you saw republican senators " ying it was "insane republicans to be the ones blocking progress on the budget. let's get on with that. help replace the sequester. you cannot have a discussion if you refuse to talk. >> on the budget, there's that much point of going to conference until we get closer to the debt limit deadline when you will be forced to reach some kind of compromise. it is something i am sympathetic to. what do you think you can accomplish? you are very far apart. there does not seem to be any sign of compromise on either side. terms of moving beyond the point we have now arrived at, how does the conference helped that? public you are in a forum and increases the pressure to try and get things done. the republicans in the house and made this their rallying cry for the last three years. they complained the senate and not have a budget. we do not have a budget right now. there is no federal budget. members are not getting paid. they complain to the president's budget was late, yet our own statute law requires them to commit action by april 15. every day that goes by where

republican party is going to if you're saying the implosion of the republican party where they have a very very serious structural problem with a policy and policies that benefit the rich they have a ticking time bomb demographically speaking so they can make it the more notes you're absolutely crucial they're going to have to get minority votes as if they want to remain electable but it's getting harder and harder and harder to do and that's why it's the politicking more and more extreme but you go on the what they're trying to do a balancing act by being nice to immigrants but being giving tax breaks to the rich it's a completely unsustainable strategy because it's going to happen we're going to go there where the wage is going to be in force four to ten years time five years time republicans you know they're going to get frozen out of mainstream politics. because i would say let's go back to eisenhower type republican so i think you know everything she does or sort of i call it structural issues they need to work through a lot of you know limited government activists grassroots a

you saw republican senators saying it was "insane"for republicans, who called for getting a budget done, to now be the ones blocking progress on a budget. so, let's get on with that. we should be working on that to help replace the sequester, do do -- to do tax reform. you cannot have a discussion if you refuse to talk. >> on the budget, there's that paul ryan said -- paul ryan said recently there was not much point going to conference until we get closer to the debt limit deadline, when you guys will be forced to reach some kind of compromise, which is an idea i'm a little bit sympathetic to. what do you think you guys could accomplish if you met in conference right now? you are very far apart. there does not seem to be any sign of compromise on either side.not that democrats have not moved somewhat on entitlements, certainly, but in terms of moving beyond the point that we now have arrived at, how does the conference felt that -- help that? >> a couple of things. ,hen you are in a public forum it increases the pressure to try and things done. remember, the republicans in the house mad

n.c., they have a republican governor to go with their republican legislature. they passed a voter i.d. legislation. we'll see both those states adding to the republican column. in colorado, it is squarely in the middle of the republican pat 70 electoral votes. if it is in play in 2016, republicans have to find somewhere else to get those electoral votes. we have seen this in red states and we have seen it in very blue states. now we got a purple state where the election rules are changing. north carolina was competitive and 2008 and 2012 but not critical to the next pass. as their voting rolls favors democrats, that can tip a state from very purple to slightly below. i looked into the academic research on this and there is no exact correlation between higher voting and better for democrats. there's a correlation between higher participation rates and a benefit for the party that is better organized. over the last more than two decades, democrats have been better organized and getting out the absentee votes starting in oregon in 1996 and a revolutionary way to t

republicans misjudged the coalition.ok at the coalition and say, we've got to really peel away latino voters. they are misjudging the fact that the coalition is about african-american voters as well. and that you can reasonably argue that bush doesn't win the presidency in 2004 if he doesn't do well among african-americans, not only in ohio, in florida, in north carolina, in virginia. he was able to double his share of the black vote in those states. nationally he didn't do great, 10% or 11%. mostly people look at that and they say it's about the latino vote, but he was only able to increase his share of the latino vote mostly in the republican south and texas. >> speaking of 2004, i want to get this in because we said this earlier, the brookings study says that in 2004, if the election had been held with the turnout figures from 2012, that -- excuse me, if you had it in 2004, that romney would have won. nate, i know you did the numbers and you came to a different conclusion. >> yeah, i think that conclusion is premature

