socialism, it is socialized medicine. the american people spoke soundly and clearly at the ballot box in november, and they said to us, mr. speaker, in no uncertain terms, repeal this bill. megyn: and now we find out she s taking a little trip to iowa. hum! joining me our power panel, former democratic congressional candidate crystal ball, andrea sa it. antaros and ceo of the women s campaign forum, sam bennett. they don t generally go to iowa in the winter! so the question is whether michelle bachmann, a big tea party person, backed by the tea party, loved by the tea party, could actually be a presidential con terpbd. i ll start with you crist all. i think she s got honestly as good of a shot at it as anyone. the race is so wide open right now that she has a national profile, she has a fundraising base that is
wrecked our economy. let s talk it over with our guests, democratic strategist cornell bell cher and republican roger tran. i guess kendrick meek is to blame for the rain and the fact i got stuck in traffic. it appears to be look fg you take a look at the polls. negative ads work. when you have a lot of money, you define your opponent before your opponent defines you. that s exactly what mr. meek is doing. i think the interesting thing down there is, the race down there really to me incapsulates the problem, the toll, the damage the tea party is having. it s not even on civil war anymore. it s like the tea party, it s unbelievable what s going on. here you had a seat that republicans had to have in order to go halfway back to the senate. the tea party has thrown that into turmoil. you crist who will probably come out of that race and that s the seat that republicans had to
the middle? i think florida may be that state. pennsylvania is like that. states that look true north. a little right, a little left. florida has been a swing state. nobody wants to see more hanging chads in what looks like a close election right now between rubio and crist. i agree with you crist is trying to capture the democratic nomination so to speak, without having to run to the primary because of a weakness being demonstrated by kendrick meek. but one thing that may make a difference is there are very different positions being taken out on offshore drilling. rubio is taking chances. he s saying, look, offshore drilling is happening anyway. other nations are coming into the basin. cuba has been authorizing drilling by other people. if yo put a platform in between havana and key west, you ll have