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"tip and the gipper: when politics worked."rfect thing for ted cruz to read during his next filibuster. please welcome chris matthews! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: nice to see you. nice to have a champion talk or the show. you are obviously the host of "hardball." everybody knows that. you've got a new book called "tip and the gipper: when politics worked." okay. first bone to pick with you-- why-- why should pol tk politic? ( laughter ) aren't we proving now if we make it not work we can shut the government down. >> because we started this in the 18th century that you could actually govern yourself and people disagreed from different part of the country, right, left, federalists, and come to an agreement to make the government work. that was our belief from the beginning. >> stephen: got us in trouble. got us in trouble. we've had a civil war. we've had a budget deficit. i mean, that's what happens when the government works, the government gets bigger. >> no, no. >> stephen: do you believe-- you're calling it the slim-d

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it meant something to them. >> the book "tip and the gipper, when politics worked."t's on sale now. >> as of today. >> as of today. chris matthews, thank you. don't forget to catch chris tonight and every week onnight on hardball. thank you for joining us today. joy reid in for me tomorrow. she'll be joined by guests. you can catch me tomorrow night when i guest host the lard word. "andrea mitchell reports" with president obama live from the rose garden coming up next. in the nation, we know how you feel about your car. so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. because what's precious to you is precious to us. ♪ love, love is strange just another way we put members first. because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. ♪ baby... ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b

tip and the gipper -- it is good reading. i have to say. thank you so much. ,,,,,,,,,, . >>> welcome back. you are seeing a lot of pink ribbons and fundraisers all in the quest for a cure for breast cancer. we have dr. mindy goldman here, with a special interest in women with breast cancer. she has a fund, a nonprofit group helping women with breast cancer access complimentary treatments to their medical care. dr. goldman, welcome back. >> thank you. it is nice to be here. >> every year you are in pink today. it is october. what is new since last year? >> i think there are so many things new in breast cancer. one of the things is for people diagnosed now compared to 15 or 20 years ago. there are so many more options. the days are long gone where we would say you have stage 1, you have stage 2, you have stage 3 breast cancer and you are treated like this. there is much more of a push to do individualization of care and look at the biology of someone's tumor to help decide what is the appropriate care for them. so, giving chemotherapy to peop

we're back with the wonderful chris matthews the book is tip and the gipper how his twenty four hour news it's changed the world had been good right used to be able to have a private conversation in washington and if he had any more i see a guy better not a bad guy leaves the obama not of a guy that can we all know what they talked about right away we find out that he's this card is chief of staff to degree or the one of the that and then he gets back in our candidates agrees with kevin mccarthy disappears in it and all we know all it's like within an hour or so within that two hour cycle a radio i knew had for years had to be fed every two hours or so i always told young politicians use radio because every two hours they have to read restock you know tell which is every twenty now televisions every two hours because the mass and fox and c.n.n. have to consciously recharge their batteries every hour they got the latest story if it meant what we used to call in actuality a little beeper they call them you know and you could get them on the air congressman joe biden just said this and

tip and the gipper, the story of my political growing up, just hit "the new york times" best seller'sr the third straight week. i even had someone tell me the other day that it's the best book that i've ever read. that thrills me, because this new book is really about how i got from being a peace corps volunteer, riding a motor bike out there in rural africa, to being right here where i'm sitting. it's about my wild inside life in politics, what i saw, what i learned, and where i picked up the spirit that i had that we can make it. that this america of ours can be all that we can be. but i sometimes feel like this guy that's forced to be on the inside of history, from the first all races election in south africa to the vote for the peace agreement over in northern ireland, which steal means so much to me personally. though i didn't put my name in the title, "tip and the gipper" is stocked with the backroom stories of my coming of age politically. you can get it right now online from amazon, of course, right now, or at barnes & noble and other bookstores when you're out there this week

i love this book oechkay, tip a the gipper when politics worked.is craving a world in which politics could work. that's why we are eager to read the book. i love this book. because i love these characters in here. who i have the sad feeling we're not going to see again. >> you know when i first got that feeling watching bill clinton speak. in the press, the u.s. house, and the new president, modern, el ed well educated cabinet. and i'm missing the old days. i loved when it was a big irish guy believed in liberalism, big conservative guy, fought like hell yet they could be civilized with each other. really cared. a philosophical debate. fortunate to be there the whole six years. it was a dream. to be in that room. >> you captured beautifully here, i love -- the first meeting. between -- reagan and speaker and the, the president goes up to the speaker's office on capitol hill. a lot of fun things happened in that meeting. there is a moment you have here where -- where ronald reagan is proudly telling tip o'neill how well he worked with the democrats

