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. >> joining me now, former white house press secretary robert gibbs, and analyst steve schmidt. so robert gibbs, obviously, chris christie has got nothing personal against rand paul here. >> i feel like we just walked into the cafeteria on "animal house" and they just yelled food fight. it seems like we stepped into the middle of it. it seems to be happening increasingly as republicans work through personality actions and getting to the point to see who leads their group. >> steve schmidt, chris christie cherry picked his numbers a little bit, using the 2005 numbers instead of the 2010 numbers because they look a little better in this argument for new jersey. and that was the difference between my numbers and chris christie's numbers. but i was very, very surprised, steve, because as i said last night, the profiteers states, the give me, give me, give me states as rand paul would call them, happen to include iowa, new hampshire, florida, south carolina, exactly where you got to start off your presidential campaign and that line -- for chris christie is not going to work in those

it doesn't make any sense. >> can i get steve schmidt on this?d this particular issue is rich's other point, which is you're going to have to come back and deal with the fact you've got a significant number of illegal immigrants still here. you will have to address this again. is that what's motivating conservatives, steve, or is it pure politics not wanting new democratic voters in their view coming into the country? >> look, i think the bill is in trouble. i do think that is part of the motivation for conservatives, the notion that it doesn't fix the security problems on the border. but what we have today is a de facto amnesty in this country. we've had it far long time. we have an utterly broken, completely uncompetitive immigration system , and the senate bill does a lot to move this country towards a sane immigration policy. what the house should do is pass a version of this legislation that could be conferenced together and the country can take a step forward in fixing this problem, which is an enormous one. we have a permanent underclass t

steve schmidt, things change very quickly. looks like -- you look at what's happening around her, it looks like people are getting in line, people that have supported hillary in the past are trying to get together right now with pacs. you'll hear people on the outside go oh, my gosh, it's way too early, what's wrong with you people for even talking about this, why are pollsters taking polls. you know why? because team clinton is starting to come together. they're talking. they're coalescing. >> totally is. >> it's happening all over the place. if people don't think joe biden and his supporters aren't talking about this regularly and that governors that are trying to challenge her, people are starting to move right now. they're starting to try to line up support. so it's fascinating. i suspect hillary will play coy some time. people around her are not. >> she's been making a lot of money to give the speeches and also speaking to big associations, and to big groups, to be able to stake out some positions and keep herself in the

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steve schmidt, washington dysfunction.can talk about the rule of change and all the minut minutia, what are we seeing here? >> one of the fascinating aspects of it is the fact when leader mcconnell was in the majority, of course, his view was completely different, as was leader reid's. these are complicated issues. the dysfunction you saw play out this morning is why the senate, why the congress has such a low approval rating with the american people who view this as an institution, almost completely removed from dealing with anything that's relevant to their actual lives. >> mcconnell making a point in saying, what are they so upset about? the president's gotten most of what he's wanted. these are particular nominations that the -- that legally we have a right to challenge. we also know it's ideological as well. >> i think what people are concerned about is there are a number of agencies, not just the ones that mitch mcconnell, senator mcconnell was talking about, cpa, consumer financial production board, department of la

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for example, steve schmidt, former republican consultant who ran the mccain campaign advised him to pickah palin and made a career out of bashing sarah palin. you say, quote, it was another instance of the media swooning over republicans with self-tendencies and especially when they move left? >> i think that is true. you look at the case of john mccain in 2000 he was such a media darling. mainstream media loved him. he was an example of maverick republican. if you look at joe lieberman who bucks his party who is a democrat and assumes a more conservative posture, he becomes the turn coat. there are examples of that in every direction. >> chris: finally, what is the reaction to your book then? are people more upset about what you say about them? you say some morphine things are they are more flattered however bad to be in the book? >> it's a whole combination. ultimately the criticism from inside washington has been in the vain how dare he, how dare someone who lives here someone in the club talks ill and critically about the rest of the club. to which i say, if that makes people uncomfo

. >> steve schmidt, former republican consultant who ran the mccain 2008 campaign, advised him to pickarah palin and made a career out of bashing sarah palin. you say, quote, it was another instant of the media swooning over republicans with sel self-flagelating tendencies. >> if you look at john mccain in 2000. he was a media darling. the main stream media loved him. he was a maverick republican. if you look at the example of joe lieberman who was a democrat who bucks the party and, you know, assumes a more conservative posture he becomes the turn coat. there are examples of that in every direction. >> finally, what is the reaction to your book then? are people more upset about what you say about them? you say mean and funny things. or are they flatterered to be in the book and however bad it is in the book it would be worse not to be in it? >> it's a combination. so much has reinforced the premise of the book. the criticism from washington has been in the vein of how dare someone who defensives here, someone in the club talk ill and critically about the rest of the club. to which i s

joining us now, steve schmidt, the former strategist to the campaign. >> great to be here. >> do you it is a scheduling error? people just don't understand or is there a magical upside that i don't understand? >> look, dean heller should know who this nut is and he shouldn't be attending. i think kevin mccarthy had no idea who he was, he is not from the state. and kevin mccarthy should cancel the event. they have given up five u.s. senate seats in the last two cycles. in nevada, it was sharon angle, we nominate these kooky people, it is extraordinary when you think of the people they have given up. the lessons have not been learned. there should be a total disassociation with the nuts in the party. >> i had a discussion with nicolle wallace, about the legitimate figure. what is the self -- how does the self policing work on the ground? or how ought it to work, to keep the neo-birthers, to those who want to see themselves have a future republican -- >> look, i think rand paul will be a major influence, i said so before, he is clearly running for president. self-awareness, though, is a

