there you are in iowa with sarah palin. is this as obvious a move as it seems? >> everybody thinks it is. she's clearly at least testing out whether she should test the waters. so the anticipation of a candidacy is part of the discussion here in iowa, has been all week when it was clear she was going to do this. we obviously don't know what she's going to do but nobody comes to iowa who is in her position who isn't at least thinking about running and she gave another hint on that this afternoon in an interview with fox. gwen: what did she say? >> well, she was asked whether she would run. she said, if she thinks the country is ready to be shaken up, if she thinks the country is ready for that, then of course she would give it a real consideration and would be prepared to do it. she left herself some room not to run, obviously, but she certainly didn't sound like a shermanesque type of statement saying, i have no interest in doing this. gwen: if you're an insurgent outsider like people in the tea party movement or sarah palin who describes herself, what are you d

chris: so o'donnell and sarah palin? >>yohen u take on the status quo and career politicians that kind of have an entitlement mentality too often, they're going to fight you. >> i am not a career politician! do you love your freedom! you, you have the power to remove the claws and the grit of government on our freedom. >> there are a lot of mocomnn-seonse catservive candidates ready to put it all on the line. >> the common-sense men and women of delaware. >> you betcha. >> you betcha. chris: when we come back, tea partiers have the power and a plan. yes, repeal healthcare and maybe even shut down the u.s. government. chris: welcome back. one of the tea party cries is take our country back. what would they do next year if republicans won the congress next november. here's a short list, take away government funding, sarah palin calls it starving the beast. >> we need congress to hear us when we say please, those in the positions of power and authority that cast the votes, starve the beast, don't perpetuate the problem. chr

palin, what's our fascination with sarah palin? guest: i think our fascination right now is really related to this idea of outsiders. i mentioned in the book that i i mentioned in the book that i think when you look over time at all of these. you see that they are competing to become different ideals at different moments in time. our modern system has an ideal that says you should be essentially an outsider. an ideological leader. and somebody who essentially overtakes your party. so interestingly enough, this really, from my perspective, in the republican party, started with reagan. and i think that's where you see sarah palin trying to claim that same kind of mantle. host: we're talking with professor lara brown, author of "jockeying for the american presidency." about campaigns and elections. your calls. up networks, a democrat from florida. florida. hi. . . whether you look can't all of the discussion about impeaching -- look at all the discussion about impeaching bush during his presidency, i think that is valid. and then you'

chris: so o'donnell and sarah palin? >>yohen u take on the status quo and career politicians that kind of have an entitlement mentality too often, they're going to fight you. >> i am not a career politician! do y love your freedom! you, you have the power to remove the cls and the grit of government on our freedom. >> there are a lot of mocomnn-sese catservive candidates ready to put it all on the line. >> the common-sense men and women of delaware. >> you betcha. >> you betcha. chris: when we come back, tea partiers have the power and a plan. yes, repeal healthcare and maybe even shut dow the u.s. government. chris: welcome back. one of the tea party crie is take our countryack. what would they do next year if republicans won the congress next november. here's a short list, take away government funding, sarah palin calls it starving the beast. >> we need congress to hear us when we say please, those in the positions of power and authority that cast the votes, starve the beast, don't perpetuate the problem. ris: also und

palin, let alone sarah palin. first, tell us about the people you did speak to who are around her, who had been close in her camps. what kind of an impression did she give you of sarah palin? >> the people who have been closest to her describe a temper that at first i couldn't even believe could be true. they'd tell stories about screaming fits, about throwing things. they were talking about everybody from friends who have stayed with the palins who have witnessed events where sarah and todd will empty the pantry of canned goods and throwing them at each other until the front of the refrigerator lookeds like it's been shot up by a shot gun, everything to former assistants that have been so tortured by sarah palin that in one case one had to quit the job, seek psychiatric counselling and leave the state to escape palin's influence. everybody that has worked with her has seen the way she exacts retribution on people after they leave. they're afraid she's going to get them firing from their job, try to ruin their rep

