i agree with michael steele.promise we're going to raise taxes and yeah, don't worry, we'll cut the expenses later. it can't happen. the reason it doesn't happen is not just because the democrats won't do it. the republicans won't do it. how did we get in this mess? 60% of the deficit projected in 2019 is because of the bush tax cuts were never paid for by cuts. nobody wants to cut stuff. not republicans or democrats when they really get right down do-to- to it, that's the problem. i agree with michael. this has to be a comprehensive plan now intoing entitlement cuts. the truth is the president's health care bill is not very strong in taking care of older people. they are not going to be able to go out in the insurance market and get health insurance between 65 and 67 because the bill that was passed and signed by the president says that the insurance companies can charge three times more for old people than they do for young people. this is a ridiculous idea. that doesn't mean we can't take some cuts out of medi

. >> michael steel, give us some hope. give americans hope about why washington will change. why the fever will break in a president obama second term. >> as a native washingtonian, you've come to the wrong place. i grew up with this stuff. the reality of it is i think both mark and andrea are absolutely right. the linchpin to that is his cabinet secretaries. that will begin to break the ice, put those folks in the mix with the members and the house and senate to develop that relationship, to carry the president's agenda. the leadership, sometimes that may not mesh at the top. but you want it to mesh somewhere in that chain. i think those cabinet secretaries can be beneficial to this president to help him begin to open up some doors that have up to now been shut. >> all right. we'll see if the status quo holds. we have a democratic president re-elected. we have a democratic senate and a republican house. not much has changed. we'll see if the politics of washington do. mark halpern, michael steel, andrea mitchell, especially up all night, thank you for coming in. everybody, t

michael steele will be joining us later in the program. live coverage of the president later this morning at 11:00 eastern time. politics and fiscal cliff, some of the issues dominating the sunday morning programs. good morning. guest: yes, on the tv talk shows, the aftermath of the elections. the pending fiscal cliff. and the resignation of david patraus will be on. david gregory will speak with chuck schumer and tom corburn. saxby chambliss and patty murray. aaron shock and donna edwards. at 2:00 it is fox news sunday with chris wallace. dianne feinstein, kent conrad, bob corker, chris van holland, tom price. at 3:00, see n n "state of the union." she will be speaking with jerry brown and john huntsman. also, carlos gutierrez and gary bower. at 4:00 we run out the talk show readers with bob schieffer speaking with david axelrod. listen to all of the program starting at noon on c-span radio. you can also listen with our free apps on the iphone, android, or black. . -- blackberry. >> 2013 should be the year we began to solve our debt throu

i agree with michael steele.ately he -- if he decides to run for president, seek the presidency, this vignette during his attempt as governor to help his state is not going to hurt him at all. it will probably help him. >> let's talk about taxes, michael. prominent republicans have been turning away from another well-known member of the party, grover norquist and his tax pled pledge. house speaker boehner, corker, mccain and coburn have hint ed. >> i think those newly elected republicans are looking at the idea of pledges going into the congress and in serving as maybe a hindrance to governance. and you need to have everything considered on the table and i think the speaker's leadership in this regard will be very helpful to carving out that pathway that they're going to need, that he's going to need to strike a deal with the president. it doesn't mean that rates are going to go up but some level of taxes, whether it's through loophole closings are or whatever, the speaker considering he needs to have the leverag

host: on the independent line with michael steele, good morning. caller: one, i would like to just agree 100% from the caller from maryland. i'm an african-american male and i love you. when you were the chairman, i did not appreciate how i really did not push that against some of the more forceful voices. overall, i think the message was right on point. after your loss seeking the second term, what i would hear coming from you, i think it is the tenor and the message that this country greatly needs. it was the frustration in the electorate right now and i think you could be a very, very major force in this political time to come. lastly, i would like to agree with you 100% about the ron paul factor. it from paul had run against a president i love, i really -- that would have been a head- scratching moment because i love ron paul. his voting record of 25 years actually matches what comes out of his mouth. guest: amazing what consistency will do for a person, right? there's something about ron paul and his leadership. again, you can scratch your hea

