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Sarah palin, as jim demint called the most influential republican since ronald reagan. it looks like these two are really -- not emerging, but are real stars in the republican party. >> well, james, that is a closed door to the press, but i think all congress people are invited to attend the justices presentation. and it is to the tea party caucus. so these are lawmakers. these are not just random tea party people. >> i understand. but she got a supreme court justice to show up there. >> she did...

Its a failed experiment. i do think radical changes for getting taxes down. >> im going let you respond there quickly. i want to make sure we have both sides of this. failed experiment or something that blunted the impact of a terrible economy? >> first of all its absurd for stephen to say its a radical change. what republicans are proposing is exactly what they were proposing during the eight years when they were in charge for most of that time and brought back the economy to the brink of colla...

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And helping democrats get theirs in the election weeks away. bill: look at this poll we found, the newest fox news polling showing a whopping 93 percent of americans are concerned about the state of the economy. john fund is with the "wall street journal," good morning to you on a monday here. what is the $50 billion in roads and airports, whats that all about? >> well, its about what the stimulus didnt deliver. you know, the secret of the stimulus was in the end, only 3 1/2% of it went to infra...

Business community because they recognize the political jujitsu. >> is it going to stop the democrats? some of them who have been very vocal about it, saying we need . is this obama proposal going to stop that? >> no, and heres why. the president and those who support his latest proposals have two problems, and remember the proposals are more than tax cuts. he put forward $50 billion in new stimulus spending in new infrastructure projects, he calls them. heres the problem. number one, stimulus i...

To congress and the senate. but a brutal poll, indeed, for them. >> all right. nbcs deputy political directory mark murray with the new poll. thank you for your analysis. appreciate it. down in the polls, desperate on the economy. the president has been unveiled new initiatives by the day trying to jump start growth and confidence that hes got it under control. poised to give a big speech on the issue tomorrow. nbcs athena jones on the duty from the white house. we heard theres no big stimulus...

Infrastructure projects that would create jobs, breaks for small businesses, and extending the bush tax cuts, but only for the n middle class. the fight hasnt even started and already republican leader john boehner may have just blinked. >> if the only option i have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, ill vote for them. >> reporter: but the voters seem to have already made up their minds. and hope to persuade others to join them in november at the ballot box. brian mooar, nbc news, wash...