there, and it s not the walter cronkiteir remark we are the gatekeepers of the media, and if you don t do the interview at the new york times or cbs, you are stifled. it s not the case any more. reporter: her conservative views are lock step with theea party. it s why she went to glenn beck s rally in washington. she s carrying the flag for the tea party nationally and losing touch with minnesota. bachmann is now emphasizing taxes and the economy. this is her latest campaign spot. i know, i know, it s state fair time, and you don t want to hear about politics. tarryl clark voted to raise taxes on your corn dog, deep fried bacon and beer. reporter: she says the ad is misleading, she said residents should have a vote themselves. she did not vote herself t raise their taxes. do you think she s a fair campaigner?
she s carrying the flag for the tea party nationally and losing touch with minnesota. bachmann is now emphasizing taxes and the economy. this is her latest campaign spot. i know, i know, it s state fair time, and you don t want to hear about politics. but while you re at the fair, you should know that tarryl clark here voted to raise taxes on your corn dog, and your deep fried bacon, and your beer. reporter: tarryl clark says the ad is very misleading, she voted to give the residents of minnesota the right to decide themselves if they wanted tax increases. she did not vote herself to raise their taxes. do you think she s a fair campaigner? i think she has her own way of doing things. which is very much out of the karl rove playbook. i ve never seen her do anything else. reporter: michele bachmann stands by her ad and eventually did agree to talk to me. but only two questions. we re polar opposites, she s voted for every big increase spending bill there is. reporter: the pol
come up with a law, he s going to it ll be dealt with by the legislature next march up in tallahassee, but it s very similar to the one passed by arizona, and according to the attorney general this morning, he says florida will not be a sanctuary state for illegal aliens. there was a lot of concern that was what was going to half after arizona passed that law, that a lot of illegal residents would go elsewhere. florida, of course, ranks number three after california and texas with the number of illegal aliens living in the state, about 720,000 based on their estimate. now, the rick scott for governor campaign hitting the attorney general extremely hard right away this morning saying he is not to be trusted, and he will say anything to be elected. they used an audio recording of the attorney general back in may, and this is what that campaign spot sounds like. he s got it wrong. rick scott backs arizona s law.
means committee, who also got in ethics trouble, got indicted that year. there are people in the house starting to think this is now looking way too much like 1994. you know, some people are saying it looks a little wit more like 06 when republicans lost the majority. that was precipitated in part by these congressional ethics scandals. tom delay, bob ney? jack abramoff and all the people that got caught up in that snare helped propel democrats to winning back the majority. there are parallels to that too. that certainly has democrats รง worried. there is a strong anti-incumbent sentiment already out there. charlie rangel is the ultimate incumbent. he s been in congress 40 years. i think republicans are absolutely going to be pointing not just to rangel but to bill jefferson and to jack murtha as examples of democratic ethics violations that could be troublesome in a campaign spot. but this does remain one they can actually do something about. i would imagine that worried democra
that was precipitated in part by these congressional ethics scandals. tom delay, bob ney? jack abramoff and all the people that got caught up in that snare helped propel democrats to winning back the majority. there are parallels to that too. that certainly has democrats worried. there is a strong anti-incumbent sentiment already out there. charlie rangel is the ultimate incumbent. he s been in congress 40 years. i think republicans are absolutely going to be pointing not just to rangel but to bill jefferson and to jack murtha as examples of democratic ethics violations that could be troublesome in a campaign spot. but this does remain one they can actually do something about. i would imagine that worried democrats are going to be rushing nancy pelosi s office saying you have got to talk to charlie, you have got to tell charlie to resign for the good of this party.