next campaign after the primary. those are the two things going on and often you ll see hang back because they don t want to push their own negatives up. capehart, as ari is saying it s about the audition. are some people auditioning for a vice presidential role? doesn t want to take it on the mat, so to speak, because he wants to be offered a vice presidential spot. why would he back off, why would he pull back from using it, and i think governor pawlenty hurt himself by coining this brilliant phrase, pulling back from using it and then coming back out again saying that he s not afraid of a fight. i think a lot of people actually do think he s afraid of a fight, and if you re going to be the vice presidential nom know, a you ll have to be able to hammer away at your opponent, and that opponent is president obama. jonathan, hold on. got to take a break. save that for me. more with our panel coming up. trivia time. we asked if michele bachmann
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into the fall. alternatively, they may work something out, it s really unclear at this point and i think it really depends primarily on what degree do republican leaders want to be hostage takers a and the take us up to the brink and what degree they will be following movize think most americans want us to be on some of the unproductive tax loopholes, particularly for powerful profitable corporations and people at the top of the income scale. you can t really ask the poorest americans to sacrifice, which is at the core of some of the things that the republican leaders pushing, and then save loopholes for people at the top are sank crow isn t a. robert, get through this and next year to look forward to robert green steen, thanks for having you on this morning. my pleasure to be here. next, how a check how wall street will open after last week s roller coaster. still ahead, good news for michele bachmann, bad news for
try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. it is the bottom of the hour now, i m thomas roberts. chuck todd will be back tomorrow. here is quick look what is driving date this monday. michele bachmann scheduled to officially declare her candidacy for president in just about 30 minutes. the minnesota republican will make the announcement from her childhood hometown of waterloo, iowa. president obama enters the debt debate today, holding separate meetings with senate majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell. the meetings come after bipartisan negotiations led by vice president biden fell apart last week. and supreme court will rule today on a proposed california law that would prohibit the sale of violent video games to anyone under the age of 18. the decision could have far-reaching impacts on the multibillion dollar video game