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Doesn't know snoop dog. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> right before the show we get this note that snoop dog has come out. but politico has a list of those who have not come out and endorsed equality, there they are right there. why are those democrats still holding out? >> i don't know but i think snoop lion is high. the other democrats are -- i think they're following what's going on in their particular states. they're following the constituents. some aren't even running for reelection so maybe they're following their hearts as well. this is a very complicated issue, which we heard with ruth bader ...

Call it the return of the rogue. sarah palin is putting her name out with a new political super pac. >> she's proved that she can be effective endorsing candidates. >> sarah palin jumped in early and supported rand paul, marco rubio, tim scott, pat toomey, jeff blake and myself. >> let's bring in our thursday political power panel. karen hunter, chip saltzman, good to see both of you. chip, this ad comes after palin's cpac speech. is this about palin lining himself up for political comeback or is it more about keeping herself relevant? >> i think it may be a little bit both. i'm not going to t...

Receive new and spending cuts. and the republicans say we gave at the bank, the fiscal cliff, that's all, that discussion over. until that fundmental divide is bridged it is hard to see a solution. either at the sequester point next week or at the cr point march 27 when the government runs out of money. >> it is such a power play. it makes you wonder who has the short-term vision and who has the far sight to figure this one out. power panel for today. thanks to you. ruth marcus, james peterson, chip saltzman. appreciate it. coming up, another bombshell in the blade runner murder case. oscar pi...

I think one of the bigger questions when you look at the greater ceconomy, when you talk to people, especially in tennessee, the senate hasn't passed a budget in almost four years. the congress on the house side is having a hard time dealing with the debt ceiling. the uncertainty of whether there's going to be road program dollars, what the dollars are going to look like in education. nobody is planning outside of two months because they don't know what the debt ceiling is bowing to be, for the federal spending is going to be. a lot of private companies have a lot of money kind of in the bank ...

Lawmakers and nobel laureate paul krugman say the treasury department has the power to mint the supercoin which in turn would be used to raise the debt ceiling. and white house press secretary jay carney added some fuel to the fire when he refused to rule it out. >> do you believe you have a power to mint -- >> there is no plan "b." there is no backup plan. there is congress' responsibility to pay the bills of the united states. >> that's a little evasive in your answer. but i say -- are you narrowing the lead -- are you trying to leave room or not? >> there's no substitute for congress extend...