speaking of education nation, that first chapter is about sarah palin. and how appropriate, sarah palin was in attendance last night cheering on her daughter bristol on "dancing with the stars." bristol gave a fine performance, but all the talk this morning was about sarah's front-row appearance. let me set up the controversy for you a bit here. jennifer gray, in the dancing movie "dirty dancing" apparently the big star on "dancing with the stars." so, she danced very well. a lot of people expecting big scores. she only got three 8s. a lot of people thought she should have had 9s. so was the audience booing the score here's or the introduction of sarah palin? listen. >> a lot of it. >> if you don't want to see them meet the same shock that they saw meet david hasselhoff. there is booing in the ballroom, we don't know why. why is there booing? >> we don't know. >> i'm here with guest ballroom commentator, sarah palin who joins us from alaska. >> let's dig deeper into this completely nonsensical controversy. let's listen one more time. again, are they booi

. >>> plus, sarah palin and 2012. with her string of success in the primaries, we will ask our sunday panel if she is now the the frontrunner for the gop presidential nomination. and with the primary season all but in the books we'll look at what wild week it was on the trail. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news from n. washington. this is not the program we were planning to bring you. kristine o'donnell the surprise winner of the republican senate primary in delaware agreed to come here live in washington today to take our questions. however, late friday night her campaign canceled saying o'donnell was exhausted and had to return to delaware. saturday morning o'donnell called me and said this "i got triple booked. i had been invited to go to church and then a picnic. i have to keep my priorities to delaware voters ." so we begin today when someone who has been critical of o'donnell master republican strategist karl rove. you have come under a lot of fire from critics for critic

plus, sarah palin and 2012. with her string of success in the primaries we'll ask our sunday panel if she's now the front-runner for the g.o.p. presidential nomination. and with a primary season all but in the books, we'll look at what a wild week it was on the trail. all right now, on fox news. >> and hello, again from fox news in washington. this is not the program we were planning to bring you. christine o'donnell, the surprise winner of the republican senate primary in delaware, agreed to come here live in washington today, to take our questions. however, late friday night, her campaign cancelled. saying o'donnell was exhausted and had to return to delaware. saturday morning she called me and said this: i got triple-booked. i have been invited to go to church and then a picnic, i have to keep my priorities to delaware voters. so, we begin today, with someone who has been critical of o'donnell, master republican strategist karl rove. you have come under a lot of fire from conservatives this week for criticizi

. >> bret: sarah palin has inspired a list of conservative female candidates, but is she going to run for president? delaware's christine o'donnell appears before a summit in washington and nevada's sharon angle courts g.o.p. leaders. elizabeth warren on the new administration post that did not require confirmation. this is special report. good evening, i'm bret baier. sarah palin heads a fundraiser in the state that launched and shot down many presidential hopes and dreams. chief political correspondent carl cameron is in des moines, iowa with palin's answer to the million dollar question, will she run? >> even before arriving sarah palin's first trip without a book tour to iowa made news in the home of 2012 caucuses. >> freedom is a god given right. >> after quitting as governor alaska she's the tea party's most recognizable face. since the presidential bid she's refused to rule out a

that challenge is sarah palin. there's no doubt in the world that she leads a powerful plirkts cal movement in this country, or that she carries tremendous clout in terms of picking republican candidates. when she speaks, she carries weight. if she endorses, it's like a shot of adrenaline in a campaign. but what about sarah palin herself? what about her as a candidate for national office? either president or vice president or in a major cabinet post, like secretary of state or defense? there's the rub. ask mitt romney. does he think deep down that sarah palin has the rights to lead this country in a troubling, complicated role? or ask tom pawlenty or the hopefuls for 2012. do they believe in sarah palin's abilities to lead this country in perilous times? to ask that, 3:00 in the morning call and make the right decision. do they buy all of this talk of hers that all that american needs in this second decade of the 21st century are commonsense, concertive solutions that a regular person with regular off-the-shelf ans

