states senator, walk in the united states senate door and make major national decisions about war and peace and fiscal policy? big questions. can she handle them? >> chris, the role of the united states nor as you put it is a big job. you have to be prepared to speak to a whole range of issues, domestic, international, not just for delaware but for the whole country. i think it is important in the next couple of weeks as we put our background and our experience out there for delawareans to have a chance to really look closely at my opponent's experience and background. she has dedicated most of her public life to a fairly narrow range of social issues and has fairly conservative views on those and very limited experience in managing anything, being involved in the private sector or the public sector, i think that should raise some real concerns for them but i think that is judgment ultimately delaware's voters going to have to make. -- some of the things i have done in office and the things i offer to delaware voters. >> are you personally put off by the fact she led this very strong,

it has been my pleasure to run for the united states senate. the people of new hampshire have gotten to know me. my dad introduced me over nine months ago. folks understand that i care about the job and the economy. when i became the frontrunner in the august, we were attacked by all kinds of private organizations. i thought that was not fair. i did not like it. not for amnesty. i am a liberal. ask my kids. what i am about is talking and dealing with the economic crisis that new hampshire is experiencing. we need jobs in our state. that is what i want to talk about. they do not care about these ads. they want to hear our policies and our background and how we can make a difference in their lives. i want to focus on that. >> thank you. >> i concur with that. we should not be personal in our attacks. we should stick to the issues. that is what this is all about -- making america a better place and bringing her better if -- bring her forward to a better country. we know we need jobs. we know we have things that are not ripe. they asked me to grade

democrat barbara boxer is a three-term united states senator. she has served in the senate

states senator. she'd served in the senate since 1993, before that, she served in the house of representatives for 10 years. republican carly fiorina is running for elected office for the first time. her background is in business. thank you both for joining us tonight. let's get started. before tonight's debate, your campaign participated in a coin toss to see who will answer first. you won but chose for fiorina to go first. you have 90 seconds. >> please, call my carly. thank you for letting us into your homes this evening. you know, i have lived the american dream. i started out like most americans do in a small business. i typed, i filed, i answered the phones for a little 9- person company about an hour from where we are tonight. my husband started out driving a tow truck for the city of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and i am running for public office now because i, like so many of you think our country is headed in the wrong direction and think the american dream is too hard for our generation. we'r

states senate up in new hampshire, former state attorney general kelly ayotte, sarah palin's choice, beat back a strong challenge from conservative, la mon taine. ayotte won by less than 2,000 votes. we start tonight with the smell of battle lingers from last night, grand old tea party.

i'm in the united states senate? i fight for people. every time i run, i have a tough time on my hands and people have me decide if they want to have me back or if they want to elect someone who made her name as the ceo of hewlett packard laying thousands and thousands of workers off, shipping their jobs oversea, making no sacrifice while she was doing it, taking $100 million. i don't think we need those wall street values right now. every race i run in, there's a clear choice. there's a clear choice here on jobs. there's a clear choice on the issue of offshore oil drilling. there's a clear choice on the issue of a woman's right to choose and many other areas i think we'll get to tonight. >> ms. fiorina, your reply? >> i think it's a good question. senator boxer is right. ultimately, the choice is up to voters. but i think one of the things that voters believe is that results count. in her 18 years in the senate, senator boxer has four bills with her name on them, four pieces of legislation that is far below the record or even the avera

we need him back in the united states senate he is the only guy who loves to twitter as much as i do. it is the 38th anniversary of his 39th birthday. happy anniversary, chop. -- chuck. he understands that government is supposed to work for the american people, not the other way around. he has been strong against the mother of all unfunded mandates -- obamacare. he is promising to repeal and replace the scheme with common- sense reform. they're holding the line on spending. they're holding the line and --

states senate. [applause] before his tragic accident that took him from alaska that he loved so much, he wrote a statement that said, "she is a fighter that stands up for what is right. i trust her commitment to do what is best for alaska." today, my friends, my campaign for alaska's future begins. [applause] ">> "run, lisa, run! qu >> i get the message. all right. i get the message. i hear it loud and clear. i announced today that i will be a write-in candidate for the united states senate seat that i now hold. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you for this support and confidence. i will tell you that when the votes came in on the 24th of august, when they were counted, there was no one was more disappointed than i was. but since then, things have happened. events have transpired. there has been an outpouring of support from alaskans all over the state, from all spectrums, from all political persuasions. when i sat down at a restaurant and the waiter said, "run, and i will quit my job and come

