i watched sarah palin. what really -- everybody is sick and tired of all the bad mouthing of each other. instead of saying what they're going to do, they just sit around and cut each other for what they have done wrong. i do not think that is the issue. i think the issue is what they are going to do for us. i see a lot of racism going 9 and dad is a sad thing. our country -- i see a lot of racism going on and that is a sad thing. host: he writes that at times, she sounded like a candidate, at times, she did not. john has this point, artware page. but this point on our twitter page. carry on the democrats' line from miami, florida. caller: i do not think sarah palin should run because all the people that she is talking to our old people. she is like drugs to those people because they are old and they do not see where the country is going. she should stay out of it. she should stop trying to make the other party insufficient. host: thank you for the call. caller: i must be one of the old, stupid people. i am

is there a positive picture of sarah palin? >> i think the positive sarah palin story is she's someone with incredible will and discipline and charisma and she has the ability to lead people and for them to believe in her. they don't necessarily believe in her for very long. there are an awful lot of people who gave their hearts and souls to sarah, who talked in the film who i think would have done anything for her. but then she turned. and i think that's why a lot of people came forward. they were frightened about her having some real power. >> and the -- she clamped down on friends of hers, told them, don't cooperate with this guy. you encountered that, right? >> i think also there was a genuine fear. it's a small evangelical community and the church is incredibly powerful. >> did they think you are the antichrist? did they ever -- anyone ever accuse you of that? >> no, they didn't. the first question was on immigration and education. the second question was, dude, are you running? here's how that went. >> governor christie,

sarah and todd patent are the parents of trig palin? >> i don't know. i think they're still a legitimate question to be asked about that. i go into this in chapter 19, but i'm very careful not to move beyond where the facts take me. there are many, many people, i've been blogging for the past six months, and i would get thousands of comments from people who accused me of being afraid to tell the truth about trig. there's a whole cadre of people out there who are convinced the whole story of trig's pregnancy is a fabrication. i'm not one of them. i am agnostic. i don't know. i do know the story she has told, stories, a couple different versions of having her water break when she was making a speech in dallas, texas, and rushing back to alaska and going to wasilla and giving birth the next day, there are many, many problems with that story. and i specify exactly what they are in the book. and it leaves me still feeling uncertain. if she's not, it would be the most appalling hoax ever played on the american people by a political figure. an

i will say this about sarah palin. when she attacks someone for being part of the permanent political class, she's got lots of standing, she left that class before her job was even over. >> we love playing paleontologists, i acknowledge it. is it possible that what motivates her is that she regards herself as the mother of the tea party movement? and the idea -- >> as the queen-maker. >> and the idea that the support from the tea party could so quickly go to rick perry, who is a newbie in this regard, she can't take that. >> i think there's a poll out today on another network, which will go unnamed, that says that 71% of republicans, republicans, do not want her to run for president. >> but it doesn't matter to her. >> it may not matter to her. >> but she could get in the race and she could see her standing, even with the tea party folks fall, which would be less money and maybe less power for her. >> i still say it never happens. david corn, thank you as always, michelle bernard, appreciate seeing both of you. >>> up

she said right next door to todd and sarah palin in. i said this is my lucky day. i drove up the next day to look at the house and moved in the following weekend. >> host: what was their reaction? >> guest: they were not happy. they were not happy at all. they knew who was writing a book about sarah i have already published an article in portfolio magazine about her failed attempt to build the alaska gas pipeline and that the seven '08 hurt considerably but i expected they would be mature about it. the third day i was there i was on my porch early evening and todd came walking to the fence and said were you doing here? who were you and whether you doing here? oddly enough todd and sarah had rented the same house 3-d previous fall then decided they did not want to pay $3,000 per month so they canceled the rancho levying mrs. taylor looking for a new tenant and that was me. he said i do not like this because you are writing a book about my wife now i am worried about our privacy. will you have a long lens camera looking over the fence taking pictures and putting in m

