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>> we dont need a new idea. there is an idea. the idea is called america. and it still works. >> i keep thinking about when the democrats have been in a situation like this, because the clintons won pretty well. theyll probably win again, governor. and obama won twice. and im thinking back to when they were in really bad shape. im thinking back to maybe mcgovern, when they really had a -- bob strauss came along. you know, like you, as a party chair and tried to rebuild out of what goodwill and a...

Oh, bloombergs not around. our big gulps safe. were cool. shoot, its just pop. with low cal ice cubes in it. i hope thats okay. >> were back. sarah palin found her true fans this weekend when she made her way to an adoring crowd at cpac. that didnt stop her from delving into the lowest of the low. birther talk. >> more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> you get the drift. this kind of talk may rile up the base but doesnt appeal to mainstream america....

>> were snagged. im thinking were going to be stuck there. the anchor is dropped. and a bears coming toward us. im looking around to todd going, uh, are you feeling what im feeling, todd? >> if hypocrisy were miss palins only crime, then she wouldnt be out of the ordinary. but on saturday, she went back to the sewer of racist smears as she ranted on about gun control. >> more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> sarah palin is morally bankrupt and poli...

Oh, bloombergs not around. our big gulps safe. were cool. shoot, its just pop. with low-cal ice cubes in it. i hope thats okay. >> were back. sarah palin found her true fans this weekend when she made her way to an adoring crowd at cpac. that didnt stop her from delving into the lowest of the low. birther talk. >> more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> you get the drift. this kind of talk may rile up the base but doesnt appeal to mainstream america....

Of what goodwill and a little bit of b.s., i guess, from bob. the idea was to rebuild. sometimes you just have to say, we have to hunker down, admit were not too popular, and just hope times going to change? what can you change with a political party? does any party ever say, lets do it different? and get away with it? clinton? >> well, yeah, i think bill clinton did that with the d.o.c. and sort of changed the direction of the party on policy. theyve got to do that. the first thing i would do, ...

At president obama while talking about gun control during her cpac address. >> and background checks i guess to learn more about peoples thinking and associations and intentions. more background checks, dandy idea, mr. president, should have started with yours. >> joining me now is christina bellanoni. and with a welcome to both of you, am i right in interpreting this, christine narks that was a birther joke by sarah palin? >> its hard to tell what kind of a joke it was, but this isnt really new...

Bernie madoff was a good salesman. vote rights back on the line for the south, a bill could force people to show their i.d.s at the polls in north carolina a look at whats next there with republican speaker of the north carolina house. i will talk to him as well. first, our political headlines this hour. former alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee, sarah palin, firing up the crowd at cpac a short timal. she spent some time attacking president obama on several issues, including ...

Learn more about a persons thinking and associations and intentions. more background checks. dandy idea, mr. president. should have started with yours. >> joining me now nbc political reporter casey hunt. and, casey, with another welcome, the reaction in the room, we heard a little bit of it right there. pretty boisterous. >> reporter: absolutely. they really love her here. sarah palin really speaks to this crowd. shes got a lot of grassroots support from them. and she really knows how to put on...

call." "american morning" continues right now. >> im ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. >> im christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. >> should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this "american mornin ...

than the testimony in court? none. none. >> hes set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the presidents jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. its the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaste...