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>> i don't know if rush limbaugh believes this stuff or if he believes others to be stupid enough to believe that. he can construct any fantasy you like, but if anyone tuned in who listens to rush limbaugh or tuned into the president's comments, he said we're not going to let qualcomm back. but we're also not going to put troops on the ground. i guess that would have to be a double bluff by a double agent who happens to be the president of the united states when he says he doesn't want these terrorists po forces to take ov iraq. >> there's no appetite for it. a recent nbc poll asked should the u.s. be more or less active in u.s. world affairs. 47% said less active. 19% said more active. there's no appetite among the american people for what a lot of these on the right are advocating. the appetite is not there. >> that's right. they want to nation build here at home with our roads and our bridges and our education system which needs propping up, which needs to be invested in so we have a strong economy, or even a stronger economy moving forward and not engage in religious civil wars i

that got rush limbaugh all fired up.thel: islamic militants pushing toward baghdad as city after city falls in iraq. is the white house running out of options? >> it's alarming how quickly things are changing out there. book any flight or hotel and if you find it for less, we'll match it and give you 50 dollars off your next trip expedia, find yours so i can reach ally bank 24/7 but there are24/7branches? i'm sorry- i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? you feel that in your muscles? yeah...i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches lets us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. experience a new way to bank where no branches = great rates. ally bank. your money needs an ally. means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing.g, and when weather hits, it's data mayhem. but airlines running hp end-to-end solutions are always calm during a storm. so if your business deals with the unexpected, hp big data and cloud solutions make sure you al

the fact that rush limbaugh calls it a distraction, let's be clear. this is a great day for our country. we do not forget those who do harm to americans. we bring bad guys to justice. it may have taken ten years but barack obama through the navy seals brought bin laden to justice in ten years. it took two years to bring one of the masterminds behind benghazi and four americans killed especially our ambassador. le today is a great day. the fact that rush limbaugh calls this a distraction, you know, here is a guy -- want to talk about a distraction? here is a guy who got four defer mea defermentes from vietnam for pimples on his butt. i'm serious. that's why he got his deferments from serving. he can't even for one day say it's a good thing for america. unbelievable >> it's almost an immediate reaction. we are talking about four americans were killed. we are talking about their families. we finally see someone being brought to justice and. crystal. it even suggested the capture was designed to help hillary clinton during a book tour. i mean, watch this.

it was no rush limbaugh. >> interesting.point dana bash made and she's been down in the state covering this. >> ari, i want to give you the last word on an interesting subject. >> house speaker john boehner said they'll sue the president on the executive issue. >> president obama is not the first guy to use executive orders and so far he's used less than your boss, president george w. bush. do you think this is a good idea? >> partially, yes. >> i'm a big fan of a vigorous president and he uses the powers of what he can get done and that includes the use of executive orders, the one that bothers me the most is where where they didn't implement the law sore just said it doesn't count anymore and they'll push back extensions and deadlines and this to me is a troubling issue. the law of the land is the law of the land and the president does have to obey it. >> he's not breaking any law. >> hold on now. the other one that he did -- >> well, don't lie. >> and there was make recess appointments. these are congressional prerogative

what do you think of my rush limbaugh impression?actually. >> we were impressed. >> what do you guys have? >> i basically thought rush limbaugh had taken over "the reid report." >> we were a little confused. >> we got a lot on tap. we're going to do some world cup stuff for fun. we have some interesting foreign coverage on iran and belle reduce. then a big look at the supreme court rulings today. not only aereo, but also a unanimous defense from the supreme court of your rights to your privacy on your cell phone. we're going to have a big dive on that as well. >> yeah, anything unanimous coming out of that court has got to be looked into. i'm sure you're all over that. "the cycle" comes up next, and no biting. it doesn't operate out of basements or back alleys. it grows more sophisticated every day. if it were a business, it would be a fortune 500 company. fraud has evolved. american express intelligent security gives you tools to fight fraud and a global service network that never stops working. so you can be a member of a more secu