he was the eminence, the trusted widely respected republican of all republicans, a leader in his party for decades. bob dole was not seen as a maverick who liked to buck his party the way that john mccain was sometimes seen. bob dole was not seen as a moderate, not seen as bucking his party really in any way. he was the guy that stood for the republican party. he was essentially what it meant to be a republican. he was a conservative, he had led his party's legislative agenda as the republicans top man in the senate for a decade. but that presidential election in 1996 did debut this wacky new way of reaching the kids out there. the first ever campaign websites. and you could tell when you look back at the archive version of these websites that the campaigns are sort of excited to show how hip they are with the new internet web machine site thing. but you can also tell they don't have any idea what they should be using this for or what's neat about it. in the press release announcing the clinton campaign's awesome website says it has a couple of innovative features for of you familiar w

but, of course, that isn't in the dna of this republican party or this republican leadership. and in fact, they are being driven by the these right-wing organizations. in fact, to actually set aside real legislation that we might have an opportunity to consider and debate, in place of focusing on investigations so that they can really try to trip up the obama administration. >> congresswoman, they are talking about the midterms already. they are talking about 2014 and taking over the senate and repealing and putting obama in a box. what about that? >> they're even talking about 2016. what they're trying to do with the benghazi investigation, which clearly has had, you know, a thorough review. it was -- the independent investigation done and authorized by secretary clinton, in which all 29 recommendations that came from admiral pickering and from ambassador pickering and admiral mullen are being implemented. that is about 2016 and the possibility of hillary clinton running for president. and nothing more. what they're doing is nakedly transparent. what we need to do is focus on

republicans -- the republican in this case is ted cruz. he could be the next barry goldwater, he says. actually i sort of like goldwater. this guy doesn't seem quite as nice. >>> finally leave it to the global warming is a hoax governor. who says the government is out there buying the bullets in country so the rest of us are being denied our gun rights. paranoia, you think? this is "hardball." the place for politics. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] >>> well, we've seen a lot of polling that suggests senators who voted against background checks are suffering in

do the republicans care? republicans don't care if obama care saves lives. for them it's all about power. >> what would you like the lawmakers to know? >> you know, i had health care my entire life. i was fortunate. but, i mean, i went to graduate school to be a journalist, that's what i want to pursue and health insurance isn't always available for freelance writers. i want a chance to be healthy and not in millions of dollars of debt. i think for the long term health of the country this needs to go if. like you asked me before, i don't know when the charity is going to run out. i can't rely on that. i need a solution for the long term. who knows what happens a year later, two years later further down the road. the bottom line is i need health insurance. >> he needs health insurance and for 38 times in the congress, in the house with tp republicans have said no we don't want you to have it. we think there's too many thousands of pages and too much red tape out there for you to have a chance, dan, to save your life. i can't thank this gentleman enough for co

a republican leader. he's been a republican leader in his precinct, as a caucus chairman, in his county as the g.o.p. county chairman. a republican leader in his congressional district as a member of the state central committee. a republican leader in our state asive g.o.p. chairman. a republican leader in our country as a member of the republican national committee. please welcome my friend, iowa .comchairman mr. a.j. spiker. [applause] >> thank you, david. and before i get going with a few remarks, i go do want to recognize a few of our honored guests we have this evening and i know i'm not going to name everybody and i may miss over a few people but i do want to list a few people they did see here tonight, and if you'd please hold your applause until the end. first of all, secretary matt shuts, please stand up and wave. former republican party of iowa chairman ray hoffmann is in the house here somewhere. ray? maybe he stepped out. iowa chairman an shane robinson. shane? our republican national shaffler

i'm a damn good republican and a good conservative republican who believes in things i believe in. >>istie is proving he's back in the family. the republicans start out a little bit worried about this guy when he got buddy buddy with the president right after storm san sandy. he blocked early voting in new jersey. who is against early voting. it's not cost efficient. also says the process would be too hard and new to implement before the next election. give me a break. 19 other states are working to ek pand voter access but chris christie joins four sub born republican governors who seemed to be hung up on the fact that it can't work an telling voters in new jersey, forget about it. let's bring in our rapid response panel tonight, michael, karen an james peterson. always a pressure to have you with us. >> welcome back, ed. >> it's good to be back. michael, what about christie on this. >> welcome back. it's so great to see you on an have your voice back on these air waves. >> this is how you prove yourself oz a republican. you got to dprks iss somebody. chris christie is feeling he's a

