donald trump section of the book was reals interesting in the sense that, you know, he was rocketed up in the polls. but when the correspondence dinner came, obama had released his birth certificate, just a few days prior. really had set this up. he planned to go in and humiliate him. seth myers, the talent at the white house correspondence dinner, did a bit on donald in his opening. you know, obama really went some people think he went overboard in the way he went after donald in the public setting, a thousand people you know what the dinner s like. and obama really took it to him. and donald was not happy about that. you also talk a lot about michele bachmann nher feuds with tim paulentyulenty and rick per. in the short time we have left, describe that. well, the bachmanna campaign, after they won the straw poll in
congressman chaka fattah and david corn, i have to keep it moving but thank you both for joining us this evening. thank you. thank you, rev. ahead, rick per s economic plan is great if you re a billionaire. what about everyone else, governor? but i don t care about them. you don t care. that s a political strategy. plus, what a difference a few months make. willard mitt romney s flip-flop on the ohio union busting bill. those are the people of ohio. this is fin, and herman cain lights up with the web with this weird, weird new ad that everyone is talking about. you re watching politics nation on msnbc. hey buddy, wattaya lookin a-oooh.
we are inside the sands convention center in las vegas. seven gop contenders wrapping up their debate moments ago, the tone this time, contention, personal at times, especially between herman cain and other candidates on tax, you might have seen, talking about already. there was also the explosive encounter between a very aggressive rick perry and counter punching rick perry over illegal immigration. our panel has plenty to talk b before bring them back in i want to bring in key moments about the debate, began with an all-out assault on herman cain s 9-99-9 plan. we will talk to him in a moment let s take a look. herman, i love you, brother, but you don t need to have a big analysis to figure this thing out. go to new hampshire where they don t have a sales tax and you re fixing to give them one. they re not interested in 9-9-9. herman, are you saying the state sales tax will go away? you re mixing apples and oranges? you will pay the state sales tax, no matter what w
how can we know what you would do as president? how can we trust who you would be? governor jindal, what s exhibit a there against romney? i believe obama broke the eleventh commandment. m not here to attack a fellow republican. the reason i m supporting rick per, he s been a consistent conservative. great track record in texas. last t years, helped to create nearly half the jobs created in this country. consistently fought excessive government spending, fought to cut taxes in texas. i think tim is right, the nber one issue in this election is about jobs and the economy. under president obama we ve lost 2 million jobs. under president obama national debt is nearly $15 trillion. stimulus one didn t work. now he s back with stimulus part two, nearly $500 billion, nearly $450 billion in more spending. we ll get to the views on the economy in just a second. governor pawlenty, you don t have the advantage of being able to stick to the eleventh commandment because you ve been on this
fundamental issuesf principle, how can we know what you would do as president? how can we trust who you would be? governor jindal, what s exhibit a there against romney? i believe obama broke the eleventh commandment. m not here to attack a fellow republican. the reason i m supporting rick per, he s been a consistent conservative. great track record in texas. last t years, helped to create nearly half the jobs created in this country. consistently fought excessive government spending, fought to cut taxes in texas. i think tim is right, the nber one issue in this election is about jobs and the economy. under president obama we ve lost 2 million jobs. under president obama national debt is nearly $15 trillion. stimulus one didn t work. now he s back with stimulus part two, nearly $500 billion, nearly $450 billion in more spending. we ll get to the views on the economy in just a second. governor pawlenty, you don t have the advantage of being able to stick to the eleventh commandm