and now a year later i got to ask those supporters of all that, how s that hopey, changy stuff working out for you? governor palin wading into the christmas bomber aftermath to mock both the president s leadership and intelligence at the same time. treating this like a mere law enforcement matter places our country at grave risk, because that s not how radical islamic extremists are looking at this. they know we re at war. and to win that war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. she said while standing at the lectern. because claiming governor palin movements are better when they are led by no one. let chaos reign. i caution against allowing this movement to be defined by any one leader. this is about the people and it s bigger than any king or queen of a tea party and it s a lot bigger than any charismatic
ground work fora run at the wlous in 2012. reporter: for all the talk of big government spending dominating the tea party convention, it was national security that sarah palin targeted first. she took aim at obama administration aegs handling of the attempted christmas day bombing attack and blasted the fact that the suspect was red his miranda rights. we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the electric tern. she slammed the stimulus package and said the tea party movement is at the forefront of preserving conservative values. this is the movement and america is ready for another revolution, and you are a part of this. reporter: the convention s organizer hopes that revolution will bring conservative victories in 2010 house and nature elections. in a question and answer
information. stand by for that. but a prius recall, as expected, now about to be announced formally. stand by. this is an important story for so many viewers. let s get to the strategy session. joining us, democratic strategist hillary rosen and former speech writer david frum, a cnn columnist also with the enterprise institute. is that correct? here are some clips we put together from sarah palin s speech saturday night. they know we re at war and to win that war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. how s that a hopey, changey stuff working for you? this is about people and it s bigger than any king or queen of a tea party and it s a lot bigger than any cars mattic guy with a teleprompterer. all right, david. the personal attacks against the
and fierce. and i agree with that assessment. i think a lot of people would. nonetheless, she took a lot of shots at the guy who currently has the keys to air force one. listen to this. here s some snippets from saturday night. it s better than any king or queen of a tea party and a lot better than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter. the white house blames the candidate, their candidate. and nancy pelosi, she blames the senate democrats. and rahm emanuel, he criticized a pollster and yet again, president obama found some ways to make this all about george bush. you know, considering the recent conservative election sweep, it s time that they stop blaming everyone else. when you re 0-3, you better stop lecturing and start listening. we need a commander in chief. not a professor of law standing
attempted christmas day bombing aboard a jetliner. this like a mere law enforcement matter places our country in grave risk because that s not how radical islamic extremists are looking at this. they know we re at war, and to win that war we need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at the lectern. joining us now democratic strategist and msnbc analyst karen finney who is a former press secretary for first lady hillary clinton and also republican strategist david winston. thank you both for joining us. good morning. good morning. karen, i ll give you the first opportunity to talk about first let s talk about the message she gave at the tea party convention. it got people debating whether this is really for sarah palin or if that speech was really about the tea partiers. well, i think it was clear it was really about sarah palin. she got paid $100,000 to show up. but clearly she recognizes that the tea partiers are a likely