and republican presidential campaign losers rick perry and rick santorum. but the really big event is, of course, saturday night in what the nra is calling, quote, their words, the most important gathering of the year. and that, of course, can only mean a keynote speech by glenn beck. and to close the convention sunday night, ted nugent will speak about, quote, repaying our debt to here owes, end quote. apparently the nra could not get an actual military veteran to speak about, quote, the ultimate sacrifices of the u.s. military warriors and their families. so they got ted nugent. joining me now are nra enemies list ej deion, columnist for the "washington post" and "huffington post" sam stein. ej, i want to start with you, because you are the only one among us who is actually on the nra's enemies list. you've earned it. others of us have tried to earn it. and apparently -- >> you don't get there -- more than earned it. >> but ej, this really is not over. when you watch what's happening to kelly ayotte up there, i found the most striking thing in that town m

republicans have. the republican in this case is ted cruz. he could be the next barry goldwater, he says. actually i sort of like goldwater. this guy doesn't seem quite as nice. >>> finally leave it to the global warming is a hoax governor. who says the government is out there buying the bullets in country so the rest of us are being denied our gun rights. paranoia, you think? this is "hardball." the place for politics. we're all set to bundle your home and auto insurance together. i'll just press this, and you'll save on both. [bell dings] ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, llllet's get ready to bundlllllle... [ holding final syllable ] oh, yeah, sorry! let's get ready to bundle and save. now, that's progressive. oh, i think i broke my spleen! >>> well, we've seen a lot of polling that suggests senators who voted against background checks are suffering in public opinion polls. today evidence that two red state democrats up for re-election next year actually helped themselves by voting yes on expanded background checks. look at this. accor

. >> you describe the gop of your generation as eisenhower republicans, moderate republicans.ple like bob dole, even ronald reagan, could you make it in today's republican party? >> i doubt it. i doubt reagan could have made it. certainly, nixon couldn't have made it. because he had ideas. >> bob dole is right on the mark. the mainstream and moderate republicans of the past have no place in today's modern and radical conservative movement. >> our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. >> planned parenthood has been far more lethal to back lives than the kkk as ever was. >> are you saying that society should just let him die? >> no. >> and the republican party and their black civil rights allies are partners in this genocide. >> we don't have leadership coming out of washington, we have reality television. ♪ >> you betcha! yes! >> corporations are people, my friend. >> joining again tonight, bob shrum, karen finney, joe sestak. karen, what about the republican party? they seem to still have an identity crisis, but could a

lots of these republicans, including the republican leader mitch america connell, were afraid of having -- mitch mcconnell, were afraid of having challengers from the tea party and now mitch mcconnell can defend the tea party. and every republican can come in defense of the tea party which was as we know wronged in this. everyone agrees to that. so it kind of plays into them. because the mid-term elections, your base can be narrower. because those are the people who turn out. >> but the smarter republicans have their eye on the long game. and the long game is they need more people to be open to their party. this is why even if you have a continued lathering of these scandals, i would not expect republicans to drop the idea of going forward on immigration reform. it is very important for the long-term future of the party. and i think the key republican strategists understand that. >> and have to have people saying this is what the republican party believes. and to the extent that the news cycles are taken up by complicated scandals and exciting members of your caucus saying extraordinary

republican, republican, rrr."ledged to only conduct surveys on behalf of republicans. a quinnipiac poll isn't that much different from the ppp poll. mcauliffe leading cuccinelli 43% to 38%. isn't it early to be going after the pollsters? be back after this. ♪ bonjour ♪ je t'adore ♪ c'est aujourd'hui ♪ ♪ et toujours ♪ me amour ♪ how about me? [ male announcer ] here's to a life less routine. ♪ and it's un, deux, trois, quatre ♪ ♪ give me some more of that [ male announcer ] the more connected, athletic, seductive lexus rx. ♪ je t'adore, je t'adore, je t'adore ♪ ♪ ♪ s'il vous plait [ male announcer ] this is the pursuit of perfection. ♪ there you go. come on, let's play! [ male announcer ] there's an easier way to protect your dog from dangerous parasites. good boy. fetch! trifexis is the monthly, beef-flavored tablet that prevents heartworm disease, kills fleas and prevents infestations, and treats hook-, round-, and whipworm infections. treatment with fewer than 3 monthly doses after exposure to mosquitoes may not

