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Congress. bachmann wants joe mccarthy tactics, a lot of crazy screw ba balls. why don't they go after the screw balls and say the republicans are in bed with these nuts. >> apparently you think they could have executed that better. i don't think you get more unpopular with privatizing social security and medicare. >> you can't defend your screw ball wing, can you? >> both parties have ample supplies of screw balls. >> not so much on our side these days. >> please. the fact is the only people this cycle talking about repealing the 17th amendment -- is the democratic national. >> they want to gi...

The republican caucus and he's part of the tea party caucus. this is where the republican leadership, michele bachmann is likely to be a -- >> all the birthers joined. all the birthers are joining. your real nutbags are joining that. how can you -- you laugh off the nuts. you've got these crazy ladies and men in the attic up there, and you say, don't go up in the attic. that's your solution. >> look, marco rubio, who was on the cover of the new york -- >> who's his consultant? >> exactly. marco rubio was on the cover of "the new york times" magazine with the headline "the first senator from th...

You're laughing. you got these crazy ladies and you say don't go up in the attic. that's your solution. >> marco rubio who was on the cover of the. >> consultant. >> exactly. marco rubio was on the cover of "the new york times" magazine with the headline "the first senator from the tea party movement" i've never heard about him talking about repealing the 17th amendment. he doesn't talk about ending medicare. he says we need entitlement. >> sharron angle and rand paul. >> you want tea party support four candidate? >>, of course. >> you got to defend them. >> that's the problem. >> the average ...

To repeal the 17th amendment? >> that isn't realistic. that isn't something i would focus on. i think the 17th amendment was a mistake. i do think we lost something when we adopted it i don't think in our lifetime we'll see movement afoot to do that. >> you also across the board as we've just heard been a pierce suppo -- fierce reporter of state rights. you do want a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. why does the issue of same-sex marriage merit federal intervention? >> what i said on that is i support the defense of marriage act, which was an appropriate act by congress unde...

We know to date one of the things that the government has done is establish a $20 billion escrow fund for people impacted by the spill. do you think that was the right thing for president obama to do? >> i think there is more drastic measures he could have taken. this is a measure that bp has been willing to go along with. bp has agreed it will continue to pay those claims as long as it needs to and neither a floor nor a ceiling. it's good to have bp and the government working hand in hand on this issue. >> do you think the obama administration has done enough to stop the spill? >> i think it'...