terrorists and dictators could be funding mitt romney's campaign by laundering their money through karl rove's super pac but the american public will never know who they are tell you why and let's go we take. in the best of the rest of the news republican congressman allen west turned some heads last week when he said this about democratic members of congress. it. was later said he was referring to the members of the house progressive caucus which had recently introduced the budget for all to end our wars create a public option and modestly raise taxes on the super rich the romney rich in america are exactly the primary policy positions of the day's communist party as far as i know west's comments did draw a reaction however from the communist party usa their vice chairman libro piano told politico i don't know that being a communist in congress was off limits or out of bounds there aren't any now and if there were in the future does that mean that the voters don't have a say can't choose a communist to be in congress so what does congressman west need to know about communism and more importan

even an old hand like karl rove.'s new ad, hitting the president for being a celebrity, is getting considerable blow-back. not because it is evil or mean but because it's so bad. take a look. >> oh, yeah! >> joining us now, richard ç wolffe. >> the blowback is such that donald trump in february of mitt romney was a delight. he called it one of the worst he's ever seen. what was your response? >> donald trump does know a thing about celebrity and he is overstepping the mark and i think it is quite clear frg you're going after someone, then why go after that popularity? if i understand that karl rove might be envious and feeling inadequate when he looks at the president but it didn't work for the campaign in 2008 when they tried to do this. all they're saying is that he is popular. people like him outside of politics? is that a bad thing? >> trump is calling it among the worst he's ever seen. he make the point that the president brings out the worst in republicans. this ad just seems to make them seem petty, jealous,

karl rove is the past master. he's the architect. is to, as i said, the quarterback of what will be the opposition to the president. and i think they're all going to key off of what karl rove says in public as a quote, independent guy. because he is speak more freely than anybody else, including the campaign itself. >> sam, this is the segment that aired after karl rove appeared on fox news today. here it is. >> gas prices are sky-high. folks across the country know that, but they actually could be worse. where some americans are paying $7 a gallon for regular. >> oh, and it's all the president's fault. you've got crossroads campaign. they've got their own network. you've got right-wing radio, a new one out there reading a script. and you've got fox news working him over big-time. seriously, will the obama camp be able to take all of this on, this whole orchestration and effort? it's something that we haven't seen before. >> i think that's probably one of the top three most important questions of this election. in ign said, listen, f

karl rove is the past master. he's the architect. he's probably the closest thing there is to, as i said, the quarterback of what will be the opposition to the president. i think they are all going to key off of what karl rove says in public as a quote, independent guy. he is speak more freely than anybody else including the campaign itself. >> sam, this is the segment that aired after karl rove appeared on fox news. >> they could be worse. some americans are paying $7 a gallon for regular. >> oh, it's all the president's fault. you got the crossroads campaign. they got their own network now. you have fox news just working them over big time. seriously, will the camp be able to take all of this on? this whole orchestration and effort. >> i think that's probably one of the top three most important questions of this election. in 2008, the campaign said funnel all your money through us. we want to coordinate message and we can do it ourselves. the question is can you survive on a campaign like that in a post citizens united world? to th

it's classic karl rove, right? this is what will define karl rove's legacy.take your greatest weakness and your opponent's greatest strength and use it against your opponent. mitt romney does this all the time. in the speech that he gave last night when he won wisconsin and in a speech that he gave today, he used this tactic like a dozen times. it's kind of his only trick. all of his weaknesses as a candidate, he now just says are the weaknesses of barack obama as a candidate. so mitt romney lived in france instead of going to vietnam. he spent years and years in europe. so now mitt romney says that is barack obama's problem. he's the european! mitt romney signed on to the paul ryan kill-medicare plan, so now mitt romney says wanting to kill medicare, that's barack obama's problem. >> he has taken a series of steps that end medicare as we know it. >> mitt romney was 47th out of 50th in job creation when he served as governor of massachusetts and his record in private industry at bain capital is littered with all of these horror stories about shutting down fac