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and i announce today that i will be a write-in candidate in november for the united states senate seat that i now hold. we're in this together. thank you. i thank you for this support and this confidence. i will tell you that when those votes came in on the 24th of august, when they were counted, there was nobody that was more disappointed than i was. but since then, things have happened, events have transpired, and there has been an outpouring of support from alaskans all over the state, from all spectrums, from all political persuasions. when i sat down at a restaurant and the waiter says, lisa, run and i will quit my job and i will come to work for you. i think he actually said he would go part-time. but this is the outpouring of support that i have received from individuals stopping me in the airport, to the diners, received on the email. it has been almost overwhelming , and i am so humbled by it. now, i know -- i know that many of you know that this has been a difficult process. this decision has been a difficult one, because more often than not, when you're dealing with tough de

i think you will see today the united states senate in agreement. everyone of us standing up in support of each other, in support of the president, and here for the american people. we are here today. we are meeting today. i think that's an important sign, that this beacon of freedom is open, and that the united states senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world is here meeting, talking action and i hope acting today action tomorrow, and for the weeks and months to come this year. let me first just say as even has said here how much karen and i and our whole family as we watched on television yesterday, just in amazement, in grief, in sorrow, in tears. we nt to church. we prayed because we didn't know what else to do but go to church and pray that somehow, some way that people would survive this horrible tragedy. it has been a very active time for a lot of us. it has been a horrible time for the people in new york and people in rthern virginia. i would just say that we are committed here, as you heard the president say today, to do everythin

democrat barbara boxer is a three-term united states senator. she has served in the senate since 1993 before that. she served in the house of representatives for 10 years. republican carly fiorina is running for elected office for the first time. her background is in business. fiorina served for six years as chief executive officer of hiewlts packard. thank you both for joining us tonight. let's get started. before tonight's debate, you participated in a coin toss. senator, you won but chose to let carly fiorina go first. >> thank you very much. please call me carly. it's great to be with you all here. and thank you for letting us into your homes this evening. i know, i have lived the american dream. i started out like most americans do in a small business. i typed, i filed, i answered phones for a little nine-person company about an hour from where we are tonight. my husband started out driving a tow truck for the city of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. and i am running for office because like so many of you, i think our country is heading in the wro

that means after the election and after a new united states senate is elected, after united states house of representatives is elected. then the people that no longer represent the will of the american people come back here after november and come here to do the essential business of the united states of america but they don't have the support any longer of the voters who have chosen some different people. but the two pieces of legislation i'm talking about that were attached to the d.o.d. authorization bill are the don't ask, don't tell policy, which is something that was implemented under president clinton back in the era when he wanted to put gays in the military, found that he ran into a political buzz saw and settled for a compromise that turns out in retrospect, and i didn't support it at the time, madam speaker, to be straight about that, but in retrospect, it was a pretty good policy. essentially it was, we have people with different inclinations and those that come to serve america can do so without announcing their sexual preferences and as long as they keep that to themselves

that's what i would like to do in the united states senate for my fellow floridians and for america. >> are there any positions that you took as a loyal republican that you now would t no take? >> no, not really. let me give you an indication of one that i think may be illustrative. i'm personally pro life, but this year in the florida legislature, they passed a bill that would have required an ultrasound be performed on any woman who was contemplating such and also would require that she have to pay for it. i ended up vetoing that bill because, you know, when it comes to the overall spectrum of things my view is tax cuts, hell yes. your government in your bedroom, hell no. and that sort of really defines charlie crist in terms of i'm a frugal guy. i want to be as careful with the public's dollars as possible, especially in this economy. but i don't want to impose my personal will on other people either. none of us like to be told what to do on any issue, and i think that we need to respect the rights of others. and i think that pretty much illustrates, you know, my point of view as

