in and doing a lot of stuff this summer that suggests a lot of interest in the race. a big national prayer event in austin, big republican events over the summerment look. again, like so many of the people on the sud lines he points to the big holes in the field. i mean, there is no one out there who is like him which is to say someone who actually has a lot of experience running a state, been in texas longer than any texas governor, created jobs on an extraordinary scale and also infuses the tea party and social conservative factions with enthusiasm and no one in the republican field like that with someone with the wing of the party and also a credible, credible governing record. you saw him. listen. this is the reason i know a lot of people hate me on both sides. nobody hates you. we had well, i mean, i get d logs and people
just off that picture, i want him to be president. like he s interrupting a lunch conversation. couldn t help be overhear. you re looking for a president. up, yeah, we are. help you over here. yeah, we got it. we re good. so very funny. 21 past the hour. time now to take a look at the morning papers. san francisco chronicles. diane finestein s popularity plunged 20 digits from the recent ratings according to a new field survey. the incumbent democrats including president obama s heading in to next year s elections. usa today, one of the biggest shifts in the last half
thought, about rick perry. who wrote that story? any idea? we have a lot of interns. i have basically sub contracted out my column. subcontractors wrote on rick perry. they re there. they welcoming. they found that i saw governor perry here last week. and, you know, he s formidable he s a formidable force. i continue to be uncertain about whether this is all whether it s a head fake in either direction. he could be this could just be a game. and he s just not going to get in. his advisors are trying to dampen down the speculation which could be a head pick of his own kind. he s doing a lot of stuff this summer that suggests a lot of interest in the race. the big national prayer event in august. he s doing big republican events over the summer. but look, like so many people on the sidelines, he points to the big holes in the field.
if you were designing an editorial cartoon about out-of-touch washington insiders discussing a failing economy you would put them on a golf course and then cross it out because it would be too cliche. top of the hour. live look at times square in new york city. welcome back to morning joe. john hailman and john thank gapehart still with us. telemundo, in washington, advisor to george w. bush, contributor to the daily beast and no labels, mark mackinnon. john, you re following john huntsman today? that s true. what do you expect to see? i expect to see him standing in front of the statue of liberty and invoking the memory of the sainted ronald reagan. that s where he ll be
good morning. it s 8:00 on the east coast as you take a live look at new york city. back with us on set, john heilemann and jonathan kapart. you get to keep your walmart greeter job. stop it. i m not happy. people like willie and me benefit from this because we continue greeting people at walmart with our vests and they were going to take that away from us. i dab the drool off your chin before the people come in. a way to touch on the headline. no. that was a huge huge story and a lot of a huge story. and i can t wait to hear what the impact of that is. you know it s very significant. in the research from my book this issue, this case came up