. >> tonight, john nichols of the nation magazine tells us exactly who paul ryan is. joan walsh and e.j. dionne on the president's counterpunch today on the campaign trail. now's terry o'neal on what romney/ryan means for women. james hoffa of the teamsters and larry cohen of the cwa on what the ryan pick means for labor. >>> and vermont senator bernie sanders on paul ryan's medicare lie. >> there's only one president that i know of in history that robbed medicare $716 billion. paul ryan and i talked about saving medicare. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it choices in the 2012 presidential election have never been as clear as they are tonight. mitt romney's announcement of congressman paul ryan to be on the ticket as his running mate has the republican base all excited. the roll-out no doubt positive, probably the best thing romney has had because he's had a rough summer. and the choice takes any controversy off the table that might have come up at the republican convention later this month. they're going to like this. conservatives are happy. pr

while steve king, the infamous joe walsh, rush limbaugh, paul brown, all the inhabitants of the cuckoo nest are scrambling because karl rove is drawing lines in the sand. rape candidates, witches, second remedy amendment types. stop making the democrats look smart and reasonable by running candidates. the joy is that each of the right-wing fascists thinks they are the same ones. the ones who have to protect the party from the others. tonight the duel to the death drives deeper, it's do or die, fight to the death. the winners get to run against hillary clinton. the losers get to say it's not their fault they lost. that doesn't make sense. neither does the fight on the right. with me tonight are two msnbc political analysts. joy, it really is a joy to watch this. to watch rove running around as a new matt dillon cleaning up the party, cleaning up main street from all the bad guys, when many people would say karl rove has been the problem from, well, since 2000 when he brought dubya in. >> i love the way you call him the cuckoo's nest. karl rove's whole strategy is he found a way to convi

while steve king, tea party general, joe walsh, rish limbaugh, mark levin, paul brown, all the inhabitants of the could could nest because karl rove is drawing lines in the sand. want republicans to win, cut out the crazies. beat the democrats stop giving them easy targets, rape candidates and stop making the democrats look smart and reasonable by running stupid and crazy candidates. the joy is i have to say this, it's really quite funny, each of the right wing factions thinks they are the sane ones, the ones that have to protect the party from the others. tonight, the duel of the death drives deeper, do or die, fight to the death, winners run against hillary clinton. the losers say it's not their fault they lost. wait a minute. that doesn't make any sense and neither does this fight on the right for the right to say you're right and with me tonight are two msnbc political analysts joy reid of the grio and david corn from mother jones. it's a joy to watch this, watch rove running around as a new matt dillon cleaning up the party, cleaning up main street from all the bad guys when, in fact,

. >> joan walsh has the latest. >>> paul ryan has a dirty little secret in his budget and the cooperations love it. david k. johnston on the tax shelter plan that no one is talking about. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. republicans have spent the last few days attacking the president for saying he made the right call when he ordered the raid on bin laden. they have also hammered the president's team for questioning whether mitt romney would have made the same decision. the president is not backing down. >> i just recommend that everybody take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go into pakistan and take out bin laden. i assume that people meant what they said when they said it. that's been, at least, my practice. i said that i'd go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him, and i did. if there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they'd do something else, then i'd go ahead and let them explain. >> the president was responding to a remark mitt romney made earlier today. >> would you have gone afte

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paul ryan is taking a very courageous step in starting us down the road to addressing that problem. >> congressman joe walsh, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i think you can expect whatever procedural help you need from democrats to get paul ryan's plan to repeal and replace social security and medicare to come to a vote in the house. >> thank you, lawrence. >> thank you very much. still ahead progressives have been worried that president obama would cooperate too much with conservatives and leave their agenda behind. we'll get the progressive reaction from adam green, next. ready sensei. hey tough guy, that cold needs alka seltzer plus! it has the cold-fighting power of an effervescent packed in a liquid-gel for all over relief! hiyah! dude! >>> members of congress are quickly reacting to the president's speech of course. republican senator scott brown of massachusetts tweeted, it wasn't a rah rah speech but it was balanced and hit on a lot of good points. what does the progressive wing of the democratic party say? adam green of the aggressive change campaign committee joins me next. later the

