i felt michele bachmann, who i don't often agree with, made some valid points.e unforced errors this issue here is more powerful in ways than some of the conversations around contraception, don't get me wrong, 99% of american women have used it. i've heard the number. nobody talks about that. people talk about their kids, women are insulted when you suggest they stay at home and not work, that something is different about them, less about them. the white house had to move quickly. hilary rosen's a good person. she made a dumb comment in trying to make a bigger point. hopefully she can get back to making those points. i think this is an opportunity for mitt romney to make big gains. >> mike, we were talking yesterday, you said this was a starter gun week for the general election campaign. look at the cover of the "economist" magazine, especially because i'm obsessed with baseball right now be, i thought it was interesting, it talked about the hardball politics coming up. it shows how negative this is going to be, romney on the pitcher's mound with a grenade and t

apparently michelle bachmann happened to miss that memo. what is your take? me talk to ben for a second. >> um, yeah, that one is indefensible. let's not kid ourselves. michelle bachmann says so many really poorly thought-out things that it's possible that she would just misspeak because she doesn't know what she's talking about. keep in mind when michelle bachmann said this, who she was defending was oil speculateors. a surprising position, i would think anybody in this economy defending gas in this day. but she did apologize. she respects all human life, all races and it had nothing to do with race. >> yeah, yeah. >> michelle bachmann is guilty but i'm nor interested in mitt romney. go ahead. >> right, look, you have to put all this together. i mean it's absurd to think that this is not part of a coordinated republican strategy. let's look at all the language just used. first tar baby, which we've already discussed it. then she used the word infantile. she also said that he never takes responsibility. that's another racial stereotype. that some how black pe

no. >>> this half hour, michele bachmann says she wants to unite the republican party.hasn't she endorsed mitt romney? i'll ask her. >>> how about a week in hawaii for one ribbon cutting ceremony. how the gsa spent your money. >>> plus a. sleepy pilot spent his plane diving 400 feet, what he mistook for another plane. >>> the rally around the mitt romney movement picked up big steam today. house speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell say they are ready to get behind the overwhelmingly likely republican nominee. >> and i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> we're all behind him. looking forward to the fall campaign. >> not everyone, of course, has jumped on the romney bandwagon, including congresswoman michele bachmann. she's my guest from capitol hill. is it time to back mitt romney? >> i think like you saw in 2008 when hillary rodham clinton dropped out of the race, 18 million women got behind senator clinton. it took some time for those women to be comfortable with barack obama's candidacy. i think what we are seeing right

with me this morning, new york senator kristen gillibrand and michele bachmann.this green line just appeared on my floor. yeah, that's fidelity helping you reach your financial goals. could you hold on a second? it's your money. roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. i take the stuff everywhere. exactly. everyone's more energized, more alert. i've lost their respect. oh who's laughing now!? gazelle!! [ male announcer ] personal, portable mio energy. [ gazelle laughs ] >>> what you have is milt mitt romney running around the country and saying that what my wife really cares about is women's economic issues. his wife has never worked a day in here life. she has not dealt with the economic issues that the majority of women in the country are facing. >> that was the democratic strategist close to the white house that got all of this started this week. hillary rosen was supposed to appear, cancelled her appearance on friday, trying to

and i'm genuinely curious, if the rumor is correct, that marcus bachmann is gay. why is it okay to make fun of him? was it because it was politics? >> stop it. >> look at this video first of all. >> you don't have to convince me of anything. i'm just asking why it's okay. >> before lz answers, i'm just going to say this, i'm assuming that he's flamboyant, i just thought it was a very funny joke, i didn't analyze it as much as you have, will. but go on, lz. >> don and i have been friends for years, but i wasn't around don when he was a teenager if he tried to convert gay people or not. by it just seems funny that when you are having flamboyant mannerisms and your livelihood is to convert gay men to be straight, i think it's funny. it doesn't matter what your politics happen to be. it just brings up an image, that's all. >> anyway, did we satisfy your curiosity, by the way, since you're so curious? >> there's no doubt it's a funny joke, but there's a lot of funny jokes in the world. i was just wondering why it was okay. but it was a good answer. i didn't mean to rai

