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let's look at the culture in the gop. ia's republican candidate opposes abortion even in the case of rape and incest. he once said gay people are destroying their souls. then there's dean young, a congressional candidate in alabama. he thinks president obama was born in kenya. and once said that gays should leave alabama and, quote, go back to california or vermont or wherever they came from. what about ted cruz who once called president obama the most radical president ever? he gets his political philosophy from his father, rafael. who recently -- who was recently caught on camera saying this. >> when you hear all these things about homosexual marriage, this has nothing to do with homosexual rights. did you know that? the whole objective is the destruction of the traditional family. has nothing to do with homosexuals. they could care less about homosexuals. they want to destroy the family. >> if priebus is worried about the culture of hatred, he better take a long, hard look at his own party. joining me now are goldie tay

you know the gop rhetoric is ugly. hobby is to compare the federal debt to slavery. listen to this. >> this isn't racist, but it's going to be like slavery when that note is due, right? we are going to be beholden to a foreign master. >> you compared it to slavery. >> slavery, yes. and that's not a racist thing to do, by the way. >> not a racist thing to do. what do you think, joe? >> it's a stupid thing to do. you know what i thought about when i heard it? i had just gone to see 12 years a slave. she ought to go see 12 years a slave. she ought to watch a professor gates special. she ought to go back to school. she ought to recognize that slavery isn't just about debt. and let me tell you. 20 years ago when i first started in this business, if you brought up slavery, here's what the right wing would say -- why do you keep bringing up slavery. why do you keep bringing up slavery? and now it's part of their rhetoric. and not just her. it's mr. 9, 9, 9. it is rand paul, all of them are using it. and there's only one reaso

after years of attacking, the gop finally has a plan. take it away senator ayotte. >> what is a viable alternative that really solves the problem? >> well, i would say let's get to the table on a bipartisan basis and make sure we have a plan that has more choice, not less. >> wow. how's that for a concrete alternative? senator ayotte's plan also giving every american free puppies when they visit the doctor. and did i mention it also includes world peace. and anything else you can make up. folks, let's get real. the gop doesn't have a health care plan. they have nothing. so they just attack. today the political arm of former senator jim demint's heritage foundation tweeted out this picture with the quote, senators ted cruz and mike lee were correct to make a finalstand against the law. and it's really the president and his policies that are terrorizing the country. terrorizing the country? since when is helping americans afford health care equal to terrorism? and that comes from a -- as former bush officials keep comparing the health care

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how has the gop-led congress spent their time? cording to the 2014 schedule released by majority leader eric cantor, working about 113 days next year. while making an average salary of about $174,000 by the way. in 2012, they worked about 107 days. they've spent time voting at least 46 times to repeal or dismantle the affordable care act, estimated 15% of their time. they held 18 full committee meetings on mbenbenghazi and th in september as the government headed for a shutdown. and yes, they shut the government down. altogether the gop congress has literally been setting records for accomplishing nothing. the last full congress passed only 283 bills into public law making them the least productive in at least a generation and at the rate they're going this year, the 113th congress is on track to go even lower. so far, they've only passed 46 laws with just a couple of months and while the rest of us have around 30 more work days this year, congress has just 16 legislative days left. basically, it's the same amount of time as the re

and, yes, the gop's benghazi obsession. t, first, we want to give you an update from the philippines where officials say 10,000 people could be dead from friday's devastating typhoon. characterized as a state of calamity. last night u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel announced u.s. forces are headed to the pacific islands to aid in search and rescue efforts. among the organizations that you can contact for information on how to help, you can reach out to the red cross, unicef, save the children. and we will be posting a additional information on our facebook page. >>> we're now going to turn back to politics. coming off his re-election win tuesday, new jersey governor chris christie took a victory lap on the sunday talk show circuit this morning. again his message at championing his record as a state leader. not surprisingly, dipping his toe in the 201 wa6 waters. >> at the end of the day what did we see in new jersey on tuesday? 61% of the votes statewide. people voted on the record of what we've done. i'm proud of it. how