republicans were all on one side and republicans were on the other.it no matter what the issue was our government had become more like the nfl, not like americans sitting down together to say here are the problems let's beat them and talk about them and solve them. instead of was how can i d.c. q? how can i teach you because you belong to a different club, you have a different label on your head, and i start thinking about why that was and how did we get to that point. if you read the papers every day coming you see here's two or three republicans talking to two or three democrats about doing something together, and that is front-page news we've actually got republicans and democrats working together so why is that the way it is? i go back and i thought about to the only thing i ever found that our first presidents agreed with each other is don't create political parties. washington, adams, they don't create political parties. they had them but they weren't like these. me against you just because you belong to the other club. why did we get to that po

it's the dilemma of the republican party. here they've been handed these scandals if you want to call them. none of the scandals actually implicates president obama. and they're desperate to do that. they're desperate to get their base fired up. and their base will believe anything they say about president obama. >> to make karen's point -- let's take a look at what boehner, the speaker of the house had to say. he also is making the point that somehow obama was working over there with his green eye shades, working over there in a long row of typewriters, whatever they still have over there, going over the numbers. here he is blaming the president. i bet president obama doesn't know where the irs is in washington. certainly not in cincinnati. let's listen. >> drip, drip, drip. every day there's something new. we don't know how deep this extends within the administration, and that's why our committees are going to continue to investigate this. but what is most troubling in this white house is that the lights are on, but there d

second terms like bill clinton where many republicans or some republicans feel it should have gone ancy like jimmie carter and when it doesn't play out they look for other means. the second is what we saw with jfk from the very beginning elements of the right who dispute the ideas of the administration and believe in america as a fundamentally conservative country. and can't live with the idea of a president who believes otherwise. when kennedy goes to dallas, texas he sees signs accusing him of treason. >> we have that. we can maybe put that up on the screen. >> even dramatic by today's standards. those are the two kinds of frustrations you see by conservatives. >> i have thought a lot about the comparison between how the right has reacted to obama and reacted to bill clinton in the 1990s. the obviously difference with obama is i heard so much overtly, you know, racial animosity that came out that you didn't hear with clinton. is it coming from the same basic place or different backlash. snifrt different in one respect. the pew poll said 48% republicans approved of bill clinton. so

republican, republican, rrr." has pledged to only conduct surveys on behalf of republicans. a quinnipiac poll isn't that much different from the ppp poll. mcauliffe leading cuccinelli 43% to 38%. isn't it early to be going after the pollsters? be back after this. the blisters were oozing, and painful to touch. i woke up to a blistering on my shoulder. i spent 23 years as a deputy united states marshal and i've been pretty well banged up but the worst pain i've experienced was when i had shingles. when i went to the clinic, the nurse told me that it was a result of having had chickenpox. i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. >>> welcome back to "hardball." if politics is a game of tough decisions, we have two professionals for you tonight. governor lincoln chafee of rhode island served the state as a republican senator before becoming an independent then running successfully for governor of rhode island. today he went to city hall to become a democrat. and former democratic congresswoman who's always a democrat, re

let's start with the republicans. it's virtually a four-way tie there. marco rubio, senator from florida, at 16 points. jeb bush and chris christie at 15%. rand paul at 14%. paul ryan and ted cruz in single digits. by the way, the big mover among those rs is rand paul. his support has doubled over the past six months. he's moving up. now to the democrats where hillary clinton is up by 50 points. 5-0. over vice president joe biden. 63% to 13% for biden. andrew cuomo. mark warner. elizabeth warren. she's showing up. martin o'malley. all in low, very low single digits. we're going to look at general election matchups later in the hour. that's going to be fun to see how the republicans do against hillary, i guess. we'll be right back. >>> people may be starting to use the "i" word before too long. >> oh, okay. the "i" word meaning impeachment? >> yeah. >> is that within the realm of possibilities? i would say yes. i'm not willing to take that off the table. >> if you had watergate and iran/contra together and multiply it times maybe ten or so, you're going t

