mitch mcconnell and the republicans are going to say, not so much. don't forget, my question is how did the presidential candidates out there, are they calling mitch mcconnell and saying, look, maybe we need some people to help us with our presidential races who could help republicans in the congressional races and in the presidential race. so i'm sure there's a lot of jockeying going on. >> i bet the candidates who -- most of the candidates prefer to be silent on this because you're not sure exactly where things are going go. so we do know most of the republican candidates said no. jon huntsman was for this deal. in the transition of our politics, right now john boehner and mitch mcconnell are the face of the republican party. there is no one leader. when we get around to march or april of next year, when somebody emerges as a front-runner for the primaries, that will change everything because then like it or not, they'll defer to the presum active nominee of their party. and if he has a different view, you'll see another lurch and pivot in the poli

." >> i'm not mitch. >> what?> i'm mitch. >> somehow we switched bodies. >> i'm dave. >> oh. >> we pissed in a magic fountain and next day it disappeared. >> and then we were looking for -- >> and when they find it we're going to switch back. >> because we were drinking. >> we were drinking. >> that sounds like a plan. can you get the twins. >> pumpkin. >> mitch, no, no, don't call me pumpkin, okay. you promised me that you would -- >> welcome back to the show jason bateman. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> jon: seek it in. soak it in. very nice. very nice. eye -- >> you make me feel so pretty. >> jon: and can i say something, you are pretty. don't let anybody tell you -- >> did we get that on the cameras. >> jon: you caught it. you can tivo it and freeze it. just know it came from here and here. just know that. [laughter] let me ask you this the switch, you and ryan reynolds, it seems like if you switch nothing changes. you are both very hand some men with good personalities. you would switch with h

but we are seeing here, you just saw mitch mcconnell and harry reid disagree. mitch mcconnell said you might not believe it, my tea party friends, you might vote no but you won here. you won because we have changed the tone, the tenor and direction of the debate in washington, it is now about cutting spending. harry reid got up and said he finds it very, very disconcerting, the impact of the tea party. well, we'll see how this plays out but on the point of impact, mitch mcconnell's right. the lawmakers have changed the debate in washington. you mentioned senator hatch. this is his speech. 1286 words. i counted them. i used a computer. i used a computer. to say why he's voting against it. we all know senator hatch. he used to do deals with the late senator ted kennedy. he's a deal maker. but his best friend in the senate, robert bennett, was defeated last year by a tea party candidate, who is now a united states senator in utah. 1286 words could have been summed up in 14. i saw what the tea party did to my friend bob bennett last year. he's not going to vote yes

i think senator mitch mcconnell won more than anybody else. he was able to negotiate down the last minute. shows up to be the only guy on capitol hill that negotiates with joe biden at the end of big deals. he basically preserved his ability to run for majority leader next time because there wasn't this default crisis which could have been blamed on republicans. he is the big winner here. president obama is not going to have to deal with default again between now and the next election. he did all right in this. and of course, you know, the big losers here are the left who are going to see programs they care about and constituents need gutted. >> jay, if it hadn't been for mitch mcconnell -- if he hadn't offered up this mechanism for the second part of the deal which basically gives the president the authority subject to congress being able to veto with an override required there, if that hadn't been offered as an alternative to an all out fight, i don't think we would have had a deal tonight, do you? >> i think you're right. >> no, jay now. >>

republican leader mitch mcconnell declared victory on behalf of the tea party forces that forced thispic battle. let's listen to him. >> i, too, wish we could stand here today and act on something much more ambitious, but i'm encouraged by the thought that these new senators will help lead this fight until we finish the job and i want to assure you today that although you may not see it this way, you've actually won this debate. >> i mean, joe, tea party republicans pretty much won this thing. if you look at the roll call, a number of them still voted against the agreement and they say they're not done. joe, have they schooled washington on how to get what you want? >> there's certainly no question they're a force, and they're a force because they have a lot of supportering out in the country as well as a lot of people on capitol hill. at the same time you have to look at the numbers on capitol hill know what was going on here. the president of the united states does not control the house of representatives. the republicans do. in fact, the minority in the senate is so strong that dem

