all right. it s 34 past the hour. welcome back to morning joe. live look at the convention center where we ll be hearing from paul ryan tonight. that should be fascinating and jeb bush as well. back here at the howl at the moon bar, the elephant bar, we have mark halperin, andrea mitchell, willie geist, back with us and tom brokaw and in just a moment we ll be simulcasting with the today show. peter alexander and then joe will discuss the presidential race with matt lauer, here in tampa, over at the convention forum. so that will happen in just a few seconds. let s go around the table, though, scale of one to ten a little tough, we ll put mark halperin on the spot first, ann romney, chris christie, how did they do, scale of one to two? answer in prompt ter. quick, quick quick. 8, 8, 7.8. ann romney, chris christie?
i hope we will touch on that. he s really beloved in florida and will help the florida issue a lot. mel martinez, thank you so much. tom friedman, thank you as well. still ahead, chuck todd and david gregory join the conversation. keep it here on morning joe, live from the elephant bar in tampa. why not use all your vacation days this year? get points you can easily redeem for your vacations, with chase sapphire preferred. [ chirping ] [ chirping ] [ chirping ] [ male announcer ] audi a4 drivers have spoken. [ engine revs ] and they ranked the a4 highest in total quality index in its class. [ chirps ] experience the summer of audi event before september 4th
not much convention business today. gets going in earnest tomorrow. we are inside the elephant bar, actually known as howl at the moon bar. some brave souls have come in this morning to be with us. i don t know why you did that, very unwise. we re going to turn to sports where the new york jets, well, they re struggling a bit this preseason. they ve got two quarterbacks in mark sanchez chez and tim tebow except they can t seem to find their way into the end zone. jets and panthers in a sunday night game preseason last night. sanchez looking for steven hill on third down. his throw is deflected off hill into the arms of captain munnorland for the interception. 123 yards, no touchdowns, and that pick. fourth quarter, tim tebow gets his turn. going to dance around the rush, does what he does, gets out of the pocket, uses his legs to pick up a first down on third and 16. big run, he s pumped about the chance to get the jets into the end zone. a few plays later, tebow tries to do a little t
welcome back inside what we re calling the elephant bar, usually the howl at the moon, here with one of the bar tenders brook. going to walk us through some of the special drinks you made today. we got here about 4:30 to start way too early this morning. what time do you usually leave? after a busy night on the weekend, we can leave around 4:30, 5:00. you turned around this bar quickly, didn t smell, did good work. we had to do to get it ready for you guys. talk about the special drinks. the joe scarborough alabama slammer. i assume that s some combination one of the shots we re featuring. mika-lob ultra. after the michelob ultra. i know about a long island
med is week. he moon bar, has a new name. this beautiful sunny week, and the sunshine state don t see any sun. the elephant bar. across from the tampa bay times forum where the republican national convention is set to convene and suspend all activities until tomorrow because of tropical storm isaac. we re going to get into exactly how the storm is affecting the rnc in just a moment. but first, with us on set, msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, he is the king of the human pyramid. he is. going to have to show you that. the national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst john heilemann. willie wants to know what that means. we have pictures. we re going to show you what that means later. okay. also, also with us, msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee, and the man who can explain why we are in florida in august during hurricane season. seriously. michael steele