this morning, advertising executive donny deutsch. i didn't like that exchange. ore expensive than that. he called the style arrogant pug nasty, i appeal. is this what ipeels to republican voteers? donny so impressed to listening to you on "morning joe." expand on what you think the personality fit is of rick perry and why it's good for the rs this time around or any time. >> let's look at the last two republicans what i'll call in a soulful way connected to the party. ronald reagan and george w. before he kind of fell off a cliff and both those guys had a quality of an arrogance, i'm right, you're wrong. i'm ready for a fight. even that kind of smirky quality. if you watch perry last night, whenever, for instance, anybody was going after me, had this kind of like smirk like, what are you talking about? i'm right, and if you look at a persona of a party. if we were going to describe the republican party as a person, let's think about its wall street. it's the tea party. it's we'd rather fight than switch. look at the congress. we're not negotiating. that's what re

thank you so much, donny deutsch. know what you're talking about. >> appreciate it. >>> when we return -- by the way, who was the actor who said knock this off my shoulder, the battery? >> robert stack. >> robert conrad. thank you. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] sitting. waiting. hoping. that's a recipe for failed investing. open an e-trade account and open doors, seize opportunities, take action with some of the most powerful yet easy-to-use trading tools on the planet all built to help you maximize the potential of every dollar you invest. successful investing isn't done by throwing ideas against the wall and hoping. it's done by lowering your costs and raising your expectations by using unbiased research and powerful screeners to build a diversified portfolio with stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and every etf sold. and we'll help you every step of the way. with 5-star research and free education covering everything from the basics to advanced investing strategies. start now and we'll

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donny deutsch is such a jerk.ver say a word. because my team just talked for me. but donny -- >> that's not the deutsch way. >> turning now to the news. >> let me put it another way. the red sox suck. >> pat buchanan, let's talk about the 2012 presidential race. a new poll showing mitt romney in the lead. and rick perry's support has just collapsed. look at these numbers then we'll pa it around the rest of the table. romney at 23%. he's picked one over the last month. rick perry at 19% has dropped precipitously losing 1/3 of his support. a big shot here. cain helped by the florida straw poll. i guess for people right now it did mean something. cain up 11 to 17%. gingrich 11%. paul 6%. huntsman 4%. bachmann about as fast a drop as i've seen since the iowa poll. and santorum at 3%. let's talk headlines first. the horrible week in polls here. 19%, perry. >> he's in real trouble. i think perry's got to win iowa or he's going to lose it. i think if romney can win iowa, it's all over. he'll go straight into new hampshir

back with us onset, we have mark mckinnon and donny deutsche. >> donny deutsche, a good day yesterdayught netanyahu was a little condescending. i don't need anybody from any country telling the president of the united states nice job. you know what, bebe, keep it to yourself. and this is a pro-israel guy. i thought the president did a pretty darn good job in a difficult situation. >> i actually think in the last couple weeks he's found some mojo between this and the jobs bill. he's carrying a different weight. i like what i saw. >> i am, too. what do you think of the president yesterday? >> good. i mean, it was the right tone and the right approach. i think you've got -- french doing an end run. >> the french doing an end run? this is a shock. >> i'm just confused, though. a few months ago -- i'm not the smartest guy around. >> whatever. >> contrast this with, okay, let's go back to the pre-1967 borders. >> right. >> help me with that. i wouldn't think the same thing would be coming out of this guy's mouth. so help me out. what happened? how did he find god? i don't mean the israeli g

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. >> and this is where we can draw, excuse me for one second, donny deutsch, this is where we can drawi believe there are so many parallels between the bush administration and the obama administration and partisans on both sides don't like that but no tough choices were made during the bush administration. no tough choices are being made during the obama administration. one of their great achievements, if you ask them, what is one of your great achievements? they will go back to december of 2010 and say, well, you know, we extended the bush tax cuts plus we got unemployment benefits. they blew through along with the help of the republican congress a trillion dollars in one week. no tough choices by republicans or democrats alike anymore. >> choices that obama has had more tax cuts than bush. that he has 1.6% of gdp versus bush's 1.1%. >> triple the number of troops in afghanistan. >> you know, we -- i go back to what i said before. there doesn't want to be any sacrifice anywhere. >> that's it. it's been like that for a decade. >> and we have to start at the top. you talk about leadersh

you know, when i tell donnie deutsch to be self-aware it's the same thing. >> yeah.. >> joining us now pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. >> he's in trouble. he's in trouble. >> i hear i've had a bad morning already. >> you have. >> mika is not amused. >> well, your column has been called on this show already "premature" and "out of line" by some of your closest friends. so having said that, i'll now read it. it's called "christie's hefty burden." i don't know if you are responsible for that, but i'll assume not and give you the benefit of the doubt. >> thank you. >> you say this. whether or not he lets himself be persuaded to run for president, chris christie seems to find some way to lose weight. like everyone else, elected officials perform best when they're in optimal health. christie obviously is not. you could argue that this is none of my business, but i disagree. christie's problem with weight ceased being a private matter when he stepped into the public arena and it's no