one of the things i worry as republican, it's beginning to materialize in the republican party where there's no unity. we're beginning to see we have rand paul and we have jindal, we ave marco rubio. and i'm getting concerned we're not rallying again by one central figure in the republican party. i just think although each one of these presidential candidates have some great characteristics, from to early on learn what these long primary bits our candidate last time, let's rally behind an sem candidate early on. i will take the comments off there but that was my comment as republican. >> appreciate you calling in. you asked about not seeing all of the bobby gyppedal event. we will show it to you all in our later program. also online at c-span.org. let's go to downey, california. democratic call. dan is there. >> it's eric. >> eric, go ahead with your comment. >> i'm just hoping he succeeds with the state of education in louise lieu because it's really bad. -- louisiana. because it's really bad. we're working on independent schools. > here's how the "the times" pick eeune nola.com is

who knows how republicans in the senate will react to yet another republican being appointed by this democratic president to another high profile administration job. it's interesting, democrats don't seem to much mind their democratic president appointing members of the opposite party. but the opposite party sometimes does seem to mind when republicans are becoming part of this administration. given james comey's reputation, though, i think anybody will find it hard to make an issue out of the fbi nomination. i mean this is the kind of thing that gets thrown into standard news profiles of james comey. comey, age 52, established a reputation as a fierce defender of the law and the integrity of the justice department, regardless of the political pressures of the moment. or this one, same idea. mr. comey was widely praised for putting the law over politics. or this one, comey's reputation as a principled lawyer who would not bend the law just to please his superiors in the white house. that's the way people talk about this guy who apparently is going to be president obama's nominee to r

but republicans don't seem to care. instead of regretting their vote against the american people, they are celebrating, running this ad about the president. >> 100 day mark, he's already faced a string of defeats. he's already faced a string of defeat. >> the gop ad uses an image of president obama comforting a newtown mother who lost her little boy in the shootings to try and score cheap political points. it's offensive. it's a sign of just how out of touch these republicans have come. now we're even hearing some elected republicans claiming that voters want to take up arms against the government in some sort of revolution. >> they are going to have to use these guns because of our own government. now, is there anything in washington that says any telltale signs that maybe we might be headed for a revolution? did you ever think that these kinds of things are going on? >> a revolution? i think it's a revolution against commonsense. the gop agenda isn't about helping the country. it's about passing good laws. it's about

serving republicans and new republicans just about going forward with the budget debate. budget itself. and i think that is an example that this is a party that will not let its leaders compromise if it's not within their -- within their principles. reagan wouldn't make it. he wouldn't. he compromised. >> but, you know, while side shows like trump in the news, you know, while they dominate the news, the gop ignores serious problems like the automatic budget cuts. you know, we've learned that teachers at ft. bragg in north carolina are actually going to be furloughed for up to five days starting in august. these things get lost with these side shows. jonathan, where are the republicans' priorities? >> well, remember when we were talking about the fiscal cliff and sequester, particularly sequester. there were people on capitol hill, republicans, who said if the sequester happens, actually that's a good thing. because we need to get our budget house in order. for a lot of -- for a lot of republicans, these cuts, these furloughs, are not a bad thing. they -- you know, they th

senator and big jen thompson, moderate republican -- you have a moderate republican tradition.owing -- the movement that pushed you out, are conservatives a lot more powerful than they were a decade ago? >> let's go back even further. the land of lincoln an an abolitionist party. we ran on the principles, equality of application of law for everybody. i think what mark kirk has done is taken the party back to its roots. we believe in equality under the law. and if we stay with that, we do pretty well. >> what about minnesota, rachael? this is when people look at blue state. you had mondale in '84, a little easier that year. but people look at it as a blue state from the outside, but this is a state that produced michele bachmann, ron grams, there is a very conservative christian element to the republican party in minnesota that maybe keeps republicans from voting with the overstate preference. >> i think that's true and i think it's way too simplistic to look at us as just a blue state. the current democratic governor is the first in basically a generation from the democratic pa

