build support in those key areas of our country, and the swing states like pennsylvania, ohio michigan missouri and indiana. the states if they go for rick santana room -- rick santorum. [applause] we need someone who can take it to the president on the issues where the president has fallen down. and as i've said before we can do that better than anybody. we have a clean and clear record on issues of government control of your lives whether it is health care, whether it is the takeover of wall street, whether it's cap-and-trade and the imposition of carbon restrictions, co2 restrictions, which believe it or not, you might find this easy to believe as a grandson of a coalminer, i didn't buy into this local climate science which took -- from the very beginning -- [cheers and applause] which from the very beginning if you look at the native science look not like climate science but clinical science. and i stood up and said no we are not going to go along with this. it's another attempt by the left to view some sort of junk science to take control over people's lives. we are we are not going to do

in the states, the swing states, like pennsylvania and ohio, michigan, missouri, wisconsin, indiana. those states, if they go for rick santorum, you can go to bed, it's over. you can't win the election. >> to my point of the establishment, charles, are they thinking, maybe rick santorum can win? >> no, maybe they think it, but no one else thinks it. rick santorum scares the bejesus out of people. >> clearly his poll numbers are up, charles. >> even the republican party may think that, but -- >> democrats wouldn't. >> excuse me, christine o'donnell won the republican primary, doesn't mean she can win the general. what the republican establishment wants is to win the general election. and rick santorum is making himself completely unelectable by continuing to not be the son of a coal miner, which is actually a good message to run on and to be a family man and to be a man of faith. >> but do you wonder where this would be right now if he had done that? where would we be if he stuck with that montra? >> obviously, the past few weeks have helped rick santorum. he's challenging in michigan

build support in those key areas of our country and the swing states like pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, wisconsin, missouri gulf for rick santorum you can go to bed. -- if they go for rick santorum, you can go to bed. we need someone who can take it to the president on the issues where the president has fallen down. as i have said before, we can do that better than anybody. we have a clean and clear record on issues of government control of your life where there is health care, whether it is the takeover of wall street, where there is cap and trade and the imposition of carbon restrictions, co2 restrictions, which, believe it or not, you might find this easy to believe. as the grandson of a coal miner. i did not buy into this global or climate science which from the very beginning -- [applause] which from the beginning if you look at the data and the science, it did not look like climate science but political science. i stood up and said we're not going to go along with this. it is another attempt by the left to use some sort of junk science to take more control over people's lives. we're not going to do t

then take it to states like michigan, ohio, missouri.be not indiana, but there's a lot of states at stake here on this issue. >> yes, there is. you remember in 2010, when republicans swept through those midwestern industrial state governorships and we looked at president obama's approval ratings. we pointed at that as one of the biggest political problems he was going to have. now his numbers are looking really good in most of those states. it makes the map a lot easier for him. if he can -- as you pointed out, there are a lot of states, not just michigan, that had suppliers, parts, a lot of related industrial activity that feed the auto industry. they are all benefitting from this, too. it's a big part of the reason why president obama looks so much better across that region now is the fact the auto industry has rebounded the tway has. it's a huge asset for him going ahead to november. >> steve rattner, a great service to the country by bringing back the american auto industry and john heileman, as always, sir. >>> jon stewart takes iss

then take it to michigan and ohio and missouri. maybe not indiana.'s a lot of states at stake on this issue. >> there is. chris, you remember in 2010 when republicans swept through those midwest states, and we looked at president obama's approval ratings, it was one of his problems in 2012. now his numbers are looking good in most of those states. it makes the map a lot easier for him. as you pointed out, there are a lot of states, not just michigan, that had suppliers and parts that had industries that benefitted. it's a big part of the reason why president obama looks so much better across the region now is the fact that the auto industry has rebounded the way it has. it's an asset for him going into november. >> thank you, steve ratner and john heilemann. >>> up next, jon stewart takes issue with the description of cheerful. that's newt gingrich for you. the sideshow is next. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. so uh this is my friend frank and his, uh, retirement plan. one golden crown. come on frank how long have we known each other? go t

