party conference, i d love your impressions. angela, you first. chris christie winning the straw poll for the next president. that s a surprise to me but this has been an election year like no other. palin, i wasn t surprised about but she beat newt gingrich. very interesting. rick: doug, what do you think? here is the thing. chris christie is optimistic. he has the new jersey finances under control. progressive fiscally conservative republican offering a different way and a different direction. people respond to that. that s why chris christie did as well as he could. indicator for the republicans and indeed for country about what people want in politics going toward. rick: doug and angela, thank you, both. enjoy the rest of the weekend. we will. jamie: a fox news alert.
candidate with moderates and swing voters by enough to make a difference. rick: i want to ask more about that in a moment. angela, do you have concern that perhaps the sharron angle of the world, the o donnell or joe miller candidates on ballots in various states across the country in three weeks from now will be too conservative to appeal on the moderate voters? rick. three weeks is an eterpty away in politics. if the politician goes into advocacy and tell people what they ll do for a better america, i think that angle or o donnell might be victorious if thaw tell people who they really are and what they re going to do. that s what folks want today. they don t want politicians. they want people to go to washington, d.c., and make difference. rick: doug, the story line
and no water, conditions inside that building deteriorated rapidly. today trace gallagher is live at the super dome and joins us now. hi. hi, rick. this thing was built to seat 70,000 people. but when 20,000 people tried to live here, it was chaos. this building was a disaster, but now you look around the super dome, $220 million in upgrades. the seats are all brand-new. the suites are all brand-new. even the outer shell of the super dome is brand-new. the money came from fema, as well as the nfl. but five years ago, this week, when they brought those 20,000 evacuees into the building, it was absolute chaos. i can remember people sitting in these stands and kind of sitting there shell shocked because they had just lost everything. people were fighting, parents were screaming, kids were crying. the trash was piling up in the hallways and they just couldn t
gumbo at lunch today. so we need people to come and enjoy the mississippi gulf coast. juliet: i have to cut it off cause you re making me hungry. mississippi lieutenant governor, thanks very much for joining us. thank you so much. rick: hurricane katrina also had a profound effect on animals all along the gulf coast. many pets were rescued from the devastated region and five years later, some are still homeless because of the devastating storm. now their story. the countless souls rescued from the hurricane katrina, there were thousands of pets. jaime is one of the lucky ones. this rotweiler was separated from his owner, gary, who has since passed, but his brother, alan, remembers the pain at the store in losing him. that s like losing a family member. like losing a kid cause he s like a big kid. he s like a big baby. he eventually made it home because of a message in a bottle, rescuers found a bottle
personal responsibility, families taking care of families, churches getting reengaged. former republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin addressed the crowd and said it was time to, quote, restore america. rick: today the event taking place coinciding with the 48th anniversary of martin luther king, jr. s i have a dream speech. just steps away from where glenn and the other speakers were today. i know glenn beck said it was a shear coincidence that the date was the same. but was there any mention of that famous iconic speech? yes, many times. since this rally was at the same site, the lincoln memorial as the i have a dream speech in 1963, one of the speakers today was the niece of dr. martin luther martin luther king, jr. she called for unity in order to, quote, rebuild america. and talked about her uncle, dr. king. here is more. if uncle martin could be here today, he would surely commend