quake s crack in the washington monument is a divine message. ask tougher xe questions about candidates faith. and aren t exploding over the book, colin powell says the former vice president is like a gossip whose new book is full of cheap shots. rick perry doubles down on his claims associate security is a ponzi scheme. that may be a fine way to win tea party votes, but is this any way to run a national campaign. let me finish with the complaints that hurricane irene was overhyped. starting with the politics of the hurricane. ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. michael steele, former chairman of the rnc and both are msnbc political analysts. governor, start with you. a quote from lee siegal who wrote something for the daily beast and newsweek. he said, after katrina our elected officials are acting responsibly by acting hysterically. is there truth in that statement? well, there is. look, if you re an elected official you want to err on the side of caut
go crawling to the federal government if you mess up like paul gts a lot of republicans are. the federal government is the problem and not the solution. but we at hardball have been calling republican governors and members of congress whose districts were in irene s path. none said they plan to reject government help. seems they understand the idea that people hate the government until they need the government. plus, michele bachmann joked that irene and last week s earthquake are god s way of telling politicians to listen to the people. and pat robertson figures the quake s crack in the washington monument is a divine message. ask tougher xe questions about candidates faith. and aren t exploding over the book, colin powell says the former vice president is like a gossip whose new book is full of cheap shots. rick perry doubles down on his claims associate security is a ponzi scheme. that may be a fine way to win tea party votes, but is this any way to run a nation