our lead story tonight. plus, why does wall street hate president obama? hate him?! and that s the correct word, hate. some on wall street say it s because the president hates them and even business itself. really? let s get into that one. and joe maginnis new book on sarah palin, the rogue. the sarah palin does get into the race, will this book hurt her chances. and let s finish with the hard test president obama faces. we ll start with what texas miracle, and we re asking that question, what texas miracle? david corn is a msnbc political analyst, and the delightful dan milbank joins us. let s take a look at these numbers here. if you look at the numbers this way, the unemployment rate is rising, up to 8.5% in texas. texas. but it s coming down nationally, at least, it has been, it stalled a bit down, but it came down from something like well over 10% nationwide in 2009. so in a way, the directions are off. the guy who says i m the big job creator is having unemployment r
created. so where s the texas miracle now? and how long will it be before mitt romney or the obama white house sink their teeth into these new numbers? also, voting blights. from coast to coast, republican state legislatures are searching for and finding ways to restrict access to the voting booth. passing stricter voter i.d. laws, curbing early voting, restricting registration. and what do all these have in common? they re all aimed at preventing democrats in general and some believe african-americans in particular from getting to the polls. that s a dangerous game and it s our lead story tonight. plus, why does wall street hate president obama? hate him?! and that s the correct word, hate. some on wall street say it s because the president hates them and even business itself. really? let s get into that one. and joe maginnis new book on s sarah palin, the rogue. the sarah palin does get into the race, will this book hurt her chances. and let s finish with the hard test p
and how long will it be before mitt romney or the obama white house sink their teeth into these new numbers? also, voting blights. from coast to coast, republican state legislatures are searching for and finding ways to restrict access to the voting booth. passing stricter voter i.d. laws, curbing early voting, restricting registration. and what do all these have in common? they re all aimed at preventing democrats in general and some believe african-americans in particular from getting to the polls. that s a dangerous game and it s our lead story tonight. plus, why does wall street hate president obama? hate him?! and that s the correct word, hate. some on wall street say it s because the president hates them and even business itself. really? let s get into that one. and joe maginnis new book on sarah palin, the rogue. the sarah palin does get into the race, will this book hurt her chances. and let s finish with the hard test president obama faces. we ll start with what t
afterward, she was a big crush that i had. maginnis says she s hands off with regard to alaska but a political opportunist who crushed her enemies, rarely lived up to the fiscal conservative image she championed. hypocrite? at the best, she s a hypocrite. and at worst? a vindictive hypocrite. he says the enemy list is long, but acknowledges he talked to few friends. do you think you were fair to her? i was as fair as i could possibly have been, given the fact she told all the people who were closest to her not to talk to me. in his statement to nbc news, todd palin says former members of sarah palin s administration interviewed for a separate magazine story said joe maginnis was quote, the most disingenuous and dishonest writer they ever dealt with. palin added i ask the fathers and husbands of america to consider our privacy when one
why are you sitting in the dark? [ male announcer ] in here, you re never away from home. it s the at&t network. and what s possible in here is almost impossible to say. long before it was published, people were talking about the upcoming book about sarah palin. that s because he moved next door to them to do research. the book is full of bomb shells. savannah guthrie has the story. good to see you. joe maginnis has been writing about politicians since his ground breaking book on richard nixon. he focused on alaska s famous politician. he got very close to his subject. the rogue, a 318 page take down by best selling author joe maginnis paints a scathing