but the best example was when tip helped the gipper cross the biggest goal line of his presidency. >>is hour, our congressional delegation is meeting with mikhail gorbachev. >> it marked the beginning of the end of the cold war. reagan's greatest legacy. through all those years, the key to their relationship was their ability to keep the lines of communication open. the great advantage of their socializing was they were always able to talk. that's very moving. joining me now is the woman who was there the whole time through those years. my wife kathleen matthews. we're going to do something you rarely see on "hardball." i'm going to turn the reins over to her. kathleen. >> it's hard to believe that was more than 30 years ago. it feels very fresh in my mine, certainly. >> positively or negatively? >> amazing how relevant it feels today even though it's three decades ago. and i think that's what you've been talking about as you've been promoting this book. but for me, you know, reading that book was like getting insights back into sort of the formation of your political mind. i thought

syndicated columnist kathleen parker, host of hardball, new book, tipping the gipper. no more timely read now. and host of disrupt, karen finney. and joining us political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chris, i want to go to you first on this. the book has come out at an important and pivotal time. listening to the president, i know you're a fan of the speech, do you think the white house will have any partners to work on three priorities outlined. >> immigration is tough and the president has a credibility problem. nobody believes democrats believe in enforcement. they know they have done tough stuff with deportation. we saw the failure last time in '86. i think what he did today, what i liked about the speech, he put the cost of this thing. it wasn't street theater, showing off, it was hurting the country. then he said we have to change the way we do business. it's not about values. it's not about philosophy or partisanship, they are all good how we run our country. it's tactics and respect, what the small part of the republican party, maybe

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his new book is called "tip and the gipper: when politics worked." it recalls how president reagan and speaker of the house democrat tip o'neill worked together despite their political differences. matthews know it is story firsthand. he worked in the speaker's office at the time. given the current partisan dysfunction in washington, this book could be very timely. i'm pleased to have chris matthews back in the table. welcome back. >> you told me to write this story last time. >> rose: you went out and did it. >> i think it was a good time to do it because i was able to pull everything together. reagan kept a beautiful diary. >> rose: and he could write. >> he wrote beautifully and quickly and every time something happened with regard to tip he entered it. and i kept a diary-- not as good as reagan's, but a good one-- and i kept it to keep myself sane, it was such a t tgh job working with tip against reagan. >> rose: why? because reagan was so good? >> so good. and i was brought in to help him deal with reagan. he wanted to help make himself a better

last night i had the great honor to speak a talk about my book, "tip and the gipper," when politics actuallyorked in this country. tonight, the great colbert report. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening, from new york, i'm chris hayes, and just a short while ago the president met with the top four congressional leaders at the white house where he urged the house to pass a clean continuing resolution. in the last hour, house speaker john boehner said he would not bring a clean cr to the floor, while senate majority leader harry reid said they will not budge on any funding overtures aimed at funding only certain parts of the government. >> we have sent over four proposals and they have rejected

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facsimile of our friendship chris matthews the host of course hardball on them as and b c tipping the gipper has just been published but the points of criticism i'd like to respond to your the new york post want to get this right wrote a review of the book stating my views ultimate point is to attack by implication today's congressional republicans for not getting with the obama program is this a valid critique well you know i didn't write this week i started writing is more than two years ago i signed the book like two years ago i began giving lectures on this topic at least five six years ago so they're crazy. and he also cites a conspiracy theory by the way you know it only has to do this guy i don't know always do is read reagan's diary which i've been pointing out is a big part of this book and to make great quotes it's a tips to be real paul he could really like and be your friend then try to knock your block of politically that's reagan for you you know that's what he said they did this whole day they really can't stand is the only people who wouldn't like this book don't get america

love getting to know in the airports and other places in the country, now you can get tip and the gipperthat really covers everything, through my time in after a after, my wild time as a presidential speechwriter, and the half dozen years with the battle, with tip o'neill, against the conservative president, the icon, ronald reagan, i'm asking everybody who watches "hardball," to go out and get this book now. it has my personal experiences and the lightning fight between reagan. the people who have read it told me it is the best book i have written, i like that. it is actually the best guide i can give you on how politics works when it does work. most importantly, it is a look inside the political coming of age. so go get a copy on amazon or a nearby book store. i will say one thing, it will charge up your passion for politics and give you a wild pick-me-up from what is going on now. tip and the gipper, that is it for me, "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, day nine of the government shutdown, and today, president obama met with co

