thompson, where gov.. my wife and my children have lived their whole life in the state of wisconsin and they're trying to make it out like i know lunker belong to wisconsin. -- no longer belong to wisconsin. we believe so much in this state. i have run positive ads. i have to defend myself. >> same question. >> i think it is very similar to what we just heard. sometimes the definitions we associate with words like liberal and conservative, the name-calling gets crazy. i looked at how we got into the fiscal mess we're in right now. during the bush years, we had two unfunded tax cuts, two unfunded wars. my opponent gave a sweetheart deal to the drug companies. my -- about $3.50 trillion and funded on a credit card to our children and grandchildren. and they call that a conservative. >> our second question will be from lee said. -- lisa. before the end of the year and before either of you is sworn in, the nation faces the explanation of the bush era tax cuts. it also faces the spending cuts unless president o

. >> governor thompson. beyond the cliff effect, we have a $16 trillion debt, increasing at about $1 trillion a year. the notion some say we cannot levy any more taxes, you signed the taxpayer protection pledge and congresswoman baldwin, you said that you like the buffet rule and co-sponsored that which means taxing rich people more. but you're not going to be able to tax them enough more to get back $16 million. can we really solve this problem, the $16 trillion debt problem without any new taxes? >> yes, we can. but you've got to be determined and you've got to be able to do what i would want to do. i have the same problem when i came in as governor of the state of wisconsin, john. we were in debt, and i came in and with democrats in control of both houses of the legislature cut taxes 91 times. we reformed the spending in the legislature and the state. and we were able to create 742,000 jobs. the biggest increase in jobs ever in the history of our state. we turned the state around. i can do the same thing

. >> tommy thompson is taking gamble saying he's going to get rid of medicare and medicaid. >> this is another one of those it secret may videos that are coming back to get the republicans in september. but there was another part of that video just after what you played, ed, in which tommy thompson says we'll b put it on vouchers down the road and by 2020 nobody is going to want to pick medicare rather than the vouchers because medicare is going to be broke. and there what you see is an even deeper cynicism in which tommy thompson is saying, we're going to run medicare in the ground in the meantime so that when it comes to this choice they want to make between taking a voucher for a certain amount of money in medicare, medicare actually won't be a viable option. that's the most damaging part of what he said because he explains the mechanics behind it. and baldwin, who is already ahead in that state, i think, is going to move farther ahead based on these comments. it betrays a real cynicism on behalf of tommy thompson, who is a guy who, at least back in the old days, had some support on

your opening statement, governor thompson? >> first off, let me thank everybody for being involved and putting this on. i'm tommy thompson, i was governor of this great state for 14 years. while i was govern york cut taxes 9 times. we gave people -- reformed welfare and gave people an opportunity to work. we built the best health care possible for poor, middle income people all over the state. this acknowledges the best health care in the country. i also was able to be the architect for part d, for medicare, so seniors were able to get drugs. i also work my wife, who is with me tonight, started a women's health foundation. she and my daughter, tommie, set up my health care foundation for the people of the state of wisconsin, for the women of wisconsin. i've always tried to do what was right for wisconsin. i think we've been successful. i lived my whole life with my family in wisconsin. and we were able to create 74 ,000 jobs while i was governor. i'm a reformer. my opponent is ranked as the number one liberal in the united sta

there was an election in 1919 in which thompson was up for reelection. people like the newspaper publishers thought he is not going to be reelected. he is a clown. he is a corrupt person but of course he won largely because of african-american votes, german votes and irish votes. the headline was chicago blacks reelect there may. it did create a lot of tension in the city between whites and blacks because he was perceived rightly or wrongly as a true friend of the black community. he was to western extent. he talked a better game than he delivered by allege progressive people were not registering good records on racial issues where as this corrupt machine politician was regarded -- a lot of politicians in the so-called black belt, sins like ththings called him the second -- second lincoln. he was regarded as a hero. there was justification for that because no one was giving black voters representation in city government. he could become quite eloquent. he called the people in the black belt his brothers and they said the same thing back at him. there was

tommy thompson right now is losing that race. the last five polls out of wisconsin all show tommy thompson losing, including one poll out today that shows him losing by 12 points. and that was before the "milwaukee journal sentinel" today posts this video of tommy thompson this summer telling a tea party group what his plans are for medicare and also for medicaid. listen to this. >> change medicare and medicaid like i did welfare, and who better than me, that's already finished one of the entitlement programs, to come up with programs to do away with medicaid and medicare? >> who better than me, to do away with medicare? we're going to have to wait until the next round of polling in wisconsin to see how the tape of tommy thompson saying he wants to get rid of medicare affects his numbers, in a state that's already inclined against him by 12 points. what do you think the next round's going to look like. mr. thompson's democratic opponent in this senate race is named tammy baldwin. one snapshot of politics right now in this country

