the national party, you know, no those who might follow scott brown. ignored it. the establishment basically followed suit with what brown said. but for brown's perspective, those has been another example of a case where something could have really hurt him and he's gotten out ahead of it. and managed to prevent the kind of attacks the democrats have been lodging against him that he's in lock step with the national republican party. he was actually out calling for akin to resign from the race before warren got a statement out criticizing brown. she was left to say, well, brown is supporting the national party which supports people like akin which supports policies that hurt women. but that's not quite the same argument as being able to say, scott brown supports akin. in fact, scott brown is, you know, in favor of abortion rights. he insulated himself before anybody could really lodge a clear attack on him. >> thank you so much. we turn now to the potential risk of having paul ryan on the ticket if he's tied to an unpopular congress. will it drag down t

scott brown is an independent senator. his work across the aisle and been at a number of presidential signing ceremonies. people will see him for what he is, someone willing to solve the problems that confront massachusetts and our country. he has been pretty independent. >> what about virginia? >> virginia is very close. both of these men are well known. tim kaine's biggest liability is that he has been the biggest cheerleader for barack obama's policies. to the extent he has identified with the support for president obama's failed policies that i like george allen's policies. record in virginia has problems. it is mainly because of his support for obama failed policies. i like george allen's chance. >> on the bush tax cuts, a lot of the focus is on the lame duck and what will happen. there has been a question of this. do you think republicans are going to have to accept that the high income tax brackets are going to rise? >> what is shocking is when i heard patty murray saying they would hold the u.s. economy hostage and

we have elizabeth warren coming up from massachusetts taking on scott brown. here's the place for politics. now back to "hardball." >>> we're back. when mitt romney chose paul ryan as his running mate he not only plunged it back into the spotlight but nationalized every house and senate race in the country. now paul rien is a -- and the democratic attack strategy will be on the opponents and his record of that. anyway, joining me now is elizabeth warren who is in a hot race with scott brown for that massachusetts senate race. elizabeth, miss warren, it's always great to have you on. it seems to me that scott brown won with his truck and barn coat or his barber coat and visual iconic appeal. he didn't win on ideology. is this going to plunge this election back to a philosophical difference between you and him? this ryan deal? >> well, you know, the romneys picking ryan for his running mate has certainly made clear what this election is going to be about. you know, the vision of the republicans is now clear, cut taxes for billionaires and big corporations and le

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for marching to paul ryan's looney tune. >> scott brown has said there is no one he trusts more on the economy than mitt romney. and mitt romney has picked paul ryan. but, you know, i think the point to remember here is that the romney-ryan part of this is something republican had already started and scott brown is deeply tied in to. >> this is just the beginning. you think this distancing is bad? just wait until people get a load of ryan's extreme positions on privatizing social security and other social issues. buckle your seat belts, folks. the monster that mitt has created cannot be stopped. it could poison his whole campaign. it might just take congressional republicans down with it. maybe democrats will be able to occupy the majority in congress after all. so congratulations, mitt. you have succeeded in changing the conversation. the election shifted from being a referendum betweenpom and tall ryan's tea party-steeped house republican caulkcusaucus. good look with that. congressman ryan, i think i will just have myself a hot cup of earl gray and offer a grateful toast of t

greg gutfeld interruptions. >> it is a terrible joke. >> i think i chuckled. >> running behind scott brown. he didn't get it. >> homo-lovin tcht. >> it was a one way trip to brown town courtesey of you. >> he is definitely -- he is a good looking man. he was a good man. >> he was in requests cosmo" or something? >> i wouldn't know that at all. i wouldn't have that issue. >> all right two quick points before i leave. first, thank you, pab for pointing out we built this tuesday night theme. apparently greg forgotten that three minutes earlier he read, yes, tuesday night's session is titled "we built this." >> i am over worked, andy. >> i totally understand. >> is wednesday still sloppy joe night? >> yes, biden shows up drunk. >> and, joe, i talked to the long island chief of police. it is not legal to clothes line bake rider. >> are you going by the letter of the law? >> all i know is i talked to the long island chief of police. he told me that. >> you have miss spoken. >> it is an obscure law. >> i thought it was frowned upon. >> back to you, greg. >> i hope you didn't use a company phone w