a guy calls about rush limbaugh. rush limbaugh has a huge audience.eople thatlot of tell the truth. if you do not want to listen to rush limbaugh, do not listen to him. i do because he has got it right. host: the caller was talking about mr. limbaugh and this way he thought he had over congress. he has that much power over the decision-making in congress? caller: he has no power. it is his opinion of what he thinks and what he reports. he cannot sway nobody and has no opinion. if you want to believe in his opinion, that is up to you. radio talk show. if you do not like him, do not listen. host: the latest on bowe bergdahl, getting outpatient treatment. this is an "the new york times" saying he returned to the u.s. and had been receiving treatment . host: angela from alabama, good morning on our independent line. caller: hi. theave a simple fix for campaign and for congress and so forth. give them, since we are taxpayers, give them a certain amount of money, the same, equal amount, and let them run from that. that would even it out. lostast election, c

in the post sandra fluke ad boycott that has up-ended rush limbaugh's business model, one of the prominentlp for tax delinquents. if you haven't filed, enter the promo code rush. even the commercials are speaking to people who would be sympathetic to this cattle battle squatter out in nevada. >> yeah. well, how do we make a legitimate distinction between groups that are expressing legitimate outrage against some expression of government or the other versus the kind of lunatic fringe that really appeals to this toxic and very, you know, scandalously violent character of contemporary politics that seem to attach to the far right? i'm not saying they're the only ones, but seems to be very consistent right now. >> yeah. and not just talk radio. not just cable tv. not just social media. all of it together. there has never been more case for caveat emtor about which you consume on the internet. now we have to question what is broadcast, as that montage you played demonstrates. >> yeah, so when you talk about responsibility, where is the responsibility from these broadcasters and their employers?

well it's i don't know any you know they point out you know rush limbaugh got eight million dollars sean hannity gets six or seven mark levin got seven hundred thousand. total twenty two million there. is no equivalent on the low there is no progressive group that will pay progressive hosts to either be on the air go on program any of this kind of stuff but the coke to put some in these guys there well that's because all the liberals have for n.p.r. and corporation for public service and wish and the government finding which. i don't on n.p.r. i'm most every day on hearing one of the koch brothers funded groups of americans for prosperity the american enterprise is home like i said so at first for their advertising on the radio not advertising they get the they get the most guests there are some of the who are seen put on as if they had something to say that wasn't just you know they were fronting for the billionaires well you know what i know you've who pooed that the voters in virginia where i am a resident but not in the seventh district actually care about the issues and the stances

with all due respect to daily caller and fox and rush limbaugh, 80% of americans didn't learn of this because media didn't report on it. >> what i said is the president is saying that it's phony but the american people are saying we don't think it's phony. that's what the disconnect it. >> that many americans believe that, it's not good for obama but the idea somehow they didn't get that from the news, they only got it from the right wing, tucker or rush limbaugh is crazy? >> are you going to take that? >> i don't think you are showing due respect as you put it for the daily caller. look, the president is not talking to us, actually. he's not talking to me. he's not talking to a hugey7ntm percentage of country. they decided right after the reelect they are speaking to their demographic and their voters, his calm comes from a lot of things, it's a pose to some extent, but partly it comes to an advanced understanding of demographic changes. they believe they will be vindicated because america is changing. >> you didn't answer my question? >> with all due respect. isn't it true the media

>> no, i'm pretty offended by those clips that you just ran from laura ingraham and rush limbaugh.ty. we don't go out and earn the black vote and we saw that that was -- while, i don't approve of the strategy, i don't think black democrats mississippi really knew who were voting for. i think they bought into the race theirtive, the tea party was racist. it was a great political strategy what it does show is don't take the black vote for granted even in an open primary but -- so black voters do have influence, we can will power, but i scratch my head because a lot of these voters in mississippi probably are not going to vote for him in the general election. >> do you think the democrat will win in mississippi center. >> no. >> not going to happen. >> i don't think the democrat is going to win which begs the question why did all these black democrats step in and vote for him in the first place? cochran has ignored -- mark, when was the last time you've seen senator cochran go aefer after the black vote, it was an act of desperation. i think blacks were used in mississippi, period. >>

now, with all due respect to the daily caller and fox and rush limbaugh, 80% of the american people did not learn about this because other media did not report on it. of course they did. and so they formed no opinion. so when we -- >> their opinion -- what i said was that the president is saying that it's phony, but the american people have saying we don't think that it's phony. that's what the disconnect is. >> my point is that many americans or americans believe that, that's not good for obama. but the idea that somehow they didn't get that from the news, they only got it from the right wing, either tucker or rush limbaugh is crazy! >> are you going to take that, tucker? >> bob, i don't think you're showing due respect as you put it to the daily caller. i'd like to see you write for us. the president is not talking to us actually. he's not talking to me. he's not talking to a huge percentage of the country. they decided right after the reelect they're speaking to their demographic, to their voters. by the way, his calm comes from a lot of things. it's opposed to many things, but a adv

