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obama gave us radical obama care that was based on romney care. obama's a liberal on social issues. romney once bragged he's even more liberal than ted kennedy on social issues. why would we ever vote for someone who's just like obama when we unite around rick santorum and beat obama. >> i'm rick santorum and i approved this message. >> e.j., i can't think of anything easier than writing anti-romney ads for conservative audiences. but romney is still standing and growing. how is this happening? >> i with wish i could imitate that voice in the ad. it's awesome. you know, i think the problem is, they all had to do all of this a lot earlier. and what you had in iowa was a kind of spontaneous unity among conservatives where they were watching this campaign, that relatively small number of people who vote in the caucuses pay a lot of attention to politics and around the middle of december, they decided that all these other conservatives had been discredited for one reason or another and started rallying to santorum. i think he is the logical guy, the only guy who can probably beat romney
obama gave us radical obama care that was based on romney care. obama's a liberal on social issues. romney once bragged he's even more liberal than ted kennedy on social issues. why would we ever vote for someone who's just like obama when we unite around rick santorum and beat obama. >> i'm rick santorum and i approved this message. >> e.j., i can't think of anything easier than writing anti-romney ads for conservative audiences. but romney is still standing and growing. how is...
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obama should be. with her reenforcing his instincts for the overall of health care and immigration laws casting herself as a foil to aide sz more intent on preserving seats and poll numbers numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or do what is more practical, protect his power and get done what he can, why wouldn't they have these discussions? >> exactly. >> seems to be the most normal thing in the world. >> the most normal thing in the world, and i'm reading the book now, i haven't finished it, my feeling is i'm so glad she is there, she has his back, and honestly, i think she has our back. she is representing the higher ideals and the transformational goals and values that this president has, that can sometimes get lost in the day-to-day shuffle of politics. she is also a woman who had her own career who is now being kind of shuffled around and told to do this and that, stand there, that is disconcerting there. >> i only want her here, please sit here.
obama should be. with her reenforcing his instincts for the overall of health care and immigration laws casting herself as a foil to aide sz more intent on preserving seats and poll numbers numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or do what is more practical, protect his power and get done what he can, why wouldn't they have these discussions? >> exactly. >> seems to be the most normal thing in the world. >> the most normal thing...
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you will. >> i'm voting for democrats. >> democrats. >> obama, all the way. >> obama. >> obama. i'm afraid this would happen. it's breaking my heart. >> obama. >> don't go breaking my heart. >> obama. >> obama. >> see, this is what i -- anybody here voting republican this year? we got one. we got a live one here. who you voting for? >> mitt romney. >> why? what's your reasons? >> i like his policies. >> how would you describe yourself? right of center, right wing, far right, somewhere near the middle, moderate? >> moderate. >> is mitt romney a moderate? >> tends to be, somewhat. >> is he willing to admit it? >> maybe, i hope. >> how come the other day when i asked if he could say, let them eat cake, i said, can you say that in french, governor, he said, yes, but i won't. why do you think he's afraid to speak french in understand. >> probably because he knows we won't understand what he's saying. >> why won't mitt romney speak french? >> because he doesn't want to speak too french. >> but if he doesn't speak french, does that means he's elitist? >> he thinks so. >> so he's speaki
you will. >> i'm voting for democrats. >> democrats. >> obama, all the way. >> obama. >> obama. i'm afraid this would happen. it's breaking my heart. >> obama. >> don't go breaking my heart. >> obama. >> obama. >> see, this is what i -- anybody here voting republican this year? we got one. we got a live one here. who you voting for? >> mitt romney. >> why? what's your reasons? >> i like his policies. >> how...
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obama derangement syndrome is trickling down. remember this photo from last week with arizona governor jan brewer shoving her finger in the president's face? well, she said she felt threatened, but now brewer, you know what she is doing? fundraising off the picture. her pac website pro claims "i was telling him one more year" that is fwhoot she was telling the media. she told the media she felt threatened do people talk like that if they feel threatened? the republican party is creating an alternative reality to bash the president. they say untrue things about the president in a very tasteless manner, analogies to do what? fire up the base. but you see there is one thing about all this, not working on the majority of the american people. president obama's approval rating holy smokes, going up. recent washington post abc news poll shows president obama is now in 53% approval rating. highest approval rating since april of 2010. even right wing pollster rasmussen has president obama at 51% approval rating. these extreme attacks by r
obama derangement syndrome is trickling down. remember this photo from last week with arizona governor jan brewer shoving her finger in the president's face? well, she said she felt threatened, but now brewer, you know what she is doing? fundraising off the picture. her pac website pro claims "i was telling him one more year" that is fwhoot she was telling the media. she told the media she felt threatened do people talk like that if they feel threatened? the republican party is...
