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jim demint left, he's passed on the baton to ted cruz. he's an uber jim demint.rving as a pace car. he is moving the republican party farther and farther to the right and that is what makes him feel good. that is where he can come home and say job well done because i have moved the conservative base farther over to the right. so i'd be cautious about 2014 and 2016, him moving farther into the white house prospects. >> one thing we do know is that "the dallas morning news" has retained counsel to renounce his dual canadian citizenship as a result of him being born in canada to his american mom, cuban father. corey, what does that tell you about the 2016 likely presidential ambitions of ted cruz? >> i think ted cruz is sort of purifying himself so that everyone knows that he is a true american. i think that, you know, whether he actually runs for the white house or certainly puts in a bid so that he can be perhaps the standard bearer of the republican party, you know, he's trying to be the standard bearer of the conservative wing of the party. and he may need to ru
jim demint left, he's passed on the baton to ted cruz. he's an uber jim demint.rving as a pace car. he is moving the republican party farther and farther to the right and that is what makes him feel good. that is where he can come home and say job well done because i have moved the conservative base farther over to the right. so i'd be cautious about 2014 and 2016, him moving farther into the white house prospects. >> one thing we do know is that "the dallas morning news" has...
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coming up next in the program on the federal budget is jim demint former u.s. senator from south carolina and current resident of the heritage foundation who speaks about his book now or never saving america from economic collapse. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk about now or never. i will put it in the context of what is going to happen this sunday in the country. two of the best professional football teams are going to meet on the field. they know that this is make or break for them. for some it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. and they know that they've got to give their all on sunday. they know the time. the coach knows and the players know that the other team is there to beat them. no coach sending their players out for the super bowl is talking about the need to cooperate and to work with the other guys because they understand something. they understand the other team is there to beat them and their goal is on the opposite side of the field. that's not the way politics are supposed to be back in washington i'm afraid that's where it's come. a
coming up next in the program on the federal budget is jim demint former u.s. senator from south carolina and current resident of the heritage foundation who speaks about his book now or never saving america from economic collapse. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk about now or never. i will put it in the context of what is going to happen this sunday in the country. two of the best professional football teams are going to meet on the field. they know that this is make or break for...
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that's what heritage action with jim demint and michael nedham have done. he's go a two-front war.he has crazy ideologues i who have no desire to compromise. >> thank you for being with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. president obama sitting down with the nation's top high-tech ceos, talking about the hot button issues inside the white house. >>> it was three years ago today that that uprising known as the arab spring bedan in tunisia, now the people there are working to stabilize their government. >> how do copy me? >> reporter: and capturing the final moments of those 19 arizona firefighters doing what they did best last summer. ♪
that's what heritage action with jim demint and michael nedham have done. he's go a two-front war.he has crazy ideologues i who have no desire to compromise. >> thank you for being with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. president obama sitting down with the nation's top high-tech ceos, talking about the hot button issues inside the white house. >>> it was three years ago...
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it goes all the way back to jim demint's waterloo comment.> one pundit says that the obama care debacle marks the, quote, end of obama's presidency and the beginning of his lame duck years in the white house. >> this is a lame duck status we're in now. >> when we look back at the end of his presidency, we're going to say this was the tipping point of his relevancy. i don't think he can recover fully. >> i mean, it's over and over and over again, james. >> it is, rev. they think if they say it enough it will become reality. also i like alex's piece a lot today. because i think what it reflects for us especially those of us in the news media, what are the limitations of the news cycle. one of those limitations is whatever is happening in that 24 hours may seem to be like a permanent thing. and i think we have to start to think beyond that. it's clear that the president doesn't seem as lame duck. he's already moving and putting pressure on congress to think about immigration reform. i think the jury is still out on what he can get done in the se
it goes all the way back to jim demint's waterloo comment.> one pundit says that the obama care debacle marks the, quote, end of obama's presidency and the beginning of his lame duck years in the white house. >> this is a lame duck status we're in now. >> when we look back at the end of his presidency, we're going to say this was the tipping point of his relevancy. i don't think he can recover fully. >> i mean, it's over and over and over again, james. >> it is, rev....
