kroo krystal, let me show you something.rticle in national review ha says karl rove's opposition to steve king's iowa senate bid has been the best thing that ever happened to mr. king. are we witnessing the final days of the reign of king karl over the republican party? >> well, i think we may be. the fact that his super pac in the last election in 2012 had a 1.29% return on investment has not made donors very happy. >> oh, come on. he only spend $300 million. >> i know. it's chump change really. i don't know what they're so upset about. but the other thing here for the candidates for candidates like steve king, and really for any candidate, show me the piece of mail or the television advertisement that says i am the choice of the establishment, that's why you should back me. and essentially that is what karl rove's impractice mature at this point means. yeah, especially in the republican party, especially where there's this huge anti-establishment tea party wing, being the choice of the establishment, having that branded on

it's all about the heart. >> that's right. >> krystal.oing to get to geraldo i promise but let's start with scott brown. >> if we must. >> so much speculation. he was the original tea party darling. he's apparently not headed back to washington. in a statement he released today, he says i was not at all certain that a third senate campaign in less than four years and the prospect of returning to a congress even more partisan than the one i left was really the best way for me to continue in public service at this time. and i know it's not the only way for me to advance the ideals and causes that matter most to me. that sounds like a run for governor, doesn't it? >> ding, ding, ding. >> absolutely. you could just shorten that to, you know, it doesn't sound like that much fun. and it doesn't. tough get elected now, have to run again. and it's a very difficult place to be a republican and be tied to the national party in the way that you are when you're running for senate. and it is different when you're running for governor, when you're runn

that's going to take time. >> do you agree with krystal? >> i agree with krystal 100%.oderate rhetoric, but they also have to have policy positions that match the rhetoric. >> 100%. >> and when it comes to health care tacks, economy, immigration, gay and z lesbian rights, you name it. the republican party just isn't there. >> and so jimmy do you regard this extreme makeover as being purely cosmetic in effect? >> listen, everybody could have a facelift. the point is at some point it will fall back down again. this is remarkably simple. the party platform of the republicans is their theology. this is what you believe in. it's why you go to the church of politics. if your theology is that black people are lovely and want them to vote for us but don't believe they deserve equal rights of gay people, et cetera. all across the country. then that is your plot form. you can run away from it, but until you change the platform, it is what you stand for. if you don't stand for it b, you can't go out and say something differently. the democrats have to do exactly the same thing. th

interesting statement, krystal. >> absolutely. republicans try to caricature him as a big government liberal who's never seen a government program that he doesn't like, who's going to spind us into the ditch. he's going to turn us into greece. the facts and the record say things that are different. since january it's been quite a while. i think it was january 2008 we actually had a surplus. this january he has been slowing the growth of government spending. it has been a priority for him. but obviously because of the economic realities, we had to invest in the country in an immediate way to get us back on track. so making that case reminding voters that he has been a responsible hand on the tiller when it comes to balancing the budget and keeping those policies in mind is important too. >> richard, i want to bring this up because i want to bring this up. >> do it. >> when we've talked about the 102-year-old woman, the student from mexico hadiya pendelton who was killed by gunfire in chicago, her parents sitting there, we talk abou

joining me now is krystal ball and abi huntsman.hank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> krystal, congressman cantor endorsed a path to citizenship today. but he's still against compromising on taxes and he still wants to gut entitlements. so is this change you can believe in? >> and we should point out, too, that he talked about pathway to citizenship just for the children of immigrants who came here who are undocumented. something that he voted against, by the way, in the dream act. you're absolutely right. basically what eric cantor did, is he hit on all the least controversial aspects of the republican party platform. things like education. things like flexible working hours, closing loopholes. things there's broad agreement on that democrats would agree with. that you pointed out the president would support and has talked about before. they want to sort of talk about those things and just sweep the rest of it under the rug. let's not talk about where we stand on entitlements. let's not talk abou

