that i m somehow taking a check out of my pocket and putting millions into the groups. i m absolutely helping them and doing everything i possibly can to raise money for them. in fact, if people watching the broadcast want to contribute, go to american cross roads for a contribution. bret: there is a lot of focus on what he calls the shadowy groups but unions and liberal groups are spending to. they said for months they are spending what amounts to more than $200 million in the election cycle. an updated count including a verification with the major labor groups shows it to be more than $250 million now. is all of the democratic focus on the spending a little disingenuous? not at all. all the groups have been involved before, labe ir, all the groups you labor and all of the groups you just listed. the difference this year is the amount of corporate money pumping into the system that we
on thursday and this speech, i m somehow taking a check out of my pocket and putting millions into the groups and, i am absolutely helping him and doing everything i possibly can, to raise money for him and in fact people watching the broadcast, if they want to contribute go to all right. all right. all right. for a contribution. there is a lot of focus, joe, by the president and others, democratic leaders, on what he calls the shadowy groups. but, unions and liberal groups are spending, too. unions and liberal groups said for months they are spending what amounts to more than $200 million in the election cycle, and updated counted, including the verification with major label groups their commitment still stands shows that to be more than $250 million now, is all of the democratic focus on the spending a little disingenuous. not at all. all the groups have been involved before, all the groups you listed. and some of the ones karl listed, the difference this year is the corpor
he was the mayer or in oakland. he was the attorney general. i think he s going to pull it out. larry: have you seen the ads out there? i have not. larry: she s going to spend as much as the presidential race. sure, she s spending a for tune. larry: he s getting money into him, too. can we talk about the meg whitman thing. larry: the charge that he had an illegal weapons charge. and do you think that s a dealmaker? larry: don t you have an opinion, pulitzer prize winner? i don t know all the facts. larry: but she s in big trouble? i think she s in big trouble. larry: if she knew. if she knew. regardless of how it ends, she s entering a very rough week during which every fact will be parsed. and whatever communications effort she had to send a message about she s a great manager and she ran a big business and she s
great maybe overstates it. he was the mayor in oakland. he was the attorney general. he knows how to govern. i think he s going to pull it out. larry: have you seen the ads out there? i have not. i have been so completely consumed by this tell me about it. larry: she s going to spend as much as the presidential race. sure, she s spending a for fortune. larry: he s getting a lot of money coming into him now, too. can we talk about the meg whitman thing. larry: the charge that she had an illegal working for her. and do you think that s a dealmaker? i want to know what you all think. larry: don t you have an opinion, pulitzer prize winner? i don t know all the facts. how about that. oh, my goodness. larry: if she hired an illegal, is she in big trouble? i think she s in big trouble. larry: if she knew. if she knew. regardless of how it ends, she s entering a very rough week during which every fact will be parsed. and whatever communications effort she had
directors has already become involved in trying to clean this up and make sure it doesn t go further. former special agent for the fbi, don clark, thank you for joining us. tonight is the first debate in the california governor s race. with former ebay ceo spending a report $119 million of her own fun to finance the campaign. the current attorney general jerry brown. noel is at the debate site. chuck todd and others were talking about the national implications of the race. the republicans hoping this savvy businesswoman can help them send a message to the country. reporter: well, it s been done before. look at the current governor now. m meg whitman is a political n