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innovation upsized. innovation for all. >>> welcome back to the show.ential debate with the wind at his back and much of the republican elite quaking. a new poll shows 42% of republican voters think perry has the best shot of beating president barack obama. romney has just 24%. and today governor bobby jindal of louisiana endorsed perry, but romney supporters shouldn't worry. today he got a big endorsement from an electrifying political figure. >> i have standing right behind me here, the cochair of my national effort. tim pawlenty will be chairing my effort across the country. >> joining me now is dana milbank, and michael steele, former rnc chairman and now an msnbc analyst. thank you both for being here. michael, is a man who thinks that social security is a ponzi scheme the most electable republican candidates? >> that will be something that would be left up to the individual voters in the various states. i think as you have noted, the governor is walking that back a bit. the language was very strong and el reaction was equally strong. when you have

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innovation upsized.all. >>> welcome back to "hardball." >>> it's becoming an old story. texas governor rick perry leads the pack of republicans for president. 's in a new fox poll, he's well ahead of challengers. even when you only poll for candidates who officially announced they're, when they're running, he still remains number one. but here's the new story -- with that front-runner status comes something else. criticism. tea party favorites michele bachmann and sarah palin are both launching attacks on perry. perhaps they feel their appeal slipping as they try to appeal to the same crowd. the president of the bernard center for women politics and public policy and both are msnbc political analysts. i've got to show you this. a pro-bachmann super pac called keep conservatives united. keep that title in mind. keep conservatives unite. >> yeah, right. >> started running an attack ad against rick perry in the early voting state of south carolina. here it is. >> rick perry says he's one tough ombre on spen

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innovation upsized.all. >>> in tonight's "spotlight," the perry effect on the republican presidential candidates. the new poll here shows rick perry now beating michele bachmann by more than two to one. bachmann comes in third now behind mitt romney. the last quinnipiac poll had her in second before rick perry jumped into the race. and more importantly for bachmann, rick perry trounces her among tea party members with a 17-point lead. perry's tea party polling is better than both bachmann and romney combined. now bachmann supporters are going on the offensive against perry. a pro bachmann super pac will begin airing this ad on tv in south carolina next week.ç >> rick perry says he's one tough hombre on spending. but what's his record? rick perry doubled spending in a decade. and this year, rick perry's spending more money than the state takes in, covering his deficits with record borrowing. and he is supposed to be the tea party guy? there is an honest conservative, and she's not rick perry. >>> this af

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innovation upsized. innovation for all. >>> next on msnbc saturday, on alert. september 11th terror threat. new information on the search for the plotters and the possibility that two may be americans. >>> plus, ten years later. americans remember september 11th. a look at how the day changed america and the world forever. >>> under water. parts of the northeast still reeling this morning from some of the worst flooding there ever. welcome to msnbc saturday. i'm alex witt. it's just past 9:00 a.m. in the eastern. 6:00 a.m. out west. let's get to what's happening as we get new information this morning about the men who may be involved in a possible al qaeda bomb mroet against new york and washington. officials say two of the three men may be u.s. citizens. the men started their journey in pakistan. they may have flown to the u.s. from dubai and europe. officials say the terrorist's goal is to set off a car or truck bomb. in response to the unconfirmed threat, security has been drastically increased in both new york and wash wrush. officials in those cities say r

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