so is the vote in delaware in 49 days. in 49 days she could say anything or nothing and ride this momentum. conceivably if she doesn't screw it up, she could get herself elected senator. >> rachel, i have to say the power of women voters, you've got to look at it. step back from the ideology here, the cultural issues there are an awful lot of women that felt frustrated by hillary clinton's failure two years ago. i'm telling you, it's popping up. i hear it. anecdotally i admit. look at this picture. they may be conservative women, but women nonetheless. they may be joined by other women who feel it's time for more women to win these offices. i wouldn't put that apart from the general election caucus right now. >> it is impossible for me to imagine that people who are disappointed that hillary clinton did not beat barack obama in the primaries are voting in large numbers for a candidate as extreme as christine o'donnell. yeah, chromosomes are there, but the politics are completely opposite. i don't think women identity polit

in delaware they went off script. when you have people vote and don't just look at polls and we've been narrative's vacuum here, sometimes the voters go off script and create real news and not horse race stuff. >> all sorts of things can happen. inmates are fuller, thank you for staying up late with us. >> it has been a remarkable night in american politics. our coverage continues in just a moment. please stay with us. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of america lends billions of dollars, to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses. ♪ working to set opportunity in motion. bank of america. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodil

she focused locally on delaware. she not running a anything wide campaign she running a delaware-centered campaign. if i had the dials on now these independent speak voters, would like what she says. smaller government, less taxes, less regulation, more focus on what is going on in the state and less of all that washington stuff that the public in general and delaware in particular has turned against. >> sean: when rand paul decided that he's gonna focus on kentucky because the national media was going after him. he rightly went back to kentucky and his poll numbers went up. if she focuses on delaware for now and she could go back out in the national media at another point. is it smart at least in the short term for the time being focus on delaware? >> all politics is local. the decisions that are made are whether the people of delaware feel she relates to them, understands them, cares about them and empathizes with them, which is the number one attribute. you looked at those states that you just listed, west virgini

they've got a solid shot in delaware tonight. and so this is the kind of hope that sprung up in nevada when sharon angle got the nomination there. and you know, harry reid's number rose from the death kind of polling he was doing throughout for an incumbent, up to viability. and he now seem to be on his way to holding on to his seat. thanks to the republican primary process delivering what appears to be an unelectable in nevada. that's the democratic hope. there is not that much time between now and election day to dismantle, derail the momentum that christine no relation mcdonnell has going in that state. >> i was studying the number the other night. pollsters.com which is the composite of the polling. it showed rand paul ahead by seven. pat toomey ahead by 7. roy bloun ahead by 7. the only states are the states we used to take for granted a couple months ago. barbara boxer in california, the 18-year incumbent and patty murray is very popular. she is in trouble. as is as you mentioned, harry reid running dead we've this far out

i have spent the last six months listening to delaware's voter the, meeting with delaware's working families and hearing their real concerns there is a lot of folks who are anxious, angry, lost their jobs, lost their homes, having trouble making ends meet and i think that contributed to the real momentum for change that we saw in 2008, that lots of folks voted for and worked for in 2008 and they are frustrated about not getting the change out of washington that they were looking for and i think that contributed to the outcome in the primary yesterday in delaware. >> do you think president obama has done a good job? >> i do, overall there are some things i differ with him on. i am a democrat. i would like to see the democrats and our elected leaders have the opportunity to make real progress. i think the senate and the house and the president have passed difficult legislation in these tough times there are things i disagree with the president on. i'm going to washington hopefully as the next senator from delaware not to represent the party but to represent all the people of delaware, to fight

a big statement in delaware tonight. delaware, kentucky, alaska, it is nevada. what is going on? >> i think it is exciting person flail. i tend to agree the more establishment people we can get out and the more new blood in the better. it is about principle, i think that's what's been shown that the tea party has power and people want their elected officials to stick to conservative principles rather than just picking a person -- >> sean: you are less happy? >> a little less happy. it seems that republicans need to choose whether they want to win in the northeast or not? there's a good argument in the northeast you have to choose moderate candidates. we now have an experiment. can a tea party candidate win in delaware? you know what? i hope so. i hope so. i doubt it, but i'm happy to have christine o'donnell. >> sean: i don't think we can make progress in the country with rhino republicans. i don't think you are going to stop obama's radical agenda without people that are really committed to cutting taxes. to stopping spending. really strong principles. how could this guy be one

