and that's one of the reasons you cast the net is you're looking at people like bill richardson who mightt not be the vp, but also might or might not -- >> i don't think mitt romney is going to choose bill. >> well, he's got to have one democrat in the administration. can you be transportation, governor? >> you will not serve? >> in the end, this election is going to be so close. i think the president wins it very narrowly in those southwest states. you know, all this do no harm, who's going to be the best vp, ready to be president, you know, i'd love that. that's a civics class statement. but in the end, it's how can i win, and eke out a narrow victory? and i think governor romney is going to have to find a game changer. >> so who is obama going to pick for vice president, then, to do that? >> he's got a good one. he's got the vice president. >> they already made the lawn signs. they can't change that now. >> biden is strong, he's strong in pennsylvania. he's strong with middle-class voters. >> i want to come back, talk about the big health care decision that's coming down, it will be pa

former new mexico governor bill richardson. thanks for joining us, governor.i want to play something actually from mitt romney's speech yesterday to this same group of latino leaders. and something he said has happened in the hispanic community since president obama took office. >> while the national unemployment is still above 8% and has been for 40 straight months, hispanic unemployment is at 11%. over 2 million more hispanics are living in poverty today than the day when president obama took office. >> he's absolutely right on those figures. can you tell me the reason behind the strong latino support for the president which is running about 66% when put up against mitt romney? >> well, candy, the governor's statistics are not right. in fact, latino unemployment has gone down 1.6% in the last 27 months from 13 to about 11. secondly, on the economic front, too, because of the president's payroll tax cut, 25 million more hispanics have gotten a tax cut. loans to hispanic-owned small businesses. the president wants to grow the economy from the middle out rather

and bill richardson was caught taking $25,000 from one of the companies involved cdr and in return for that, he promised that he would keep hiring that company. that all came out in the trial. this was os tensionbly the reason why he wasn't naked commerce secretary. >> really? >> yeah. this was that scandal that kind of prevented his nomination but it kind of disappeared for a while and it resurfaced in this trial. there was a lot of ugly testimony about richardson. >> the only bright light in stories like this are journalits like you matt taibbi. thank you so much. can wall street learn from the mafia? it appears in the latest rolling stone magazine on line 2. >> yes. >> thank you for your time. it is a pleasure to meet you. thank you for your service. jack abram off will give us the insider's perspective, if obama was hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the ca

some key voices are here, former democratic governor of new mexico, bill richardson.hell. and politico's jonathan martin. >> good morning. a lot of focus here this morning on the week ahead in washington. it's going to be a crucial week. all eyes on the supreme court. two big decisions. the biggest, of course, the health care decision. will the president's health reform law stand up or be struck down by the supreme court? also on the topic of immigration, the law in arizona. seen as a pretty aggressive law to crack down on illegal immigration, that will be decided as early as tomorrow. so a lot to get to. and of course the big question will be what will the political impact be on this presidential campaign? joining me now, the republican senator of florida, author of the new book "an amer s

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. >>> this sunday on "meet the press" darrell issa and bill richardson as well as marco rubio joining david gregory to talk about the showdown over the fast and furious controversy. ♪ the one and only, cheerios [ male announcer ] considering all your mouth goes through, do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine... power to your mouth. >>> the author of the definitive book on bill clinton has now taken on barack obama. this time, david mareness has circled the globe, journeying 40,000 miles from kansas to kenya to indonesia and honolulu to find the forces that shaped the character of the 44th president of the united states. joining me now is david mareness. great to see you again. congratulations. you won the pulitzer for the clinton book and you've done so much, but this could have been even a bigger challenge, not just the miles traveled but all of the different competing forces that shaped this man who is our presiden

bill richardson was talking about this over the weekend. this is what the former governor of new mexico had to say. >> i think it's a huge defeat it the supreme court strikes any part down, even the individual mandate for the american people. just this week several million kids got their health insurance. i think there's going to be a real uproar against a politicized supreme court. you know, here they're making political decisions. >> what do you think, charles? >> well, i disagree with him on two small points, which is the messaging point. it's not that the obama administration has lost the messaging. it was an impossible war to ever win. you have a 2,000-page bill. i think most people in the country don't understand the full breadth of this pitch most people who talk about it on tv for a living don't understand the full breadth of the bill. that became the problem. >> well, part of the problem is is that people don't like -- when you look at polls they don't like the individual mandate, and that messaging was this is big government run a

