i believe everything steve schmidt says. and steve, on this i just -- well look, joining us now is steve schmidt. please tell me you're ready to set me straight. what am i not understanding about this? >> the president is not yet on the ballot. and we know there is an enthusiasm gap for these candidates on the republican side right now. you saw in the exit polls yesterday where 40% of the respondents were still interested in finding another candidate for the race. what i'm trying to say, rachel, at the end of the day, when the nominee is chosen, even if people come to reluctantly accept him, he's going to be in republican eyes far preferable than the president getting a second term. when it's that nominee and the president on the ballot, i'm confident that both parties bases are going dob motivated to turn out. i dismissed earlier when there is a lot of talk that disaffection in the president's liberal base was going to manifest itself and people holding back support from him, i never thought that was true, either. i think t

richard schmidt in mountain view. he helped thousands of couples get pregnant. >> we are connecting. we are doing something right. >> that's for sure. he has been ranked one of the leading fertility doctors in california. the average pregnancy rates for patients, 33%. doctor schmidt's success rate, 52% for women under 35. so is there a magic formula? >> i would say there is. >> he says his magic formula is simple. he tells his patients to relax. >> let me worry about the medicine. you worry about staying happy. >> many couples have been on a seemingly endless cycle of worry. >> they have been on this reg min of timed intercourse. >> he also incorporated natural methods. >> we are open to accu puncture. we have therapists come in right after the embryo transfer. >> stress and anxiety suppress the reproductive process. >> i always tell my patients to do something during the cycle that makes them happy. whether that be exercise, whether that be going out to a movie. i be conservative, making it as natural as possible. >>

let's get reaction from steve schmidt in nevada. steve, let me ask you -- if you are newt gingrich, down on the 3 yard line. your own 3 yard line. got to go 97 yards. do amazing field running here. do you throw a bomb and do what kelly and, not sure, three yards and cloud of dust, to use football terminology here. this idea that he, he is going to nail mitt romney with the massachusetts record. seems a little tired. or do you throw the ball with something, issue of forcing the catholic church to pay for health care which ivncludes birh control. important to a third of the vote. take the issue of the iranian situation, getting agresi ating and with them talking pretty tough. what do you do if you are newt to get back in the game? >> i think the fundamental problem, chris, newt gingrich has is the walls are starting to collapse in on him now. the message that kelly was very articulate, in previewing before, it is a message that there is no audience for. you look at the conservative element, victory for romney in nevada. what they deci

eric schmidt had been some interesting papers. he had been making the point that so much of the tech industry is project-based learning. google gives people time off to do what they want. they give them time to explore and hang out with other people, outside of the framework of this more structured enterprise. burning man, from the very beginning is project-based learning. it attracts people from every demographic that you can think of, every category. so you have to, potentially, encyclopedic knowledge assembled at this place. and the natural way to learn is project-based. scholarship is fine, academic models can be useful for certain things, but human beings tend to learn by engaging in project- based learning. if you look at the desert -- well, here is an example. i was on a tour for the black rock arts foundation. we went to various studios around the area where artwork was getting ready for la playa. all of the big ones involving armies of people with the various skills. it takes her attacker, a traditional art, overlapping f

junior strategist to the mccain campaign, steve schmidt. you are all free and easy, because you are not in the trenches anymore, and you are free to be analytical. and happy about it. >> absolutely. >> chuck todd, we will put the numbers on the board. the delegates, you have a total of 59 between arizona and michigan. this is how it looks in michigan, first, and then arizona. our poll has it tight in michigan, still. arizona, it's more of a going away contest for romney, and handicap what will happen? picked up jan brewer's endorsement here on the program. >> the wild card in michigan is the democratic vote. i have already seen multiple e-mail this morning from democratic folks michigan is going to ron paul. ron paul. everybody seems to believe that romney does have a small lead. by the way, as far as delegates are concerned, arizona is winner take all. romney will win more delegates tuesday because he will win arizona and all the delegates. in michigan, we could have the unique situation where romney could win by a point or two but santoru

steve schmidt, you've got a republican front-runner now who's talking about amniocentesis. this is not something anybody would advise any candidate to get into. >> no, it's crazy talk, lawrence. and i tell you, if he is the nominee, given what he said over the last week on the contraception issues, amniocentesis, prenatal testing, one of the big medical advances in the last 15 years, there'll be a blowout the likes that no one has ever even imagined before. >> steve kornacki, you wrote a fascinating piece today, talking about what santorum's move into theology and this religious conversation means for romney. it puts romney in a difficult place, doesn't it? >> no, really, i think it really does, because you talk about the role that evangelical voters play in republican politics today, and it's really more pronounced than it's ever been before. that's true in states like michigan and ohio, but it's really true in the south. and there's going to be, you know, five or six contests coming up in the next few weeks down south, and where rick santorum has really faced sort of a ch

republican strategist steve schmidt, who is famous now.mccain/palin campaign and more importantly, if a big movie coming up, "game change" as played by woody harrelson. and michael steele, chairman of the republican national committee, we always rooted for him. howard fineman the editorial director of the "huffington post" media group and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the "washington post." i want the two republicans to work us through what you think of the state of this contest, bring us right up to date, we don't know what happened yet in the two big states tonight where is this primary, the looks of santorum up there arguing the cultural issues? mitt romney coming off his -- i would say as a bit of an elitist? how would you see the two candidates now? >> i think inside the republican party, especially in washington, chris, people are deeply, deeply unhappy and becoming very, very pessimistic about the chances of any of these candidates to defeat the president in november. the fact is if you look inside the po

joining me now is msnbc political analyst steve schmidt, a senior adviser to the 2008 mccain campaign and strr strategist to president bush's 2004 re-election campaign. also howard fineman aol huffingto know post director. steve whashgs do these results mean to you at first glance, santorum having what looks like the night he needed to have? >> at first glance i don't think they changed the overall trajectory of the race. i think mitt romney is highly likely barring catastrophe to be the republican nominee. it's a bad night for newt gingrich because it giving rick santorum some claim he's the chief alternative to governor romney heading forward to the march 5th super tuesday states. i think one of the interesting aspects of it is in the republican primary coming in second place is usually a ticket to ride in the next election. so i think that's one reason you're going to see rick santorum keep going to establish himself as the solid runner-up in that contest he's now in against newt gingrich. >> howard fineman, there's a ppp poll out today talking about the personab personal popularit

and the next fire arm review board will be scheduled in march 2012 by schmidt, and then we will be preparedmove forward with at least two of three of those cases that you just saw. president mazzucco: ok, thank you, sergeant, and to all of your group. i know at one point, there was quite a backlog, sometimes years been a backlog in terms of investigations. just four members of the general public, any time there is an officer involved shooting, there are several layers of review. the first is a first level to determine whether or not there can be a return to duty. they make an initial review and decide whether or not the officer should be returned, and then that entire incident is brought before the commission, and there is a more thorough presentation publicly about the officer being returned, and then it goes to the firearms discharge review board for more further analysis with more experienced officers, a commissioner, as commissioner chan was, and then they come up with a fighting. parallel to the homicide investigation, internal affairs, the district attorney's office has a separate, in

steve schmidt is in nevada. is there gold in that, steve, the argument of tieing him to the stake of former of massachusetts? >> here's what i think the problem is, chris. newt gingrich had two great debates in south carolina. when you look at the exit polls, what it shows is those voters made a determination that newt gingrich and the exit polls in nevada with conservatives, with tea party members, i don't think that's a function of those people believing that mitt romney's the most conservative candidate in the race or even a conservative candidate in the race. i think it's a function of them believing that he's an electable candidate in the race. and to the extent that mitt romney is advancing and none of the rest of these people are, i think that becomes a very difficult argument for newt gingrich to successfully make. it was an argument that might have worked a couple of months ago. i'm not sure it's an argument that is going to work over the next month outside perhaps a couple of the southern states on sup

steve schmidt, senior strategist for the mccain campaign and msnbc contributor, thank for being here, nice to sigh. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> you have played this game from the inside. you have run a campaign that won the nomination, what am i getting wrong or what am i missing about the three-way dynamics? >> i'm not sure at the end of the day, rachel, ten million dollars will help newt gingrich very much, no matter where he spends it. at the end of the day, newt gingrich came from no where, to the top of the polls, he crashed, he came back up again, he won south carolina, then went over the cliff again. i think two looks is all you get in the race and totally unclear to me where that money is going to be spent. will it be spent in michigan or spent for example in newt gingrich's home state of georgia that he could potentially win and exit the race with some degree of grace on an up note. i'm not sure that this donation is going to have much effect in michigan where tonight, you have mitt romney really fighting for his life up there. >> if you put yourself in the shoes not

