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18:01:33 01/30/12
Rosie O'Donnell's Fiance Wants a Baby
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Rosie O'Donnell's Fiance Wants a Baby
The talk show host revealed that her fiance, Michelle Rounds, is trying to get pregnant! ROSIE O'DONNELL PROPOSED TO GIRLFRIEND MICHELLE ROUNDS JUST TWO MONTHS AGO AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE MAKING ROOM FOR BABY.... THE TALK SHOW QUEEN REVEALED THE BIG NEWS ON HER SHOW, ON FRIDAY, DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. OZ. BUT A SOURCE REVEALED MORE INSIDE SCOOP, TELLING US WEEKLY, "Michelle is seeing a fertility doctor. She is really excited and they cannot wait to add to their family. Rosie goes to all of her doctors' appointments with her and is really supportive. She isn't pregnant yet but they hope as soon as possible she will be." THE LOVEBIRDS MET AT A STARBUCKS IN LOS ANGELES JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND THEY'RE REPORTEDLY PLANNING A TRADITIONAL WEDDING IN LONG ISLAND. THE INSIDER TELLS THE MAG, "(Rosie) is thinking of having her brother walk her down the aisle. She wants a proper, traditional wedding this time around. Michelle will say vows to the kids as well as to Rosie." A NEW BUNDLE OF JOY WOULD BE ROSIE'S 5TH CHILD. SHE HAS FOUR KIDS WITH HER EX, KELLIE CARPENTER. WELL WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHICH COMES FIRST -- MARRIAGE OR A BABY IN A BABY CARRIAGE! From: CelebTV Views: 380 6 ratings Time: 01:16 More in Entertainment
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18:01:33 01/30/12
Rosie O'Donnell's Fiance Wants a Baby
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Rosie O'Donnell's Fiance Wants a Baby
The talk show host revealed that her fiance, Michelle Rounds, is trying to get pregnant! ROSIE O'DONNELL PROPOSED TO GIRLFRIEND MICHELLE ROUNDS JUST TWO MONTHS AGO AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE MAKING ROOM FOR BABY.... THE TALK SHOW QUEEN REVEALED THE BIG NEWS ON HER SHOW, ON FRIDAY, DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. OZ. BUT A SOURCE REVEALED MORE INSIDE SCOOP, TELLING US WEEKLY, "Michelle is seeing a fertility doctor. She is really excited and they cannot wait to add to their family. Rosie goes to all of her doctors' appointments with her and is really supportive. She isn't pregnant yet but they hope as soon as possible she will be." THE LOVEBIRDS MET AT A STARBUCKS IN LOS ANGELES JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND THEY'RE REPORTEDLY PLANNING A TRADITIONAL WEDDING IN LONG ISLAND. THE INSIDER TELLS THE MAG, "(Rosie) is thinking of having her brother walk her down the aisle. She wants a proper, traditional wedding this time around. Michelle will say vows to the kids as well as to Rosie." A NEW BUNDLE OF JOY WOULD BE ROSIE'S 5TH CHILD. SHE HAS FOUR KIDS WITH HER EX, KELLIE CARPENTER. WELL WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHICH COMES FIRST -- MARRIAGE OR A BABY IN A BABY CARRIAGE! From: CelebTV Views: 380 6 ratings Time: 01:16 More in Entertainment
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05:54:00 01/30/12
Brother of missing passenger hopes for a miracle
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Jan. 29 - Divers hurled deck chairs aside as they did a room by room search for missing passengers from the Costa Concordia. Deborah Gembara reports.
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19:00:00 01/29/12
Brother of missing pasenger hopes for a miracle
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Jan. 29 - Divers hurled deck chairs aside as they did a room by room search for missing passengers from the Costa Concordia. Deborah Gembara reports.
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23:00:06 01/20/12
Occupy Riverside Disrupts UC Regents Meeting, Confronted by Riot Police
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Update: See new video and note below.