that challenge is sarah palin. there's no doubt in the world that she leads a powerful political movement in this country or that she carries tremendous clout in terms of picking republican candidates. when she speaks, she carries weight. if she endorses, it's lake a shot of adrenaline in a campaign. but what about sarah palin herself? what about her as canned doit for national office, either president or vice president or a major cabinet post like secretary of state or defense? there's the rub. ask mitt romney does he think deep down that sarah palin has the right stuff to lead this country in a troubling, complicated world? ask the same of tim pawlenty or any of the other serious republican hopefuls for 2012. do they believe in sarah palin's abilities to lead this country in perilous times? to answer that 3:00 in the morning call and make the right decision. do they buy this talk of hers that all-america needs in this second deck afd the 21st century are common sense conservative solutions that a regular person w

no way sarah palin beats obama. i don't think she beats huckabee or mitt romney in a primary. >> speculation is unimportant. whether she could beat obama, i don't know. >> let me ask you a question. >> i think she's a strong candidate. >> do you think she would be an effective president? >> the media keeps talking about, you mentioned sarah palin or christine o'donnell. >> larry: what does the former governor -- >> either one of those two, and the hits on your web page go through the roof. people like to hear about sarah palin and christine o'donnell. >> they like to mock sarah palin. even republicans don't want sarah palin. karl rove, major strategist doesn't want sarah palin. >> larry: what about karl rove? >> this is why there's a tea party movement, because of the establishment republicans who have -- >> larry: karl rove is an example of that? >> yeah, and a lot of republicans in washington have basically taken the position we're going to be the washington generals to the democrats harlem globetrotters. we'll be

sarah palin deserves credit for that. the only thing i would say is sarah palin emerged as one of the most influential figures in the conservative movement. she stands to lose that standing should she run for president and lose. anybody else, probably gains their standing, but not sarah palin if she loses. >> tad, what about that in terms of her standing her use of social networking? i mean, yesterday she was talking, tweelting abo itweetin woodward book. she was tweeting about the people should look into the shadowy background of pete rouse who is up for chief of staff to replace rahm emmanuel? >> well, listen -- i think she's a powerful force. but if she does step into the arena, she's going to attract the same scrutiny that she attracted when she was candidate for vice president. i don't think she does well in that scrutiny. i don't think she does with the substantive scrutiny or the personal scrutiny or the political scrutiny. from the democratic perspective, we welcome her to the arena. she's a polarizing figure and

. >> couric: tonight, sarah palin. >> couric: tonight, sarah palin. can she see the white house from iowa? >> you betcha! >> couric: meanwhile, there are calls for a criminal investigation of another rising g.o.p. star. i'm katie couric. also tonight, ambush in afghanistan. american soldiers under fire. one is shot in the helmet and survives. a tree falls in brooklyn and more in queens, but was it a tornado that swept through new york city? and we'll end the week by spinning a few records and watching them go down. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. we don't know if sarah palin intends to enter the presidential race. the only failed vice presidential candidate in modern times who ever went on to win the white house was franklin roosevelt. but the former governor of alaska is at the traditional starting line tonight-- iowa. and our latest cbs news/"new york times" poll, only 20% of americans overall have a favorable opinion of pal

plus, sarah palin and 2012. with her string of success in the primaries, we'll ask our sunday panel if she is now the front-runner for the g.o.p. presidential nomination. and with the primary season all but in the books, we'll look at what a wild week it was on the trail. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again, from fox news in washington. this is not the program we were planning to bring you. christine o'donnell, the surprise winner of the republican senate primary in delaware agreed to come here live in washington today to take our questions. however, late friday night her campaign canceled. saying o'donnell was exhausted and had to return to delaware. saturday morning o'donnell called me and said this. "i got triple-booked. i had been invited to go to church and then a picnic. i have to keep my priorities to delaware voters." so we begin today with someone who has been critical of o'donnell, master republican strategist karl rove. karl, you have come under a lot of fire from conservatives this we