there's mitch mcconnell right now. let's listen in to hear what he says and harry reid, the majority leader, will wrap things up before the vote. >> the push and pull americans saw in washington these past few weeks was not gridlock. it was the will of the people working itself out in a political system that was never meant to be pretty. you see, one reason america isn't already facing the kind of crisis we see in europe is that presidents and majority parties here can't just bring about change on a dime. as much as they might like to from time to time. that's what checks and balances is all about. that's the kind of balance americans voted for in november. the american people sent a wave of new lawmakers to congress in last november's election with a very clear mandate, to put our nation's fiscal house in order. those of us who had been fighting the big government policies of democratic majorities in congress welcomed them into our ranks. together, we've held the line and slowly but surely, we've started turning thing

bush, mitch daniels. >>> then, wall street's wild swings. the world economy once again on the brink. what's on the horizon? can the president win re-election in this economy? our roundtable weighs in. former democratic congressman from tennessee harold ford jr. columnist for the "wall street journal" peggy noonan. e.j. dionne. and host of cnbc's "closing bell," maria bartiromo. >> announcer: from cnbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. substituting today, savannah guthrie. >>> good morning. the president is on day three of his ten-day vacation in martha's vineyard spending time with family and friends, hitting the links and doing some book shopping. aides say the president is being kept up to date on the situation in libya over the weekend. fighting intensified as rebels battle through the capital city of tripoli. new reports today of gunfire and explosions this morning. >>> also on the president's mind during this vacation, his plans to unveil a new jobs package in a major speech after labor day. and here with us to ta

and we as we saw when mitch mcconnell gets behind something it happened that was what we were waiting for was from mitch mcconnell to get behind it and when he did that's what happened i mean the president rejected it out of hand so i don't think we ever got to test that so the president did not matt grassley did not want that and he that's why he said i don't want to even though harry reid and nancy pelosi both endorsed it so you know the president said that what he wanted was a big package of cuts he wanted four trillion dollars in deficit reduction he wanted some of the to be in in in revenues i believe it was last year with john boehner actually had eight hundred billion in revenues and the president said he wanted four hundred billion more and speaker boehner said no i'm not going to give you that not when he walked away but this deal actually has no revenues so what happened. at the end of the week was the president was very upset because they saw that the numbers tanking the president's numbers tanking and they said fine we'll take the deal well not a deal had gotten worse so i

you are on with governor mitch dales of indiana -- mitch daniels of indiana. caller: it is a pleasure to talk to you. a friend of mine quit because he could not look in the mirror in the morning. he told me that eventually in the united states, the tax code was going to turn into our nation into a nation of liars and cheats. everybody knows it is a mess. i'm not so sure that governors should not understand that they have to change totally our tax system. it just will not work. it is crooked. there are 67,000 pages. nobody knows what is in it, and both parties take advantage of it to stay elected. host: governor? guest: i agree completely. frankly, it is an essential change, one of the big ones that must come that we ought to come together around. first of all, for the reasons that the caller gives, and secondly because it is perhaps the single best step we can take to a stronger economy, more jobs, and growth. with regard to the tax code, it is a mess. i read quote -- by quote bill simon -- it looks like -- i quote bill simon -- it looks like somebody designed

mitch go ahead, i'll put the trigger. feeling lucky? >> and at the same time the president has this leverage on the bush tax cuts. if he wants to put that trigger next year. >>> they're talking end the days, maybe the president has figured out a preview of coming attractions, of the coming days. maybe we'll see a doomsday device that gets triggered december 23rd. maybe that will be the best answer for this whole gang. david corn, thank you, better to fight than surrender. ron reagan, thank for looking ahead. >>> coming up, what will democrats say to their constituents in in which they gave away the store? got little in return, they turned over the wallet to the mugger. two house members are coming up, steve vale running the campaign committee for the democrats, and barney frank who voted against it. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. >> we're pressed for time. feeling lucky, mitch? feeling lucky -- um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's w

is mitch daniels telling paul ryan, get in the race?ing encouraging towards someone who eserves encougement and who may get in the race. >> the real loser from that? mitt romney. he's not satisfied with mitt romney. he uld not have praised and gone on and on and on about my friend paul ryan if he were satisfied with romney. >> from twitte someone writes what's our alternative? as republicans, we're angry at obama. we're not so angry we would vote republican. we saw maxine waters the congresswoman at that town hall with a lot of angry constituents. these are supporters of the president saying we don't know what the strategy is. why is it so many supporters of president obama consistently say we don't know what he stands for? >> he's got to be clear. he's got to be bold. i agree with my frind maria. he's got to give certainty to the markets. markets, again, don't be critical o wall street and big business in this country. at the end of the day those two forces are main street. they create job do those things, it will turn around. 4% to 5%