steve schmidt republican strat at t at the gist, good to see you. >> i thinking that when i walked past one story tall poster for the game change movie, that is coming out, somebody put a one story tall poster by my house, there is woody harrelson as steve schmidt, why didn't they ask steve? >>> today the most predictable and unlikely day in the resen history of the cheney family, that is coming up, plus, best new thing in the world, stay with us. plip plip one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i forgot my phone! the "name your price" tool. now available on your phone. get a free quote today. immerse yourselfannoung in all over relief that flu all over your body? with alka seltzer plus. it's specially formulated to speed relief to every inch of you. liquidate your flu symptoms with alka seltzer plus. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8. >>> tomorrow republicans

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any way, thank you, steve schmidt. coming up, we're going to talk to supporters about mitt romney and newt gingrich. you're watching hardball. msnbc's live coverage of the nevada caucuses. >>> we're going to talk to the surrogates now for the romney campaign and gingrich campaign. congressman heck, how is your week going? let's talk about tonight. r for your candidate mr. romney? >> well, these are going exceedingly well in nevada. we expect the governor to do better than he did in 2008 and look forward to having him named the victor later this evening. >> i didn't plan this congressman. the handshake with the donald, is that something that helps win a general election or do you think it may be no loss, does no harm, like chicken soup? an endorsement from donald trump? >> i don't think it's going to make any difference. i think the governor has stated he's happy to endorse people across the country. donald is a successful business person as is the governor. >> but would you think as being a politician yourself that a s

thank you to steve schmidt. i'm rachel maddow. appreciate you spending your evening with us. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in miami, florida. tonight mitt romney scored a big win in an important primary. nbc projects he's secured a strong double-digit lead. romney outspent gingrich by four to one bombarding him. this was an important win after a big loss in south carolina. the question tonight, what damage has romney done to himself in the process? polls show independent voters increasingly turned off to romney and the results of an all out negativity of this campaign is not going to help. florida was the first swing state to vote this year. what momentum would it give romney, if any? and how much damage has it done to newt gingrich. it's a long way to go between now and coming back here to tampa at the end of the summer. howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst and editorial director. let's talk about newt, he's far more interesting than romney. he goes away snarling tonight. he did not endorse. he did not support. he

let go to our panel, steve schmidt and tony fratto, and richard land, public policy chief for the southern baptist convention. steve i need direction here, because this was the stunning victory, three races for santorum. okay, we know that. right now, how would you handicap the chances that santorum could win the republican nomination? >> i still think that mitt romney is the odds on favorite to be the nominee of the party if for no other reason, larry, because rick santorum and newt gingrich, both of them in the race divide the conservative vote. and that plays to mitt romney's benefit. he has the organization and resources to run a national campaign and run a 50-state campaign. that being said, i think it tough to make this inevitablity argument when you have lost more races than you won in the first eight contests in the republican primary. >> i get the money and organization, tony, but i get something else called message, message, which is still governor romney's weakness, nobody knows his message. >> they don't, he has to come out with a stronger positive message. there was talk earli

we -- they met with the police department, with the captain and the now-commander schmidt. as i got a list of neighborhood associations from officer tim,c -- chan, when i tried to track them down, they were defunct. we have a letter of support from the parkmerced residents association. and from a person with part recep. it is a straightforward project. this is tom basso. and angelo basso. they are brothers. >> a family affair. >> it is a family affair. they are working with the greater bay protective services. unfortunately they had to go to the hospital today and he is out of action. a rotator cuff problem. are there questions? >president newlin: any questions? to have public comment? seeing none, do we have a motion? >> i moved to approve with our standard commissions and do away with the station's conditions. >> second. >> without objection, same house, same call? president newlin: ok, good luck, all the best. item f. kietbumrunkul, charun, place of entertainment permit. >> the applicant requested a continuance on this permit until further notice. i think i need a motion