what people see as rush limbaugh, hannity, love then, the tea party, rand paul. mark lee, marco rubio. it like that. they gave the republicans of biggest victory in 75, 80 years. so if you want to win in the future we will have to make sure that we keep some advice in mind. i will paraphrase james cory booker remember 1992? he said ad nauseam over and over where hard of hearing it is a it's the economy, stupid. i paraphrased that and say to conservatives, it's the primaries, stupid. because we can see as conservatives this wave coming and it could be a wave of tsunami proportions that's going to drive the democrats out of office this fall but if all it does is bring in more big government establishment republicans will have wasted the opportunity of a lifetime. so it is the primaries. most states the filing deadline has not passed the point of opportunity for conservatives yet to file for office, for congress, for state offices, governors, lieutenant governors, city council, mayors. we just have to remember it is the primaries. and in my opinion, it is entirely p

number two, i think rush limbaugh should recognize that the black community in mississippi as well asd the country, we are now sophisticated voters that have come of age since 1965. and so therefore that sophistication showed in that primary yesterday. and number three, as you know, reverend sharpton, all it takes in a very tight primary race, when there's low voter turn out, you can get one or two mega churches with large congregations that could in fact be the margin of of victory. but you also have to keep in mind finally, that mcdaniel did not have respect for black voters. when you make comments like, let's take mississippi back to better times, because he remembers how good things once were, well, black people also remember mississippi back then, too. and they weren't good times. >> you know, let's go back to this though, jimmy. a lot of conservative talkers, i want to go back to your point, they could barely hand they'll loss by mcdaniel. listen to this. >> what happened in mississippi was that the most electable republican candidate was thwarted by the republican establishment

and rush limbaugh suggesting their slogan should have been uncle toms for thad. >> insider republicanse senate bought 9 percentage point be, 8 or 9 percentage points, from the black uncle tom voters in mississippi. well, isn't that what they call clarence thomas? condoleezza rice? call them uncle toms? they are republican hes. these guys voted for him. uncle toms for thad. >> oh, steve, steve. >> what is your reaction to that. >> gene, take it away. >> here is my reaction. let him keep saying that. you want to see black voters come out in the fall election. let him keep saying that. play that loop over and over again. make chris mcdaniel want to take that up. i would love to hear him talk about uncle tom voters. >> and somebody was pointing out earlier, this is the same rush limbaugh who in 2008, in the democratic primary between hill roy and obama was urging operation chaos, republicans flood the democratic primary. but there is a question, david, about the bigger picture implications. if they aren't getting their candidate in mississippi, i'm watching this reaction. limbaugh has the

america aren't prepared to take advice about what it means to be a wol in the work place from rush limbaugh about it. women struggle in this economy. if we fully engage them in the economy it's about not only them being able to take care of themselves and their families today but their requirement security tomorrow. young women understand this. young women across the country and unmarried women are prepared to vote for leaders who carry an agenda that's really about them in the work place. i would say there are democrats all across the country. we care about the issues. these are our values.f+5ozÑ women are prepared to vote their values this election season. # women succeed. >> thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead, 50 years after the freedom summer, when activists died for the right to vote, a tea party republican is are bringing poll watchers back toñrñr intimidate voter at the ballot box. but first, scott walker's attempt to discredit prosecutors has landed him in tonight's gotcha. at legalzoom virtually all yourof important legal matters in just mi

hillary clinton, rush limbaugh is all over here, but right now, no other candidate, republican or democratose. >> it's just one out. >> we got a question first and hillary just talked about how the islamists pose no threat to the united states. she has zero credibility with me. >> round two. republican, eric cantor's food bill is a bigger shocker than his loss this week, a new report showing the majority leader spent more at steak houses than his opponent did on his entire campaign. dave brett who beat -- >> he sure does, it's not only a steak house bill, which was unbelievable, more than that, but you know what? he raises so much money from wall street and now, a lot of that is going to shrink up. >> well, i mean, just goes to show why we don't need campaign finance reform, eric. to your point. the person who spends the most money on the campaign doesn't always win. this last cantor race is the best example, the one people might not remember is that of president obama, was far outspent by other candidates. not only won that race. >> michelle, you've been to a few steak houses in d.c. pret