marcus bachmann still practicing exgay therapy.ook good in this blouse ♪ >> bachmann and associates please and thank you, the christian counseling clinic still offering exgay therapy. >> you can't spell bachmann and associates without ass. >> no, you just can't. he talked about submitting to god, letting him direct the way. >> apparently your way is the gay way. >> she told me if i wanted to be happy, i could give my problems to the lord and he could take them away. when confronted last summer he admitted the clinic would perform repairtive therapy upon request. how has it worked upon you thus far, marcus? >> he still uses too much teeth on a corn dog. >> i just see you and i see your ass face! >> and i'll tell why i can put up with your people, because you are bastard people. [ laughter ] >> all right. 17 minutes after the hour. >> oh, boy. >> one suspects michele bachmann is still suffering show tunes-related migraines. ♪ you have busted out all over ♪ >> shut up! >> announcer: for a good time call now, 1-800-steph-1-2. ♪ [ recor

you see in this congress michele bachmann and michele bachmann one of these -- wannabe's. there are fights about redistricting. >> use of the one strength the president obama, his rhetorical skill, is not sufficient. >> it has not been used at the scale necessary in this time of crisis. america is in a crossroads. this is a moment comparable to coming out of the great depression. this was a moment coming out of the finaia

michele bachmann is here and you are fired. those are the words high ranking official of the gsa scandal. taxpayers should stop paying his salary. but first, you then at 11:00 p.. now back to "on the record." >> greta: big night for mitt romney. is he the g.o.p. nominee. michele bachmann joins us. it's not official but he swept five tonight? >> this is governor romney's night. i don't think anybody thought it was going to be in contention but it was turning the page in the romney campaign. ultimately to gain access to the white house. now what we need to make sure is obama is a one termer. >> greta: are you ready to endorse governor romney? >> i have been working hard to unite the party. it's not about me. it's about defeating barack obama. i have been working with tea party and bringing people together. i think we're making a lot of progress. >> greta: why don't you endorse him. but now it's fate acome reply, i really speaker gingrich has not moved out. but i take it you would rather have him president than obama as president?

this one came from marcus bachmann, the famously flamboyant runner of the clinics and michele bachmann'ssubject line of the e-mail, i swear to you," shh, don't tell michele ". that is an intriguing e-mail. i didn't click on it but all i can say is this don't worry girlfriend, she already knows. well answer right back. cheertion plaus slow. bet you think you're pretty quick? yeah, i guess it is pretty quick. jesse?!? jesse? jesse?! much obliged. suddenly, everything else seems old-fashioned. ultrabook. inspired by intel. >> welcome back. my guest tonight he is a chef and author. his show for the travel channel is called no reservations. >> people here whenever they have a hangover, they always come, either we take the medium ones or the big once. normally they open better than the small once. all right, so -- >> you can tell me why you fish here. >> you company back here and pick a restaurant, this is say place, they sit there and cook it for us. >> done. >> i got to get out more. >> jon: please welcome anthony bourdain. kmeers plaus-- (cheers and applause) >> all right. >> jon: nice to s

does it even matter if michele bachmann endorses him or rick santorum?n't think it really matters what they say, in particular. but i've noted that some republicans are now trying to defend mitt romney as he heads into the general election by touting the fact that he's been on all sides of all issues. >> yeah. >> and i don't think the white house is going to let him get away with that. they're going to make him choose. they're going to force him to choose the last thing that he did choose, which was a hard right attack to try to get to the right of people like bachmann and perry and santorum on any number of issues in the last six months and the white house, i know from talking to them, and the president says it himself publicly, and so do david axelrod and jim messina and the others, they're going to try to stick mitt romney with the very conservative positions he went with in the last few months. >>> the president said, i don't think the republican nominee is going to suddenly be able to say everything i've said for the last six months. i'm not saying

that was the relentless opponent of a woman's right to choose, congressman michele bachmann, lying onlibrand, appearing with bachmann, chose to sidestep the abortion question that bachmann seemed to be raising, and instead focused on the most recent round of republicans interference with women's choices. >> what's insulting to women is that the republican party in the house of representatives made it part of their agenda that they want bosses to tell women what medicines they're eligible to take. nothing could be more insulting. >> as we reported a little earlier, ann romney told a private audience of rich republicans this weekend just how fake the war on republican moms was last week when she said, "it was my early birthday present for someone to be critical of me as a mother, and that was really a defining moment. and i loved it." and then there is this acknowledgement of reality from mitt romney's 1994 failed senate campaign. >> this is a different world than it was in the 1960s, when i was growing up, when you used to be able to have mom at home and dod at work. now mom and dad bo

he has more pink slips than marcus bachmann. too soon? too soon? if you're not familiar with marcus bachmann, he plays cameron on the show "modern family." stand up. where are you, marcus? >> oh, there he is. >> okay, now i have a question for you guys. okay? >> that -- >> that was just wrong. >> wow. >> that was wrong. >> has more pink slips than marcus -- oh. >> okay, good. >> go ahead. >> let me ask you a question. let me be the host and ask you guys a question. i'm genuinely curious here, if, as the joke suggests, marcus bachmann is gay, but he hasn't come to grips with himself, now i'm asking two guys who have been through this process, i'm honestly curious, why is it okay to make fun of him then? is it just because of his politics or he is a public figure. >> oh, will, stop it. stop it, will. >> i'm serious. >> i'll let you have this. >> stop it. first of all -- >> look at this video, first of all. ♪ >> no, no, no, you don't have to convince me of anything. i'm just asking why it's okay. >> listen, before l.z. answers, i'm just going to say t

