haley barbour, king of the south. >> i have a theory on this, too. >> let's listen to haley barbour. >> if this election is where ought to be, and that is a referendum on how president obama has done, a republican's going to win. if herman cain is our nominee running against barack obama, i think he'll sweep the south. >> "he'll sweep the south." do you want to counter haley barbour? >> if he's the nominee. >> okay. >> i mean, will he win north carolina, virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> i'm going to go back to what you were saying. he's not going to be the number two. he's not going to be number one. my argument is this. mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who relentlessly won't support him, even in polls. he's got a problem. it might be the religion problem, i don't think so . i think it's the ideological problem. they don't trust him as a conservati conservative. whereas herman cain, everything he's done has said, i am

and down in mississippi, republican governor haley barbour. he is in jackson this morning. governor barbour, let me just start with you. is chris christie going to run and do you think he ought to? >> i don't know what he's going to do, bob. if he runs, he'll have a big following. he'll be a very strong candidate out of the chute. i don't think it is too late for a candidate with his stature to decide to run. but i don't know what he's going to do. that's going to be up to him and his family. >> schieffer: you know, he's getting this... all this encouragement from a lot of people in the establishment. a lot of pundits are talking about it. but there are a couple of things about him that may not sit well with some people to the right of your party. i mean, he opposed the ban on assault weapons. he's fairly liberal on gun control, like a lot of people ... northeastern mayors and governors might be. he says that climate change is connected in some way to what humans are doing here on earth. how is that going to play with some of your tea party friends? >> well, barack obama is

down in mississippi republican governor haley barbour, he is in jackson this morning. governor barbour, let me just start with you. is chris christie going to run and do you think he ought to? >> i don't know what he's going to do, bob. if he runs, he'll have a big following. he'll be a very strong candidate out of the chute. i don't think it is too late for a candidate with his stature to decide to run. but i don't know what he's going to do. that's going to be up to him and his family. >> schieffer: you know, he's getting this... all this encouragement from a lot of people in the establishment, a lot of pundits are talking about it. but there are a couple of things about him that may not sit well with some people to the right of your party. i mean, he opposed the ban on assault weapons. he's fairly liberal on gun control like a lot of people north eastern mayors and governors might be. he says that climate change is connected in some way to what humans are doing here on earth. how is that going to play with some of your tea party friends? >> well, barack obama is the

do you want to counter haley barbour? >> "if he's the nominee." will he win north carolina? virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> i want to go back to what you were saying. he's not going to be the number two or the number one. my argument is this -- mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who relentlessly won't support him, even in the polls. he's got a problem. it might be the religion problem, yongsz. i think it's the i dee logical problem. they don't trust him as a conservative. whereas herman cain, everything he's done has said, i am a conservative. and you think it's going to be going through the weeds of his economic program that's going to kill him. >> i think he can't sustain any scrutiny on his program or anything else, even for republican primary voters. >> let's take a look at him. here is haley barbour and what he had to say on laura ingraham's radio show after herman cain, about herman cain. let's watch. >>

haley barbour is governor of mississippi. governor barbour, i'm a student of your party, if not a member of it, and i wonder what's going on. you've had one candidate after another to come up to challenge mitt romney and to do a pretty good job while they're on top, basically one-on-one with him, and then fade. and here we have basically a head-to-head now with herman cain. could cain actually beat romney countrywide? >> well, could he? sure. of course he could. the fact of the matter is, republicans are -- have a field where we don't have the typical frontrunner as so often is the case for republican nominations. and republicans are very patiently, and i think, prudently, looking at each one of these guys, to learn more about them. they like some of the things they learn. some of the things, maybe not as much. but i think this is a matter of republicans not being in nearly as big a hurry as the news media. you know, the news media -- and i'm not being critical, but the news media wants this thing to be going full blast. a lo

he seems to be the topic of the day, haley barbour came out and kind of sort of supported herman cain and said he believes that cane could actually beat president obama. here's barbour on "the law ra ingraham show." >> if herman cain is running against barack obama i think he'll sweep the south. he is likeable. he does not give you the impression that he's full of himself. but rather that he is a straight talking person who will tell you -- calls them like he sees them, not trying to sugar coat anything. >> haley barbour knows what he's talking about, but like as the question still hangs out there will southern voters vote for herman cain. >> the bigger question is why is haley barbour saying this, smart man, head of the republican national committee and some thought he would run for president. this is a savvy politician. whether they've determined who the nominee is why is he touting herlen cane. it could be a signal that there is a race to be won here and you have some work to do cut out for you to be able to go out and get that nomination. i still think it's looking way beyond thin