i'm in the united states senate. why? i foit for people and the dream. every time i run, i have a tough fight on my hands and people are going to decide if they want to have me back or if they want to elect someone who made her name as ceo of h. p. laying thousands of people off and sending thousands of jobs overseas and taking $100 million. every race i run in, there's a clear choice on jobs, on the issue of off shore oil drilling, the issue of a woman's right to choose. >> i think it is a good quest n question. the choice is up to voters. one of the things that voters believe is that we don't count. in her 18 years in the senate, senator boxer has four bill was her name on them. four pieces of legislation that is far below the record or average. those include naming a river in virginia , naming a courthouse, renaming a post office and bringing some federal dollars back to the bay area after the earth earthquake. it's all well and good for senator boxer to misrepresent my record. ly remind her it was she that voted for the wall street bail out. when you

states senate. i'm trying to say it in an elegant way. >> mary, something that rnc co-chair -- >> go ahead. >> the day after karl said that, she raised $1 million in one day. what james doesn't get, maybe a lot of republicans, too, i'm not saying karl because i know he is brilliant. this is not about her. it's not about sharon angle. it's not about sarah palin. this is a much biggerer not anti-incumbent, it's not even anti-obama. it is what is the scope and size of government. how can we make government work? how can it be transparent? the issues that precipitate in the follow-up orders for obama and the democratic party and what are animating and inspiring, washington does not work anymore. >> if i were running this slate of candidates, i would say it's not about our candidates, it's not about jan brewer, for 18 second, you're going to be governor of arizona and you can't issue an open statement, of course, it's about the candidate. if the country is in the shape it's in, you can't have somebody th

this week's election was topped by christine o'donnell for the united states senate nomination in delaware. she won with the backing of sarah palin. how do you feel two days later? >> bill buckley said to support the most right-wing candidate that was elected pope. i think the republicans broke that rule. it could cost republicans control of the senate. >> it looks like we have this anger we are talking about. this is a temper tantrum that ran amok. some tea party candidates have come up and then nominated and have sent a message and made a statement and can win and compete in the fall. in this case, she will have to run again not just the democratic party in delaware but much of the republican party as well them n. >> ronald reagan said that shall not speak ill of another republican in public. this is also what jim demand said about others he served with. he said he has been in the majority with republicans who don't have principles. >> what bigger shot can you take? >> ronald reagan had the 80% rule which is someone who is with the 80% of the the side and the is our friend and ally. he i

republican nomination for united states senate. o'donnell finished with more than 53% of the vote. >> we're in this to win. and we're in this to win big. and win big we did. don't ever underestimate the power of we the people. >> the last several weeks have been spirited, shall we say. and the voters in the republican primary have spoken and i respect that decision. i had a very nice speech prepared here hoping i would win this race and talked about thing we'd be able to do to create jobs and reduce taxes and those things that make a difference to delaware. still a long ways to go, by the way. i still have some time in office. so i will be fervently trying to carry out my responsibilities. >> a shocking loss for mike castle. meanwhile, christine o'donnell is front page news in all the national papers. here she is on the front of the "new york times," "washington post," and the "wall street journal" declaring this morning tea party claiming a big win. analysts, however, now see o'donnell's victory as a set back for the republican pa

we must bring her back to the united states senate. [cheers] you have seen here on the podium a cross-section of alaskans that you would never see in what you consider a write-in campaign. a cross-section of all that makes alaska strong and good, all that made a last bid the kind of place that has been said they can come in 1996. you love the place so much they eat and never leave. you could dispassionately and passionately look at least a murkowski in say, "let's make history." [cheers] it is my honor to introduce to you lisa murkowski. >> thank you. thank you. >> i love you, lisa. >> i love you. i am so of all humbled and honored to stand before you today. you make my heart full again. i thank you. i never knew stephanie and katie until just now. and the support from so many, the cross-section of people. it is phenomenal. it is incredible. this is alaska. we come together. [applause] we come together prepare. we embrace each other because of who we are and what we contribute to our community, to our state. this is what makes alaska g