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that's what heritage action with jim demint and michael nedham have done. he's go a two-front war. he has crazy ideologues i who he no desire to compromise. >> thank you for being with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. dating back to the days before genghis khan - mongolian wrestling has a 7 thousand year history. in an age of rapid modernization this ancient form of fighting remains a celebrated tradition. >>there isn't any weight class, no fighting ring or weight division and there are times when a small wrestler is paired up with a much bigger one
that's what heritage action with jim demint and michael nedham have done. he's go a two-front war. he has crazy ideologues i who he no desire to compromise. >> thank you for being with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. dating back to the days before genghis khan - mongolian wrestling has a 7 thousand year history. in an age of rapid modernization this ancient form of fighting remains a celebrated tradition. >>there isn't any weight class, no fighting ring or weight division and...
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the senate conservative fund, you know, who are backing some tea party candidates, this is the jim demintt's backing people in kentucky and now maybe north carolina and mississippi and elsewhere, picking their spots carefully, not kansas. they didn't endorse steve stock marine, but they obliged him by going after john cornyn with both guns blazing tonight. so they paid stockman the complement of giving him a free round of attacks on cornyn, which is an ominous sign for corning anyone. >> and you have a remarkable dynamic now. cornyn is first of all the incumbent senator from texas. first you would say this is not a contest. but that other people have said that before, mike castle of delaware brought thought that when he lifted christine o'donnell on the other side of the campaign trail. ted cruz, so far he's said he's remaining neutral. in kentucky rpgs you've got a dynamic where rand paul essentially gives mitch mcconnell cover. mitch mcconnell can draw on that credibility. nothing like that is forthcoming so far for john cornyn from ted cruz and you got to really wonder what john cornyn
the senate conservative fund, you know, who are backing some tea party candidates, this is the jim demintt's backing people in kentucky and now maybe north carolina and mississippi and elsewhere, picking their spots carefully, not kansas. they didn't endorse steve stock marine, but they obliged him by going after john cornyn with both guns blazing tonight. so they paid stockman the complement of giving him a free round of attacks on cornyn, which is an ominous sign for corning anyone. >>...
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a lot of people i knew thought jim demint was as bad as it could get. >> we were wrong. >> close. >>here's always a new bottom, chris. we keep being wrong about that. we keep thinking we hit bottom and we're wrong. >> if the democrats can't build a case against this party, they've got weak leadership. thank you ed rendell and joan walsh. >>> coming up, who could vote against a ban on undetectable guns that can slip through security? republicans in the senate. that's who. it's true. >>> plus in honoring nelson mandela, president obama today addressed three audiences. south africans, americans, and perhaps most important himself. >>> also i've been saying for a long time president obama needs to have strong people around him not yes men and floaters. now finally he may be listening to that. >>> and we told you last night that rick santorum somehow managed to compare obama care to guess what this week, apartheid. maybe he was having fun at president obama's expense, but jon stewart and "the daily show" had a lot of fun at santorum's expense. and this is "hardball," the place for politic
a lot of people i knew thought jim demint was as bad as it could get. >> we were wrong. >> close. >>here's always a new bottom, chris. we keep being wrong about that. we keep thinking we hit bottom and we're wrong. >> if the democrats can't build a case against this party, they've got weak leadership. thank you ed rendell and joan walsh. >>> coming up, who could vote against a ban on undetectable guns that can slip through security? republicans in the senate....
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and jim demint infamously said obama care was going to be the president's waterloo.stroy him. let's remember, president obama won the 2012 election by over 5 million votes. but there's no question the president has had a tough year. sure, his poll numbers are down. but just think about what the president has accomplished this year. he's just signed a bipartisan budget bill. it's not perfect, but it's progress. he fought off the gop hostage takers over the debt ceiling and shutdown. obama care is here. and not going anywhere. it's already helping millions of americans even after a rocky start. despite all those so-called near-death experiences, he's still here. he's still fighting, and i wouldn't count him out. joining me now is politico correspondent alex sitzwald. he recently wrote about president obama's resilience. it's called can obama recover. he already did. and angela rye. >> thanks for having me. >> alex, with all the talk about president obama being finished, how do you respond? >> well, i hate to break it to the critics here, but obama is still the presiden
and jim demint infamously said obama care was going to be the president's waterloo.stroy him. let's remember, president obama won the 2012 election by over 5 million votes. but there's no question the president has had a tough year. sure, his poll numbers are down. but just think about what the president has accomplished this year. he's just signed a bipartisan budget bill. it's not perfect, but it's progress. he fought off the gop hostage takers over the debt ceiling and shutdown. obama care...