republicans have. the republican in this case is ted cruz. he could be the next barry goldwater, he says. actually i sort of like goldwater. this guy doesn't seem quite as nice. >>> finally leave it to the global warming is a hoax governor. who says the government is out there buying the bullets in country so the rest of us are being denied our gun rights. paranoia, you think? this is "hardball." the place for politics. help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. safety is a vital part of bp's commitment to america - and to the nearly 250,000 p

when i talked to senate republicans, when i talked to house republicans, they're just starting, martinlly an issue where they can open up this presidency and try to peek inside. >> okay. well, very briefly, robert, what would it take to appease these republicans' fears? is there anything short of imprisoning the president or sending him back to chicago? >> you hear very few republicans publicly talking about impeachment, and only a few were even raising the issue. i think they want to see some more interest from holder on his role. they want to see doug shulman, the ex-irs commissioner come before congress and testify. i think you're going to see them continue to press the bureaucracy. i think they are going to keep asking the white house for more answers. this is going to be a headache, if anything, for the white house. >> well, i'm so pleased they want to see mr. shulman, who of course was appointed by president george bush. thanks to robert coster. thank you, sir. >> thank you, martin. >> and we'll be right back. i'm a firefighter. i'm a carpenter. i'm an accountant. a mechanical en

republican governors, including jodi rail, republican governor of connecticut. views arehat cheetos nationally respected -- gina's views are nationally reseppecte. gina mccarthy is one of the most mainstream nominees ever to come before the senate. the fact that every one of my republican colleagues on this committee would not show her the respect of being here today and are hiding from this public arena, the fact that they would treat her in this way after she answered respectfully over 1000 -- did sheestions say she wants to overturn the clean air act? a guess not. did she say she wants to redefine the borders of united states so that nobody has any rights to clean water? guess not. did she say she wanted to overturn the superfund program? i guess not. i don't know who they want to be the head of the epa. maybe the head of some polluting oil company or coal company. that would make them happy. that's not what the american people want. the american people want an overwhelming numbers -- in overwhelming numbers, their health protected. if republicans think we're

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republicans are saying they won't negotiate. again, we need progress and not part zanship. >> jim cramer, what a great man you are. thank you so much. 6:00 on cnbc. thank you so much. of course, i really like this job. u.s. congressman steve israel has done a great job for the democrats. >>> coming up, he's back. mitt romney once again speaking out against president obama and talking about hitting the campaign trail for republicans. my secret suspicion, i think he's harboring a secret plan. talk about conspiracy. to go about it again. >>> plus bait and switch is a tried and true trick beloved by the right. remember how they used 9/11 to get us into iraq? michele bachmann is trying to blame the so-called cover-up in benghazi that people got killed in benghazi before the cover-up. bait and switch forever as long as bachmann is around. >>> can a politician overcome being turned into a punch line? that's the question facing texas governor rick perry. and also one of dan quayle's advisers out there still around has some advice for pe

the republicans said no. they said no unanimously, just like they did when we were talking about cancer researchers and medical innovation. they're not interested in real debt reduction. they just want these cuts. they want the sequester. but they're going to have to live with the fact that they're complicit in the dumbing down of america and 70,000 of our 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds will not have a head start in life. i was with parents and students last week in tampa, i talked to one mother who said my before head start, her 3-year-old could not speak. after six months in head start, now that young boy can communicate. that means he's going to have a better chance at life. >> mr. herndon, how are you going to make this? are we going to get through this thing? you see the cutting edge to this thing. what is going to happen if this goes on? >> well, families who already are very vulnerable in this country are going to suffer even more. our program it means we close head start a week, two weeks earlier. we'll

republicans stand at one to talk to of republicans and democrats talk and another. if you want to go half a cigarette or you want to eat a sandwich or make a phone call you go to the coat room, but there isn't one. there is one for republicans over there and democrats over there. we operate the united states congress, the branch of government with all of the power that is supposed to make this decisions for our country, we tweeted as rival clubs instead of people coming together. so the bottom line from what i did in my book is, we are not electing stupid people to congress. we're not electing and patriotic people. we are electing good people who are trapped in a system we have created that rewards instability , that rewards intransigence, that punishes cooperation and compromise and then we are shocked that that is the result we gate. so that is what my book is about. i'm glad to talk about that. i want to here about mike's book. >> well, that was pretty scary. that is our congress, our government. and that is part of the political process. now, as mickey was layin

