(laughter) speaking of which, mr. ted cruz knows which side won. >> we saw the house of representatives take a courageous stand, listening to the american people, that every one in washington just weeks earlier said would never happen. that was a remarkable victory. >> stephen: yes, this shutdowns with a remarkable victory. and as with all victories, we got to figure out who to blame. well, fox news resident psychiatrist and fraudian phallic symbol dr. kim ablow knows exactly who caused this victorious train wreck, jim? >> in the words hostage taking being held for ransom, he said that the republicans are threatening to blow the whole thing up. there's a real victim mentality here. and it really explains the president's whole mentality and many of his policies. i think the president going back to when his dad abandoned him, when his mother left him with his grandparents, that all of those things lead him to feel victimized, hurt and injured. he and he has extended it to this country. >> stephen: yes, obama's refusal to ne

today's marching orders came just over a week ago from the new speaker of the house, mr. ted cruz.w is democratic congresswoman, karen bass of california. good afternoon, ma'am. >> good afternoon. >> i don't know why you're smiling, ma'am. i guess you're exasperated like almost every american. the president speaking in the rose garden a short time ago said that shutting down the government, in his words, is not worthy of this country. is it also not worthy, unworthy of republicans to introduce government by extortion, which is what they have proposed in every bill that was tabled yesterday? >> well, absolutely. that's exactly what they did. i was actually laughing, i'm not sure, i should be crying at the notion of speaker cruz. but i do think that's what you have. you have the republican caucus in such disarray that they're willing to follow anybody. and so the notion that we would pass parts of government that they happen to like in a piece meal fashion, you know, we have women and children with the w.i.c. program who are not going to get food now. this is a very serious situation

. >>> also, mr. ted cruz told the values voters summit today he's not giving up.nd all over washington democrats are enjoying the fact. and that crushing nbc news/wall street journal poll with republican level at the lowest rate in history, how republicans will try to get back on their feet and how democrats plan to keep their foot on the republican throat. >>> let me finish tonight with the fond memory of better times, and they were. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ sneezes, coughs ] i've got a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. it's time for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is that won't relieve all your symptoms. new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more sinus symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel. oh what a relief it is. >>> welcome back to "hardball." he apparently has exceeded in dividing the republican party. republican congressman peter king says cruz's tactics have had the opposite of their intended effect. >> no one has done more to strengthen obama care than ted cruz. since he started this crusade of his, the

mr. ted cruz. >> mad money -- angry money.any have had it with the tea party and sitting on checkbooks. as one person put it, why do i want to fuel a fire that consumes us. >>> why gop troubles in virginia may be a sign of things to come countrywide. >>> finally, i was lucky enough to attend a dinner in new york city last night headlined by steve colbert. >> i am proud to be america's most famous catholic. i'm sure the cardinal is thinking, stephen, pride is a sin. so is envy, so we're even. >> the most famous catholic. interesting. i never heard that one before. this is "hardball," the place for politics. on, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. ♪ because an empty pan is a blank canvas. ♪ [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. ♪ [ man #1 ] to remember my grandmother. [ woman #3 ] to show my love. ♪ [ woman #4 ] because life needs flavor. ♪ [ woman #5 ] to travel the world without leaving home. [ mal

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usa mr. ted thusen. talk about this. you played, you've been a professional athlete your whole life. i was dealing with every possible apparatus they had available in the market. anti-inflammatory, muscle rubs, wraps, compression sleeves all of it. none of it was giving me consistent relief or giving me the ability to function really in the gym. the tendonitis in my arm was the result of golf. i had to quit. i had to stop. i got the sleeve, i got the knee band and my life has changed. you gotta show, hold your hand so they can get a close-up became this is the man who could not hit a golf ball at all. but this week you just busted a blister on your hand because you hit how many? 600 golf balls in the last 3 days. and that's because. that's because i can because of the tommie copper. it used to be the idea that if you lifted a lot of weights when you were younger you were definitely gonna be in pain when you got older. oh definitely. you know when i started out first weightlifting i mean we did heavy, heavy weights you kn

