are they about the people's conception of steve king as a national political conservative figure? how do you see this playing out in your race? >> well, i think we both see this job differently. i see it very locally. we've lost a congress person in iowa and this district is much bigger. my district is the richest agricultural space in the world and i'm going to be representing a lot of people who live in small towns and small cities and they want to make sure that they have economic opportunity at the local level. so my race is focused on that. steve king has really i think seen the job as through a national lens, through a washington lens and i think he sees the job as a way to push his personal agenda and to promote an ideology that has nothing to do really with the economic prosperity of the people in these small towns. >> steve king, i should note, the district that you're now running for that he represents has been redistricted. it's changed a bit. >> yes. >> it is -- the voter registration, i think its a still republican in your district but nowhere near as republican as it

steve king. this man needs to be your congressman again. i want him as my partner in washington, d.c. >> congressman king says he's not aware of any young victims like that. >> i haven't heard of that being a circumstance. when i go down there and sit on the border, i come to this conclusion. we can't shut this off unless we build a fence and a wall. we can also electrify this wire with the kind of current that wouldn't kill somebody. we do that with livestock all the time. >> i'm looking at steve king, this man needs to be your congressman. he want him as my partner in washington, d.c. >> as jack kennedy said, sometimes party loyalty asks too much. somehow i don't think that's a bromance between mitt romney and that guy. they're not going to be touting that much. chris christie is slated to hit the campaign trail for steve king. >>> more from the realm of crazy. joe walsh, another birther, a tea partier with a another town hall. the subject, the recent law school graduate to spoke up about birth

steve king. this man needs to be your congressman again. i want him as my partner in washington, d.c. >> congressman king says he's not aware of any young victims like that. >> i haven't heard of that being a circumstance. when i go down there and sit on the border, i come to this conclusion. we can't shut this off unless we build a fence and a wall. we can also electrify this wire with the kind of current that wouldn't kill somebody. we do that with livestock all the time. >> i'm looking at steve king, this man needs to be your congressman. he want him as my partner in washington, d.c. >> as jack kennedy said, sometimes party loyalty asks too much. somehow i don't think that's a bromance between mitt romney and that guy. they're not going to be tallying that much. chris christie is slated to hit the campaign trail for steve king. >>> more from the realm of crazy. joe walsh, another birther, a tea partier with a another town ha hall. the subject the recent law school graduate to spoke up about bi

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endorsing steve king, outspoken and controversial conservative. you can agree or not with congressman king. and talk about their focus on abortion and same-sex marriage, you can believe the religion de serves a bigger role in the public or not. you can recognize the a good sergen doesn't get straight to the point. but either way the real message has been the economy. even before today a month and a day ago. to be precise, they were running this ad. >>> when religious freedom is threatened, who do you want to stand with? >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> if the romney campaign has been zeroing in on conservatives lately. recent polling could explain well. we mentioned there's these new cnn poll numbers out. last week, before the democratic convention it was tied. mr. romney got a one-point bounce and while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the convention the basic structure of the race has not changed significant limit that's the question, hasn't changed. what his recent polling revealed about the romney campaign stra

endorsing steve king, outspoken and controversial conservative. you can agree or not with congressman king. and talk about their focus on abortion and same-sex marriage, you can believe the religion de serves a bigger role in the public or not. you can recognize the political rhetoric just like a good story or good sermon doesn't always get straight to the point. but either way the real message has been the economy. even before today a month and a day ago. to be precise, they were running this ad. >> when religious freedom is threatened, who do you want to stand with? >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> if the romney campaign has been zeroing in on conservatives lately, and not so much the economy, recent polling could help explain why. as we mentioned, there's this new cnn number out tonight. president obama is bouncing up six points among likely voters. last week the race was tied. mr. romney got a one-point bounce and while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the convention the basic structure of the race has not chan

then the next step, steve king. he not only goes to iowa you endorses him. there are ten things you can say about him or more, this is the man who came before the floor the house with an electrified model of fence of electricity saying this is the way we take care of our lifestyle. in other words. >> eliot: i saw that on c-span and i couldn't quite believe what i was hearing the level of rhetoric the inhumanity of what was reflected in what he said. it was deeply troubling. >> mitt romney spoke about immigrants, a beautiful introduction, look, they're going back, and they're going to lose the election. they need to expand. this is not going to play well. as i discussed with you before. you want to have king. you don't want to have rubio then give up on the hispanic and latino vote. >> eliot: there is a nativism running through the republican party that speaks to the narrowist ideological base in our nation's history. i thought we moved beyond that. >> no, and you know what is really troublesome about his campaign? four years ago, and i know everybody says he

