newt gingrich is an error lobbyist -- uber lobbyist. barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contributed to the atmosphere we live in today. i do think he came into the house. he slashed all of the caucasus and civility. we are seeing this. this is a man who a few days ago talked about education reform in the context of firing the janitors in schools and putting the kids to work. a lot of the media called that unconventional. [laughter] let's repeal child labor laws that we fought hard for in this country. bring in dickens to chronicle it. i do think there is the cruelty amidst the reality show debates we have been subjected to. who is running this, entertainment or news? there is a cruelty when people cheer that someone dies without health care or bbo a soldier that dies in iraq. >> i am joking about herman cain. he is a guy who cannot hide the truth well. that makes me more comfortable with the idea that i know who he is about so i can make a decision. >> are you tal

various shows of newt gingrich and callista gingrich showings available online for just $19.99. so the republicans and conservatives may be at each other's throats, and it's not going away. but newt gingrich is making hay while the sun shines for him, just $19.99. when newt gingrich and michele bachmann and tim pawlenty and jon huntsman and rick perry and everybody else lost in the republican primaries last year to mitt romney, mr. romney by winning the primaries became the leader of the republican party. when mr. romney then lost the general election to president obama and lost badly, and republicans lost in the house and the senate too, nobody thought that mitt romney was the head of the republican party anymore. but then who was? that was 3 1/2 months ago. who is the head of the republican party now? who is in contention to even be taken seriously for that role? who is in a position to be listen with by respect to other conservatives and republicans when he or she speaks from that side of the aisle right now? i mean, consider the landscape of what is going on right now. repub

gingrich wrote this, this is gingrich of all people, saying, i i'm opposed to a bunch of billionaires financing a boss to pick canned candidates in the 50 states. end gas roots small town conservatism. no one person is smart enough nor do they -- you know what is interesting joy, there man is a walking etcha sketch. you can't remember who newt was yesterday. wean he the guy with the bank roll, with -- >> the only reason he was in the republican primary as long as he was because because of a billionaire. then he changes stuff and that's why he is newt gingrich, i guess. >> this is almost different from all of the other nights this week. i know it says it but it is almost like the first time i'm seeing turmoil on the right. when have a lot of little ral finger-pointing, where karl rove is attacked by newt gingrich and, sort of the astonishment crowd. people that like to win every year and they don't care if they win as long as they make a lot of noise. and john boehner is almost irrelevant to this. >> in the '90s we had republicans turn on newt gingrich. that got bloody. >> they kicked

newt gingrich went after the architect himself. gingrich wrote this this week. he says i am unalterably opposed to a bunch of billionaires financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states. this is the opposition of the republican tradition of freedom. that is the system of tammany hall and the chicago machine. it should be repugnant to every conservative and every republican. he's a walking etch a sketch. >> it's absolutely absurd. but without irony, he changes position on this stuff. that's why he's newt gingrich, i guess. >> great having you on, joy. you, too, michael. congratulations on the hubris monday night. >>> coming up, look who's becoming the face for administration. joe biden. he wants to teach jill how to use a gun. it's almost that funny. it's serious business to fight guns. guns -- for gun safety, you have to be for guns. he's laying the groundwork for 2016. he's the regular guy with a shotgun. >>> also the triumph of obama care. republican governors, catch this, are quietly sbieg the obama care plan to increase medicaid coverage. many have opposed

gingrich wrote this this week.his is gingrich by the way of all people saying i am unalterably opposed to a bunch of billionaires financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states. this is the opposite of the republican tradition of freedom and grassroots small town conservatism. no one person is smart enough nor do they have the moral right to buy nominations -- this is adelson's best friend here. -- the system of tammany hall and the chicago machine. it should be repugnant to every conservative and every republican. this man is a walking etch-a-sketch. newt can't remember who newt was yesterday. wasn't he the guy with the bank roller from macao pouring in the millions of dollars to him so he could win the nomination? >> the only reason he stayed in the republican proo marry as long as he did was because of a billionaire trying to pull a tammany hall with him. it's absolutely absurd. without irony he changes positions on this stuff because that's why he's newt gingrich i guess. >> let's talk about what we want to f

newt gingrich went after the art tex i am uopposed to boston. of bill yars financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states. and grassroots small town conservatism. no one person it. he's a walking etch a sketch. >> it's absolutely absurd. but without irony, he changes position on this stuff. that's why he's newt gingrich. >> well congratulations on the hubris monday night. >>> coming up, look who's becoming the face for administration. joe biden. it's almost that funny. it's serious business to fight guns. guns -- for gun safety, you have to be for guns. he's laying the groundwork for 2016. he's the regular guy with a shotgun. >>> also the triumph of obama care. they're quietly buying into the obama care plan to increase medicaid coverage. many have opposed the plan in the past, especially florida's rick scott. he's on board tonight and tonight the man who replaced rick scott and who might replace him, charlie scott is coming on "hardball." what are you doing sunday night? the oscars. who better to tee up? james lipton. he's coming here. >>> fi