as the candidates head into a crucial week, mississippi governor and former rnc chairman haley barbour join the roundtable. to debate campaign politics. >>> then, ten years of war in afghanistan, we're on the ground with a band of brothers fighting to make a difference. >>> good morning. and welcome to the program. we have lots to get to this morning, but first, some news since your morning newspapers. occupy wall street leaders are preparing for another mass demonstration on wall street. they're demonstrating against corporate greed and joblessness. yesterday, more than thousands people marched on washington square park in greenwich village. police here in washington, used pepper spray on a group of protesters trying to enter the air and space museum. forcing the building to close two hours ago. cecilia, what's happening there right now? >> good morning to you, christiane. this is the park where it all started about one month ago. let me show you what's happening out here. just waking up this morning. there are dozens of uniformed police officers just monitoring the situation right no

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insights from mississippi governor haley barbour. >>> five months after navy s.e.a.l.s raided a house in pakistan and kill osama bin laden, the cia launched an armed drone into yemen killing the intended target, famed terrorist recruiters and prop gan diss, anwar al awlaki, an american. here to talk about the terrorist's bad years is former vice president dick cheney and his lawyer, liz cheney, chair of a national security advocacy group, keep america safe. together they wrote "in my time, a personal and political ma'am war." thank you both for joining us. i want to start with the drone strike that took out the top prop gan diss, at least for al qaeda in the iranian peninsula, perhaps took out the bombmaker for the same group and also took out samir khan. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i think it was a very good strike. i think it was justified. i think it is very effective use of our drone technology. thing i'm waiting for is for the administration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for "overreacting" to the events of 9/11. they,

haley barbour is governor of mississippi. governor barbour, i'm a student of your party, if not a member of it, and i wonder what's going on. you've had one candidate after another to come up to challenge mitt romney and to do a pretty good job while they're on top, basically one on one with him, and then fade. and here we have basically a head-to-head in and out with herman cain. could cain actually beat romney countrywide? >> well, could he? sure. of course he could. the fact of the matter is, republicans are -- have a field where we don't have the typical front-runner as so often is the case for republican nominations. and republicans are very patiently, and i think, prudently, looking at each one of these guys, to learn more about them. they like some of the things they learn. some of the things, maybe not as much. but i think this is a matter of republicans not being in nearly as big a hurry as the news media. you know, the news media -- and i'm not being critical, but the news media wants to go on big, full blast. a lot

do you want to counter haley barbour? >> "if he's the nominee." will he win north carolina? virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> my argument is this. mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who reless lently won't support him, even in polls. he's got a problem. it might be the religion problem, i don't think so opinion i think it's the ideological problem. they don't trust him as a conservative. whereas herman cain, everything he's done has said, i am a conservative. and you think it's going to be going through the weeds of his economic program that's going to kill him. >> i think he can't sustain any scrutiny on his program or anything else, even for republican primary voters. >> let's take a look at him. here is haley barbour and what he had to say on laura ingraham's radio show after herman cain, about herman cain. let's watch. >> he's attracted a very good family, in my family. you know, i think if it were today, my

do you want to counter haley barbour? >> "if he's the nominee." will he win north carolina? virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> i want to go back to what you were saying. he won't be number one or number two. my argument is this -- mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who relentlessly won't support him, even in the polls. he's got a problem. it might be the religion problem, i don't think so opinion i think it's the ideological problem. they don't trust him as a conservative. whereas herman cain, everything he's done has said, i am a conservative. and you think it's going to be going through the weeds of his economic program that's going to kill him. >> i think he can't sustain any scrutiny on his program or anything else, even for republican primary voters. >> let's take a look at him. here is haley barbour and what he had to say on laura ingraham's radio show after herman cain, about herman cain. let's watch. >> he

and now two big-name republicans, grownups if you will, jeb bush and haley barbour have told him, rick perry, please stop it already. you're helping obama get re-elected. and the latest news on marco rubio's family history doesn't help the florida senator. visa documents reportedly show that his parents not only came to the u.s. back in '56 a couple years before castro, but they applied to live her permanently. they weren't just visiting and wanting to go back home. finally, how many positions can mitt romney have on one issue, you guess and you'll have to still keep counting. we're going to go to the videotape in "the sideshow" to keep up with the count. and for the possibility for the first time in months, months, president obama may have the wind at his back. ed rendell is a two-term governor of pennsylvania and steve schmidt was a somewhat less successful strategist of the mccain campaign, both msnbc political analysts. ed is smiling, steve is not. >> "new york times"/cbs news, 46% approve and 46% approve. president obama's approval if you add up the changes, it's a seven-point up