then the next step, steve king. he not only goes to iowa you endorses him. there are ten things you can say about him or more, this is the man who came before the floor the house with an electrified model of fence of electricity saying this is the way we take care of our lifestyle. in other words. >> eliot: i saw that on c-span and i couldn't quite believe what i was hearing the level of rhetoric, the inhumanity of what was reflected in what he said. it was deeply troubling. >> mitt romney spoke about immigrants, a beautiful introduction, look they're going back, and they're going to lose the election. they need to expand. this is not going to play well. as i discussed with you before. you want to have king. you don't want to have rubio then give up on the hispanic and latino vote. >> eliot: there is a nativism running through the republican party that speaks to the narrowist ideological base in our nation's history. i thought we moved beyond that. >> no, and you know what is really troublesome about his campaign? four years ago and i know everybody says he

when you see him with steve king in iowa, a conservative in touch with the tea party. that's important to governor romney. the poll, a lot of people question every poll. the reasons the numbers exist in our poll, the president now plus 6, after his convention, democratic intensity, enthusiasm, is up and republican enthusiasm is down a bit. yes, governor romney is still winning among independents but there has been at least a temporary enthusiasm shift in favor of the democrats. we'll see if it lasts. anderson, one more point. all throughout the democratic convention i was getting e-mails and phone calls saying democrats were overplaying their hand. in our new poll, look at the numbers within which candidate shares your value in the president has a 7-point advantage. you see heading into the conventions, two weeks ago before either convention it was essentialry a tie. at least at the moment nationally if the values talk at the democratic convention was supposed to hurt the president, conservatives thought it would, it hasn't. the people of north carolina sometimes think

when you see him with steve king in wa, a conservative in touch with the tea party. that's important to governor romney. the poll, a lot of people question every poll. the reasons the numbers exist in our poll, the president now plus 6, after his convention, democratic intensity, enthusiasm, is up and republican enthusiasm is down a bit. yes, governor romney is still winning among independents but there has been at least a temporary enthusiasm shift in favor of the democrats. we'll see if it lasts. anderson, one more point. all throughout the democratic convention i was getting e-mails and phone calls saying democrats were overplaying their hand. in our new poll, look at the numbers within which candidate shares your value in the president has a 7-point advantage. you see heading into the conventions, two weeks ago before either convention it was essentialry a tie. at least at the moment nationally if the values talk at the democratic convention was supposed to hurt the president, conservatives thought it would, it hasn't. the people of north carolina sometimes think

endorsing steve king, outspoken and controversial conservative. you can agree or not with congressman king. and talk about their focus on abortion and same-sex marriage, you can believe the religion de serves a bigger role in the public or not. you can recognize the political rhetoric just like a good story or good sermon doesn't always get straight to the point. but either w the real message has been the economy. even before today a month and a day ago. to be precise, they were running this ad. >> when religious freedom is threatened, who do you want to stand with? >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> if the romney campaign has been zeroing in on conservatives lately, and not so much the economy, recent polling could help explain why. as we mentioned, there's this new cnn number out tonight. president obama is bouncing up six points among likely voters. last week the race was tied. mr. romney got a one-point bounce and while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the convention the basic structure of the race has not change

when we said steve king is a racist, steve king believes that an empty of average rents of to be putting an electric fences, people move. are you not just shocked? >> of course i am. i am thinking of, who is the top of the democratic party? debbie watson results. who is the chairman of the democratic national committee. here's a woman -- lou: we have not heard from for some time. >> that's right. i wonder why they have muzzle there. israeli ambassador characterized the republicans as dangerous when he never did, and then she denied that she said it. then, of course, the tape recording. but this kind of vicious partisanship seems to start at the top, and that is that democratic way. lou: i don't believe that she has been engaged in a public statement or speech since she had to make that -- analysis she lied in public. check me on that. let me ask you this. as you look at these numbers, it seems that this president -- i cannot imagine too many presidents facing these kinds of forces, whether it be his foreign policy an absolute tatters in the middle east. diseconomy struggling. he is stand

everybody from steve king to michele bachmann to alan west, are they really feeling the heat? are they seeing the ground shift under them so they're beginning to think the tea party wave has crested? >> well, look, democrats want to use these figures bachmann, steve king, alan west, because they're huge targets and they raise a ton of money. they say the most incendiary things and they get democrats fired up. now, joe walsh is in trouble. he's got a tough district in northern chicago. and tammy duckworth is a pretty good candidate with a pretty good personal story. i think republicans sort of have a wash that one away. but michele bachmann has raised and spent $16 million during this campaign. more than any house member than the speaker boehner. she's had a huge fund-raising advantage. same thing with alan west down in florida. $10 million. are they targets, good for fund-raising for democrats? but when it comes down to it in the house races when you're raising that kind of money presidential campaign money. obviously she was a candidate. i still think she's going to be tough

