>>> plus is the texas economy really the miracle that rick perry claims it is? if so, how much credit does he deserve? we'll take a close look, fair and balanced, you might say, at the so-called texas miracle. >>> forget seismologists, talk to the animals. at washington's national zoo yesterday, moments before the, apes sought high ground, lemurs sounded an alarmt and bird huddled together. what do they know that we don't? >>> and let me finish with rick santorum's obsession with gays, marriage and your choice of paper products. >>> we start with the republicanis not really happy with their field. charlie cook is nbc's political analyst and editor of the cook political report. >>> and jonathan martin is senior political reporter for politico. welcome to you both. when i look at the republican field on on paper, it seems that none of them are actually electable. the thing is i think it's a ple a -- a placebo would have a better chance of running. it really is. but, you know, look, there's a lot of disillusionment. jonathan's piece yet really nailed it. i might ad

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so, dan, the texas governor got in, saying, looking, look at my jobs record. i can bring this texas record to washington to the rest of the country, the left is saying, it's all a mirage. sort it out for us, who is right? >> well, i think governor perry gets the best of this one, paul. in june, the net job increase over the last 24 months in texas was about 261,000, 700 jobs, which is about half of the new jobs created in the united states over that period. now, the criticism is, there are some that are great jobs or so forth. >> paul: a lot in energy, or expect texas to grow because the population is growing. >> that's the point, in the last ten years, texas population increased 21%, which is new york, has a low unemployment rate has been losing hundreds, tens of thousands of people over that time. so, new york has the greatest welfare system in the united states, and texas is criticized for its social services, but people are pouring into texas for jobs, so if the issue right now at this point in the campaign is can i get a job, then i think rick perry has a

we have incredibly good reviews from the "wall street journal" to "texas monthly" and the texas has endorsed this book, and i'm hard on texas as i should be and am, but there's reviews my late mother could have written, and i'm pleased with that. now, my first exposure to mr. c mr. crockett came, and i, for one, and i bet some of you looking around this room, are in the same boat and can vividly recall perhaps the exact date. it was a frosty night for me, december 15th, 1954, in my hometown of st. louis. an abc television had just aired davy crockett: indian fighter, the first of three episodes produced by walt disney, a new series produced several months earlier. it was much like disneyland that park that would soon appear in anaheim, california. there were a variety of other names, including the one you most remember commonly, the wonderful world of disney which would become one the longest showing prime time programs on american television history. that evening, me, myself, was 9 years old, but i could have predicted the show's success. i was hooked, myself, only moments after hearing the

slightly lower than the national rate, but in terms of state unemployment, texas ranks 26th in the nation. still, texas has created more than it's lost, and texas has added a net 75,000 jobs since 2008. where did those jobs come from? the private sector in texas shed o 40,000 jobs, but the government added 115,000. presto, net job creation. federal government jobs increased 7%. those might be military jobs or nasa jobs in texas. state government jobs increased 8.4% and local government jobs increased another 6%. so it's true, jobs were created in texas, but not through the formula rick perry is pushing. lower taxes did not lead to net job creation in texas. cutting spending did not lead to net job creation in texas. less regulation did not lead to net job creation in texas. what did lead to net job creation in texas, government hiring. remember back in february 2009 when president obama signed the recovery act and how on tax day that year, governor perry made a big show of railing against the stimulus, even saying that texas might want to secede from the union at a tea party rally in aust

he plays the texas thing up, he plays the mythology up. it has a big appeal in texas.is whole business with secession, it does resonate with a public fed up with washington. >> but he's just historically inaccurate. when texas came into the union for the republic of texas into the union, there wasn't any provision which allowed it to secede. the provision was that it could break itself into six separate states and get 12 senators. why did he get something as fundamentally important to texas history wrong? or do you believe he deliberately crafted this secession thing to make him look like a real cowboy? >> well, number one, the public, as you know, doesn't pay close enough attention to these people, as we're starting to parse them as they run for public office. number two is that i don't think rick really understood what the constitution said about breaking into five states. and he knew that the message of secession was going to be wildly embraced by those tea party folks. and guess what happened? he was down by 25 points to kay bailey hutchinson when he went out there

