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>> 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 cnn's "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, i'm giving you full credit "wing nuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america." candy -- >> thank you, candy. >> of course, for you, john. candy, let me start with you. listenin...

Dailybeast.com. he's author of the boot "wing nuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america." thanks for coming in. marco rubio, all of a sudden he's become a major player. what does that say about what's going on in the republican party? >> well, i mean, i think it's important to say that marco rubio is being pushed by something a lot bigger than the tea party. it's an indication of the anti-incumbent mood sweeping the country. the fact that he's a speaker of the florida house is running on a fiscal conservative platform. there's a major backlack against charlie crist not only because he'...

"wing nuts." we have gotten to a place in our society where there's two extremes and we can't get vice presidents working behind the scenes quietly to keep america safe. they carry their debates out publicly and it's unfortunate. i wondered, though, sam, i wanted to ask you earlier, somebody said on air that nothing was better for president obama's 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 dick cheney came out and talk? >> you know, that used to be the case. studying yesterday's appea...

There's 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, it's a leaderless movement and a lot of the members of the tea party like to say that. there's not one leader of the movement but there are people who are popular within the movement. let's talk about a couple of them. tom tancredo who had the opening night speech. >> yeah, i mean, one man's red meat is another man's raw s...

Third of respondents have a fafrl opinion of the tea party movement. 40% weren't sure, said they didn't 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 there's 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 couple of, you know, it's a leaderless movement and a lot of the members of the tea party like to ...