out west, keeping patty murray s seat in washington state is a critical start of the democrats strategy. fired up is what you might call vice president biden just a few hours ago as he made the case for murray and against the republicans. ladies and gentlemen, these guys are talking about the deficit. it s like making an arsonist the fire marshal. they have zero credibility. they wouldn t know a balanced budget if they saw one. the tea party candidates running from coast to coast call themselves conservatives, but in a delaware senate debate today, tea party candidate christine o donnell conceded she knew some of the major amendments but not others. where in the constitution is the church and state? it s in an excellent point. hold on, hold on. please, please. and former president bill clinton is on the trail again. this time in florida, trying to help candidate kendrick meek and worrying out loud that he sees the potential for a big republican tide just like i
for battle? time magazine, whose cover store this week, a six-month investigation. francis townsend served as white house security adviser under president george w. bush. she s a partner at the international law firm on bake er botts. as part of your reporting here you spent time with the ohio defense force. one of these militia groups around the country as it was conducting its annual exercise. you write this in your report. their unit seal depicts a man with a musket over the motto today s minute men. the symbol, who are today s red coats? who do they see as the enemy? well, this is a very common theme amongst the self-described patriot groups. they go back to the minutemen and lexington and concord and the first shots of the revolutionary war. they see washington as the enemy. they see themselves in effect as heirs to the founders. that means that the present government of the united states is the heir to king george. so washington is the foreign tyrant. and fran tow
daughter. i love that, can t get enough of it. thanks, joe. do you think it s okay for your boss to call you hot? that happened to a u.s. senator today. pete on the street gets the take on the street next. cent or more on car insurance? was abe lincoln honest? mary: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance?really host: is having a snowball fight with pitching great randy johnson a bad idea? man: yeah, i m thinking maybe this was a bad idea. i just wish that all of the important information was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. thanks. do you work here?
or populist. the tea party is not a pop down operation. it s ground up. inspiring, real people, not politicos, not inside the beltway professionals come out and stand up. but if the tea party really is populist and not elitist, where s the money coming from? here to dig into that, democratic pollster belcher and john avalon that s not john, that s joe johns. and john avalon contributor for thedailybeast.com. okay, gentlemen, first to you, cornell, let me ask you, real people, not politicos is what sarah palin says. is that an effective message? it an effective message. there s real questions about where the money comes have and the consultants that are tied to this established, old-time republican operatives. it s interesting to sort of see, you know, are they using the anger and frustration of so many of these people for their own political gain for the establishment. joe, you re nodding. yeah, this is for me, a work in progress because i ve sort of been looking in