the president s betting that he s got the winning hand in this fight. whether he s right may determine who wins next november. plus, such chutzpah. rick perry s accusing president obama of a policy of appeasement in the middle east. perry isn t just working for jewish votes, he s playing to christian conservatives who can win for him in iowa and south carolina and can defeat his rival, romney. also, it s official. don t ask, don t tell is a thing of the past, as of today. in the past 20 years, americans attitudes towards gay people have changed faster than any other social issue. and let s be glad for that. we ll talk to an army sergeant who was outed and may now re-enlist. and author joe mcginniss joins us tonight to talk about his new book on sarah palin. it s called the rogue. we re going to ask him about what he learned about palin. and let me finish tonight with the line in the sand that obama just draw, the line that could decide 2012. we started with the launch of t
watch her as if we watch someone walking across a tightrope, wondering if they re ever going to get to the other side. well, you caught several people in the book, throughout the book, as saying, that they push hard to get what they want. in fact, you write palin learned this from her father, chuck heath. you write, they were bullies, essentially, that s what sara and her cohorts are today. she learned from her father. if someone disagrees with you or does something that you don t like, annih questions later. like chuck, she s all about intimidation and fear, verbal threats and came from chuck. you talk about her husband todd. what did he say to you that day that gave you the sense that he was threatening you? he said when he walked across my lawn to ask me who i was and what i was doing there, and i told him that i was renting the house that he had formerly rented.
so this unpredictability, we watch her as if we watch someone walking across a tightrope, wondering if they re ever going to get to the other side. well, you quote several people in the book, throughout the book, as saying, that they push hard to get what they want. in fact, you write palin learned this from her father, chuck heath. you write, they were bullies, essentially that s what sarah and her cohorts are today. she learned from her father. if someone disagrees with you or does something that you don t like, annihilate first, ask questions later. nd complete disregard for from chuck, her father. and inherent in her persona. you talk about her husband todd. what did he say to you that day that gave you the sense that he was threatening you? he said when he walked across my lawn to ask me who i was and what i was doing there, and i told him that i was renting the house that he had formerly rented.
of the past, as of today. in the past 20 years, americans attitudes towards gay people have changed faster than any other social issue. and let s be glad for that. we ll talk to an army sergeant who was outed and may now reenlist. and author joe mcginniss joins us tonight to talk about his new book on sarah palin. it s called the rogue. we re going to ask him about what he learned about palin. and let me finish tonight with the line in the sand that obama just drew, that line that could decide 2012. we start with the launch of the obama campaign yesterday, and it has standarted. jennifer granholm is a former governor of michigan, now an msnbc contributor, and the author of a brand-new book a governor s story. and bob strum is an economic strategist. i want you to listen to this. clinton strategist mark penn who worked for the clintons said, obama s new tone won t work. he writes, barack obama is careening down the wrong path towards re-election. he should be claiming
leading off tonight, let the campaign begin. make no mistake, president obama s speech yesterday was less about governing and more about campaigning. after spending three years trying to reach compromise with republicans and getting nothing in return, of hoping to win over independents and failing completely, the president yesterday, in effect, called an election. he s taking it to the people. let them decide whether social security and medicare get cut or the wealthy take the hit. the president s betting that he s got the winning hand in this fight. whether he s right may determine who wins next november. plus, such chutzpah. rick perry s accusing president obama of a policy of appeasement in the middle east. perry isn t just working for jewish votes, he s playing to christian conservatives who can win for him in iowa and south carolina and can defeat his rival, romney. also, it s official. don t ask, don t tell is a thing of the past, as of today. in the past 20 years, amer