thompson.s a real moderate. they don't have a lot of treks with moderate. >> eliot: let's go to montana where the democrats are hoping to hold on with senator tester. how does that look now. >> true battleground. the republicans have trenched back to the barricades. a lot of places they thought they were going to pick up, ohio, virginia wisconsin are looking more difficult. montana is the true toss up. while claire mccatskill may have been ahead in missouri, but now it may be jon tester. the washington money is pouring in. the campaigns are pouring $3 million into montana governor, and in a medium market, that's pretty cheap and $3 million about a long way. it's getting tighter and tighter and jon tester is a true toss up. >> eliot: $3 million in a state like that you can buy every second on tv. that's saturation on steroids. one thing that i've noticed on that race is that tester is running away from president obama and so much so he creates in his voter sense that if think guy is so embarrass

thompson's democratic opponent in this senate race is e shf tiigy baldwin. now in this country is how the presidential race is going. but the race to control the united states senate most days is a me amazing story. or a more amazing amalgamation of stories. today tommy thompson is on tape saying, who better than him to get rid of medicare! but something like that can't even w the shockg eltion taf wewanoen it's up against other competitors from this week, like this tape. [ chanting ] this is thtape we aired here last night of five staffers for mahus bl sor scott brown, as well as other republican party operatives, chanting fake native american war whoops and doing tomahawk chops, to mock native americans. the abc affiliate in boston identified the scott brown staffers here as his deput chief of staff, s constituent services couil, his state his special assistant. also, there is a massachusetts state republican party guy here, who works in conjunction with the brown campaign. scott brown came out shortly after he heard about this tape yesterday to say that h

so says tommy thompson of where i wii. he is down in the polls by a lot.month, tammy baldwin turned a nine-point deficit into a nine-point lead. wow, that is an 18-point spread and according to thompson, romney could be to blame. >> the presidential thing is bound to have an impact on every election, you know, whether you're a democrat or republican. if you're a standard bearer for the presidency, is that doing well, it's going to reflect on the down ballot. >> so, is thompson right to be concerned? former new hampshire governor john snu is "outfront." is it strictly thompson's fault and he's trying to find someone to blame it on? >> my good friend sounds like barack obama trying to blame it on somebody else. campaigns go up, campaigns go down. i'm sure tommy will be fine in the long run. i think romney's doing just fine. he's dead even with him in the polls out there. and he's pounding the president for failing to deal with the unemployment problem, 20 million americans still unemployed. unemployment over 8% and now, the president's having to defend his s

who warned a troubled presidential campaign could hurt other candidates, thompson's remark drew this response from former new hampshire governor and romney supporter. >> my good friend, tommy thompson, sounds like barack obama, blaming it on somebody else. mr. obama, meanwhile, continued his offensive, speaking by satellite to the aarp members >> i want to emphasize, they're not handouts. >> reporter: later, swiping about the comments. >> i don't see a lot of victims in this crowd today. i see hard-working people in virginia. >> reporter: he also resumed a back and forth with romney over the president's assertion that change in washington must not come simply from the inside, but the outside, too. >> he stood up at a rally, proudly declares i would get the job done from the inside, what kind of inside job is he talking about? >> reporter: a lot of republicans are looking at october 3 as a big date on the calendar, as the first of three presidential debates, and perhaps mitt romney's next big chance. let's head to the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory how will today play an

thompson says share your feelings. >> it helps to talk to your friends. things you learn at camp is that almost everybody is homesick from time to time. >> since it was a girl scout camp i, like, ate cookies to make myself feel better, but there was, like, my friends there, too, from my troop, and they helped me. >> it's also okay to let your parents know that you're feeling a little homesick. but make sure you're not making it sound a lot worse than it really is. >> because the kid very often puts all the pain in the letter, sends it off, and then feels good and goes out to play gaga ball. it's the parent who opens that envelope and gets the pain and thinks, "oh, i have to rescue my child." many parents, in fact, make homesickness worse by continually trying to call the camp. >> well, i think in the middle of the summer, my parents definitely miss me more. >> my parents miss me more. >> here's something else to keep in mind. overcoming homesickness is an achievement you can be proud of. >> when you're away at camp, hey, that's yours. right? your mom didn