thank you, chuck todd, steve schmidt. when i come back and what is next for rick santorum, can he about to back? that is what we will talk about. steve schmidt has been talking about it all night, ohio is what you have to win in november. the michigan and arizona primary coverage will continue in a moment. >>> rick santorum showed he had heart tonight, but can he mount a formidable challenge fall in tonight's double losses? also with us right now is former rnc chair, michael steele. let's go to you are a principal person to talk to. you can tell us where this campaign is going. santorum talked tonight about economics, not jack kennedy and church and state, condoms and all that stuff about birth control and abortion rights. he talked jobs and economics and minerals, minerals development. is this a pivot point toward economics? >> not necessarily a pivot point. he has talked about this for the entire campaign, you guys cover different parts of the speech. the bottom line is that we were outspent the 6-1 in mitt romney's hom

. >> in diepholz, lower saxony, marita schmidt cleared out her closet, and is donating old clothes to the red cross, assuming they'll go to people in need. but will they? we're going to find out. a private company -- ((not the red cross -)) picks up the clothes. the red cross just puts their name on it. we're subcontractors, working for efiba, this is what we do here. >> we visit the red cross district manager to find out more. >> we don't have anything to do with what's in the containers. they're emptied by efiba. and efiba is responsible for what happens to the clothes after they're picked up. >> the local red cross sells the donated clothing by the kilo. but where do they end up? we head to bitterfeld-wolfen to efiba's parent company, soex, a major international clothing recycler. on the loading ramp, we see masses of donated clothing -- including some from the red cross. pailak mzikian shows us the world's biggest sorting facility >> this is where we start unloading. you can see how they're hard at work. we get 400 tons a day. it all comes from our subsidiaries, efiba and retextil

steve schmidt was with the mccain/palin campaign in 2008. and howard feinman is "the huffington post" editorial director. both are msnbc political analysts. steve, imagine you're sitting right there, right now working with romney. and you're looking at the following. santorum surging in the new national polls. in "the new york times"/cbs news poll, santorum leads the field with 30%. that's a 14-point bounce from last month. romney is behind him at 27%. in the pew poll, santorum again leads with 30 points. 30%. he's more than doubled his standing from a month ago. romney is in second with 28%. again in second. and in the gallup poll, 32% for romney. santorum is right behind him at 30%. look at that. you have three things going on now, steve. santorum seems to be moving ahead in the polls. he's quickly getting the momentum here. so romney is not only falling behind, but he's beginning to fall behind significantly and he has to win february 28th in michigan or arizona. he best well win in michigan. if he loses there and continues to fall in the

interesting thoughts from steve schmidt. heard that sentiment before but now i think it was chuck todd who says that the democrats a 50% chance of holding onto the senate. >> one of the things i'm noticing today is that democrats are particularly effusive in their praise for oh limpal snow. part of that is the personal honest praise about her service here, and part of it is the political dynamic where they see an opportunity now that was probably unlikely, snowe is popular in her home state, was intending to run. people thought she would have a fairly easy time of re-election even with a fierce tea party challenge. and so now democrats are seeing a light they didn't quite have. so there are a lot of dimensions to this today. lots of praise for snowe who has been on capitol hill for more than 30 years and a respected well-liked person. she's had the struggle of being a vote sought after by both parties, sometimes feeling a bit on an island from her own party, sometimes the target by democrats hoping to woo her over. one of th

schmidt was a source for campaign stories following mccain's loss in 2008, and he's a big part of thisody harrelson. schmidt said the movie is accurate and truthfully captures, and danny said he had no involvement in the film other than being one of the 25 people he interviewed for it. brian todd, thanks very much. >>> here's a look at some of the other political headlines making news. president obama pushed back against the suggestion that he has failed latinos on immigration reform. the president seemed to bristle when a radio host asked him if he had broken his campaign promise to latinos. he tried to shift his focus. >> i would only have broken my promise if i hadn't tried, but ultimately i'm one man. you know, we live in a democracy. we don't live in a monarchy. i'm not the king, i'm the president and so i can only implement those laws that are passed through congress. and the the truth of the matter is that, you know, perceptions in the latino community are going to be shaped by community leaders like you. you and i have talked about this extensively. you know the fact that i'm f