Watch protesters disrupt UC Regents meeting with mic-checks where tuition hikes were planned to be discussed, per local news report. Students from UC Riverside, protesting today's Board of Regents meeting, were confronted by riot police later in the afternoon, with multiple reports via livestream indicating they were fired upon with rubber bullets and/or other projectiles.
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Board chair Sherry Lansing told the students she was frustrated by their actions.
"If your sole intention is to disrupt the meeting, you have succeeded," she told the students. "If your intention, which I hope, is to have constructive dialogue ... you are welcome, and we wanted you to stay, but if you continue to chant, we can't do the business. We can't explore any of the options that you're talking about.
Outside the meeting, hundreds surrounded the Highlander Union Building, holding signs, beating drums and chanting.
The students inside the meeting eventually left, and officials say there were two arrests. The meeting resumed after about a 45-minute delay, but what was supposed to be an open meeting was closed to the public.
"We feel it's going good because we shut the meeting down like we wanted to. We want them to listen to us and open some dialogue," said Wesley Porter of the California Teachers Association. "They want to sit in board rooms and closed doors ... that's a problem for us."
UPDATE: NEW VIDEO OF STUDENT-POLICE CLASH:
This video has been posted from the scene at UC Riverside which shows much of the confrontation.
I can see at least two students who were fired upon by riot police, one who had to be carried to safety while other students try to tend to him. It seems likely that it was rubber bullets, but I can't be certain from the video.
Livestream of big protest outside University of California Regents meeting, major conflict. While things remained peaceful in the early afternoon, after the board members were escorted off campus, student amassed to continue their protest and were confronted by riot police – reportedly a mix of campus police and officers from the municipality – and were forced to disperse using projectiles that injured several protesters, according to livestream witnesses.
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23:00:06 01/20/12
Occupy Riverside Disrupts UC Regents Meeting, Confronted by Riot Police
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 23:00:06 01/20/12
Update: See new video and note below.
Watch protesters disrupt UC Regents meeting with mic-checks where tuition hikes were planned to be discussed, per local news report. Students from UC Riverside, protesting today's Board of Regents meeting, were confronted by riot police later in the afternoon, with multiple reports via livestream indicating they were fired upon with rubber bullets and/or other projectiles.
KABC-TV : >
Board chair Sherry Lansing told the students she was frustrated by their actions.
"If your sole intention is to disrupt the meeting, you have succeeded," she told the students. "If your intention, which I hope, is to have constructive dialogue ... you are welcome, and we wanted you to stay, but if you continue to chant, we can't do the business. We can't explore any of the options that you're talking about.
Outside the meeting, hundreds surrounded the Highlander Union Building, holding signs, beating drums and chanting.
The students inside the meeting eventually left, and officials say there were two arrests. The meeting resumed after about a 45-minute delay, but what was supposed to be an open meeting was closed to the public.
"We feel it's going good because we shut the meeting down like we wanted to. We want them to listen to us and open some dialogue," said Wesley Porter of the California Teachers Association. "They want to sit in board rooms and closed doors ... that's a problem for us."
UPDATE: NEW VIDEO OF STUDENT-POLICE CLASH:
This video has been posted from the scene at UC Riverside which shows much of the confrontation.
I can see at least two students who were fired upon by riot police, one who had to be carried to safety while other students try to tend to him. It seems likely that it was rubber bullets, but I can't be certain from the video.
Livestream of big protest outside University of California Regents meeting, major conflict. While things remained peaceful in the early afternoon, after the board members were escorted off campus, student amassed to continue their protest and were confronted by riot police – reportedly a mix of campus police and officers from the municipality – and were forced to disperse using projectiles that injured several protesters, according to livestream witnesses.