scott brown is going to win. you need places like that in nevada. in the dead in hawaii, and new mexico and other places. you need that in hawaii and new mexico, and other places. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to open it up for questions for david and jennifer. >> yes. i have a question about to the below redo races in the house from 2010 played again in 2012 with kentucky and tin-up in new york. there were close last time. i would be curious about what your thoughts would be. >> two fantastic races. kentucky 6, ben chandler, he had a sweetheart deal in redistricting. the legislature made that about two points less republican. he is one of the few democrats left in a region that is challenging for democrats, more challenging every year. the strong republican candidate has more of a head start this time around. i would be more cautious about predicting that race then i would new york's first. on the eastern tip of long island, where tim bishop is probably the favorite to win again. i do not think things could get much worse on long island tha

what does scott brown have to say about this?ng this is outrageous and there is a conflict of interest. this is elizabeth warren's daughter at the organization. he is right to object is to bring this case forward to the taxpayers. the democrats can make the cases we are following the law here, but what brown will say is, look, taxpayers think of it this way, why are democrats expending so were time and your money to make sure people who are dependent on the government get the voter registration forms, why are they not focused on protecting taxpayers. >>stuart: is it helping elsewhere, a similar push to get the forms out with the welfare check? >>guest: that is the defenses we are hearing from the group. they are saying it is not just massachusetts. it is not just elizabeth warren's daughter, we have been doing this in 18 states across the country since 2004. this is a push, and it makes sense. if i were a lefty or liberal i would want the same thing, get the natural base of the democrat party, people who are relying on government

massachusetts against scott brown. was also tapped to head up the banking reform rules by president obama and came under a lot of criticism. though she is popular in some circles. i do think, bob, in some ways this shows that the democrats are not as worried about the center as we might have said the other day, because she sends a very strong pro-left economic signal. >> bob: well, you can argue that. but i think that what the democrats are not backing off of is this make believe comment about you didn'te didn'd that. taking heat and it's hurting us, which is why that obama is responding it to. elizabeth warren said if you got rich you didn't get there on your own is exactly right. >> greg: that is what obama ripped off. >> dana: her quote considered the intellectual father of obama speech that became -- let's take a listen to it now. >> there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. nobody. you build a factory out there, good for you. but i want to be clear. you moved your goods to market on the roads the re

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thank you, republican senator scott brown. the massachusetts democratic party is out today with an attack ad against scott brown nevertheless linking him to paul ryan. the republican party in montana is running an ad in their state touting the fact their republican senate nominee voted against the paul ryan plan because they said paul ryan's plan, quote, could harm the medicare program so many of montana's seniors rely on. that's the republican party of montana running that ad. these are republicans running against paul ryan. bragging that they didn't vote for this toxic paul ryan kill medicare thing. heather wilson, the republican nominee for senate in new mexico was careful to tell her home town newspaper, i didn't agree with everything in the ryan plan. i was concerned with some of his approaches to medicare. even slightly wacky linda mcmahon is running away from the paul ryan plan saying she would never support a budget like that. my friend steve benin who writes at maddowblog.com has had a useful framing for thinking abou

scott brown said he should drop out of the race. sean hannity tried to coach akin out of the race, but akin, he wasn't having it. >> to me, i am very concerned and i know many other conservatives are as well, because they have all written me today, that if you stay in this race and this becomes the defining issue of the race and there is a timeline now in play here, that this could then put the entire state of missouri, this senate seat, and even the top of the ticket in jeopardy in missouri. have you thought this could be the defining issue in the campaign which would serve as, you know, a potential loss for a senate seat? >> my sense is people will understand when you tell them, look, i'm not perfect. >> we'll see if that's strong enough. let's bring in sam stein, political reporter for the "huffington post" and joan walsh with us tonight, editor-at-large for salon.com and author of the book "what's the matter with white people?" >> great to have both of you with us. joan, you first. hannity is trying to get akin to drop out of th

you talked about scott brown in massachusetts calling for him, calling for todd akin to step down. you could see the ramifications in a close race like massachusetts, where scott brown needs to get the votes of women and of independent and democratic women, and this creating a problem for republicans elsewhere makes it harder potentially for republicans to win back the senate. one of the things they once thought was pretty much a guaranteed thing this year. >> let's play the rest of what todd akin said. so people get the full impact of his comments not out of context. >> if an abortion could be considered in the case of say tubal pregnancy or something like that, what about in the case of rape? should it be legal or not? >> well, you know, people always want to try and make that as one of those things how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. it seems to me first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down, but let's assume that maybe that didn't wo