to go talk to rush limbaugh. you can imagine bob rubin, rush limbaugh. [laughter] it happened.we took the advice. we followed some of what the council was that we had heard and i think that there was not uniform support for that but at least there was a time when people were saying we were doing the same thing. by the way eventually, mexico , paid back the $20 billion we extended for them. anyhow it was based on consultation, relationships, trust. me talking to you, you talking to me. is that what we are saying, when there is not enough of that happening -- is that the consensus? >> saying it with a shout. >> with a shout? >> i mean, newt gingrich, i know he is a figure that some people cannot accept that he would even think this way. but he told me on more than one occasion, if president clinton asks him for his best advice, even if it hurt our own party, he would tell him. he said, because he is the president of the united states, and he needs my best advice. i really believe that he believed that and did it. there were occasions that we did not want him to go by himself. [la

oh rush limbaugh hold now a number of the very very impressive people who i think frank and i are the only two liberals on that list and. on this issue i guess i'm in the dissent here because when you look at this this tells you what the principle ought to be when we are talking about war making and it's not really much of a role for the judicial branch from the very beginning when. president jefferson decided with his own executive power to go after the barbary pirates and issue orders that singled out individuals and then we paid back when our own military couldn't do it to have this done no trial no listing of the specific charges that they were having had against them are not americans these were not american citizens however they were being that particular it was a. on the ship you were caught in that area and if they hung all of them whatever you know i'm not respectfully i'm not sure the piracy which internationally i mean pirates every nation on earth basically if they if they found pirates on nobody is about anything that they put him to death i mean that but that's what you'

resent somebody was on the opposite side of rush limbaugh on his program of the fairness doctrine wasabout the idea that the public should have the benefit of the airways of hearing at least two sides and often there are four or five sides to a question but at least two sides yes absolutely that is that has given birth to absolutely runaway programs on both the right and the left much more on the right than on the left in terms of the number of programs on the audience and you know you just decided that from the from the convention that your ad up in new york but there's no question that you've seen not only the news programs change but audiences gravitate to programs that they agree with so what's happening is people are living in news stovepipes they're living in their own silos and what they're doing is they're getting their own views reinforced our job as reporters is basically to disabuse people of the several views they come to the to the news with and get them to think about things and see reality in a new way the same way as educators the whole idea of education is to take you

sponsorships with a handful of influential talkers including back hannity laura ingram mark levin and rush limbaugh since then the sponsorship deals have grown more lucrative and more tea party orian live in alone apparently took home seven hundred or took about seven hundred fifty seven thousand dollars from the koch backed americans for prosperity just over the two thousand and twelve election cycle and if politicos report is accurate he's still taking money from and while we don't really know the specifics about just how much money a groom is taking from these conservative groups we do know that she is taking it at least according to politico and that might go a long way toward explaining why she was so enthusiastic to back dave brat over eric cantor once you realize the dave brat wasn't just some random college professor but was actually the hand-picked candidate of the libertarian billionaire class the coax and its army of talk radio hosts it's easy to see another one of the major reasons that eric cantor lost we are living in a brave new world of dark money politics and in this day and age do

sponsorships with a handful of influential talkers including back hannity laura ingram mark levin and rush limbaugh since then the sponsorship deals have grown more lucrative and more tea party or in levin alone apparently took home seven hundred or took about seven hundred fifty seven thousand dollars from the koch backed americans for prosperity just over the two thousand and twelve election cycle and if politicos report is accurate he's still taking money from and while we don't really know the specifics about just how much money ingram is taking from these conservative groups we do know that she is taking it at least according to politico and that might go a long way toward explaining why she was so enthusiastic to back dave brat over eric cantor once you realize the dave brat wasn't just some random college professor but was actually the hand-picked candidate of the libertarian billionaire class the coax and its army of talk radio hosts it's easy to see another one of the major reasons that eric cantor lost we are living in a brave new world of dark money politics and in this day and age doing