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. >> what did you call president obama? >> we're going to call him schettino. >> add disgraced ship's captain to that catalog of epitaphs. >> captain coward, captain schettino. >> the captain of that cruise ship. >> it's a fair analogy. >> that ship captain a facing charges. >> schettino under house arrest. >> the more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president. >> an analogy that michael steele deems inappropriate. >> i think it's an unfortunate analogy. >> michael steele was the most gaffe-prone rnc chairman in history. >> it was terrible, people died. >> jay carney called priebus, quote, desperate for attention. >> there's justice coming in this drama. >> democrats and the obama campaign armed with new ammo. >> i know the speaker is not real happy. >> romney will pay for what he did to newt here in florida. >> the speaker's been attacking me all over the state. >> he is for all practical purposes a liberal. i am a conservative. >> i wish i could claim that i'm a hispanic. >> so if for no other reason rage
. >> what did you call president obama? >> we're going to call him schettino. >> add disgraced ship's captain to that catalog of epitaphs. >> captain coward, captain schettino. >> the captain of that cruise ship. >> it's a fair analogy. >> that ship captain a facing charges. >> schettino under house arrest. >> the more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president. >> an analogy that michael steele deems inappropriate....
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. >>> what did you call president obama? >> i called him captain schettino, the captain that fled the ship in italy. >> the obama derangement syndrome is going to the new level. >> get the hell out of the united states of america. >> melissa harris-perry and dr. james peterson have reaction. >>> the fight for florida is ending with a flurry. >> conservatives will come together and decide they don't want a massachusetts liberal to be the republican nominee. >> the speaker has been attacking me all over the state in ways that are extraordinary. >> the latest with e.j. dionne. a desperate housewife is knocking a desperate candidate. litt bill burton and joan walsh with the problem with the latino vote. >>> the fight for fairness headed to the floor of the senate. robert reich on today's big news for the buffet rule. >>> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. newt gingrich is taking a pounding in florida. he's been outspent by mitt romney 5-to-1, poll numbers have taken a dive. but even gingrich knows what kind o
. >>> what did you call president obama? >> i called him captain schettino, the captain that fled the ship in italy. >> the obama derangement syndrome is going to the new level. >> get the hell out of the united states of america. >> melissa harris-perry and dr. james peterson have reaction. >>> the fight for florida is ending with a flurry. >> conservatives will come together and decide they don't want a massachusetts liberal to be the republican...
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obama in november. in a statement, newt gingrich said the speech was more evidence that the president suffers a, quote, food stamp economy to a paycheck economy. he favors food stamp economy to a paycheck economy. mitt romney also zeroed in on an economic argument in an interview with nbc's brian williams. >> unfortunately what he says and what he has done are so dramatically different that you have to be surprised. the biggest difference, of course, he seems to think america is on the right track and things are going well. here in florida as i go around and talk to people, yesterday with eight people out of work or who have lost their homes, 9.9% unemployment here, home values down, foreclosures up, people are very, very concerned. and the idea that we're on the right track is something that is foreign to the people here. >> candidates will be back on the trail in florida today where newt gingrich is drawing large crowds following his win in south carolina. the former house speaker says his campaign ha
obama in november. in a statement, newt gingrich said the speech was more evidence that the president suffers a, quote, food stamp economy to a paycheck economy. he favors food stamp economy to a paycheck economy. mitt romney also zeroed in on an economic argument in an interview with nbc's brian williams. >> unfortunately what he says and what he has done are so dramatically different that you have to be surprised. the biggest difference, of course, he seems to think america is on the...
