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spell in the nations history." here is the president. good afternoon, everybody. it is a privilege to be here in panama city beach with the men and women of the united states coast guard. i wanted to come here personally and express my gratitude to you for the effort that youve waged in response to the bp oil spill. and i know michelle wanted to do the same, so were looking forward to having a chance to shake hands with you and thank you personally for this great work that youve been d...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com lets explore that. here with me in washington, democratic pollster and strategist cornell blecher and our cnn political analyst gloria borger. ken bucks victory in the primary, jane norton was the establishment republican candidate, the favorite all along. ken buck with tea party support, erick erickson, comes out to win that election. listen to how ken buck explains why grassroots con korsorvetive like him are breath the establishment. >> i thin...

You never saw right wing blogs really do anything but tow the line. maybe short of immigration. that make us smile so much when we thing them saying there was a problem with bushs spending. we never heard that during the bush administration. to a certain extentd they are more powerful. but theyre not really a separate entrity from the larger machine. >> look, dont forget about harry and the dc look at people like eric erickson. calling out mitch mcconnell. the senate minority leader. ive been on...

political headlines, but what does it say about americas longest war? the highlights or low lights as they may be. the the actual names of pakistan member who is have aided taliban in attacks against our soldiers. fighting the enemy with very little resources and the innocent afghan citizens are often the unintended victims of the battle. none of the information is new, but another blow in an increasingly deadly war. some comparing it to the pentagon papers. the whistle blower behind t...

>> the sherrod speech, saying andrew breitbart took the message out of context, and has a hidden agenda. he has a history of smear campaigns. well hear from him. will he apologize to ms. sherrod? >> nothing warrants an apology. >> im asking you. >> the people who through he under the bus, the people who didnt look at the video that i put up in the post that i put up at biggovernment.com offered the exculpatory part. >> breitbart also says hes not to blame for this mess. is that fair? well talk i...

Ms. sherrod, but he should also apologize to the spooners, who he said the other day after seeing them on tv that they were impostors. >> eric, you wrote on your blog that both sides of the political aisle are engaged in a tit for tat war retribution and i get to quote, that war has casualties on both sides. ms. sherrod is the latest, its not fair but thats how the left players and the right should fight on the offense or not fight at all. i dont get -- somebody whos not particularly partisan on...

I didnt fire her. i didnt ask for an investigation of her. im not the one who threw her under the bus. it was the obama administration and naacp which was in possession according to itself of the full video. >> whos to blame? the obama administration or andrew breitbart? eric erickson and donna brazile weigh in next. and allegations the obama white house has a double standard on race. why the new black panther party is at the center of those allegations, when we continue.

Two big mainstream conservative conferences. >> i love confrontation, by the way, and by the way -- by the way by the way, you should, too, because its the only way were going to win. >> reporter: seems the more controversial he gets, the faster his profile and profits grow. he got a half million dollar advance for his upcoming book and says his websites are fully funded by advertisers. he admits the reaction to how he handled the shirley sherrod tape has been mixed but dont expect a mea culpa f...

The right whos willing to go out there, walk the plank with me and say, we can find common ground on some of these issues. its not always black and white. theres a lot of gray in between. >> donna brazile, eric erickson, appreciate your time. thanks. >> thank you, and thank you, eric. >> thank you. next on the program, before the sherrod incident, there was a case involving the new black panther party. its still going on. what happened in that case? the story coming up. welcome to the world of...

Heres my conversation with them. eric, andrew breitbart posted this video of shirley sherrod taking it out of context and saying context matters but youre backing him up and say youre glad hes on your side and doesnt bear a significant amount of blame for all of this. how can that be? >> you know, i definitely think andrew took shirley sherrod out of context and definitely think she was portrayed as someone she wasnt. but at the same time, before the tape was even released it was the obama admin...