the word is that sarah palin is about to go after perry as well. it's not easy being the front-runner. democrats and republicans alike are taking it to cantor to say that fema money for hurricane victims has to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. and the new jobs report, no new jobs created. as we head into labor day weekend, some say let's remember who got us here. george w. bush and dick cheney. and finally, let me finish tonight with the catch 22 of the republican party. anyone conservative enough to be nominated might be unelectable. and anyone moderate enough to be elected can't get nominated. we start with the disrespect shown towards president obama. roger simon is chief political columnist for politico and ron reagan is a political commentator. i want to show you something from "the new york times" that ran today. it says this. american presidents often have highly disagreeable relations stem from deep policy divides, the relentless acrimony between president obama and congressional republicans also seems strikingly personal, almost petty

people began to fear sarah palin. if you're on the wrong side of sarah, she's going to hurt you. she and todd will come after you and get back. people began to live in fear. this had never -- wasilla had never seen anything like this before, and there was actually within months of her election, there was a meeting held in the city to discuss a recall petition to recall her from office as the people realized what a mistake they had made, however, she did moderate to a degree, and was elected easily to relerks as a second term, but the way she tried to impose her will and personality on every aspect of city life leaves people looking back at it and saying the phrase was used by half a dozen people that said, you know, when sarah was mayor, that was really a reign of terror because you got on the wrong side of her, and you were in trouble, and it was, you know, not exactly a happy place. >> host: joe mcginness author of several books including "blind faith" with the newest released today, september 20th, "the rogue: searching for the real sarah palin." did you experience the fear wh

i will say this about sarah palin. when she attacks being part of the permanent political class, she has lots of standing because she left that before her job was even over. >> let me ask, we love playing palintologists. trying to figure out what motivates her. is it possible what motivates her is because she regards herself as the mother of the tea party movement? >> and the queenmaker. >> the idea the support from the tea party could so quickly go to rick perry a newby in this regard, she can't take that? >> there's a poll out today on another network, which will go unnamed that says that 71% of republicans, of republicans, do not want her to run for president. >> but it doesn't matter. >> it doesn't matter to her. >> it doesn't matter. >> she can get in the race and see her standing even with the tea party folks fall, which would be less money and maybe less power for her. >> this >> this divide and conquer. she will split the tea party vote, and all of this will be wonderful for mitt romney. >> listen, dick cheney

this is stalking and harassment. >> sarah palin and glenn beck. clearly not a fan of my guest joe mcginniss. he's written "rogue searching for the real sarah palin". >> that's outrageous. that's irresponsible. he doesn't know what he's talking about, but he's using the language to describe me that has nothing to do with the reality. he's accusing me of crimes, stalking is a crime. he has no right to do that. >> i suppose his point is i can't think of a single high profile author ever who has rented a house next to their subject for months on end. it's a bit weird, isn't it? >> i think it's pretty wonderful. >> well, you would. you're the one who did it. it is a bit weird. >> i don't think it's weird. it would have been weird if i had said no. the lady calls -- i was about to sign a lease on an apartment in anchorage. 6:00 on a thursday night in may. i get a call from a woman i don't know at 3:00 that afternoon. she says i have a house in wasilla -- >> i know the story. but you didn't have to take it. >> i would have been crazy not to. that would h

for the real sarah palin." what i think she is up to, she won't run, try to be the king-maker behind rick perry. i think she matters. >> thank you, chris. >> "the rogue" may matter more in the end than we want her to. let me finish with president obama's real line in the sand. this guy is getting real. the real choice he's going to give it to us. he's giving it to us. you decide. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. th. probiotics go beyond digestive balance. and fruit & veggie has antioxidant properties. new pronutrients from centrum. help make nutrition possible. she won't eat eggs without hot sauce. she has kind of funny looking toes. she's always touching my hair. and she does this dancing finger thing. [ male announcer ] with advanced technology from ge, now doctors can diagnose diseases like breast cancer on a cellular level. so that women, like kristy's mom, can get personalized treatment that's as unique as she is. [ kristy ] she's definitely not like other moms. yeah, my mom is pretty weird. ♪