>> mr. ted cruz knows which side won. >> there are a couple of truths, i.e., facts. >> who cares. >> have you really thought your strategy through? >> until some one stand up to him. he will keep going. congressional republicans have their work cut out for them. democrats, feeling more about their chances. >> a lot of angers. is aimed at republicans. >> win the argument with the am scan people. >> never tell the truth. >> the shut down was magnificent. so proud of the republicans. >> always say you are wing. >> win the argument. >> that's my advice, misinformation works. >> have you really thought your strategy through? >>> well the national news has been dominated by stories about problems with the federal website for signing up for health insurance. there was good news for the affordable care act in ohio today. >> ohioans woke up and learned they qualify for medicaid. this after the state approved the expansion of that federal program. >> former fox news host and current ohio republican govern

in the house to pass a clean cr. >> strangely enough, it was the senator giving both men trouble, mr. ted be having a similar argument with himself. this time, about what constitutes victory for the gop in this debate. reports over the weekend indicate mr. cruz told a crowd of conservatives in virginia that, yes, the gop can win this debate. a point he seemed to take away and take back on sunday morning. >> let me be clear. i didn't say republicans will win this. listen, i think career politicians in both parties have been part of the problem. what i said is the american people are going to win. >> come, come now, mr. cruz. don't be so modest. because i seem to remember a different, more confident senator cruz a few moments later when asked about the people opposed to his strategy. >> the fact that you're seeing those attacks, i think is addictive of the fact that we're winning the argument. >> now, that's more like it. joining us now is democratic congressman joe courtney of connecticut. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, martin. >> you heard the speaker boldly state this week -- th

thank you, we go now to mr ted poe of texas. >> thank you. i have three questions. first one, how does al-shabaab use twitter and what do you understand twitter's policy toward al-shabaab? >> my understanding is they have used surrogates to send out a messages on twitter, but i cannot speak to twitter's policies on using, monitoring or targeting al-shabaab on twitter. i will also say much like the number of groups we have seen including ones affiliated with al qaeda have become active on multiple social media forums including this twitter case, a propaganda tool. >> to support that point, al-shabaab needs to use young people, immediate family, savvy and use skills and familiarity with internet social media to great effect, a powerful recruitment tool, we need to respond to that. >> what do you mean respond? >> we need to be smart in how we use information to give you an example when the attack was unfolding, al-shabaab or people reporting to the al-shabaab members were goading the kenyan authorities, the kenyans through their own social media, a step behind the whol

mr. ted cruz. >>> plus, mad money. many republican donors have had it with the tea party.hey're still sitting on their checkbooks as one bundler put it. why do i want to fuel a fire that's going to consume us. >>> and the canary in the coal mine, why gop troubles in virginia might be a sign of things to come countrywide. >>> finally, i was lucky enough to attend the al smith dinner last night headlined by stephen colbert. >> i am proud to be america's most famous catholic. and i'm sure the cardinal is thinking, stephen, pride is a sin. well, cardinal, so is envy so we're even. >> the most famous catholic. interesting. i never heard that one before. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ banker ] sydney d some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and prioritize her goals, so she could really turn up the volume on her dreams today... and tomorrow. so let's see what we can do about that... remodel. motorcycle.

this is more about mrs. ted cruz. d, but heidi nelson cruz, the wife of ted cruz, gave an interview to the new york times this week, it was interesting interview for a number of reasons, but one of the little anecdotes in here that got some attention, ted cruz, my husband is on my health care plan, through goldman sachs, one of these gold-plated health care plans, and so he's -- he's on her health plan and she's sort of stepped out this week and it is a week that ted cruz, talked about this in the show yesterday, he immediately -- he went up to iowa on friday night, don't know if he's still there today, but speaking in iowa on friday night and in that mode where it is like -- was there any damage to ted cruz in republican world from this whole shutdown? >> there wasn't, but there probably should have been. and in this case, what was most stunning is the statement from cruz's office. yes, he's on her health care plan, but doesn't cost taxpayers anything. give me a break. the 20 plus thousand dollars a year that that hea

