congresswoman michele bachmann who was in iowa monday and new hampshire today is headed to south carolina. tim pawlenty delivered what he called a major foreign policy speech in new york. and jon huntsman is about to make an appearance in salt lake city, utah, and newt gingrich conducted a series of live radio interviews, and guess who is also in the mix? sarah palin who is preparing for the are premier of her documentary called the undefeated and it is about her rise to national prominence. joining me now politico reporter alex byrnes to talk about all that is happening. thank you for your time. thank you. and the question is who is upstaging who at this point? you have the president at iowa and it is tough to upstage him at any event when he has the mike, but the michele bachmann and sarah palin connection there and who is taking the attention when you see them and tim pawlenty in the same state? well, after a poll this weekend that showed that michele
also, keep an eye on this political fact here. can democrats pass this in the senate? can claire mccaskill, john tester and ben nelson vote for anything that no other republicans sign on to, even if it s a simple majority vote as it it s likely to be since this has to do with the budget? that means that whatever happens here, this isn t simply a game about what can pass the house, it s also a game about what can pass the senate. seven months until the iowa caucus but all the action is there today. it s in a way sort of like the caucuses are tomorrow. nbc s kelly o donnell is in pella, iowa, for the site of tonight s premiere of the sarah palin documentary the undefeated. kelly, i love pella, a town that looks like you re in the netherlands with the windmills, all of that stuff, also hope of the famous window company. but today it s all about sarah. reporter: it is all about sarah, but everybody here is reminding us this is little amsterdam. they couldn t be nicer. the giant windm
do it for you, there is a new movie sure to pack them in. it is the new documentary the undefeated. you heard me right. that is the new title of the celluloid valentine, and about the losing vice presidential candidate herself. it is about a true believer who dedicated time and effort to chronicle palin s rise in politics. have a look at his labors, shall we? founders decided that we need a ceo, one person that would be responsible. all decisions must go through this ceo. if things were to go wrong in the state, they wanted the ability of the people to know where does the blame lay. christina has seen the entire scintillating movie, and she is a political editor and
of somewhat tkpwhrupl democrats war lead about his re-election, and his ability to right economy and create jobs. today a noncandidate sarah palin makes a rare appearance in the first caucus state. she ll taking part and joining the premiere of a documentary film about her called the undefeated. her daughter, bristol palin has said that the former governor of ask has made up her mind about whether or not she is running for president. there is no indication whether that is a decision to go for it or not. there is certainly no evidence in iowa of an organizational structure being put together. but palin and the president in the first caucus state of iowa on the same day is a sure sign that the presidential sweepstakes are getting he very, very intense. all of this comes just a day after michelle bachman announced her and launched her former candidacy here in the hawk eye state just yesterday. she is campaigning in new
as president of the united states i will only nominate judges who are not activist judges, who are not legislating from the bench. in our state we re going to continue to pursue civil unions. i am not a fan of same sex marriage. it s not something that i support. ef believe marriage is between one man and one woman. that was governor christie yesterday on nbc s meet the press. today the tough talking governor stopped by morning joe. he was asked about president obama s role in debt negotiations. i m kshd if he doesn t step up to the plate we re got noing to do anything. the president can stop the drift. president obama and sarah palin will be competing for the affections of iowa s voters tomorrow. palin s heading to pela, iowa, for the premiere of the undefeated. a glowing documentary on her time as alaska governor. in the meantime, the president going to be 150 east touring an