a lot of republicans saying, you know, where s the beef here in why aren t you raising more money during this environment? the rnc will say, look, we re doing particularly well with small dollar contributors, a lot of these blast e-mails you see one about firing nancy pelosi right now, that are kind of getting to the base of the party and the base is responding. but why not more than that? look, the rnc doesn t want this kind of attention. it is not the real gravity of the party right now. those are still congressional leaders and others like sarah palin, mitt romney, those out on the hustings. it doesn t need this right now. david, before we get to savannah, i thought michael steele actually was known as an effective fund-raiser and had done quite well in that department. well, again, i mean, whether he was, there are a lot of republicans who are grousing now about the fact that he s not seizing a such a prime gop environment. and even though the rnc look, folks will say, we v
compare that to the wall street reforms where who in the country doesn t want to see washington get tough on wall street? there s not really a big segment there s no counterconstituency for that. here s our bill. it s pretty tough on wall street. come along if you like. if not, we re happy to have you not come along. thank you. john and john. still to come, interior secretary ken salazar joining us to talk about opening those offshore areas to oil and gas drilling. plus, the wagons are circling around republican national chairman michael steele. should he stay? should he go? politico, up next. you re watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. wondering about your retirement plan? who isn t? retirement planning is all questions. how long? how much? how soon? what if? welcome to answer city. td ameritrade s retirement center.
pure and simple. that is a full plate. you ask me a question as someone that is involved in the party and i gave you an honest answer. we must make sure we are not distracted from the business at hand and the charge of the republican national committee. right. is michael steele a distraction? i can tell you what is a distraction. having to explain these weird expenditures, having to explain that we are not highrollers and high flyers and duplicitous leaders. that is a distraction, and it is michael s responsibility to make sure that we do away with those distractions and we do away with incompetence and we do away with those who would spend money unwisely. okay, let s talk
consultant for $2,000 in charges at a sex-themed nightclub in hollywood. what does karl rove, the republican mastermind think of all this? last night on jay leno we got the answer. i ve been waiting to get your opinion. michael steele and this $2,000 at the bondage nightclub. what was that all about? somebody ought to lose their credit card. their rnc credit card. find that pervert and get his card. have you been to that club? i m curious? look, man, come on, no. karl, let s go tonight, you and i, we ll go to the club. no, no. god, that pervert? nice language, karl. anyway, mr. rove, however, did find excitement of another sort. yesterday in beverly hills, an activist from code pink tried to make a citizens arrest of karl rove for being a war criminal. rove calls it evidence of what he called the totalitarinism
organization. ken black well, have you a tough situation to be in, i ve made it worse for you. but, sir, this is a tricky matter for your party. i do like michael steele. somebody s on his path or he keeps screwing up, i m not sure which it is. maybe it s both. thank you very much. up next, what does karl rove think about the latest gaffe? what s the latest gaffe over there will at the rnc? we ve just been talking about it. jay leno asked karl rove what he thinks of this 2,000 bucks for this sex club paid for by your republican contributions. (announcer) regular kool-aid. goes almost three times further than soda. kool aid. delivering more smiles per gallon.