mentioned. very establishment lawyer. representing these two sort of antiestablishment tea party candidates. it's really hard to know how these candidates would get along if they win or who they would support for the republican leadership. >> how about this, zilions of dollars coming in from very right wing, very religious people helping the tea party. they're not exactly the regular folk. thank you for joining us talking about nevada politics and secret mes

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it was not scott ashjian who chopped up the vote, but the republican party, itself.started the race and we will finish the race. they have bombarded us every step of the way, and it has not worked. we will finish november 2nd and there is a tea party of nevada on the ballot november 2nd and nevada will have a choice. >> scott ashjian, senate candidate in the state of nevada. thank you for joining us toni t tonight. >> thank you forhaving me. >>> our coverage continues, and we will talk to sue louden who lost to sharron angle in the primary against harry reid. >>> and what is said about bullying and teenaged suicides, and it was said by a texas politician. it is tonight's spotlight. ♪ [ female announcer ] mousse temptations by jell-o. decadently delicious. 60 calories. it's finally me o'clock. time for jell-o. try new chocolate mint sensation. is a powerful force. set it in motion... and it goes out into the world like fuel for the economy. one opportunity leading to another... and another. we all have a hand in it. because opportunity can start anywhere, and go every

i don't think that scott ashjian's going to be a factor. everyone's forgotten him.desperate for attention. the left loves him because he's a useful idiot and trot him out as an example of tea party folks but he's not. giving so much inordinate attention on this thing. >> good to have you with us tonight. sid james, tea party chair is out. he's so upset with the candidate. what else is new? good to you have on, heidi. >> thanks. >> text tonight, do you believe that our country's best

i don't think that scott ashjian's going to be a factor. everyone's forgotten him.and trot him out as an example of tea party folks but he's

a tea partier, but the official tea party senate candidate on the november ballot in nevada is scott ashjian "let's make a deal" harry reid attempted to convince ashjian to drop his candidacy. unbeknownst to angle, ashjian recorded their conversation. >> now, anything i can deliver personally, i am glad to. >> i'm not looking for anything other than a public apology. >> ashjian wanted that apology from the tea party express who backed angle and attacked him. he it is wanted the immediate end of republican lawsuits designed to remove him from the ballot. instead, all he was offered was juice. >> that's really all i can offer to you is whatever juice i have, you have as well. you want to see demint, i have juice with demint. i go to washington, d.c. and i say, i wanna see jim demint, he's right there for me. ashjian left the meeting without making a deal but not before hearing, lucky for us, what angle really thought of republicans. >> the republicans have lost their standard, they have lost their principles. they have never really gone along with lower taxes and less government. >> woodward a

it was done by scott ashjian. scott is a tea party candidate. he's running for senate out there. tea party, she's trying to get ashjian out of the race. she sits down for about a half hour, tries to get him to get out. talks very bad about the republican party and then has this to say. let's take a listen. >> okay. >> there you go. you have her talking about how she has juice to be able to open doors here in washington, d.c. with the likes of jim demint, mitch mcconnell. ashjian did not take the bait. he secretly recorded the conversation, gave it to one of nevada's best political journalists and here we are now. now, she is here tonight for a fund-raiser with some very powerful republican, including john cornyn and massachusetts senator, scott brown. very interesting conversation tonight. >> yeah. let's -- two questions. the first one, how close is that race? nevada? >> it is neck and neck right now. if you were to look at polling, it shows that it is anyone's game. let's look at the cnn opinion research poll. couple of weeks old, but this really tells where we are at the race.

there is a third party candidate, scott ashjian. he draws 7% in that poll. when we pull scott ashjian out of the equation, though, it's still showing that sharron angle has a two-point lead. president obama is heading out to las vegas later this month for a big rally for harry reid and he is a few democrat who's not trying to distance himself from president obama. to paul. >> i tell you, kyra, another state where the republicans if they win back the senate, a big, if they do it, one of the states is connecticut. this is a seat that chris dodd had for 30 years and not running for re-election. in the contest, the long-time attorney general, richard blumenthal according to our polls of just yesterday he's up by 13 points over linda mcmahon, the former pro-wrestling executive. when you break down the numbers, look at independents. he is winning by double digits, as well. we have a bigger lead than other polls in the last month. we'll keep an eye on connecticut. back the you, mark. >> missouri, kyra. a race without national attention but a race that democrats tho