i knew the gop was full of turkeys, but this is taking it to a whole new level. ow are krystal ball and richard wolffe. thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> krystal, there are 55 million single women eligible to vote. why is the gop now just realizing that these 55 million women exist? >> that is an incredible question. i would have to think that last week's election results in virginia in particular have to be even more of a wakeup call. terry mcauliffe won single women by 42 points. you can basically look at the results and attribute mcauliffe's win to single women who were terrified of ken cuccinelli's extreme policies. and on this republicans are delusional if they think they can just do things like oppose the contraception mandate within the health care law and be able to do it without talking about it. which is sort of what they're proposing. we'll do all these things under the table and just not focus on it. then women will be fooled into voting for us. on the contrary, democrats are going to be able to message and are

of the same being pushed by gop governors in the states.rnors seem like they're leading effectively but they outnumber democrats in the legislatures. joining me in washington, editor of "the national review robert costa and correspondent for "the national review" -- i'll let you say your name. >> asahi. >> thank you. oh well. all right. let's take a look at these guys one at a time starting with scott walker. on health care, a half because he tried to come up with a little bit of a hybrid method there. women's rights, not so good. ultrasound there. and worker's rights, not so good as we just talked about. anti-union. opposed equal pay for women. voter i.d. not so good. on immigration reform, he's kind of wishy-washy. robert, give me your thoughts on scott walker. i know you talked with him this week. >> i sat down with governor walk they are week and on social issues he is a traditional republican with socially conservative views and doesn't lead with abortion and marriage and told me that and leads with fiscal reforms and the thing with wa

now, remember the gop post 2012 autopsy? here voters rejected the extremism of the gop, you'd actually think republicans would come running to show their support. not so much. one hold up, i'm going to let old rush bo explain that one to you. >> you ever notice when democrats get what they want it's historic? historic gay rights bill passes in senate. somebody tell me what gay rights are denied now? >> you know what, rush, let me try to make this really simple for you. let's say you were gay living in your home state of florida and you tried to get married, or you were fired. yes, a girl can dream. you'd have absolutely no rights. now, another hold up for some conservatives, the legislation covers transgender people, the very people who are discriminated against the most in the workplace among the lgbt community. here's vice president of the conservative group liberty council, matt barber, on monday. >> if a, you know, 6'4", 250-pound former linebacker who now fancies himself a woman comes and applies for a job at a church to

anyway, as the atlantic magazine points out today in a report about the gop medicaid sabotage, quote,ventually the contrast should become clear. states that do expand will have financially healthier hospitals, literally healthier residents, and broader economic benefits. two points, alex, you maid one already. they're screwing the chances of the hard working poor. people going to work, the working poor, who don't get health care at the office in the work place where they go. they get there early, take the early bus. come home at 5:00 or 6:00 at night. they don't have health care. they're not going to get it except for medicaid expansion. now we have a republican party out there in the state of texas with the largest number of people in total numbers who are uninsured saying no. we don't want health care. >> and, chris, and wear it like a badge. as if it's a badge of honor to have one in four texans without health coverage and to give them no options. and the hospitals they do go to are getting their federal subsidies cut because they were supposed to have more income from the new medi

oh, my god, here's the savior of the gop. michael, thank you very much. up next, a new development today in what one activist heralds as the gayest year in gay history. [ male announcer ] this is brad. his day of coaching begins with knee pain, when... [ man ] hey, brad, want to trade the all-day relief of two aleve for six tylenol? what's the catch? there's no catch. you want me to give up my two aleve for six tylenol? no. for my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve. try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the groove with align. >>> the news cycle begins with a major decision that will affect what we eat. the food and drug administration is banning transfats from grocery stores and restaurant menus. scientists have long warned that transfats can raise levels of so-called bad cholesterol, thereby raising the risk of heart disease. >>> the widow of former palestinian leader yasser arafat is demanding justice this afternoon. she is responding to what she says is new evidence that indicates he may

and i don't know what the gop has done to deserve this. t those are big numbers. >> they are but i don't think we get to those once we get to elections. the republicans still really are feeling so much of the turmoil that brought us to the government shutdown of feeling being drawn from the far right. when you look at the political committees, they're setting up super pacs to try to combat primaries from the far right. business republicans had very little say when it came to the government shutdown. >> civil wars. >> total civil wars. >> i was doing this with hugh hewitt last night on the show. if the so-called establishment republicans go after the tea party, i think they're nuts. they're absolutely nuts. among other things, the gop, like the democrats, need to be a big tent. so i was spawned politically l ronald reagan who was a big tent guy. you're one of the tea party -- are you going to war with the establishment? >> no, i'm going to war with people who are against freedom. and generally i think this is -- we are so not used to seeing