. >> i wish i could shake the hand of mr. ted cruz.g up to these democrats, they are liberals and socialists and i'm going to preach about this right now. >> giving you a chance to respond. >> as i said earlier, i'm someone who actually lost their health insurance plan and i am angry about this. how you change the policy goes by winning elections, and that is what we need to keep focused on. winning back the senate and the white house in 2016. the problem is it's very esy for certain senators to tell people what they want to do. leaders sometimes tell them what they want to hear. for us to have done anything so in terms of defining obamacare, it was a strategy with a predetermined outcome and we only had 45 seats in the senate right now. we would've needed 22 democrats to override a presidential veto. it was was not going to happen, and i think it's unfortunate that a lot of conservatives were misled by a few members of congress. >> at the risk of not seeming combative enough, i completely agree that the republicans out there want to c

we go now to mr. ted poe of texas. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have three questions gentlemen. the first one how does al-shabaab use twitter and what do you understand twitters policy if any torrid al-shabaab? dr. jones? >> my understanding is that they have used surrogates to send out messages on twitter but i cannot speak to twitters policies on using, on monitoring or targeting al-shabaab on twitter. i would also say much like a number of militant groups including once affiliated with al qaeda they have become active on multiple social media forums including in this twitter case to get information out as a propaganda tool. >> is does anyone else want to weigh in on that? >> al-shabaab attracts a lot of young people who are media savvy and they use their skills and familiarity with social media to great effect posting videos and it's a powerful recruitment tool. i think we need to respond to that. it was very interesting -- the excuse me and let me interrupt you would deal him by we need to respond? >> we need to be smart in how we use information. to give you one example as

this is how ted cruz, mr.own, right, this is how he closed out his speech at the values voter summit this weekend. >> as ronald reagan famously observed, freedom is not passed down in the bloodstream from one generation to the next. every generation has to rise up and defend it, or one day, we will find ourselves answering questions from our children and our children's children, what was it like when america was free? none of us will ever have to answer that question, because together, the american people, we are going to restore that shining city on a hill that is the united states of america! >> ted cruz, quoting ronald reagan, misquoting john winthrop, who never said that the city on the hill was shining. in 1630, john winthrop said forewe must consider that we should be a city upon a hill, not a shining city, just a city. reagan misquoted winthrop to make the city shiny and it stuck for some reason and that's why everybody thinks it's a quote. anyway, the other thing that ronald reagan said that ted cruz r

mr. cat scratch fever, ted nugent, is itching for a new position. next, i'm taking your questions.-e-d live is just ahead. stay tuned. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." we love hearing from our viewers. tonight in ask m.e.d. live, our question is as follows. why don't republicans understand the separation of church and state? well, i've got to tell you. first of all, it's because they have a mischaracterization of the nature of religion in this country. they think the founding fathers believed in the same thing they believed in. no, they believe in something we call mechanic nice particular deism. what does that big word mean? that means that god set the world in order and allows it to work on its own steam and power, according to its own universal law. number two, they mistake thomas jefferson for their evangelical preacher around the corner. that just ain't so. when thomas jefferson finished cutting up the bible, the first thing to go were the miracles themselves. that's not the same kind of bible evangelicals would cherish. and finally, benjamin franklin said rebemidji-walker i

ted. i was starting to think this would never happen. oh, no, mrs. matsen-- mrs.matsen: i told you he wasn't gay. wait, what? i was tempted to leave klaus for you last fall. the only thing holding me back was the robin of it all. i know, and you were right, but... but that's all over now. she moved out-- i mean, we're still friends, but that's over. all these years, i never stopped thinking about you, ted. i've got a car outside if you're ready to drive off into the sunset together. but if you don't feel the same way, if you've closed the door on us, just say the word... and i'll go. barney, tell them the trick. the only person i could possibly reveal the trick to is another magician. well, i'm a magician. prove it. whoo-hoo! (gasps) narrator: that's barney's version. quinn said it was a simple card trick. who's to say which version was true? quinn's. quinn's version was true. okay. i'll tell you. oh, that's really cool. so what's the trick? i can't say. magician's code. (gasps): ta-da... da-da-da-da-da-da. (cell phone ringing) hello. why did you make me call vict

