that's why we bought a subaru. ♪ >>> tonight joe scarborough rewrites everything that every prominentof you, of course, know is a former republican congressman from florida who has a -- who has much better access to what the republicans are really thinking than any of the rest of us here at msnbc. this morning on "morning joe," he directed the discussion to why rick santorum should get out of the race in order to avoid a possible crushing defeat in pennsylvania and preserve his viability as a candidate in 2016. mark halperin then smartly made the point that if romney wins the presidency, there will be no possibility for santorum to run in 2016, and that's when joe revealed why he and other republicans are talking so seriously about 2016 right now. >> santorum in '16, i think there are two caveats. one is if romney wins, there is no '16. three caveats. if romney wins, there's no '16. two, '16 has got a lot of powerful people running. >> nobody thinks obama will win. let's just be honest. can we just say this for anybody at everybody? >> oh, gosh. >> can we just say this for everybody a

i think it's real hatred. >> we have joe scarborough saying they all think he's going to lose.l think obama gets a second term. >> well, because of the horrible stupid things that romney has been saying. we don't know who he is. he said that his health care plan in massachusetts, years ago he said that it should be national. these are all going to come out in all the ads, and everybody -- even people who don't pay attention to msnbc like i do will realize that he's a loser. >> i take it it's no surprise to you and the women of "the view" -- >> yes. >> -- that there is now an 18-point gap in polling with women that president is 18 points ahead of mitt romney with women. >> i know. well, we had, you know, governor nikki haley on "the view" the other day. she said a very interesting remark, women are not interested in contraception, she said. >> you didn't let her get away with that. >> i did not. are you showing the clip? >> show the clip. that's a good cue. >> women don't care about contraception. they care about jobs and the economy and raising their families and all of those t

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(audience reacts) >> jon: do not anger joe scarborough.or he will, like general sherman march through your hometown and burn the (bleep)ing place to the ground. (laughter) romney will crush his enemies, see them delivered before him and here the lamentations of their women. by the way, the phrase "salting the earth" refers to an ancient practice of conquering armies sabotaging farmland to prevent it from growing crops. that fact brought to you by salt. (laughter) turn your french fries into carthage. (laughter) we'll be right (cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome back. you know the country-- this country of ours-- it remains sharply divided over the tragic killing of trayvon martin by george zimmerman and lately there's been a new suggestion ma that maybe we shouldn't be focusing on this one incident so much at all. nobody says a word about the fact that almost half of the murders in the united states are of black people and 90% of them are committed by other black people. >> the national media doesn't do stories about blackon black crime.

(audience reacts) >> jon: do not anger joe scarborough. (laughter) or he will, like general sherman march through your hometown and burn the (bleep)ing place to the ground. (laughter) romney will crush his enemies, see them delivered before him and here the lamentations of their women. by the way, the phrase "salting the earth" refers to an ancient practice of conquering armies sabotaging farmland to prevent it from growing crops. that fact brought to you by salt. (laughter) turn your french fries into carthage. (laughter) we'll be right (sfx: car garage sounds) today my journey brings me to charlotte, north carolina, where i spent the day with geico driver casey mears. i told him the secret to saving money on car insurance. he told me the secret to his car setup. first he adjusts... first he adjusts... (sfx:engine revving drowns out gecko's dialogue) then he... then he... (sfx:loud drilling noise continues to drown out gecko's dialogue) ...and a quarter cup of pineapple juice. or was that the secret to his barbecue sauce? hey, "secret" sa

least brought up the occupy movement its attempts to create a more equitable society but then joe scarborough made sure to point out that where he's from most people still think that if you work hard that's the way you get ahead here is what i think that we should do i think cut through all the crap let the statistics speak for themselves because the truth of the matter is that this is a country where inequality is on the rise we're playing by the rules doesn't bring rewards but rather gaming the system does on wall street and so something needs to change and if people feel that and you can call it class warfare or you walk out the truth is is that there has been a class war going on but it's been waged by the wealthy by the elites who have had an influence over washington and use that to their advantage anyway again. having my commentary because on this tax day i think that statistics will do and then you can decide for yourself what you think so here's some fun once in two thousand and seven the top one percent had thirty four point six percent of net wealth in the united states also in two

let the horse race begin by joe scarborough. >> let's go to maureen dowd. >>> both campaigns will tellening that the obama-romney showdown will be decided in the final weeks of the campaign with the outcome resting on unemployment rates, gas prices, and their impact on swing states like florida, ohio, and virginia. so take a deep breath. we are still in the preseason for presidential campaigns. as the boston red sox cruelly taught their fans again last season, winning big in the spring doesn't mean jack. it's how your side performs when the leaves start to change colors. considering they still haven't sprouted throughout most of new england, this race still has a long way to go. so simmer down. simmer down. what are you doing? >> i'm just looking at maureen dowd. yeah, we've got a long way to go. we all agree with that. we've got a long way to go, right? they are going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars throughout the summer. i guess the only question -- >> it could get very ugly. >> is mark mckinnon still here? >> it will be reset at the conventions, joe. you're right. it will b

you were on morning joe when joe scarborough described the gloom and doom about mitt romney's chances this fall. let's watch this. >> i want to say this for everybody at home. the republican establishment, i have yet to meet a single person of the republican establishment that thinks mitt romney will win the general election this year. they won't say that on tv because they have to go on tv and they don't want people writing nasty e-mails. i honestly don't care, but i have yet to meet anybody in the republican establishment that worked for george w. bush, that works in the republican congress, that worked for ronald reagan that thinks mitt romney will win the general election. >> does that comport with your reporting? is that what you, mark halperin, is hearing? >> when the host of the show says something, you have two choices. you can say, that's exactly right, jeff, or you can follow the advice of bambi's mother. if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. i don't agree with that. there are some people who are waiting to see -- have romney prove to them that h

tonight's poll question, there it is, who is the hottest msnbc host, rachel, willie guise, joe scarboroughs matthews, mika brzezinski, who do you think should win? >> whoever loses should be killed on sight. i assume ed will win. >> ed will win?