the state treasury is keeping the rest. texasators-- eager to avoid a tax increase-- approved setting aside the light-up noun balance the state's checkbook. and this isn't the first time. more than $900 million of light-up money will be parked in the state treasury by 2013 and texas lawmakers say there's no plan for the money to ever be used for its original purpose. >> i call it political thievery. it's stealing. >> reporter: state representative sylvester turner supported the light up texas program. now he wants to pull the plug and stop charging utility customers for it. >> government in the state of texas is now addicted to this fund. we're addicted to it and we're going to continue to remain addicted to it until someone exercises the will and the courage to pull away from it. >> reporter: the needy can see the results in their electric bills. the 17% monthly discount the light-up program funded all year has been cut to 10% and is now available only during the five hottest months. >> i feel like all of the poor people are for

and the trial is moved to austin, texas. it draws every media outlet you can possibly imagine to the trial, and as a result of this trial, norris is -- his case is brought before the jury. it becomes sort of a duel between lawyers. some of the greatest, most celebrated lawyers, names that are forgotten today for the prosecution, a lawyer named bill mcclain, wild bill mcclain they called him. sort of an f. lee bay lee -- baily of the day, and the lawyer for norris was dayton moses, and he was being led by dayton moses, and as a result of all this, this trial took place -- i write about it in "shooting salvationist" and comes to the point of verdict, and just like we sometimes see in trials, the verdict doesn't turn out the way a lot of people who just seem to know the facts think it should turn out norris does not die in the electric chair. in fact, he lives until 1952, and he has -- he never reaches the place he wanted to reach, because he is always going to be marred by this story, but he is still a gifted man. he begins to

frank norris known as the texas tornado more as that man. the story what happened that day 85 years ago and the following six months is likely the most famous story you have never heard. it reached a here to austan because it was one of the most celebrated trial is of the decade known for famous trials like the scopes trial and leopold and so forth. this trial was one of the most captivating at the time but lost to history. and has never received the full treatment. the context is the 1920's that i have found to be fascinating. at time just after the world changed in the soldiers just this year have the last living soldier of world war i, 110 years old was buried at arlington national cemetery. there are no more from that era and few were every day from the greatest generation of world war ii. the people came back from world war i and have a change to view the influence of what they saw and what we know of the 1920's, two things happen at the same time. one is a tremendous revolution of morals and manners casting of restraint and women voting

takes place the same week the youngest governor of texas is inaccurate as the governor of texas. and by the way, along the campaign trail just a few days after norris killed chipps in the church office, first baptist was the biggest auditorium in town, then all sorts of events there, dan moody spoke from norris his pulpit as part of his political campaign. so you have the inauguration, at that time austin, texas, is about 50,000 residents. it sort of a sleepy, quiet university town, state capital. it hasn't seen the boom that, of course, has been seen these years later. and the trial is moved to austin, texas. it draws every media outlet you can possibly imagine. to the trial. and as a result of this trial, norris, his cases brought before the jury. it becomes sort of a duel between lawyers, some the crystal celebrate lawyers, names that are forgotten today for the prosecution of a lawyer by the name of "wild bill" mclean. he had already been sort of like an athlete daly of the day. and ironically and interestingly there was a chief lawyer was did moses so he was being

some argue that deep in the heart of rick perry's texas there is little heart. jim avila, abc news, san antonio. >> our thanks to jim tonight. you can weigh in at abcnews.com. >>> and to another republican candidate tonight, former governor jon huntsman at the back of the pack after the iowa straw poll. he boldly took aim at the other candidates. in an interview with abc's jake tapper, jake tapper asked him about the fact that he's only republican candidate supported the deal to raise the debt ceiling and what he said about another candidate's approach. >> you called congresswoman bachmann's position, a quote, crash and burn approach. would you trust a president bachmann to do the right thing with the economy? >> i wouldn't necessarily trust any of my opponents right now who are on a recent debate stage with me when every single one of them would have allowed this country to default. if we had defaulted, jake, this marketplace would be an absolute turmoil. people who are already losing enough as it is on their 401(k)s and retirement plans, it wouldld have been ca

over the last four years and also texas is creating many jobs in part because the population is growing so fast, up more than 4 million since rick perry took office, more people buying goods and services and more jobs. some those people boosting the texas economy come across illegally across the border. according to the it ex-text association of business, illegal immigrant labor pumps in $17 billion a year which in turn also creates more jobs. another job creating factor, federal stimulus money going straight into state and local construction projects or as it did in the last two years, to cover 90% of the state's budget deficit. in as much as jobs are jobs governor perry is on solid factual grounds with his claim. he was claiming victory on that as recently as yesterday. >> and that's exactly what we've done in texas, some very simple but very effective principles of keeping our taxes low and our regulatory climate fair and predictable, legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing and starting out by not spending all the money. we left $6 billion in o