the guy steve king who doesn't know if rape victims can get pregnant. he refers to immigrants as dogs. this weekend romney appeared with televangelist pat robertson in virginia. he gave this speech that was laced with religious references and questions about the president president's patriotism >> romney: we're a nation by god. one nation, indivisible i will not divide this nation. i will not abollize for america -- apologize for america abroad and i will not apologize for america here at home. >> jennifer: apologize. who's doing that? throw some of that red bheat out there to rally the base of your party. get tea partiers, evangelicals fired up, get them to the polls. that's rallying the right. suppressing the left is a last-ditch effort go it those first two tactics fail. so the left, of course, are us progressives. go you can't win by having more votes, make sure the other guys don't get to vote. in other words cheat. voting rights are in jeopardy across this country from the 750,000 beam who are going to be disenfranchised by the voter law and by fl

steve king is a third time a congressman. christie is the former first lady of iowa. now the you have had a chance to meet the candidates, it is time to hear from them. each candidate will get 90 seconds a piece. whoflipped a coin to see yo goes first. >> thank you so much. thank you to northwestern for having us here. i am running for congress for one reason, and to make sure people can continue to live in small towns in this district, it sounds much like the one we are sitting in right now. -- towns much like the one we are sitting in right now. it is based on innovation, education, and connection. i want to make sure we build a work force with are really strong educational facilities and programs. i want to make sure we build on what we have already done. i want to make sure we build the connections that we need, that we finish highway 20, that we finish short rail and we connect every college in community in this state with high speed internet. my dad always said that the farmers are doing well we're all doing well. this is just as true today as it was back in the

on friday, in iowa, romney gave a hearty endorsement to congressman steve king who has defended todd akin abortion remarks compared illegal immigrants to livestock in discussing an electrified border fence and said in 2008 al qaeda would be quote dancing in the middle of the streets from barack obama was elected. kevin madden told buzz feed their strategy has not changed. quote, we will absolutely be focused on the economy as a top issue for the duration of the campaign. it is unclear which part of the campaign has to do with the president's faith and taking god off coins but talking about the economy as we traditionally understand it requires you to talk about your economic plan. >> so everything i want to do with regards to taxation, follow simple principles bring our rates down to encourage growth, keep revenue up limits deduct n deductions and exemptions and don't put any bigger burden on middle income people, i want to lower the burds on middle income peopler. >> where are the specifics of how you get to this math? isn't that an issue. >> the specifics are these, which is those

this man needs to be your congressman again -- steve king. this man needs to be your congressman again. i need him as a partner. number 2 is making sure you young people have the skills you need for the jobs of tomorrow. he demands we have to make sure our schools are run for the benefit of the students, we put the students and their parents and the teachers first. the teachers' union -- they will have to go behind. [cheers and applause] let me mention a third, that is trade. the third thing i will do is take advantage of trade opportunities. america is the most productive nation on the planet for the major economic powers. we make more stuff per person than any other nation. because we make more stuff per person, we are the most productive. it is good for us to trade with other nations. doing that will create more jobs. you know about that in iowa. it creates chops here in iowa to trade. -- jobs here in i went to train. is president -- it creates jobs here in iowa to trade. because i spent my life in the private sector, i understand what dea

rights it's quite clear from this eight fest you know here at all and the very very ugly congressman steve king king said in a recent speech the government's new net nutritional standards for school lunch programs are the nanny state personified and that numerous parents have approached him saying that their kids are starving in school basically king wants to see junk foods and sure he drinks back at our public schools obviously he's unaware of the seventeen percent of all children in america are obese and that instances of diabetes and other weight related health issues are exploding among our kids so despite the facts it appears congressman king doesn't want to help stop this childhood obesity epidemic in this country and that is very very. bill clinton's speech at the d.n.c. on wednesday night did more than just make the case for why president obama should get a second term and why republicans are bad for our nation the speech also overshadowed a very embarrassing moment for democrats earlier in the day when they compromised not only their party's principles but also the principles upon

