bill: used to be a monster in the ratings when the late tim russert hosted it they replaced tim russert with david gregory and the show is now declining in the ratings fairly quickly because mr. gregory is a left-wing guy and says stuff like this. roll the tape. >> and then there was this image this week outside of portsmouth, new hampshire, a town hall event that the president had. this man with a gun strapped to his leg, held that sign it is time to water the tree of liberty. it was a reference to that famous thomas jefferson quote the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. that has become a motto for violence against the government. timothy mcvey the oklahoma city bomber had that very quote on his shirt the day of the bombing of the building when 168 people were killed. bill: all right. so he is tying in a common straighter at the obama descrart with common straighter with timothy mcveigh, is that valid? >> no. i understand shout down jerks. i am against people who bring guns to town hall meetings. i'm against comparing barack obam

this collaboration began back with al hunt and tim russert.ogether and that by having two people involved in politics we would bring a different perspective. in terms of sampling we do the same as we do with everything else which is a national cross- section. it is done by telephone. we include people who have cell phones, and random digit dialing to give people who are unlisted. it gives every american "an equal chance with every other american." guest: michael jordan, scottie, peter the man. i have looked like an all-star because peter has taken the lead on this for a long time. [laughter] guest: he is a solid citizen. i thank you for a nice complemeiment. host: thank you for doing your sunday morning tennis game. do you think the 2010 elections will determine the 2012 presidential election? guest: no, this is the most important thing. i think republicans will have a very successful 2010. the worst thing we could do is to interpret that as some kind of mandate for 2012. in 1992 republicans lost 26 seats and reagan carried so many states one