>> the only people that know sarah palin is going to run for president is sarah palin and todd palin. i can tell you that they're waiting until the last minute to make this decision. they know they have to make a decision as you said by the end of this month. but they didn't announce today, they're not going to announce tomorrow in new hampshire and they're probably not going to announce for several weeks. so that's all i can tell you. even her staff have no idea. they do know they have to weigh some basic political ground work for her -- which they're trying to do a little bit of in iowa in case she does run. but, again, until sarah and todd pull the trigger, there is no campaign, alina. >> all right, there you have it. peter hamby, live in iowa where sarah palin gave a speech to tea party members. peter, thank you very much. >>> rick perry is campaigning hard today in the state of new hampshire. traditionally, the first state to hold a primary, of course. the republican presidential candidate is attending a backyard house party in manchester. he spoke at the event taking aim at pres

is she perpetuating sarah palin, the brand? sarah palin, the author, sarah palin the speaker? or trying to get out there because she's considering herself as a candidate and running for the presidency of the united states? >> i worked full time in a presidential campaign and i've been following this for a long, long time. she ought to be out there by now. it's almost too late at this point. if you want to be a candidate for the presidency, in a race with other candidates for delegates. primaries coming up in iowa and new hampshire, that's serious business. you have to have a full-time staff out. be on the campaign trail every single day and you have to do more than make speeches. >> karen, he makes that point. does that mean that sarah palin, unless she has this in place, she can't be running with the presidency? >> well, part it you have to have the infrastructure in place, it's about physically an work, campaigning, phone banking. there is no evidence to suggest that's what she's doing. the more i think about it, in all seriousness. >> we're on the same page, isn't that grea

zeven more profitable core sarah palin supports the privatization of the commons but in this new populist incarnation she just says doesn't she doesn't like how it's done the backroom deals the political contributions the quid pro quos but considering that we live in a democracy or at least did before the supreme court citizens united decision in bribing politicians is the only way for corporations to get preferential treatment or at least the easy preferred way after all a vast majority of americans sarah palin excluded are opposed to the crony capitalism of taxpayer subsidies to oil corporations yet vote after vote politicians keep the corporate welfare spigot open to the tune of tens of billions of dollars for the likes of exxon mobil and chevron. again the vast majority of americans again sort of pale excluded pale in excluded think it's an outrage that billionaires like warren buffet pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries do thanks to the capital gains tax loopholes yet vote after vote politicians keep the tax breaks alive for america's wealthiest hedge fund managers and sure th

for the real sarah palin." by the way, joe, what i think she is up to, she won't run, try to be the king-maker behind rick perry. at a key moment. she'll try to run the country through perry. i think she matters. >> thank you, chris. >> "the rogue" may matter more in the end than we want her to. >>> when we return, let me finish with president obama's new line in the sand. this guy is getting real. the real choice he's going to give it to us. he's giving it to us. you decide. [ male announcer ] a moment that starts off ordinary can become romantic just like that. a spark might come from -- a touch, a glance -- it can come along anywhere, anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment's right even if it's not every day. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications and ask if your heart i

joining me now to discuss what sarah palin is really up to, the man who can read sarah palin's mind, eugene robinson. eugene, she keeps playing this game and playing it well enough to fool, i don't know, the critical number that allows "the new york times" today to say "ms. palin did not say whether she would run." come on. gene, help me here. >> lawrence, i'm with you. i've been with you. she's not running for anything. she's not running for office. she doesn't like holding office, she held office, remember, she was governor of alaska. she quit, it was too much of a hassle. she's not running for president, yet she continues this -- this, you know, dangling the possibility and there's always a gullible few, i think, who are willing to believe, who kind of buy into the fantasy that palin, palin for president. i don't see it now, i never see it. >> gene, roger ailes has helped us greatly with this, he instituted the policy at fox news that if you're thinking about running for president, even before declaring, you have to get off my payroll. she and mike huckabee stayed on the payroll.