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jim demint infamously thought obamacare could be the president's waterloo. but it's ripping the gop apart. why? because it's working. joining me now is congressman jim mcdermott, democrat of washington. and msnbc's krystal ball. thank you both for being here. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> good to be here. >> congressman, paul ryan is saying he agreed to a budget deal so republicans could focus on replacing obamacare. what do you make of that? >> every once in awhile paul ryan tells the truth. the fact is they've never given up on wanting to get rid of obamacare. because they realize that all their efforts to convince the american people that government never does anything good, there's no reason to want government, we don't need government certiis simply not believed by the people. they then say to themselves you know, the people who brought it to us are the democrats. it's not the republicans. they want to get rid of government. and they are afraid this is going to haunt them for the next ten elections. >> you know, krystal, the house isn't in session, bu
jim demint infamously thought obamacare could be the president's waterloo. but it's ripping the gop apart. why? because it's working. joining me now is congressman jim mcdermott, democrat of washington. and msnbc's krystal ball. thank you both for being here. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> good to be here. >> congressman, paul ryan is saying he agreed to a budget deal so republicans could focus on replacing obamacare. what do you make of that? >> every once in awhile...
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reince priebus who tried to rebrand the republican party and has lost control of it to jim demint. >>. >> my point exactly. >> what was his name? >> it's hard to remember. right. strange name, but not a memorable guy. >> you're talking about the successor to michael steele. >> indeed. >> i'm just trying to get clear. >> let's get it straight, right. >> but i have to exceed to the brilliance of krystal ball who mentioned him before. it's got to be marco rubio. the human embodiment of what reince priebus was trying to do was marco rubio. a kinder version of the republican party. none of that has worked and he has been shamed into running back to try to be ted cruz's side kick. it's pathetic. >> michael, what about the biggest winner of twpt? >> barack obama, right? >> not by a mile. patty murray and paul ryan. i think that they at the 11th hour show we can actually get something done where the house and the senate and the white house can come around, coalesce, and move the budget forward. yes we have a debt ceiling issue that will be part -- >> and threats. >> and i think they're real a
reince priebus who tried to rebrand the republican party and has lost control of it to jim demint. >>. >> my point exactly. >> what was his name? >> it's hard to remember. right. strange name, but not a memorable guy. >> you're talking about the successor to michael steele. >> indeed. >> i'm just trying to get clear. >> let's get it straight, right. >> but i have to exceed to the brilliance of krystal ball who mentioned him before. it's got...
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coming up is jim demint, former u.s.tor from south carolina >> thank you for the time to talk about now or never. i put it into context what will happen to the best professional football teams that are going to meet on the field. they know that this is make or break for them. for some it is a once in a lifetime opportunity and they have to give their all on sunday. they know the town and the coach knows and the players know that the other team is bear to beat them. no coach sending their players out for the super bowl is talking about the need to cooperate with other guys. because they understand something. they understand that the other team is their and their goal is on the opposite side of the field. and it's not that's not the way that the politics are supposed to be. but in washington, i am afraid that is where it has come. we hear a lot about let's work together and stop the gridlock and we are in a situation now as conservatives that the other team has a different goal than we do. and they are here to beat us. i c
coming up is jim demint, former u.s.tor from south carolina >> thank you for the time to talk about now or never. i put it into context what will happen to the best professional football teams that are going to meet on the field. they know that this is make or break for them. for some it is a once in a lifetime opportunity and they have to give their all on sunday. they know the town and the coach knows and the players know that the other team is bear to beat them. no coach sending their...
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because i think in 2010 republicans tom coburn and jim demint blocked a bill because they said we shouldn't money on this. >> right. and what this would do is the bill that carolyn and i have would establish, it would give permission for a commission to be pulled together to study the issue and find that site that carolyn is talking about. and we think women all across this country, conservative and liberal, will come together and say let's have a museum that gives us the opportunity to talk about the greatness of debra sampson and clara barton and susan b. anthony and so many women who have served our nation well and have been not only participants, but activists for the cause of freedom and for women getting the right to vote. >> i was telling you that i had gone to a museum dedicated to harriet tubman. first of all, the volunteer who was in there knew everything, so that was pretty amazing, but it was clear that this was a place that was put together by people who cared about harriet tubman. there was no real backing behind it. do you think that's because she's a woman? do you think that
because i think in 2010 republicans tom coburn and jim demint blocked a bill because they said we shouldn't money on this. >> right. and what this would do is the bill that carolyn and i have would establish, it would give permission for a commission to be pulled together to study the issue and find that site that carolyn is talking about. and we think women all across this country, conservative and liberal, will come together and say let's have a museum that gives us the opportunity to...