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20:30:54 01/18/12
Lanie Lane - "Ain't Hungry": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Lanie Lane - "Ain't Hungry": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Please meet the beguiling Ms. Lanie Lane. Her debut album is 'To The Horses', a collection of 11 songs that duck and weave through a heady mix of early rock 'n' roll, blues, and rockabilly, serving up fantastic tales of love, lust, heartbreak and the importance of a good guitar -- all delivered by one of the most undeniably distinctive voices and charming characters in Australian music. Recorded and mixed over a grand total of four days with her band at a studio in Sydney, the self-produced 'To The Horses' showcases Lanie's irrepressible talent for crafting songs that are as raw and gritty as they are warm and inviting. Written as individual pieces then recorded quickly in a manner reminiscent of years gone by -- four people in a room playing music together, no more and no less -- the songs sound live and alive. Lanie Lane has been writing songs for as long as she can remember. She started seriously playing the guitar before she hit her teens, learning the basics from her dad and brother before venturing down her own path. Lanie's style of guitar playing has informed both her vocal delivery and the way she writes a song, and she now admits she's focused on becoming the best singer and player she can be. "Nobody sat me down and taught me how to write a song -- I think that's an impossible thing for anyone to do -- all you can do is listen to as many great songs as you can and hope it rubs off" she says. 'To The Horses' is the culmination of many years of writing and a ... From: sxsw Views: 100 3 ratings Time: 02:18 More in Music
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20:30:54 01/18/12
Lanie Lane - "Ain't Hungry": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
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Lanie Lane - "Ain't Hungry": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist
Please meet the beguiling Ms. Lanie Lane. Her debut album is 'To The Horses', a collection of 11 songs that duck and weave through a heady mix of early rock 'n' roll, blues, and rockabilly, serving up fantastic tales of love, lust, heartbreak and the importance of a good guitar -- all delivered by one of the most undeniably distinctive voices and charming characters in Australian music. Recorded and mixed over a grand total of four days with her band at a studio in Sydney, the self-produced 'To The Horses' showcases Lanie's irrepressible talent for crafting songs that are as raw and gritty as they are warm and inviting. Written as individual pieces then recorded quickly in a manner reminiscent of years gone by -- four people in a room playing music together, no more and no less -- the songs sound live and alive. Lanie Lane has been writing songs for as long as she can remember. She started seriously playing the guitar before she hit her teens, learning the basics from her dad and brother before venturing down her own path. Lanie's style of guitar playing has informed both her vocal delivery and the way she writes a song, and she now admits she's focused on becoming the best singer and player she can be. "Nobody sat me down and taught me how to write a song -- I think that's an impossible thing for anyone to do -- all you can do is listen to as many great songs as you can and hope it rubs off" she says. 'To The Horses' is the culmination of many years of writing and a ... From: sxsw Views: 100 3 ratings Time: 02:18 More in Music
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01:47:38 01/18/12
EXCLUSIVE: The future of TV: Tablets, Not Smart TVs, LG's new TouchTV shows the way
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EXCLUSIVE: The future of TV: Tablets, Not Smart TVs, LG's new TouchTV shows the way
Here SkyGrid's CEO, +Kevin Pomplun, shows me a system, called TouchTV, that SkyGrid is announcing today with LG (who won best of CES with its new OLED TVs). You get a first look at it and we talk about what this means for the future of TV discovery. What is it? It lets you discover mainstream TV. You know, things like NBC, CBS, ESPN, ABC, CNN, etc. But you use a Tablet to do that (in this case an iPad). This makes a lot more sense to me than using a lame remote control to "stab" at a widget running on a TV across the room (which is what the CE industry is calling "Smart TV.") But LG will let you choose whether you like the SmartTV approach or the Tablet approach. Me? I'm going with the tablet and am looking forward to trying this out. One problem, though. While the UI is pretty darn good I'm not sure that the coverage of all the shows is good enough. This is why we're hoping Apple steps in and does something similar, but gets the licensing down so that we actually get ALL the standard mainstream TV channels onto the iPad. So far no one has really gotten "good enough" but this is a step forward and I hope Skygrid succeeds here. What do you think? This should be available on iPad today. More later. From: Scobleizer Views: 1863 7 ratings Time: 21:26 More in Science & Technology
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01:47:38 01/18/12
EXCLUSIVE: The future of TV: Tablets, Not Smart TVs, LG's new TouchTV shows the way