a basketball star, does the media have a different standard for sarah palin? >> look, this is an irrelevant story about increasingly irrelevant figures. one wonders what it is doing in the news. you can't even denounce the book easily without retailing the stories inside it. the new york times review was very tough, appropriately tough on the book, but at the same time it repeats every one of the not terribly well verified stories. >> look, she bears some guilt here. i think the book is a heap of trash. but she's played the game herself. she played the celebrity game. she wants to be a celebrity. she's been on reality tv. she change it is standard herself. >> we talked about the bus tour and why we cover it. it's fair to say that. the palins obviously didn't want the book written but a fascinating debate at the miami herald where a sports writer named armando selguero wrote this. the herald played up the glen rice alleged incident. do we know this story to be true? are we certain it is true because we have done the work? did anyone actually try to confirm this

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for the real sarah palin." by the way, joe, what i think she is up to, she won't run, try to be the king-maker behind rick perry. at a key moment. she'll try to run the country through perry. i think she matters. >> thank you, chris. >> "the rogue" may matter more in the end than we want her to. >>> when we return, let me finish with president obama's new line in the sand. this guy is getting real. the real choice he's going to give it to us. he's giving it to us. you decide. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. she won't eat eggs without hot sauce. she has kind of funny looking toes. she's always touching my h

: searching for the real sarah palin." of course, since the author of that book doesn't work for fox news, not a single question was asked about it. there's plenty to get your teeth into including allegations she once snorted cocaine and had a one night stand with a former basketball player. joining us now is the author of the book in question, joe mcginnis. good evening, joe. >> good evening. >> congratulations. you have single handedly managed to persuade numbers of americans no longer to loathe sarah palin but like here. "the new york times" says though most of "the rogue" is dated, petty and easily available to anyone with internet access, mr. mcginnis used his time in alaska to track unsubstantiated gossip about the palins often from unnamed sources like, quote, one resident and a friend, and these stories need not be consistent. is that fair? >> no, it's not fair. janet didn't like the book. that's obvious. when you said "the new york times," i wish you would have read a book editor wrote on the front page of the sun

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is sarah palin thinking about running again this year? this seems about an important assertion from someone who should be in a position to know. also who sat here last night with steve schmitt was kay wallace who worked closely with governor palin on that campaign. for contacts here, palin has just published a book about someone very much like sarah palin who is elected vice president and who then turns out to be very seriously mentally ill. here is nicole wallace of the mccain-palin campaign. here is nicole wallace's take now on the thought of sarah palin getting into the race for president this year. >> my advice for anyone, but particular formal her, and she has a whole nest of problems that would -- you know, she would have to confront. but the first one would be to resist her most partisan instincts because that would make her a bad candidate for the moment. i was inspired by her to write a book about someone who was cuckoo for cocoa puffs, so don't ask me. >> she is the inspiration for a terrifying book of fiction about someone who

what about sarah palin? >> sarah palin is beloved by many in the republican party. even by many who don't want to see her become president. 60% say it would be bad for the gop if she became their presidential nominee. that includes 52% of republican voters. this is a woman who has been treated as a media figure from the day she came into the spotlight when she was nominated by john mccain. most people tend to think she's been treated poorly by the media. in fact, more poorly than other candidates. but the end result is, 58% nationwide have an unfavorable opinion of sarah palin. >> kelly: let's shift gears here. i hate to use that term. let's switch from politics to hurricane irene, which pummeled the east coast. we're all rebounding from it. how much of an impact has hurricane irene had on americans along the east coast? >> 69% of all americans say they're concerned that it will have an economic impact on the nation, about a third say they're very concerned about that. when you look a little bit deeper, i think what it tells us is that people are concerned that anyt