karl rove, bad or good?is one of the best -- >> i'm not talking about as a human being. the at attention he attracted for bush. he ended up having to leave. >> a little bit too much. >> yeah, i would say hang on, but i think i'm going to have to let you go. too bad. thank you guys. >> coming up the supreme court takes up another hot-button issue. and later brett ehrlich takes an unusual amount of joy? not so big news on the campaign trail. >> coming up newt gingrich suspends his campaign so you might want to cancel that down payment you made in that lunar cottage. emmy winning insider. >>i know this stuff and i love it and i try to bring that to the show. >>and humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>politically direct means no bs, cutting through the clutter. >>bill press and stephanie miller, current's new morning news block. weekdays six to noon. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good now it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. dollar for dollar, nobody p

it was even scarier to watch karl rove rapping in person than on the tv. that only dick cheney could manage. >> emcee rove. ♪ it's fun it to come to the dnc ♪ >> colin powell is equally musically challenged. here he is singing at a security meeting in indonesia. and bad boy blagojevich is caught on camera taking on elvis. ♪ >> yikes. don't quit your day jobs, fellows. oh, wait, never mind. perhaps they should have made a speedy escape like president bush tried to do after this press conference. >> this was one of the famous episodes with george bush looking like he didn't know what he was doing because he didn't even know where the door was. >> i was trying to escape. >> and talk about wanting to escape, who can forget vice president dan quayle exercising his spelling expertise in front of the cameras. >> add one little bit on the end. potato. >> you write phonetically. there you go. >> there you go. >> i wouldn't try your luck at, are you smarter than a fifth grader, dan. >> i guess he was wrong and i was right. >> and speaking of a gaffe with an "e" on t

bring in now karl rove. known as the architect for reaction to news. karl, good to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> eric: surprised? >> yeah. i thought the events last week where he met with conservative leaders, including some that launched out on his behalf over the weekend he would stay until pennsylvania. it suspect the campaign, literally consists of santorum, his family and two close advisors, john braybender and mark rogers came to the realization they were in danger of losing pennsylvania, at least the delegate count. even if they won the beauty contest and decided to pull the rip cord. >> eric: what do you think? >> bob: to suspend your campaign means you're in debt. you could keep it going the see if you get the debt paid off. santorum had a number of things to face. bad calendar, not just pennsylvania. perhaps the real challenge was delegates and perhaps the popular vote. he is a guy you cannot argue this is close to his family. a daughter getting out of the hospital. that hit him hard. the reality of his daughter being sick, and

>> karl rove. >> what? >> american crossroads announced they will dump a bunch of money into nevada to help them with get out the vote. they have poured some money, my understanding, into the nevada party, which is a shell corporation. there's nothing there. >> can you really fly in a get out the vote infrastructure? >> not only does it have to be organic, but it can't be done in a few weeks. >> john ralston was right there. the death of the republican party in nevada seems to have doomed sharon's chances at winning a senate seat that year. this is not to put republicans down. this does not represent morally qualitative about republicans. it's a really important organizational fact about how different the two parties are. it doesn't factor, i think enough into the way we think about partisan contests. the republican party, at this moment, is not a very strong party. just organizationally speaking, they don't seem to have it together. the republican party exists alongside a very strong, very rich conservativ

karl rove, bad or good?> karl rove is one of the best -- >> i'm not talking about as a human being. the at attention he attracted for bush. he ended up having to leave. >> a little bit too would say hang on but i think i'm going to have to let you go. too bad. thank you guys. >> coming up the supreme court takes up another hot-button issue. and later brett ehrlich takes an unusual amount of joy? not so big news on the campaign trail. >> coming up newt gingrich suspends i think it's brilliant. me and stephanie miller in the morning what a way to start the day. the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. ♪ >>> you see a model here in arizona. the right course for america is to drop these lawsuits against arizona and other states that are trying to do the job a barack obama isn't doing. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was mitt romney back in february, getting a big round of applause for backing arizona's harsh immigration law, and today the supreme court heard arg

