. >> joining us now sam stein and michelle goldberg. let me start with you, michelle.obody is studying people in the food stamp line because there isn't a food stamp line. wherever they go, they might show some food stamps, but nobody's really paying attention. so what's this about with fingernails. are they talking about fingernail extenders what are they talking about? >> i think we know. >> what do we think? first of all, these are descriptions of people, the kind of car they drive. did somebody run outside and see the person wearing the fingernail polish is carrying a certain pocketbook to a safeway? >> somehow conservatives cannot go to the grocery store without getting stuck in line behind somebody buying lobster tails with their food stamps. and this is a very old thing. it goes back to reagan who talked about a strapping young buck who was buying a t-bone steak with his food stamps. the idea that the poor are spoiled and lazy is very old in republican politics. >> keep going here. what else are they saying? let's be blunt. is there an ethnic component? >> i thi

thank you, michael steele and michelle goldberg. >>> up next, rush limbaugh attacks the pope.cis a marxist because he cares about the poor? i think jesus focused a lot on the poor. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we'll be back with rush limbaugh's attack on pope francis of all people. "hardball" back after this. >>> we're back. it is nearly nine months as head of the roman catholic church, pope francis has proven to be fearless. remember the interview he gave back in september when he said the church grew obsessed with only talking about abortion, gay marriage, and birth control. now he is taking trickle down economics. perhaps the ultimate proof that he has arrived politically, rush limbaugh has taken him on. >> i'm not catholic. i admire it profoundly. and i have been tepted a number of times to delve deeper into it. this is pure political. pope francis went further than previous comments criticizing the global economic system attacking the idolatry of money. this is pure marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope. >> how about strange theories, he is being

michelle goldberg writes for the nation. let's be sophisticated about this.ese states are so conservative that probably the most conservative will win no matter what. south carolina, mississippi. i'm trying to think of the other one. maybe wyoming. there's no way a republican loses the general election unless they're a witch or a nut. so basically there's no danger here. but in four of these seven races reasonably close to the states. so there is some danger there of creating a situation where whoever wins the primary is so far drawn to the right incumbent or challenger they have lost a chance of winning a state which is really safe for the rs. >> i'd agree with that, chris. i would take south carolina out of that first bucket of guaranteed conservative win come next fall if, you know, you have the wrong candidate there. south carolina as we've seen with north carolina, georgia, and elsewhere in the south has a very sophisticated general electorate. and so the party has to be, i think, cognizant of these changes certainly at the grassroots level. more broadly

joining me to comb through some of the others are michelle goldberg, a senior contributing writer ateast. all right, guys. another politico pick was the woman, the early face of the affordable care act website. you remember her smiling face that provided much fodder for late night comedians as the website's troubles grew worse. the onion newspaper spoofed her with this image and the headline people in healthcare.gov stock photos now visibly panicking. eventually the white house took down her photo. here was the daily show's jon stewart lampooning that decision. >> the latest change is strictly cosmetic. that smiling woman on the home page is gone. >> gone! get out! got rid of that smiling lady. although i'm not sure the new home page is an improvement. >> in reality the woman's name was adriana. she went public in november telling abc she'd become the victim of cyber bullying. >> as a kid i never went through that. but now i am. it's bullying. >> it is bullying. >> but at the same time, you know, i thought i had to do this for my child. i'm here to stand up for myself and defend myse

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