but michael steel -- how does this play out for the republican party? because walden exposed the truth, which is that nobody particularly wants to own cuts to medicare and social security. and here now, republicans have to praise the cuts, however minor you may think republicans may think they are, chain cpi is a way of trimming social security costs. they have to praise that now. and not really mincing words. greg walden is being told to walk it back. >> yeah, he is and i think it goes to what richard said. and maggie. there is right now this little conversation that is sort of erupting publicly. within the party as to exactly how do we now reframe this? i think the president did very adroitly put out a budget. he put out, okay i've heard you talk about this chain cpi stuff. here you go, now what? >> now they can't take it. now you can't take it. you sit there and you're going to go well, if we support it then we're cutting programs for seniors. but wait a minute, democrats, are the ones who always accuse us of that. thy ink they need to take a step ba

but, michael steele, what is it?rs of the republican party that really can do -- at this point, cannot do anything? >> i think the game-changer here has been pat toomey for conservatives and for republicans in the senate certainly, but even around the country in terms of giving voice to a way forward on this issue. as we talked about a little bit earlier, mika, on the right you have, i think, still a legitimate concern that all of this activity around some type of bill doesn't lead to somewhere down the road a national registry, some form or manner in which the federal government can come in and check your ability to own a gun and if they don't like the way you own that gun, take it from you. short of that, and i don't think anyone -- and sam was mentioning earlier appropriate protections in whatever bill comes out that touches on. but i think someone like pat toomey has brought this thing along, along with joe manchin. >> and mention tom coburn. >> a whole group of them have really in very quietly in the background

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i want to start with guns, michael steele, are you surprised? >> no.int. i don't think a lot of members feel this this gets to where it needs to go. irrespect of of what 90% of people think and how the people feel at least this gives us a sense of closure that we did something in response to that, all that is irrelevant. this is about the weight of the nra and other members. >> you were in congress when it's at a peak of power. are you surpriseding this going down? >> i am surprised, but going down because it's not getting 60 votes. it would clearly get a majority. >> they cut a deal to force all amendments to get 60 votes because the bill on concealed carry could get 50 votes and they wanted to make him get 60. >> i get the point, but a majority of the senate is not able to work because of the way the 60 vote threshold is now employed by the leadership in the senate. i think it's unfortunate and i voted for the ban on assault weapons in 1994 during my first reelect to congress. i was reelected by 812 votes. >> did that vote make it harder? >> of cours

i think cynthia probably agrees with that. >> yes. >> anyway, michael steele, cynthia tucker, next time i'll bring you in for something serious. we'll be right back after this. >>> let me finish tonight with this. i love this race in south carolina. here was a woman elizabeth coburt busch who took a chance entering a race for congress where democrats like her don't stand a chance. not a chance in the world. she did so knowing she could well face a former governor mark sanford in the race someone who had once represented that same district in congress. well, as the irish say, it's the long road that has no turning. suddenly we've got a new poll showing coburt busch up nine points on sanford, the race no democrat could win is now a race where the democrat could be hard to catch. it makes a point i learned working for speaker tip o'neill. i met a number of numbers who once deemed seats impossible

joining me now, former rnc chairman michael steele and democratic strategist, marji omara. co says the predictions of majority support from republicans and democrats is a more ambitious goal, michael, than any members have previously stated. do you think they're right to be so confident? >> yeah, i think they are. i think that as irony would have it, you know, we thought guns would lead the way and immigration would fall by the wayside, given the, you know, the personalities and the intentions around the subject of immigration, but the reverse really seems to be the case. immigration has a new, fresh momentum. you've got a markup date set, amendments are going to be put in place, it's going to be public, it's going to be viral, and i think it's all due to the fact that the party recognizes it's time to get off their duff and get something done on this, because they're losing by the moment. and certainly, each month, with 50,000 new hispanics, 50,000 hispanic youth turning 15 each month, the opportunity to capture a new generation of voters. >> well, at the same time, there i

let's bring back michael steele, luke russert and blanche lincoln.with bill clinton and twitter. it was prezbillyjeff. 50,000 followers if they already don't have it. blanche lincoln, watching this, it was interesting to hear bill clinton, you know, he's not shy about promoting the idea of hillary clinton running again. he's almost less shy about it than hillary clinton is. >> well, he's got confidence in her. i think a lot of us do. she's brilliant, she's done a great job as secretary of state. she came into the senate when most people's expectations of her were that she was going to be very demanding and arrogant and she was the complete opposite. she worked hard as a senator. you know, so you know, she's -- i think she's got a great opportunity and i think he believes in her and knows she can do a good job. >> i'm told that there are a little over 40,000 followers. we'll see there. that's pretty good. luke, one thing i feel like we learned last week with hillary clinton's big speeches and even a little bit with bill clinton is that there is, you k

