morning with taking aim on the trail. president obama took republicans to task for their proposed pledge to america yesterday, calling their policies, quote, irresponsible. today the president sets out on a campaign swing with stops planned in three states to sell his plan to fix the economy. tracie potts is in washington, d.c. live with us this morning with the latest. good morning to you, tracie. veronica, good morning. what you ll see this morning will take on a distinct campaign trail feel, designed to use what worked for them two years ago during the presidential campaign, the president swinging through states to energize young voters and to sell his economic plan. part of that plan was helping small businesses. we saw that as he signed the small business bill into law yesterday, creating a $30 billion fund to give them more money to free up money for these businesses to expand and hire workers. today, president obama takes his message to albuquerque, new mexico, where
zone, hit from behind. the ball comes loose. dolphins jump on it for a td. if he had actually gone to practice fourth quarter. vikings with a chance to go up, down 14-10. stuffed on fourth down. couldn t get it four times. adrian peterson stopped a huge stand for the dolphins, dropped minnesota now to 0-2. cowboys also 0-2 after losing yesterday to the bears. second quarter, vanderbilt s own jay cutler throws one in the back of the end zone. devon hester makes a great one-handed catch. they reviewed it, gave him the touchdown. isn t that an incredible catch. chicago puts it away. cutler to forte. cowboys now 0-2. bears win 27-17. cowboys are just not good? they re not good. michael vick making his first start in a few years now taking on the lions in detroit.
vikings falling to 0-2. they were down less than two and a half left in the game. this was on fourth down. a touchdown gives them the lead. they are stopped. adrian peterson stuffed. big stand for the dolphins. minnesota 0-2. cowboys hosting the bears. the bears down four, jay cutler of the vanderbilt university goes up to devon hester, makes a great one-handed grab for a touchdown. they reviewed it, it stood. bears put it away in the fourth quarter. bears win 24-17. cowboy 0-2. michael vick getting the start for the eagles. he looked good. 13 seconds left in the first half. vick throws a bullet to maclin, a nine-yard pass. 21-17. philly holds on for a 35-32 win. a wild one in washington. texans and skins. game tied at 27 in overtime the
here at 30 rock in new york city. the battle for leader of the republican party played out over the weekend with nearly all the republican heavy hitters speaking at public events. at the values voter summit in washington, top conservative leaders took turns criticizing the obama administration and delivering a message of fiscal responsibility. huckabee and romney there. in somewhat a surprise result, mike pence, the third-ranking republican in the house finished first in the straw poll taken at the end of the summit beating out huckabee who finished with 22%, mitt romney, newt gingrich and sarah palin rounding out the top five. this all comes as the former alaska governor, sarah palin, ignited new speculation about her own political aspirations after taking center stage at a republican fund-raiser in iowa, while they played coy about a possible run for the white house, palin stressed republicans need to come together after what has become a divisive primary season. now, u
there is. bill maher is going back and digging up old clips of her when she was on politically incorrect. they re good ones for punch lines. sure. apparently she said she dabbled in witch craft. i did that. like most republicans in the 1990s, it was the thing to do. you did, also? you had your coven? here is krista free land, editor for global reuters. it was like harry potter. the freshmen republicans that came in in 94, seriously. let s turn to some serious news. by that way, that will have some punch line impact, but no impact at the end of the race. we also have with us msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halprin joining the conversation this morning. coming up today richard holbrooke is going to be here. wow. yes, uh-huh. peter king from nbc s football night in america. yes. and broadway star patti lupone to round things out. what does that mean, yes! speaking of football, a couple of things. first of all vanderbilt,