p.j. o'rourke, you specialize in satire, some is advice. what are you calling yourself a conservative or libertarian. >> i still call myself a republican. i'm a republican because republicans have fewer ideas. >> as a republican, what does this administration have to do? what is in their arsenal? what can president obama do, what can democrats do right now to address what all four of us agree is the primary reason why we don't all feel we're in a recovery and that is that we don't have enough private sector job creation in this economy. >> they should probably quit having ideas, too. this would be the perfect moment to knock it off with the wonderful ideas. one of the worst ideas they have had, among many, was the stimulus. not the bailout so much but the stimulus. my ex-congressman, who hopes to be my congressman again, charlie bass from the second district in new hampshire said to me, said, p.j. you realize the stimulus is costing us $10 billion -- within $10 billion of what it would cost to have a one-year personal and corporate tax holi

p.j. o'rourke. your book is -- >> as if there weren't enough clowns in congress. >> p.j., thank you, buddy. when we return, let me finish with some thoughts about what president obama told "rolling stone" magazine. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. >>> let me finish tonight with some hope for progressives. there's a decent chance this next month that democrats can snare victory from the teeth of disaster. never doubt that disaster looms. if the young voters have something better to do tuesday, november 2nd, the progressive activists become passive, if the democrats fail to embrace the independents, catastrophe looms. the senate and the house could both be lost. republicans could gain an iron grip on the congress, road blocking everything, killing the obama dream in its bed. so this is the open question. not will it be a tough election for democrats, but more to the heart of it. will it be the kind of crushing defeat that leads to a year of back biting, that leads to division, and ultimately t

p.j. o'rourke. en't enough clowns in congress. >> p.j., thank you, buddy. when we return, let me finish with some thoughts about what president obama told "rolling stone" magazine. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. our job is to listen and find ways to help. that means working with communities. restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund to cover lost income until people impacted can get back to work. and our efforts aren't coming at tax-payer expense. i know people are wondering-- now that the well is capped, is bp gonna meet its commitments? i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. lord of the carry-on.

p.j. o'rourke, who has a new book called "don't vote."when you're on, because i'm merely quoting your book. why are you hiding in new hampshire? they tell me they don't even like parks up there. >> you just said it all. you explained it for me. you know, as a matter of fact, it was the conventional republicans that won the primaries up there, not the tea party candidates. so go figure. >> how did you vote, as a live free or die republican? >> i voted -- >> with the establishment -- i voted the tea party candidate except for charlie bass, because he's my friend, my good friend and my neighbor, and i owe him money. oar he owes me money, i can't remember. >> you're the greatest satirist in the world. let's look at one of your competitors. >> come on, chris, you're a pop you list, how can you hate the people and be a pop you list? i mean, you're a progressive -- >> i'm narrating. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> here's bill a maher going after christine o'donnell. i want you to add the icing to the cake. the question was something she said back in

p.j. o'rourke saying in 2010, don't vote. >> it is not the craziest idea. >> really?re as you have been in the back room we lengthed officials. what you have to know about them is they believe that every single one of those votes that they got was an expression of love, not -- not lesser of two evils do i really have to do this? why is there no one else? none of the above. oh, okay. i'll vote for him. >> right. >> it goes to their heads and so, you know, this message -- >> pat buchanan. >> don't encourage them. >> pat buchanan feels that way about every hanging chad in palm beach county. >> people that voted for him. >> they did. >> a lot of jewish people in south florida, obviously, love pat buchanan. mark halperin, has his base. >> always has been. >> there is a none of the above in nevada and this year it's a damn good thing. >> a lot of unhappy people. >> senate race. >> can't -- none of the above means the encourage it can get. >> yeah. >> so tonight, on another note, although i fear getting him started -- we don't have the fan for you inside to blow your hair ba

p.j. o'rourke. >>> but first, daily ranting, talking about why the president just doesn't get it when it comes're back after this. >>> we've got a health care bill that becomes more apparent every day how much it does for people and biggss, because because there was no public option, some say we're not going to participate. >> vice president biden in an interview last night. mr. yewer, the floor is yours. >> thank you, dylan a perfect example of saying his base is whining, the president said the actions of the base is inexcusable and irresponsible, how dare they challenge the president? mr. president and mr. vice president, let me tell you what you did wrong, what you screwed up the bill was opposed about i 40%, 30% supported and 30% were neutral. the apparent wisdom is because, my god, the country is so angry, you did a socialist takeover, you tried so hard. well, when you look at the new associated press poll, that is not the case at all. by a 2:1 margin, americans say you did too little, not too much. that's what we were trying to tell you, we were the messengers. we were your friends, tryi