i'm joined to talk about this by the former rnc chair michael steele and mother jones washington bureauhief david corn. he's the author of the ebook "47 percent ,"a great book and a great get. he's an msnbc political analyst. let's start now. in politico jonathan martin describes the gop media cocoon writing, in this reassuring conservative pocket universe rasmussen polls are gospel, the benghazi controversy is worse than watergate, fair and balanced isn't just marketing, and dick morris is a political seer. this morning former house speaker and republican presidential candidate newt gingrich said he never saw the gop defeat even coming and said it's time for a serious republican postmortem. let's listen to newt. >> i was wrong last week, as was virtually every major republican analyst. and so you have to stop and say to yourself, if i was that far off, what do i need to learn to better understand america? the president won an extraordinary victory, and the fact is we owe him the respect of trying to understand what they did and how they did it, but if you had said to me three weeks ago

anyway, thank you michael steele and thank you howard fineman. up next, katrina, monica, watergate, second terms can be rough when presidents -- how does the president avoid na? this president avoid a second term disaster like have met so many when they get re-elected to only more trouble. this is "hardball" the place for politics. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. are you in good hands? [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term in

also with us, michael steele, msnbc analyst and former chairman of the rnc. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to see you, ed. >> congressman, you were on the floor today introducing your republican colleagues to hispanic voters in america. did they hear your message? >> i certainly hope so. because i think america's a nation of immigrants. a nation that welcomes new blood and new vitality and that's what's made us strong and makes us the kind of democracy we are in the world. and so i hope that they did. because to be quite honest, what i said today on the house floor was if you talk about self-deportation to 10 million people, millions of whom have american citizen children, if you say to thousands, tens of thousands of young people who gathered across this country and said to president obama, yes, we're going to take you up, we don't want to be deported, won't a work permit. that you're just going to not extend that program that as a matter of fact you will veto the dream act. if you're going to go hang out with the sb 1070 folks in ariz

here with me, steve elmdorf and michael steele, former republican chairman, both joining me now.irst of all, what are we hearing from the speaker and bill kristol saying, well, you can maybe raise taxes on the rich. some of them live in hollywood anyway. >> it's like a new day in washington, right? >> this like the cement cracking around ronald reagan's feet, the first time he raised taxes. i remember when he said that. >> yes, exactly. well, i think the speaker, i think, is setting the tone, as you saw on the front page, above the fold in "the washington post," you know. call his caucus to task, saying he's got to get the nation's business done. and i think what he said implicitly and probably directly behind the door is, trust me on this. you know, i get it. i understand what we need to do. we're not going to sacrifice our principles and values, but we've got to get the nation's business done. and then when we have a bill kristol coming out and saying, you know, they're all rich guys who live out in hollywood. we can raise their taxes. what an 180-degree turn. >> they're not th

thank you, michael steele, as always.nd david corn. >>> coming up, why general petraeus resigned if he did as it seems the honorable thing by resigning, what's all the continuing buzz about? we have to find out what's going on in the bok ground. >>> also, more than $1 billion was spent on ad this is political season, tv ads. we're going to talk about the one ad, the one ad, that did more to sink mitt romney than all the others and how it got done. this is fascinating. it's a fascinating ad because it really worked. >>> closing down the clown show. at least part of it. if the democrats had a list of republicans they wanted to beat, allen west's name would have been right at the top or near it. meet the man who may well have sent allen best packing, patrick murphy. looks like he's ahead in the vote in florida. >>> before we put the election to bed, let's take a fond look back at what one republican called the conservative loons and wackos who made campaign 2012 such a great spectator thing to watch. >> president obama once

. >> michael steel, there is a searching this ere was soul searching last night before the results wereor the republican party, party that you leduccessfully you're waking morning, what's meeting like? what do you have to do to change next time what happened know fle particularly those in million, $10 million, $20 to win the white house, they're sitting here going this is one hell of an roi. how do we justify this new position we're in when you're given the opportunity in this economy with this ecord, to make the case that we clearly didn't make. so i think you're going to have a lot of recripple nation ars. you're going to have te we've already seen lastlo nit and this sta conservative enough. this moderate a moderate. there were a lot of other conservatives in that primary. if that is the thing you sthi go make the difference, then you would have selected ae second guessing is not going ehelpful. i think gotnow in appreciating this country changed. right before our t for the first president< of the united st's going to be the future. it hit the republican partyside the headontinue t