michael steele is former chair of the rnc. and cynthia tucker.ken with that heartwarming message from atlanta. were you taken with the heart warming message from the former governor? i love -- that was -- can be quite a disciplinarian. fair enough. him speaking out the back door of the house she lives in he is not supposed to visit under the divorce settlement with a cell phone flashlight and she just happens to walk in just as he is going out and catches him in the actress passing. it just seems to be such according to form here with this relationship. your thoughts? you may be taking a side. i'm trying to enjoy the humor of the thing. >> taking a side hardly. what an idiot. and his excuse was he didn't want his 14-year-old son to have to watch the last half of the super bowl by himself. he didn't say i was worried my son was home alone and i decided to take him to my place. no. apparently jenny sanford has a bigger big screen tv than he does. >> so he couldn't lure him to his place. >> exactly. >> no. >> what do you make of this? >> do you want

this is why you should watch only on the r g dot com michael steele theater i'm a the second to be opening money in stevia to see which is both a cultural contemporary i don't know logic piece of the auditorium so join me to almost say honored c m a the second as we bring you the glitz the glamour and the best of the best in the performing arts throwing tear at marines. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images kobold has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on the day. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser i saw jamie diamond c.e.o. of j.p. morgan walking through the city of london with life masters the inventor of the credit defraud swap the two were saying we're off to see the price fixers a wonderful fixers of ours they rig their rates of interest while oil blows over in gold bars oh they rig their rig they rig a rig they rig they make the rig they rig they rig their. station. they rig only for themselves not for you and i. know they rig for for it is them that they rig for them that's the having lampedusa yes well the curtains

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let's bring in our monday gaggle, casey hunt, jamal simmons, and michael steele. day. >> we have an orioles fan. >> tigers. >> that's right. michigan guy. >> you're a tigers fan, too. >> i'm actually an orioles fan. >> interesting. she's from michigan. >> i am originally. >> that's all right. i'm a dodger fan, so what are you going to do? casey, it's interesting, when you're watching last week, democratic members of congress tripping over themselves. and support gay marriage like before the argument started in the supreme court so they didn't look like the last person in the democratic party. the republican party, the republican members of congress wanting to signal tolerance when it comes to same-sex marriage, but not support. >> exactly. as jeff flake told you yesterday -- >> seemed to struggle with the second part of the question. had no problem with the first part. of course i'll support somebody. well, what about you? he didn't like answering it. >> and that was -- well, it's a huge switch from just a few years ago, that that would even be something that woul

thank you, michael steele. >> we'll never know. >>> up next, why washington could be driving us into a bigger economic crisis than the one we just endured. former reagan budget director david stockman is coming here. i think he's coming to talk about lots here. this guy's got some radical ideas. this is "hardball." the place for politics. weigh you down? as soon as you feel it, try miralax. it works differently than other laxatives. it draws water into your colon to unblock your system naturally. don't wait to feel great. miralax. >>> well back and forth they go in virginia. what promises to be the hottest race of 2013. the hardball score board. according to a new mary washington poll, terry mcauliffe with a one-point lead over ken cuccinelli. 38%, 37%. a lot of undecideds in that race. look at that. that could go easily either way. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. the great day to stock, ronald reagan's budget director, but today, he has harsh lessons to deliver to democrats and republicans. in his new book, everyone from president roosevelt, to reagan, bush and obama are critic

a little of what michael steele had to say on daily rundown this morning. he too is trying to understand why members of his own party would threaten to filibuster here. >> i don't understand the idea of positioning the party, positioning the leadership against an issue that is a 90% issue with voters out there. at least pretend that you're interested in it. at least pretend that you give a damn about what happened. >> he's saying just pretend. we shouldn't have to pretend that you care about this issue one way or the other wherever you stand. but now to hear that chant from the families in connecticut. they were not prompted by the president, by his staff saying just give us a vote here. did the republicans underestimate? what is the description here? this is all back firing now. this filibuster. >> i don't know what their calculations were. rand paul had some measure of success on the drone filibuster. and he might have very well, has asked, might have asked his colleague mitch mcconnell to join him on this. but yes, i think they overcalculated. one of the