coming up next on msnbc, chris "jansing & co.," she will speak with former new mexico governor bill richardson. the goatee is back on monday. enjoy the weekend. >>> the heat is over with as we go through the weekend in new england but we're still watching very hot conditions in the desert southwest to colorado down through texas. one of the bigger stories that could develop is a tropical system may develop down in the gulf of mexico so the chances of rain in florida are pretty good over the next couple days. have a great weekend. [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> good friday morning. i'm chris jansing. right now the president is on hiss way to florida. this afternoon he'll give a speech that could be

ell issak with darrow and bill richardson. "this week" avalos with an appearance by issa and of the airbus zero. the democratic member of the oversight committee, elisha cummings. up go state of the union" three years at 3:00 p.m.. democratic congressman louis grittier is also carlos cuddy areas. bob schieffer talks with rick perry. antonio di rvillagarosa. readers of the five network talk shows begin with "eat th meet the press." finally, "face the nation" at 4:00 p.m. listen to them all here on c- span radio at 90.1 fm, xm 119, on your blackberry, or our iphone app. >> when did clean energy become on 30 word? what is wrong with clean energy? you can believe what you what about our existing energy sources but why couldn't you believe there is an opportunity for clean energy? >> i think we need to create demand in the next five to 10 years for renewals to offset the advantages that fossil fuels have had. it is clearly happening on a state-by-state basis. it would be more effective it did -- if it was a federal policy. >> natur

. >> reporter: west virginia university professor bill richardson says it all began here on the westginia-kentucky border in the wake of the civil war where some had sided with the union; others with the confederacy. >> huge amount of tension. you talk about brother against brother. that's exactly the kind of situation here. neighbor against neighbor. >> reporter: randall mccoy's brother asa harman was one who fought for the union. >> he didn't come home. some of the hatfields who were southern sympathizers and soldiers tracked him down and murdered him. >> reporter: the hatfields trackd down this mccoy and murdered him simply because he was a union soldier. >> absolutely. reporter: that was 1865. and so began skirmishes over land and valuable timber rights. but the next major battle came in 1878 over a hog, of all things. >> well, randall mccoy got into a dispute with devil's cousin and best friend hatfield over a hog. he thought that floyd had stolen his hog. people in those days they needed that hog for protein. it fed a family of four for 30 days. >> reporter: the case went to tr

. >> bill richardson. >> i think there will be a real uproar against a politicized supreme court.> ruhl gahava. >> no rupert murdoch tweeted that. >> what! [ applause ] >> not happy with mittens. they just seem so unhappy with their candidate. [ laughter ] >> shame. let's go to mike in chicago. >> hey, steph. hey, everyone. first of all if she does show up, could you explain hugo chavez does not own the voting software in the united states. and obama donates money to hamas. where is their mailbox? >> apparently that was the first thing he did as president. >> yeah. >> in 2009 wasn't it the republicans who said they don't have time for witch hunts regarding the bush administration, and because the economy is in such shambles. according to the republicans the economy is still in shambles but they have time for these witch hunts. >> yeah. >> how mad is eric holder now that he didn't do any investigations. it's not too late. and he might want to look into the koch brother's record-keeping abilities also. >> as somebody said mike, they are pissed about a bunch of things. he is trying t

some key voices are here, former democratic governor of new mexico, bill richardson.