paul and newt gingrich. what do you make of this, joan walsh? >> well you know, christie's been a commer but the part of his appeal he talks tough but he's always got a pragmatic side and yanking the funding on this rail tunnel is crazy and it's purely politics. i happen to have the privilege of spending this weekend, ed in new jersey, his state of new jersey, at a family reunion being stuck in traffic frequently. anybody who spends any time here knows that's a congested, congested state. >> yep. >> they need to get to new york. there's one tunnel. it's oversubscribed. this was a great project. created jobs and he played politics and said, hey, i'm going to stand up to the administration. i'm not going to take the money. he's going to reconsider and i would bet that he takes the money. >> i couldn't disagree more. i think that one of the issues that's gaining traction for republicans around the country, not just chris christie but scott walker who is going to be the next governor of wisconsin is running to stop a wasteful spending on a high-spee

. >> governor ted strickland and joan walsh, thank you for your time tonight. >>> ahead, conservatives say paul ryan's a man of principle. we are learning it is all smoke and mirrors. wait until you hear what ronald reagan's former budget director is saying today. and they call him a big thinker with big ideas. where are his ideas really coming from? we go inside the big money behind paul ryan. all that flu chris christie didn't get picked for vice president but he got his consolation prize today. where is the gop brand heading? you are watching "politics nation" on msnbc. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. ♪ home of the brave. ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ guts. glory. ram. >>> publicly paul ryan

paul ryan of wisconsin. she's out there as the third leg of the chair, joining me is joan walsh. she has chutzpa.d richard wolfe. joan, you have to pay attention, this person who's fairly new to the political arena is out there saying i think she's saying if sarah palin doesn't run, i will, i'm there. >> i don't know if she's saying i am, but she's certainly saying i'm there. i don't like anything that she stands for. i like her going up against paul ryan. paul ryan was one of the first saying, no, we don't want you as republican conference chair. i don't think it's any accident that the party has enshrined rising star paul ryan to rebutt the state of the union. she's going to come out and rebut paul ryan. >> you rebutted both of them. you knocked them both off their pedestals. we have the thing that freud says slow down, stop it, you're making an ass of yourself. these po these people don't have it. she runs for president without the pretense of running. here she is, issuing out scripts lake a president. like the president, the promise -- yeah, prepared remarks. for iowa tonight, "the promise of

. >>> coming up, ron paul's planning to grab hundreds of delegates in caucus states. joan walsh, richard wolffe, the gop race in the long run. that's next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter using using #edshow. attention - americans living with limited mobility. what do you do when you can no longer get around like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. now you can do more, see more, enjoy life more. here's why hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more maneuverable to get you through the tightest doors and hallways. more reliable. hoveround employees build your chair, deliver your chair, and will service your chair for as long as you own your chair. and most importantly, 9 out of 10 people got

paul ryan is taking a very courageous step in starting us down the road to addressing that problem. >> congressman joe walshht. i think you can expect whatever procedural help you need from democrats to get paul ryan's plan to repeal and replace social security and medicare to come to a vote in the house. >> thank you, lawrence. >> thank you very much. still ahead progressives have been worried that president obama would cooperate too much with conservatives and leave their agenda behind. >> ( speaking chinese ) >> ( speaking chinese ) >> ( laughing ) >> introducing cisco umi. be together in high def on your tv. exclusively at best buy's magnolia stores. cisco. [ william ] three years ago, i started my first real job as a part time sales associate with walmart. when william came in i knew he had everything he needed to be a leader in this company. [ william ] after a couple of months, i was promoted to department manager. like, wow, really? me? a year later, i was promoted again. walmart even gave me a grant for my education. recently, he told me he turned down a job at one of the biggest banks in the count

. >> tonight, michael eric dyson and joan walsh on newt gingrich's dog whistle messaging to the republican party. paul ryan tries to polish that turd of a budget bill in chicago. john nichols is here. >> the president and first lady have made a major mistake in inviting this man to the white house. >> and the defining moment for the ginned up common controversy. john stewart versus bill o'reilly. >> this guy is in the cross hairs in a way that he shouldn't be. whether you agree with him or not. >> thanks for joining us tonight. this is the story that has me fired up first. newt gingrich is i guess you could say blowing the racist dog whistle again. in his speech down in macon, georgia on friday, the newtster took an ugly shot at president. >> president obama is the most successful food stamp president in american history. more people are on food stamps today than at any point in american history and he is proud of it. >> how do you know, newt? have you ever asked him? let's get to the racist part of this. i think we have to put this in the context of what the culture of the south is all about. do you