well, haley barbour, a pleasure to talk to you again, sir. and we'll talk to you again soon. >> thanks, erin. thanks for having me. congratulations on your show. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. >>> now i want to bring in jeff toobin, kevin madden, the campaign spokesperson for mitt romney in 2008. and john avlon. we've got a lot to talk about. i want to talk about what governor barbour just said about the election. but i want to start with herman cain. jeff, it's interesting. first he denied, then he remembered more. as the day goes on, he remembers even more. how much more is there to this herman cain sexual harassment situation? >> well, he better hope there is something more to it, because it's currently a disaster. what we are two facts. one, that there was an accusation of sexual harassment by two women. we know, fact two, that money was paid to these two women. now he denies it. you know what, that's not good enough. this is a guy running for president of the united states. this is a very serious accusation. he has got to get in front

insights from mississippi governor haley barbour. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> five months after navy s.e.a.l.s raided a house in pakistan and killed osama bin laden, the cia launched an armed drone into yemen killing the intended target, famed terrorist recruiter and propagandist, anwar al awlaki, an american. here to talk about the terrorists' bad year is former vice president dick cheney and his lawyer, liz cheney, chair of a national security advocacy group, keep america safe. together they wrote "in my time: a personal and political ma'am war." thank you both for joining us. i want to start with the drone strike that took out the top propagandist, at least for al qaeda in the iranian peninsula, perhaps took out the bombmaker for the same group, al aserei and also took out samir kahn. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i think it was a very good strike. i think it was justified. i think it is very effective use of our drone technology. the thing i'm waiting for is for the administration to go back and correct somethi

and now two big-name republicans, grownups if you will, jeb bush and haley barbour have told him, rick perry, please stop it already. you're helping obama get re-elected. and the latest news on marco rubio's family history doesn't help the florida senators. his parents not only came to the u.s. back in '56 a couple years before castro, but they applied to live her permanently. they weren't just visiting and wanting to go back home. finally, how many positions can mitt romney have on one issue, still keep counting. go to the sideshow to keep up with the count and for the possibility for the first time in months, months, president obama may have the wind at his back. ed rendell is a two-term governor of pennsylvania and steve schmitt was a somewhat less successful strategist of the mccain campaign, both msnbc political analysts. >> "new york times"/cbs news, 46% approve and 46% approve. president obama's approval numbers are far better than congress, i'd say. the approval now for congress is 9% positive. that's 1 in 11 and disapproval, 84%. nobody but far right people seem to like the co

when you decido kill bin laden, did you say give this money to haley barbour head up a program. go situation room pick up the scramble lin call in we'll be right back. he man behind sesame street's elmow. his early life and in a chronicle new documentary being elmo a journey. >> my mom had a considerable amount of kids she was baby-sitting. i would set up a puppet stage in the backyardhe and myborhood would line a this and out here and watch me do the show.owsa.yed >> jo iapplause ) how are you sir? good to see you after so many years. >> many years. you and i, of course old pals from elmopalooza >> hanging out with david allen greer. >> jon: chris rock. >> a lot of mode that too. >> jon: my favorite part of >> i mean seriously.s a joke? hand models. my favo that whole shoot was in takese puppeteer sesame very talented people but they uppet off.have a conversation with each other. >> jon: all of a sudden it's like this.ened?n your handah. tou know instead of charact each other. that gets us.... >> jon: is it that easy. >> to make them laugh is it that easy. >> jon: it really is

it is against this backdrop we have governor haley barbour here today. i'd like to welcome him to the stage. [applause] >> he is trying to help me. he's taking my speech. thank you. thank you for doing this and thank you for coming. i look around here, it makes me think back to my lessons in politics i've learned over more than 40 years i have been doing this. i dropped out of college 42 years ago this month for my first government job. i was the state director at the census. a great lesson working for the government. you find out the government is a pretty crummy communicator. the census is not just a census of population and housing, it's 8 cents as of agriculture and business. we were in the state office looking through business census forms. 99.9% of businesses it's like one page. these folks from my mom and pop population in the northeast corner of mississippi, they were hard trying, american lavin, good citizens because they struggled with the questionnaire. they got down to no. 8, it's only 14 questions. the question was number employees broken do