this is why the gop has failed playing out. they're against raising the minimum wage, against extending long-term unemployment benefits, against food stamps. republicans consider themselves the grand ole party. but tell me, what's grand about these priorities? joining me now is former congressman barney frank. mr. chairman, thank you for your time tonight. >> nice to be with you, al. >> now, you had to fight tooth and nail for dodd-frank, your landmark reform law. but we still see the gop continue to fight against consumers. >> well, they're trying to slow the act down. something very important happened the other day. the regulations that are done under the legislature that we passed can be challenged and they go before the district of columbia court. they get all the regulation that some bank or hedge fund doesn't like. the judges on that court are, unfortunately, in a conservative majority. now, there are three vacancies. president obama is trying to fill those vacancies, not create any new judges, not packing the court. he ju

it's not so much the social issues the gop has to worry about. it's the economic views. the idea, it is rights donors are loathe to acknowledge their party's biggest problem isn't gay marriage or immigration or disastrous government shutdown but a brand identity submitted by mitt romney's persona and 47 remark as the handmaden of big business and the rich. >> you're seeing some recognition of that very reality from others who are sometimes mentioned as 2016 contenders. if you listen to any floor speech marco rubio made in the last six months it's about the american theme and opportunity. that's the theme he's outlining. rick santorum was beating this drum progressively. he was running against romney but you can expect him to do that. that dichotomy, you're seeing it with democrats on the left. this idea that elizabeth warren might be the challenge to hillary clinton because clinton is somebody who is friendly with wall street and warren is somebody who could oppose that. it's clear the idea of in come equality is something that's going to define the next few years of our

with tea party republicans helping the gop take the house a year later. this offyear election probably not offering the same kind of prophecy. alex bag -- your reaction to the

anyway, as the atlantic magazine points out today in a report about the gop medicaid sabotage, quote,ventually the contrast should become clear. states that do expand will have financially healthier hospitals, literally healthier residents, and broader economic benefits. two points, alex, you maid one already. they're screwing the chances of the hard working poor. people going to work, the working poor, who don't get health care at the office in the work place where they go. they get there early, take the early bus. come home at 5:00 or 6:00 at night. they don't have health care. they're not going to get it except for medicaid expansion. now we have a republican party out there in the state of texas with the largest number of people in total numbers who are uninsured saying no. we don't want health care. >> and, chris, and wear it like a badge. as if it's a badge of honor to have one in four texans without health coverage and to give them no options. and the hospitals they do go to are getting their federal subsidies cut because they were supposed to have more income from the new medi

a new white house report slams the gop plan to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program. 4 million americans would lose support next year. 210,000 kids could lose free school meals. they aren't takers. these aren't free riders. they're children. and those gop cuts would be on top of the cuts already taking effect this month. that, that has made it very tough for many in this thanksgiving period for millions of americans. >> like the salvation army's mobile food pantry is seeing more and more in need. except this resource might not have enough to go around. >> we ran out of food. >> now instead of making baked macaroni like i normally would and the sweet potato casserole, i can't, i can't do it this year. >> we were at the food bank this morning which doesn't have a single turkey here in the freezer. >> there's always a growing need in our community. >> we needed a turkey, so we came out. things are kind of hard right now. so we're happy to be able to receive one. >> she's right. things are hard right now. but republicans don't seem to care. we add up the cost of the thanksgiving re

problem-solving, deal-making and reaching out to voters, the gop heretofore have missed. >> sure. id the government shutdown prove? we have a lot of politicians who can't work together, who can't compromise. christie managed to create the image in his first term that he's somebody who will do that, who will work with people whatever their political strifes to get things done. that's exactly the profile of a presidential candidate who can win if somehow the base can be convinced of it. that's the problem. >> it is a problem. karen fin y i worked for a guy named ronald reagan, a conservative. i don't think anybody doubts that. but he was also a guy who solved problems and made deals, karen. he made deals. >> sure. >> and reagan would say -- and he made deals i wished he hadn't, but he made them. he said, if i got half a loaf now, i'll come back and get half a loaf later. he made deals on spending, taxing, social security, so on. to me, that's the kind of conservative chris christie is. christie is not running away from the conservative label, karen. will the republican party -- i kno