ohio and pennsylvania. for santa ana, it will be minnesota, missouri, iowa, michigan and ohio. he can make the play that he energizes the conservative base more. and if the conservative base isn't energized, they are going to lose. >> quickly steve, do you think that the misstep that he, governor romney now calls it, the mistake of the very poor comment in that interview that both newt gingrich and rick santorum jumped on, that he said, "i don't care about the very poor," in context talking about a problem in the safety net, i'll fix t. but both of those candidates jumped on that statement. do you think that that moment changed the lead-up to colrado and tonight? >> yes. it certainly didn't help for two reasons, one, political and the other ideological. on the political front, this is something that everybody knows the democrats and the obama campaign would use against a general election candidate, mitt romney, heading towards november. on the ideological front, i think there is a long history of conservative who is have made precisely the opposite argument, that conservatives

michigan. >> i think also in ohio and missouri. let me show president obama's super pac priorities usa.eased this ad hitting romney this week. >> his message was clear. >> let detroit go bankrupt. >> mitt romney. there's no question he made a fortune from businesses he helped destroy. >> bankrupt, bankrupt. >> romney pocketed huge fees shortly before companies collapse. >> bankrupt, bankrupt. >> even when the businesses failed, romney came out ahead. are those the values we want in an american president? >> bankrupt, bankrupt. >> well, steve, you have really done the country a service here working for president obama. i want to ask you a little secret. maybe you can't tell me. what gave you the -- you remember after world war ii, you don't remember but you know from history how all that you had to do was reopen the trading zones in europe. that's what the marshall plan was about. get those countries that had gone through world war ii, get them trading again. re-create what's already there. the strong financial structure. and economic trading structure of europe. get it back on its feet.

ohio and pennsylvania. for santa ana, it will be minnesota, missouri, iowa, michigan and ohio. he can make the play that he energizes the conservative base more. and if the conservative base isn't energized, they are going to lose. >> quickly steve, do you think that the misstep that he, governor romney now calls it, the mistake of the very poor comment in that interview that both newt gingrich and rick santorum jumped on, that he said, "i don't care about the very poor," in context talking about a problem in the safety net, i'll fix t. but both of those candidates jumped on that statement. do you think that that moment changed the lead-up to colrado and tonight? >> yes. it certainly didn't help for two reasons, one, political and the other ideological. on the political front, this is something that everybody knows the democrats and the obama campaign would use against a general election candidate, mitt romney, heading towards november. on the ideological front, i think there is a long history of conservative who is have made precisely the opposite argument, that conservatives

ohio and pennsylvania. for santa ana, it will be minnesota, missouri, iowa, michigan and ohio.e can make the play that he energizes the conservative base more. and if the conservative base isn't energized, they are going to lose. >> quickly steve, do you think that the misstep that he, governor romney now calls it, the mistake of the very poor comment in that interview that both newt gingrich and rick santorum jumped on, that he said, "i don't care about the very poor," in context talking about a problem in the safety net, i'll fix t. but both of those candidates jumped on that statement. do you think that that moment changed the lead-up to colrado and tonight? >> yes. it certainly didn't help for two reasons, one, political and the other ideological. on the political front, this is something that everybody knows the democrats and the obama campaign would use against a general election candidate, mitt romney, heading towards november. on the ideological front, i think there is a long history of conservative who is have made precisely the opposite argument, that conservatives do