michael steele was chairman of the republican party, now an msnbc political analyst. bob shrum. a democratic strategist. first of all, president obama made clear republicans in congress are the roadblock as he sees it to solving america's problems. he opened the door to an interesting way to lure them into cooperation. the phrase was, permission structure. i was taken with this. let's see if you are. let's listen. >> there are common sense solutions to our problems right now. i cannot force republicans to embrace those common sense solutions. i can urge them to. i can put pressure on them. i can, you know, rally the american people around those, you know, those common sense solutions. but ultimately they, themselves, are going to have to say, we want to do the right thing. and i think there are members, certainly, in the senate right now, and i suspect members in the house as well, who understand that deep down, but they're worried about their politics. it's tough. their base thinks that compromise with me is somehow a betrayal. they're worried about primaries. and i understand

thank you, michael steele. >> we'll never know. >>> up next, why washington could be driving us intone we just endured. former reagan budget director david stockman is coming here. i think he's coming to talk about lots here. this guy's got some radical ideas. this is "hardball." the place for politics. what a customer thought? hi nia... nice to meet you nia, i'm mike. what do you drive? i have a ford explorer, i love my car. and you're treating it well? yes i am. there are a lot of places you could take your explorer for service, why do you bring it back to the ford dealership? they specifically work on fords. it seems to me like the best care. and it's equal or less money, so it's a value for me. get a free brake inspection and brake pads installed for just 49.95 after rebates when you use the ford service credit card. who doesn't enjoy value? blast of cold feels nice. why don't you use bengay zero degrees? it's the one you store in the freezer. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly. [ male announcer ] bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. as so

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read what donte stallworth, mou howard fineman, michael steele, and others had to say in my column inw's "new york daily news. that does it for the cycle. martin, it's all yours. >>> it's tuesday april the 30th. the president meets the press and leaves

read what donte stallworth, mou howard fineman, michael steele, and others had to say in my column inw's "new york daily news. that does it for the cycle. martin, it's all yours. >>> it's tuesday april the 30th. the president meets the press and leaves nothing off the table. >> chemical weapons have been used, but we don't know how they were used, when they were used, who used them. >> this is not a president who wants to start another war, but you got to do what you got to do. >> when i am making decisions about america's national security, i've got to make sure i've got the facts. >> the next bomb that goes off in america may not have nails and glass in it. >> it's important for us to do this in a prudent way. >> i think we have our priorities a little bit skewed here. >> the notion was somehow that we had exaggerated the effects of the sequester. >> is the president exaggerating? >> absolutely. >> i hope and believe the republicans will allow sequestration to go into effect. >> it's hurting folks all across the country. >> both houses of congress moved quickly. >> a few hours after

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reforms in his proposals that would -- former dnc governor and former rnc chairman and nbc analyst michael steelo have you with me. governor, i'll begin with you, besides the gop, should the president walk back the social security changes? >> of course not. look, the bottom line is, if we're going to have a grand bargain, if we're going to deal with the debt problem that's facing america and i believe is like an elephant pressing down on our economy, if we're going to get that solved, we're going to have to make concessions. we need revenue from the other side. we're not going to get revenue from the other side without making concessions on entitlement reform. and these are concessions which are not draconian, the president took care of the poorest and oldest among social security recipients. i think it is something we're going to have to bite our lip and live with. if i were king, we wouldn't do it this way, we would uncap the payroll tax and eliminate $110,000 and we would generate money that way. but it's not going to work, both sides have to make concessions. the president is showing real le

and sort of exphroelgded on twitter is because -- exploded on twitter is because the comment by michael steelepreter thaeugs that boehner was part of these discussions. i've got even another statement from steele and talked to people in the leadership and they said no, boehner wasn't entertaining this possibility. he wasn't part of discussions. i'm told by people on capitol hill that this was something that harry reid's staff cooked up, pushed to the republican side to see if they were willing to go along with this and that boehner flat out killed it. i have heard from people who read that comment in the story from boehner's spokesman as being boehner participating in these conversations. we've since got even a flat denial. bill: there is a long article at "politico" 0.com. we have reporting to do throughout the day on this as well. steven hayes working through that story out of washington. martha: we are moments away now from the dedication ceremony set to get underway at the push presidential library in dallas. it's always an extraordinary sight when you get to see a gathering of all of the