appreciate the work and the sacrifice that democrats have made to bring this bill forward to the supreme court. thank you. >> laura richardson of california. >> i would just like to focus on two points. in 1968 at 6 years old, laura richardson from california, i wanted to become a member of congress because i thought that there were laws in the civil rights movement that were unfair. my comments i want to say to chief justice roberts for showing for the first time in a long time that government can work if we focus on the facts and we do what's right. in my district we have people who cannot afford to have health care. we have young people who due to no fault of their own can't get a job and therefore don't have coverage. today chief justice roberts and the other members of this court said we're going to get back to doing things right. my second point to president obama. i remember many of my colleagues here just over a year ago we walked across the street. we were spat on. we were cussed at for standing up for people. and today now we're able to say that the right thing was done. let's get about doing more work and stop the

with that replica golden gate bridge that the bills in their backyard got a chance to walk the real deal it was the grand finale to larry and barbara richardson san francisco this is mary spence 10 years building his own replica over a creek on their farm back in kansas the veteran says the bridge was the last little piece of america that he saw as a teenager shipping out to vietnam. businesses are circle now. it clear around dent on the got back drafted and it's only this time it's much more pleasant conditions. the richardsons talked for years about making the trip back but they kept putting off until the conical called and told their story and after that donations began pouring in to finance the couple's visits and we have enjoyed having them here all week long. >>> the giants finally hit a home run finally but wasn't enough? for the giants and more men were the things you have to dance like to it follows on the ball from the disabled list on tuesday sent a ball has been now for a month following surgery after eating a sandwich ways that the cause clock please call roger craig's stock by the giant broadcast booth they'll they solo shot in

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardson faces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what h

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardson faces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what h

bill forward to the supreme court. thank you. >> i would just like to focus two points. in 1968 at six years old, laura richardson from california, i wanted to be a member of congress. i thought that there were laws in the civil rights movement that were unfair. i first of all, my comments, i want to say to the chief justice roberts for showing for the first time in a long time that government can work if we focus on the facts. we do what's right. in my district, we have people who cannot get a job and don't have coverage. today the chief justice roberts and the other members of this court said we will get back to doing things right. my second point to president obama, i remember many of my colleagues here just over a year ago we want to cross the street. we were spat on and cussed at for standing up for people. today now we are able to say that the right thing was done and let's stop the politics and help the american people. thank you. >> also of california. and former chair of the progressive caucus. >> thank you, thank you. well today, the supreme court affirmed the will of the american people. but, you know,

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardson faces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what h

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardson faces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what h

bills in their backyard. >>> you'll understand why strangers chipped in to find enough for the trip a lifetime. who resists this bridge to larry and barbara richardsonhance the plan from kansas just to get a firsthand look the first and only time richard and saw to it was when he was in 19 year-old soldier shipping out to vietnam. >>> thats like the last thing you see the united states. and they get back stock to the worst you went home and build a replica a labor of love that took 11 years and $4,000 it sits over a creek and as far outside the top. >>> had hung the pillars what is time. >>> what the man who worked to the post office know about building a bridge? >>> nothing. readers demanded the couple visit. >>> every day people as sent e- mail's they send contributions and bookies of flowers. >>> detach this hotel owner who offered a complementary sweet because they said we decide to get the tickets for the bus and i said i don't think so. did we stop there for the air fare. it was barbara richardson's first plane ride. off the ground was of so beautiful and then when we came over the san francisco and the clouds were moved it was like while. the

richardson so bad. >> jimmy: you did, huh? >> the greatest point guard. that's the arguments about basketball. >> jimmy: who do you think is the greatest player of all time? >> billt? [ laughter ] >> just because his last name is cartwright. cartwright. >> jimmy: just because of that? well, michael jordan played with bill cartwright. >> you ever hear of bill cartwright? >> jimmy: bill was better than mike? he did do that. [ laughter ] was he someone you idolized growing up -- bill cartwright? >> yeah, he was one of them -- him and trip tucker. >> jimmy: did you ever meet him? have you ever had the opportunity? >> i thought for a long time clyde was my fat clyde clyde frazier. >> jimmy: yeah. >> that's why my middle name is spalding. clydes by spalding. i sound like dracula, right? clyde by spalding. >> jimmy: do you socialize with any of the players? >> no. >> jimmy: no, you don't? >> i've got a fiancee. you ain't coming around my woman. >> jimmy: i see. [ laughter ] you're just being very careful. [ cheers and applause ] >> see, you're supposed to watch the game from courtside like this. you're watching the >> jimmy: yeah. >> but she's -- she's sitting right nex