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and the obama team has got to be saying this is great. this is going move romney further to the right and make it harder on his resources and give them more of a chance to make their case. so, this is a good scenario for the obama camp but it's also an opportunity for the conservatives to make sure that they get out of mitt romney what they want if he is going to be the nominee. >> a lot of pundits talking yesterday saying no matter ghaps iowa it makes sense for everyone to continue on, most people probably would continue on. however, now we're seeing the fact that here we are the day after it's narrowed down, eliminating rick perry and michele bachmann, not officially yet, but here we have this. so where would bachmann's weight go from here on out? >> it depends if she gets together with perry and gingrich. i think that this is a very poor showing by newt gingrich yesterday in iowa. i mean, newt gingrich has one of most, you know, spread out, most publicized names in all of american politics over the last 20 years and all he could do is
and the obama team has got to be saying this is great. this is going move romney further to the right and make it harder on his resources and give them more of a chance to make their case. so, this is a good scenario for the obama camp but it's also an opportunity for the conservatives to make sure that they get out of mitt romney what they want if he is going to be the nominee. >> a lot of pundits talking yesterday saying no matter ghaps iowa it makes sense for everyone to continue on,...
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obama should be. with mrs. obama reinforcing his instincts for ambitious yet unpopular initiatives like the overhaul of health care and immigration laws, casting herself as a foil to aides more intent on retaining congressional seats and poll numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or should he do what's nmore practical, protect his power and get done what he can. wouldn't they have these discussions? it seems to be the most normal thing in the world. >> it's the most normal thing in the world. and it's an important tension. i'm reading the book now. i haven't finished it. my feeling is i'm so glad she's there. she has his back. and honestly, i think she has our back. she really is representing the higher ideals and the transformational goals and the values that this president has that can sometimes get lost in the day-to-day shuffle of politics. so there's nothing unseemly or untorrid about it. she's also a woman who had her own career who is now being kind of shu
obama should be. with mrs. obama reinforcing his instincts for ambitious yet unpopular initiatives like the overhaul of health care and immigration laws, casting herself as a foil to aides more intent on retaining congressional seats and poll numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or should he do what's nmore practical, protect his power and get done what he can. wouldn't they have these discussions? it seems to be the most normal thing in the...
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they said we need someone that can defeat barack obama. they had different ideas about who that was. but that is the theme in this race. they have to get someone out there who can defeat the president. >> bun >> obama built a strong campaign structure in iowa and took it nationally. they say he knows how to run a campaign. we can trust him to win back the white house for us. rick santorum amongst the many challenges he faces now is can he show republicans he can build the kind of structure of the scale that is going to take republicans to beat the president. that's bag challenge for him now. mitt romney in iowa and nationally amongst republicans owns the issue. who is electable? >> what does this mean for rick santorum in terms of money? in terms of support? he can create an infrastructure he didn't have up to this point that could push through new hampshire and south carolina and on to florida and be a legitimate contender? >> millions of dollars are going to pour into rick santorum today. you have to pause and think about how astonishing
they said we need someone that can defeat barack obama. they had different ideas about who that was. but that is the theme in this race. they have to get someone out there who can defeat the president. >> bun >> obama built a strong campaign structure in iowa and took it nationally. they say he knows how to run a campaign. we can trust him to win back the white house for us. rick santorum amongst the many challenges he faces now is can he show republicans he can build the kind of...
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of course, that is his very case against obama. and that's obama's argument back. well, you know, obama has made the recession worse. obama says you know, if i hadn't done the things i did, it would have been much worse than it was. and so it's -- >> too much nuance. >> it's very difficult for romney to say that obama's argument is ridiculous and in fact, he's making the same argument. >> why would you give away the store on your way to buy something? why would you give it all away and say, yeah it's getting better. sure, by the way, do you have a better argument for me, lady? can you help me out here because i don't have a better one. he's admitting he doesn't have an argument against obama. >> i think laura ingraham asked the right question. isn't that a tough argument to sell? and the reality is, it is. we know for a fact in politics that's is the president probably gets too much blame -- i shouldn't say probably gets too much blame when the economy is bad. gets too much credit when the economy gets better. romney seems to be trying to really thinly slice that o
of course, that is his very case against obama. and that's obama's argument back. well, you know, obama has made the recession worse. obama says you know, if i hadn't done the things i did, it would have been much worse than it was. and so it's -- >> too much nuance. >> it's very difficult for romney to say that obama's argument is ridiculous and in fact, he's making the same argument. >> why would you give away the store on your way to buy something? why would you give it all...