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you have jim demint out there. republicans still have not -- >> they will have to grow up, david, to understand that everything is not about a primary. at some point you're going to have to govern this country. you're going to have to set a path and stick to it. that's what boehner's trying to do. that's what ryan's trying to do. grow up, get behind these guys, get the deal in place and get past this moment so the country can relax and get to job creation. >> but there are a lot of peter pans in this party. >> let me ask you a question, david corn, about the actual deal. >> policy? >> well, here we're talking about the right. there's been very little said on the left. i mean, the white house is sort of saying, this it fine. nancy pelosi says, we'll take it. i think, actually, you know, there's some progressives out there that would like to see a little more reaction and a more clearer sort of directive as far as the bad parts of this bill and the fact that long-term unemployment insurance is not in it. >> the unemp
you have jim demint out there. republicans still have not -- >> they will have to grow up, david, to understand that everything is not about a primary. at some point you're going to have to govern this country. you're going to have to set a path and stick to it. that's what boehner's trying to do. that's what ryan's trying to do. grow up, get behind these guys, get the deal in place and get past this moment so the country can relax and get to job creation. >> but there are a lot of...
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been the most prominent leaders of the tea party in congress, people like michele bachmann and jim demint, who is now at the heritage foundation, ted cruz? they are all social conservatives. they are all pro-life and anti- gay rights. i do not see any evidence that they are libertarians. even rand paul, who kind of floats with libertarianism -- on social issues, he's very conservative. he is not a libertarian. he is pseudo-libertarian. >> one more. anybody? >> i was hoping i would get a chance -- i am from the university of akron. this question is for alan. basically, you were talking libertariansthe are the available voters. in thes a 15% group data. 15% that were basically targetable, that could move up or down. that was in your slide. >> i do not think there is a 15% libertarian cohort out there. >> that might be the first paper. >> i do not think it was my paper. >> i will try to talk to you about it later. >> i am curious about the role of money. we have had unprecedented money flowing into politics -- outside money, money to candidates. talking about the future, does this make it im
been the most prominent leaders of the tea party in congress, people like michele bachmann and jim demint, who is now at the heritage foundation, ted cruz? they are all social conservatives. they are all pro-life and anti- gay rights. i do not see any evidence that they are libertarians. even rand paul, who kind of floats with libertarianism -- on social issues, he's very conservative. he is not a libertarian. he is pseudo-libertarian. >> one more. anybody? >> i was hoping i would...
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go to kansas on august 5th of next year the senate conservatives fund, jim demint started a up canleing their weight behind the challenger to republican senator pat roberts. his name is dr. milton wolf. he served in the senate since 1996. he votes in this party 90% of the time. again, in the gop, there has been no such thing as too conservative. two days after that, lamar alexander will face state representative joe carr in tennessee. you may not want to spend too much time on this, joe carr may be making contingency plans. again the tea party era, we have seen anything can happen in these things. august 19th in wyoming, of course, is the big showdown the within we have already talked about between mike enzi and liz cheney. almost like a family feud when you consider senator enzi hasn't done anything to offend conservatives. he has been close to the cheney family until now. so far enzi, polls show a 50% edge, a lot of time between now and then. >> that is eight incumbent senators up for re-election if 2014 and who are facing republican primary challenges. in a different time, we'd as
go to kansas on august 5th of next year the senate conservatives fund, jim demint started a up canleing their weight behind the challenger to republican senator pat roberts. his name is dr. milton wolf. he served in the senate since 1996. he votes in this party 90% of the time. again, in the gop, there has been no such thing as too conservative. two days after that, lamar alexander will face state representative joe carr in tennessee. you may not want to spend too much time on this, joe carr...