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his new book is called "tip and the gipper: when politics worked."calls how president reagan and speaker of the house democrat tip o'neill worked together despite their political differences. matthews know it is story firsthand. he worked in the speaker's office at the time. given the current partisan dysfunction in washington, this book could be very timely. i'm pleased to have chris matthews back in the table. welcome back. >> you told me to write this story last time. >> rose: you went out and did it. >> i think it was a good time to do it because i was able to pull everything together. reagan kept a beautiful diary. >> rose: and he could write. >> he wrote beautifully and quickly and every time something happened with regard to tip he entered it. and i kept a diary-- not as good as reagan's, but a good one-- and i kept it to keep myself sane, it was such a tough job working with tip against reagan. >> rose: why? because reagan was so good? >> so good and i was brought in to help him

something republicans longing for the golden days of the gipper might want to remember.ecause returning to reagan republicanism might require today's gop to make a few adjustments to their party line. like that whole tax cuts thing? yeah, that's got to go. sure, reagan's 1981 tax cut, the single largest in america's history at the time is kind of policy that republicans can only fantasize about today, but president reagan also passed the single largest tax increase since 1968, during his first term. in fact, reagan would ultimately raise taxes 11 times while he was in office and clutch the republican pearls, because one of those tax hikes. the 1983 payroll tax increase, went to pay for social security and medicare. and that is right, ronald reagan raised taxes to pay for government-run health care. by the way, how married are you to that small government ideology? because during reagan's eight years in office, federal spending increased by an annual average of 2.5%, adjusted for inflation. and the national debt, that tripled from $700 billion to nearly $3 trillion. repub

politics. >> chris matthews, host of msnbc's "hardball," author of the great new book "tip and the gipper politics worked," direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! >> so the threat of economic apocalypse has a way of forcing everything else in the news off of the front pages. new jersey's special u.s. senate election is this week. it's not being held on a tuesday apparently because the new jersey governor did not want to have his own reelection race on the same ballot as corey booker's race. he hand picked this week as the day that corey booker is allowed to have his senate race. weird, i snow. for taking a previous allegation that corey booker is secretly gay and added a bunch of x-rated descriptors. also for the record, corey is not gay. >> this afternoon we got word that the alleged libyan terrorist has arrived in the unite

tip and the gipper. you knew them both.s to how they worked around these problems, i was just jureading a section he about one of those alleged government shutdowns, which lasted hour, not days. it was a fight over the budget. as you're pointing out, there were appropriation bills then. a lot of the government stayed open. >> congress did its job. they would pass the bills by october 1st. there was some appropriations that hadn't passed. they had a cr back then. the other thing is these weren't like cataclysmic events. they were over quickly. as the congressman pointed out earlier, they did know they could deal with each other. the problem with this is it's almost like barbara tuckman and the guns of august. one side is making an ultimatum toward the other side. get rid ofbaby, if you will. they don't realize he will fight for this. i think the parallel here isn't a partisan parallel, it's more like padco. they don't realize these wildcatters on the right -- this president means business now. he's not going to buckle like r

last night at least on the great "the colbert report" where i talked about my new book "tipping the gipperwhen politics actually worked." here it is. >> you're implying there has to be some compromise. >> yes. >> in politics. >> like in life. >> no. >> that's why we have a congress. because we have a vote. and it has to be 218 in the house or 60 in the senate. and then we go with that vote. that's how it works. is this too complicated? >> yes. i believe in standing on your principles. >> which means don't compromise. >> reagan never did. >> he did so! that's what the book's about. >> he did not. i don't care what the book's about. i don't care. i don't care what kind of "harry potter" fantasy you've written here. >> if reagan were in the white house right now, do you think we'd be at this impasse? >> no. because reagan had one great strength that jimmy carter didn't have and maybe obama doesn't have yet. he can scare the hell out of the other guy. and he did it with the patco strike. >> are you saying obama doesn't scare people? we haven't done enough to make people afraid of barack obama?