king during a debate in his home state of iowa on monday night king told the crowd president obama quote doesn't believe in life and families and quote and it seems king really outdid himself with this latest outlandish and controversy or remark because the debate crowd. spotted with gasps and booed but let's look at the hypocrisy of king's comment for a moment president obama supports marriage equality of the right a sense that sex couples to kids and start families king on the other hand is adamantly opposed to marriage equality and the thought of same sex couples having kids scares him straight to congressman king who's really against families the president or you and the very very ugly ohio secretary of state john huston plus it isn't content with just restricting early voting hours in the buckeye state now he has to prevent even more people from being able to vote at a tea party event in cincinnati hustler he's been a stiff told tea party members that he has plans to push even stricter voter id requirements in a league gaudio recording husted can be heard saying that we need to stre

king during a debate in his home state of iowa on monday night king told the crowd the president obama quote doesn't believe in life and families and quote and it seems king really outdid himself with this latest outlandish and controversy or remark because the debate crowd we. spotted with gasps and booed but let's look at the hypocrisy of king's comment for a moment president obama supports marriage equality of the right of same sex couples to kids and start families king on the other hand is adamantly opposed to marriage equality and the thought of same sex couples having kids scares him straight to congressman king who's really against families the president or you and the very very ugly ohio secretary of state john huston posted isn't content with just restricting early voting hours in the buckeye state he has to prevent even more people from being able to vote at a tea party event in cincinnati hustler excuse me us to hold tea party members that he has pledged to push even stricter voter id requirements in a leaked audio recording husted can be heard saying that we need to stream

their rights it's quite clear from this eight fest up here at all and the very very ugly congressman steve king king said in a recent speech the government's new net nutritional standards for school lunch programs are the nanny state personified and that numerous parents have approached him saying that their kids are starving in school basically king wants to see junk foods and sugary drinks back at our public schools obviously he's unaware of the seventeen percent of all children in america are obese and that instances of diabetes and other weight related health issues are exploding among our kids so despite the facts it appears congressman king doesn't want to help stop this childhood obesity epidemic in this country and that is very very. bill clinton's speech at the d.n.c. on wednesday night did more than just make the case for why president obama should get a second term and why republicans are bad for our nation the speech also overshadowed a very embarrassing moment for democrats earlier in the day when they compromised not only their party's principles but also the principles upon

steve king, jim jordan and more. the cost is $100 per person and you can get your ticket upstairs. you must have a ticket to attend. off college and high school students from 5:30-seven tonight there is a mixture downstairs. general william boykin former commander of the army's elite division delta force, and this nation is chronicled in "black hawk down" will be speaking. there'll be a special right versus left debate on the hottest topics of the day including marriage, life, religious liberty between blake matos and rod snyder, president of young democrats for america. alex will be moderating. you will want to miss this and you'll get your dinner which will include all four basic food groups on the same pizza. [laughter] please show your student name tag for admission. we have a number of book signings that you want to take advantage of and then see them listed. here are the authors and at times. be sure to get your books in advance so you can take advantage of all of the book signings, the book it is located on regency hall then it just outside the ballroom. let me talk real qui

could agree with the bill and the very very ugly congressman steve king king is introducing a bill in congress this week which we're moving nutrition standards and calorie counts from high school lunch for all school lunch for he thinks that health and nutrition standards in this nation's schools are making our kids starve so they should be entitled to eat whatever they want first this isn't surprising coming from a man of stuff his wallet with donations from big food who thinks pink slime is just fine but if the congressman ever stepped foot inside a school he would see the nearly twenty percent of children in the u.s. are overweight or obese obesity has become an epidemic in this country which is why the federal government has tried to improve the nutrition standards of school lunch programs but congressman king just doesn't see the problem and wants to keep our kids fat just a tad his bottom line and that is very very old. coming up after the tragic events in the middle east last week conservative talking heads took to the airwaves to blame the entire muslim world for the sins of a

could agree with the bill and the very very ugly congressman steve king king is introducing a bill in congress this week which we're moving nutrition standards and calorie counts from high school lunch for all school lunch for he thinks that health and nutrition standards in the nation's schools are making our kids starve so they should be entitled to eat whatever they want purse this isn't surprising coming from a man of stuff his wallet with donations from big food who thinks pink slime is just fine but if a congressman ever stepped foot inside a school he would see the nearly twenty percent of children in the u.s. are overweight or obese obesity has become an epidemic in this country which is why the federal government has tried to improve the nutrition standards of school lunch programs but congressman king just doesn't see the problem and wants to keep our kids fat just to pad his bottom line and that is very very old. coming up after the tragic events in the middle east last week conservative talking heads took to the airwaves to blame the entire muslim world for the sins of a f