states senate. >> despite polls showing a rising republican tide, nancy pelosi says she is confident that democrats will win in november. conservative leader sarah palin is back in washington for a value of voter summit. >>> voter turnout in the maryland primary appeared to be the lowest on record. the state board of elections has only about 24% of registered voters casting ballots. 2.4% of them were early voters. montgomery county had the lowest turnout within -- only 18% >>> five men in london are under arrest accused of threatening the pope. he is in london on day two of his official state visit to the u.k. the london police force said the men are from north africa and or questions but have not been charged. pope benedict has been greeted by pilgrims and protesters at every stop. >>> turning to the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, the damaged well that spilled millions of gallons of oil into the gulf could soon be plugged forever. the government says the relief well's has interjected. crews will pump mud and cement into the down as well as the work could be finished by sunday.

and the candidate is running dead even with the majority leader of the united states senate. obviously the people of nevada think that she is a very good candidate or she wouldn't be running even with someone of such power and significance. >> do you think there will be more bipartisan compromise when they come in or less? >> i think the way to get bipartisan compromise is to not have one side have an overwhelming majority, and the american people know that if they're frustrated with this administration, it won't change on years, but they can take the first step toward moving this government back toward the political center and maybe even a little bit right of center i there's a v gooon. >>or mccnn thaery e. >> t you >>> and middle east peace talks are at a critical stage this weekend. israel's moratorium on settlements expires in a few hours, so will the talks collapse? and all this was on the mind of queen rania of jordan when we sat down to talk this week. she was in new york for the u.n. general assembly. jordan, along with egypt, are the only two arab countries which hav

occasionally reporting to the united states senate. no, this is the end. delaware had a moderate republican senator, william roth who rose to the chairman finance committee. and he was one of those republicans the democrats could work with on a certain percentage of what they were trying to do. so delaware is apparently not going to be the place that sends that kind of republican to washington. if delaware can't do it and we really are down to maine, then yeah. we are seeing the end of what would have been, what used to be, there used to be something that i think we'll lose the young audience on this. there used to be a thing in washington called a liberal republican. they actually existed. connecticut had a liberal republican in the senate who was replaced by joe lieberman who ended up being to the right of the republican that he replaced. there was the so-called rockefeller republican which was considered a liberal republican named for the governor of new york. governor rockefeller. no such thing, nothing even close to a liberal republican. the moderate

states senate, have a seat if you want that is the united states congress and your senate is at work tonight. >> wow. >> at work tonight, but we can't promise you what they are debating is ever going to reach the president's desk. dana bash, tell us what is going on here. >> not only not prom mir, you can guarantee it won't happen, certainly wouldn't happen in the next four days and that is the amount of time congress has left before they go home for the election. the reason why they are there late tonight is because senate democrats are desperate to try to -- and democrats in the house as well, desperate to try to put votes on the floor in the time that they have left to try to use against republicans. this particular issue is outsourcing and it in an atmosphere where democrats are really in trouble with regard to the jobs and the economy, this is the one thing in races across the country that they think that they can use against republicans. they want to send your jobs overseas. they have done it with votes on trade deals, in positions that they have had business and we will try to

