welcome to both of you. this is a debate that matters. if you look at the polling, we ll put it up on the screen. latest denver post/kusa poll, it s a tight race with mr. buck with a five-point advantage right now. both of you under 50%. so, a lot on the line here. mr. buck, let me start with you. you do have tea party backing. the tea party is a major movement in this campaign, sharron angle, christine o donnell getting a lot of headlines in delaware. the question is whether the tea party represents an extreme, insurgent political force or whether it s a legitimate political movement. what do you say? i think it s a legitimate political movement. what we re talking about are folks that are frustrated, that we are spending so much money in washington, d.c. and they re every bit as frustrated with republicans as they are with the democrats. the republicans are every bit as much to blame for the mess that we re in as the democrats. that frustration has exhibited itself in a lot of ene
a nation who say they are allies. a. at the top of the houring we re going to bring you an interview with julian. he s going to do an exclusive interview with larry king tonight and you ll hear all sides of that controversy as well. there s a senate race going on right now colorado that s giving us enough material to make my list. first, listen to ken buck. he was caught on tape in audio on tand by the denver post and kusa talking about his supporters in the tea party. can you tell those dumbasses in the tea party to stop asking questions about obama s birth certificate?
mistake. mr. buck, telling kusa people fixated on the president s birth certificate diverts attention from larger issues. if i had to do it over again, i wouldn t have chosen those words, but the point is that they have had a microphone on me for 16 months. i was tired and frustrated that i can t get that message through that we are going to go off a cliff if we don t start dealing with this debt. the norton campaign calling mr. buck two steps short of a fraud. he is a self-proclaimed tea partier who trashes tea partiers when he thinks no one is looking. meanwhile, the queen of the tea party, sarah palin, is given a vote of confidence from progressives. well, sort of. a straw poll conducted at this past weekend s netroots nation conference in las vegas, poll participants overwhelmingly said the candidate they would most like to see running against barack obama, the half governor of alaska, gop nominee 2012, sarah palin.
former lieutenant governor jane norton. ms. norton once leading by double digits now finds herself trailing mr. buck despite support from national gop leaders. that is all subject to change because of recently leaked audio. at a campaign event last month mr. buck was pressed on the validity of president obama s birth certificate by tea party birthers. afterwards he vented his frustration to another person at the event, a democratic party tracker, who happened to be carrying a small tape-recorder. will you tell those dumb asses at the tea party to stop asking questions about birth derts while i m there again. god, what am i poefd to do? as political reports mr. buck s campaign said the campaign was aware he was speaking to a democratic worker and made a mistake. mr. buck, telling kusa people fixated on the president s birth
former lieutenant governor jane norton. ms. norton once leading by double digits now finds herself trailing mr. buck despite support from national gop leaders. that is all subject to change because of recently leaked audio. at a campaign event last month mr. buck was pressed on the validity of president obama s birth certificate by tea party birthers. afterwards he vented his frustration to another person at the event, a democratic party tracker, who happened to be carrying a small tape-recorder. will you tell those dumb asses at the tea party to stop asking questions about birth certificates while i m there. what am i supposed to do? as politico reports, mr. buck s campaign said he was aware he was speaking to a democratic worker and made a mistake. mr. buck, telling kusa people fixated on the president s birth certificate diverts attention