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for more on the story, joan walsh, editor at large, salon.com. also, goldie taylor joins us tonight, columnist for the grio and managing editor of the blog, the goldie taylor project. steve kornacki, political columnist at salon. joan, let me ask you first. in some strange way, might this help herman cain? did he really damage himself today in your opinion? >> i think he damaged himself today, ed. you and i, we all thought he was going to plummet in the polls after his terrible debate performance. where he really couldn't explain his 9-9-9 plan and brought us the apples and oranges we loved so much. you know, his standing did not fall which was kind of amazing to me. he's handling this a lot like 9-9-9. he really isn't ready for answers. he's changing his answers. you depicted it really wonderfully. this crazy day. and, yet, i don't know, maybe his voters will rally around him and see him as a victim. i don't think so, though. he looks really unprepared. he's reeling. he's kind of fighting back and punching and missing. i do think this is going t

joining me now is joan walsh, editor at large, salon.com. first. is -- let's fast forward. let's just say newt does get the nomination. where's the christian right going to be with this guy, with his checkered past as speaker and also the three marriages? does it matter? >> you know, i think it will matter, but he's also -- he's so good at claiming god's forgiveness and god's mercy for himself, ed, and not for the rest of us. not for children, the children of the poor. i mean, i have to say, maybe this plan is a slight step up from when he proposed that the children of women on welfare be put in orphanages to be raised. maybe, maybe letting them live, you know, at home with their parents, only work as janitors, i don't know, maybe that's a step up. with christmas coming, this guy is so dickensian. he roots for scrooge. he's not going to do well on the rest of the country. >> he's pretty media savvy. talking about the child labor law, he's managed to switch the subject off of freddie mac and his lobbying for at least a day. >> at least a day.

let's bring in joan walsh, editor at large, salon.com, and dr. james peterson, director of africana studies and associate professor of english at lehigh university. great to have both of you with us tonight. i can't help but think christmas came early for newt gingrich on this one. joan, what do you make of this? does this really deep six his campaign for good? >> oh, i think it does, ed. i mean, look, it was already falling apart partly because of the other accusations and also because he's done an abysmal job on the campaign trail. but, you know, i was thinking today that the first -- i was on with you when the very first allegations broke in "politico" and we sat and we listened to herman cain's changing story in the course of that day. you kept showing clips. and at one point he started to claim that, perhaps, these women had been terminated or there was a workssue involved and i said to you, he better shut up because, you know, people are going to want to come out and tell their stories, and it turns out that part of why ginger white decided

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joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com, chris cillizza is managing editor.te clinton, they announced the death of her mother, dorothy rodham at the age of 92. what a life she's had. i've had a mixed history of my political views of hillary clinton and the role she played in the last campaign. i didn't like her position on the war in iraq and i let it be known they preferred barack obama on that key issue to me. but i am overwhelmed, as i've been before, by her behavior. occasionally, she just floors me with her statements. like she did during the campaign at the end when she endorsed him so magnanimously. again, on david gregory's program, "meet the press," we'll show you another clip in a moment. but your view? she seems to be coming not just an appointee of the president, but a true ally. >> oh, i think she very much is a true ally, chris, and i think she's probably enraged that this president can't get a bit of credit from these republican opponents when it comes to the realm of foreign policy. i mean, that is where he has truly shined, with her help, bee

. >> still with us, msnbc analyst and joan walsh is the editor at large. , comparing realistically, can he stay in this long enough to win the nomination after a dire series of debate performances? >> no, i don't think so. i even wondered if he would be the 1 person who dropped out. the rest have nothing to lose and most of them don't have jobs. they are selling books and all this is good for book sales. he's the person trying to run a state. he never lost an earthquakes lection and the only who really is risking something by staying in the race. look, he is funny, but funny is not the point. we saw him at that new hampshire speech. he was hilarious and we started laughing and wondering, is he serious? is something else going on? what is he laughing at? continuing with this being funny, i laughed at some of the those clips as hard as anybody else. it's still all raising more questions about what the heck is going on in this gi's brain? >> you can't count perry out. he never lost an election and he's got a financial war chest which is considerable. >> why wo