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relentlessly attack president obama. the "washington post" reports republican operatives have compiled a video library of everything the president has said. they plan to use his own words against him, with particular emphasis on the quote from in february 2009 where president obama talks about fixing the economy. >> if i don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition. >> today in des moines, iowa, well, it appeared mitt romney has already gotten onboard with the republican playbook. >> i've looked at some of the tapes on youtube of president obama, then-candidate obama going across iowa campaigning. and i've listened to some of the promises and i've looked at the performance. and there's a pretty big gap between what he promised and what he performed. this president's failed. he went on the "today" show shortly after being inaugurated and he said, if i can't get this economy turned around in three years, i'll be looking at a one-term proposition. i'm here to collect. >> if romney wan
relentlessly attack president obama. the "washington post" reports republican operatives have compiled a video library of everything the president has said. they plan to use his own words against him, with particular emphasis on the quote from in february 2009 where president obama talks about fixing the economy. >> if i don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition. >> today in des moines, iowa, well, it appeared mitt romney has...
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obama has to respond to this. i think he has to do it proactively and not just be responding to negative ads. >> how do you respond to people shooting at you from every direction? that's my concern. and like, you know, you defend yourself on one front. then they hit another front. how much money can the president raise is the question? can he raise enough to offset to play defense? >> he raised an awful lot last time. didn't he? i think he's doing pretty well in the money race. he has to start running his own ads and start countering this stuff. middle of the country that's all these people are going to see are the koch brother ads. >> it's a bitter war going on right now. >> it's going to get ugly. >> coming up, two days before south carolina and the primary is saturday, jeannine sanford, the first lady of that state is coming here next. she has thoughts about how the interview went with newt gingrich's second wife. and how it's going to play politically in south carolina. this is "hardball" on msnbc. e pd invest
obama has to respond to this. i think he has to do it proactively and not just be responding to negative ads. >> how do you respond to people shooting at you from every direction? that's my concern. and like, you know, you defend yourself on one front. then they hit another front. how much money can the president raise is the question? can he raise enough to offset to play defense? >> he raised an awful lot last time. didn't he? i think he's doing pretty well in the money race. he...
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should the obama administration, the campaign, go after this talk? challenge the republicans on this kind of talk? it's like they all think the same, nobody was countering newt gingrich last night. should this be a focal point for the obama campaign to really go after? >> i don't think they necessarily have to jump in the middle of the republican primary right now. but i think what you just said, ed, is the point. the guy who is going to be the nominee, mitt romney said absolutely nothing. he has not refuted the kind of arguments, the really low-down arguments thatry to appeal to the worst in people sort of tribal nature. he said nothing. so when we get to the general election, these kind of statements by people he stood beside on stage should come back to haunt him. >> go ahead, michael. >> i was going to say, i know strom thurmond was supposed to have a black baby, i didn't know about john mccain. in south carolina, in the greater south, the obama administration has to situate itself as an argument against this kind of vicious indifference to the p
should the obama administration, the campaign, go after this talk? challenge the republicans on this kind of talk? it's like they all think the same, nobody was countering newt gingrich last night. should this be a focal point for the obama campaign to really go after? >> i don't think they necessarily have to jump in the middle of the republican primary right now. but i think what you just said, ed, is the point. the guy who is going to be the nominee, mitt romney said absolutely...
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because of the policies of president obama. when mitt romney comes in here and mitt romney or newt gingrich come in the town and they talk about their ideoology, not the pragmatism of president obama they will get beat. >> he has been aggressive and positive here, not even paying attention to the detractors, i feel like he made a turn here, what do you think? >> i think so, too. >> jonathan, go ahead. >> okay. i think actually we started to see this after august, after the debt ceiling deal, when he came out in september with that jobs plan, and then in that speech in kansas and now with the state of the union, now with the trip across the country and coming here today to michigan, i think there is a sense that he's got a winning theme and it is pro pro promoting the middle class. we'll give you the pensions, health care, what you need to get by, you guys go and you make it happen, you make it work. it's a good story, a story that he can point to with success and it's a contrast with the republicans. >> he's got a number to bac
because of the policies of president obama. when mitt romney comes in here and mitt romney or newt gingrich come in the town and they talk about their ideoology, not the pragmatism of president obama they will get beat. >> he has been aggressive and positive here, not even paying attention to the detractors, i feel like he made a turn here, what do you think? >> i think so, too. >> jonathan, go ahead. >> okay. i think actually we started to see this after august, after...