delaware if you look at the voting the majority of people in delaware support repealing obama care and support tax decreases over spending in order to create jobs. this is ife fertile territory. sharron angle is an example where everybody wrote that race off. that race in nevada is now tied. chris liz i'm kind of fascinated. why has the race seized the republican party, this personality so the degree it has and why has karl rove come under such fire from other republicans, conservatives for criticizing her. >> at the end of the day we all like to talk about is karl under attack. i imagine you would be hard pressed to find a single voter in delaware who is going to vote based on whether karl is under attack. what is going on here is substance and policy. for us in washington to talk about who is up and who is down and is there is civil war in the party i think misses the fundamental critically important phenomenon of the substance of the rise of conservativism across the country. and certainly it is happening in the republican party but not just in the republican party. you see a majori

she needs to talk to the people of delaware. it's delaware voters. it's not conservatives around the country is going to determine the outcome of this election. it will be delaware voters who determine it. there is as i say, resistance. when this woman wins a stunning upset. incidently, i didn't predict she wouldn't win. she won a stunning upset. this is the moment she should be grabbing the imagination of the people of delaware and moving ahead in the polls like the other candidates did around the country. roy blount has a ten-point lead after winning the republican primary in missouri. in ohio, rob portman now has a 2k0-point lead after trailing before the republican primary -- >> chris: i want to ask you quickly, the new tape in which she said on the tv show "politically incorrect" in 1999, she dabbled in witchcraft, how damaging is that? >> well, you know, in southern delaware where there are a lot of church-going people they'll probably want to know what is that all about? again, she said it on television, when she went on the bill maher show. s

>> chris: carl cameron reporting from delaware. thank you for that. two people who played big roles in tuesday's tea party upset are emerging as rival king makers. one drops money bombs on preferred candidates, the other focuses on boosting women in politics. correspondent james rosen profiles the unorthodox figures who stand both inside and outside the g.o.p. >> not going to beat them up or anything, right? >> no wonder jim demint half expected a sock in the face from colleague john cornyn share of the campaign committee with the tea party ties and conservative fund, demint has become a potent counterweight to the own party leaders in the choosing of winning and losing candidates. >> i hope i am a threat to the so-called establishment here in washington. i see press reports of anonymous staff members, cowards, saying things they won't say to me. but actually, a lot of republicans here will whisper to me that keep up the fight. >> demint in this cycle has thrown his weight behind 12 g.o.p. candidates, nine of them winners. most audacious was the early

. >>> drums along the delaware. let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, castle's falling. who's safe? what politician does not live in fear right now after what happened last night? if the most unbeatable of institutions, a beloved politician like michael castle can fall, who knows for sure he or she will be standing come this november 2nd election night. yes, the first walls to fall have been the republicans, they were the first line of defense of the way things are. watch what happened to them. now come the democrats, crowded in the last. will they do better than the republican palace guard of specter, bennet, murkowski and all the pillars of the grand old party establishment, the country clubber, the moderates, the rhinos, and most hated of all, washington office holders? bill clinton said yesterday that even george w. bush looks like a liberal compared to republicans running today. great line. but are the dems whistling past the graveyard in the republican party has already been take

the presumption was mike castle would easily roll to victory in delaware, mainstream delaware republican candidacy. the christine o'donnell candidacy is considered far too extreme for delaware, it wasn't too extreme tonight. >> turnout was about a quarter higher than expected. who voted for her? >> well, that's the indication of real energy behind her candidacy, you don't see turnout bumps on these kinds of primaries in off year elections. so the energy is on her side of the ballot. it's going to be very hard for koonz and the democratic side to get that kind of energy in november. this is the better opponent for the democrat to face. but running as a democrat in delaware this year, is going to be difficult, even with this opponent. >> republicans do what? they embrace her and try to keep her contained? to borrow my old friend dan patrick's phrase? >> they're going to have to do something like that. they didn't want this to happen, they didn't want it to happen as recently as days ago. however, mitch mcconnell has very recently had to say, i will support the nominee. he has had to say, w