. >> alex wagner and michael steel on a huge day on the campaign trail. >>> early voting rages on in ohio. state senator nina turner has the latest as the righties continue to delewd themselves about the buckeye state. >> mitt romney will win ohio and he's going to win ohio easily. >> i think ohio is going to be a squeaker, maybe 80, 110,000 vote margin but i think the republicans are likely to take it. >> bob strom is here and he'll set the record straight. >> an bill clinton continues to slam the door on romney in the state of virginia. >> if you really believe we're all in this together, re-elect president obama. >> as katy perry lights up the badger state. >>> good to have you with us tonight. with just about 50 hours until election day, the candidates are making their closing arguments like never before and in the battleground state of ohio, president obama is definitely on the move. the latest nbc maris poll has the president up. he is pushing hard about the dishonest ad about jeep moving jobs to china. >> you've got folks who work at the jeep plant who have been calling their

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again, michael steele ande paid somebody who paid 10,000 bucks to get in and hurt the guy.e right about election in terms ofllhe on disability program, pai that number? >> this election was all about unemployed, 1 in 6 welfare. but it was that 47% number that trumped them all at the end of the day. people galvanized around it because it was them. it was me. you're talking about me myn grandma, my every day folks. and it really to the point that howard made earlier, drew out that disconnect between the romney campaign and romney personally and everyone else. >> do you think it's its bdsrand -- >> no. >> that there's a few people out there pulling a load for everybody else? i think -- >> calculated business look, how he looks at it. >> i it's his philosophy and i think it showed in that >> how do you know it's his philosophy? >> he never told us what his philosophy was. >> he said nice things at one poinut. >> former president clinton brought the house down one of the great speeches ever i think and made the case for reelecting president obama in a way the candidate himself

we heard michael steele saying about it.hat will they say moving forward trying to find a candidate, if it's not mitt romney, who it is? >> got an e-mail from a top republican party headline saying our party is in free fall. can't do better than that for a headline. paul ryan is one that's looked at. marco rubio for some of the reasons is suddenly looking like a very appealing candidate, not just because of his potential appeal to latinos, hispanics, but also he has a better way of talking to women about issues. when he talks about spending, debt, he talks about it in terms of their kids and the successful republicans are going to be the ones who find a way to do that, but there's a big republican bench. chris christie is a loser -- chris christie certainly is a big winner out of this. bobby jindal down in louisiana, so there's going to be a big contest to see who is going to be the voice. >> all right. mike allen, thanks so much, and thank you for all your coverage on "way too early" over this last year and a half or so. ap

so, very quickly, are you running for rnc chair, michael steele?stay tuned. >> not ruling it out? >> not ruling it out, no. i'm serious. i'm not ruling it out. this party needs a shake up. i shook it up once. let's do it again. >> are we going to remap the districting. >> it's possible in texas and florida. >> hillary clinton in 2016 endorsed by warren buffett and the buffalo news. >> she could keep the coalition together. >> and what is brian sandoval's future? >> it's a very good question. i mean you have a guy with 60% google rating. don't forget about us, chuck. he has a future. >> yeah, nevada counts. we'll see. give me shameless plugs. >> i should promote my new website. my daughter was picked this week to be on the first ever girls flag football team for her high school. >> nice. everything is cooler in nevada. >> dan bolt's ebook out today. >> our paper has a beautiful new look. >> a great little piece up on therue.com about the election. check it out. >> i will see you from asia. i'm headed for 15 hours on a plane ride. we'll see you right

editor at large mark halperin, tom brokaw, the guru here at nbc and, of course, msnbc analyst michael steelejoined now from chicago by, what is the president referring to you, david plouffe? are you the architect? i know others call you the architect of the obama campaign. is that a fair description? >> i think it's how tonight goes what he refers to me as. >> let me ask you this, if you trust the exit polls, what's the first number on how the night will go? >> we have to be cautious and states like virginia, ohio and north carolina and if they're matching up to what we expect in terms of turnout and in terms of vote share amongst independents then we'll feel like we are confident. until that materializes -- >> i don't know if we lost audio. >> a little bit. >> are you there? >> david, are you back? >> yes. >> oh, he's back. >> look at the unemployment numbers. if you bring a republican mitt romney surrogate on the show, he'll tell you the numbers are bad and it's good for mitt romney because he can offer a different plan. you look at the economy and the jobs numbers, even though there's dat