. >> the anxiety comes from what our colleagues across the building will do in the united states senate. >> my guest, michael moore, on what should have been a day of democratic triumph. and on the small lie. more on our report on tax breaks and small business, small in name only. >>> on the republicans' remarkably flimsy plan, the pledge to america. a lemon of a pledge. >> we are not going to be any different than what we did. >> we can provide certainty and relief if we would just extend the current tax rates now. >> nice slip, sparky. howard fineman and chris hays on giving the de-energized base an anvil. >>> gold line and the gold finger. >> here's the deal. call gold line, study it out, pray on it. if it's the right thing for you, then do it. >> you better pray. at the gold line congressional hearing. >> once people have been convinced by their fear and the lies to purchase these products, they are profoundly ripped off. >> our guest, congressman anthony wiener. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> the people that i trust are the people at the gold line. >>> good even

she is the green party candidate for the united states senate. her mother has a message for the woman who critically injured her daughter. >> i wished that the driver would have stopped. i wish she would have stopped, held her, talk to her. most importantly, i wish that she would have not laughter on the road by herself. -- left her on the road by herself. >> she was training for a triathlon money cadillac escalade hit her. >> the driver that she hit a deer. >>> oprah winfrey says that michelle rhee is a warrior woman. >> you fired the principal at your own daughter's school. how did that go over? >> not so well. the parents from the school, a lot of them were upset and said, she could not have been the worst principal in the district. and i said, is that the standard that we have? >> the program focused on problems plaguing public schools and ways to fix them. her approach has earned her both praise and criticism in washington d.c. she has fired 1000 teachers. vincent gray says he is waiting for an independent report on the school reforms before

but the function of the united states senator is to vote. i want to know are you gonna vote for the stimulus spending and she won't. are you gonna vote for tarp? and she won't. vote for gm bailout? she won't. will you appeal health care? she will. couldn'ts her democratic opponent will vote wrong on all that. >> sean: this is what you have done for many years my advice if she wants it, my advice to any republican stay on offense and not get pulled in by the media that is debt set against you and wants to lay gotcha and wants to talk about masturbation and issues that have nothing to do with the campaign. >> that doesn't preclude having fun. if i were o'donnell i would do an an ad and say in high school christine o'donnell had friends who were into witchcraft. coons has friends into big spending and deficit spending. which is worse? deficit spending as adult or witchcraft as a 17-year-old? >> sean: no reason not to have fun and run funny ads. it was interesting "the new york times" say obama aides -- >> it is witchcraft in the background, the

states senate. i remind you that this is how the system is structured, and the american public, at three times in our history, gave the democrats the keys to the kingdom and let them do whatever they wanted to do. they changed america. you want republicans, conservatives, people who believe in the principles i just talked about to have the operate -- opportunity to do that, you two republicano repor senators from iowa. it is up to you, the people across america who said they believe this. you have to do it on election day. after this november, my big concern is, everyone is going to say we dodged a bullet. no, we have not. c obamaare is -- obamacare is the law. the government will be able to say to you, i can give you health care, but you have to give us more money. they will have a pipeline to your wallet, because that will control your life. they will be able to ration care to those who they believe is best. that is held every european country became a european social welfare state. why do you thi

a write-in bid for the united states senate. i spoke with her moments ago and asked her to respond to republicans who say she's a sore loser. >> i would just remind my colleagues back there in washington that what i'm doing is really all about alaska. 85% of the people, the electorates did not participate in selecting the two nominees going forward. the democrat, scott mcadams, nice guy, but really unelectable. joe miller represents some views that here in alaska, most people feel are outside mainstream. i have been asked by thousands of alaskans to step up, to stay in, to stand up for alaska and that's where i am. >> you've described joe miller multiple times. just now, out of the mainstream. you've called him, that he's an extremist. that his views are extreme. which views are extreme? >> well, i do think that some of his views are extreme and unfortunately, i think that they would negatively impact the most vulnerable people in alaska. >> specifics. >> some specifics are his approach to dealing with social security. medicare.