you couldn't use a target if you're sarah palin. thinking about the landscape today, is he really the best democrat out there to lead this country out of this economic disaster? the most qualified? everyone in the country, every democrat leader. if you could switch him out right now, would you? >> no. i mean, i understand the fantasy and keep thinking the -- >> laura: i'm thinking that. >> i think a lot of people are thinking about hillary clinton. i've heard that batted around. but i haven't heard anybody else. remember, he's the president of the united states. even if you ask the national association of business economists, conservative economists do we need a tax hike, yes, but you'll never hear from a conservative. >> laura: i'm just thinking as a democrat, do you think he's working? >> i don't think he's having much success at the moment. i will say he got a bad hand coming in. but in terms of what we expected, you know what? he hasn't been able to perform. >> laura: if you could switch him out and someone else would have the b

because it was sarah palin he was attacking they were being ignored by news outlows that don't like sarah palin. i felt that was wrong. this happened. we ought to hold it up to public view and he ought to suffer the consequences for what he said. somehow you and i'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you didn't read the piece assumed we were making this attack on sarah palin which was the opposite. >> greta: first of all, i think you are lying tucker about something. you know i love you. when you wrote the story when it went out friday night it had none of that. i have the whole story here. people started raising holy hell because of what you wrote. the next morning you come up with this idea that you write this sort of editorial note that wasn't there the night before as i see it was cover. what was written here is not journalism it is glorifying -- let me finish, it glorifies violence on women. you had every opportunity -- >> your ad hominem attacks. >> greta: let's talk about the guy who wrote in, now putting pictures of me interviewing mike tyson on his twitter. you

. >>> on the campaign trail, all eyes turn to sarah palin's labor day weekend plans. iowa, then new hampshire. will she finally enter the race? and a new threat brews in the gulf. tropical storm warnings are up from mississippi to texas. louisiana has already declared a state of emergency. it's going to be a wet labor day weekend for gulf coast residents. >>> good day. we start with wall street where markets are sinking following this morning's disappointing jobs report. although the official august unemployment rate stayed at 9 .1% when you combine that with people who settled for part time work or stopped looking for work, the real unemployment rate bumped up slightly to 16.2%. we are joined by john harwood who's cnbc's chief washington correspondent. john? sorry, i guess we don't have john. let me bump to mark our chief economist at moody's analytics. let's start with where this market puts the economy. what does this tell us? are we in danger of a double dip or is there something, are there bright spots that can be taken from the report this morning? >> reporter:

i'm not saying that todd and sarah palin today abuse cocaine or even use it. but there's no question that they both did at one point in their lives. >> reporter: mcginniss also quotes friends who speak of a sexual encounter palin had with basketball star glen rice in 1987, while she was a sports reporter for a local anchorage station, prior to her marriage. it's not clear from the book whether rice admits or denies the encounter, but he told mcginniss, "in a short time we got to know a lot about one another. it was all done in a respectful way, nothing hurried." he continues, "she was a gorgeous woman. super nice. i was blown away by her. afterward, she was a big crush that i had." mcginniss portrays palin as hands off when it came to governing alaska, but a ruthless political opportunist who crushed her enemies and rarely lived up to the fiscal conservative image she championed. >> hypocrite, you know, at the best. at best she's a hypocrite. >> and at worst? >> at worst she's a vindictive hypocrite. >> reporter: mcginniss says the palin enemy list in alaska i