anyway, thank you, michael steele and howard fineman. >>> up next, remember that guy who got the romneyampaign logo tattooed on his face? he's having a bad case of buyer's remorse. he's thinking about giving back romney. that's ahead, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to"hardball." now to the "sideshow." vice president joe biden made a surprise visit at the grand opening of washington, d.c.'s, new costco this morning, and he reminds shoppers about the fiscal cliff while he's at it. >> in all honesty, i didn't have my own card. jill wouldn't let me have one. i went to get my wife's card, and she said, no, no, no, you get your own. all the people you meet in here today and you see, these are hard-working folks who don't need to see their taxes go up. >> that's one way to create opening day buzz, although it looks like watching this scene everybody was more interested in watching the vice president do his own shopping there. >>> also, why are people receiving this fund-raising e-mail from bill clinton? quote, i've enjoyed it so much whenever we've brought one of hill

thank you, michael steele. you handled this all right, didn't you? >> it was pretty good. >> you voted for the other guy, right? >> no. i voted for mitt romney. thank you very much. >> i thought you might. up next, inside -- it's going to be great. junkies stay with us. we have the greatest inside stories coming up from our embeds of what actually happened to romney the last couple months, what happened to the obama camp, inside. i wish we had two hours for this. we have a few minutes. the fact the romney people thought they had won up through tuesday evening. how it all went to the end. great stuff coming up. that's ahead. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we're coming back with the inside story of both campaigns in the final days before the election this week. i cannot wait to hear it myself. back after this. >>> we're back. years of planning, months of rallies, and days of waiting came to an end tuesday when >>> polls closed nationwide and results started pouring. in while both felt confidence in their victory, in the end mitt romney

me bill burton former deputy white house press secretary and co-founders of priorities usa and michael steelet and former republican national chairman. bill burton you were involved in one of the super pacs on behalf of the president. it's been very edgy on both sides accusations of false advertising, both campaigns. what about the fact that somebody's going to be elected president, we hope we'll know tonight or tomorrow, at the latest, and then how do you begin negotiating with the political opposition? >> well, i think, you know, a lot of money has been spent in this election and i think people will have a lot of questions afterwards as to whether or not over on the republican side hundreds of millions of dollars weren't just wasted to no affect whatsoever. we feel like we were able to have an impact and feel good about that. if you look at what's going to happen after this election there are huge problems looming for when the president is re-elect the and i think that him sitting down with speaker boehner and, you know, harry reid and trying to figure out what the best path forward is in a

thank you, michael steele. you handled this already, didn't you? was pretty good. >> you voted for the other guy, right? >> no. i voted for mitt romney. thank you very much. >> i thought you might. up next, inside -- it's going to be great. junkies stay with us. we have the greatest inside stories coming up from our embeds of what actually happened to romney the last couple months, what happened to the obama camp, inside. i wish we had two hours for this. we have a few minutes. the fact the rom people thought they had won up through tuesday evening. how it all went to the end. great stuff coming up. that's ahead. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we're coming back with the inside story of both campaigns in the final days before the election this week. i cannot wait to hear it myself. back after this. so you say men are superior drivers? yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? >>>

. >> alex wagner and michael steele on a huge day on the campaign trail. >>> early voting rages on inate senator nina turner has the latest as the righties continue to delude themselves about the buckeye state. >> mitt romney will win ohio and he's going to win ohio easily. >> i think ohio is going to be a squeaker, maybe an 80,000 to 110,000 vote margin but i think the republicans are likely to take it. >> bob strom is here and he'll set the record straight. >> and bill clinton continues to slam the door on romney in the state of virginia. >> if you really believe we're all in this together, re-elect president obama. >> as katy perry lights up the badger state. >> wisconsin, are you ready? >> we'll have all the latest from today's massive day of campaigning. >>> good to have you with us tonight. with just about 50 hours until election day, the candidates are making their closing arguments like never before and in the battleground state of ohio, president obama is definitely on the move. the latest nbc/marist poll has the president up. he is pushing hard about the dishonest ad about j

anyway, thank you michael steele and howard fineman. >>> up next, remember that guy who got the romneyn logo tattooed on his face. he's having a bad case of buyer's remorse. he's thinking about giving back romney. that's ahead and this is "hardball," the place for politics. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the mall. hey. hi. y'know, holiday shipping's easy with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. yeah, i know. oh, you're good. conception or not? that's ahead and this is [ male announcer ] priority mail flat rate boxes. online pricing starts at $5.15. only from the postal service. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood

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anyway, thank you, michael steele and howard fineman. >>> up next, remember that guy who got the romneyampaign logo tattooed on his face? he's having a bad case of buyer's remorse. he's thinking about giving back romney. that's ahead, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. >>> back to"hardball." now to the "sideshow." vice president joe biden made a surprise visit at the grand opening of washington, d.c.'s, new costco this morning, and he reminds shoppers about the fiscal cliff while he's at it. >> in all honesty, i didn't have my own card. jill wouldn't let me have one. i went to get my wife's card, and she said, no, no, no, you get your own. all the people you meet in here today and you see, these are hard-working folks who don't need to

pacific when joined by michael steele, michael steele, mark leibovich and al sharpton.hell picks up coverage live next from democracy plaza and her guests are robert gibbs and haley barbour. stay tuned. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports after two years, $2 billion and trips across the battlegrounds, the race for the white house comes to a close. >> when the cynics said we couldn't, you said, yes, we can.

michael steele, and greg howard, both msnbc contributors. let me ask you this.that a good day or a bad day for the republicans? >> i think it was a bad day. i thought it was very interesting that later on that huntsman said that he should have taken the 10-1 deal. he could have carved out a new deal on the stage. >> it wouldn't have looked very good after the election. >> i'm just saying that that moment sort of solidified the rest of the story for this party. >> you don't want to be the one that voted against it or vote for it when it fails. >> i agree with the chairman it was the beginning and end for john huntsman. it was also in the long-term the beginning of the end for mitt romney. >> how so? >> it is today's politics. >> they used to say, you have to be the most segregationist guy in the south. somebody would always go to your right. >> i guess you could say that whatever an early primary season crowd claps for furiously is going to kill you in ohio. >> i get thrilled seeing how great politics is. let's get back to the iowa caucuses, another unique state.

thank you, michael steele. you handled this all right, didn't you?tty good. >> you voted for the other guy, right? >> no. i voted for mitt romney. thank you very much. >> i thought you might. up next, inside -- it's going to be great. junkies stay with us. we have the greatest inside stories coming up from our embeds of what actually happened to romney the last couple months, what happened to the obama camp, inside. i wish we had two hours for this. we have a few minutes. the fact the romney people thought they had won up through tuesday evening. how it all went to the end. great stuff coming up. that's ahead. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ [ male announcer ] the way it moves. the way it cleans. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. oral-b power brushes oscillate, rotate and even pulsate to gently loosen and break up that sticky plaque with more brush movements than manual brushes and even up to 50% more than leading sonic technology brushes for a superior clean. oral-b power brushes. go to oralb.com for the

michael steele. during the election there was a lot of talk about tough positions on china and everyone was sort of trying to out -- sort of out tough talk one another, to say mitt romney had as stance he was going to, you know, talk to tough to china on day one. he was not elected. president obama's trip to burma and the southeast asia is seen as a way to say, china, we're in your backyard and not going to let you have a monopoly over this part of the world. something the president has looked to do for several years now. the issue is whether, a, he can do that, whether he can really actually intimidate the chinese, and b, whether this is the time to be doing it given what's happened in the middle east. i will point out what professor gin canwrong said. the pivot, speaking of obama's pivot to the middle east is a stupid choice. the united states has achieved nothing and only annoyed china. china can't be contained. i wish the professor would tell us what he or she really thinks. in terms of the pivot

person, the co-author of game change and the former chairman of the republican michael committee, michael steele. >> happy election day. let's talk purple. >> first of all, it looks fantastic in front of democracy plaza. the other thing, we've seen incredible bitterness. the leaders of both parties saying we're not working with the other guy. one of the thing that's important is the country get ready for a new president, hopefully in the next 24 hours and that person is able to bring the country together. >> that's the point to the tie? >> i didn't mean that when i asked. >> hall pern/steele 2016. >> i'm not putting too much money on that. people heading into the voting booths less than an hour from right now. what does this election boil down to? we've been at it for so long. it's good to take a step back. what's the fundamental choice? >> the difference between the two is their vision of how they see the country going forward. it's going to be one that, you know, uses the entrepreneurial prices out there, the spirit of the american people to go out and pull themselves up by their boot straps o