the title, "tip and the gipper" is stocked with the backroom stories of my coming of age politically. you can get it right now online from amazon, of course, right now, or at barnes & noble and other bookstores when you're out there this weekend. so please get a copy of account tip and the gipper" and follow my trail from the senate to air force one to the back rooms of the u.s. capitol and see what makes me tick. as i said, it's the trail of how i got here and something every "hardball" fan will get a kick out of. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes and we begin with today's hearing on capitol hill. it could have been a constructive effort to get to the bottom of the serious problems with healthcare.gov, but was, instead, used by republicans to grandstand, to obfuscate, and to derail a law they want to destroy. and what made it even worse was that today's hearing focused on, let's say, a weak spot for lawmakers on capitol hill, the internet. >> and again, the internet is not s

politics. >> chris matthews, host of msnbc's "hardball," author of the great new book "tip and the gippern politics worked," which is already on the best seller list and deservedly so. chris, again, congratulations. thanks for being here, man. >> thanks to my colleague. >> thanks. >>> shutdown or no shutdown, there is an important and surprisingly close election for u.s. senate two days from now. why is it on a wednesday? that's part of the story. that's going on. >>> also, virginia's getting weird again. and neither of those stories has anything to do with the shutdown or the debt ceiling, and they're both coming up. stay with us. cook? ♪ because an empty pan is a blank canvas. ♪ [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. ♪ [ man #1 ] to remember my grandmother. [ woman #3 ] to show my love. ♪ [ woman #4 ] because life needs flavor. ♪ [ woman #5 ] to travel the world without leaving home. [ male announcer ] whatever the reason. whatever the dish. make it delicious with swanson. [ woman #1 ] that's why i cook. so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. because what's precious to

in fact, chris has a new book out called "tip and the gipper: when politics worked."bout how president reagan and tip o'neill actually compromised to get things done. wonder of wonders. i think it should be required reading. i'm enjoying it. chris is an old friend and philadelphian. welcome to "mad money," chris. how you been? >> thank you, jim, so much. >> i'm enjoying the book. when i read about social security, which i think is actually going to have a potential stoppage, neither man would ever even dream of that happening. everybody would come together. what has happened since then? >> well, they were -- they were at odds on social security. reagan had that strange history back in the '60s when he was very conservative, saying he wanted to become -- make the program voluntary, which of course scared the heck out of the liberals. and then of course he tried to reduce the colas and penalize early retirement, take it from 80% if you retire at 62 down to 55%. he tried a number of those things. he basically lost the '82 midterm election over that issue and then decided

politics. >> chris matthews, host of msnbc's "hardball," author of the great new book "tip and the gipperhen politics worked," which is already on the best seller list and deservedly so. chris, again, congratulations. thanks for being here, man. >> thanks to my colleague. >> thanks. >>> shutdown or no shutdown, there is an important and surprisingly close election for u.s. senate two days from now. why is it on a wednesday? that's part of the story. that's going on. >>> also, virginia's getting weird again. and neither of those stories has anything to do with the shutdown or the debt ceiling, and they're both coming up. stay with us. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for, because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there. losing thrusters. i need more power. give me more p

. >> well, i was on the tonight show last night to talk about my new book "tip and the gipper."e discussed the sorry state in washington these days. >> do you think obama and boehner, do they hate each other? like each other? >> i don't think they have a relationship. what the president does is strange. if you were president of the united states, wouldn't you invite people over and work them? that's what reagan did. he had parties for tip o'neill. he had birthday parties at the white house. he had tip to his birthday party. they had st. patrick's day parties every year. what was the favorite picture last year in the campaign? that people liked? it was chris christie on the beach with obama. and everybody in the country said that's what government is. when you work together across party lines for something really important. when sandy hit. and they just wanted their parents to get along. that's really what it comes down to. you know? >> i agree. >> tonight i'll be on hbo's "realtime with bill maher." that's a different ketful -- kettle of fish. next, senator rand paul had some pr