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EXCLUSIVE: The future of TV: Tablets, Not Smart TVs, LG's new TouchTV shows the way
Here SkyGrid's CEO, +Kevin Pomplun, shows me a system, called TouchTV, that SkyGrid is announcing today with LG (who won best of CES with its new OLED TVs). You get a first look at it and we talk about what this means for the future of TV discovery. What is it? It lets you discover mainstream TV. You know, things like NBC, CBS, ESPN, ABC, CNN, etc. But you use a Tablet to do that (in this case an iPad). This makes a lot more sense to me than using a lame remote control to "stab" at a widget running on a TV across the room (which is what the CE industry is calling "Smart TV.") But LG will let you choose whether you like the SmartTV approach or the Tablet approach. Me? I'm going with the tablet and am looking forward to trying this out. One problem, though. While the UI is pretty darn good I'm not sure that the coverage of all the shows is good enough. This is why we're hoping Apple steps in and does something similar, but gets the licensing down so that we actually get ALL the standard mainstream TV channels onto the iPad. So far no one has really gotten "good enough" but this is a step forward and I hope Skygrid succeeds here. What do you think? This should be available on iPad today. More later. From: Scobleizer Views: 1863 7 ratings Time: 21:26 More in Science & Technology
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04:44:52 01/10/12
New STF Gear | STOked 109
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The team takes a look at the new STF gear, and the current gear’s changes. Plus Chris shares his 2012 STO predictions, and plays back a few from 2011, find out how they did!
This will be the last STOked produced for the foreseeable future. The show will be going on hiatus.
I plan to take another look at things, perhaps as the new featured episodes are near release, or something really exciting that I want to share with you all. And I will continue to monitor news and the STO community closely.
Check out the live stream on Saturdays, from time to time I plan to do live game play with the chat room during the hiatus. Following my G+ or Twitter feeds would be the fastest way to find out when those happen.
And finally, thank you so much for watching. If we make our return, I hope you’ll be there to tune in!
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04:44:52 01/10/12
New STF Gear | STOked 109
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The team takes a look at the new STF gear, and the current gear’s changes. Plus Chris shares his 2012 STO predictions, and plays back a few from 2011, find out how they did!
This will be the last STOked produced for the foreseeable future. The show will be going on hiatus.
I plan to take another look at things, perhaps as the new featured episodes are near release, or something really exciting that I want to share with you all. And I will continue to monitor news and the STO community closely.
Check out the live stream on Saturdays, from time to time I plan to do live game play with the chat room during the hiatus. Following my G+ or Twitter feeds would be the fastest way to find out when those happen.
And finally, thank you so much for watching. If we make our return, I hope you’ll be there to tune in!
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04:43:45 01/10/12
New STF Gear | STOked 109
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The team takes a look at the new STF gear, and the current gear’s changes. Plus Chris shares his 2012 STO predictions, and plays back a few from 2011, find out how they did!
This will be the last STOked produced for the foreseeable future. The show will be going on hiatus.
I plan to take another look at things, perhaps as the new featured episodes are near release, or something really exciting that I want to share with you all. And I will continue to monitor news and the STO community closely.
Check out the live stream on Saturdays, from time to time I plan to do live game play with the chat room during the hiatus. Following my G+ or Twitter feeds would be the fastest way to find out when those happen.
And finally, thank you so much for watching. If we make our return, I hope you’ll be there to tune in!
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04:43:25 01/10/12
New STF Gear | STOked 109
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The team takes a look at the new STF gear, and the current gear’s changes. Plus Chris shares his 2012 STO predictions, and plays back a few from 2011, find out how they did!
This will be the last STOked produced for the foreseeable future. The show will be going on hiatus.
I plan to take another look at things, perhaps as the new featured episodes are near release, or something really exciting that I want to share with you all. And I will continue to monitor news and the STO community closely.
Check out the live stream on Saturdays, from time to time I plan to do live game play with the chat room during the hiatus. Following my G+ or Twitter feeds would be the fastest way to find out when those happen.
And finally, thank you so much for watching. If we make our return, I hope you’ll be there to tune in!