enact in order to turn the nation into a far right wing a hellhole would looks and smells like rush limbaugh as bath tub. yeah get that image out of your head it's called alec which contrary to popular belief does not stand for any holes leaving everything. it stands for the american legislative exchange council and it's a really great organization if you're a fan of corporate profiteering circumventing government and bad based white men legislating a woman's uterus if you're a fan of those things that alec is a freaking amusement park with all the free that joe g.'s you could eat the way it works is alec has modeled eight hundred bills to push through state legislatures in a painful yet consistent manner. someone passing a kidney stone about one out of every five of these bills do indeed become law and these government officials know that if they're good boys and girls and try to pass these destroy the country bills then they will be rewarded with massive campaign contributions and all the free nacho cheese that get ate i don't know why i associate evil with nacho cheese but i do know the p

in fact one of the books on the best seller list for children is by rush limbaugh. you will not find that book in our book store. so flip the script, 90% of the books that we sell at the book store, the independent, progressive, nonprofit book store here, are by or about people of color. those are the book wes find and feature so we prove there is a market for them. this includes the young adult titles like the john carlos story. [applause] and in fact, all of dave zirin's books -- they become runaway best sellers here in our book store, and our goal is to make sure that "brazil's dance with the devil" is there. so we want to be clear we need your help to continue operation of the book store. we're not breaking even, and we don't want to have to leave and then afterwards you tell us, we didn't know. we're not breaking even and we can't take funds from our programs, so, please make sure that you and your friends purchase the book from our store and on our web store, and consider making a donation. you can have your name on a beautiful plaque up in the store. so, with

rush limbaugh is participating.nd care packages to troops at troop-a-thon.org. >> isn't that sweet. >> this is back-to-back gifts from people who don't like children at the end of the table. >> got to look at this kid. he's a marlins fan, baseball fan. there's some controversy about the fact he was actually doing this. look at this kid dancing. >> what do you mean? >> that's what i kept telling sean. so i said it. >> are you backing it up. >> i think the kid was there at the marlins game and sean is being overly dramatic. >> that's how we do it on "the five." >> i've seen enough. >> go ahead. >> world cup, you love it or hate it. some people hate it because of the fake injuries. you know the fouls. the country that has the highest number of fake injuries at the world cup, brazil. 17 so far. they are counted up and they are printed in sports.com. then you find it online and you make it a one more thing. >> they lay down. they roll around. >> i get the point. >> bob, that was in your soccer package. remember when you

lou: morgan freeman calling the tea party and rush limbaugh races in 2011.t here he is on another network making a lot of sense. >> do you think that race plays a part in this? >> no, i do not. >> what would race have anything to do with it? stick with what you want to go for it and stick with that. it's kind of like the legend to me. it's a good excuse for not getting there. lou: joining us now is a contributing writer. it is good to have you with us on the broadcast. judith miller, wrapping up a new book that we are waiting for. your reaction to morgan freeman. >> i love him, i think he's wrong on this point though. because i think that there's plenty of data. showing that outcomes for people of color are different if you were born in a certain zip code. that determines how successful you can be. and how unfair is that in this country where hard work should pay off. >> so you think outcome should be equal? >> yes. you should have opportunity if you put in the same amount of work and. >> i could and should be all day to ebony magazine and not be as good as

criticize how you look -- i have the and dubious honor of being compared to a dog as a 13-year-old by rush limbaugh -- that was not about me, that was about him. [laughter] [applause] you laugh, but that is an important point. maybe that is an extreme example, but unless a lot has changed in middle school and high school since i was a student, much less college, i can promise you that every young woman in this room has encountered something similar. that is not about us. it is not. it is about whoever feels the or, to say that to make him unfortunately, herself feel better. that is what i would say. thick skin is necessary but it is important not to deflect all criticism because some criticism can be really useful. -- criticism is a nice euphemism for a lot of things in this category -- [laughter] is the criticism serious and should be treated seriously but not personally, or is it not about you and it need to be off?ghtered off -- sloughed [applause] >> switching gears a little bit, i know that you have been involved in doing a lot of work in the community locally and abroad in terms of empowering

the white house remains optimistic and will right on cue, rush limbaugh tells them not to be complacent. >> they are never going to get a bill before august. no, no, no, no, no. not predicting it, but i'm just going to tell you that i won't be surprised if the behind the doors attitude is one of disgust and anger at the people of this country and the voters in cantor's district and the reaction, okay, let's show them what's what and just move this amnesty bill forward. >> all right. so while i don't think that immigration played a big role in this cantor race, kimberly, you have the speaker of the house, john boehner, who wants immigration reform. you have a party that's split on the issue and maybe now scared because of the spin surrounding immigration reform. >> i think it's challenging to do. of course, the democrats, the white house wanted it to happen, did they lose any momentum with this. they were quick to go out with their talking points. don't blame this on immigration. look at lindsey graham. this isn't what happened to eric cantor. i don't know that their argument and their s