the right thing. and he blew it. strike one. next rand paul defended gop voter i.d. ws that suppressed minority voters. >> we have an african-american president. african-americans are voting at a higher percentage in the last election than whites. there doesn't seem to be any systemic problem like there was in the south with precluding blacks from voting. >> that's strike two. and then rand paul went to a historically black university and lectured them on black history. >> if i would have said who do you think the founders of the naacp are, do you think they were republicans or democrats, would everybody in here know they were all republicans? >> yes. >> all right. you know more than i know. okay, and that's -- and i don't mean that to be insulting. >> and there's strike three. the gop has a real problem on its hands with minority outreach, but senator paul, you're not the man to fix it. did you think we wouldn't notice you've got three strikes against you? nice try, but you're out. and we got you. lovely read susan. but isn't it time to turn the page on your cup of j

now, politically, bill, is this grist for the gop? does this erase the negative problems of the republican blame shutdown? does this make it a whole new ball game for 2014? >> i think it swamps the shutdown. i always have. the shutdown was a kind of minor derailment. this is a train wreck. but republicans need to have an alternative. the most important thing over the next couple months is for republicans is to focus on the problems, to propose practical solutions to these particular problems so someone who calls his congressman's office and says i've just got a termination notice. the congressman says i've got legislation that will let you keep your health care plan for another year. but then also soon for republicans to be able to say we have a big conservative health care reform that's thought through, that will help americans have affordable care, that will help the uninsured cover themselves, but that will not be intrusive or coercive in the way obama care is. >> i've got to -- i want ari to respond to this. i still come back, ari,

. >>> tonight's lead, sarah palin and the extreme takeover of the gop. just days after another election day rejection of the tea party candidates, look who's back. sarah palin. the queen of the tea party was out in iowa this weekend where she compared the federal debt to slavery. insisting the comparison isn't racist. >> our free stuff today is being paid for by taking money from our children and borrowing from china. when that note comes due -- and this isn't racist. try it and try it. when that note comes due, it's like slavery. we are going to be beholden to a foreign master. >> our federal debt is like slavery? slavery was horrific, vile, a vile practice that was explicitly based on race. so it's hard to avoid sounding racist when you make comparisons like that. this kind of talk has no place in our political debate. but palin doesn't seem to care. she only cares about throwing red meat to the right wing. >> the president now broadcasting his sham-wow style infomercials. the far left stifling, strangling, shackling agenda. leaders who would exempt the

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when you look at christie's margin, you see the outlines of something the gop needs more of, an ability to appeal outside the base. that's why this election matters so much. >> pretty clear in his acceptance speech that he is looking beyond the new jersey borders. not subtle. >> and i guess that's okay. >> christie specifically pushed back in an interview to jake tapper on issue of the suggestion that he's a moderate. he said i am a conservative. is that a challenge for him going forward when he's getting outside of new jersey if he's approaching a presidential primary? >> you know, chris christie spt a subtle guy. i do think his speech last night put the cards on the table pretty clearly where he wants to go. he understands the lessons of other candidates like rudy giuliani who i worked for. he understands that, look, the republican party is a conservative party. his challenge is to broaden the definition of conservative. he's not going to get stuck

party today, those are the people who will decide that gop primary. so, not only does he have the need to come out to the right on some of these issues, but he moved further to the right on some others. so, we don't know the chris christie that we're going to know in 2016 just yet. >> here's why i think he's actually a very strong candidate in 2016. what he intends to do out of this election is win big, maybe by 20, 25 points. cuccinelli will have a solid loss in virginia. the narrative is going to be -- >> exactly. >> -- i am the one who knows how to win. and he's been saying this in his speeches. pea says republicans in the other 49 states will be looking to new jersey to see how to win, and he's going to go to these republicans and say you need to change in order to win. the republican pace is very good at resisting that message, but the question, how long can they go on getting beaten up and losing and continue to resist it? the other thing is the establishment candidate always wins the republican primaries for president and they said this about mi