interview done with a close friend of governor barbour's, he said if haley barbour could figure out a way to talk about race from his perspective in a way that would at least be persuasive, he thought he would run, but if he couldn't, he probably wouldn't run, and as we know, he decided not to run. rick perry either at the debate, the post-bloom better debate on tuesday or at some point has to be able to give a speech or some kind of interview where he can talk -- >> isn't that kind of late? >> no. >> the debate will be monday. >> tuesday. >> how much time do we give him? i don't know anybody in public life, including me, that you've given this kinds of time to. this is more blatant than anything i have seen in presidential politics. you're talking about rock on a property that seven people say they saw it beyond the time he claims it was there. at the same time, dealing with him defending the confess rat flag. >> that's why i say rick perry -- governor perry has to come forward and give some kind of definitive speech or talk on race from his perspective. yes, five days is way too lon

and then there's the people who are conservative validators, like paul ryan, or haley barbour. they can -- sarah palin even can bring conservatives on board, especially for someone like romney, who has been winning the silent primary for big endorsements but conservatives are still leery of. someone like marko rubio from florida endorses mitt romney, it's much harder for conservatives to continue staying on the sidelines. >> i want to pick up with two of these former politicians you mentioned. sarah palin, also rudy giuliani. let's add to that list jeb bush, mike huckabee. let's throw in rush limbaugh, as well. of that group, who carries the most clout? >> it depends on who you are. if you're a donor or not and what early state you're in. i think that the -- in florida, jeb bush would carry a lot of weight. if he got behind mitt romney for example, and it seems he gave an interview which he sounded like he wants to, that would be a big endorsement from the bush family, crucial in florida where he's still super popular with conservatives. and it could help romney win in a state

when you decided to kill bin laden, did you say here give this money to haley barbour to head up a program. go down to the situation room, pick up the scramble line and call in sealant team 6. get it done. we'll be right back. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] welcome back. my guest tonight is the man behind sesame street's elmow. his early life and his career in a chronicle in a new documentary being elmo, a puppeteers journey. >> my mom had a considerable amount of kids she was baby-sitting. i would set up a puppet stage in the backyard and the kids and my mom would watch and the kids in the neighborhood would come and watch the show. this is where we kept... my mom would put the clothes line at. that was where i had my first puppet show. i would throw a blanket over this and the kids would come out here and watch me do the show. i started doing live shows around the baltimore area. >> jon: i played that

i want to hear haley barbour, the elder statesman, "first-ever question, haley barbour the political strategist. just as a lawyer should be able to defend a client that he doesn't actually happen to personally like to my political strategists should be able have a candid to read as a really like. president obama, as you described in a real jam, although he has some assets, as you also described. what is the need to do now to win an election? just your neutral advice. obviously it's not someone the root for. what should he do? >> move to the center. i was surprised that he didn't do what clinton did because -- question he strike? is in life for much of 2011 he was trying. every time he tried the base of more and more disaffected. >> you guys act like he tried. >> does of the new york times dollar we didn't buy it. >> if you take the hat -- allowing the bush tax cuts to continue, you know, some in the news media acted like that was some concession. it was no concession. he couldn't get the votes. he could not get enough democratic votes in the senate, and so there is not a concession.

when you decided to kill bin laden, did you say here give this money to haley barbour to head up a program. go down to the situation room, pick up the scramble line and call in sealant team 6. get it done. we'll be right back. welcome back. my guest tonight is the man behind sesame street's elmow. his early life and his career in a chronicle in a new documentary being elmo, a puppeteers journey. >> my mom had a considerable amount of kids she was baby-sitting. i would set up a puppet stage in the backyard and the kids and my mom would watch and the kids in the neighborhood would come and watch the show. this is where we kept... my mom would put the clothes line at. that was where i had my first puppet show. i would throw a blanket over this and the kids would come out here and watch me do the show. i started doing live shows around the baltimore area. >> jon: i played that gig. that's a good gig. please welcome kevin clash. ( applause ) how are you, sir? >> good to see you after so many years. >> jon: after many many years. you and i, of course, old pals from elmopalooza from.... >> hangin

then haley barbour on a gop economic plans and the election. then we will reach air the speech in texas today. several live events to tell you about. he is speaking at his conference. that is at 9:00 eastern. witnesses include representatives of the federal aviation administration and the air transport association. ron paul is speaking at the national press club at 1:00 p.m. eastern. then they testified before the senate judiciary committee on the role of judges on the constitution. >> ben bernanke says the economic recovery is close to faltering. he urged congress to act. he testified before the joint economic committee for over two hours. >> the hearing will come to order. >> come morning. i look forward to his report on the state of the economy, and his perspective on recent actions taken by the federal reserve. there are long term challenges. my hope for today's hearing is to move beyond the partisan politics that sometimes colors discussions about the federal reserve and what it should or should not do. instead, we should focus on the econ

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