caller: is a republican. have a problem with the government taking over and controlling people's lives. however do -- i know if there's an accident, you got to have the blood alcohol content of these accidents. i want to know how many accidents and how many fatal accident have happened with people under the level of .08? that's really all i had to say. you can answer that. host: are you still with us? deborah hersman gave us some of those numbers. tell us more about what you think this will be an infringement. caller: depending on who the person is you can have one drink and be over the limit. let's say you're on your way home and you happen to hit one of those pit stops. for me it probably wouldn't be a .05 i'm a big guy. for my wife who is only 5'2" and weighs 100 pounds, she may have one drink with me. let's say she's driving and we stop and she blows .06 and she's not drunk. what you end up doing, you take people who are honest law-abiding people and you're turning them into criminals. that is my whole po

blocked him in congress will he be able to overcome republican fear and shutter one of the most shameful symbols of america's turned to the dark side during the so-called war on terror i'll ask our panelists and the night's big picture politics panel in just a mall also a well we've known for years the fossil fuels are killing our planet our leaders in washington have sat back and watched the world current now one new mexico county has taken matters into its own hands and banned oil extraction within its borders this is the future of the fight against global warming and believe it or not the united states could learn a thing or two about social justice from bangladesh i'll tell you why i feel the. need to know this at a surprise press conference earlier this morning president obama told reporters that he wants to close the guantanamo bay detention center think it is critical for us to understand the guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. is. hurts us in terms of our international standing it lessens cooperation with our allies on counterterr

let's start with the republicans. it's virtually a four-way tie there. marco rubio, senator from florida, at 16 points. jeb bush and chris christie at 15. rand paul at 14%. paul ryan and ted cruz in single digits. by the way, the big mover among those rs is rand paul. his support has doubled over the past six months. he's moving up. now to the democrats where hillary clinton is up by 50 points. 5-0. over vice president joe biden. 6 6 663% to 13% for biden. andrew cuomo. mark warner. elizabeth warren. she's showing up. martin o'malley. all in low, very low single digits. we're going to look at general election matchups later in the hour. that's going to be fun to see how the republicans do against hillary, i guess. we'll be right back. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. [ male announcer ] book ahead and save up to 20 percent at doubletree.com, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. a talking car

a lobbying group for the militia movement that and more into night's big picture rumble and the republican party emerged from its two thousand and eight defeat as powerful as ever i bet it but who's back the rights resurgence lastly fog tonight's conversations with great minds. good friday are you ready to rumble joining me for tonight's big picture rumble are francesca chambers editor and publisher of red alert politics or a conservative commentator and senior fellow at the national center for public policy research and richard fall a progressive commentator and host of the richard followers show and so let's let's begin here at the beginning a new jobs report that just came out jobs. francesco your thoughts on this seven point five percent unemployment is dropping we're we've added one hundred sixty five thousand new jobs although seven hundred eighteen thousand jobs have been lost it's been read states by republican governors since obama took office and we have a full blown recovery right now if it weren't for republican governors laying people off and the sequester wouldn't produce you

this play book from the republicans before. what they want to do when they're lacking a positive agenda is drag washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expeditions, trumped up hearings. we're not going to let that happen. >> the controversy isn't hurting the president's poll numbers. they're up slightly in a cnn poll, similar uptick from another gallup poll. it's not stopping republicans who seem to be uniting under a narrative of this is what happens under big government. >> this is arrogance. this is big government cronyism and this is not what hard working taxpayers deserve. >> big government was promised to be able to deal with these issues and solve these problems. that's being brought into questions. >>> it's good to see both of you. happy monday. i guess the big question is who knew what when? carney said last week the office was informed in late april but she didn't tell the president. is that one of the key outstanding questions? >> i think that that's what the republicans are going to continue to hammer home. as t