krystal ball is my colleague and the co-host of "the cycle" and lili gil valletta is founder of excele. congratulations on your baby which you have just had. thank you for coming back and joining us. we were told that immigration was something that republicans and democrats could agree on after the election because of what happened at the election. enter the chair of the house judiciary committee who will have a good say on this and bob goodlatte says there's no need for a path to citizenship. >> now there is no need. we were just talking about it before the show. there is no clear path to citizenship, and the problem we have is that there are so many different versions of immigrants that we try to corner them all with one big label as if they're all one big issue that it's the same to be addressed in one way when it's not. the biggest issue here is we keep mixing and missing the point that there's an economic impact when we address immigration. you cannot ignore it because it is impacting the competitiveness of our country altogether. >> krystal, a recent bloomberg poll shows a clear

joining me now are steve kornacki and krystal ball. >> thank you, ezra. >> steve, who are you wearing? >> sorry. >> this was a $12,000 sweater that nbc has generously provided. >> this is actually new, it was deemed unacceptable -- >> you do have a stylist. >> we're trying, we're trying. >> so to give you a real question here, steve, there is cognitive dissonance, people are -- they don't like government in theory, but they like it in practice. and this creates a certain amount of incoherence when we try to deal with the sequester. >> the only way i can put it, what is the overall top, the way they're dealing with congress. i think they tend to conflate the idea of the deficit as a problem with the idea of the economy as a problem. that is why as a coincidence, three times in the last 30 years, the deficit scored as the top priority. early '90s under bush, the start of the clinton presidency, and late 2008 to the president day, they have coincided with economic downturns. and there is a classic moment, i don't think it has been made enough of. bush, perot, clinton, in a town hall deba

billy krystal stole the show. 6.3 billion people watched it.success. >> do you predict he's brought back? seth mcfar lond? >> i don't know. chris rock wasn't brought back either. it's more than are you good or not. >> the mistake is it was an insider pick. if you're a fan of "the family guy" you know every sitcom and movie and get the references. this is supposed to be a broad appeal show and billy krystal lifetime contract. >> found him mostly funny. >> i like "the family guy." >> you didn't see half the show. >> i like that we're calling "the family guy." >> she wasn't hooked. >> he wasn't good enough to hold my attention. >> see? >> that's right. >> i moved on. facebook fans are weighing in on what surprised them more last night. "argo" or the first lady's live appearance? they were more surprised by the first lady. me, too. bobby says no doubt about it. michelle, class act. like us on facebook and let us know what stunned you the most at the oscars. >>> straight ahead, a political odd couple of all time. dick and ike. but first, the after s

let's bring in our guest now angela rye and i'm joined in studio by krystal ball.obably wanted to avoid last night was any comparison with bobby jindal. but that didn't stop jindal from tweeting out his congratulations to senator rubio last night. heck of a job there, marco. but on the seismic scale of horrendous public speeches, where does mr. rubio's come? >> well, the big problem visually is he just didn't seem like he was ready for the big stage. he was sort of sweating. you could tell his mouth was dry. there was the awkward water grab. it's not so much the water itself, it's that he seemed nervous. he did not feel presidential. and i imagine someone like a chris christie who would have gotten up there and would have had that swagger, would have commanded the room. so i think that is unfortunately the lasting impression. and the other piece you pointed out, this is the man who is supposed to be the new face of the new republican party. and his personal story is very compelling. but the actual meat and substance of what he was saying is the same warmed over tir

here in new york, krystal ball and jonathan capehart. krystal, i have big news.here's a big name added to the list of personalities like jeb bush and wayne la pierre who will speak at this year's political action conference. we can tell you live now the great willard mitt romney is back. he will address -- in fact what will he be able to teach cpac about winning elections? >> actually if you took a course of what not to say and do, here's the example of what failed utterly this past year. don't do that. what that guy is saying, don't do that. but part of the problem with mitt romney, and i was thinking about this before this segment. what would an appropriate role for him be now? and the problem is that there's no issue that you can identify him with that you would say, you know, he's really passionate, though, about education reform or he's really passionate about this issue or that issue. >> stashing your money offshore? hiding your money in the cayman islands? tax avoidance, tax evasion. >> that would world cup. but there's no natural role for him because ther

>> reporter: appreciate the final countdown music, krystal.ny point tomorrow the president can sign the order and goes in to effect. press secretary jay carney indicated at the briefing that the president is, quote, ever hopeful. but as you have the private conversations with aides here at the white house, they make it very clear they're continuing to focus on the same priority which is to try to convince the american public that compromise, a balanced approach, is the way to go on this. hoping that the public ultimately will influence congress. congressional republicans to back down from their positions right now. you know, we do as we head in to tomorrow have been focusing on this is happening sort of like an overnight thing but the white house is almost backed off that language to some degree and just yesterday the president said last evening before an event with the business council, he said this is not a cliff but more like a tumble downward. the white house is anxious that many americans who do not see immediate impacts in the first few

it's a very powerful speech. >> krystal, i got the impression he was almost laying out the frameworkngest children to develop in a society so they can go to good preschool education, that they can have a school that equips them for the workplace and then that they should have parents who care and are responsibly engaged. >> and parents who have jobs and good paying jobs that can afford to raise them and support them. i think you're absolutely right about that. and interestingly it was a great message for this audience, for this town, but to me what was striking is that he led with the stable family, and that actually is an argument that conservatives make a lot, that you can't just have government solutions. you have to have good families. now, the difference here is the president's vision of a family is very inclusive. he specifically mentioned gay parents, he mentioned foster parents, he made sure to give a shout out to the single moms who are doing heroic things, and so i think he was also in a way countering the argument that all he wants to do is to throw money at the problem to

to krystal's point.e end of the day they really have to determine what is not only their message, but what are the policies that they represent. >> you know, terry branstad, the iowa republican governor really told rove's superpac to stay out of the senate race there. i basically told karl rove what that what he was doing is counterproductive and he needs to stay out of it. if some outside group that has no connection to iowa attacks somebody from iowa, that is not smart. >> well, i love how suddenly republicans are coming out against outside spending in their state. it was all fine and good when it was benefitting them. also i think governor branstad wants to keep that power in his hands in terms of who's in the primary and who's successful in the primary there. but rove's group, at least they are recognizing that there is a problem, that they need to have more mainstream and electable candidates. but let's keep in mind the problem for the more mainstream republican candidates is not that they don't hav

. >> krystal ball, i wish i could share rush limbaugh's confidence -- >> he is always right, so -- >> of yeah, how this works, i don't really have a counter-theory of how this works out. we've never been here before, so we're just guessing. >> well, and the problem is here for republicans, they don't want to agree to any tax increases in this deal. so they feel like the cuts that are on the table are better than having to agree to tax increases. and the democrats feel like the cuts that are on the table are better than agreeing to different cuts in an equal amount that would just fall more heavily on social programs. so it is hard to see how they get out of this impasse by the particular sequester deadline. >> but ari, do all republicans think that? i mean, if john boehner is out there saying look, this is bad for national defense, these cuts. bad for the economy, he is even willing to say. that seems to me to demand that you do something to avoid them. and if that means closing some loopholes, that would be a reasonable outcome. i just don't see how boehner can continue to say how ba

krystal, talk for a brief moment about that exchange between keith ellerson and sean hannity.led epic, astonishing. what words would you use to describe it? >> it's all of those. and department of obvious. i don't think anyone serious thinks of him as a serious journalist. he does just spout talking points. and his line is the exact same line as the republicans which is the sequester, oh, it's not all that bad. the president is making it out to be this big deal. it's really not. and on the other hand saying it's all the president's fault and this is awful because obama did this to us. so it doesn't make any sense. god bless keith ellison for pointing out the absurdity. >> can we not stay with sean hannity? >> did you enjoy it? >> i did. so pitiful. but that look on his face when he has no comeback. keith ellison states the obvious to him. he has no self-awareness that he is a parody of a journalist. yet he's, what did you say? the great thing is he's saying the president has been fear mongering. what has fox news been doing all these years? are they upset someone is on their m