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00:00:42 01/03/12
Last-Place Bachmann: 'I Intend To Be America's Iron Lady'
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Michelle Bachmann's appearance yesterday on This Week with Jake Tapper was one of her more cringe-inducing performances. Not because she isn't someone incapable of delivering lines and staying on message, but because the content of her message is so obviously boilerplate campaignspeak from someone who's so clearly sliding too far down, too fast to win. Instead, she's promising a "miracle:" >
TAPPER: My next guest sounds just as confident, but her path forward is a lot more murky. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann joins me from Des Moines.
Congresswoman, thanks for joining us, and happy new year.
BACHMANN: Happy new year to you. Great to be on with you this morning, Jake.
TAPPER: So the last time you and I spoke, you had just won the Iowa straw poll. The Des Moines Register poll had you tied for first place with Mitt Romney with 22 percent of the vote. Now that same poll has you with 7 percent of the vote. What happened to your campaign?
BACHMANN: Well, we've had a very good campaign. And I think what's happened is, a lot of candidates have come in, and Iowa voters and national voters have taken a look at all of the other candidates. But we have done I think what no other candidate has done, and that is, after the last debate, we've gone across all of Iowa, all 99 counties, and we've actually done heavy, heavy retail politics where we've gone into cafes and into living rooms of Iowans, and we've made a very strong connection with a lot of people.
And if you look at the polls, it's upwards of 40 percent to 50 percent of Iowans haven't made their decision yet. And I think the polls, what they're reflecting will be very different from what we're seeing on Tuesday night, because people make their decision, quite honestly, in the caucus room. Iowa is very different. People gather in living rooms. They gather in elementary schools and churches, and they make their decision on the spot with their neighbors. And we have done, like I said, what no other candidate has done the last two weeks. We've put over -- almost 7,000 miles on our bus, and we've literally gone from town to town to town meeting with people directly. And we saw thousands of people switch their vote just in the last couple of weeks, so we think there's going to be a very profound shift that people see on Tuesday night.
TAPPER: Well, one of the -- one of the dilemmas that you've had is that a lot of the voters that you are competing for, conservative voters, Christian evangelicals in some cases, are also being wooed by Rick Santorum and Rick Perry. And Santorum has momentum right now. He is at third place in the Des Moines Register poll. And if you look at the last two days, he's in second place. He has strong social conservative credentials. He's fluent in foreign affairs. He won statewide twice in a key swing state, Pennsylvania. So why should voters go for you and not him?
BACHMANN: Well, because I'm the strongest core conservative in this race. There is no comparison with all of the other candidates and my credentials. No other candidate has current national security experience in the race. I sit on the House Intelligence Committee. I am daily involved with the issue of national security. No other candidate is.
And as what we -- what we are seeing happening with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, that will be a formidable issue immediately with the next commander-in-chief. I'm ready. No other candidate is currently ready in that issue.
Gee, Michelle, I know it makes me feel better that you'll lie about Iran "obtaining" a nuke. It shows you'll say anything at all to win - always a great quality in a president. >
Also, I'm the only federal tax litigation attorney in this race. When it comes to dealing with the number-one issue that's on voters' minds, which is out-of-control spending, I have that credential in spades over any other candidate, because no other candidate was leading on this issue in the halls of Congress or in Washington or nationally. I'm the one that called for saying "no" to letting Barack Obama increase the national credit card limit.
Psst, Michelle honey? Try not to say things like that around sane people. It doesn't help. >
And when it comes to social issues, there's no one who can -- who can compare with my record. I'm a mother of five, a foster mother to 23 children that we've raised, and also I have an unassailable record on life, on marriage, on religious liberty. So when it comes to values and issues, there is no one who comes close to where I am on those issues.
But I think even more so, I'm the one that's been proven and tested in the fires of Washington, and that's why I think you saw people vote for me in the Iowa straw poll, but also it's what we have done on the ground. No other candidate has done more retail campaigning on the ground.
TAPPER: But...
BACHMANN: And I think we'll bear the fruit of that on Tuesday night.