over the last four years and texas is creating many jobs in part because the population is growing so fast, up more than 4 million since rick perry took office, more people buying goods and services and more jobs. some of the people come illegally across the border. according to the it ex-text association of business, illegal immigrant labor pumps in $17 billion a year which in turn also creates more jobs. another job creating factor, federal stimulus money going straight into state and local construction projects or to cover 90% of the state's bubblinget deficit. in as much as jobs are jobs governor perry is on solid factual grounds with his claim. >> and that's exactly what we've done in texas, some very simple but very effective principles of keeping our taxes low and our regulatory climate fair and predictable, legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing and starting out by not spending all the money. we left $6 billion in our rainy day fund in texas, so we've got a decade's worth of experience. >> he's saying he balanced the state budget keeping tax

he's the new normal in texas and the republican party. tax cuts at all costs, warp social priorities, and i guess you could say blank stares at the camera. his attack on public education is dangerous. a dangerous recipe for this country. he would end public education as we know it, and create a generation of minimum wage careers. america, i don't think can afford this guy. the bottom line here is, in texas, property taxes pay for schools. what happens in the poor school districts? they stay poor. what happens in the wealthy school districts? they have a better chance of seeing their kids succeed. you ask yourself the question tonight. is that the america you want your kid to grow up in? is that the america you want to see your grandkids navigate through? is rick perry really the guy when it comes to public education? it's a sweet commercial, but there are a lot of teachers telling a different story. are school children suffering because of republican priorities like tax breaks for the rich? a for yes, b for no to 622639 you can always go

over the last four years and texas is creating many jobs in part because the population is growing so fast, up more than 4 million since rick perry took office, more people buying goods and services and more jobs. some of the people come illegally across the border. according to the it ex-text association of business, illegal immigrant labor pumps in $17 billion a year which in turn also creates more jobs. another job creating factor, federal stimulus money going straight into state and local construction projects or to cover 90% of the state's bubblinget deficit. in as much as jobs are jobs governor perry is on solid factual grounds with his claim. >> and that's exactly what we've done in texas, some very simple but very effective principles of keeping our taxes low and our regulatory climate fair and predictable, legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing and starting out by not spending all the money. we left $6 billion in our rainy day fund in texas, so we've got a decade's worth of experience. >> he's saying he balanced the state budget keeping tax

it has two great portraits of these off of the trail. texas cowboys who maybe a little -- they got their favorite dish cowboys long for on the trail, chopped sunni or some eggs and a tumble in the hay and some good hard whiskey. some historians claim the word cowboy was first used in medieval ireland to describe boys who tended cattle. others say it was bandied about in early america when youngsters like daniel boone and davy crockett herded house. either way after the civil war the term cowboy came into common use. the heyday of the genuine cowboys was brief. it began in 1865 when texans returned home after serving the confederacy port in cash but rich in rain lands teeming with ubiquitous long arms. prior to the war there usually known as grover's. >> guest: 60s texas ranchers used the term cowboy as they gathered wild longhorns during roundups first called cal hunts. by 1870 ranchers hired youngsters do they generally referred to as cowboys to herd cattle up the trails and northern rail head and markets. some were 12 to 16 years old and bar

bachmann fever, we can set until for a lengthy media overfeeding at the trough of bachmann. >> texas governor rick perry off and running in the republican presidential race. >> the texas governor comes out punching against the president. >> the texas governor rick perry has hit the ground running. >> rick perry coming out firing all guns. >> when we come back, we'll find out what minnesota congressman michele bachmann thinks about rick perry! he's new new! we haven't seen him before. the media really is the dog in "up." ball! (laughter) squirrel! squirrel! (cheers and applause) you know, it's been seven hours, i'm tired of michele bachmann. squirrel! (laughter) anyway, as the media said, rick perry has hit the ground running and was firing all guns or, to put that slightly more factually campaigning around iowa in a bus. >> president obama has been downgrading american jobs, he's been downgrading our standing in the world. he's going to talk about jobs, but i think the only job he cares about is the one he's got. i think you want a president that is passionate about america. (cheers a