>> karl rove. >> what? >> american crossroads announced a few weeks ago that they were going to dump a bunch of money into nevada to help them with get out the vote. and so they have poured some money, my understanding, into the nevada republican party which essentially is a shell corporation. there's nothing there. >> can you really fly in a get out the vote infrastructure? doesn't it have to be based here? doesn't it have to be organic? >> not only does it have to be organic to be effective, but it can't be done in just a few weeks. >> john ralston was right there. the death of the republican party in nevada seems to have doomed sharron angle's chances at winning a senate seat that year. despite her standing in the polls heading into that election. now, this is not to put republicans down. this does not represent anything morally qualitative about republicans, but it's a really important organizational fact about how different the two parties are. it doesn't factor, i think enough into the way we think ab

activia >>> karl rove tried to save us from dick cheney.essional, rove admitted he was wrong about cheney. but not in the way that you might think. that's coming up. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, what was the single stupidest moment in the republican presidential debates? come on. okay, here's a hint. it was a moment in which none of the candidates actually said anything. and tonight, one of those candidates wishes he had said something and we have the video of how he would like to rewrite that moment. that's coming up. >>> and later, rush limbaugh attacked secretary of state hillary clinton today for being a secretary. something he still hasn't attacked thomas jefferson for. that's coming up. makeup artists have everything to make my skin look its best. at home, i challenge that in one easy step with olay. total effects tone corrector. 7 anti-aging therapies for younger looking skin including an even skin tone, instantly. from olay. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh

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in a new ad from karl rove super pac, american cross roads. ♪ i'm so in love with you >> obama, obamaobama. >> obama, obama, obama. >>> i want to bring in steve kornacki and susan page, good morning to you, happy prom weekend as we have been talking about. let me ask you about the ad. obviously what they are trying to say this guy is too cool to run the economy, too cool to be commander in chief, too cool to be an effective president. is it effective? >> i think it is. four years ago they tried the same thing, they had an ad, they called obama the biggest celebrity in the world. the difference is after four years they have statistics on their side, superficially. the obama case is a nuanced one, i inherited a terrible mess, i made it better, got us on the right course, give me more time. the republican case boils down to hey, look at the unemployment rate, look at your economics, the numbers that paint a damming picture where the country is and now juxtapose that with the guy on the late night shows, singing, suddenly celebrity thing looks different, it's more effective than it was fo

karl rove was able to find a certain voters. this fine-tuning, both campaigns do it, certain voters in certain places. that can spell the difference. >> in a poll, condoleezza rice came in first, then chris christie, marco rubio, paul ryan. marco rubio says no thanks. >> you never believe that. >> rubio has his own version of the dream act where he would give us some children of undocumented immigrants legal status. >> if rubio passes in the vetting process -- assuming he does, he will be the obvious choice. if he says no thanks, he will have a horse's head in his bed and the next day he will accept. [laughter] romney will not take no for an answer. we have ways, we republicans. >> years ago i was interviewing teddy white and i asked a question and he said, "that is an amateur's question." he said the cardinal rule of politics is what is around the corner. we are dealing with unknowns. >> israel could bomb iran, who know what that would do to oil prices. david ignatius at a column this week -- pretty informed b guy -- that there

super pac american cross roads founded in part by one karl rove, will begin to unleash its $200 million campaign against the president this month. while the ad blitz is just warming up, the republican rhetoric toward the president is hotter than ever. take republican senator chuck grassley tweeting this weekend. constituents asked why i am not outraged at preso attack on supreme court independents because american people are not stupid as this xprof. that was senator grassley calling the president stupid. how about illinois congressman joe walsh calling on the president to distance himself from the muslim brotherhood. subtle as ever from mr. walsh. and not to be outdone, one congresswoman is even bringing bertha back. saying, i have doubts that it is really his birth certificate. and i think a lot of americans do. but they claim it is so we are just going to go with that. disrespect as discourse? welcome to the gop 2012. joining us now from washington is msnbc political analyst professor michael eric dyson. professor, if rick santorum complains about being subjected to mitt romney's att

that is what karl rove determined. the 2000 election was so close that he needed torive at the base, , and that is how george bush won reelelection in 2004 because a small numbeof pple turned out and more enththusiastic. >> even with these endorsements, like mitch daniels, it is sort of damning with fain praise. mih daniels came out this week and said, "look romomney is campaigning to win, not as he would govern." he is not speakiking t the pple he needs to speak to, young people, poor people, to say i hahave a program to bring you i in the system. he is just talking to the guys who can y big bucksks. >> i am with nina on this. the get out the vote stuff, unbelievable how fine this is. karl rove was able to find voters about certain type, and both campaigns do this now. finding a specific voters in specific places. 10 make the dfererence -- that can make aifference. . >> poll -- police arrest came in first, then it chris christie, -- condoleezza rice me in rst, then chrishristie, marco rubio, paul ryayan. marco rubio s

