of both of these campaigns? reporter: the interesting thing is you certainly expect them to take that line on tv. i know some of these guys in both campaigns pretty well and i think from years of reporting i m pretty good at telling who is bluffing and who is not, i will tell you when i talk to them privately, and i ve got good source necessary both campaigns i think they both believe, both sides believe they are going to win. i think the obama camp thinks they are going to take hao eud anohio and hold onto that fire wall in the midwest of ohio, iowa and wisconsin. i think the romney camp thinks they are going to win florida, virginia, north carolina and take ohio and/or pennsylvania. beason went onto say they are going to take 300 electoral votes, they are going to win big. i think they genuinely believe it. there is some confusion on both sides. romney today, the day before election is in florida and virginia. those are states you think he would have locked up weeks if not months a
democrats he said would talk to the mugger while others presumably republicans would take action and shoot the guy. therefore mr. beason concludes action is needed to solve illegal immigration. alabama republican party chair mike hubbard admits beason could probably have phrased things better. you think? but these two stories connected, it s a mind set that is coming from the right wing in this country and i asked the question tonight. where s the leadership in the republican party? where s the leadership on the right side of the aisle in the congress reeling this guy in in montana talking about putting federal judges on the endangered species list and i know he s a state senator in alabama and doesn t get the big national pub but he is tonight because what he said was so outrageous, so i ask the question. have things changed since tucson? no. it s the same garbage. and it s coming from the right
the mugger while others presumably republicans would take action and shoot the guy. therefore mr. beason concludes action is needed to solve illegal immigration. alabama republican party chair mike hubbard admits beason could probably have phrased things better. you think? but these two stories connected, it s a mind set that is coming from the right wing in this country and i asked the question tonight. where s the leadership in the republican party? where s the leadership on the right side of the aisle in the congress reeling this guy in in montana talking about putting federal judges on the endangered species list and i know he s a state senator in alabama and doesn t get the big national pub but he is tonight because what
and what does that mean? his office is not apologizing for those remarks. quote, this is the statement, this hand-wringing is nothing but an attempt to distract montanans from the substance of the speech. really? and we can expect more of that kind of substance. mr. rehberg will challenge democratic senator john tester in 2012. meanwhile down in alabama the subject matter was different but the rhetoric was the same. over the weekend state senator scott beesen spoke to a group of local republicans on immigration. he told the group that allowing undocumented workers to continue in their area will lead to economic ruin. fortunately, he had a solution. quote, empty the clip and do what has to be done. now mr. beason is backtracking. it was taken out of context. it was a metaphor. i think it s nothing more than that. oh, yeah. that s what it was. a metaphor. beason says his speech also included a joke about shooting a mugger. democrats he said would talk to
this hand-wringing is nothing but an attempt to distract montanans from the substance of the speech. really? and we can expect more of that kind of substance. mr. rehberg will challenge democratic senator john tester in 2012. meanwhile down in alabama the subject matter was different but the rhetoric was the same. over the weekend state senator scott beesen spoke to a group of local republicans on immigration. he told the group that allowing undocumented workers to continue in their area will lead to economic ruin. fortunately, he had a solution. quote, empty the clip and do what has to be done. now mr. beason is backtracking. it was taken out of context. it was a metaphor. i think it s nothing more than that. oh, yeah. that s what it was. a metaphor. beason says his speech also included a joke about shooting a mugger.