also democrats could pick up a republican seat and namely massachusetts between warren and scott brown. this is going to be a very closely contested race for the senate. it could even be 50/50. >> good times. >> all right. thank you. well there's outrage over in d.c. law that mandates a drivers license be suspended if a person gets a reckless driving ticket in another state and that is a big problem because when virginia's definition of reckless driving is 11 miles over the speed limit. >> aaron fry of northeast d.c. said last january virginia police stopped him for going 1 in a 75 mile an hour zone. >> i paid about $250 and when i renewed my license in may i got a notice saying my license was revoked. i had knowledge i was speeding but no idea this was possible. >> it's all because of the word reckless. in virginia reckless driving is anything over 0 miles an hour regardless of the speed limit which means six points towards license revication. in d.c. reckless driving is a long definition that includes driving carelessly and heedlessly likely to endanger any person or property. it's 1

but scott brown is so likable. and he is of massachusetts. >> oh, she is too. >> no, she's not.ake up -- >> to me, who wins in worcester? >> one more thing to do before we go to break. yesterday morning, this is very important, in wolfeboro, new hampshire, with the press pool following closely behind him. i don't know how that happened. just this kind of strange, random thing, mitt romney did some errands. he went to a local hardware store. >> governor, what'd you buy? >> uh, hardware stuff. >> what are you building? >> going to the grocery store now. >> all right. he got his "hardware stuff," now on to the grocery store, where the shopping list included wild cherry diet pepsi -- very bad for you. caffeine free coke. also horrible. greek yogurt and two ears of corn. >> greek yogurt is the hottest thing going. >> so what's wrong with american yogurt, chuck todd? >> it's not made in the usa. >> yesterday was the first day, we have something the president gets. it's called a protective pool, where there is constantly a member, a wire service, a print, a member of television always

. >> scott brown. >> we got to get to the scott brown story. that's a great point. he really -- he's taken the opportunity to show himself to be -- >> and just -- >> level-headed guy. >> this is the wk before the republican national convention. >> oh, my lord. >> a nightmare. >> we're talking about the definition of forcible rape. >> and whether or not -- >> legitimate rape. we're not talking about anything, not talking about the economy and frankly haven't talked about the economy since paul ryan was chosen. it's been medicare, it's been the budget and it's been now this week rape. so this is certainly not where the romney campaign wanted to be. let's look at new polls, nbc/"wall street journal" polls the wap the country is viewing the parties. 45% of registered voters have a negative view of the republican party. 45%. 36% have a positive view. 42% of democrats view the party positively. and 40% negatively. poll also reveals mitt romney received virtually no bump after naming paul ryan as his running mate. right now the obama/biden ticket leads romney/ryan, a natio

scott brown up in massachusetts.se, he's so afraid of elizabeth warren, he'll say anything to make him look like a moderate. john cornyn and mitch mcconnell and sean hannity all jumped in said you gotta get out of the race. the deadline is 5:00 tonight for him to get out of the race. todd akin is sticking so far sticking in there. he went on mike huckabee to say i ain't quiten. >> i feel just as strongly as ever that my background and ability to be a big asset in replacing claire mccaskill and putting some sanity back in what's going on in our government. >> bill: and he did admit -- he did finally admit that he was wrong about this a little bit. >> i also know that people do become pregnant from rape and didn't mean to imply that that wasn't the case. it does happen. and it is also terrible, particularly the most terrible of all. >> bill: according to the latest study i saw 32,000 women a year get pregnant due to rape. >> how dumb do people think you are? when you have to go out and say i realize that women can get

senator scott brown has worked with the republican leaders to further that agenda. that statement, despite the fact that senator scott brown was among the first in either party to demand akin step out of race. >>shepard: thank you, doug, and, suddenly, abortion is a hot election issue. today, the republican party's convention, party platform, approve add draft of an anti-abortion language. in that language there would be no exceptions for rape. according to the reporting of shannon, the final vote is later this afternoon. a source is telling shannon, "there have never been exemptions in the platform and there won't be this time." the platform draft is identical to the message from 2008. we will have an update from this and the late decision on fox at 8:00. paul ryan is not addressing the abortion issue but is continuing his attacks on president obama's economic plan. he did so this afternoon in pennsylvania. it is an important state. it has 20 electoral votes. democrats won the vote in the past five presidential elections. carl cameron is live in iowa this afternoon