. >> scott ashjian, thanks for your perspective from inside the nevada tea party. >> thank you. i wish you luck on your show. >> okay. that's "the last word" for tonight you can have the last word by following us on our blog or on facebook or twitter. "countdown "t is next. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? that a local credit union would let a man's house burn down because he failed to pay a surcharge. some come out in favor of the fire. >> if you don't pay your $75, then that hurts the fire department. and you would be sponging off of your neighbor's $75. >> of course that also ignores gene cranick's offer to pay on the spot. >> they put water on the fence line out there, never said nothing to me. never acknowledged as i stood out here and watched it burn. >> the local blow back to the chief of another fire department there. >> it's not the best solution. the last thing a firefighter wants to do is not be able to help when they would like to. >> the politics of a la carte government with chris hayes, the preview of a tea party america this provides

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and scott ashjian calls himself the tea party candidate, and, if he takes votes away from anybody, it out of the race and support her but he has not done so and is a race that so is close, 1% could make a big difference. >> dave: needless to say, republicans are quietly wishing that scott ashjian would get out, any chance of that happening. >> no. it appeared a couple weeks ago when they appeared to be talking, perhaps something was in the works but the bottom line was, it didn't happen, and, now, you have seen actual supporters of harry reid, not harry reid himself but, supporters of harry reid, pushing the ashjian candidacy and hope he stays in, if he does any damage it will be to sharron angle. >> alisyn: and, byron, i mean, are these anomalies or game changers, going forward, will we see more of that. >> with the growth of the tea party, it is more of a state of mind than an actual party or actual movement but there were a number of cases, the primaries were hotly contested with multiple candidates and the more candidates you have, the more likely you may have one person who has e

40% and that is a statistical tie, but in a potential spoiler tea party-affiliated independent scott ashjianem, which is an actual option on the nevada ballot. in new york, the governor's race, andrew cuomo right now in the new poll has a 14-point lead over the tea party-backed republican carl paladino. and in connecticut in the senate race, a 13-point lead for the democratic attorney general richard bloomenthal over the tea party-backed republican linda mcplan wm mcmahon who is the former ceo of world wrestling entertainment. jessica yellin is joining us from waterbury, connecticut, with more on the senate race. jessica, you had a chance to speak to the candidates today. how did that go? >> wolf, both of the candidates as you see that bloomenthal has pulled out a healthy lead, but they are trying to stay focus odded on the message that each is better able to create jobs and each asserts a strong character, but they are at difference for decisions. linda mcmahon has been answering questions about confusion over what she meant when she talked about possible openness to changes in the minimum

also the tea party-backed candidate, scott ashjian 7%. 10% polled none of the above. >> why is harryerstand this, lately over the last ten years or so, that in the senate they have -- both sides have gone after the majority leader on the other side. harry reid hammered mcconnell, put in millions of dollars to try to upset mcconnell. they didn't get close but made mcconnell's life miserable. before that, the republicans went after daschle. horrible ads in the race against daschle. now that republicans are returning the favor. i don't know why they do this. it seems to be just another partisan breakdown in the snatd which i think has become really essentially a dysfunctional organization. the house passed 400 bills that didn't even get taken up in the senate. >>> missouri senate race, republican roy blunt ahead of democrat robin carnahan by 13 points. >> this was a close race. another midwest state from wisconsin through ohio, pennsylvania, down to missouri. the midwest appears to be breaking republican. but on the east coast, the east coast seems to be breaking democratic. >> in conne

it wasn't scott ashjian. we'll put on a good race.> even if it means putting harry reid back in the senate seat? >> i don't look at it like putting harry reid back on the senate seat but nevada having a choice to change and to start something to move across the country with. >> all right. well, it is great to get your perspective this morning, scott ash jian. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, kiran. >> john? >>> why the price of gold is still rising and is this a good time for you to invest in the precious metal? christine romans coming right up. was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com. ♪ >>> 23 minutes after the hour. christine romans is minding your business joining us now. she's talking tant price of precious metals. however, i like the off camera conversation. >> it's my husband lost his wedding ring and i went to go get a new