. >>> coming up, ron paul's planning to grab hundreds of delegates in caucus states. joan walshard wolffe, the gop race in the long run. that's next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter using #edshow. we're right back. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is mary... who has a million things to pick up each month on top of her prescriptions. so she was thrilled that her walgreens pharmacist recommended a 3-month supply and would always be there to answer questions about her health. now mary gets 3 refills in one and for 3 months, she's done. more or less. ask your pharmacist about a 90 day supply today. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." ron paul is in the republican race for the long haul. how do we know? well, he's not going to fade away after iowa. win, lose or draw. he has a strategy to be a thorn in the side of the republica

. >>> coming up, ron paul's planning to grab hundreds of delegates in caucus states. joan walshd wolffe, the gop race in the long run. that's next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter usi using #edshow. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." ron paul is in the republican race for the long haul. how do we know? well, he's not going to fade away after iowa. win, lose or draw. he has a strategy to be a thorn in the side of the republican party establishment right through to the convention. here it is. a map put together by buzzfeed.com showing 12 states holding caucuses instead of primaries. as republicans try to choose their nominee. it gives paul a path to racking up delegates with strong organization and careful planning. this is what he's doing. in ten of these caucus states, paul could rack up more than 400 delegates out of the 2,300 needed for the gop nomination. so if he can't actual

and senator rand paul put a hold on president obama's pick. joining me now is salon's joan walshnd washington post's dana milbank. they can't beat these people so they're doing this obstructing. they're trying to smear this guy. they know he's going to be secretary of defense. there is absolutely no purpose in what cruz is doing except trying to move he's more obnoxious than neocons are. they're just messing around with the government of the united states, i think. >> they're messing around in a particularly ugly way. i mean, ted cruz, this is ugly stuff, chris. and the good news for marco rubio is he makes rubio look like a statesman. and john mccain god bless him is rising to the occasion. and i haven't had many nice things to say about mccain in the last few years. it is separating out the attack dogs and the really vicious people from the people who are merely obstructionists. anyway, marco rubio missed a big moment last night. it's not about the drink of water. it comes down to the fact they do not understand that this new democratic electorate, latinos, women, african-ameri

joe walsh is out there today with a new political action committee. steve king and paulroun are howling in fury that big shots like karl rove are saying who should be the republican nominees and who shouldn't. today it was eric cantor's turn. the young dick nixon of the gop house is now saying he wants change. trouble is what he's said before and where he talked today. the super hawk of the party gave his manifesto at the city's nonprofit war room, the american enterprise institute. what he came out for, some new dedegree that colleges have to conduct employment surveys to say what jobs there are for history majors, english majors, you name it. i guess he wants to cut down on these people taking liberal subjects in college that allow you to think and express yourself. he sounds like he wants the federal government to have become a helicopter mom hovering over all of us. and they say democrats are intervening in people's live. what will republicans do next to try to deflect from their history of starting unnecessary wars, chasing minorities and others from the polling pla

paul brown. i think it's only begun. thank you very much, have a nice weekend fellas. joan walshnd richard wolfe. >>> up next, the colbert report, i was lucky to get on with steve, what a great guy, even though he plays this crazy person. next on "the sideshow." you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. as much as i can about a company before i invest in it. that's why i like fidelity. they give me tools and research i can't get anywhere else. their stock screener lets me search for stocks with more than 140 criteria. i can see what their experts are thinking and even call them to bounce an idea off of one of their investment professionals. a good strategy relies on good insigh

walsh, editor at large, salon.com. great to have both of you with us. i want to play this. here's a voter's reaction to newt trashing paulou just did to paul ryan is unforgivable. >> i didn't do anything to paul ryan. >> you undercut him and his allies in the house. you're an embarrassment to our party. >> i'm sorry you feel that way. >> get out before you make a bigger fool of yourself. >> joan walsh, how did that turnaround take place? look where newt is today. what do you make of it? >> i think the republican primary is wonderful. it's kind of like a children's t-ball game where everybody gets a chance to win. everybody gets a chance to be in first place for a little while, ed, and it's very nice for all of their egos. you know, newt has not gotten any attention because he's been so far behind in the polls and came out so terribly. if he's going to be the front run er, newt's baggage, he has so much baggage that his baggage has baggage. he's not going to survive a close primary where he's suddenly going to get the full focus, the full spotlight on him. it's not going to happen. >> e.j., what do you make of newt gingri