. >> scott brown. >> bill: the reason i can't remember scott brown's name i because he won't come on this program. i kind of blank it out because i'm insulted. neck and neck. big money. warren comes out with this stand go. >> why aren't rerebuilding america? our competitors are putting people to work. china invests 9% of g.d.p. in infrastructure. america we are just at 2.4%. we can do better. >> bill: all right, so china now is supposed to be our economic model according to the. >> according to this blaze where this video appeared. she wants to be a communist. she a communist. she wants america to be communist. >> bill: i didn't say she was a communist what are you ranting about? >> so what is beck running the program? >> let me tell you something, romney is in israel praises healthcare program which is a socialist national healthcare program and says this is a better program than we have in the united states. does that make romney a socialist? >> i don't know what you are talking about. all of a sudden we are in romney and israel when we are supposed to be in massachusetts. >> talki

and republican senator scott brown rejected such a stance in a letter to the republican national committeehe wrote, quote -- "i believe this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views of pro- choice republicans like myself." the romney campaign made its position clear sunday. a statement says quote -- "a romney-ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape." i'm andrew spencer reporting. the republican platform committee still has to finalize the draft platform language... before the convention. capitol hill is out with its annual list... of the wealthiest members of ccngress. representative michael texas mccaul... who has a net worth of 290-million-dollars.he's followed by senator john kerry of massachusetts... with almost 199 million. california republican representative darrell issa slides to third... with democratic congressmaa jared polis of colorado and senator mark warner of virginia rounding out the top five. ever wonder what it's like to be in the mind of a college student?according to a new "beloit college mindset list"... students born before the y

republican senator scott brown rejected such a stance in a letter to the republican national committee he wrote "i believe this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views of pro-choice republicans like myself" the romney campaign made its position clear sunday a statement says "a romney ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape." >>> west nile virus calling alarm across a number of states. >> what health officials are doing to prevent further death. >> also a new book about joe paterno hitting bookshelves, the latest to reveal. >> the car that she was driving has plunged how she managed to survive. >> while the break down on the traffic report coming up on the other side of the break. >>> news around the nation reporting another person has died in dallas from west nile virus. authorities say the latest victim was an elder will i woman she was in her 80s diagnosed with a disease that was something that affected her brain. the aerial sprain did seem to work. the city -- spraying on the ground to kill the moe ski toes that are carrying that disease. >> t

senator scott brown, the republican incumbent in massachusetts said it would be better for republicans if akin stepped aside and he apologized and attempted to clarify his comments during a radio show hosted by mike huckaby. >> and i made that statement in error. let me be clear: rape is never legitimate but is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way. what i said was isl conceived and it was wrong. >> for someone who is pro- choice and is a father of two and is a husband to gale, i found the comments unacceptable and outrageous and, obviously, i asked him to step down in his pursuit to becoming a united states senator. we don't need that type of rhetoric. >> reporter: this controversy is having a financial impact on his senate bid. republican senator john cornin of texas is the national republican senatorial campaign committee chairman reportedly informed akin and his campaign that $5 million in tazing set aside for missouri is going to be spent elsewhere, laura. >> the distraction going to the republican national convention. thank you, tom fitzgerald. >>> and president ob

. >>> massachusetts senator scott brown is demanding that democratic channeler elizabeth warren reimbursen effort to get welfare recipients to sign up to vote. correspondent molly line reports on the politics and the law. >> reporter: in a move massachusetts republicans say is a blatant attempt to boost democratic senate candidate elizabeth warren campaign, state officials mailed nearly half a million voter registration letters at taxpayers expense to welfare recipients months before november hotly contested election. the democratically controlled state government claims it's complying with a legal settlement, reached to avoid litigation in lawsuit that argued massachusetts failed to reach requirements giving people opportunity to sign up to vote when they register for public assistance. republican scott brown cam pape argues the real smoking gun, warren's daughter sits on the board of demos, advocacy group among the plaintiffs that brought the suit. >> warren's daughter head of an organization using taxpayers money to get people on welfare to vote, it just doesn't pass the smell test. ou

scott brown won this in a surprise victory.t almost toppled the obamacare deal for obama because no one thought they were going to lose that senate seat. he wins it and then we have the added angle of elizabeth warren's daughter chairing the group that is representing the plaintiffs in this case. >> demos is in 18 states since 2004. if we're talking about they're only going into targeted places, one of the states they were in mississippi. >> laura: another little connection, though -- again, this is interesting, is that the governor of massachusetts' wife is a partner at the very law firm, ropes and gray, which is representing the plaintiff. so there is no reason for people to think, gosh, this is all a little convenient? aside from that, this is a state that has 1 point -- i believe the budget deficit -- is $1.3 billion this year. and the outstanding debt of the state is $16.7 billion. this is going to cost a couple hundred thousands for this thing to be carried out. why should the taxpayers foot the bill here? >> i think is d