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so elizabeth colbert busch, with the name, democrat, beside her name is probably worse than having thert" behind her name. >> she will need all the fundraising prowess of her brother, and all the super pac that can be generated. there is a more republican population, a lot of folks coming from the north, who are fiscally conservative, but don't share that evangelical fervor, on the other hand, a lot of them share that forgiveness. >> christianity is all about being forgiven for your sins. >> so we're writing off a lot of votes that we should not. >> i mean, that is the math, john mccain fit in that district, president obama, 42, but mitt romney, 58, barack obama, 40, that seems to me that it makes it a referendum on sanford. if those republican voters there can find him acceptable, then it is his. and if they can't, that would be the only chance for the democrat to win. >> right, with maybe some surreal combination of just grass roots, like energy created by steven colbert that we don't even know exists. it may be a sense of his power, but maybe he has way more on the ground than we ca

. >> and elizabeth colbert-busch is running for congress in south carolina. she is not related to george w. bush, but she is related to stephen colbert. that's his sister. >> stephen: holy cow! my sister's running for congress! [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "colbert"] you better be cheering for me! [laughter] now, lulu -- lulu is what we in the family called her growing up. i can still call her that because she still calls me by my childhood nickname: stephen colbert. [laughter] now right away, i want to dispel one of the vicious media rumours that is swirling out there. >> colbert-busch is stephen colbert's sister. >> she might be getting a little free tv time. >> stephen: wrong! no free air time, lulu. as a broadcast journalist, i am obligated to maintain pure objectivity. it doesn't matter that elizabeth colbert busch is intelligent, hard working, compassionate, and dedicated to the people of south carolina. [cheers and applause] i will not be mentioning any of that on my show. [ laughter ] besides, i'm not sure i can support her because she is runn

. >> jimmy: your sister, elizabeth -- >> -- colbert-busch, she's running for congress.to be the democratic -- >> woo! >> -- nominee in the first district of south carolina, so -- >> jimmy: this is major. >> yeah. this is huge. >> jimmy: how exciting is that? >> it's -- it's fantastic. it's kind of weird for me because i talk about politics all the time on my show. and i've -- you know, i've run for president a couple of times. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] >> but i don't actually -- >> jimmy: sorry about that, by the way. >> thanks, very much. you know, you want to give. but -- [ laughter ] i don't actually have anything to offer people in a public office. >> jimmy: no. >> you know, it's natural for her to run because she has skills and something to offer society. i am professionally ridiculous. [ light laughter ] and so -- i just that what i do for a living doesn't sully her good character. >> jimmy: no, i don't think so. i think it should help. >> really, have you seen my show? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i listen to the audio books. >> did you? >> i really do, yeah.

going -- who is willing to compromise and willing to put south carolina first, and that's elizabeth colbert buschher up. of course, elizabeth colbert busch, famous brother who pronounces his name very differently, by the way. let's hear what he said rise entally about his sister. >> holy cow. my sister is running for congress. as a broadcast journalist i am obligated to main pure octoberivity. it doesn't matter that my sister is intelligent, hard working, compassionate and dedicated to the people of south carolina. >> jamie, what are people saying about elizabeth colbert busch on the ground there? >> listen, she's new to politics, but, craig, she's a natural. people just really, really love her, and the energy that she's bringing out on the campaign trail is amazing, and she has a business background. for, you know, for years she's been doing business development, either in the maritime industry or for clemson university. we're very, very proud of her, and she will be the typical type of candidate that you'll see from the south carolina democratic party in the months to come. >> if it's -- if it'

enter democrat elizabeth colbert busch, she is a business director and mother of and big sister to stephenolbert. colbert is a front runner in a two-person primary. her brother jokingly summed up the race. >> i'm not sure i can support her because she is running as a democrat. a, i take that as a personal a front and two, there so many great choices on the republican side. >> in a state where the govern nor and both senators and all but one of the members of the house of accerepresentatives rug as a democrat. good morning. >> good morning. >> let me start with the basic question. why do you think to be in congress? >> i want to be in congress because i think it's time to have a common sense approach to what's happening and to represent my district and to stop this extreme behavior and dysfunctional behavior in washington, d.c. >> when you say extreme and dysfunctional behavior, what do you mean? define it? do you mean there is not compromise or do you mean it's more republican fault or democrats? what do you mean by this? >> what i mean is both sides are digging their heels in and no one i