. >> sarah palin is heading back to eye wap. the former alaska governor is announcing she's taking her bus tour to the state fair this week, just 30 miles south from where the republican presidential debate will be held tonight. >> well, that's a happy coincidence. after a brief two-month pit stop sarah palin is bringing her bus tour of american's historic places to the historic iowa state fair where thomas edison invented the funnel cake. (laughter) >> stephen: this is the same-- this is the same-- stop it. this is the same kind of coincidence that took her bus tour to new hampshire the day mitt romney declared his candidacy. apparently sarah palin's version of the bat signal is anyone else's spotlight. so folks, don't be surprised if during tonight's debate you see this. now of course as a conservative i love sarah palin but frankly she is stealing focus away from the real story. >> the first thing the colbert superpac has done is create an ad for rick perry. >> americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow has released its first a

in a tea party speech, sarah palin criticized the gop frontrunner. >> former alaska governor, sarah palin, delivered a series of sharp attacks on barack obama and some of the gop candidates. while she did not declare a presidential bid and is not expected to until late december. >> some gop candidates raise mammoth amounts of cash, and we need to ask them what do their donors expect in return for their investments. we need to know this, because our country can't afford more trillion-dollar thank you notes to campaign backers. >> perry has been criticized for rewarding his donors with government jobs and contracts, and she unloaded on kraeny capitalism, making clear she won't seed any rivals. so we're going to watch sarah palin today as she campaigns in new hampshire, and perhaps drops more clues about her presidential ambitions. t. j.? >> meanwhile, governor perry making headlines of his own. he blamed the obama administration for the economic slump. fixing it might require a superhero at this point. so which one would he recommend? >> the real current superheroes, there was one back in m

sarah palin disagrees with that. she disagrees with the man who put her on the 2008 presidential ticket, john mccain, who referred to the tea party after a "wall street journal" op ed as hobbits. listen to this. >> they called us unamerican and terrorists and suicide bombers and hobbits? [ cheers and applause ] couldn't understand that one. >> sarah palin, the 2008 rogue, a little rogue today, going not only after the president, but even republicans. some say she was also positioning herself against rick perry because of her reference against professional politicians. palin made references that could be used to contrast her against rick perry and michelle bachman. >> gregg: carl cam ran, thanks for giving us the rundown. >> international news now. libyan rebels are now outside one of moammar gadhafi's last strongholds. some believe the embattled leader might be there. the troops are giving the town until tomorrow to surrender, hoping to avoid any more bloodshed. now with news that gadhafi's sons have visited the vill

specifically this morning, though, sarah palin and the tea party. she is the main attraction at a rally in iowa today, even though she's not an official candidate, at least not yet. cnn political reporter peter hamby is in iowa for us. peter, help people understand this. it's iowa, it's labor day, it's palin, it's a rally. that must mean an announcement is coming. not really. >> reporter: yeah, and we also have a heavy metal cover band behind us, which is kind of unusual for a tea party rally. no announcement today, t.j. we can officially say that. but we are watching sarah palin today, because she is approaching a final decision about the race. we could hear in the next few weeks whether she's going to run. so she's here in iowa. the first caucus state in the presidential nominating process. so all eyes on the political world are on her to kind of see what kind of message she delivers for clues as to how she will frame herself as a candidate. we're hearing that she's going to attack crony capitalism. some are viewing that as a veiled kind of shot a

palin is neck and neck with herman cain and ron paul. >> i think sarah palin's a very smart person. she has such high negatives, she has a real image problem. she'll look at those numbers and say as much as i think i can offer to the debate, i'm not going to be electable this year, and the last thing we need to do as republicans is to put a candidate forward that's very provocative and ruin the chances to win with a candidate that's too provocative. i look back to nevada, 2010, at harry reid was behind and was going to be a loser in every poll. but then republicans put a very provocative candidate up and nevadans were able to make sharon engel into the issue and not harry reid. they'll do the same thing to the republican nominee. we need to have somebody who is experienced, seasoned and doesn't have open wounds that the obama campaign can really take advantage of. >> dana loesch, if michele bachmann has -- she's declined in the polls lately. do you think that makes it more likely for sarah palin to think, okay, i have an opening? >> possibly. i look at how the president does in the