but you know, again, we'll watch and see what sarah palin does. i think she's going to enjoy, again, being a bit of a kingmaker if you will. >> pat, your own experience running your own campaign for the presidency. what would make palin not run for president? what kind of a threshold do you think she would cross and you say, okay, she's not running? >> one thing she'd look at and she'd say given the fact that she has been damaged very badly over the attacks over the years and she'd have a much tougher time winning a presidential election than she would the nomination. i would put her as a favorite for the nomination if she stepped in, but here's what she would say. look, i'm a tremendous force in american politics. an endorsement from sarah palin saved or made five or six candidates this year, knocked off five or six republican. she's got that. if you go into the primaries, it's an oord uous process and you're torn down and torn down. by the end of the presidential '92, four of us, brown, bush, bill clinton all had negatives in the 40s just becaus

do you want sarah palin on your team no matter what? >> i think she could win the republican nomination. she has huge fan bases in iowa, south carolina that would really help her. once she got the republican nomination, it would be more difficult. even just running for the nomination, her resigning the governorship of alaska. you can see a mitt romney ad saying that. that's a huge hill for her to overcome. you saw, there's a poll yesterday that the majority of the country is not comfortable with her and does not see her as somebody they could call her leader. when it comes to the general electorate, it would be difficult for her to beat president obama. >> give me insight into her. do you think she is willing to give it a shot and lose? i'm asking, her legacy. how important is that to her and how would she take a loss like that? >> i don't think she would do it if she didn't think she could win. i think, sarah palin, her personality, she really, she kind of communicates and goes for things she sees in front of her. every day, whether in

sarah palin moderate please. very perfect. >> she is very smart? >> sarah palin? >> yeah. >> i spent a little time with sarah palin. i didn't get that from her. i can't speak to her iq but her knowledge to the issues was very, very low, embarrassingly low. >> raising kids in alaska, running wasilla, the state. >> running mayberry, why she shouldn't be running for national office. >> she isn't. talking about her, how smart she is. >> whatever. then the issue with o'donnell the same thing, i don't think she's that bright. most important kwloirks think she is that qualified. >> totally qualified. >> brought her out to you as a potential candidate, said hell no, no way you would have wanted her as a potential gop candidate. >> might have run her in a different state than delaware, i think she has a chance to win. >> i do too. >> one of my libertarian doesn't care about the social issues, just wants his tax cuts friends told me years ago that given a choice between republicans both say they are going to cut your taxes, one pro-life, one pro-choice, he will always vet f

i guarantee you that just irates sarah palin to no end. you got a certain role. we throw the stick, you fetch the stick and bring it back to us. i think mama grizzly is going to -- >> come roaring backy. >> well, you can't set a blame on that. i think that a lot of smart republicans, i'm sitting right here next to one, are sort of like why don't you try to get into -- comment on your family values and coalition because you're really going to irritate her. >> it mama ain't happy, nobody ain't happy. >> we heard it first, if he takes it back, we'll remember it. >> you're back in the next segment so don't go anywhere. we do need to take a quick break. when we do wum contact, bill clinton's advice to president obama. >>> also, john king is moderating the massachusetts debate in washington. let's listen in. >> i'd keep them in after-school programs that gives them jobs. most of them hasn't been restored. we have an epidemic of violence going on in our low-income. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the s