you have to face elizabeth colbert-busch.k sanford spent 20 years as a political office holder or traditional sort of a republican hack. teddy turner sorted of a fringe candidate. the rest of these folks, i mean, are just -- >> she is stephen colbert's sister. i understand she pronounces her name the traditional way. there was concern her brother was going to use his tv show to push her. >> it doesn't matter that my sister is intelligent, hard working and compassionate and dedicated to people of south carolina. i will not be mentioning any of that on my show. >> so, chad, could she be a formidable candidate against whoever comes out of this on the republican side? >> i'm glad dick brought that up. ms. colbert-busch problem is she has embraced the afl-cio endorsement of her. if they had their way, boeing would have never located in south carolina and we would not have had all of those jobs that went to democrats and republicans. so we're looking forward to a spirited race but we win this thing for the republicans. >> chad conn

and elizabeth colbert busch, she goes by colbert, will be on this show next week. finally, the other big political story today has to do with healthcare. florida governor rick scott has announced he will expand medicaid under president obama's healthcare law. scott becomes the seventh healthcare governor and the fifth running for re-election in 2014 to accept the expansion. basically you could look at it that just about any blue governor in a state that obama carried seems to be finding a way to compromise on healthcare and that includes scott, even before he was thought of as a candidate in any state, he put his opposition to healthcare and he made it the center of his 2010 campaign. >> so i bet you're wondering, where have i seen that handsome bald guy before, right? it was here, when i was a leading critic of the obama health plan. he asked for it. he thinks more government is all the the answer. >> not surprisingly conservatives land blasted scott's decision. quote, today he came out in the medicaid expansion he vowed to oppose. at every level of government, it

elizabeth colbert busch, candidate for south carolina, obviously a victim of campaign sabotage with the satellite going down, as i said, for the first time in the history of this program, thank you very much for giving us your first national television interview, sort of. you can actually in the next show promise them they will see your face, you will talk live, and then they can have that as their big selling point. >> okay, we'll do that. >> thank you very much elizabeth, you get tonight's last word. >>> the roar of the right. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington, let me start with this tonight, with the angriest cries from the right. listen to them. they arise from the last row of the latest town meeting of the tea party. they voices reach up to the highest levels of the gop. the republican party, a long time ago the party of prudence and fiscal responsibility is now the war party of the mideast, the stop the government party here at home. watch tonight as someone who has pandered to those extremes. we start tonight with the tea party and what it

elizabeth colbert busch will be my guest for a last word exclusive. her first national television interview tomorrow. >>> the demolition party. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. it's what the president started today, an all-out challenge to the republicans to stop these crazy manufactured crises we've been having. every few months now we've got another deadline, another abyss, another coming government shutdown. this brinksmanship has become elemental to american politics. republicans now threaten to bring government down to a crashing halt regularly. democrats have to plead with them, practically beg them not to do it. well, this torpedo politics, if you want to call it that, started with newt gingrich in the '90s he was the first right wing radical saying making government work isn't our job, bring it down is our job. bring it to our level is. destroy it, get people to lose faith in it. lose faith in the ability of the country to do something right. today president obama warned of th

elizabeth colbert busch jumped into the race too.n special elections where turn out is expected to be low. >> it's such a sprint to the election. the candidates who are known even in a negative way, that's an advantage. >> we are talking about a tight time frame. the race started in mid-december when they moved over to the senate and the primary is set for mid-march. that's not a lot of time to introduce yourself to voters and especially more importantly to win them over and before you ask, elizabeth pronounces her last name differently than stephen colbert. >> for television sometimes you change it a little bit. >> burger king's twitter account hacked. wait until you see what they tweeted. with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started