gingrich, in effect, spill the beans? >> well, yes and no. if you remember, reverend, i was on your show on thursday or friday and mccain had said basically the same thing. an obama immigration bill would fail. not even concerning himself with what the details were. really, this has been going on since august of 2011. in his estimation, the bill would have created 1.1 million new jobs. and every element had been approved by republicans before, in separate bills. and, yet, every element of it, virtually, was voted down bring the same republican who is had been in favor of it before. and they haven't stopped. but let me tell you, and i said this last week and i think you agree. they're doing this at their own peril. now, i think it's so clear that they won't agree with anything just because the president supports it, they are killing themselves. >> they backed infrastructure spending, they had no problem with deficit spending under president bush. they also backed financial disclosure and captain trade. all 06 that reversed when president obama

joaquin castro, stuart stevens, george will, and newt gingrich, really appreciate your time. >>> up next, in a presidential run in store for this brain surgeon? "the wall street journal" hopes so. our sunday spotlight is next, pl who st spotlight at the white house this week? we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know that your mouth is under attack, from food particles and bacteria. try fixodent. it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> now time for our sunday spotlight. this week shining brightly on dr. ben carson, one of the top pediatric neurosurgeons in the country who made quite a splash with his recent appearance at the national prayer breakfast where with president obama at his side he had some choice words on political correctness and even the flat tax. listen. >> we've reached a point where people are afraid to actually talk about what they want to say because somebody might be offended. what about our taxation system? when i pick up my bible, you know what i se

taking a gamble. >> the gingrich examplis certrtainly instructive. he was "time" of magagazine's mn was atyear and then he littleafavorable, just a on a slow donald trump wednesday. really y bad numbers. he never totally recovered from it. politicalat the heading into this confrontation. the president's numbers are at highest point in any time i in half yearsree and late 2009 in his period and republicans arare at their lowes he has a political advantage, make no mistake abouout it. some republicans understand the core of the house want to the this confrontation. >> of my emails are any indication, people are fed up with this. are, but there''s no one to make a deal with right now on the republican side. republicans are very divided. of republicans to have be around for a while, they not like the idea of a significant but portion of the majority wants the sequestration. theyhink it's great. result of the redistricting ere no one is really accountable. >> i disagree. the real story here is that pent trillion dollar deficits, $5 trillion one term and h

george will, democratic congressman joaquin castro, former speaker of the house newt gingrich, ruth marcus from "the washington post" and former romney adviser, stuart stevens. >> hello again. george is off today. it's great to have you with us. in a "this week" exclusive congressman paul ryan is standing by to join us live, but first a major political story breaking overnight. a new report from "usa today" with what the paper says is a draft of the white house immigration proposal. according to the report, the plan includes allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status with a pathway to citizenship after eight years. it also expands e-verify and border security. joining us now to talk about this is the new white house chief of staff, denis mcdonough. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, jon. >> now, this hit with a thud as far as marco rubio is concerned. he said late last night in a statement, quote, this legislation is half baked and seriously flawed. it would actually make our immigration problems worse. if actually proposed, the president's bill would be dea

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some idea of newt gingrich's popularity.ompany is manufacturing underwear with newt gingrich's face on it. that's true. yeah, now, someone told the president this, nothing to me he's been on my butt for two years. that's a quote that was in the "times." i read that in the "times." the source is here. the president has actually allowed a comedian to interview him live, right here, at the dinner. so, ladies and gentlemen, please give a nice, big hand to the president of the united states, president clinton! give him a hand. >> hi, how you all doing. >> mr. president, i think we need to clear something up, if i'm talking to you here on the screen, who is this gentleman right here, i don't understand. >> he's the guy who messed up health care. >> okay, mr. president. >> where are you at this moment? i don't understand. >> right now, i'm over at the house of representatives. i'm still making my state of the union speech. oh well, if no one's watching, hey, everybody, i hinhaled. i smoked my brains out. they used to call me "weed

gingrich writes, i'm unalterably aposed financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states. be repugnant to every conservative and republican. a tea party group is apologizing to rove after a fund raising e-mail went out that showed him photo shopped into a nazi uniform. they say it was a vendor error and the image was inappropriate. while we may have strong disagreements with him on future of conservatism, we want to be clear this imagery is absolutely unacceptable and are working to ensure this type of mistake doesn't happen again. let me bring in former pennsylvania governor and nbc news political analysts ed rendell and republican strategist and santorum senior strategist john braybender. >> the republican party has to understand it's been two months since the election and mourning period is over and it's time to stop the infighting. second of all, a lot of this is miscommunications, he is misrepresenting what karl rove actually said. what rove is saying, we no longer should pick a candidate because they can check off the box they believe everything that the tea party do

the public complained and blamed president clinton, but after a while, his numbers went up and gingrich himself has said that the budget standoff with the single most avoidable mistake as speaker. you can never be sure how these things are going to play. >> the gingrich examp is certainly instructive. was the man of the year for "time" and he plummeted to 16% favorable. that is just a little bit south of donald trump. those are really bad numbers. he never fully recovered from it. this is what the political backdrop is heading into this confrontation because the president's numbers are at the highest point at any point in the last three and a half years going back to lat 2009 during his honeymoon period. he does have a political advantage. make no mistake about it. i think some republicans understand this, but i think the core of republicans in the house what this confrontation. >> is my emails and phone calls are any indication, they are fed up with this. >> they are, but there's no one to make a deal with on the republican side. they're very divided. a lot of reblicans have been aroun