TAPPER: But with all due respect, Congresswoman, this is the same pitch you've been making all summer and all fall and -- and up until today, and you're in last place, according to the polls. And -- and somebody that has similar credentials to you and a similar appeal to you, Rick Santorum, is showing huge momentum. Why you over him?
BACHMANN: Well, again, I think the polls take a few days to catch up. And -- and we have made that incredible deposit of going in every single county. We've drawn 300 people at a stop, 250 people at a stop, and I think a lot of that isn't yet reflected in the polls. And the main thing will be on Tuesday night.
We're looking forward. We're not looking in the rear-view mirror. And what we're seeing going forward, especially with the tremendous outpouring of young people that are coming out to work on our phone banks and to go lit dropping and door-to-door is nothing short of amazing. We're -- we're number-one in the category of enthusiasm. If you look at all of the candidates, which candidate has the most enthusiasm among their supporters, I'm that candidate. I'm number-one with the 18- to 29-year-old voters, which are highly motivated, and they're doing all of the work.
So I think that if you look at my past races, and polling data showed me actually losing and 8 points behind in previous races that I've had when I've run for Congress, and yet I -- I win by 8 and 13 points. So polls don't -- are -- sometimes belie the truth on the ground, and that's what we see. This isn't just about polling. This is about what we're seeing in reality, and I think Tuesday night people are going to see a miracle.
TAPPER: In the last week, your campaign has gotten involved in a big kerfuffle about one of your top supporters, your chairman in Iowa defecting and going to the Ron Paul campaign. I don't want to get into the weeds on that debate. There was a back-and-forth about whether or not he was paid off. He denied that you accused him of doing that. But this is not the first time you've made a charge like this. You've also said this about other supporters with Newt Gingrich in Georgia, with Rick Santorum.
Don't you risk -- making these charges, doesn't that risk voters seeing you as making a final gasp of desperation?
BACHMANN: Oh, for Heaven's sake. Of course not. What this shows is the tremendous momentum that we have out of the last debate. From person after person, they said that I won the last debate in Sioux City, Iowa. And the reason why is because, when Ron Paul made his very dangerous statements, which is he was just fine with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, or with Newt Gingrich taking $1.6 million from Freddie Mac and he was unable to defend that, I -- I took it to them.
And what people saw during the last debate is that I have the ability, of all of the candidates on the stage, I have the best ability to take it to Barack Obama in the debate and hold him accountable. We had tremendous momentum coming out of the last debate, and we saw it in county after county in our 99-county tour, where people were just appalled by Ron Paul's position. They thought it was dangerous.
That's why we saw literally thousands of people switching their decision on the spot, and that's what you saw, was this crush of momentum. And so we saw some different actions coming out of the Ron Paul campaign. And I think that people will be very surprised at the results on Tuesday night, because I think people will see a lot of defections away from Ron Paul because they see -- especially with the aggressive nature of the actions on the part of Iran in the Straits of Hormuz, people are seeing how important it is that we have a commander-in-chief who is conversant, prepared, knowledgeable, and has good judgment on foreign affairs. And of all of the candidates in the race, I'm best suited for that -- that portion of being commander-in- chief.
TAPPER: Congresswoman, we only have a little bit of time left, so last question. In the interests of candor and being based in reality, positing that you feel that you're going to have a very good night on Tuesday and that all the polls are wrong and you're going to do well, but assuming that the polls are right, isn't that, practically speaking, the end of your campaign if you come in last on Tuesday?
BACHMANN: Well, we've bought tickets to head off to South Carolina. And we are looking forward to the debates. January is a very full month. We're here for the -- for the long -- for the long race. This is a 50-state race. And we intend to participate not only in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, but to go all the way, because I intend to be the Republican nominee and defeat Barack Obama in 2012, because America needs a candidate that will be in the legacy of a Ronald Reagan and of a Margaret Thatcher. That's what I intend to do, is to be America's iron lady.
TAPPER: All right. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, good luck on Tuesday. And hope you have a wonderful 2012.
BACHMANN: Thank you. Same to you and your listeners.
