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John mccain didnt have a united party behind him until he nameded sarah palin. now a lot of opinions she was a disaster and all of that but i wont get into that here. but at the sime he did it, it -- time he did it, it had galvanizing effect on the party and the convention. people forget this. on september 15, that year, when the market meltdown happened after the republicans in my view were finished, mccain-palin ticket was ahead in the polls. so its an important consideration to get party rall...

Galvanizing effect, that would generate enthusiasm. and the second thing is the resistance to the president is going to motivate a lot of voters in the fall. i think this president has proved very devicive and if you look at the number that the pollster scott rasmussen uses to compare the very -- the -- the people who are dead set against you, against those who are very strongly for you, president has been under water in that number, 10 to 15 points for a very long time. that will generate enthu...

President obama. the big thing, though, is with the very low turnout. it was only 24%, you know, it was a beautiful day out in illinois and a lot of people did not go and pull the lever. >> maybe thats why. >> maybe thats it. but the thing is come november, how would, if he is the nominee, mr. romney generate some enthusiasm, brit hume was on the greta van susteren program last night and he had an idea. >> one to choose a running mate that ignites the party much the way that sarah palin ignited ...

Galvanizing effect, that would generate enthusiasm. and the second thing is the resistance to the president is going to motivate a lot of voters in the fall. i think this president has proved very devicive and if you look at the number that the pollster scott rasmussen uses to compare the very -- the -- the people who are dead set against you, against those who are very strongly for you, president has been under water in that number, 10 to 15 points for a very long time. that will generate enthu...

get to the bottom of this. he continues to insist his twitter account was hacked. the congressman says he does not want to make a federal case out of it. the congressman sat down with cnns wolf blitzer this afternoon. >> did you send that picture to that college student in washington state? >> i did not. she says she never got it and doesnt know me. i certainly dont know her. this seems like it was a prank to make fun of my name. when youre named weiner, that happens. got 40,000-some-o...

Well have to be engaged in in the weeks and months to come. but i also know there have been several moments like this during the course of this year that have brought us together as an american family. last night was one of those moments. and so tonight it is my fervent hope that we can harness some of that unity and some of that pride to confront the many challenges that we still face. >> so, mark, you sounded a little cynical last hour that this wonderful unifying moment will have an impact on...

>> i dont think it has a chilling effect. i think it has a galvanizing effect. megyn: really? >> absolutely. the centrists, moderates, and conservatives are energized by the arrogance represented by moveon.org and afl-cio and the other labor unions are doing. megyn: politicians, arent they as a general law, scaredy cats? dont they want to keep their jobs and wont they be scared when they say, look what happened in wisconsin. i like my job! >> any elected official that will go to the dark corner ...

Secure the oil fields for that very event uality. most people expect that he wouldnt strike the oil fields which would hurt his own interests that he would strike the people directly. gadhafi is calling the protesters cockroaches. says they are drugged out, foreign-inspired, and hes worried that he could attack the cities directly by launching some sort of attack on civilians, bombing civilian centers and forcing people to concede to his strength, concede to his will. >> mike barnicle. >> richar...

That could have a galvanizing effect. we have seen violence come toward israel, the launching of rockets and other such things. you could also have hamas trying to try to overthrow palestinian authorities. we seen some of that. events in cairo you have had rioting in gaza against the palestinian authorities located in ra mullah. >> so why the silence. why are they maintaining a level of silence this? >> is a shrewd move. there is nothing good that could come from israeli comments right now. this...

To barack obama in 2008. that element -- that political element was far more enthusiastic than with the elements that were supporting john mccain and sarah palin, despite the fact that sarah palin did have galvanizing effect on a major part of the republican electorate. the president is simply trying to restore some of that enthusiasm. thats why you see him at the net roots convention. thats why you see him out touting the achievements he has made in the areas of health care and certain other ar...