adin which he thoughts his appreciation and support for ted cruz who championed the idea only funding if obama care is defunded. in a sort time. mrli will meet with health care doctors and nurses to talk about obama care. it is unpopular in a variety of the regions of the state and tomorrow he will be campaign nothing virginia alongside ted cruz. they will be side by side and what mr. colluogh is doing too try to say they are in a liiance. in virginia we'll know in the ballot box. >> carl cameron. >> and it is a bumpy week for obama care. we'll look at the headlines. on opening day. cbs news wrote health care.gov plagued by crashes on first day. new york times million was poor are left unaffected bite health care low. and day three. glitches persist in obama care sign ups. and today bloomberg head line. obama care window shoppers meet bottle neck in slow sign up. let's debate how it has gone. allen combes and tony is a fox news contributor. ntony, how dow rate the first week. what grade? >> obviously an f. the failure of the law to be implemented was predicted by democrats. the author of obama care in the senate said the implemen

second, what would the tea party and mr. ted cruz have to say if it was 40 or 50 or 60 muslim americans that got elected to congress and they banded together and shut the government down? host: thanks very much. this from the secret service that have closed all -- let's go back to wtop here in washington, d.c. >> we have a massive police presence along constitution between first and second right now. >> we were talking to dave mcconnell a moment ago. he made it to a window and was describing a parade of police cars and fire trucks. they were told to stay where they were. dave was trying to get out. the police wouldn't let him. capitol police is making sure everybody inside the capitol building stays there and nobody is getting in. there were reports of shots fired and that's all we know at this point. we are struggling to get any kind of information in terms of what happened. but we may be learning a little more from our national security correspondent. >> j.j. green just walked into the studio. he's been trying to get details f

ted cruz and the tea party. i don't know what you have to celebrate kwb mr. cruz. >> when you see this celebration of cruz and thank you, ted, and all of this. and you look at the fact that a new poll finds republicans may be in trouble in 2014, now it wasn't that long ago it seemed totally out of the question whether the democrats could overtake the majority of the house next year. but now by a nine-point margin, people in republican districts say the shutdown made them less likely to vote for the incumbent. but a 1% margin said the shutdown made them more likely to vote for incumbents in democratic districts. this put it in play for the democrats for the first time that i've heard since the general election. >> yeah. and what's striking about that survey is that there have been a series of polls done by ppp. the liberal leaning polling outfit that founded nearly three dozen or slightly more than three dozen republican districts are now in play for democrats because -- that's even before the voters told they supported the shutdown. there are polling experts w

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ted cruz in texas. yesterday senator john mccain was asked about mr. cruz. i respect senator cruise. didn't make any bones about what he was going to do when he came to washington. the question is, should we follow that leadership, or should we go in other directions and coalesce the majority of the american people. >> joining us now from austin texas with reaction. now we're in the culmination of this argument, the argument's been heated for almost a month. but now the argument is pretty much there. obama care's not going to be defunded, it's going to go through in all its chaotic mess, it's going to be imposed upon me and you and every other american. it's wrong, it's bad, and all of that. but in the process of trying to derail the imposition, the republican party seems to have heard itself that's what the polls say, and you say? >> i think that's accurate, we -- republicans and conservatives angry over the victory of president obama wanted somebody to stand up and fight, and ted cruz and mike lee of utah stood up and starting in july, we're going to fight by defunding obama care.

mr. klayman and i might agree is that in d.c., there's too much money in our political system, and so they're not very representative of the american people. but to me, tedart of that system. he may -- he may seem to be more rebellious or revolutionary because he's affiliated himself with the tea party. but at the end of the day, mr. cruz is pretty -- pretty on the straight and narrow when it comes to american politics and big money politics -- big money being in american politics. >> let's give him credit, though, for taking a position. there are very few people in washington who stick their neck out. and cruz did take a position that he believes in, carried through with it. he didn't win. but he's not at the level of mcconnell, i don't believe he's a whore. let's see how he evolves over time. i don't think we can judge him yet. >> i wouldn't use that kind of terminology. >> mr. klayman, speaking of people who stand by their word, last year, you attempted to challenge the current president's name on the ballot, claiming that he was not a natural-born citizen. and here's a sample of what you said last -- >> actually, i'm still doing that, martin. >> good