is that the kind of talk from a united states senator? >> you know what most americans think is extreme? >> no, i'm asking you that question. >> no, and i'm going to answer it. what most americans think is extreme is the kind of government we've been running for the last year and a half and seen the government taking over bank, insurance company, car company, nationalizing the student loan business. we're on a path to double the national debt in five and triple it this ten. most americans think what's been happening over the last year and a half is extreme and want to change it and know the way to change it is change the congress because you don't get to make policy unless you get elected. >> you didn't tell me what you think about those kind of comments from people who want to be, you know, a senator. i mean it's kind of bizarre, don't you agree? >> i don' think the people of nevada should be attacked for the choice they made in the primary. and the candidate is running dead even with the majority leader of the united states senate. obvi

that being said, any movement on this issue will start in the united states senate where there are not 60 votes right now for president obama's middle class tax plan. there are only maybe in the number of around 52. folks i've spoken to in the united states senate said between six and eight democrats have reservations about this. so you could be looking at a compromise in the future. it might not get done before the november midterms, it could happen in a lame duck session. listen to what chris van holland had to say, a man in charge of the congressional house races. he said this this weekend -- if republicans were to come back and say hey, let's just do one year for the top two% and make it permanent for the middle class that would be something people would obvious lly have t think about. if nothing is done by january 1st, the tax cuts will expire and impact millions of middle class americans and hurt both parties that want to get this forward for the middle class. it is interesting to see who has the high ground on this issue. a lot of democrats are fearful at being looked at as tax

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> today in the united states senate, language in the defense authorization bill that would let the military "don't ask, don't tell" fell to defeat. senate republicans, in fact, took the historic step of filibustering the entire defense authorization bill in order to maintain the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. they would not even allow debate on the defense bill because it included that language to let the military repeal its own policy on keeping gay people out of the military. and so we don't have a bill to fund the military this year. at least so far. and the "don't ask, don't tell" policy lives. what happens next? well, here is a clue. when i interviewed vice president joe biden less than a week ago, i asked him why if the administration was so opposed to "don't ask, don't tell," why were they still implementing it? why were they still discharging openly gay members of the u.s. military now that barack obama is commander in chief? why not at least put that on hold while the military studies getting rid of "don't ask, don't tell"? here is ho

. >> lady gaga known for being outrageous on stage but all business when dealing with the united states senate. 40u she is trying to sway a key vote today. >> with nicknames like super salmon and super fish, it's raising eyebrows but do you have concerns about bringing home genetically-engineered fish from the grocery store? >> and after pleasant days we have one request from our weather department. more, please? we're being kind about it, too. the insta-weather plus forecast as 11 news continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good tuesday morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us for 11 news today. meteorologist tony pann joins us for the weather. it's chilly. >> when the air is dry you get big swings in temperatures from the morning to the afternoon. this is one of those days where you start out in the 40's then get up to the 80's so a light jacket to start off the day but then during the day, not. appropriate for autumn. the weath

this is from the organization, the united states senate. it gives you the longitude and latitude here. it also tells you what city and state. atlanta, georgia. up here you can see the spot on google map. now, if we zoom in right here, that's the office building used by senator chambliss. now take a look at what it looks like at ground level. we sent a crew there tonight hoping to talk to someone or at least be able to see how many people are inside using computers, but it was after hours and no one was there. earlier we called chambliss' office to arrange an interview but we were turned down. we asked for information on the atlanta office and staffing. the senator's people declined. now on wednesday they released this statement. "we've engaged the senate sergeant at arms office in an internal review. there's not been a determination as to posted the comment. that part of the interview is ongoing and is on going with the senate sergeant at arms. we tried to get ahold of the senate sergeant at arms to fill us in on what they're looking at and

states senator. take a look at the situation in alaska. lisa murkowsky has decided to run a write-in campaign against mr. miller who won on the -- under the tea party banner. and now our candidate, mcadams, has a fighting chance to be the new senator from alaska. the same thing is true when you look around at florida. this was supposed to be a runaway for rubio. but i will tell you, as the votes start coming down, it's not as clear. so the message is this -- when the tea party serves as the gatekeeper for the republican party, the most extreme candidates win. and then people have to ask themselves, is this what we really want in the united states senate, where it's in nevada or in alaska or in delaware? we have a chance in those states, and more than a chance in nevada where harry reid is ahead and is going to win. >> two quick questions for you, senator. define a good election night for democrats this november. what does that mean to you? >> off-year elections are rarely kind to the incumbent presid

