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If the candidate supports the elimination of some federal agencies or social security or previously backed president bushs economic policies. joining me now, as promised, is the writer of "the washington post" blog the plumline, greg sergeant. greg, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> greg, what is the overall picture of the sarah palin endorsement record? >> well, i mean, you cant really quibble with the fact that shes an enormous draw in republican primaries. no one can question tha...

If the candidate supports the elimination of some federal agencies or social security or previously backed president bushs economic policies. joining me now, as promised, is the writer of "the washington post" block, the plumline, greg sergeant. greg, thanks for your time tonight. what is the overall picture of the sarah palin endorsement record? >> well, i mean, you cant really quibble with the fact that shes an enormous draw in republican primaries. no one can question that. but when you look ...

Situation also? come on. and the legend of sarah palin. >> you dont want to mess with the mama grizzlies. >> greg sergeant of "the washington post" with empirical data showing why an endorsement from the mama grizzly isnt worth what the pundits think it is. all that and more now on "countdown." >> missed me yet? good evening from san diego. im lawrence odonnell in for keith olbermann. only hours from now, the state of arizona had been planning to, among other things, force immigrants to carr...

Greg sergeant at the washington post posted a clip of ms. angle on a conservative radio show in january making this threat. >> you know, our founding fathers, they put that second amendment in there for a good reason. and that was for the people to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. in fact, you know, thomas jefferson said its good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years. i hope thats not where were going. but, you know, if this -- this congress keeps going the way it ...

A specific group of persons dont get their way through politics, that group of americans might start killing people in this country. they might start using force to get their way. the candidate raises that possibility not apparently because they think its a bad idea. theyre not condemning that possibility. they just keep threatening that it might be true. republican primary voters in the great state of nevada gave the nation the privilege of no longer imagining that scenario but watching it unfo...

I know noticed, i think this was greg -- the reporter greg sergeant noticed that the democratic national -- or the democratic senatorial committee, so the washington establishment, is pouring money into arlen specter commercials. this is very risky. theyre going whole hog and the presidents making commercials for a new democrat, where as joe sestak, the real democrats up there love, is -- looks to be very strong. >> mike, does blanche lincoln hold on in arkansas? >> its hard to say. but labor ha...

Arizona diamondbacks. the fan saw the protest, ripped up his ticket and went home. boycotts and protests are already having impact. paul rodriguez and senator robert menendez join me in a moment. obviously about 50 gathering outside wrigley today. the diamondbacks beginning a four-game series with the cubs. protesters chanting, reform, not racism, shame on arizona. however, organizers are expecting more than 100,000 at a march in los angeles over the weekend. an immigration rights rally in that ...

Up his ticket and went home. if the microsometimes represents the macro boycotts and protests are already having an impact. paul rodriguez and senator robert menendez join me in a moment. obviously about 50 gathering outside wrigley today. the diamondbacks beginning a four-game series with the cubs. protesters chanting, reform, not racism, shame on arizona. however, organizers are expecting more than 100,000 at a march in los angeles over the weekend. an immigration rights rally in that city in ...

Legislation, make us do this. its time to end decades of dithering, senator franken said, and get this done. first tonight, more dithering. congressman bart stupak says he is not going to vote for the senate bill unless the abortion language in it is made more restrictive and threatening to convince a dozen wavering members of the house to join him, except big problem, the senate bill needs to pass the house exactly as is as the first stage of the plan. democrats have no wiggle room to accommoda...

People things that youre doing yourself. richard wolffe of msnbc and "newsweek." great thanks. good luck in the snow. a palin e-mail that will also live in infamy, one in which the governors spokesperson refuses to criticize limbaugh by name even though he used a word she claimed should had cost rahm emanuel his job and limbaugh used it more than 40 times in one broadcast alone. despite the governors call that white house chief of staff emanuel be fired for using the dee meaning term privately...