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. >> now, when you also look at margie, newt gingrich.tacked rove for being moderates. >> the idea of karl rove is creating some superpack to go out and basically pick republican senate nominees, for example. i think this is a very dangerous model. >> i can see why they want to have a structural fix of what, ultimately, is a message problem. >> you still have a broader message on the right that is alienating to a lot of folk ins the middle. alienating to young er voters. they can have karl rove in a fight with newt gingrich and still ultimately doesn't change the fact that the republican brand is one that's becoming exclusionary rather than inclusive. >> but abbey, when you wrote a scathing problem calling rove and his ideas terrible, repub p repugnant and simply wrong. >> this is a time when i absolutely agree with newt gingrich. he makes some really solid points in that comment that he wrote about the problems with politics. >> they don't everyone understand what messaging they need to be giving out to people. >> but there's another pro

wayne la pierre, mitt romney, sarah palin, newt gingrich, rick santorum, so hail hail, the gang's all. >> right. >> if think rebranding you how in the heck is this rebranding. >> interesting is mitt romney wasn't popular with conservatives. they never really trusted him. i've been thinking about what would be the logical -- where is an area he could contribute. part of the problem is you can't really put your finger on any one particular issue, that he was super-passionate about. elevator safety for garages? >> maybe that. maybe tax avoidance strategying, but i think that's part of the problem for him, but it's not so much the familiar faces that are the problem for the republican party. it's the fact that their rhetoric and their message and policies are so tired. if these same people came out, but they had some fresh ideas, that would be interesting. the problem is the republican party has drawn a line in the sand, they will not increase taxes. they will not stand for anything that could be amnesty. they will not go to cap and trade. very clear about what they're against, but no one

they did romney's work on one hand, but there was a way to say perry and gingrich isn't going to win.y are both revealing something disturbing about your candidate and we better get a story ready. we better figure out how to counter that. they never figured out how to counter it until election day. >> one winning strategy for the obama campaign, an uh-oh moment for team romney was to define romney early when he was in primary mode. while the romney campaign was raising tons of cash in the late spring and early summer, they were legally barred from using it until the general elections. obama going after romney, romney unable to respond because of election law. >> during this period we were raising a lot of money, but it wasn't all money that we could immediately send out the door. >> the donors would call saying why aren't you on tv? i was saying let me explain what money we can use. very frustrating to us. >> one of the biggest decisions we made was to bet on the front end of the campaign. in the month of october, ads mean much less because there's so much coverage. debates are so dom

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and joining me is former speaker of the house and presidential candidate newt gingrich. around washington a long time was that the single worst confirmation hearing you've ever witnessed? >> well, i was certainly on the short list and i think that what you're seeing happen is that the longer people look at chuck hagel as an administrator, as an executive and we're not talking now about one out of 100 u.s. senators we're talking about the guy who is going to run the department of defensea very economically and a very difficult period of constant change around the world. and one of the things that's coming clear is that he didn't do his homework, he wasn't prepared to talk about the issues. and you have to wonder how hard he'd work at being secretary of defense. i mean, it may well be thats' very good as a candidate and very good being a senator, but he may not have the right temperament and the right training to be the chief executive of a enormous oranges in the department of defense. >> then we've got a cia appointee that thinks jihad is a legitimate tenant of islam. he

newt gingrich -- who is more likable, he or karl rove?nyway newt gingrich slammed karl rove so he could make winnable elections. here he is in an op-ed piece in "the human events." gingrich is reduced to writing there. he was simply wrong last year. he's talking about rove. he was wrong about the presidential race. watch a video of his blowup on fox election night about fox news calling ohio for president obama. he was also wrong about senate races. republicans lost winnable senate races in montana, north dakota, ohio, wisconsin, pennsylvania, virginia, and florida. so what's this, karl rove getting attacked by all sides, the establishment, people like -- i don't know if they have an establishment but getting hit by everybody now. >> he's getting blamed for everything, and it's not his fault. he had a lot of money, and there was a lot of things he could have done better. the big problem for the republicans is they spent so much money on campaign ads and not enough money about organization. the one thing about barack obama that republicans

newt gingrich, there's a fresh face. alan rich, rick santorum.pierre, the kid on the block. and even a curtain call for mitt romney. it doesn't look like the far right's grip on the gop is fading after all. john is a senior adviser to the santorum presidential committee, at least for the last one and roger simon is a pro here at political comments for politico. john, why the same old song, the same old faces? >> well, you know, everybody is talking about this rebranding and they almost this is like money ball where we're supposed to get rid of all our players and bring new players in. the change in marketing terms is not rebranding, it's repositioning. what the republicans did wrong, it wasn't except for a few cases bad messengers, we didn't resonate with the hard-working people around this country. we fight too much for taxpayers for the wealthy, we look like we fight for loopholes for big corporations and we've lost our way fighting for average hard-working blue collar americans. and that's where we have to change. not the players per se. altho