tonight's poll question, there it is, who is the hottest msnbc host, rachel, willie guise, joe scarborough, chris matthews, mika brzezinski, who do you think should win? >> whoever loses should be killed on sight. i assume ed will win. >> ed will win? >> ed has a heartland barrel chested virility that cannot be denied. >> excellent. >> rachel, thank you. i wanted to show my chest for a long time on tv but i have a confession to make tonight, the belly's a little bit bigger than the chest but i'm really working on it. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening. >> thank you, ed.

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you have marco rubio who is not, you know, oxley, i believe it was joe scarborough who said he doesn't have the resume to really get out there and talk about foreign policy. he is the front man at least for this week. so how does mitt romney downer these words coming from the vice president and we will hear from the president. >> mitt romney just needs to be able to cross a certain threshold. we saw barack obama who was then a candidate do that when he web on his european tour. he went to iraq. web to the middle east. for the people to see him on a national stage. you will have to see mitt romney do something similar to that. i would remind that you it was a governor of a small state from arkansas, bill clinton, who didn't have a lot of foreign policy experience and he beat president george h.w. bush that was based entirely on the economy. >> with regard to what the president was able to do to his resume increased when it came to foreign policy, he was also the senator who stood against the war in iraq. we've not seen such strong stances from mitt romney. >> right. and what you are see

so we don't have to watch joe scarborough. >> okay.stead of morning joe. >> that's it. >> good to have you with us. you are right down there. you saw angela corey yesterday. what do you think? >> i sure did. i was so impressed and so proud. i think florida has been the laughing stock of the current tree for a long time for more than one reason. >> yeah. >> i think finally, the nation has seen not all of us are crazy and stupid and rednecks. we do have some intelligent, sensible people that may do the right thing. we may be looking at our next governor. >> you know what? >> so funny. i thought about that when i was watching her. i don't know her politics. she's probably a republican being from law enforcement. yes even know that. but when i watched her i just thought she handled herself very well. i thought she was very, very fair. i trusted her, and she was not showboating. she said this is what the law is. we follow the facts, not public opinion. harry, i think you are right. this sort of restored the reputation of florida, at least f

. >> i think he's taking joe scarborough's advice. >> salt the earth. >> carthage. >> you cannot go home again if you continue on. we all have a stake in a way of keeping this conversation going because it's kind of fun. >> joan, how cynical of you. >> i'm sorry. but seriously, it's going to be silly if he wins his home state it's going to be a news event that he won but it will be because it keeps him alive to fight in these future states. >> part of this is the politics of the personal. i think mitt romney is personally that rick santorum has sayed in it this long and said the things he's said how it would be better off for obama to be elected than elect a fake conservative like mitt romney. you want to try and take this away from me within the party to try and benefit yourself? you're trying to put yourself above the greater good of the party? i'm going to take all my rich donor establishment money and drop it on you and. [ laughter ] while you sink, sink, sink. >> that's luke russert. >> he has the money. >> doesn'tet need rick santorum going into the general? >> no. >> it's been so

i'm sure joe scarborough was rolling over.ortunately, could not bring their waterford crystal trophy, because it shattered after a player's father stumbled on a rug under the trophy display. no word if it was a trip or he was, i don't know, having a beer to celebrate winning. not sure how it happened, but it's gone. the school is working on getting a replacement crystal football which cost about $30,000. one expensive trip. a lot of money, but it's not enough to get you into a dinner with president obama. 40,000, as in dollars. how much 25 supporters of the president are paying tonight to attend a fund-raising dinner with president at the w hotel in washington. the money raised going to the obama victory fund. wow. crystal football, money for your campaign. hmm -- all right. the keystone pipeline could be on its way to being a reality. making a lot of people, a lot of people angry, but nebraska holds the cards. >>> tomorrow is 4/20. we read through the news to bring awe story from colorado. with the spark miles card from capit

joe scarborough says he doesn't know one republican that he talks to that thinks romney is going to win. now, that's not like helping his case. i mean, santorum and gingrich complain about fox. not so long ago they were on fox's payroll, and now mitt romney -- i think the truth is they all have gotten pretty fair treatment. better than they deserve in most cases. >> i would like to second that, and i have made that rant on this program as well that conservatives at least candidates whine about this way too much. they sound like victims. voters aren't interested in this. it's fine for all of us to critique and the media should be held to a standard, but for candidates themselves, i think it comes across as kind of whiney. >> can i point out, it wasn't a reporter who said the trees are just the right size in michigan. i mean, all of those things, they say them. >> he says sh some things that he probably wish he hadn't said. let me turn now to something that's been kind of below the radar. maybe it's now coming above the radar, and that is a focus on mitt romney's religion. i want to play