congressman steve king held an impressive 33% lead in 2010, is now down to single digits. is this a rejection of their ideas and could lead to the country moving away from this extreme right philosophy in terms of a takeover by politics in washington? >> yes, if as president obama said, because he was right when he said that real power is not here in washington, you don't change washington from the inside, it does mean that people from the outside, it's not just about who gets elected. that's very important. and then people outside of washington have to keep the pressure on their members of congress to hold them accountable for what they said they were going to do. when we've seen people do that over the course of the last couple of years, that's the only time we've actually ever seen congress act that or coming to a fiscal cliff and over a deadline. you know, rev, i like what you're saying. i think we do not fully do our job back in 2010 and understand the tea party. we easily bought into the narrative and i think there was a whole astro turf movement with dick armey and

michele bachmann, joe walsh, steve king, allen west. oh, democrats think, wouldn't it be loverly? with me now, jim graves, running agnst elbachnn. annaikndson. stay with us. we're going to show you how we created her. she was our frankenstein's monster, you might say. i want you to look at this and tell me how you're going to deal with this peon and deft r. how many people in the congress of the united states do you think are anti-american? you've already suspected barack oba. is he alone? are there others? how many do you suspect of your colleagues as being anti-american? >> what i would say, what i d ishat e news med ould do a penetrating expose and take a look. i wish they would. i wish the american media would take a great look at the views of the people in congress and find out, are they pro-america or anti-america? i think people would be -- would well, mr. graves, i hate to at. admit, i shirked on that response but have not conducted a joe mccarthy-style probe in my small role here of the loyalty of the democratic members of congress. what do you make of having an opponenti

. >> romney was so happy to have king's endorsement he returned the favor. >> i'm looking here at steve king. that man needs to be your congressman again. i want him as my partner in washington, d.c. >> when romney wasn't looking for the religious conservative vote, he was knocking his own running mate. this was what mitt romney said when talking about federal defense spending on "meet the press." >> the sequestration idea of the white house which is cutting our defense is an extraordinary miscalculation. >> republican leaders agreed to that deal. >> it's a big mistake. i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it. it was a mistake for republicans to go along with it. >> it put paul ryan in an awkward position on "face the nation." >> he said he's talking about you because you voted for those cuts. >> i did. you know why? because i was working to find common ground to get a down payment on deficit reduction. >> but this isn't romney's only confused message. he's taking heat for failing to mention his troops in his convention speech. romney is blaming the peopl

. >> romney was so happy to have king's endorsement he returned the favor. >> i'm looking here at steve king. that man needs to be your congressman again. i want him as my partner in washington, d.c. >> when romney wasn't looking for the religious conservative vote, he was knocking his own running mate. this was what mitt romney said when talking about federal defense spending on "meet the press." >> the sequestration idea of the white house which is cutting our defense is an extraordinary miscalculation. >> republican leaders agreed to that deal. >> it's a big mistake. i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it. it was a mistake for republicans to go along with it. >> it put paul ryan in an awkward position on "face the nation." >> he said it was a mistake by republicans. he's talking about you because you voted for those cuts. >> i did. you know why? because i was working to find common ground to get a down payment on deficit reduction. >> but this isn't romney's only confused message. he's taking heat for failing to mention his troops in his convention sp

king, tony perkins, a celebration of right-wing views out of the mainstream. anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-gay. while paul ryan tried to under his views today, governor romney in the swing state of virginia, removing to restrict a woman's right to choose. the state up held regulations that could force many women's health clinics to shut their doors. these are the real values he stands for. just because he didn't say it doesn't mean he doesn't believe it. watch what they do, not just what they say. joining me now is frank schafer, columnist for "the huffington post" and author of crazy for god and washington correspondent for "the guardian." thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> anna marie, let me start with you. paul ryan is hiding his views, it seems. you know, he didn't go into a lot of detail today but clearly being at this conference stating the views of his, let's say, the crowd of speakers that were with him, and what he's advocated before clearly is a very open confirmation of some of the most conservative social views on the political landscape to

fact that if you go back to the 2006 debate on immigration, and it's still rumbling out there with steve king and others, who truly believe, when they talk about those people and immigrants, they believe they're a danger to this country. i did love the part where it is like we've essay already lost the african-americans, let's see if we can get the latinos and save this country. it's stunning that also it shows within the republican party i do believe there's this divide of people who just don't get it. that there just aren't enough white voters in this country anymore that think that like to win a national election. we are diverse, rationally, ethnically, religiously, deal with it. >> here's how the threat to the nation looks tonight in the polls. 68% of latinos say they will vote for president obama, 26% say he will vote for romney. he can now bank on that 26% going down. now let's listen to what else he had to say. >> there's more. >> about how much he wishes -- of course as a joke -- that he was latino. >> my dad, as you probably know, i was the governor of michigan, was the head of