these special interests can spend unlimited amounts without even disclosing where the money s coming from. we don t know where it is coming from. we don t know if it is from the oil industry, from banks, insurance companies joshua komisarjevskying from overseas. we don t know. they won t tell you. they don t want you to know. they don t want you to know. they won t stand behind what they do. this isn t just a threat to democrats but our democracy. here he is a few weeks earlier identifying some groups he considered culprit and talking about how democrats may oppose their influence without becoming like them. every one of these groups is run by a republican operatives every one of them. even though they are posing as nonprofit groups with names like americans for prosperity, committee for truth in politics or americans for apple pie. i made that last one up, but [ laughter ] but this is why look, this is why we have to work even harder in this election. we will. we w
with you and that question. candidates are going to be crisscrossing the state today. talk to us about this day a week before the caucuses, joe. oh, yeah, you can call this crunchtime for sure, hala. a time when the candidates really bear down and iowa truly gets focuses on the caucuses. mitt romney starts out his day in inp. the. however, he like many of the other candidates will end up here in iowa. he s going out on a bus tour and so is newt gingrich, in fact. he is another guy we re watching very closely and he is supposed to show up in an interview with wolf blitzer on the situation room later today. notably, one of the candidates who is expected to get back out here until tomorrow is ron paul and he and mitt romney and newt gingrich are locked up in a three-way statistical tie for the caucuses here in iowa. very busy days ahead. and we re looking forward to it, hala. okay, yes, we look forward to your reporting, as well. mark, romney, gingrich and ron paul, all lo
blitzer yesterday. i don t know if he s ever going to recover. i look at him as the president that is really in trouble. he goes on to say that he sees a lot of animosity and a level of hatred that he has never ever seen before. i should note that donald trump did endorse john mccain back in the 2008 presidential election. and let s close it out with this right here. stephen colbert, we already know he s coming to washington for the big rally, that march to keep fear alive rally on october 3rd. guess what? he s going to be here tomorrow. he s testifying before a house judiciary subcommittee. he s going to be talking about the issue of immigration. colbert spent a day work as an immigrant farmer up in new york state. not quite sure what he s going to say or if he s going to be in character. we re trying to get those answers from the house judiciary committee. stephen colbert talking about that very thorny issue of immigration. don? news on the 45s. politics on the 45s. is that what yo
unveiling this pledge with america, but the bottom line is what they re trying to do is tell voters voss the country, look, we are going to reform washington. we lost our way for the past eight years or so, but we are going to help you out. what democrats have done over the past couple of years is not enough. are all republicans on board with this pledge? well, you know, mixed reviews. national review, a very well respected weekly magazine says that we ll take the pledge. they say they compare it to the contract with america. they say the inevitable question is is the pledge as bold as the contract? their answer, the pledge is bolder, but we are hearing a different theme from red state, a very nunsial blogging site. they say when aamerica needs a bold, simple fresh plan to put america on the path to
joins me now from washington. i m so excited i could barely get it out, mark. what s crossing right now? i m sure you re excited, too. reporter: these updates on the 45s certainly give you the best of political news. very quickly up in delaware right now, christine o donnell who seems to be the republican favorite, people love to see what she s doing, what s going to happen to her? we have a new cnn/ time opinion research corporation poll, doesn t spell good news. shows that she s down 16 points to the democratic nominee chris koons. mike castle would have been up 18 points. moving on, what is the donald saying right now about president obama? well, he doesn t have very good things to say right now, don. he s saying that president obama probably will have a tough re-election, not surprising right now given the state of the economy. this is what he told wolf