of alaska, and of course karl rove. jon: robert gibbs expected to take the podium soon. the stunning strength of the tea party the talk of washington. christine o donnell beats out michael castle, the long-term congressman and former governor. today she is saying she will win in november with or without the help of the republican establishment. molly line is live in boston for us, big surprise in delaware, huh, molly? reporter: you said it this was definite low a shocker. she was kind of a fringe candidate and she pulled off an upset victory against mike castle. he s been referred to as the establishment candidate. a nine term governor. they slammed o donnell throughout the course of this campaign, the party chair calling her unelectable. she proves them wrong by a 6 point margin. the national senatorial committee congratulated o donnell, there is word they won t be helping or financing her campaign either. that will be a test of the tea party backing and strength and money
the people of delaware have spoken. [ applause ] reporter: tea party conservative christine o donnell shocked republican mike castle and his establishment supporters for the delaware g.o.p. senate confirmation last night. this morning, senate republican officials who had the sister candidacy reversed course and pledged money for the general election fight. g.o.p. senate leader mcconnel gave her a curt and skeptical nod. i ll support the winner. we ll look at where we think the best opportunities for pick-ups are and that s where we ll spend the money. reporter: party bosses have no plan for the big-money outlet for o donnell than other tea party candidates have started to receive. the polls suggest that o donnell trails continues. she is trying to unite the g.o.p. i m very convinced that we can win. before the republican cannibalism i was ahead in the polls. and, you know, if we can put this behind us and do some damage repair and, you know, then we can turn the t
appropriated an aspect of the american ideal and they want to deny it to him even though it s two years after the election in preparation for the next election. i think that that is absolutely right what is going on. the american exceptionalism, which he exemplifies, brings to life. the only country in the world where you can come to a name like barack hussein obama in a middle of the terrorist fight and the american people will say we ve looked enough at you, we re going to make you our leader. only here do we do that. that s what inspired me from the beginning about our country and now, to turn it inside out. also they re turning it inside out about our country. can t accept the simulation and that s the opposite of who we are. howard fineman, thank you. up next, the white house is escalating its words with john boehner. this is back to safer ground. let s talk about something really wonderful intermural american for once. boehner says he d be willing to extend the tax cuts if th
on capitol hill, this the debate over whether or not to extend the bush tax cuts, pitting republicans again the president. good morning, everybody, it s a busy tuesday, huh? i m bill hemmer, good morning, welcome to america s newsroom . martha: good morning, bill, good morning, everybody. i m martha maccallum. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is standing firm, he says that democrats want higher taxes to extend government control over america s lives, this comes in response to president obama s plan to stay tough on those tax cuts for the higher end, those deemed to be, quote, the rich, good morning, i m jon scott, i ll see you in less than 20 although though not minutes along with jenna lee who everybody in that bracket will talk with congressman chris feels that way. bill: mcconnell says he s van lonely and senator lindsey ready to fight the white house to make sure that no one, that no american, pays graham, some of the biggest higher taxes: movers and shake,in was
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