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through the beginning, mitch mcconnell -- harry reid on the senate floor.o him. >> his remarkable for a number of reasons. not only because of what it does, because of what it prevents. a first ever default on the full faith and credit of the united states. sometimes it seems our two sides disagree on almost everything. but in the end, reasonable people were able to agree on this. the united states could not take the chance of defaulting on our debt, risking the united states financial collapse and worldwide depression. america and the world have been watching our democracy expectantly. and my message to the world tonight is that this nation and this congress are moving forward and we're moving forward together. reaching a long-term accord that would give our economy the certainty it needs was not easy. but our work is not done. leaders from both parties and both chambers will present this agreement to our caucuses tomorrow. senate democrats will meet at 11:00 a.m. to pass this settlement, we'll need the support of democrats and republicans in both the hous

what did you make of mitch daniels remarks? anything intrigue you about the fact they was still trying to pretty much, i thought, cue the gop line, obviously. still a gop governor, not aligned with any other candidate. >> the most important thing that he did is recognize that we have to close some of these loopholes and the only way we're going to get out of our problems is through growth. so those are the things that really the republicans, whether on the national stage or even at the state levels need to look at as far as a message going forward. and not get you caught up in buzz words of, loopholes, if you close a loophole that means you're raising taxes and all that nonsense. we need 20 to cut through it. >> jimmy, it strikes me as -- even mitch daniels, who i respect, is talking if we cut taxes, that's what we need to do, to raise the revenues we need over time. no one will talk honestly we may need higher energy taxes or con simpgs taxes and low are taxes elsewhere, but if we can't get more candor from him -- >> right. it

by mitch mcconnell are going to be open to tax increases.rn won't be on there, crapo won't be on there. the three of gang of sixers. democrats are going to put somebody on there that isn't going to listen at all. and even have the conversation about medicare or social security. so you can just feel the stalemate brewing. or democrats do put some folks that compromise. so, you see where this is headed. and it's not going to be a pretty sight. and yesterday was interesting, mika, paul ryan and gene sperling, the president's chief economic advisor here basically had a debate back and forth whether even the super committee could touch the tax code. paul ryan makes the case they can't. >> great. >> so there you go. they are not super at all. >> no. how do we -- how are they going to choose whose on the super committee if nobody can be on it that honestly could really create a good like sort of team of rivals that would come up with something constructive? >> i don't envision how that happens. you know you can just see that it's too close to the e

. >> howard, let's listen to what mitch mcconnell said on fox business. he was saying what he thought wall street wanted to hear. >> it's the template for the future. and the future, no president in the near future, maybe in the distant future, is going to be able to get the debt ceiling increase without a reigniting of the same discussion of how do we cut spending and get america headed in the right direction. i expect the next president will be asking us to raise the debt ceiling again in 2013. >> howard, that was mcconnell speaking before the stock market crashed. what would mcconnell say today if he was talking to a wall street audience? >> well, i agree with bob that you don't want to just look at one day. but the fact is over the last 10 days, it's been a slide into disaster. and i think one translation of what mitch mcconnell said was hoover -- you know, hoover and more hoover. or 1937, if i have the year right, bob, correct me if i'm wrong, was 1937 all over again, when in the midst of the depression, it was decided that we were recovering and we

feeling lucky, mitch? go ahead, pull the trigger. feeling lucky -- >> and at the same time the president does have this -- this leverage on the bush tax cuts, if he wants to pull that trigger next year. >> well, these guys love to talk end of day. maybe the president's figured out a little preview attraction. a preview of coming attractions ever the coming days. maybe see a doomsday device that will get triggered december 23rd it will go off. maybe that's the best answer for this whole gang. we'll see. david corn, thank you. better to fight than surrender. looks like we'll see a doomsday machine. david corn, ron reagan, thalgts thanks for looking ahead. >>> what about con existituents? they turned over the wallet to the mugger. two house members coming up. congressman steve israel, running the campaign committee for the democrats and barney frank who voted against it. we'll ask both why they voted the way they did. >>> you're watching "hardball," >>> you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. you can rest assured we help your engine