he tried competing with rush limbaugh and bombed out of a couple of years. but those two are still sniping at each other, just a week or two ago, bill o'reilly says, unlike limbaugh, i'm a fact based guy. and rush keeps calling bill o'reilly ted baxter. so there's a lot of noise going on on talk radio and blah, blah. >> is boehner taking his lead from right wing talkers to do the satisfaction dance? here's the president talking about boehner and the lawsuit that might be coming. >> we take these actions and then now republicans are mad at me for taking these actions. they are not doing anything. and then they are made i'm doing something. i'm not sure which of the things i've done they find most offensive but they've decided they are going to sue me for going -- >> question mark, what about that? >> this is the latest phony baloney flavor of the month echo chamber side show. i hear nobody in the real world talking about this lawsuit. you know what people are talking about, world cup soccer, the bars and restaurants are full and talking about it at starbucks.

idea of what rush limbaugh said in your other friends said to you, didn't get serious?id they try to encourage you to do this and say you cannot do this? >> this is the kind of thing ted has had much more of the brunt of it than i have. anytime i involved in one of these high-profile cases, i get a lot of hate mail. it is all from people who hate what i do and -- but expect me to do it. that has been true when i defended cbs against westmoreland in true when i did bush and gore. it was true when i sued the onublican national committee behalf of the democratic national committee. hate mail that i get is hate mail that comes after being for what they think i am. people what ted got was who thought he had somehow betrayed them that god is always --ore bitter type of tack somehow betrayed him and that is always a more bitter type of attack. >> many of them said so in many did not and many i did not hear from. it comes through e-mail of days and people say things. what i focus on is the of supportg sense from people, people i knew or did not know. irrespective of that, i tel

. >>> today rush limbaugh said president obama should be impeached for, quote using the irs to damage political opponents. this weekend the republican party of south dakota officially passed a resolution calling on the u.s. house of representatives to impeach president obama. that's south dakota accusing the president of violating his oath of office in numerous ways. last week u.s. congressman lou barleta said the house probably had the votes for impeachment. do you believe this stuff? we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." this morning i woke up to this news on the front page of the washington post. "secretary of state john kerry said the united states will protect its national security interests even if iraqis cannot bridge their divides." that sounds like we won't wait for a unity government before the united states takes military action. the article in the washington post said the administration has left open the door for strikes -- air strikes -- on both sides of the border, the iraqi and syrian side. kerry said launching air strikes at this moment would be an act o

rush limbaugh, the guy who really speaks for the gop. these are the people running the republican party. it just took cantor's defeat for the rest of them to notice. joining me now is joe madison. thanks for being here. >> thank you, reverend sharpton. >> joe, the media complex rules the party. where is this going for a party trying to rebrand? >> well, it's going to go straight to mississippi? that's where it's going to go next. and this is what i was saying this morning. and that is, mississippi may be a different animal during the general election. clearly a republican is going to win the republican primary, but what they better understand is that the al sharptons, the joe madisons, the -- you know, the other talk show personalities have a, what, a very large african-american voting population in that state. and we could very well be the margin of victory to change that state from red to blue as it relates to the united states senate. >> but that's in the general. let's go to mississippi as you said for the primary. the next dave brat

and rush limbaugh, who encouraged republicans to cross over and vote in democratic primaries in the presidential primaries of 2008 had this to say. >> they make a play at party unity. but it's as you say, it's a one-way street. and it's -- they will not in any way, shape, manner or form support a tea party idea or candidate. but they want the tea party to think so. this is the great trick they're trying to perpetrate here. >> joining me now is republican strategist and msnbc analyst steve schmidt and michael tomasky of the daily beast. steve, the list of dmcommentato talking about this is an unimpressive list. they are not the kind of people that make things happen in american politics. what is your take about where we are now with the tea party versus the republican party? >> a couple things, lawrence. this group of people, for the most part, wouldn't be able to successfully organize a three-car motorcade, let alone a new political party with ballot access. that being said, they're responsible for republicans giving up six u.s. senate seats over the last two election cycles. the reality is, if

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