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. >> comparisons with obama. you know, i covered him for about a year before we got to the iowa caucus. those big speeches that's when people say who is this guy, rehearsing a stump speech and doing it badly is no way to introduce yourself to a whole new bunch of voters who are tuning. in -- -- why they wanted to quote verses written by someone else, i don't understand what he was trying to express there. for someone who has said economy, economy, economy, i'm the guy who can fix the economy, to go in on a -- run on sanctions, never mind there have been sanctions against iran, but -- >> you know, speaking about the economy, i think the real winner here was obama because the economic numbers are actually ticking up. i think romney is going to be the nominee. i think when the squareoff begins between obama and romney, it will be about jobs numbers and those are ticking up and that's going to work in obama's favor. >> and what the vision for the country is. and the reason why iowa is important is for two reasons. on
. >> comparisons with obama. you know, i covered him for about a year before we got to the iowa caucus. those big speeches that's when people say who is this guy, rehearsing a stump speech and doing it badly is no way to introduce yourself to a whole new bunch of voters who are tuning. in -- -- why they wanted to quote verses written by someone else, i don't understand what he was trying to express there. for someone who has said economy, economy, economy, i'm the guy who can fix the...
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now, romney says president obama has record unemployment. let's look at the unemployment situation in america when president obama took office. jobs were in a freefall in 2008. remember these days? i do. once president obama's policies got under way, things started to turn around. the stimulus programs kicked in. let's not forget how the righties vilified the auto industry bailout. no, it was a loan, and it worked. and the republicans had nothing to do with it. the payroll tax cut, well, that was suspended. and there, of course, is no way around it. president obama is the job creator. is mitt romney a job creator? ask the thousands of people who lost their jobs when romney's bain capital took over their companies. like these two steelworkers from kansas city. >> i worked in this plant 32 years as a steelworker. >> i spent 34 years in this steel mill. >> bain capital came in with mitt romney and his cronies and shut the place duown. >> they walked out of here with millions. they left us with nothing. >> this community has never been the same.
now, romney says president obama has record unemployment. let's look at the unemployment situation in america when president obama took office. jobs were in a freefall in 2008. remember these days? i do. once president obama's policies got under way, things started to turn around. the stimulus programs kicked in. let's not forget how the righties vilified the auto industry bailout. no, it was a loan, and it worked. and the republicans had nothing to do with it. the payroll tax cut, well, that...
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he says this is a god send for the obama campaign. there's been no shortage of people weighing in on the state of the union. how about the verdict from someone less political? a body language expert. according to a piece in forbes magazine, three things were going for the president that night in terms of body language. one, his smile. according to the piece, a smile like that is an invitation. a sign of welcome. it says i'm friendly and approachable. two, his fluid motions. in the article, he walked with ease and stood erect but not stiffly so. and his gestures were fluid and flowing. lastly, verbal and nonverbal alignment. what does that mean? apparently, the president's body language matched perfectly with the speech itself. "president obama has a model of congruent communication. his body language totally supported his message." in all matters, especially when he may be up against mitt romney. how can he beat, or not beat, mr. smooth mitt romney? >>> take a look at this picture of jan brewer. brewer jamming a finger in president ob
he says this is a god send for the obama campaign. there's been no shortage of people weighing in on the state of the union. how about the verdict from someone less political? a body language expert. according to a piece in forbes magazine, three things were going for the president that night in terms of body language. one, his smile. according to the piece, a smile like that is an invitation. a sign of welcome. it says i'm friendly and approachable. two, his fluid motions. in the article, he...