that's a big challenge of the republican party.70% of the minority vote and expect to win elections. >> there will be hundreds of thousands less abortions in america because of obama care. a university of washington study shows cut unintended pregnancies 80%. 90% of abortions happened because of unintended pregnancy. my thanks to msnbc contributor jared bernstein, sharon kliff of the "washington post," harry bacon jr. and former congressman pathry murphy. thanks for getting up. thank you for squoining us today for "up." join us tomorrow when i'll speak with the leader of emily's list and more. plus, thomas frank declaring the federal gun laws null and void. coming up next is melissa harris-perry after the incredible news this week in cleveland, melissa examines young girls and who is truly at risk. melissa harris-perry is coming up next. we'll see you here tomorrow at 8:00. thanks for getting up. all business purchases. so you can capture your receipts, and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less

it's republicans wrapping their arms around republicans it's a shame. it's a shame.ferent procedure, the gentleman will observe regular order and sit down. the gentleman will sit. the gentleman is correct in sitting. >> many progressives cheered that he was never afraid to take on the right wing media. >> the only question here is not whether or not there can be attacks on that. tell me why it's fair and when. >> you don't care about it. i care about it. >> you should. you should. >> this is the way interviews work. you get to ask questions and i answers. >> that's helpful. >> when you put your commentaries at the end, they better be correct and they are not. >> i agree. what's the question? >> great interview. as. >> whatever happens, this is going to be fun. full disclosure, anthony called me today and i agreed to sit down and talk with them just like i agreed to talk to all of the candidates. jamal, you are a democratic strategist. is this new ad? >> it's a great ad. he touches all of the right touchstones. huma, his wife, is in that ad. she is as wonderful as she

i'm a republican as well. generation, we talk about government, i don't think it's about small government versus larger government. it's really about a government that best serves the american people. we want equality for all americans. i think president obama spoke to something so important, about citizenship, about serving your country. you know, we all live in our cul-de-sacs and reading whatever blogosphere we want to read. we are all americans and we feed to come to some sort of compromise. i think republicans need to be willing to come to the table, willing to realize they have to compromise. >> you raise an excellent point. those that hate america sees us all as one and those who claim to love america most see us mostly divided and that should be the other way around. thank you both for your time. >> thanks. >> thanks, rev. >>> ahead, the response ares are fleeing rush. is it the end of his hate on the public airwaves? >>> plus, 50 years later, remembering how children stood up to shame adults into doin

republicans are because for the republican party there has been fear that some members will overplay their hand on these controversies. well, our poll indicates right now that's not the case. 54% of those questions say congressional republicans are reacting appropriately on the irs scandal. and the same on the benghazi controversy. nearly six in ten say the gop is reacting appropriately. fewer than four in ten say it is an overreaction. and the drum beat by congressional republicans could be behind a rise in the number of americans who think that the u.s. could have prevented the attack in benghazi. 59% feel that way now. that's up 11 points from last november. >> jess, this may be why republicans are continuing the push with more hearing possible. they see the same polling we do, generally. one poll showed a majority of the people outraged by benghazi actually don't know where it is. so there's a lot of room for education on this issue. but there's that reservoir of good will for president obama. i was asked earlier about his popularity. so i'm sure his popularity is still high. it'

but on the jersey shore it seems at least one democrat and one republican can get along. >> the republicans aren't defined by what they're for, they're defined by what they're against. >> 386 fill busters. >> excessive political polarization. >> unprecedented obstruction. >> preventing us from tackling our problems. >> republicans now treat judicial filibuster as the rule. >> 386 filibusters. >> it fills your soul, doesn't it? >> it is time to get the senate working again. >> you don't miss it at all, do you? >> i don't. >> so many elected officials have forgotten the power of positive politics. >> the president could use a friend in the gop. >> it is my privilege to introduce the president of the united states of america. >> right now, president obama is on his way to the new jersey shore. >> thank you to governor christie for that introduction. >> republicans, democrats, we all came together. >> the political odd couple. >> they're back together once again. >> this is both of them doing their job. >> the president has a job to do which is to lead the country. >> i told you we would not qu