and this explanation for why poll are showing he's trailing, that's tommy thompson.well, he's blaming romney -- watch this. >> the presidential thing is bound to have an impact in every election. you know, whether you're a democrat or republican. if you're -- if you're a standard bearer for the presidency, it's not doing well, it's going to reflect on the down ballot. >> let's go back to robert. you're close to the romney campaign. if t seems if you have a true believer at the top of the ticket people don't mind associating with that person. ronald reagan, an example of the true believer s. it true that romney doesn't seem to be a true believer, that people don't want to stick him? >> at "national review" i support the national movement. are there grumbles, sure. but linda lingle, scott brown, those candidates mostly come from blue state. they're backing away, not from romney particularly, but from the -- >> wait a minute. i'm checking you there. nevada, virginia, you think there's -- haley barbour from mississippi? haley barbour? let's watch him here. he isn't runni

word is the thompsons get four grand per episode. and if nothing else, that will buy you a whole lot of go go juice. to quote honey boo boo "that would make me holler". we go to a brick. we'll see you. -- break. we'll see you. [ laughing ] >>> and now 9 sports with kristen berset. >> the word cy young award had been attached to the nationals. by a guy hot on his tail is dicky. he brought 18 wins. and the nats looked motivated to keep it that way. behind a solid performance from zimmerman who went six innings. he gave up just two earned runs, including this one by david wright in the 5th. the nats bats came alive in the 7th. tyler moore sends a two-run shot to left off the dicky. nats back on top. and that would be it for their ace. then in the 9th, bases loaded for bryce harper. he sends one to left. kurt suzuki comes in to score. harper had his first career four-hit game as the nats win dicky a loss. the final. the magic number for clinching a playoff spot is at 8 games. orioles hosting the rays trying to get back into first place.

give it up for kenan thompson! you doing, playa? >> how you feeling, playa? >> jimmy: how you doing, playa? look at this shoe here. >> come on, man. you see, it got 50,000 buttons that go down the seam. [ laughter ] what's on the inside of it? >> jimmy: you got buttons on the inside, too. >> that's right, playa. >> jimmy: all right, playa. >> that was steve harvey. >> jimmy: steve harvey. we did that sketch in rehearsal that got cut. do you remember that? >> with steve harvey? >> jimmy: we brought him back because i asked you to do it, because i really loved it. >> oh, that's right, that's right. >> jimmy: then it got cut. it was like a larry king dinner, christmas dinner or something. >> yeah. >> jimmy: we'll bring it back again. >> you bring it. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. well, you know i'm a giant fan of yours. >> oh, thank you, man. >> jimmy: you're really, really funny on "snl." i'm just kidding. [ laughter ] >> that's understandable. it's a nice tie, though. i told you it was a nice colored tie. >> jimmy: you did

tommy thompson, having problems in wisconsin. george allen, neck and neck in virginia. these people are real pros who are trying to keep alive politically, and they want some real separation, as they say in the nfl, from this guy romney. what's going on? >> romney's taking all these hits in the last four weeks from his miserable trip to london, to clint eastwood, and not mentioning the troops in afghanistan, the disaster with the libyan statement, and the video that i made public earlier this week. and the thing is, if he had a real good overarching strategic plan and message that the conservative republican elites here and members of the senate had any -- could see, could discern, i think people would be more willing to stand by him. he doesn't have a strong rudder. every day he changes strategy. he's going to be a little more moderate. he's going to be red meat. he's going to be an outsider. he's going to be an insider. obama says black, i'm going to

thompson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 2857, the public transit security and local law enforcement support act and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as the president stated in his weekly address, the anniversary of 9/11 is a time to honor and commemorate first responders, the victims of the attacks and members of the armed forces serving at home and abroad. it's unfortunate that the republican majority has decided to discontinue the house's tradition of doing just that by considering a resolution honoring the fallen and commending our nation's bravest on this day. for years majority leaders of both parties have introduced and scheduled consideration of a 9/11 resolution. surely if the house has the time to consider the 32 bills scheduled for consideration on the suspension calendar this week, it has the time to commemorate our nation's first responders, the victims of 9/11 and