karl rove comes up to me, and said blue state digital. he said you do great things for the wrong people. i was on the fastest on the feet. i looked at carm rove strait in the eye. and i said yet another half truth from karl rove. he thought television high lar use. he asked for my card, a couple days later, the weird note appeared on the desk with the weird stomps. apparently karl rove is an avid stamp collector. it was from karl. on it it said dear mr. johnson. if you would like to have the picture inscribed please send it along. otherwise take this note as a token of meeting the great man himself. i think that skill of being able to not take things too seriously and to be able to entertain yourself is important but cog assistantly for your brain to be healthy, but also as a way to identify when you're getting too much information. if you start losing your sense of humor. if you start being unable to laugh, then maybe you should change your information diet a little bit. and my final thing on the paternalistic thing. there's a thin line b

the place i would have drawn the line is rap dancing with karl rove. >> it has been the theme of this keep it real. keep it real. cenk is overly excited to go to this dinner. you have this in your brain and you are just covering up but you are going to be there, you are going to love it, and you are going to want to go back again and again and again, and if you get jaded or this washington elite you are not the same cenk i know. >> let's keep it real. jr is exactly right for calling me out. and one of the ironies is i love celebrities. not like oh, my god, what does lindsay lohan think of politics. but i get into it et cetera no question about it, and i'll enjoy it. but it's one thing -- my job is to challenge these guys and see them and challenge them but if the whole industry does it i'm afraid that perhaps some of them might not be as aggressive in challenging these guys. and when you have gone that deep in that it is like yeah let's be buddies with karl rove, you have gone way too far. >> what do you like to do for fun? >> tear the heads off of small animals. >> this is like silen

so we don't behave the way the coke brothers and karl rove think we do.ry nice and i have no idea whether i'm going to win the election, i think there's a good chance that i will. if i do, it's because i love the people of the state, i love the place and i love the values. >> bob kerry, the happy warrior in the nebraska senate race this november. thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> you're welcome lawrence. >>> coming up, fox news is in the rewrite again, they think it is absolutely outrageous that president obama appeared on a comedy show last night and you would never know that a republican presidential candidate started that tradition of appearing on comedy shows 44 years ago. >>> and later, rodney king will join me. [ tires squeal, engine revs ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-class bluetec from mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say,

half a trillion dollars worth of taxes on them. >> sean: karl rove good to see you. for being with us. >> thank you, sean. thank you for having me. >> sean: coming up, looking ahead to the likely 2012 matchup. the next guest says there is evidence this election could deepen the racial divide in this country. whose rhetoric to blame for fanning the blames? juan williams is up next. the gone golfing edition as we vet the president and the edition of the real obama. check out his luxurious life and that of his family and vacation and golf and basketball. and all the fun they have. >> sean: tonight we look at the 2012 election from a much different vantage point. that is race. juan williams says there is evidence to suggest that the 2012 election will deepen an already deep racial divide he says exists in america. he points to several fears at the aspen simposium and among them black fear of g.o.p. white house out of touch with them, demonizing them as it focuses on "tax cuts for big business, while slashing federal spending on safety networks for middle class from educa

i would be very wary about taking political advice from karl rove about how to use foreign policy. it looked pretty good in 2004, didn't look so good after that. so, there was a lot of discussion about this article. and i think romney is -- appear s to be taking advice to get a foreign policy critique going. what's interesting is that obama has tried to pair it back saying all these people on the complain a -- campaign are complaining about what i'm doing. why don't you tell me what you plan to do? voters don't like iran, certainly don't the idea of iran having a bomb. if it comes to if i'm elected promise, i promise we will have a war with iran, that's a different political calculation. so, there's lots of, again, hand waving and table pounding and you're apologizing for america and all this sort of atmospheric stuff. what obama appears to want to do is have a precise policy discussion. so war then? i think that's how he thinks he can pair it back. whether it that that will work, i don't know. >> right there and then i'll get some in the back. it's hard for me to see in the new au