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Bill, what are you giving yourself today? >> bill: im just happy to be in your presence? because wright is giving himself an award living legend. >> i can understand if i wanted to say bill you are the greatest and invite you. >> bill: i will take the pen, thank you. >> that was my award. >> bill: anyway, look, yesterday i had a nice woman on, the editor of the nidigo the media aafraid of them because if you say something negative then you will have the wing nuts march on your building or whatev...

Bill, what are you giving yourself today? >> bill: im just happy to be in your presence? because wright is giving himself an award living legend. >> i can understand if i wanted to say bill you are the greatest and invite you. >> bill: i will take the pen, thank you. >> that was my award. >> bill: anyway, look, yesterday i had a nice woman on, the editor of the nidigo the media aafraid of them because if you say something negative then you will have the wing nuts march on your building or whatev...

>> reporter: bedell returned home, but his mother was concerned over a receipt she saw for $600 from a sacramento shooting range which we dont know whether it was for a gun or some form of ammunition, but something that the parents obviously were concerned about. wolf? >> dan in hollister, california. the kw is, is the pentagon seeing a pattern of people in his book "wing nuts" and the author is here to join us. and you remember a couple of weeks ago the man who flew a plane into the irs buildin...

Ultimately this will pass and this will be one of those things that just happened. >> lanny, do you agree with that? >> no, i dont agree. but i do think your prior guest that refused to answer your question, this is very, very similar. there ought to be a repudiation by every republican in the senate, and by martha, whose views and philosophies i certainly respect, that one man in a democracy can prevent legislation from being voted on up or down. martha, i would like you to defend that process ...

52 minutes past the hour. stalled efforts at health care reform one example of the party san grid lock that led to a broken government. hyper part skinship, people he calls wing nuts are at the heart of the problem. >> he has a special edition of wing nuts of the week. john is in tallahassee, florida. your special edition of wing nuts of the week pertaining to our broken government sears altogether. lets talk about the health care summit yesterday and did you think that was a real display of bip...

>> battle is between the american people and the democrats. and i like those odds. >> a lot of excitement there today, but can it power the gop to victory in the midterms? joining me now, senior political correspondent candy crowley, of course, host of cnns "state of the union." eric erickson, editor and chief of redstate.com. john avalon with the daily beast with us as well. i should mention, too, john, hold on, im giving you full credit "wing nuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america."...

Dailybeast.com. hes author of the boot "wing nuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america." thanks for coming in. marco rubio, all of a sudden hes become a major player. what does that say about whats going on in the republican party? >> well, i mean, i think its important to say that marco rubio is being pushed by something a lot bigger than the tea party. its an indication of the anti-incumbent mood sweeping the country. the fact that hes a speaker of the florida house is running on a fis...

"wing nuts." we have gotten to a place in our society where theres two extremes and we cant get vice presidents working behind the scenes quietly to keep america safe. they carry their debates out publicly and its unfortunate. i wondered, though, sam, i wanted to ask you earlier, somebody said on air that nothing was better for president obamas democratic base than dick cheney coming out and talking so they could attack him. is that the truth? does it white house see it as a big plus every time ...

Theres plenty of raw politics to toss around. joining me from the convention, john avalon, columnist for the dailybeast.com. author of "wing nuts." eric erickson, editor and chief for redstate.com. guys, thanks for being on. i want to go over with you a couple of, you know, its a leaderless movement and a lot of the members of the tea party like to say that. theres not one leader of the movement but there are people who are popular within the movement. lets talk about a couple of them. tom tancr...

Third of respondents have a fafrl opinion of the tea party movement. 40% werent sure, said they didnt have enough information, know enough about it. so many americans seem to be reserving judgment for now or waiting to learn more, i suppose. meantime inside the tea party theres plenty of raw politics to toss around. joining me from the convention, john avalon, columnist for the dailybeast.com. author of "wing nuts." eric erickson, editor and chief for redstate.com. i want to go over with you a c...