. >> joan walsh, newt gingrich and mitt romney were the only ones campaigning in florida today. ron paulalready focusing on nevada. his infrastructure there is very strong. can paul stop romney's momentum after florida, what do you think? >> you know, i don't think he can fully stop the momentum but he can be another bump in the road. there can be a bumpy road on the way to the coronation. there is going to be one in these caucus states. it does make me think how hillary clinton stayed in the race for good reasons, wasn't as bitter as this is, but he can actually rack up delegates, i don't know what he will use them for, make it hard for mitt to reach the magic number where everybody breathes a sigh of relief. that might not have for a long time. >> 49% of americans have an unfavorable view of mitt romney. 51% view newt gingrich unfavorably. what does this mean when it comes to the general election? >> rarely has major party's nominee gone in the general election with such high unfavorables. with mitt romney taking on so much water for stewardship at bain, stewardship of the state of mas

walsh, why do you keep referring to pacts when you talk about paul ryan?ep insisting that we reflect on historical legislative record? you know the man is not interested in those facts. >> well, that's right. but i think america is because, in fact, america is concerned about the debt. but they -- need to have a way to get out of it where we are growing jobs and reviving the middle class. so -- factual argument does have a place and, in fact, what we are bogey to see in this election is obama being charged with reminding people of how he got here. also, setting the record straight when folks like paul ryan who voted for all the policies that -- caused this debt and then when he got into position of responsibility to right the budget, has a ryan budget, martin, as you know, that increase it is debt by $6 trillion in ten years. that's astonishing. he does that because he's unwilling to do anything with the -- anything on revenue. then, of course, he had the opportunity for paul ryan to make congress be on the spot where every one of us would have a vote yes

walsh and political strategist angela ragg. is the president overreacting? let's just say rand paul is spot-on.s the president overreacting? >> he absolutely is not overreacting. the sequester is austerity. it is -- it's not slowing the rate of growth. our population is growing. our needs are growing. if you slow down the amount of spending you've got at a time when you have growth and population, you are making severe cuts. and the sequester is really the first installment on an austerity agenda that poses huge threats according to government and private sector analyses to our abolishmeemployment rate an potential for growth. the president is not lying nor is he being historionic or overboard. >> i don't know what the president strategy is, but it looks to me like there is not one. they're saying different things and reacting on different points and none of them make sense. when you talk about sequestration or across the board cuts, we're talking about things that impact the lives of real people. they want to see small government. well, small government doesn't work when you have a large popul

walsh and alex. i want to start with you, alex on the protests. here is what paulo what mr. obama is doing or even to what they've heard about what he's doing than to who he is. that is the driving force behind the town hall mobs, probably the same cultural and racial anxiety that's behind the birther movement. your reaction? >> i don't know. i wonder how many folks paul krugman actually went out and met with before he wrote that. i think it's unfair to take a couple examples -- isolated examples shall -- >> these are happening every day. >> and the democrats and this network are more than happy to demonstrate those examples while o ignoring the larger debate. >> if i'm interrupting you, and i know how frustrating it is when i interrupt you, imagine what it's like when you have a town hall and you can't get a word in. how can you possibly have a debate when people aren't allowed to have a rational discussion? >> i don't think that's what's happening out in the real world. the congressmen are able to go meet with their constituents. the majority of their constituent

walsh from salon. >>> turning to the far right to find candidates for the senate. this time it's pauled evolution a lie from the pit of hell. he's running in georgia, probably win down there. that's good for the ds. this is "hardball," the place for politics. are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ for the things you can't wash, freshen them with febreze. febreze eliminates odors and leaves a light, fresh scent. febreze, breathe happy. >>> president obama's adding a woman to his cabinet. the president today nominated sally jewel to head the interior department. joule is ceo of sports retailer r