let's begin with the stunning updates in delaware. mike castle, nine times relekted to the house of representatives and when he decided to run for the seat held by joe biden, they were ecstatic thinking they could take a seat held for four decades by democrats, but now a tea party challenger has mike castle on the roeps. he says that christy o'donnell from the tea party cannot win in november. listen to this interview. >> i am convinced that she does not have the ability to carry a general election in the state of delaware, so, yes, it would have the effect of clearly taking a seat that could go republican and making it democratic. >> candidates under attack say wild things, but have you ever heard the word cannibalism? christine o'donnell is not only under fire from mike castle, but the republican party, and she takes offense. >> it is a shame that the republican party has resorted to cannibalism. we have principles and i hope we can kiss and makeup tomorrow and get to the business of winning this seat. >> and what message is delawar

i have spent the last six months listening to delaware's voter, meeting with delaware's working families and hearing their real concerns there is a lot of folks who are anxious, angry, lost their jobs, lost their homes, having trouble making ends meet and i think that contributed to the real momentum for change that we saw in 2008, that lots of folks voted for and worked for in 2008 and they are frustrated about not getting the change out of washington that they were looking for and i think that con tributed to the outcome in the primary yesterday in delaware. >> do you think president obama has done a good job? >> i do, overall there are some things i differ with him on. i am a democrat. i would like to see the democrats and the leaders make real progress. i think the senate and the house and the president have passed difficult legislation in these tough times there are things i disagree with the president on. i'm going to washington hopefully as the next senator from delaware not to represent the party but to represent all the people of delaware, to fight for the sort of independent an

delaware talks about the opposition. will they find a bipartisanship? >> congress cannot just do not need -- nothing very we have big problems coming down the pike. we have people getting ready to run in 2012 and they are terrified about the tea party. for them to do nothing is not good. there is an opportunity here to do something constructive. they could do something on tax reform. we should fix it and go back to 1986 where if you give -- get rid of all this to the deductions, you could actually cut the tax rate. a considerable amount. out of all this negativity, there could be a positive mood toward tax simplification and tax reform. >> interesting idea, but the litmus test for the tea party is tax increases. even if the rates go lower, that will be seen as a tax increase. >> out of the question. meritorious, yes but out of the question politically. they have a litmus test of on the right to live, soulful conservative issues that are ongoing. they could look at the irs but there is no room for compromise. compromise i

. >> bret: a big nate the primary in delaware is a big upset. christine o'donnell has defeated castle the establishment favorite. o'donnell received major backing from the tea party express. she will face the democrat in november the winner gets the seat long held by vice president biden. there you see the percentages, big win for christine o'donnell. in the balance of political novices in wisconsin ron johnson has defeated westlake. johnson has never run before takes on incumbent democrat russ feingold who many consider vulnerable in november. tea party favorite. ovide lamontagne has the lead over kelly a why the in the senate primary. -- kelly ayotte, in the senate primary still early there. ehrlich trounced newcomer brian murphy in tonight primary in maryland. we will get a rematch with martin o'malley who ushered ehrlich out of office in 2006. in new york's harlem congressional district tonight congressman rangel facing a likely ethics trial this fall is battling several challengers, including joyce johnson and adam clayton powell iv the per

election, delaware voters will determine it. and there is as i say resistance. when she wins a stunning upset and incidentally i didn't predict she wouldn't win but won a stunning upset and this is the moment when she should be grabbing the imagination of the people of delaware and moving ahead in the polls like these other candidates around the country. roy blunt now has a 10 point lead, building upon the momentum that he got from winning the republican primary in missouri. in ohio, rob portman now hays a 20-point lead. >> chris: i want to move on and ask you quickly the new tape in which she said on the tv show, politically incorrect in 1999 she dabbled in witchcraft, how damaging is that? >> well, you know, southern delaware there's a lot of church hon going people they'll want to know what was that about and again, she said it on television, and, when she went on the bill maher show and my view is she can't simply ignore it. she has to deal with it and explain it and put it in the most sympathetic light and move on and canno