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david axe rod and steve schmidt is a republican strategist. david, first your view. believe it's terrorism. this is the first time i've seen a political party or even a fraction of it saying their number one goal is a, to shut down the american government, it is the american government. kill a bill already passed by congress and refuse to pay bills already run up by the congress in an attempt to basically risk default. this is an attempt to destroy all we know of as the republican form of government in this country with the purpose i don't know the purpose. what is it? >> beats the hell out of me. but i think that the probably the best explanation is that these guys are catering to the most strident voices in their party. i think cruz is a very ambitious guy. he's been in iowa, got a great reception there with this kind of rhetoric. and you know, i think that he sees a niche and that group sees a niche for themselves in this kind of you know, apocalyptic approach to government. you can look at your own polling and see that the american people are not with him. it's t

steve schmidt, former republican consultant who ran the 2008 mccain campaign.d him to pick sarah palin then afterwards bashed her. >> i think that's true. i think if you look at the case of john mccain in 2000 he was such a media darling. the mainstream media loved him. he was an example of a maverick republican. if you look at the example of say, joe leiberman, democrat who bucks his party and you know does -- assumes a more conservative posture, he becomes the turn coat. so i think there is an example to that in every direction. >> finally what's the reaction to your book then? are people more upset about what you say about them? and you say some pretty mean and quite frankly quite funny things. or are they more flattered this they are in the book and however bad it is to be in the book, it would be worse to not be in it. >> so much of this reinforced the premise of the book. but ultimately the criticism from inside washington has been the vein of how dare he. how dare someone who lives here, someone in the club talk ill and talk critically about the rest of

he's proven to be a very versatile actor and a washington favorite having played steve schmidt in "gamee." finally, josh brolin who played former president bush in "w" would go probably have an awkward onscreen chemistry because he just split with diane lane. on second thought, that might be the trick. what do you think? go to tv.msnbc.com and click on "hardball" to vote on this important election. >>> next up, john mccain is standing up for a new interest group, strippers, yes. the hill reported last week the senator faced pushback from strip club owners over legislation that would replace the $1 bill with a coin. the reason, coins make lousy tips. but the maverick senator was quick to device a solution. not wanting to shortchange the after hours entertainers, saying, quote, i hope we could obtain larger dominations, fives, tense and hundreds i guess in coins. wow, how big with that coin be? >>> up next, president obama hosts a voting rights summit. this is important business, to push back against outlandish republican efforts to suppress the black vote in this country. you're watching

just the other day the architect of the obama campaign and steve schmidt, senior adviser to the 2000 a mccain campaign wrote a joint op-ed with a less than vague title. pass the immigration bill. we are telling them that now is not the time to let up. it is the time to speak up. it is the time to make sure that everyone not just in that city around the country are making it clear to families from all backgrounds and all parts of the country but we are dealing with the effects of the broken immigration system. so with the hard work around the country, i thank you for your contribution in the municipal government and i look forward to this effort in getting to the place where the president is signing that bill into law. we thank you very much. [applause] [applause] good morning and welcome everybody. i'm a senior fellow and we are moderating this process and we are going to talk today about what immigration reform means for cities and suburbs. i want to ask the panelists, and all of that is happening and i will say a few words here and make an awkward move and then continued talking an

just yesterday, david plouffe and steve schmidt wrote a joint op-ed with the title -- pass the immigrationelling them that now is not the time to let up, it is the time to speak up, to make sure that everyone in this city and around the country knows what is at stake. i came to this work because families like mine are still working so hard for the american dream and we have come too far to quit now for immigrant families and communities all over the country. i will not quit, i know the president will not quit. with the help of the voices from around the country, we can get this done in cities and counties around the country. i look forward to the effort of getting to the place where the president signs that bill into law. thank you all very much. [applause] >> thank you so much for being with us this morning, cecilia. she has more or working on those issues for most of her -- professional career. good morning, welcome, everyone. i will be moderating our discussion today. we have three awesome panelists. i want to ask the panelists to come up and get microphones. when that is happening i wi

just the other day the architect of the obama presidential campaign and steve schmidt, senior adviserto the 2008 john mccain campaign wrote a joint op-ed with a less than vague title. pass the immigration bill. let me leave you with this, we are engaging a clear majority of americans that support reforms and telling them that now is not the time to let up. it is the time to speak up and make sure that everyone, not just in the city, but around the country knows what is at stake. to make it clear to families from all backgrounds and all parts of the country why this matters to them. i came to this work because families like mine are still working hard for their piece of the american dream. we have done so much as a country to put that dream within reach. and we have come too far to quit now for immigrant families and communities all over the country who are dealing with our broken immigration system. i will not quit. i know that president obama will not click. with the hard work of an unprecedented broad coalition with voices from around the country, we can get this done. so i think yo

we're actually trying to work with steve and neil schmidt, putting the two together, innovate, how canorward for consumers, whether that's going to be in 4k television, ultrahigh-def someday, in whether that's in letting shows come to on demand and other devices sooner, in more ways. and at the same time, you know, yes, there's higher content costs, nbc universal have higher rising costs whether it's at the sports platform that they're buying for nbc sports or other content costs. it's part of the eco system. it's very much top of mind. i do hope in the end all sides find a way to work together. >> that's a good problem to have, obviously, to have both sides of that. and then i was thinking, i saw cbs and moonvest talking about they've had a lot of success with "under the dome." now they can go to netflix and amazon and get some more revenue doing it that way. you could do that and not go outside the company, couldn't you? you could go to xfinity or something. that's another advantage of having the different distribution channels, right? >> well, it's the kind of area where we're defin