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Back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." first, a whopper out of glenn beck. did you catch this colorful bit from saturday's rally? i have been going to mt. vernon. i went to the national archives, and i held the first inaugural address written in his own hand by george washington. >> well, beck held washington's inaugural address a priceless piece of history in his own hands? it never happened. a spokeswoman says during beck's vip tour he never got his hand on the speech. glenn beck in performance. former philadelphia eagle lineman jon runyan retired last year to run as a republican against...

>> but they will speak out if she runs, you think? >> i think they will. >> let's take a look at her at the glenn beck rally on saturday and then want to hear what nora thinks after reporting on her all this time. let's listen. >> and i know many of us today, we are worried about what we face. sometimes our challenges, they just seem insurmountable, but here together, at crossroads of our history, may this day, may this day be the change point. look around you. you're not alone. you are americans! you have the same steel spine and the moral courage of washington and lincoln and martin luther k...

From who have been trampled, beaten down by this woman, who are so intimidated by her, that they have been too scared to speak out. >> but they will speak out if she runs, you think? >> i think they will. >> let's take a look at her at the glenn beck rally on saturday and then want to hear what nora thinks after reporting on her all this time. let's listen. >> and i know many of us today, we are worried about what we face. sometimes our challenges, they just seem insurmountable, but here together, at crossroads of our history, may this day, may this day be the change point. look around you. yo...

"sarah palin, the sound and the furry" and msnbc's chef washington correspondent norah o'donnell also joins us. thank you so much, michael and thank you, nora, for joining us. you've been covering governor palin for all these months. michael, is she running for president? >> if you look at the connection she has with the crowds, if you look at the way that she compares herself to ronald reagan out there, if you feel the force of the connection, which is unlike anything i've felt since i saw reagan give his last speeches, i don't see how you can come to any other conclusion. >> your reporting b...

Official said after playing hard to get for the past year, palin approached iowa republicans recently. micah joseph gross has a big piece on palin in the october issue of ""vanity fair,"" called "sarah palin, the sound and the furry" and msnbc's chef washington correspondent norah o'donnell also joins us. thank you so much, michael and thank you, nora, for joining us. you've been covering governor palin for all these months. michael, is she running for president? >> if you look at the connection she has with the crowds, if you look at the way that she compares herself to ronald reagan out ther...