michael steele, the spokesman for the speaker. your thoughts on whether this funding will go through. is anyone's guess. we are trying to figure out how to get fiscal house in order in this country. the nih traditionally has been a very bipartisan organization. our mission of medical research has generally risen above the political. i'm hoping that trend will continue. it is certainly the case of we could do more at nih if we had support to do so. if you look over the last 10 years, we have lost about 20% of our purchasing power just from inflation acting on flat budgets. we have taken a significant hit in the last couple of weeks from the sequester, which are moved $1.5 billion from nih's budget. i'm not sure everybody knows, but when you hear about a breakthrough in medical research, anywhere in this country, some university or institute, very high likelihood that was funded by nih. the largest supporter of medical research in the world. the major support of most breakthroughs comes from us. but we're putting our our investigato

michael steele is in the house tonight. or as he would say, "in the heezy." what's up? is michael? michael, for the last time, the republican party does not qualify for a bailout. ash limbaugh does not count a troubled asset, i'm sorry. dick cheney was supposed to be here but he is very busy working on his memoirs, titled, "how to shoot friends and interrogate people." you know, it's been a whirlwind of activity these first hundred days. we've enacted a major economic recovery package, we passed a budget, we forged a new path in iraq, and no president in history has ever named three commerce secretaries this quickly. which reminds me, if judd gregg is here, your business cards are ready now. on top of that, i've also reversed the ban on stem cell research, signed an expansion signed an expansion of the children's health insurance. just last week, car and driver named me auto executive of the year. something i'm very proud of. we've also begun to change the culture in washington. we've even made the white house a place where people can learn and can grow. just recently, l

look at michael steel.eople will never know his true legacy and the impact that he made in expanding that base for minorities. it's good that we're at the table. and sometimes we own the table. and we're not there because we're some prop for somebody. these are real achievers. people who have accomplished things or done things. people like herman cain who built incredible businesses. he decided to get into policy because he cares. dr. carson who is retired decided because he loves this country to add his voice. and yes he gets maligned and criticized but that's what leadership is. no different than what our fathers were able to do. when they were tied to the british they said we could have a better life. this is not the kind of life i want to have for my future grandchildren and so they sacrificed their wealth and well being and sacrificed their life so that we can have this america that we have today. we need men like carson and herman cain. and even people in the democratic party to make this country bett

steel industry. check them out at usw.org. that's their website usw.org. michaeln democratic strategist will join us shortly in studio. first, wanted to bring you up to date on something that hasn't gotten a lot of attention with all of the focus on boston but is extremely important a report just issued, 577 pages issued by the constitution project, a group ref task force by the constitution project thing worked month, a bi-partisan group headed by a former republican congressman, asa hutchinson from arkansas. the guy the nra tapped to do their study on recommending guns in schools. he is a conservative republican, a former democratic member of congress jim jones and this study, this group looked at the question of torture and came to some amazing conclusions. number one, they said there is no doubt, no doubt, that the united states engaged in the practice of torture under the bush administration. this is just under george bush and dick cheney, number 1. we did engage in torture. it was illegal. it was against international law. number 3, we did it even though the

michael was tough, he was reckless, he was impulsive. and men like that make mistakes. but nobody ever complains when you need him, right? when somebody says "go get a guy with nerves of steel," you know, you grab mike, right? >> rose: how did you meet him? >> i met him because another guy brought him out to look at this house and he couldn't possibly afford the house and i told him that. he calls me up the next day in the middle of a riot in brooklyn. >> rose: were you his lawyer then? >> no, nothing to do with him. he calls me up the next day in a riot there brooklyn. i said "get out of there, michael, you're gonna get hurt." he says "i'm gonna be on the front page tomorrow." and he was. he came up to see me -- i told them to come see me. i said mike, do you still want to buy the house? he says, i do. i said you don't have the money but i'll lend you $200,000. now, how are you going to pay me back? he says "that's your problem." (laughter) i said "what do you mean?" he said "i heard about you, you're going to be my lawyer, you're going to figure out a way for me to pay you back." i said "with an attitude like that, we'll think of something." >> rose: therefore a friendshi

our live coverage of the annapolis book festival concludes with mickey edwards and rnc chair michael steele and they will talk about the state of american politics. that's her lineup live from catherine hull at the key school and now here are ralph eshelman and james johnston looking back at maryland in 1812. >> my name is edward papenfuse and it really is my pleasure not to moderate because i don't think this session really needs moderation but to actually introduce our two panelists today. we are going to be talking about their works and then we are hoping to get a fair amount of discussion and questions from the audience. please forgive the frog in my throat but with all this warm weather we seem to have gotten a lot more allergies around. the two books we are going to be talking about today, one is written by ralph eshelman and a friend of his called in full glory reflected discovering the war of 1812 in the chesapeake and another is a book by james johnston entitled the history of the african-american family. both are extraordinarily wonderful works beautifully written and engagingly w