we have incredibly good reviews from "the wall street journal" to texas monthly. the texans, i am so pleased, have totally endorsed this book. the bright oneses, the create sickics -- the critics, the scholars -- [laughter] because i'm pretty hard on texas in this book as i should be and am. but there are reviews that my late mother could have written, and i'm pleased with that. [laughter] now, my first exposure to mr. crockett, the in'em it bl -- inimitable american icon came, and i for one -- and i bet some of you looking around this room -- can vividly recall perhaps even the exact date. it was a frosty night for me, december the 15th, 1954, in my hometown of st. louis. an abc television had just aired davy crockett: indian fighter. the first of three episodes produced by walt disney for his studio's then new series that had prehered only two months earlier. and it was called simply disneyland much like the park that would soon appear in hand heym. -- anaheim. and it was called that for quite a while, this anthology series. but there were a variety of other name

is the result of oil prices triple in the last decade and texas is the home to lots and lots of oil refineries so many in fact that texas produces more pollution than any other state in the union. great way to jump start the economy rick it's almost like you're channeling the enron c.e.o. ken lay who conveniently died just before he can testify at his own trial and spill the beans about phil and wendy gramm phil gramm helped make fortunes in his home state of texas both when he was a congressman from there and a senator and when his wife helped run enron even coauthored ronald reagan's first budget which cut taxes on billionaires raise taxes on working people and began the death spiral of today's american working class so i guess after destroying the american middle class advisor george w. bush cram wants to finish the job with his protege rick perry. as the big picture for tonight for more information on the stories we covered visit our website thom hartmann dot com free speech dot org and archie dot com you can also check out our two you tube channels there

"the texas observer" recognized half a dozen affirmationists. cluding mike bickle, thinks oprah is the forerunner to the anti-christ, he's listed as a national endorser of the response even. john benefiel is also listed as a national endorser. cindy jacobs who you heard say "don't ask, don't tell" caused birds to fall out of the sky in arkansas. and c. peter wagner himself is the japan stock market never recovered from the sex with the sun goddess thing, the night before the event we could no longer find him on the website anymore. rick perry did not just do a prayer event in texas that was a no nonsense christians allowed, rick perry did a prayer event that involved a political movement that has political goals and wants a political vehicle and that seems to want a rick perry presidential candidacy to be their political vehicle.y about a visit two of them paid to governor perry in austin in 2009. "the pastors told perry of god's grand plan for texas, texas was the prophet state anointed by god and the governor would have a special role." the new

texas and the texas experience. the economy in texas is humming. 's one of the few bright spots across states, across this country. is he going to tout that and say i know how to run things. i know how to free up business. i understand how business runs, i'm a chief executive. that's in the positive category. as well as social conservatives, bill, we saw the big prayer event this weekend. had a big crowd. and i think he scores big and positive there. downside is it is august. and he -- he could, i say could, run the risk of being the fred thompson of this race. remember how everybody was waiting for thompson to get n july of 2008. turns out that july was a little late. and the money and the excitement really didn't ever show up for fred thompson. it remains to be seen whether -- we'll see rick perry be able to overcome the fact that he doesn't really have much of an organization yet. and it's not clear that the old bush money, all those bush pioneers and rangers bundlers of big cash are going to go toward rick perry. that's where he is right now. >>

are people ready for more of the texas way after having had the texas way? chris: back in the great depression, we had far war economics, almost 20% unemployment, david, the governor of new york at the time, franklin roosevelt, said look what i've done in new york he had a strong social democratic plan in new york. is perry able to say, i created jobs in texas, is that my -- that's my plan to do it again. >> perry will be able to say, i have executive experience this president has been learning on the job, i've been the longest serving governor in the country. here's my record, take a look. >> will that sell? >> if perry is convincing as chief executive, you bet it will sell. one point, i think that obama is hoping that these republicans will punch themselves out. he's been a punching bag in the ways we've described but he's hoping they'll look so extreme so completely over the top, raising their hand to salute things the public doesn't agree. >> you said in the washington 2012 race, they're bunch drunk -- they're punch-drunk already, you saw pawlenty and bac

