are establishment republicans still worried about sarah palin? did she say dick? she meant vice president cheney, obviously. first of all, let s put this to rest. dick cheney is right. the election results are the election results. it was a bad choice. she didn t help out mccain as much as the mccain people hoped she would. as for your question, i mean, sarah palin has had an enormous effect in the course of these primaries. i think her influence is felt when you re talking about the really activated base versus the more moderate establishment. she s very good at ginning up support. she has a legion of followers who will donate, rally to the candidates and policies of her cause. so, yeah, she has an enormous influence over the party and she will continue to have it. i think when she steps into the actual electoral field, that s when she gets into trouble. all right. sam tine, thank you so much. of course. there s a lot coming up in the next half hour on the ed show stay tuned
historian tim malten in an ebook saying that spheric conditions caused a mirage around the bice bergs that the titanic hit similar to what we see in the desert, food to chomp, mental tidbits to think about. ron paul diet book of conspiracy. that s from the cookbook of conspiracies, exactly. thanks again to michael, steve, maggie and ben. that is all for now. i ll see you back here on monday, noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific when i m joined by bill burton, sam tine, catherine crier, richard wolffe and tony perkins. you can find us at facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports is next. have a great weekend. thanks so much, alex. coming up next, the white house deals with the north korea showdown after yesterday s failed rocket launch. dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz joins me as democrats try to distance themselves from the controversial comments about ann romney by a prominent democratic
ok. that s good to know. thank you. we re recreating it live here. right. ok. welcome back to morning joe. that hurts. mark halpern is with us. and sam tine. thanks. i feel for alex right now. everyone should at all times. 24 hours a day. let s bring you in on it, sam stein. do you think mitt romney was in on his april fool s joke? i kind of think he did. he knew what was going on. come on. you really do think he was in on the joke? yeah, he was in on the joke. i don t know. that would sort of ruin all the purpose of it. i guess they are planning it and he wants to look authentic, but i ll take the campaign at its word on this one. look at him. he s not cynical yet. i give you a couple of years. red sox start this week, sam stein. that s good news. yes. i m excited for the season. i was a little nervous about how
bureaucrats rationing your care when you re old? that was an argument probably used most during that campaign cycle. in the instance the exact opposite, do you want the industry to ration your end of life care? bill clinton is good at summarizing things into sound bites and it would behoof the democrats to do the same. that i am you, sam tine from the huffington post. now governors rick scott and chris christie are starting to feel the heat? is the tide turning? we ll have some evidence for you guys. and here she comes. america, get ready for the madness. sarah palin off the top rope into the race. there s new details of a ridiculous pro-sarah palin movement, which you ll love, and devastating book that s actually against her. we ll give you all of that. two years ago mitt romney
somewhat of a moral obligation to do this. let s talk about sarah palin s new dictionary. ground zero mosque supporters doesn t it stab you in the heart as it does ours throughout the heartland? peaceful muslims please refudiate. are you guys going to start using this word, sam? what is this all about? she tweets again comparing her to shakes spleer, refeudate, misundertimt, wee weed up, english is a living language. shiks peer liked to coin new words, too. got to celebrate it. what do you make of that, sam? it s complexing, ed. it s very difficult to understand. what are we doing here? it s a tweet from sarah palin. she offers many of these. i don t want to chase after every one because it s not news. this one is totally confusing and perplexing. i don t know where she s going with this not to mention i think he s wrong on the idea the