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 decades after kennedy challenged carter for the nomination, in 1980, carter says we could have had comprehensive health care reform in the '70s, but kennedy wanted to deny carter any success. >>> do republicans think she's presidential? or even vice presidential material? just answer the question, please. let's start with this brave, new republican party and what it means for 2012. le

thing the choice of sarah palin did not do was earn john mccain women voters. to be fair, we can't say historically how many women voters he would have gotten without sarah palin. but he did really poorly with women voters with her on the ticket. for example, in the prior election of all the women who voted that day. the proportion of women who voted for george w. bush was 48%. he got 48% of the female vote. in the following election, given the choice of john mccain and sarah palin, the republican proportion of the female vote dropped from 48% to 43%. the proportion of women who voted republican dropped five points, despite the fact that republicans had a woman on the ticket in sarah palin. take heed, people analyzing this year's elections. although women candidates equal women voters seems to make sense. also check the evidence that women vote for their own interests, not just for their own chromosomes. as of this week, we know what the matchups will be for this year's national elections. there are a huge number of women republican candidates on the ballot. th

> hi, this governor sarah palin. vote for christine o'donnell for u.s. senate. >> palin has also made effective use of social media platforms such as twitter and facebook, to announce endorsements or comment on current events. and palin released an internet video erlier this summer, titled mama grizzly. her term for conservative women candidates she's endorsed this year. >> here in alaska i always think of the mama grizzly bear, that rides up on her behind legs when somebody's coming to attack their cubs. to do something adverse toward their cubs. she thought pit bulls were tough, well you don't want to mess with the mama grizzlys. >> according to an analysis by "the washington post," palin has endorsed 43 candidates in primaries this year. the breakdown, 25 win, 11 losses, and 7 races where there was no primary. palin's efforts to aid candidates in 2010 has fueled speculation she might be eyeing a bid for president in 2012. that idea gained steam over the weekend after palin spoke friday at a closely watched republi

we've been talking about sarah palin. she's headlining a ronald reagan dinner in iowa. >> yep. >> tell us -- be the tea leaf. >> well, look, you don't have to be a tea leaf reader to see that this is going to stoke more speculation about 2012, especially on top of the fact that, remember, she endorsed christine o'donnell and kelly ayotte. i've also said no politician goes to iowa by accident. whether she walks through the door or not, i don't know that she knows. but i guarantee you that visit tomorrow night will all the way through the sunday shows and into next week we'll talk about it. sarah palin in iowa is a fascinating story line. >> indeed. since she's sort of become the republican queen maker. the small business lending bill. this is something the president was really hammering on over the last couple months actually. finally passes. >> a win for the white house. this is something democrats will try to go to people and say we are doing things to try to get the economy going again. remember, the economy by far the

especially one from sarah palin. fiorina is part of pack of mama grizzlies. >> she's a hugely important and meaningful figure to a whole set of very important voters. >> sarah palin's endorsement does several things. number one, it just shows how out of touch with california carly fiorina is. sarah palin's reasons for endorsing her was clear. she's anti-choice. she's for drill baby drill. and that she believes that you should have all of the guns that you want even if you're on the terrorist watch list. ok? so that puts her out of step so it sends a signal to people who don't know carly fiorina that this is who she really is. now, on the bright side for carly fiorina is that there is no question sarah palin has a following in the tea party. now fiorina has made a big run for the tea party endorsement and so it does energize the tea party voters and, therefore, i have to energize the other voters, the mainstream voters, >> since she first won the senate seat in 1992, senator boxer has been outspoken advocate of aborti

she reminds me of sarah palin. >> i see a resemblance of sarah palin. >> sarah palin. >> sarah palin. >> reporter: the party's rising stars and prospects played well on the standing-room-only floor. >> the energy level's much higher this year than other years. >> if anybody doesn't understand this is the year of the conservative, they're asleep. >> reporter: as republicans embrace their new stars, president obama found himself stumping where no democrat should have to campaign. >> we need you to do this for candidates all across the country. >> reporter: in connecticut, which hasn't put a republican in the senate since 1982. today, at this conservative summit, people will hear from conservative crowd pleasers. people like newt gingrich. but perhaps more important are the voices of the voters in the audience. i talked to several of them, dan. they say we'll hear from them in november. >> john, thank you. that's john hendren reporting this morning. >>> let's stay in washington and get insight from two, political pros. republican robert traynham and democrat karen finney. >> good morning