the mainstream wing of the gop is firing back. the senate's top republican mitch mcconnell who opened fire on the ted cruz wing of the party in the wall street journal. in an interview with peggy noonan, mcconnell blasts the extremists in his party for both their views and tactics. he says, quote, the most important election tuesday wasn't the governor of new jersey and it wasn't the governor of virginia. it was the special election for congress in south alabama. where a candidate who said the shutdown was a great idea, the president was born in kenya, and that he opposed speaker boehner came in second. ron reagan is an msnbc political analyst, michael crowley is the deputy d.c. bureau chief at "time" magazine which features governor christie on its cover this week. michael, a naive question. why didn't rick perry reference chris christie? what's going on there? >> he doesn't like him. he doesn't like that brand of politics. he thinks he's a squishy moderate. as to a lot of conservative republicans. i think chris christie has a bi

the gop. big three is next. clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell's chunky soup before today's big game, new chunky cheeseburger. mmm. i love cheeseburgers. i know you do. when did you get this place? when i negotiated your new contract, it was part of the deal. cool. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >>> it's time for the big . >>> today's topics, gop versus gop, best friend, and this week's must reads. so let's bring in the big three panel. lynn sweet, jason johnson, and joe watkins. hi, twiguys. good to see you. ladies, first with you. we have sarah palin speaking in ayla last night lashing out at republicans who agreed to end the government shutdown. >> remember this? they promised that they would do everything in their power to fight against socialized medicine, against obama care. but when it came time to stand and defund it, they wave the white flag of surrender and they threw under the bus t

. >> the gop hammering the president and his party over health care. will the calls for roll back make any progress? >> i think we have to go back to the fundamental notion of stop and frisk as a valid police tactic when gun constitutionally. >> and what will this week's election mean for that controversial tactic. >>> we begin on the campaign trail. president obama just wrapping up a speech in virginia in support of mcauliffe. and over in new jersey, chris christie is barn storming the state in these final 48 hours before election day. kelly o'donnell is on the trail with governor christie and he tells her he's less concerned about winning than he is by how much. >> no republican in this state has gotten 50% plus one since george bush. so we're going for 50 percent plus one. anything boabove that is a message. >> on the phone is kelly o'donnell. kelly, very good afternoon to you. what's the energy like so far on the trail and from the conversations that you've had with governor christie? >> good afternoon. there is excitement when governor christie is

how effectively has the gop done with that? >> well, i think the jury's still out to be quite honest with you. we have to as republicans be able to articulate a conservative message across diversity. not just diversity of color and gender but diversity of conservative thought when we are able to articulate policies such as affirmative action, and see how 67th principles still work through to get to work to get to educational opportunities to make sure that they can be productive citizens that we can shrink government that way. we don't see as diverse those type of policies, when it comes to things such as gay americans and supporting their civil rights as well. there's a fight against rebel against rebel now. we have got to get back to fighting for something as conservatives. >> chris tsksobal, this notion of the manifesto, there was an actual deliberate policy put in place, yet, your organization the latino victory fund is all around immigration. how account gop have this outreach, at the same time having this difference agains

. >>> coming up, the gop refuses to raise the minimum wage. heck, many of them don't want any minimum wage at all. but now the democrats have a plan to raise the pressure. >>> plus impeachment insanity. republicans are obsessed with smearing attorney general erichoeric holder. today they're trying to impeach. we'll answer back tonight. >>> and get out our paper and pencils. it's fact check time. we'll look at the newest right wing conspiracy. it's a doozy. >>> and friend or faoe, i want o know. reply al is ahead. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> have you joined the "politicsnation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. today everyone has been talking about the new gop plan to impeach attorney general eric holder. elizabeth says, he's hitting too close to home so he must be doing his job. way

the cover of "time" calls him the gop's elephant in the room. >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> christie was passed over for advi advicevise president last year. he snapped repeatedly. >> when you conduct yourself like that in the courtroom, you will get thrown in jail, idiot. >> he did not veto gay marriage in new jersey this year. that could put him in states by conservatives. >> he is credited with units jersey in a storm. but united republicans across the country is a lot tougher considering the divisions between the tea party and the gop establishment right now. chris? yoo carl, thank you. and we are sxwrojoined now by c tris tee. congratulations and welcome back. >> thank you i'm happy to be here. >> how interested are you in running for president in 2016? >> well chris, i'm interested in being the gov nernor of new jersey. we have a lot of thing to focus on. i know a lot of people are speculating on what may come in the future. i'm focused on being the governor in the future. >> you did some things on election day that national republicans can on