in his first interview since the senate voted to divert a default, mitch mcconnell speaks on john kingt the top of the hour for north american viewers. the construction worker who sings like sinatra, sort of. sort of. [ jelani ] neither of my parents went to college. something that was drilled in me early on, you know, college is the place for you. it's my number one goal. ♪ students like me, who take these ap math and science classes and have these opportunities, this is where the american dream lies. when i write that book, you know, i plan to dedicate it to my school. ♪ those hopes and dreams that you have, you know, they're within reach. and i'm living proof. >>> let's get right back to jack for "the cafferty file." jack? >> the question this hour is u.s. economic leadership at an end? kathy writes, major u.s. corporations and financial institutions are u.s. in name only and hoove no allegiance to this country at all. they've already turned to new emerging markets around the world to take the place of u.s. consumers and u.s. manufacturing. if unchecked by the lawmakers they have pu

the statements mitch mcconnell better known as mitch lipless or similar who said his main job is to make sure obama is not a future president. being pushed more because he sure changed the entire american economy by doing nothing but hurting every planet obvious right. now it's a great question and you're right mcconnell and the republicans have sabotaged every single agenda item put forward by president obama to get our economy back on track republican governors have laid off nearly a half million people since obama came into office rather than raise taxes on the rich if they hadn't done just that one thing unemployment right now would be below eight percent but instead they're cutting more and more and republicans at the federal level are pushing hard for even more cuts and the sad part is it's working the president's poll numbers are plunging in the face of those unemployment and you gallup poll shows the president approve approval rating at an all time low just thirty nine percent and on many democrats have called out the republican strategy of crashing the economy to more easily bea

he seems to be in re-mitch-sion.not get involved, because he doesn't want his flanks exposed. if you get the right wing attacking you, it exposes the squabbles. on the other hand he doesn't want to take the risk to show true leadership. if he sticks his neck out, guess what? somebody might take a whack at it. he wants to be president, but not act presidential. i think that's a real problem. >> nia, you are a political reporter, what does it say about a candy when the way you keep him up in the polls is to hide him from the people? is it the more you see him the more realize there's nothing there? >> well, i think one of the things that romney has in his favorite is he's run for president before, so i think what he's learned from his last run is being out there all the time doesn't necessarily make for a winning strategy. we'll see him roll out policy initiatives, do some speeches, some stumping in new hampshire, but again, i think the question going forward, for instance, when the debate comes around next week, the q

mcdonnell in the -- mitch mcconnell in the senate let's assume had harry reid and nancy pelosi and notmooth sailing. would you have handled it differently? >> i think that i would have taken a lesson from ronald reagan. reagan always led washington by leading the american people. i didn't negotiate with tip o'neil. he didn't try to maneuver inside washington. his job as he used to put it was to shine the light on the american people so they would turn up the heat on congress. what we are lacking now is a clear understanding of how to create jobs, which is job one. you gotta get in economy growing. you will never balance the budget at 9.2% unemployment. two, we need a general approach to how you are going to reshape government. i worry about this select committee. i'm afraid if they don't have very bold new proposals, they will stumble into a point where everyone will be told if you don't vote for a tax increase, horrible things will happen. i would say every conservative should repeal if there's some backdoor effort to create tax increases out of this committee. because it would be a b

mitch mcconnell talks. >> the constitution must be amended to keep the government in check. we've tried persuasion. we've tried negotiations. we've tried elections. nothing has worked. >> stephen: yes! when it comes to balancing budgets, democracy just not up to the job. it was good enough to defeat hitler and the russians, but it's not good at math. [laughter] because in a democracy elected leaders need to get reelected. and if they make decisions people don't like, they sometimes lose. fortunately, this debt ceiling deal has a way to fix that. and it brings us to tonight's word: [cheers and applause] with great power comes no responsibility. [laughter] folks, we will never balance the budget without reining in social security and medicare -- but that's hard because grandma votes. [laughter] and she refuses to take personal responsibility for getting old. [laughter] well, this debt ceiling compromise proposes a new legislative body. >> now comes a plan to put power in the hands of a "super congress." >> the so-called "super congress." >> this "super congress." >> "super con