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. >> and joining us now is joan walsh, editor at large of salon.com and chris hayes, my colleague. chris, we're now being told that paulr the nation. are we supposed to give him a standing ovation, because he suddenly realized that defaulting is actually a bad thing for the country? >> well, i think what's remarkable about it was, there was a real moment for about 24 hours -- maybe 36 -- in which it seemed possible that the entire lines of authority in american class politics had completely degraded to the point that wall street could no longer command the republican party not to set the entire world on fire. but luckily, both -- in a perverse way, luckily for all of us, luckily for world financial markets, and for the lord's of finance who occupy the great lower district of this city -- >> yes. >> -- they were able to impose their will on them. weirdly, it is a relieve. it is a bizarre circumstance to find yourself in, in which you are rooting -- you are sitting there rooting the kind of american oil garbagy is placing enough calls into the offices of john boehner so that we are all delivered from totally savage destr

of the candidates, mitt romney or paul ryan, ever addressed that number and specifically said we've got to do something about that. i find that just amazing. joan walsh, terry o'neill, great to have you with us. >>> next, find out exactly what to watch for when the election results start coming in tomorrow night. why mitt romney may have a math problem. >>> and later, our mega power panel. howard fineman, richard wolffe, and eugene robinson join me. stay with us. we're right back. >>> we are back. thanks for staying us with. the romney campaign is promising supporters they will have a victory tomorrow night. but his road to victory is narrow. let's take a look at the state's romney needs to win to become president of the united states. joining me is pollster fred yang. good to have you with us tonight. what's the most likely scenario for both candidates tomorrow? >> the most likely scenario is that barack obama will be reelected president of the united states. i think all analysts and pundits from both parties are looking at eight or nine key battleground states. and i think in addition to looking at the national polls, the exit polls and the state p

walsh. >> thank you, ed. >> appreciate your time tonight. >>> coming up bachmann's big power grab just bombed. rand paul just stepped up to the tea partiers. i'll track the crazies in the "the playbook" coming up. >>> what in the heck is going on with the bush tax cuts? and the white house is sending mixed messages. they're trying to clarify it late tonight and we'll talk about that but they better do some clarification. we'll get rapid-fire response on that. >>> plus, a radical right-wing talk show host gets booted off of congressman's payroll. a fox news cracks up and the tan man says, hell no. to the high life. you're watching "the ed show." [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. it's the idea that a car that will never have an accident may be possible. in pursuit of this goal, lexus developed the world's most advanced driving simulator, where

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here was senator paul taking questions about plagiarizing and turning them into the character of the person who caught him plagiarizing. jonathan capehart and joan walsh msnbc contributors. what i think we're looking at here is not a question, of course, of plagiarizing from wikipedia with all its own problems and credibility problems which we've all come across, but plagiarizing and being caught doing it instead of saying got me. which he should have said you got me. a staff member was rushing through a preparation for something i said. put it in the speech without putting it in words for me simply using their words. instead of admitting that, he jumbles the story, talks about the plot line of movies, moves the conversation just like they conflate one with another subject and hope the people don't have a memory. but we do. your thoughts. >> exactly. all he had to do was say you know what, we messed up. she got me. i apologize. my staff will do better. and let's move on to more substantive issues that the american people care about. and that would have been the end of it. the american people are a very forgiving people. people on the left and rachel m

walsh. >> thank you, ed. >> appreciate your time tonight. >>> coming up bachmann's big power grab just bombed. rand paul just stepped up to the tea partiers. i'll track the crazies in the "the playbook" coming up. >>> what in the heck is going on with the bush tax cuts? and the white house is sending mixed messages. they're trying to clarify it late tonight and we'll talk about that but they better do some clarification. we'll get rapid-fire response on that. >>> plus, a radical right-wing talk show host gets booted off of congressman's payroll. a fox news cracks up and the tan man says, hell no. to the high life. you're watching "the ed show." [ female announcer ] olay professional pro-x. sold out online in 17 minutes. beauty editors are raving. the clinical results are astounding. olay professional pro-x. read all about it at olayprofessional.com. >>> coming up, house speaker nancy pelosi. she's not mincing any words. she says that the debt cutting plan alan simpson and his geezer friends put out is simply unacceptable. the afl-cio says it's telling working americans to drop dead. i couldn't agree mor