listen to how ted cruz talks about his mentor mr.er the world wear superman pajamas. superman wears chuck norris pajamas. and let me tell you, chuck norris wears jim demint pajamas. >> so i mean, he holds him in high esteem. >> it seems that he does. i think that jim demint probably wears clown pajamas. at the end of the day, it comes down to he has the number of minions or proteges in the senate. but he also has a very direct line to the grassroots. they are not fighting down on the fight against obama care. they intend -- well, they hope to intend to either impeach this president, delegitimatize him in some other way, and they will fight or die trying. that is where we sit. in firms terms of how we're goi get the government open, it is going toation rational fair minded republicans who will stand up and call this for what it is. it is election chicanery and it has to stop now. >> well, ryan, here's part of what the reasonable republicans are dealing with. the heritage group has vowed to go after those that are not far right enough.

ted cruz. >> the gentlemen is out of order. >> mr. speaker, my request is that the house bring up senate amendment hjrez 59 to go to conference on a budget. >> and the chair testified that the chair and inappropriate and the gentlemen is out of order. >> millions of americans decided you are doing the wrong thing shutting down the government. you are on the jihad shutting down the parks was not a program. >> the gentlemen. >> i was telling mr. chairman. >> gentlemen. time is expired and the gentlemen is out of order. nmr. speaker, i am disgusted that the gentlemen from california is actually using the word jihad on the floor of the house. >> hi, guy. >> hello, allyson, the gentlemen from california needs to be made aware decaif iinated. >> the word jihaddist is thrown around loosely. are our leaders on capitol unhinged on this? >> that is unhinged. we are talking about a budget impasse and the best way to resolve the current shut down. and throwing around terms like "jihad" is too far. and that is what we are seeing receiptly. and bef

mr. clayman was doing. >> exactly. and same thing. last week michele bachmann said the same thing. and ted cruz. president obama of exploiting veterans and the world war ii memorial when, as we can see once again by the polls, the american people can only be fooled for so long. there's little question as to what most people -- where most people put the blame for the government shutdown, and it's with the republicans. >> clarence, i guess some of us were thinking, okay, fair enough for the first term. you hate the guy. you don't like his ethnicity. you don't like his color. i get it. but now for the whole of the second term, as well? is that what we're supposed to get used to? well, look at the pick picture here, martin. two republican parties, the establishment republicans and the radical republicans, who are the far right folks. you saw the values forum this weekend, that you see on tv, the showbiz conservatives, as i put it. because they're really out to -- to talk to their own constituency, which is the base. it's not the crossover voters that you need to win national elections. and the estab

mr. spicier, some say that ted cruz is a major party or major problem for the republican party and he wast was driving this debate, as were the tea party republicans. what do you do about ted cruz and the tea party? >> we embrace them. i mean, this is a. >> you embrace them, but can you control them? the speaker couldn't get them to come onboard any vote. >> but -- del, see the problem for too often is i think people assume that the job of the party or of washington is to control folks. what ted cruz and a lot of these members do is frankly respond to what the american people want them to be talking about. this idea i think in the media of controlling them is exactly the opposite of what the american people are looking for, for too often, they've seen people walk lock step and say let's increase the debt ceiling and make deals. what ted cruz and members of the house are responding to what people all outside the belt way are talking about, what is going on in this country, who is actually dealing with the problems this nation is facing and what solutions are going forward. i think it's the

mr. cruz senior here, senator ted cruz's father, are getting strong reaction today. democratic strategist chris kofinas joins me from washington and the hot list anchor, amy holmes, joins me from new york. welcome to both of you. chris, let me begin with, shouldn't we call this what it is? you flat out say this is racist. >> it's pretty hard to see it any other way. listen, politics is a hardcore business and you will get punched when you're running for office and i think we all kind of accept that in this business. i think you run for office, you kind of accept that reality. but there are certain lines that are consistently being crossed by this fringe, you know, with the tea party or the fringes in the tea party, where it's not simply they attack the president in terms of what they dislike about his policy. they attack him personally, his belief in god, the notion that he's not american. how else would you describe it? it is beyond the pale that people think this is acceptable. i just don't understand why you can't make your point. you can make your point in a very