thank you, lauren ashburn-w a little edge there. a little shot with the elbow.ery much. to somebody really rich, as you point out. $100 million person a year can probably take the shot. thank you, bonnie fuller, for both sides tonight. when we return, let me finish with my hopes for the next pope. he's going to need to be strong, young, and yes, i think liberal. and you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto-insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for

joining me now is lauren ashburn and dana milbank from "the washington post." u both for being here tonight. >> hi, reverend. >> lauren, let me go to you first. we've seen this hollywood obsession with washington grow. why is there such a strong connection? >> there is such a strong connection because washington wants to be hollywood and hollywood wants to be washington. you see that every year with the big dinner, the white house correspondents' dinner. and while ashley judd may be really good on a movie set, coming to capitol hill and working is a big, different kind of fantasy land. that's for sure. >> dana, we've seen others transition. schwarzenegger, the terminator was elected governor of california from 2003 to 2011, sunny bono, he was elected in 1988. fred grandy from "the love boat" served in the house of representatives. and the d.a. on "law & order" served as a senator from tennessee for nine years. so others have made the transition. it has been done. sure, reverend. when we can get someone from hollywood who is actually ugly, they are excited about

>> okay, thank you, lauren ashburn. you very much to somebody really rich, as you pointed out. a hundred million dollar person a year can probably take the shot. thank you from both sides. >>> when we return, let me tell you my hopes for the next pope. he's going to need to be strong, young and, yes, liberal. [ male announcer ] this is the opposite of subliminal advertising... there's no subtext... just tacos. yeah, it's our job to make you want it. but honestly... it's not that hard. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican.

. >> lauren ashburn and howard kurtz welcome back. >> thank you. brown: we talked a lot during the campaign about this notion of using social media for the president and mitt romney, for that matter, to reach out. lauren, what are they doing now with this new morphed organization? >> well, this o.f.a., which is essentially all of the campaigns -- social media, facebook, twitter -- all of that apparatus is now going to be used for issues, for immigration, for gun control, for a variety of issues that the obama administration is is trying to push. >> but the question is, lauren, can... even though the o.f.a. has gotten the 33 million facebook friends and 22 million twitter followers and so on, can it galvanize the kind of grass roots support that it did during a campaign when you had a definite opponent in mitt romney and not just... >> brown: exactly. the question is, what are they asking people to do? during a campaign it's vote for me and get your friends to vote for me. >> right. brown: what do they ask now? it's give me $5 and give me your email

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howard kurtz, and lauren ashburn, contributor for the daily beast and editor in chief for the daily downloadto have you on this side of the table. >> miss that side. >> that's all right. john will give you a shot at it a little bit later. in the next two months, the u.s. agriculture department is expected to approve a horse slaughters plant in roswell, new mexico, so equine meat can be produced in this country. this after the valley meat company sued the usda over the lack of inspection services for horses going to slaughter, according to a spokesperson, the obama administration has been trying to get congress to reinstate a ban since 2011. all of this considering a lot of the conversation we've had over the past week, plus, has been about this horse meat showing up in products that were not supposed to have horse meat in them. >> what is the market? i understand buffalo was the hot meat for a while. are a lot of people dieing to go to mcdonald's to get a horsey burger? >> here in this country, we have a hugic factor. but in lot of countries, people have horse meat. depending on how they get

welcoming back my hot topics panel, lauren ashburn, i want to hear you weigh in on this. year is 2013. anything i write on cnn e-mail i think who could be reading this in the i.t. folks who could be reading this at any given time. this is perfectly legal. >> and people are reading it. >> they are. >> of course they are. >> the question is, if we're talking harvard and this institution of free thinking, does it matter ethically where you work if you can do this? >> harvard, they're not dummies. that's why they are harvard. right? and a lot of great and famous people have gone there and they would all tell you that you do not put anything in e-mail that you don't want your company to see. now, from a management point of view, excellent tool, right? and the new york times reports today that only the -- not the personal e-mail, but the actual professional e-mails -- >> two different e-mail accounts at harvard. >> only the professional one that was looked at, correct. but if you are putting anything in there that is of a personal nature, or if you're leaking anything, manageme

." >>> let me introduce fred francis and founder of 15seconds.com and lauren ashburn, editor of dailydownl d dailydownload.com. we just saw the steubenville verdict. trent mays one of the kids just convicted in this case tweeted pictures from that night when all of these guys surrounded and we've all seen that photo. we can put it up on the screen of the woman looking drunk and unconscious. he tweeted this himself. what is the reaction on social media with the two convictions this morning? >> pretty harsh towards these two boys. enjoy jail, you blank, see you in the joint. can't wait it meet you, i mean, beat you. a little others higher brow saying this is a victory for the college life movement. which is basically saying that, you know, they don't want drunken parties like this and girls to be taken advantage of. and that this speaks volumes for potential victims. >> and, you know, some of those pictures might not have been carried by the traditional media and why social media is such an important pipeline now. let me turn to the world of television news and talk about "today" show. when

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and lauren ashburn of the daily download and author of "the secrets of happy families." feller. we saw black smoke rising above the chapel at sistine chapel. 115inal electors. two unsuccessful votes. cardinals will return in 3 1/2 hours for the afternoon vote. 12:30 eastern is the next time we could see a smoke signal. if they fail to choose a pontiff, voting concludes at 2:00 p.m. for the day. let's go to chris cuomo in rome. >> reporter: how are you? three votes, no pope. okay? that was somewhat anticipated. john allen has been saying that today is somewhat like the super tuesday when it comes to the conclave. a leader will have to show they could get 77 votes or they either show or go and maybe they start discussing new names altogether. we are in what could be the most important period of the day, not just because they get to eat lunch and have a little proposal or rest. this is when they can meet, when they can talk, when they can have the types of hard discussions to clarify the voting. once they re-enter the conclave, it's not a time to politic. it's a prayerful p

welcome everybody our team this morning, howard kurtz, the host of cnn's" reliable sources" and lauren ashburnbeast and john and christine as well. all eyes on wall street, stock futures higher ahead of the opening bell could indicate another all-time high, lots of good news, also anticipation building for the february jobs report which is due out in just about 30 minutes. how are you feeling about that? >> i feel both matter for your money for stocks if you're an investor, run of the mill investor with a 401(k) this has been a good move for you, a good run for you. the dow jones industrial average is up 9% just so far this year. we would take that for a whole year any time but just so far this year. we can't predict where it keeps going but you have a stock market reflkting corporate profits coming in strong and record amounts of cash from many of the companies. is that translating into how you feel? are you feeling better? many of you are saying no you aren't and looking to the jobs report in 29 minutes to find out if we are starting to see hiring coming in. there are positive signs in the j

ashburn and joe. we don't have you on enough. >> i'm here. >> well said. laurenu're always great. >>> up next, this year's must-have souvenirs for the right-winger in your family. this is "hardball." the place for politics. there is no mass produced human. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. a collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs - each of your bodies. you'll only find sleep number at one of our over 400 stores nationwide. where queen mattresses start at just $699. and right now enjoy the lowest prices of the season on our most popular bed sets. sleep number. comfort individualized. >>> ha! back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." it's not often you can see the week in late night comedy was dominated by pope jokes. election of pope francis i inspired david letterman. >> number ten, "leviticus and shirley." number seven, "abstinence in the city." number five, "i dream of service." number three, "two and a half wise men." number two, "the

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