We ll give her that. we will give her that one for sure. kelly o donnell, great to see you this morning. thank you. so as we ve been talking about, rick perry is getting ready to make his big debut on the national stage. that s going to be this wednesday, september 7th at the nbc news politico debate. he s already taking subtle jabs at mitt romney and the president. we don t need a nominee who s going to blur the differences between themselves and barack obama. we re going to have a nominee who draws a clear contrast. so wayne slater is the senior political writer for the dallas morning news and joins us now to talk about what we re going see out of rick perry. should rick perry s debate strategy out of the gate to be coming out fighting? i think it is. i think he s got to do two things at this debate on wednesday. one, he s got to show himself to be a fighter. someone that the republican base
These things that we stop electing united states senators directly by the people. you will still have many opportunities for his opponents to put this stuff up in ads and had on the campaign trail, perry saying i m not backing away from my book. you throw up a couple of excerpts, him saying that, and have you your 30-second ad. it will be difficult for him to distance himself from this book he wrote less than a year ago. jason embry, thank you for weighing in on it from austin. thank you. see the full field of presidential republican contenders for the first time, this wednesday, september 7th, on msnbc. the appeal trial of amanda knox continues in italy tomorrow. knox is in perugia, serving a life sentence for the murder of her roommate. and her boyfriend is serving 25
Bachmann at 10. i understand sarah palin had choice words to say about polls, right? that s right. governor palin actually said poles, quote were for strippers and cross-country skiers during the speech yesterday. it did appear she was sending a message national polls aren t going to have an influence on her when she s deciding if she s going to run for president. and a lot of political insiders put emphasis on polls but she didn t really seem to think of them too highly during her speech. strippers and cross-country skiers. she left out downhillers. i use poles. anyway, alex moe, thanks. see the full field of republican presidential contenders square off in the nbc news political debate wednesday september 7th, here on msnbc. in a moment, it sunk the economy to historic debt. can the housing market rebound under a lawmaker s new proposal?
Calendar, too, it sets up where you end up having perry win the eye and south carolina contests and end up having mitt romney winning new hampshire and nevada, them battling it out in florida. after florida a lot of the contests are actually in the south and those on paper would seem to benefit rick perry. alex, we do have time to go. and one little warning, the person who has been the front-runner the past two election cycles, whether in 2004 with howard dean at this point in the summer or mitt romney or hillary clinton in 2008, sometimes being the front-runner in the summer isn t the recipe for success once you get to iowa and new hampshire. well taken that point. mark murray, thank you so much. see you again. for the latest political news and analysis from nbc s political unit head to firstread.nbc.com. you can see full field of republican presidential contenders squaring off for the first time in the nbc news politico debate wednesday september 7th, this wednesday, here on msnb
Question his integrity, his belief in anything, his you know, his ability to be a leader. peter and robert, we ll have you back next hour. coffee break time. see you shortly. thanks. you can see the full field of the republican contenders squaring off for the first time on wednesday, september 7th right here on msnbc. tracking lee. the latest on the path of the storm that is soaking the gulf coast. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you ve been stuck in the garage while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one s military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation s military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal.