thank you, maggie haberman. you are the best reporter on hillary right now. >> thank you. >> you're right. i don't think she has decided. thank you, governor rendell. i think that's pretty smart. who wants to ruin their head and their soul and their gut because they think they have to make a point in history. unless there is a reason, like jack kennedy said, is this for the country? i think that breaks the decision in the running i think. >>> up next, the stock market has more than doubled since 2009. so why doesn't wall street and the republicans give president obama some credit? cnbc's jim cramer joins us next. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> what a difference four years makes. senator republican leader mitch mcconnell is running for reelection in kentucky, but he faces a primary challenge and a formidable candidate come the general election. so he is turning to fellow kentucky senator rand paul for help. take a look at the ad that formally kicks off the mcconnell campaign. >> welcome and sign

that was maggie haberman's comments today.e did get backing like michael grimm of staten island and governor nikki haley of south carolina as well as former senate scott brown of massachusetts. but the defenders are few and far between. mark halperin is co-author of "double down" and eugene robinson a columnist for "the washington post" and an msnbc political contributor. you know, let me ask you about too broad a defense here. it's sort of a theme here. was christie a little too much broad brush in saying things like -- he had a couple of contradictory things today. politics aren't beanbags. we're tough guys in this business. and the other was i'm not a bully. which message was he trying to get across? i thought he was trying to sell a whole new chris christie today that nobody ever knew, this meek sort of guy who is passive who believes in bridge traffic studies and falls for the front excuse for everything he alibis and never questions anybody's motives or his own staff's behavior. the question to you, mark, did you buy the

there's a marriage article in politico by maggi haberman. and among other things, writes this, met with a handful of aides, preparing for a 2016 presidential campaign. three officials delivered a dispassionate numbers-driver assessment. they broke down, filing deadlines in certain states, projected how much money clinton would need to raise. so a story like this shows clearly she is obviously very seriously thinking of running for that nomination. >> i would be surprised if this had not occurred. okay? the fact that hillary clinton is meeting with people who are talking about what she would need to do, how much money she would need to raise, seems to me to be a very pragmatic decision on her part, because people have to get these things in gear if, indeed, you're going to run. and i think having that kind of an assessment early on is sort of what a smart candidate would do. on the other hand, wolf, the more we talk about this, the more there's the sort of question game going on. and the less that really helps her, because the last thing she

clinton's shadow campaign for president, that's the subject of a detailed report today by politico's maggie haberman "morning joe," some of the revelations. >> there was a political briefing for her at her mansion in georgetown looking at filing deadlines, very detailed plan from big democrats in d.c. about how you would do it. they've pushed back. the publication date for her memoir was going to be in june, now later in the summer, so closer to the time when she would announce, which would come after midterm elections this year. they are talking about policy she can develop. >> all right. i want to bring in today's agenda panel, contributor for thegrio.com, and managing editor of thinkprogress.org, and special correspondent for "newsweek," the daily beast. i'm going to start with you on this. the politico article goes on to say hillary clinton's allies, are doing what you would expect to build the presidential campaign. obviously, they need to have that foundation lead of what the deadline is. super pacs and other groups are lining up waiting for the blessing. but is all this happening too early on

for the daily fix, chris cillizza and anybody capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell and maggie haberman as far as you're concerned? the meeting in her home here in washington with political experts, the truce between the super pacts or do you think it's the cautionary advice from two of her closest advisers. i think it's all of the above. it's not certain that hillary clinton is going to run for president. i really don't. i know i'm in the minority on that. i do think that people are doing a lot of things on her behalf. some of it with her approval to begin to prepare for that. that includes looking at the work ready for hillary is doing which has been preparatory in terms of field, they reached a truce with a bigger super pact that helps to line up major donors next year. i think a lot of things are being put in place. i think it's important to remember with super pacts this is not in the direct control of the potential candidate. there's a limit to how much prework they can do at a certain point if they becomes a candidate, only some can form a campaign. i don't think for the next sev

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a new detailed report by politico's maggie haberman describes an i want cat campaign in waiting.n one side, a dozen clinton staffers and loyalists that make up her inner circle and on the other outside groups looking for clinton's blessing. a growing concern of a rift and inability to control the messaging but at clinton's direct the groups have begun to make peace and take shape. according to politico, priority usa which backed president obama in the last cycle will handle megadonors. i know. so ready to go. it's hard to read like it's surprising because it's not, right? is it fair to say that? >> i don't know. no, no, it's not that i'm more careful. i'm not so sure she is going to run. you're sure she is going to run. >> oh, are you going to set that up? >> no. >> everyone stop! >> is everybody sure she is going to run? everyone around the table sure? i know people close to her say they are not so sure. richard, are you sure that hillary is going to run? >> 90%. >> yeah. what else are they going to do? >> i'm just going to -- you told me to just read the news. >> nobody has ask

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i'm maggie haberman, senior political reporter for political and i'm delighted to be joined by my colleague anna palmer, who is our senior washington correspondent. and an esteemed group of women have been truly example by the topic of our conversation, "the peacemakers: making policy in a polarized government." with us this morning that congresswoman tulsi gabbard, amy klobuchar, ileana ros-lehtinen and ann wagner. anna as annexes on stage and will be tracking your question that without, analyst, thank you for joining us to the conversation. let's begin. >> welcome. we wanted to start a conversation with you, senator, there's been so much talk about how women in the senate get along, bipartisan, have dinners. how well do you know these other women are sitting with just because we are really good friends. when people talk about the days of old and dennis how people used to work together, that's what we've got going with the 20 women senators. our numbers held for a while. we are 16 and that was unfortunate because they called is the sweet 16. now we are up to 20 and as i point out in a twee