and joe maginnis' new book on sarah palin, "the rogue." the sarah palin does get into the race, will this book hurt her chances. and let's finish with the hard test president obama faces. we'll start with what texas miracle, and we're asking that question, what texas miracle? david corn is a msnbc political analyst, and the delightful dan milbank joins us. let's take a look at these numbers here. if you look at the numbers this way, the unemployment rate is rising, up to 8.5% in texas. texas. but it's coming down nationally, at least, it has been, it stalled a bit down, but it came down from something like well over 10% nationwide in 2009. so in a way, the directions are off. the guy who says i'm the big job creator is having unemployment rise, the president who has a problem is at least going in the other direction. >> rick perry always had a claim with the texas miracle before now, because there's been a tremendous population increase in texas, which has led to jobs going up there. and also, high energy prices have been good for texas an

sarah palin stirring up more talk of canidate pailen. i am uma. the talk from the nation's capitol starts right now. at this hour tropical storm lee is gaining strength as it turn to the gulf coast washing out a busy hol at a weekend. we have team coverage. live in new orleans they will be built to the test. and met met maria >> right now, it is 45 miles to the southwest of the morgan city and approaching the bay and that is an area that is hit hard with flooding earlier this spring. that is what we are looking at here . more heavy rain expected. and looking at the tropical satellite. it is dryer air moving over the western and taking over eight coma shape. and now we are looking at a system that looks like a cold front with it and heavy convection occurring and that is moving and bringing heavy rain. it is falling over southeastern louisiana and that rain will continue for 12 hours because it is a slow moving storm system. aside from the rain tornado threat which is what we saw with irene . so there is a tornado watch in affect. they produce rota

sarah palin not liking the poll. he told listeners that a match-up between himself and president obama would offer voters an obvious choice. >> as we consider this economic misery that's spread across this country by the obama administration, we don't need a nominee who's going to blur the differences between themselves and barack obama. we're going to have a nominee who draws a clear contrast. >> republican squlauntsman is also in new hampshire -- john huntsman is also in new hampshire trying to light a fire under his campaign in the state that hosts the nation's first presidential primary. that is him here in concord this morning, working the crowds at a gun show. cnn's poll shows the former utah governor trails perry and other hopefuls by a wide margin. >>> we want you to hear this. take a listen. >> if there's something anti-mexican about what i said, i apologize for the anti-mexican-ness of it. >> was that an apology or not? hear for yourself comedian cat williams tries to explain his rant targeting mexicans, a

let's talk a little bit though about sarah palin. when she goes after candidates, in her words, crony capitalism type candidates. is that a code word for the front-runner rick perry? >> reporter: absolutely it is. i mean, sarah palin does not talk to very many people in the media, but palin allies have told me that that speech was crafted to directly go after rick perry who, as brian mentioned in his piece, has been attacked by critics in the past for rewarding his political donors and allies with government jobs and contracts and that sort thing, so palin, you know, who came to power in alaska in 2006 is kind of this outsider populist maverick, was really trying to capture some that have political brand and carve out some space for her in that republican field if she does run. you saw her give a back-handed compliment to mitt romney saying he's kind of late to the game when it comes to reaching out to the tea party movement, so, you know, we still have to see whether she's going to enter the race. it's going to come down to her and

palin is neck and neck with herman cain and ron paul. >> i think sarah palin's a very smart person. she has such high negatives, she has a real image problem. she'll look at those numbers and say as much as i think i can offer to the debate, i'm not going to be electable this year, and the last thing we need to do as republicans is to put a candidate forward that's very provocative and ruin the chances to win with a candidate that's too provocative. i look back to nevada, 2010, at harry reid was behind and was going to be a loser in every poll. but then republicans put a very provocative candidate up and nevadans were able to make sharon engel into the issue and not harry reid. they'll do the same thing to the republican nominee. we need to have somebody who is experienced, seasoned and doesn't have open wounds that the obama campaign can really take advantage of. >> dana loesch, if michele bachmann has -- she's declined in the polls lately. do you think that makes it more likely for sarah palin to think, okay, i have an opening? >> possibly. i look at how the president does in the