voting in america where not enough beam go out to vote but at the same time there are people going out to vote who don t know what they are voting for. where does the real problem lie there? the worst thing is to have an opinion on politics and not really know what s going on. so it s probably this classic story of young people that don t really know what s going on in politics. alvin green, all of the way. reporter: you hear them there, and they sum it up and explain it well. young people don t really know what they re voting for this time around. some people go in uneducated when they vote. adults do that. don t just put it on the young folks. last time around, young folks could see hope and change. barack obama is not on the ballot right now. that s the difficulty. that young man was talking to me from columbia, south carolina, up the road from where i am now. i made my way down to aiken, south carolina, a community of about 25,000 or 30,000, a
the recession. demint started the recession. and demint started the recession. he is responsible for the recession. glenn: yeah. okay. this went on for six minutes. then just to make sure you are watching a clown show. here is what o donnell tells you. i don t think jim demint personally started the recession but i do think alvin green is still better than jim demint. glenn: , well, lawrence, larry, can i call you larry or do they like to call your lawrence at the club? i m sure that boosted your credibility. and we have levi johnson going on the view because he decided he is going to run for the mayor of wasilla. you want to be the mayor of wasilla? what is your platform? what can you do that no one else can do? why should they vote for you as
states. think india, call up, hello, yes, i m cool with that. how about you? then in other states we have alvin green. he is running for the united states senate against jim demint. being interviewed on msnpc. here is the circus. here is lawrence o donnell spending six minutes getting to know this guy. there is a first question that all senate candidates have to answer this year and that is, of course, are you a witch? no, first i want to remind everyone that demint started the recession. your nickname in high school i m told was turtle. does that tell us and where did that come from and does that tell us anything about how this race might end up. demint started the recession and demint is responsible for
reporter: and this was just at the new york governor s race debate. rent is too damn high. rent, it s too damn high. reporter: turns out this rent is too damn high stuff is highly contagious. the property taxes are too damn high. the rent is too damn high. reporter: somehow it all feels like this year is more of a circus than usual. a political zoo. and if you think the kung fu bear is entertaining, check out bristol palin in her latest incarnation. on dancing with the stars. while the political circus continues. oh, we ve had some winners from alvin green of south carolina, that s him in the background wailing. has he told you what happened? no, but we re going to stay in the race. reporter: to tennessee s
the computers? sooner or later they will. i don t think that is the intent of the government. i don t think that they are trying to control us that much. barry, how are you doing? i was thinking, you know, it might be a great thing like people go out drinking bar to bar, hell, sign me up, i m ready. shannon: count me in tracking dean group, too, i could use a little help with my driving. we can t check in with you and talk to you without doing a littlal vain green update. check out this individual joe. he has not been campaigning. a guy had nothing to do with alvin green. sneaks up bein the audience and gets behind the reporter hand then puts bunny ears on the supporter. keith, is this his mode of being on the campaign trail? what is he doing? he keeps bringing it, you