three of them, that particular skill. i think the one who has the most potential to be able to tap into the tea party s energy is tim pawlenty. in fact, he is more of a populist. a more of a working-class guy and more of a social conservative. we will see him run that way, a strong evangelical christian. he can tap into a lot of that grass-roots energy. i don t want to interview any of these guys. i don t think any of them excite the tea party people. they seem establishment, they seem like part of the people running this country for years. if there is a problem with the way the country is running, they are part of it. i don t see them as joan of arc. overnight. i m waiting to see it. the tea party cares about deficit reduction, and at this point the tea party doesn t have a strong candidate. every candidate running will be for deficit reduction. they ll probably be against any deal that s struck in washington.
i think the one who has the most potential to be able to tap into the tea party s energy is tim pawlenty. in fact, he is more of a populist. a more of a working-class guy and more of a social conservative. we will see him run that way, a strong evangelical christian. he can tap into a lot of that grass-roots energy. i don t want to interview any of these guys. i don t think any of them excite the tea party people. they seem establishment, they seem like part of the people running this country for years. if there is a problem with the way the country is running, they are part of it. i don t see them as joan of arc. overnight. i m waiting to see it. the tea party cares about deficit reduction, and at this point the tea party doesn t have a strong candidate. every candidate running will be for deficit reduction. they ll probably be against any deal that s struck in washington. i don t think the tea party will play that much a bigger role in picking a nominee than the establishment
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creation of the amtrak corridor, the new york-washington media leak. our polls indicate they might be right. 54% say they re seeing him the right amount. we see him ten times, maybe joe and jane in kansas city, because they ve taken their kids to soccer practice, they re doing these other things, they ve caught him once. one other fun fact. guess what? if you voted for mccain, you re tired of seeing the president. if you voted for obama, you can t get enough. as peter hart says, it s kind of like frankie valli. can t keep my eyes off of you. he wanted me to come out here and sing. that was a suggestion of peter hart. it would have been good. it would have been. he said the more interesting you want to come back on the radio today? can you? do i have to? yes. what we can t say on tv. i think i can. chuck todd, wnbc radio between 10:00 and noon. do you have to see the words
welcome back to morning joe we are coming up on 8:00 this morning. the president of the united states is going to speak in new york. and look at that picture. and now st. louis, missouri. we have david axelrod right here. pull it together, willie. washington, d.c., the white house, where our guest works. and back right here, to new york city, a beautiful shot of nal park. the reservoir where mike barnicle will have sunglasses on and constables following him.