the past ten years, texas has had one of the top ten fastest growing wage numbers in the nations. saw texas keeping pace doing better than the rest of the country in terms of employment versus unemployment. 40% of all the jobs created in the united states were created in texas because we have the right environment. texas has done the right thing creating an environment. i think that most folks looking at their may not be fashionable with the latte liberal crowd. at the end of the day most people would rather have a job than not have a job. the unemploymented of california and new york have been flocking to texas to look for a job because texas is a place that rewards job creators. it's a place where people can come and find work. >> aren't a lot of jobs in the energy sector that rising oil prices contributed to a lot of jobs. >> that's not accurate. about 25% of the job created -- >> what is accurate? >> it's about 25% is the number of jobs created in the oil industry. if you back out all of the energy industry job creation texas would still be leading the country in job growth. n

rick perry is the governor of texas now. 't have as much power as many governors and sarah palin decided to point that out. >> different functions in the state of texas and the state of alaska in terms of governing powers in the governor's office. kind of tough to compare what the executive duties are. a very, very strong governor's office form of government up there. but he's a great guy and i like forward to seeing him in those debates. >> maybe, peter, i'm making too much of this. but we have a very strong governor in alaska. he's a great guy. >> reporter: yeah. that was not just the only gentle criticism that she made of -- of rick perry. they have a close, friendly warm relationship but she also said that perry is sort of flip-flopped. she said she was surprised that he changed his position on whether is he going to run. i think what you're seeing here, john, is palin is keeping alive the prospect of her candidacy and realizes that her and perry have a lot of similarities and social conservatives, also the potential to r

less regulation and incredible candidate on the stump. texas has created virtually half of all the jobs last 10 years last 10 years. underestimate him at your own peril, rick perry is for real, is he going to endear himself to a large portion of this country. >> laura: i think it's interesting president obama and rick perry rick perry in washington. one man in washington usually in washington that's barack obama. thanks so much. coming up on the factor, president obama and his supporters have revealed the campaign strategy. blame the republicans for pretty much everything. definitely not the hope and change. will it work? that report coming up. >> >> laura: factor follow up segment tonight, reported earlier the president has hit the road for campaign swing through middle america. after two and a half years in office, mr. obama promises to lay out his latest plan to safe the economy. >> i will be putting forward when they come back in september a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs and to control our deficit. and my attitude

, america would be a lot more like texas, which for perry could be a good thing. here's perry making the case in south carolina on saturday. >> we have led texas, based on some just really pretty simple guiding principles. one is don't spend all of the money. [ cheers and applause ] you know, two, is keeping the taxes low and under control. three is you have your regulatory climate fair and predictable. four is reform the legal system so frivolous lawsuits don't peril employers trying to keep jobs. over the years, we've followed this recipe to produce the strongest economy in the nation. >> paul crumb dismantled the myth in the new york times today. it's true texas entered recession a bit later than the rest of america, mainly because the state's still energy-heavy economy was buoyed by high oil prices through the first half of 2008. also, texas was the worst of the housing crisis because it turns out to have surprisingly strict regulation on mortgage lending. despite, unemployment soared in texas. 8.2%, that's slightly lower than the national average, but it's worse than 25 other states

about the texas governor's tough talk on ben bernanke. the conservative circles are buzzing that the 2012 field still has room for more contenders. first a look ahead at the president's schedule. two more stops and we'll see how he's playing in peoria. you're watching "the daily rundown." a network of possib. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. is it the new forty, i don't know. i probably feel about thirty. how is it that we don't act our age? [ marcie ] you keep us young. [ kurt ] we were having too much fun we weren't thinking about a will at that time. we have responsibilities to the kids and ourselves. we're the vargos and we created

matt, you've known the governor of texas for 25 years. tell me what you see ahead for m in this race. >> well, this is a guy that's the genuine texas deal. he is texan on steroids. he's a natural, really disciplined campaigner. he has that great asset going for him. the downside for him are two things i think. he has a bit of a thin skin so when the spotlight turns on him you don't know what he might say. and the other thing is he sounds and has similar mannerisms to a previous president we just recently saw a few years ago. >> some people will recognize that exact texas twang. proud of the texas twang. let me ask you, george, because the campaign, the obama campaign, is there on the ground watching. they're not going to watch on tv, they're there to watch on the ground. why? >> well, obviously, they know they're vulnerable right now. they really only see two potential nominees and threats and i think itit rick perry and mitt romney. the rest they don't believe can get the nomination or win the election, although they're kind of hoping tha