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republicans like tommy thompson of wisconsin acknowledge they could take a hit as well. thompson's challenger, tammy baldwin, joins me next. >>> later, mitt romney tries to win over the latino voters with new ads but he still won't get down to specifics on his policies. and we'll have a full analysis of the debate between massachusetts senator scott brown and challenger, elizabeth warren, with boston city councillor felix arroyo. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." the bad fortunes of mitt romney may be impacting down-ballot senate races. let's start with the big picture. mitt romney is clearly hurting himself. for the first time since his 47% remark, a poll shows voters, they don't like it. 36% say that they are less likely to vote for romney because of his remarks, compared to only 20% who say that they are more likely to vote for him. among independents, the margin is also 2-1 against romney's remarks. as for the senate races, a top election analyst put it this way. "i'm not prone to hyperbole, but a

republicans like tommy thompson of wisconsin acknowledge they could take a hit as well.hompson's challenger, tammy baldwin, joins me next. >>> later, mitt romney tries to win over the latino voters with new ads but he still won't get down to specifics on his policies. and we'll have a full analysis of the debate between massachusetts senator scott brown and challenger, elizabeth warren, with boston city councillor felix arroyo. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. [ male announcer ] introducing a stunning work of technology. introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when.

tramaine thompson after the fake in the secondary. and oklahoma took that option away from him. third down and 11 at the 24. the sooners, they feel the momentum swinging. they've got a chance to get the rock back right here. klein over the middle. klein, first down k-state! what a play! tramaine thompson on third and 11, picks up 13. >> charles: watch wort in the middle and watch the route. nothing on him, he gets past him, first down. >> gus: a fresh set of downs for the wildcats. 2:56 away. chops down. javon harris, after a five-yard pickup. don't forget coming up next. erin and the guys with the at&t post-game show. joey harrington and the heisman trophy winner eddie george. >> charles: if you leave more than five seconds on the play clock, you're doing your team a disservice. let it bleed down. >> gus: second down and five. klein to hubert. and hubert will gain 2 1/2. and a time-out called. oklahoma, out of time-outs, trailing 24-19. whether it's kevin's smartphone... mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' l

republicans like tommy thompson of wisconsin acknowledge they could take a hit as well. thompson's challenger, tammy baldwin, joins me next. >>> later, mitt romney tries to win over the latino voters with new ads but he still won't get down to specifics on his policies. and we'll have a full analysis of the debate between massachusetts senator scott brown and challenger, elizabeth warren, with boston city councillor felix arroyo. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." the bad fortunes of mitt romney may be impacting down-ballot senate races. let's start with the big picture. mitt romney is clearly hurting himself.

thompson was the type of person, before he would give a dime to the politician, wanted them to know this is coming from me. that session took place. what i'm told is that it was never mentioned to -- what people say is gray was never told there would be a shadow campaign, in the amount of $6,000, that he was just told this individual would participate. and it wasn't until jean clark harris came to him after the campaign to say there were some outstanding up voices that had not been paid that ray realized some of this had not been reported, and he told her to report it. he memorialized it with an e- mail, telling her what she should do. >> you also write about the s of former secretary of commercial, ron brown, who was killed in an airplane accident in bosnia years ago, his son michael brown. where has he stumbled along the way? >> well, michael brown is not his father's son -- well, he is his father's son, but is not a ron brown. he has run successfully on his father's reputation, as a legislator, he is pedestrian. but he is best known for failure to pay his income taxes from the city or

kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> a neighborhood organization is encouraging residents of san francisco to stand by suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi and demand that he get his job back. ross mirkarimi pleaded guilty after bruising his wife's arm. kron 4's reggie kumar tells us ross mirkarimi talked about the public scrutiny they have endured. >> reporter: after 9 months of fighting for his job and marriage suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi has to clear one last hurdle before finding out if he will get his job back. that decision mill be made by -- will be made by the board of supervisors. but during the community meeting on monday at the library ross mirkarimi asked they make their decision after the election. >> the proper process is that they should delay till after the election. they are in a difficult position. one they shouldn't be put in in the first place. the way this has been pushed by mayor ed lee speaks of how political the process has become. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi's wife and their son were also in attendance. they are both living with ross mi

you have somebody more moderate like thompson. even though he's been there forever.ill seen as a more moderate choice and baldwin i think for wisconsin, for a lot of voters is seen as too liberal. >> jennifer: back in the day tommy thompson would have been leading the forefront on conservative movement like welfare reform. do you predict really quick prediction democrats keep the senate or do republicans take it back? >> i think it's going -- the tie's going to have to be broken by the vice president whoever that is. >> jennifer: there is a political answer. mark mckinnon, cofounder no label. up next, is the chicago city strike a local issue? we'll head out to rr jennifer speaks truth to power. >>the bottom line is we need an amendment. >>now it's your turn. connect with "the war room" jennifer granholm. >>it's a call to arms. make your voice heard. >> jennifer: chicago teachers took to the streets today for the second day of their districtwide strike and one of the biggest issues is a new system that uses student test scores as 40% of the teacher's yearly evaluation