about pulling back civility. you can t compare republicans to nats ziz. as much as i m disagreeing with erick, he s not a nazi. i think he s pulling back from this issue now. he did get nudged on it. privately. if the democrats want to hold us to this new post tucson standard, i ve gotten a little heat myself for saying we should try to be a little more careful. if they are going to hold to that, why didn t they say publicly, congressman, bad. they should. to stop the cycle we re in. this is just the latest congressman making outrageous statements. the most important thing is for people in their own party to stand up to the extremes in their own party. republicans standing up to republicans who make statements that are across the line. that s the only way we re going
is fine and the willingness to compromise on principle, which is not fine. we made a deal in december. we made a deal on the taxes. continuing the bush tax rates. that was a compromise. i ve been arguing with my radio audience some on this, but it was a good compromise. we deserved those tax cuts. you ll see it each time. on the health care, the debt ceiling limit and on almost everything else. but you ve got huge agreement on 85%. erick, a younger member of the conservative movement. ronald reagan had to deal with divided government. the 1994 class had to deal. how do you map it out?
racist. i do disagree with his world view about the is racist. i do disagree with his world view of the country. listen, he doesn t believe in american exceptionalism. joe just asked you if you believe the president loves this country. i think he loves america through his world view, which i disagree with. so, yes, he loves the country, but i think he views it differently. part of my love for this country comes from my world views. thank you, erick. red state uprising. i thought they were going to drag him off. he is thriving there.
interested in that issue, watch waiting for superman. the guy who made an inconvenient truth, powerful case for school reform. but for me the story of the night is good news for conservatives, bad news for republicans. so on the net, this is actually a pretty good night for the democrats. paul begala smiling after this night. erick? in november, the national republican senatorial committee will try to take credit for senate gains, but if they get them, it will be in spite of them. yet again the national republican senatorial committee has been smacked down by the tea party. these people are totally detached from what s going on within their own grassroots, and it may come back to haunt them in november if they re not careful. strange night when both paul begala and erick ericson both smiling. that s the d.c. mayor election is the one we ll talk about least but it may have the most far-reaching consequences. interestingly, if fenty lost the black vote he was trying to save the
there s a lot of gray in between. donna brazile, erick erickson, appreciate your time. thank you, and thank you, erick. thank you. the government official who demanded sherrod resign. where is she? we went searching to find her. would secretary cook be made available for any questions? it s been said that she wanted shirley sherrod to resign. nobody is saying what really happened. we ll try to find out the truth. that story, ahead. more on our breaking news. tropical storm bonnie, already forcing most of the ships and rigs to be moved from bp well area. chad myers joins us for an update and where the storm is heading. ever seen anything like it?