you are a delaware guy. what happened? >> delaware republicans have been voting for mike cassel statewide for 30 years without a hitch he wins 65%, 60% n the 50s, governor, congress. this, shock is the word i have heard so many times today. >> are there hidden local factors we didn't see coming in from the outside? >> it looks like there was a broader anti-establishment movement in the race to replace him in the house. michelle rollins versus gary erkhart. >> here is christine o'donnell. she seems young and new to politics. a lot of enthusiasm. wow. here is christine o'donnell who reminds me of an east coast sarah palin. make your own judgment. >> a lot of people have already said that we can't win the general election. i know. it is those same -- yes, we can. >> yes, we can! yes, we can! >> yes, we will! >> yes, we will. i like that. yes, we will. it is those same so-called experts who said we had no chance of winning the primary. it will be hard work but we can win. and if those same people who fought against me work jus

delaware and other instance . you could put in rumor to bed. you may have played a role in early of bridging the gap with? any truth to -- to that? >> when i checked with senator cornyn he said that was wrong. he acted promptly within minutes they corrected that report. senator cornyn was committed to helping christine o'donnell win as he's committed with angle, paul and everybody. he and mitch mcconnell have been great troopers. they've jumped in to book won the primary. here you have a republican party for the first time since 1930 has out-voted the democrats in the primaries. this has not happened in 80 years and we are supposed to be worried? republican party in which grass roots candidates think of nikki haley in south carolina indian-american woman wins the republican nomination in south carolina and we are supposed to feel bad? you have a candidate for nevada sandoval, a great latino. of course what is the left gonna do? what if latinos win the governorship as republicans in mexico and nevada? latino win th

delaware is a very unique place. castle is a solid brand there. >> here he is with a robocall using her former campaign manager. right. >> in a primary. a closed primary. >> it's like crocker jarmon. here he is showing an ad from the voice of christine o'donnell's former campaign manager. it's on the telephone today. hi, this is kristen murray. in 2008, i was the campaign manager for christine o'donnell. i got into politics because i believe in conservative values and wanted to make a difference, but i was shocked to learn christine o'donnell is no conservative. you see, this is her third senate race in five years. i found out she was living on campaign donations, while leaving her workers unpaid and piling up thousands in debt. >> take that, chuck todd. tell me how that works. >> he basically kept running for office and pulled, and actually pulled a salary the last time. it is legal to actually pay yourself a salary of the job you're running for if you're running for the u.s. house or the u.s. senate in those new ca

we're taking a closer look at the delaware outsider to took on the gop establishment. michael moore says democrats are whimps and they pay a price in november for being too nice. i'll go one-on-one with the outspoken activist and filmmaker. >>> and young girls for sale. amber lions profiled a woman who lost her daughter to child sex trafficking. we're going to show you the dramatic rescue. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> overall, the tea party movement has backed 12 senate candidates with eight of them winning their primaries and that includes some high profile wins by sharon angle in nevada and marco rubio in florida. right now it's the tea party? -- democrats feeling a built better about their chances to hold on to the u.s. senate. brian todd is following this story for us. brian, what are you seeing? >> one political analyst says the democrats haven't gotten news this good for months after being on the ropes in delaware. they now believe they have got the upper hand becau

and can she win in delaware? >> i think the numbers probably aren't there in delaware. but we've seen again and again this season, you can't count out the tea party. again, we've seen this turn around over and over. i think money matters. but look at alaska. joe miller, lisa murkowski outspent joe miller 18 to 1 and still lost. i think delaware is just too moderate a state. mike castle has won more than, i guess a dozen times statewide, a moderate candidate. there's no evidence that delaware wants a candidate as conservative as christine o'donnell. >> and while kate was talking there, i thought i want to go take a look at the chris coons for senate website. on the website it says, it's official, meet our gop opponent christine o'donnell. it's hard to figure out whose website this is. they're looking forward to this race all of a sudden. >> yeah. i think there's a note of glee in that. and there certainly was a real tone of glee in the kind of barrage of press releases the democrats were sending out last night. really kind of triumphant about this. i think there was a fe

