. >>> well, it's monday, which means it's time for keli goff's rant. >> hi, dylan.focused on hillary rosen's comments about moms, particularly one comment in particular. when rosen said, guess what, his wife actually never worked a day in her life with respect to anne romney, it was likened to kicking puppies. the remark was not nearly as important or telling as mitt romney's own comments on vet same subject months ago. here's what rosen said in its entirety. >> what you have is romney running around the country saying, well, my wife tells me what women really care about is economic issues, and when i listen to my wife, that's what i'm hearing. guess what? his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. she's never really dealt with the kind of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids. >> 99% of that statement is true. the romneys' wealth is not a secret nor something romney says they should be ashamed of. i agree with that. but it also says they are removed of the economic struggles and realit

next is keli goff. a political commentator, and many of you have seen her on national news programs, through cbs, on cbs, the early show, the joy behart, she was on msnbc seemed like every day, during the obama campaign, and she -- our paths have crossed not only on the panel but we are honored to be publishing the same collection as keli, a fine collection of president obama's race speak, you call the, his -- the book is called "the most perfect union" and she is the author of a book published last year, "the gq candidate." so we welcome her. we have dr. michael simanga, a multidiscipline author, scholar, director of the fulton county department of arts and -- >> former director. >> former director. >> now part of the national black arts festival. >> that's right, yes, now director of the national black arts festival, which is major, major. i'm glad because i have been enjoying that are for decade. while he was at the fulton county department of arts and culture he produced over 200 cultural events, in

keli goff. "hardball with chris

keli goff. "hardball with chris matthews" kicks off right now. >>> the romney plan help the ri rich, cut the poor. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews back in washington. leading off tonight, the buffett rule. can mitt romney and republicans make the case that wealthy people like him should pay lower tax rates than the middle class? well, the obama campaign is trying to make them do exactly that, betting that this so-called buffett rule, that billionaires should not pay a lower rate than their secretaries, is a winning issue. republicans, of course, are hoping americans hate taxes so much, they'll propose raising them even on the lauren buffetts in the world. plus, we got another example of how far people look and how something smells foul when they're asked to endorse mitt romney. how do you nominate a guy that even once wants to see president obama depp feated. . . finally, let me finish with how the historic divide of church verse state keeps social justice and peace i