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michele bachmann is here and you are fired. those are the words high ranking official of the gsa scandal. taxpayers should stop paying his salary. but first, >>> rivet can testimony from a former aide to one time presidential hopeful john edwards. he is accused of using one million dollars in campaign cash to hide the affair of an mistress. he said he slit money from wealthy supporters. >> a case of mad cow disease for the first time in six years. a cow tested positive and there is a quote, no cause for alarm. health officials say we can't get the disease from drinking milk from infected animals. mad cow is deadly and deadly through tainted food. now back to greta. cord." >> greta: big night for mitt romney. is he the g.o.p. nominee. michele bachmann joins us. it's not official but he swept five tonight? >> this is governor romney's night. i don't think anybody thought it was going to be in contention but it was turning the page in the romney campaign. ultimately to gain access to the white house. now what we need to make sure

romney, the ricks, bachmann, even herman cain, everybody was there. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. officials in afghanistan say a brazen militant attack on the country's capital is now over, after nearly 18 hours of fighting. coordinated attacks rocked the city on sunday, with suicide bombers and gunmen laying siege before an embassy's government buildings and nato bases. it was the most sophisticated attack in years and the taliban spokesman says it's just an opening shot to the spring offensive. targets in three eastern provinces also coming under attack. american officials are praising, though, the response by afghan security forces. still, the sophisticated attacks demonstrate the challenges ahead as the u.s. prepares to withdraw all combat troops by the end of 2014. joining us now, live right in the middle of all in kabul. first of all, it's great to see you. i hope you're doing well there in kabul given all that's going on. tell us where you are, exactly, and what you saw over the last 24 hours or

michele bachmann is here and you are fired. those are the words high ranking official of the gsa scandal. taxpayers should stop paying his salary. but first, election results. >> bret: mitt romney is the big winner in all sides. about an hour ago we held a rousing rally in manchester. >> you have a better chance to get a better job? are you paying less at the pump? >> no. >> if the answer were yes to those questions, then president obama would be running for reelection based house record and rightly so. but because he has failed, he will run a campaign of diversions and distractions and distortions. that kind of campaign may have worked at another place and at a different time, but not here. not now. it's still about the economy and we're not stupid. >> bret: we'll have a recap of tonight's voting and look ahead to the general election. we'll see you then at 11:00 p.m. now back to "on the record." >> greta: big night for mitt romney. is he the g.o.p. nominee. michele bachmann joins us. it's not official but he swept five tonigh

and bachmann added on by the price of dealing with banking. what the hell?with the price of banking? >> except for the atm fee. 2 bucks! >> i saw the sound bite of hilary and the cookies all weekend long -- is that what we're back too? >> yeah, just get over it. get over it. i know so many parents that would love to be stay at home parents. they would nothing more from their lives to be able to take care of their kids. either you cut back drastically on the expenses you have and live a pretty spartan life in order for one partner to be a state at home parent -- which by the way let's not get into the whole debate of how this has impacted stay at home dads. >> yeah. and again, part of it is generational, and -- in my mom's generation, they didn't have much of a choice and they had the luxury because as you said, to be a stay at home for the last generation is an indulgence that is primarily able to the privileged. >> yes. yes. [ laughter ] >> take out -- you know do some renovation on one of your houses in order to get a tax break on what that renovation give

congresswoman bachmann, welcome. always good to have you with us. >> thank you so much.o be with you. martha: what you do i this about that? that group seemed to respond very well to mitt romney. he is sort of looping back around to try to get that tea party support on his side which he had a bit of trouble with during the early parts of this primary process. >> well, that is a very important thing i think for governor romney to do because there is a strong group of people all across the country who affiliate with the themes of the tea party which are essentially the fact that government is spending more money than what it is taking in. we're taxed enough already. no new taxes and follow the constitution. those are the main elements of the tea party movement. plus social conservatives who are also have their concerns and i think it is commendable governor romney is reaching out and trying to bring all of those elements in. we have to unite the party. it doesn't happen overnight. it happens over time. it hasn't even been a week since rick santorum got out of the race but