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00:00:42 01/03/12
Last-Place Bachmann: 'I Intend To Be America's Iron Lady'
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Michelle Bachmann's appearance yesterday on This Week with Jake Tapper was one of her more cringe-inducing performances. Not because she isn't someone incapable of delivering lines and staying on message, but because the content of her message is so obviously boilerplate campaignspeak from someone who's so clearly sliding too far down, too fast to win. Instead, she's promising a "miracle:" >
TAPPER: My next guest sounds just as confident, but her path forward is a lot more murky. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann joins me from Des Moines.
Congresswoman, thanks for joining us, and happy new year.
BACHMANN: Happy new year to you. Great to be on with you this morning, Jake.
TAPPER: So the last time you and I spoke, you had just won the Iowa straw poll. The Des Moines Register poll had you tied for first place with Mitt Romney with 22 percent of the vote. Now that same poll has you with 7 percent of the vote. What happened to your campaign?
BACHMANN: Well, we've had a very good campaign. And I think what's happened is, a lot of candidates have come in, and Iowa voters and national voters have taken a look at all of the other candidates. But we have done I think what no other candidate has done, and that is, after the last debate, we've gone across all of Iowa, all 99 counties, and we've actually done heavy, heavy retail politics where we've gone into cafes and into living rooms of Iowans, and we've made a very strong connection with a lot of people.
And if you look at the polls, it's upwards of 40 percent to 50 percent of Iowans haven't made their decision yet. And I think the polls, what they're reflecting will be very different from what we're seeing on Tuesday night, because people make their decision, quite honestly, in the caucus room. Iowa is very different. People gather in living rooms. They gather in elementary schools and churches, and they make their decision on the spot with their neighbors. And we have done, like I said, what no other candidate has done the last two weeks. We've put over -- almost 7,000 miles on our bus, and we've literally gone from town to town to town meeting with people directly. And we saw thousands of people switch their vote just in the last couple of weeks, so we think there's going to be a very profound shift that people see on Tuesday night.
TAPPER: Well, one of the -- one of the dilemmas that you've had is that a lot of the voters that you are competing for, conservative voters, Christian evangelicals in some cases, are also being wooed by Rick Santorum and Rick Perry. And Santorum has momentum right now. He is at third place in the Des Moines Register poll. And if you look at the last two days, he's in second place. He has strong social conservative credentials. He's fluent in foreign affairs. He won statewide twice in a key swing state, Pennsylvania. So why should voters go for you and not him?
BACHMANN: Well, because I'm the strongest core conservative in this race. There is no comparison with all of the other candidates and my credentials. No other candidate has current national security experience in the race. I sit on the House Intelligence Committee. I am daily involved with the issue of national security. No other candidate is.
And as what we -- what we are seeing happening with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, that will be a formidable issue immediately with the next commander-in-chief. I'm ready. No other candidate is currently ready in that issue.
Gee, Michelle, I know it makes me feel better that you'll lie about Iran "obtaining" a nuke. It shows you'll say anything at all to win - always a great quality in a president. >
Also, I'm the only federal tax litigation attorney in this race. When it comes to dealing with the number-one issue that's on voters' minds, which is out-of-control spending, I have that credential in spades over any other candidate, because no other candidate was leading on this issue in the halls of Congress or in Washington or nationally. I'm the one that called for saying "no" to letting Barack Obama increase the national credit card limit.
Psst, Michelle honey? Try not to say things like that around sane people. It doesn't help. >
And when it comes to social issues, there's no one who can -- who can compare with my record. I'm a mother of five, a foster mother to 23 children that we've raised, and also I have an unassailable record on life, on marriage, on religious liberty. So when it comes to values and issues, there is no one who comes close to where I am on those issues.
But I think even more so, I'm the one that's been proven and tested in the fires of Washington, and that's why I think you saw people vote for me in the Iowa straw poll, but also it's what we have done on the ground. No other candidate has done more retail campaigning on the ground.
TAPPER: But...
BACHMANN: And I think we'll bear the fruit of that on Tuesday night.