. >> either way the man of the hour is mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: and this is mitch mcconnell. >>? >> reporter: you may recognize him from his unsmiling, unyielding, on-message appearances before the microphone of these past few days. >> playing with fire here. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell of kentucky is the republican leader in the senate. >> what a lovely suite of offices. >> reporter: nothing gets through the senate without bipartisan support. in order to get the debt ceilingcc1: plan or any other bill to the president's desk, it's got to get through this man who has quite a reputation. >> so the media portrait of mitch mcconnell is the guy says no a lot, stays on message, he keeps his politics pretty close to his vest, and he doesn't waste a word if he doesn't have to. do we have you pretty accurately? >> sounds pretty accurate to me. >> all right then. ♪ but pursuing an agreement in this vast complex isn't just politically tough. it's physically punishing. >> there are also more marble steps in this city than seemingly anywhere else on earth. >> reporter: the building favors

it's giving guys like you and me something to talk about. >> mitch mcconnell was helped a little bituse he stayed into the background. >> stephen: he just retreated into his shell. [laughter] al thank you so much. al hunt of bloomberg hi, mom. how was school today? [ girls ] good. ♪ ♪ thank you! ♪ phew! [ ernie ] we make our cookies the way only keebler elves can: with a little something extra. so every bite can be uncommonly good. [ man ] i love you guys. [ laughs ] i mean, just, you know, the whole heist thing. just putting jewels in teddy bears. this guy's wearing a wire the whole time. right? look at that! he's wearing a wire! [ laughs ] all right, let's do this. all right? before my wife changes her mind. go. [ male announcer ] your favorite movies right when you want them. watch unlimited tv episodes and movies instantly through your game console or other devices, all for only 8 bucks a month from netflix. no sequel for that guy. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: that's it for the report. good night. [cheers and applause] captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by medi

it's giving guys like you and me something to talk about. >> mitch mcconnell was helped a little bitse he stayed into the background. >> stephen: he just retreated into his shell. [laughter] al thank you so much. al hunt of bloomberg [cheers and applause] >> stephen: that's it for the report. good night. [cheers and applause] captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org chappelle's show ♪

one big washington winner is mitch mcconnell and joe biden.two guys that were able to cut the deal. the number of people is tremendous. 535 members of congress and mcconnell who's not a senator anymore ended up mattering. >> who won? anybody who wants a third party. >> well -- >> anyone who's pushing for an outside reform movement. >> you know? >> like a radical center. >> jobs -- that's all that matters going forward. >> i like when you have signs like that. >> ezra, trying to make it easy. >> absolutely fresh. >> four letters. >> at the end of the day, it's about jobs. we've got a structural problem in this country with the economy. and it doesn't -- taking care of the debt, it's an accounting trick. it is. you have to make tough decisions. the tougher thing is how to grow the economy. the it revolution grew it in the 1990s. >> reducing anxiety and this whole debate increased the public's anxiety. >> i agree. do you agree with the third party? does it move the ball down the field at all? >> third parties, a, never work, b, whatever they end

it's giving guys like you and me something to talk about. >> mitch mcconnell was helped a little bitse he stayed into the background. >> stephen: he just retreated into his shell. [laughter] al thank you so much. al hunt of bloomberg [ female announcer ] the subway® buffalo chicken is the featured $5 footlong™ of august. an all-time favorite, with tender chicken, spicy buffalo sauce and cool ranch, this august, the buffalo chicken joins our many everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh®. every.... ♪violin musical theme at 1800contacts, we deliver ....brand right to your door, that's right and order from us and you'll also... (sound of doorbell) save money. brands door money (sound of cash register bell) that's just how we do it. free shipping when you order now at 1800contacts.com [cheers and applause] >> stephen: that's it for the report. good night. [cheers and applause] captioning sponso

it's giving guys like you and me something to talk about. >> mitch mcconnell was helped a little bitse he stayed into the background. >> stephen: he just retreated into his shell. [laughter] al thank you so much. al hunt of bloomberg