the question, sarah palin will she run for president? >> if the american people were to be ready for someone who is willing to shake it up and willing to get back to time tested truths and help lead our country towards a more prosperous and safe future and if they happen to think that i was the one, if it were best for my family and for our country, of course i would give it a shot. >> bret: a powerful conservative female candidates, let's bring in our panel about this topic, steve hayes, senior writer for the weekly standard. kt mcfarland, analyst, and mort kondracky, early call. kt, you look at the list and you see the impact that sarah palin has had in supporting and contributing really to these candidates. >> i think it's terrific. you know, and what, inside the washington beltway bubble, i mean, i'm from new york, okay, and i realize that washington just can't get it. and whether you're republican or democrat, the attitude in the country is low all the bums out. they've screwed up the economy, they've screwed up the country, let som

sarah palin did not come to the state of delaware to imports -- to endorse the candidate. >> sarah palin is not tea party. elements of the movement is economic theme. >> they exist as a unit. >> there is an opportunity here for something that is a little counter intuitive. if we go back to what history shows in 1994, we will have a more conservative congress any way it goes. we don't know if the republicans will run it. it will be more conservative congress. the taxes will be part of the coming debate. if you look at president obama and his wishes for what he wants on his resume for 2012, i think this white house does want spending cuts and deficit reduction on their resume when they run for reelection. in a way, the president might be able to -- the two sides might be able to find common ground here that would benefit both the congress that comes and could still demonstrate that if they can get things done and they are not a bunch of crazies that don't know how to work in washington, they could accomplish some of their goals and reward their constituents and the president could get some

is sarah palin, is that her goal now? robert gibbs seemed to think so. >> i have no doubt she is a formidable force in the republican party and may well be, in all honesty, the most formidable force in the republican party right now. >> bill klein as you're in that room to wait for sarah palin to speak tonight at the ronald reagan dinner, that that's what people think, she's there because she wants to say vote for me? >> they always think that. but think this room, this republican party is perfectly matched for sarah palin because it is a very religious conservative evangelical party. those sorts of people always do well in the iowa caucuses. so, you know, i don't know what she's going to do, but, you know, this is certainly the sort of thing that you see a politician who's running for president doing all the time. >> and, bill bennett, after the last presidential election people scoffed at the notion that sarah palin could come back, she didn't perform very well. but if you look at the terrain this year, what happened, t

look at sarah palin. you know her well. she being reacted to the way the other tea party are not because she is a walking joke but because they fear her. same with christine o'donnell. liberalism, i think is all a lie. liberals live their lives trying to cover-up the lie and make sure that it is not exposed. that's why clarence thomas was so opposed. democrat party loves to say they believe in civil rights. himming the downtrodden. helping blacks get ahead. clarence thomas gets nominated, all hell breaks lose and they set out to destroy him. he represents the threat. here's a guy when we was confirmed is now the most powerful in real terms black man in america. and he didn't get they're going through the democratic party civil rights group, affirmative action, represents a threat shows people you can succeed and become whatever you want, without going the route, the ruling class tells you must or the democrat party tells you must. same with palin. she has lived a full and rich real life. nothing was paved for her. hillary c

sarah palin. this is her party now. the only question is what she wants to do herself, run or stand back at the sidelines, and get out of the field and play quarterback or grab the mega phone as the party's number one cheerleader. today's summit was o'donnell. he may win or not, in delaware, but progressives are fools to underestimate her or the voter attitude. and that's what led to her nomination. o'donnell was on "hardball" as far back as 2002, and we will show you that later. and then rally to restore sanity. well, let's talk about the hard feelings. three decades after ted kennedy challenged carter for the democratic nomination, carter said we could have had comprehensive health care reform in the 1970s, but kennedy wanted to deny carter success. >>> and then palin. answer the question, please, let's start with the brave new republican party. let's go to our analysts. here is mitt romney trying to talk like a tea partier in today's value voter's summit. >> if only he had been in fact transparent and uniting as he p