but the main function of a united states senator is to vote. and these guys vote with their party leadership, democrat or republican 8% of the time. and o'donnell is going to vote against stimulus spending. >> bill: that's absolutely true. you are making a prediction that she is going to beat this coons in delaware? >> i can't be absolutely certain now. she just got the nomination. but i think she has a very good chance. i will tell you something that -- the weakness that cost castle to lose that primary might have cost him to lose the general election, too. he hasn't had a serious fight in over a decade and they run one against him and he folds like a house of cards. >> bill: all right. >> i think there is a very significant chance he could have lost. >> bill: dick morris everybody, living large in italy. thanks for coming on in. we have a brand new bill o'reilly.com poll question for you. you may remember last week who was the most liberal politician between barney frank nancy pelosi and howard dean. the speaker won by a landslide. we want to

states senate. the shiny new endorsements page looks a little different now. scrolling through, you can find that very nice giant soft focus picture of republican senator jim demint. there's also one of sarah palin there too. but many of the groups that are listed on the original endorsements page are no longer listed on the new one. you can dig around on the site and still find them, but they are not listed on the official endorsements page anymore. who are they? who's been moderate makeovered out of the christine o'donnell campaign? well, there's this guy. >> my advice to the president is, in two good words, shut up! >> whoo! that fellow was herb dennenberg, keynote speaker at a recent event for the independence hall tea party pac, an organization prominently listed on christine o'donnell's old endorsements page, but not on the new one. here's some of the dependence hall tea party pac's other magnificent work. >> we will take a literal fight to every street and capitol building in every state. we,

>> the candidate for the united states senator from delaware, republican party. here is her response to you, bill, for her thoughts, let's listen this is christine o'donnell going back at you. >> bill wanted ratings, i gave him ratings. i was in high school. who didn't have interesting friends in high school? >> she said she was there to boost your ratings. >> my turn? >> yes, your turn. >> well, it's funny to me, chris, because this is the woman who claimed on another one of our "politically incorrect" episodes from the '90s that she would not lie, even in the case of hiding anne frank in her attic. eddie i zard confronted her and said, really, hitler was at the door and you had anne frank in the attic, you wouldn't lie? and she said, no god would find a watch funny to me schull wouldn't lie in that instance but she wouldly to get me ratings? that in itself is a lie, i guess she is a liar, i like her, i don't think she is a meaningful liar. i like christine a lot. i hope she comes on our show i will be kind to her. >> why you think she did bring up the whole fac

states senator? >> she is not one of them. >> i understand. >> bottom line the voters of delaware will devote that. >> a quick time-out. in 43 days we'll have your back. it's a fun campaign. up next, what does former president carter claim he and the tea party have in common? >>> president obama is in pennsylvania right now trying to help democratic u.s. senate candidate joe sestak. the president ordered four philly cheese steaks. he gave the clerk a dollar and an aide paid the rest. former president bill clinton had some advice about the islamic center and mosque in new york city. >> much, maybe even most of the controversy of this decision, could have been avoided and perhaps still can be. if the people who want to build the center were to simply say we are dedicating this center to all the muslims who were killed on 9/11. >> easy for a former president to say, but for democrats and republicans in congress a touchy issue. republicans don't want to be seen as extremists, i think, and democrats don't

states senate. a moderate, what they consider liberal republican. is that a good idea? >> everybody's entitled to their own opinion. i'm not going to tell you what to think or not to think about mike castle. >> yesterday, john cornyn says, i'm worried if she wins because she can't win statewide in november. castle said today he will not endorse her because she can't win statewide. are they hurting the party? >> i don't know if she can win until we try. how can you claim defeat before you attempt victory? this makes no sense. it makes no sense. so stop it. stop it. >> that's your message to them, stop it? >> let's get behind our nominees and win the election. then we can have a meeting and sit down and talk about all that stuff. >> when they say things like that, those establishment politicians in washington are ignoring the message that we have seen, again, not just from delaware, florida did it for senate, we've seen it in colorado, in kentucky, in alaska and elsewhere, are they ignoring the messag