TAPPER: But with all due respect, Congresswoman, this is the same pitch you've been making all summer and all fall and -- and up until today, and you're in last place, according to the polls. And -- and somebody that has similar credentials to you and a similar appeal to you, Rick Santorum, is showing huge momentum. Why you over him?
BACHMANN: Well, again, I think the polls take a few days to catch up. And -- and we have made that incredible deposit of going in every single county. We've drawn 300 people at a stop, 250 people at a stop, and I think a lot of that isn't yet reflected in the polls. And the main thing will be on Tuesday night.
We're looking forward. We're not looking in the rear-view mirror. And what we're seeing going forward, especially with the tremendous outpouring of young people that are coming out to work on our phone banks and to go lit dropping and door-to-door is nothing short of amazing. We're -- we're number-one in the category of enthusiasm. If you look at all of the candidates, which candidate has the most enthusiasm among their supporters, I'm that candidate. I'm number-one with the 18- to 29-year-old voters, which are highly motivated, and they're doing all of the work.
So I think that if you look at my past races, and polling data showed me actually losing and 8 points behind in previous races that I've had when I've run for Congress, and yet I -- I win by 8 and 13 points. So polls don't -- are -- sometimes belie the truth on the ground, and that's what we see. This isn't just about polling. This is about what we're seeing in reality, and I think Tuesday night people are going to see a miracle.
TAPPER: In the last week, your campaign has gotten involved in a big kerfuffle about one of your top supporters, your chairman in Iowa defecting and going to the Ron Paul campaign. I don't want to get into the weeds on that debate. There was a back-and-forth about whether or not he was paid off. He denied that you accused him of doing that. But this is not the first time you've made a charge like this. You've also said this about other supporters with Newt Gingrich in Georgia, with Rick Santorum.
Don't you risk -- making these charges, doesn't that risk voters seeing you as making a final gasp of desperation?
BACHMANN: Oh, for Heaven's sake. Of course not. What this shows is the tremendous momentum that we have out of the last debate. From person after person, they said that I won the last debate in Sioux City, Iowa. And the reason why is because, when Ron Paul made his very dangerous statements, which is he was just fine with Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, or with Newt Gingrich taking $1.6 million from Freddie Mac and he was unable to defend that, I -- I took it to them.
And what people saw during the last debate is that I have the ability, of all of the candidates on the stage, I have the best ability to take it to Barack Obama in the debate and hold him accountable. We had tremendous momentum coming out of the last debate, and we saw it in county after county in our 99-county tour, where people were just appalled by Ron Paul's position. They thought it was dangerous.
That's why we saw literally thousands of people switching their decision on the spot, and that's what you saw, was this crush of momentum. And so we saw some different actions coming out of the Ron Paul campaign. And I think that people will be very surprised at the results on Tuesday night, because I think people will see a lot of defections away from Ron Paul because they see -- especially with the aggressive nature of the actions on the part of Iran in the Straits of Hormuz, people are seeing how important it is that we have a commander-in-chief who is conversant, prepared, knowledgeable, and has good judgment on foreign affairs. And of all of the candidates in the race, I'm best suited for that -- that portion of being commander-in- chief.
TAPPER: Congresswoman, we only have a little bit of time left, so last question. In the interests of candor and being based in reality, positing that you feel that you're going to have a very good night on Tuesday and that all the polls are wrong and you're going to do well, but assuming that the polls are right, isn't that, practically speaking, the end of your campaign if you come in last on Tuesday?
BACHMANN: Well, we've bought tickets to head off to South Carolina. And we are looking forward to the debates. January is a very full month. We're here for the -- for the long -- for the long race. This is a 50-state race. And we intend to participate not only in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, but to go all the way, because I intend to be the Republican nominee and defeat Barack Obama in 2012, because America needs a candidate that will be in the legacy of a Ronald Reagan and of a Margaret Thatcher. That's what I intend to do, is to be America's iron lady.
TAPPER: All right. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, good luck on Tuesday. And hope you have a wonderful 2012.
BACHMANN: Thank you. Same to you and your listeners.
