context of a midterm and more significantly a presidential campaign. no tea party affiliated group was granted tax exempt status for 27 months. many progressive groups received some of and expedited basis. the question raised by a couple of people has been if the story had broken last spring when it became known to some people within the executive branch, the obama administration, if that had ebgt exploded in the public view in march of 2012? would it have affect egd th affected the outcome. would it put back on the table allies of the mitt romney campaign, the tea party groups, none of which were working on behalf of obama, jugs the opposite. this is a campaign story and i think it s worth remembering that. martha: the question is whether or not lois tucker was instructed to do what she did. were the rogue agents who
hold over the gop? answers, let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront on a friday night, the most shaky republican race since 1964. six different candidates have led in the national polls so far this year. it s amazing to think about it. but there is a big reason for it. the tea party. a cnn poll shows that the republican party is literally split down the middle. half of them support the tea party or are active members. well, 49, 51, some call that a mandate. i call that a split. the tea party is really the tea parties. christina boterri from the national tea party federation told us there are at least 5,000 tea party groups. there is no national umbrella group and there is no one manifesto. case in point, michele bachmann. one tea party support group called on her to quit the presidential race today. the other tea partiers have endorsed her. minnesota congresswoman responded to the call for her to quit on the situation room earlier with wolf. it certainly isn
outfront on a friday night, the most shaky republican race since 1964. six different candidates have led in the national polls so far this year. it s amazing to think about it. but there is a big reason for it. the tea party. a cnn poll shows that the republican party is literally split down the middle. half of them support the tea party or are active members. well, 49, 51, some call that a mandate. i call that a split. the tea party is really the tea parties. christina boterri from the national tea party federation told us there are at least 5,000 tea party groups. there is no national umbrella group and there is no one manifesto. case in point, michele bachmann. one tea party support group called on her to quit the presidential race today. the other tea partiers have endorsed her. minnesota congresswoman responded to the call for her to quit on the situation room earlier with wolf. it certainly isn t a blow to my campaign because i ve had nonstop support coming out of
he s thinking, okay, are you kidding me? executive vice president and i m erin burnett. managing editor of cnn worldwide. out front on a friday night. that is his day job. but in his spare time he wrote a the most shaky republican race since 1964. new book called my long trip six different candidates have home: a family memoir, led in the national polls so far chronicling his life growing up this year. in a biracial family. it s amazing to think about it. and mark, it s a really great but there is a big reason for read. it. the tea party. it reads like a novel. a cnn poll shows that the we were just talking about it. but how it all started was, as republican party is literally you write in the book, you woke split down the middle. up a saturday morning after thanksgiving and said i m going half of them support the tea to write a book. yeah. well, my dad had passed away party or are active members. exactly a year to the day before that. well, 49, 51, some call that and y
speech idea, frankly things leaking out of the white house, none are like what i ve been hearing from businesses all over the country. extending unemployment, cutting payroll taxes, offering tax credits when you hire someone. i haven t heard one business say things like this. reporter: romney is planning to unveil his own jobs plan tuesday, two days before the president s speech. rick perry, current front-runner said yesterday president obama has spread economic misery across this country. uma: thank you steve. can t we all just get along? that s what some of the in the tea party have got to be wondering. the ongoing battle over romney took a sharp turn when freedom works a tea party affiliated group pulled out of con sponsoring the tea party express bus tour. freedom works says it will