make the distinction, it s a better debate. when you look at the former editor talking about grim, the feeling of being grim, does that affect what we get in terms of the quality of the journalist and quality of the news we are reading? how does one play into the other? it s had a modest effect. people feeling nervous about the business. it s had a modest effect. it makes young journalists feel motivated to get out and make a difference. for a young journalist, it s a good time to be in the business. there s a lot of people that don t want to do it on the web and twitter. it s exciting. you created, it s a stunning story what you created, tv news in college, everybody talked about you. they didn t know who you were. phil griffin called me up one day and said he s a kid! he s a kid! and he s doing it in his dorm
yeah! we want to win iowa. yeah! we want to win hawaii. yeah! and we think there s a certain hawaii yan resident that should go back to hawaii. should we help him fill out his change of address form today? yeah! barack obama needs to be a one-term president. [ cheers and applause ] 44 past the hour. that s michele bachmann. joining us now, contributing editor, gabe sherman. we are going to start with sarah palin. i m looking at the washington post in iowa. palin says she s contemplating. we have heard this story before. i m surprised it s in the newspaper at this point. the will she or won t she dance has been going on for six
her and todd. the endless speculation is counter productive. unless she s going to announce something concrete, what is she talking about? we have seen this before from other potential candidates that got a lot out of it. two or three months ago, they thought mitt romney was so weak a candidate could emerge in september. what they are saying is it ain t so easy to raise money anymore. some people close to rick perry are backing off. they have been very disappointed the donors haven t come forward the way they expected. he s probably not going to run. sarah palin, at some point, the media can say this story is a complete scam. it s sarah palin trying to get publicity or envious of michele bachma bachmann. at some point, there aren t donors.
pass the budget and do anything fiscal. they can t get it. for 30 years, it s governed by proposition in california. that s their problem. there s an interesting threat to the story. i think, you pointed it out yesterday. take all the figures, scott in florida, casic in ohio, mall low in connecticut. all all executives. the president of the united states, whether you love him or are mild about him, he never had executive experience. he never had to sit down across the table from legislatures as a governor and cut a deal. in connecticut, malloy came to the governorship. when you sit down and talk to him, he said guess what? my numbers are low. i have done this before. he s been through a lot politically and personally in his career. willie, malloy was mayor of
andrew cuomo followed. there are a slew of republican governors from florida to ohio to wisconsin who tried to imlate chris christie and got beaten up badly. chris christie comes up with a big that shocked a lot of union members in new jersey. what is the difference? how did christie do it in new jersey yet walker had a political war. in florida 20%. john kay sick in the low 30s. part of it is the governors, right? we have a tendency to tell the story of american politics through the person of the executive. if christie is winning in jersey, it s all christie. if scott is doing poorly, it s scott. all the states have legislatures and voters and medias and other folks in them.