i'm from delaware originally. and mike castle is about essential to delaware as expensive tolls and scrapple. he's never lost an election until now. he's been winning since lbj was president. no one thought this could happen. and their reality, and i think the republicans' reality if you read between the lines of these statements is that the election's over. and she is going to, i think, play clips like what i said back, maybe in youtubes -- sorry to prove that she can do this after all and then we all wrote her out. >> the $42,000 donation from senator cornyn and the republican senatorial election committee, that doesn't seem like that's the maximum that they provide to the other candidates. what's he saying there? >> no, they are doing the pro forma activity they do for candidates. and they were not going to last night. last night they were very clear in saying we are done with her. you know, off the record, we're done with her. on the record, we're done with her. and they were goaded by the base and the base wa

tonight, the senator from delaware. christine of donnell this week, tells you how much the republican party has changed. at least for now. the grand old party is history. this week's primary voting has changed the calculus. if you're a classic lineup, well, if you're a classic line up the endorsements republican like mitt romney, you've had a bad week. the candidate with a good week, sarah palin. this is her party now. the only question is what she wants to do herself. run or stand back on the sidelines. get out on the field or play quarterback or grab the megaphone as the party's number one cheerleader. the new story today was senate nominee christine o'donnell. she may win. she may not. in delaware, but progressives are poised to underestimate her. by the way, o'donnell was on "hardball" as far back as 2002 talking about the ten commandments. plus, jon stewart announced his rally to restore sanity in washington last night. can he do for liberals and progressives what glenn beck did for conservatives a week ago? three

in delaware. that is true. this is a strategic advantage -- advantage. a $100 contribution is like making a 1000 contribution elsewhere. i believe we can win this. when this we must. [applause] again, [laughter] there is another woman i have to thank. you betcha. thank you governor palin for your endorsement. [applause] she got behind us war-weary folks and gave us a boost of encouragement when we needed it. she was a vote against the politics of personal destruction as we go forward, i would like to make the focus of this election about the issue and how we will get jobs back in delaware, how we will protect the security of our homeland, how we will take care of our veterans, how we will make sure that future generations are not saddled with a crippling debt. i am hoping that will be the focus of the general election. we will continue to roll out our solutions and proposals for what we want to do. when i get to washington the day after election day. [applause] for those of you who might not know, because this is a special election for the seat once held

instead delaware republicans chose an ultra right extremist out of step with delaware voters. they'll try to paint these candidates backed by the tea party too out of the mainstream for those moderate and independent voters. those in the middle who off determine howe elections are decided. >> paul, we appreciate you as always, buddy. way to keep going strong. know it's been a long night for you. thanks so much. >>> one minute a normal quiet day, the next a huge explosion triggers a raging inferno. at first there was total confusion for firefighters who were rushing to last week's natural gas fueled blaze in san bruno, california, right outside san francisco. they had no idea what they were facing. and it's our sound effect today. >> call for a fourth alarm for this. look, it appears that we have a plane down in the neighborhood. multiple structures on fire. and we have a fireball still coming out. >> stop that engine. we have no water in this hydrant. we need them to lay into us. >> copy that. >> we think we've got a broken water main down here so they need to lay in from the

delaware, we now know christine o'donnell will be the republican senate nominee for the state of delaware. the seat held for 36 years by vice president joe biden, she is the nominee because she defeated in resounding fashion, the establishment republican candidate. mike castle, 47% for mike castle, despite 12 victories prior in statewide elections. christine o'donnell, 53%. the question will be will the establishment republican party gather around her, but stunning upset tonight. >>> new hampshire, kelly ayotte, former state attorney general, she was the favorite coming in. ovide lamontagne, a conservative activist, once the candidate for govern, unsuccessful in that case, and now we see mr. lamontagne has held the lead throughout the night. 41% to 38% for kelly ayotte. several other conservatives in that race. 30% of the vote counted. they're counting slowly tonight in new hampshire, lamontagne holding his leads but the numbers have closed just a bit. we need to keep watching in. new york governor, carl paladino, the tea party candidate, will be the nominee for governor. he beat the esta

the presumption was mike castle would easily roll to victory in delaware, mainstream delaware republican candidacy. the christine o'donnell candidacy is considered far too extreme for delaware, it wasn't too extreme tonight. it wasn't too extreme for republican primary voters. >> turnout was about a quarter higher than expected. who voted for her? >> well, that's the indication of real energy behind her candidacy, you don't see turnout bumps on these kinds of primaries in off year elections. so the energy is on her side of the ballot. it's going to be very hard for koonz and the democratic side to get that kind of energy in november. this is the better opponent for the democrat to face. but running as a democrat in delaware this year, is going to be difficult, even with this opponent. >> republicans do what? they embrace her and try to keep her contained? to borrow my old friend dan patrick's phrase? >> they're going to have to do something like that. they didn't want this to happen, they didn't want it to happen as recently as days ago. however, mitch mcconnell has very recently had to