. >> you know, even though they're embarrassed by walsh and aiken and mourdock, if you really get down to it, mitt romney and certainly paulet rid of planned parenthood, that he would like to overturn roe versus wade. supreme court nominees could absolutely do that if mitt romney were the president of the united states, and so we're really looking at an anti-woman, anti-woman's health ticket up and down. president, vice president, senators, house of representatives, and i think that women have to take note and you know, the poll that said that for most women, actually the right to control their own bodies is ahead even of the economy. well, they can show it in this election. >> right. as you point out the next president will almost certainly have the opportunity to nominate one or two supreme court justices. >> right. >> does the prospect of a romney presidency not also raise the very clear possibility that in addition to repealing the affordable care act, these two are going to repeal roe versus wade? >> you know, there are all kinds of ways that they could hurt women, probably the most serious would be what mitt romney h

paul ryan? i doubt it. are bachman and the tea party pushing republicans further to the right, threatening to divide them? i'm joined by sal russo. there's john walshnt you to look at something that was said over the weekend in iowa by congresswoman bachman. here she is. >> we know there was slavery that was still tolerated when the nation began. we know that was an evil, and it was a scourge and a blot and a stain upon our history. but we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the united states. i think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forebearers who worked tirelessly, men like john quincy adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country. >> well, i don't know what to make of that, sal. that's balloon head, that's not what our history was founded on. the it went all the way to the civil war. we had compromise after compromise, and lost 600,000 people, the worst catastrophe in our history, because slavery continued through the 1860s, and only ended because of this war, and here his this woman you've made your spokeswoman. that was th

walsh from salon.com. thanks for joining me. >> thanks, rev. >> i want to play something that gop senator rand paul said this weekend about republicans getting blamed for this mess. listen to this. >> i think our demise is a little bit overstated. i would say that both parties are going to catch a lot of blame on this. i think the democrats and republicans are going to catch blame. i don't want to be here. i don't see this as winning or losing. this is a lose/lose situation. >> do some republicans honestly think they're not getting blamed for the shutdown. >> okay, can we all remember this was the guy caught on the open hot mic with mitch mcconnell saying we're winning this thing. he obviously cares about -- very smart. he obviously cares about winning and he has no know they're losing. it's possible they don't know they're losing. when you hang out with a bunch of neo-confederates on the mall who carry confederate flags to the home of our first african-american president, maybe you do live in a bubble. gallup showed the same thing. they are plummeting in the nation's esteem. but democrats are okay and the president's fine. >> but ho

walsh, we do know one thing, mitt is not satisfying the conservatives. and it looks like newt gingrich is exploding and nobody believes that ron paul can run the table. so we'll see. >> and we were right. you know, last week we were talking to ourselves, gee, we know he's going to fall, but when is he going to fall? he's falling, ed. we were right. >> that's right. thanks, joan. appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, rush limbaugh is back in "psycho talk" tonight. this time he's saying democrats are the ones who are uninform? i'll bring out my favorite study about fox news viewers. you won't want to miss it. stay with us. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not p

paul krugman says his actions are stupid. salon.com's editor joan walshling like he doesn't have a karp in the world. he, obviously, has the confidence of barack obama and is, obviously, repeating what he has heard from the president, right? >> there are three things about this that i think don't make sense. number one, you hear robert gibbs say we watch a lot of cable news. i thought the thing about the press shop what they bragged about their campaign efforts they didn't watch cable news and stayed out of it. this is one of those tempest in a teapot for that reason. number two, i can't figure out. i'm sure the white house does not like the professional left and i'm sure they feel the professional left is too focused on the public option and not on the fact they got health care forum and too focused on liz wedge warren and not focused on the fact they got financial regulation but why say it in a publication like the hill. what is the possible upside when you're considering that move? and my hunch on this is that it wasn't a planned attack. it was just a