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and always uphold the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> krystal, i believe john boehner is sitting behind him at that moment thinking, he is exactly right, we shouldn't be tampering with this stuff. we will lose as a party, republicans in the house, if we do get caught tampering with this stuff again like we did on debt ceiling. but how does boehner try to keep control of his side on this? >> well, and that has been the big question. it is remarkable, actually, that we were able to avoid the fiscal cliff. i mean, we sort of went over it and we were able to keep that intact. and the republicans basically blinked, they realized on some level that they were becoming known as the party of manufacturing crisis. this was all they -- that they had to offer the country. if they go down that path too many times, their approval ratings are already at all-time lows. they can't sink any further in the public's estimation. and we're looking at sequester and continuing resolution. we're going to have another debt ceiling debate in the summer. now rather than the burden being o

krystal ball and steve kornacki, thank you for joining us. coming up, now it takes two, two, to respond to president obama's state-of-the-union address. but really, what can rand paul say that will be so different from what marco rubio would say? richard wolff will join me on that, and karen finney will join us, and later, the oscar nominated actor of "silver linings playbook" and in the rewrite, what does george clooney have in common with sarah silverman and maya angelou. we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of tim and laura. it's amazing how appreciative people are when you tell them they could save a lot of money on their car insurance by switching to geico...they may even make you their best man. may i have the rings please? ah, helzberg diamonds. nice choice, mate. ...and now in the presence of these guests we join this loving couple. oh dear... geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> what does drew barrymore have in common with matt damon and art garfunkel? the one hint i can give you is the answ

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the 49ers even though they beat my packers in the playoffs but i think the more important question, krystal, who's the hotter harbau harbaugh? >> obviously. >> people are wanting to know, that right? that's why they're tuning in to "the cycle" to see that meted out. >> adjudicate that right now. >> you can put that question away right now. i'm going to pick -- >> we can make a definitive judgment on this right here and now? >> science. science. >> bam. science? got it. >> i'm going with jim who's the 49ers coach and the younger harbaugh. >> taller. >> yeah. sharper features which i like. >> yeah. >> you said that john looked kinder. i agree. that's a turnoff to me. i think jim -- jim looks a little meaner which i like. and i'll say got the coaching debut western kentucky, hilltoppers, awesome. a woody hayes trophy. big ten player of the year. and just all around good guy. >> that is preposterous. >> erroneous. >> absurd things i have heard come out of your mouth. obviously, john is the superior and more attractive brother. number one, last time the brothers met he was victorious. >> thanksg

some of them krystal brown there were so happy to be home. absolute frustration with carnival cruise line. they are offering the passengers reimbursement, a free cruise, and $500. many of the passengers say that is simply not enough, considering all they went throughout. >> have the owners got any explanation as to not just by the fire broke out and why the engines were disabled about why it became such a total crisis on board? >> they have not. we are still waiting for that explanation. the one thing the passengers have wanted to point out is how wonderful the crewmembers were about all this. that the crew members kept smiles on their faces and did all they could to make a miserable situation somewhat aberrant. >> i know that cruising is very popular in north america. any indication that this might make people who are it are i to think twice about their forthcoming holidays? >> they may. that may be the case for the 3000 passengers on this ship. although they're getting a free cruise, many of them say they don't plan on cruising again anytim

krystal's thoughts on the matter straight ahead.ake advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> we only take such actions as a last resort to save lives when there's no other alternative. >> so first let me get a few things out of the way on drones. in general i think drones can be a useful and effective tool of war if there's a bad guy, a senior leader of al qaeda let's say, who we can take out with a drone strike, i say we do it. i am however bothered by the secrecy, lack of transparency and lack of oversight of the drone program. the process by

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