in delaware will give her a hearing. but she's really got to step up and say look, all of this other stuff, forget about it. here's what i'm going to do for you. this is exactly what i'm going to do for you. >> a million dollars she's raised in 36 hours. >> here's what i'm going to do for you, here's what the other guy is going to do to you. >> i think she's going to offer hope. that's what she's going to do. hope that america can get through this. no, this is hope that america is not going to be just scraping by. that we're going to be number one and she's going to favor policies that are actually going to help us get to that position and stay there. and i think that's what she's going to do. i think it's going to be a pretty positive campaign, believe it or not. >> laura, thank you. next on the rundown, charles krauthammer and different point of view about all this. we'll hear from him. and later, megan kelly on a parking meter guy gone berserk. >> take that and shove it up your -- >> just -- [beep]. i have it on video

keep in mind here, chuck, delaware is a very unique place. castle is a solid brand there. >> if he is so solid, why is he going dirt ball? >> here he is with a robocall using her former campaign manager. right. >> in a primary. a closed primary. >> this isn't exactly establishment behavior, it is like crocker jarmon in the movie going negative. here he is showing an ad from the voice of christine o'donnell's former campaign manager. it's running on the radio. actually, to on the television today. >> hi, this is kristen murray. in 2008, i was the campaign manager for senate candidate christine o'donnell. i got into politics because i believe in conservative values and wanted to make a difference, but i was shocked to learn christine o'donnell is no conservative. you see, this is her third senate race in five years. as o'donnell's manager i found out she was living on campaign donations, while leaving her workers unpaid and piling up thousands in debt. >> take that, chuck todd. i mean really, this is really -- tell me how that works. >> he basi

i'm from delaware originally. and mike castle is about as essential to delaware as expensive tolls and scrapple. he's never lost an election until now. he's been winning since lbj was president. no one thought this could happen. and their reality, and i think the republicans' reality if you read between the lines of these statements is that the election's over. and she is going to, i think, play clips like what i said back, maybe in youtubes -- sorry to prove that she can do this after all and then we all wrote her out. >> the $42,000 donation from senator cornyn and the republican senatorial election committee, that doesn't seem like that's the maximum that they provide to the other candidates. what's he saying there? >> no, they are doing the pro forma activity they do for candidates. and they were not going to last night. last night they were very clear in saying we are done with her. you know, off the record, we're done with her. on the record, we're done with her. and they were goaded by the base and the base

that's not just a delaware idea. we've seen that in elections across the country. >> and i think that mike castle represented his state very ably for a long time. and he represented his constituents very well. i hope that that kind of back and forth, the acrimony can be relieved. he says he won't endorse her. but it's different than what happened in kentucky, for example, when the tea party candidate won and there was a unity moment. bill: there's a major headline with sean hannity last night and karl rove, i don't know if you agree with kafb -- with karl, he said the senate lost, republicans can't win because of what happened in delaware. do you agree? >> this is what i know, karl is a brilliant political strategist, he is following this very, very closely, and i think he could be right. i always thought that the republicans taking back the senate was a long shot, but that said, she won handily last night, turnout could be a big deal in november, the democrats don't have a big person that -- they don't have a big na

politics since delaware got its nickname. and delaware's nickname is the first state. totally unexpected republican political civil war has broken out. ?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?)?) >>> we rarely do this but i want you to see some tape tonight just because i want you to know that it exists. we have been researching the story of this tape all day today and as far as we can tell, we don't think there is any precedent for it in american history. we don't think there is any precedent for the spouse of a sitting supreme court justice being engaged in political activism to the extent that the wife of associate justice clarence thomas is doing right now and of which we have tape. in general the family member of a supreme court justice would not be somebody whose activities would be considered inherently newsworthy. the same goes, at least as far as i'm concerned, for politicians' families unless they get themselves involved in politics. but i don't know of anybody else who has ever held the job title supreme court justice while their