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in the republican caucus and the divisions in the senate with now minority leader mcconnell and jim demintoundation where they're undercutting each other to the point where they're threatening each other's electoral benefits come next year in the midterm elections. jon: andrea, i'll let you take that on with some final thoughts. >> you know, the real problem is when you have democrats fighting so many issues right now, they have a sinking popularity among their leader, president obama, they're defending a lot of senate seats this coming election, obamacare is causing them real heart burn, they're going to have a rob when it comes -- a problem when it comes to turnout and a base that's not enthusiastic. that duds affect a -- that does affect a party. so these are very real issues. now, both sides have the beauty of this: you can stiff your base because at the end of the day they have nowhere else to go. the question is, will they go to the polls and support the candidates, or will they stay home in and i think when you look to 2014, democrats have a lot of work to do right now with their po
in the republican caucus and the divisions in the senate with now minority leader mcconnell and jim demintoundation where they're undercutting each other to the point where they're threatening each other's electoral benefits come next year in the midterm elections. jon: andrea, i'll let you take that on with some final thoughts. >> you know, the real problem is when you have democrats fighting so many issues right now, they have a sinking popularity among their leader, president obama,...
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for his constituents and to get everyone's constituents is keep on with the economic plan that is jim demint more jobs in our country. if we look at the northwest, the number of people employed is up by 37,000 since the election. on deployment has fallen by 29,000 since the election. we need to keep on with it. while a course that each of the benefits system works for people who need it but he does and his constituents a favor by talking down the performance of the economy. >> mr. speaker, will be prime minister pay tribute -- [inaudible] have done such a brilliant job in both taxing the recent coastal jobs and helping repair the damage? does he agreed special mention should be made of two local newspapers who campaigned tirelessly, which has raised over 1000 pounds? can he tell the house what can government departments to -- [inaudible] >> i think my friend is right to raise this issue. i was impressed when went to norfolk, went to see not only the amazing contribution to emergency services have made but as he said also local newspapers in highlighting this issue, nothing to prepare people
for his constituents and to get everyone's constituents is keep on with the economic plan that is jim demint more jobs in our country. if we look at the northwest, the number of people employed is up by 37,000 since the election. on deployment has fallen by 29,000 since the election. we need to keep on with it. while a course that each of the benefits system works for people who need it but he does and his constituents a favor by talking down the performance of the economy. >> mr....
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are seen by many republicans in the senate and across the country as basically the creations of jim demint. >> right. now, christine o'donnell is the perfect example of the self-enflicked wound -- self-inflicted wound. murdock, aiken and also sharon engel he never backed in the primary. many people kind of remember it that way. tech nextally, he didn't -- owe technically, he didn't back those candidates. there were a number he backed in 2010 and 2012 didn't make it. you know, the demint people wi note many of the candidates were seen as the establish. candidates also didn't when in those seekleles. and if you do look, if you keep score in terms of which askeds from the establish him and from the tea party law, i think, you can point at some blame in both direction. it's not as one seemed as it often seems. >> very good. >> jonathan strong, thank you very much. glad to have you on this show. >> boy, this battle is rageing in kentucky right now. >> fascinating on a number of levels. on tomorrow's show, we ask pastor rec warren who will be here for part one of a special two-day appearance wit
are seen by many republicans in the senate and across the country as basically the creations of jim demint. >> right. now, christine o'donnell is the perfect example of the self-enflicked wound -- self-inflicted wound. murdock, aiken and also sharon engel he never backed in the primary. many people kind of remember it that way. tech nextally, he didn't -- owe technically, he didn't back those candidates. there were a number he backed in 2010 and 2012 didn't make it. you know, the demint...
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i'm sort of with jim demint at the end of the day it probably should be ripped up and different reforms in the state of virginia where i live and i'm nostalgic for him. i would be more nostalgic in his governorship than with terry mcall live. mark warner, his buddy, mark warner, cast a deciding vote for obama care. i think ed gillespie the former republican chairman, they will run against warner. i think the central issue will be obama care. >> let me ask the senator. senator, you have a lot of military retirees in your state as we have in florida. >> absolutely. >> i'm very concerned that the budget deal went after military retirees. >> joe, i don't like it. i didn't support it. i'm on the senate budget committee. but as part of a compromise with the house that got added in, so we could avoid sequester, avoid furloughs, avoid the shutdowns we got money from a lot of different places. there is an easy fix for this military retirement issue, beginning january 1 of 2015, military folks who retire after that date will get a full retirement and cost of living increase, but their quota will
i'm sort of with jim demint at the end of the day it probably should be ripped up and different reforms in the state of virginia where i live and i'm nostalgic for him. i would be more nostalgic in his governorship than with terry mcall live. mark warner, his buddy, mark warner, cast a deciding vote for obama care. i think ed gillespie the former republican chairman, they will run against warner. i think the central issue will be obama care. >> let me ask the senator. senator, you have a...