joining me now is victoria defrd difrancesco-soto, and joan walsh. thank you both for being here. his speak to a bigger problem, sexism in the republican party? >> yes, i really think it does. not all republicans are sexist by any means, but there's a real core of misogyny, and you know as well as i do, there's an idea to bring us closer to the day we didn't care about sexism and didn't care about racism, either. it's very nice that they have their african-american as a standard bearer who likewise wants to mock and make fun of victims, whether it's victims of sexual harass mchbt, or victims of unemployment. it's their fault, blake them. this is the republican strategy to blame people who are having a hard time, and to smock people who are fighting back. and, you know, whatever is true of share bialek is fighting back. of course it's scaring women off. how would it not? >> victoria, i think the thing that bothers me, none of us know the truth or not truth of any of the accusations, but the almost cavalier way and tone that they've dealt with this is offensive. i mean, first of all,

with us is joan walsh and karen is a strategist who worked with newt gingrich in the 90s and michael smerconish is a talk show host. we said who had a worst week than herman cain? i don't think anyone is close in the running. >> i don't think so, but these poll numbers are interesting. the "des moines register" poll in iowa shows something similar. he really is proving to be a little bit teflon with the charges in the short run. i have to think that the combination of the way this is all rolling out is very disorganized and should they be more backed up will hurt him, but right now he has done one thing right and making it about the liberal media. everyone knows and i respect politico, it's a great news organization. it might lead to the writer. it's not part of the vast left wing experience for sure. >> what do you make of the numbers. this is a glimpse of what some of the public thinks of herman cain right now. he is sticking with mitt romney. >> i would say joan's comments one step further and say individual who is do what i do for a living and differently are working their listen

john than shade writes for "new york" magazine and joan walsh is editor at large. . first of all, joan, i want to ask you, what do you think when you read this article, just to get -- i like you so much i want to -- when you read that it was your psychological condition that is the problem, not the president's track record, what did you think? >> i was very irritated and dissatçis dissatisfied, chris. i got very angry. apparently that's my nature, jonathan says. >> you're one of those professional progressives, right? >> progressive left, always whining, joe biden wants me to stop whining too. okay. look, first of all, liberal democrats, let's be clear, liberal democrats are very happy with this president and they were happy with president clinton too. if you look at the gallup weekly tracking poll, obama stays in the 70s, goes up into the 80s with liberal democrats. >> joan, you have perked me up here. i'm going to challenge you and you can tell me what you're thinking here. here we have the latest nbc/wall street journal poll making that same point. should the de

. >> thank you joan walsh. had to have you two here. i think it's so great. wo are the best at understanding washington. thank you david corn and joan. >>> coming up, from herman cain's brain freeze, that's a nice word for it, to rick perry's oops last week, to michele bachmann on just about everything she tries to handle, how many blunders can a political party stand and still stand up? and how damaging to the republican brand name are endless gaffes on everything from the important to the hopeless? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. ♪ [ female announcer ] give a little cheer to a family of a soldier. just cut out the cheer from your specially marked box of cheerios, write your message, and we'll see that they get it. >>> we just told you that newt gingrich received money. now he's getting criticized by none other than jack abramoff. he told nbc's david gregory he doesn't think he can survive the news. >> i don't think in a he'll be able to survive this. >> why? >> he's engaged in the exact kind of corruption that america disdains, the very things tha

. >> thank you joan walsh. had to have you two here. o are the best at understanding washington. thank you david corn and joan. from herman cain's brain freeze, a thighs word to it, to rick perry's oops last week, to michele bachmann on just about everything she tries to handle, how many blunders can a political party stand and still stand up? and how damaging to the republican brand name are endless gaffes on everything from the important to the hopeless? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> well, the white house announced that president obama will be heading to new hampshire next week. he's going to talk ab

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