ohio. and michigan and indiana. then it changes to snow out in iowa. the storm center itself is in missouri and northern arkansas. be tracking toward the ohio river valley, then just to the south of us over the next 24 to 36 hours. so this high pressure that's giving us the nice weather now will be moving out of the way so that this can come into the picture. we won't be getting the heavy snows they have been getting out in the plains. just a hit and miss thing. increasing clouds in today. developing showers. off to our north, a little snow showers mixes in with it. 45 to 50 the high today. east to northeast winds. our futurecast shows by 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon, moisture will be to the west of us. snow will be too the higher elevations to our west. by evening, as temperatures drop to our north, snow could mix in. by sunday morning, most moisture off to our south and east. lingering snows out in the mountains to the west of us. then we look pretty dry. monday something passes to our south. we pick up a few clouds but it does not look like it will substantially affect our weather. how much snow? more signific

he is a guy that could go into the key swing states like ohio, missouri, and even michigan, and he can compete against president obama. i think rick santorum was a big victory in missouri was -- i think it comes with an asterisk because it was not a real primary, kind of a glorified view the contest, a glorified stronghold, in a sense that missouri's delegates will be doled out later. but i think there is something to the fact that rick santorum has been aching for a one on one shot with mitt romney and that is what he essentially got in missouri. speaker gingrich was not on the ballots in missouri. rick santorum, you saw him kind of get some ribbing from the media a week ago when he left florida and went to missouri. people said, why would you be in missouri? they are not awarding delegates. they were kind of mocking him for that. but i think you have to give rick santorum a lot of credit. he saw an opportunity, at least in the media narrative, to go head-to-head with mitt romney and he beat him by 30-plus points. i think for rick santorum in terms of momentum, it is a major win. he c

he's a guy who can go into those key swing states in ohio and missouri and even michigan, he said, and he can compete in those states and the general election against president obama. i think rick santorum's victory in missouri was, i think it comes with an as terrific because of the fact that it wasn't a real primary. that it was kind of a glorified straw poll, if you will, in the sense that missouri's delegates will be dold out later at district and state conventions. i think there is something to the fact that rick santorum has been aching for a one-on-one shot at mitt romney. that's what he got in missouri. you just mentioned speaker gingrich was not on the bat local in missouri. with santorum you saw him kind of get some ribbing from the media a week ago when he left florida and went to missouri. he was holding events there. why would you be in missouri? they are not awarding delegates. it's not a real contest. people were kind of mocking him for that. i think you have to give rick santorum credit. he saw an opportunity there at least in the media narrative in the minds of some vo

ohio, oklahoma, tennessee, he could lose all of those. >> if you think of the psychological effect of losing the three states last week, michigan, sorry, colorado, minnesota, and missourielegates at stake, imagine what happens in the state like michigan which is romney's home court. he won there and is running as a native. his adds say i grew up here. i'm a detroiter. you lose on your home court to a challenger just coming off. that is bad. it resets the whole race. it starts over with santorum and romney in the same point. i think he should go along. he should go on a guy running against nothing against biography i'm a businessman and now in michigan, the ads say i grew up here. that is not it. he has to come up with an idea to rally behind opponent like reagan supply side economics. he has nothing of that sort. he gave a speech in detroit. four days before the election. it whats to be large. tax reform, entitle reform, new idea. or he is treading water. >> john: we have interesting polls to put up, for general election. president obama beats every republican in the aggregate of the swing state. if you separate out ohio, the numbers are different. look ever republican

he needs michigan, ohio, pennsylvania where he is up, he needs those types of states. he already has missouri. he would likely get indiana. if he can get the midwest, couple that with a christian conservative in the south, he can see how he would win in november. what arizona plays into that is that midwestern belt that he needs. that's why it's important for rick santorum to win in michigan tomorrow. >> over the weekend rick santorum said a couple things i want to talk about. let's listen first and then we'll talk. >> president obama once said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob. there are good decent men and women who go out and work hard every day and put their skills to test that are not taught by some liberal college professor. oh, i understand why he wants you to go to college. he wants to remake you in his image. >> remake you in his image. lenny, what do you make of that? >> it goes back to what i've been saying previously. great social commentary. horrible, horrible political messaging. remember, rick santorum has been talking to the manufacturer that is going