sarah palin saying, time's limited. megyn: critics say o'donnell bailed on those interviews because she didn't want to face questions about an 11-year-old clip saying that she once dabbled in witchcraft, and she later came out and said, well, that was as a high school senior. the campaign says, look, we canceled before that video was released, and we did it because we need to focus on local issues. >>> and president jimmy carter, former, is today talking about the tea party saying that he sees parallels between the tea party and his own election. he thinks the anti-government movement will heavily influence the midterms just like anger over watergate and vietnam led to his victory. but he thinks the party's impact will fade before the next 2012 presidential election. moments away, a political analyst from the left on why democrats are trying to make christine o'donnell and the tea party so very much the focus this november. what is this obsession with o'donnell? it's one race, one state. little old delaware. how did she

the other thing about sarah palin. if you read the "vanity fair" article this month or the ""newsweek"" cover story where she was praying on the cover. she's a true religious nut. i know people are saying, there's bill maher, always talking about religion. read the article. read it about her. there's a part that said she were giving her books to study up on. they came back and said did you read any. no, i haven't looked at the books. i'm reading e-mails from my prayer warriors. prayer warriors. these are people and she's one of them who believes there are demons in the world. everything in her world view is about demons or angels. people who are with us and people who are against us. you know, when liberals say things like when you fight the mosque building in new york you're just encouraging a war with islam. they don't understand, people like sarah palin want a war with islam. that's what it says in the bible. bring it on. let's get it over with. that's who could be running our country in two years. >> larry: what do

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i love sarah palin. i wouldn't read too much into that. she is electric she is solidifying our entire movement. >> let me ask you this before i run out of time in this abbreviated segment. dow to be anti-abortion or how do you square the pro-life movement with libertarians who say stay out of my life and they make up some substantial part of the tea party. >> the focal point of the tea party is on the issues there is a libertarian bend but if you look at the ranks of the tea party you will see a lot of social conservativism. when we reaing the issues the top two issues that came up in the polling at the value voters summit number one was the life issue followed by spending, federal government size of federal govment and spending. clearly that's on the mind of social conservatives. there is as i said earlier a natural alliance not a partnership but an alliance where they can go after what david said liberals not democrats but liberals that includes liberal republicans. >> give me 10 seconds. >> there's no witness from the tea party mostly s

islamiyah phobia, yeah, sarah palin. your questions and calls, bill maher for the hour next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening, we've got election results coming in this evening. we'll go to john king in a while to get them. first, bill maher, best-selling author, host of "realtime with bill maher" which returns september 17th. one of the best shows on television. his standup special "bill maher but i'm not wrong" is back on. we'll talk politics with bill right now. bill, i know you have a personal interest in delaware which could be the big story of the night because the republican establishment figure looks like he's going to get beat, the republican establishment saying they won't support the woman who is going to beat him, a tea party person, who you brought us. >> i really did. i mean, christine o'donnell was one of our most frequent guests on "politically incorrect." people who may not remember "politically incorrect" because they were too young. we created people like an ingram. we did like to book a lot

>>> also tonight what is sarah palin up to? she's released a new ad promoting the tea party but is it the first signal she's planning a presidential run? >>> what if you were sick and no doctor could figure out what was wrong? tonight a seriously ill little girl battling an illness, you'll meet the doctors racing the clock to solve her mystery. >>> we begin with christine o'donnell who increasingly appears to be trying to run a stealth campaign not answering questions from reporters and today not even telling reporters where her campaign event was taking place. why would she do that? well, take a look. this is what happened last night when our reporter, gary tuchman went to an o'donnell event and tried to ask her one question about allegations she spent campaign money on personal expenses after the campaign was over, which is a violation of federal election law. >> reporter: may i ask you the one question you promised you'd answer? >> i did answer it. >> reporter: why were you paying rent money with campaign money? >> not happe