charles, start in delaware. >> speaking of the so-called experts. the palin endorsement i think is disruptive and capricious. bill buckley says he always supported the most conservative candidate who was electable, otherwise the vote is simply self-indulgence. >> bret: now, jim demints also endorsed christine o'donnell. >> equally capricious and irresponsible. and it's a big mistake. mike castle is a shoo-in. he wins-- they call off the fight in the first round. o'donnell is very problematic, she probably will lose. now, we are in a cycle where we have seen that this is not a normal democratic administration. it's highly ideological. it's instituted changes over the last 18 months reversible like obama care and will try to do the same in the next two years or six, if you're a republican and you're a conservative, you want a majority in the senate that will stop that agenda and you have to elect the most electable. delaware is not alaska, in alaska you can endorse joe miller who is going to win anyway, even though he's more conservative. in delaware,

in delaware. but progressives are fools to underestimate her, and even more so for underestimating the voter attitude. or as they say in philly, at-e-tude that told her nomination. o'donnell was on "hardball" as far back as 2002 talking about ten commandments. we'll show you a clip of that from the old days. >>> and plus john stewart released his rally to restore sanity last night in washington. can stewart do for liberals and progressives for what glenn beck did for conservatives and right wingers a week ago? talk about the hard feelings. three decades after ted kennedy challenged jimmy carter for the democratic nomination in 1980, carter says, we could have had comprehensive health care reform back in the 1970s, but kennedy wanted to deny carter any success. some wars -- some wars never end. get to that one. and let me finish tonight on the sarah palin challenge. do republicans think she's presidential, or even vice presidential material? just answer the question. please! >>> let's start with th

the people of delaware obviously have some resistance. that's why, unlike all the rest of these -- >> bill: you are backing her now. are you supporting her? >> i said tuesday night i'm for the republican in each and every instance. >> bill: have you got to tone it down, man. i thought, you know, i think. >> i'm on with you, o'reilly. i have got -- >> bill: that's what i said. ever since you come on this show have you been a trouble maker. >> i have got to keep a high level on your show just to get a word in edge wise, o'reilly. >> bill: sure. put a stop watch on it, all right? three to one your verbiage to mine. karl rove, everybody, there he is causing trouble all over the place. next on the run down chris wallace will be interviewing christine o'donnell on sunday. glenn beck has quibbles with my new book pinheads and patriots. he will be joining us in a few minutes. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weee

the people of delaware obviously have some resistance. that's why, unlike all the rest of these -- >> bill: you are backing her now. are you supporting her? >> i said tuesday night i'm for the republican in each and every instance. >> bill: have you got to tone it down, man. i thought, you know, i think. >> i'm on with you, o'reilly. i have got -- >> bill: that's what i said. ever since you come on this show have you been a trouble maker. >> i have got to keep a high level on your show just to get a word in edge wise, o'reilly. >> bill: sure. put a stop watch on it, all right? three to one your verbiage to mine. karl rove, everybody, there he is causing trouble all over the place. next on the run down chris wallace will be interviewing christine o'donnell on sunday. glenn beck has quibbles with my glenn beck has quibbles with my new book hey, you guys. want to try activia's great new taste? isn't this the yogurt that, you know... helps regulate your digestive system. trust me. it is beyond tasty. mmm. this is really good! new best tasting

the republican primary in delaware, the little state of delaware, tomorrow could mark big implications for the republicans nationwide and their ability to take over the u.s. senate, which is possible. republican mike castle spinning off a tough challenge with christine o'donnell. and polls show she's in the race of his life. and that's a race that's too close to call. here's a couple of ads that reflect what's going on there. let's watch. >> do you recognize this delaware politician? here's some hints. according to "the news journal," she didn't pay thousands in income taxes, had to be sued by a university for thousands of unpaid bills. defaulted on her mortgage. she ran up a huge campaign debt and left vendors and staff unpaid while using campaign funds to pay her own rent and personal expenses. say hello to christine o'donnell. >> and sarah palin of alaska has recorded an ad and robocall for christine o'donnell, the tea partier. here's part of it. >> hi, this is governor sarah palin. vote for christine o'donnell for u.s. senate this tuesday. the wave of positive change can really swe