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newt gingrich, on the trail, never says "president obama," he just says "obama." and the visual, obviously, was bad of the wagging finger. on the other hand, i think the obama white house can be a little thin skinned. i think it's possible to have policy differences, i think it's possible to say, we disagree on certain things, and not go nuts. on another network, which i won't name, on the night of the state of the union -- >> there are other networks? >> a host referred to the president as the anointed one, on the night of the state of the union. that is beyond ridiculous. >> or even the banner that mitt romney spoke in front of in his pre-buttal, one of six buttals, where he said, "obama isn't working," a play on "labor isn't working." but again, it's very personal. >> and there's a connective tissue to something you raised earlier in the show, that newt gingrich is so hypocritical. we need to stop make k the mistake of thinking that the extreme elements of the republican party are at all consistent on these issues. they are wildly inconsistent. there was an eff
newt gingrich, on the trail, never says "president obama," he just says "obama." and the visual, obviously, was bad of the wagging finger. on the other hand, i think the obama white house can be a little thin skinned. i think it's possible to have policy differences, i think it's possible to say, we disagree on certain things, and not go nuts. on another network, which i won't name, on the night of the state of the union -- >> there are other networks? >> a host...
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are we at the 8% obama promised? are we at the 6% his transition -- >> you're like lucy with the football talking about charlie brown. you continually move the football around. what are you holding the president -- the accord and the standards that you're holding him against? >> the beauty of this election, thomas, is that we get to hold the president accountable to the promises and the standards that he set. i mean, he's the one that said adding $4 trillion to the debt was unpatriotic. did he say that? >> yes. a president though -- >> how much was added in in his four years. jin >> i understand this is what you're paid to do, to come on and talk about what you'd like to see the republican party do within his nominee. let's get back on track with the republican party and governor romney -- >> i'll get on your track. go ahead. >> governor romney and how you think nationally he's going to do in a general election if he's having a hard time getting a unification and the effort needed, this swell of support, in primaries
are we at the 8% obama promised? are we at the 6% his transition -- >> you're like lucy with the football talking about charlie brown. you continually move the football around. what are you holding the president -- the accord and the standards that you're holding him against? >> the beauty of this election, thomas, is that we get to hold the president accountable to the promises and the standards that he set. i mean, he's the one that said adding $4 trillion to the debt was...
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president obama wanted to use a scalpel. is the so-called secret army the new face of the modern military going forward as we know it? >> an important new face of the modern military. president obama i think has figured out that the navy s.e.a.l.s and the special operations forces in general are a very valuable tool for him. someone who wants to wage these wars in places like yemen and somalia, so-called denied areas in ways that are very surgical and precise aimed at achieves clearly defined objectives in terms of what's really in our national interests. he doesn't want to open up new fronts in the war on terror, and he doesn't terror and he doesn't want to get sucked in to local conflicts. >> we have seen so many of these details about the navy seals in the news from the president publical publically congratulating and so forth, so unprecedented that this amount of detail is leaking into the press or should we be looking at it with a more skeptical eye with how it's getting to the masses? >> i'm torn on this a bit. on the
president obama wanted to use a scalpel. is the so-called secret army the new face of the modern military going forward as we know it? >> an important new face of the modern military. president obama i think has figured out that the navy s.e.a.l.s and the special operations forces in general are a very valuable tool for him. someone who wants to wage these wars in places like yemen and somalia, so-called denied areas in ways that are very surgical and precise aimed at achieves clearly...
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barack obama is a dynamic campaigner. showed that in 2008. but i think voters are beyond that right now. i think they're focus is about the economy. and who's going to get this country back on track. >> governor, as president obama gears up for this tough contest, he has a lower job approval rating than past presidents. higher though than only president clinton. is there enough time left for the president to turn this one around? >> absolutely. and the fact is that the president is working to create jobs. he's putting forth policies and programs and the republicans are saying no. and that's the real issue in this campaign. which of these two candidates can be believed. and i think even the republican base understands they can't belief mitt romney because changes his positions with the wind. and president obama i think has been focused and straightforward and honest with the people and he's working to create jobs and that's what's important. >> trey, romney's been fighting this image that he's just an out of touch kind of guy. this weekend, he
barack obama is a dynamic campaigner. showed that in 2008. but i think voters are beyond that right now. i think they're focus is about the economy. and who's going to get this country back on track. >> governor, as president obama gears up for this tough contest, he has a lower job approval rating than past presidents. higher though than only president clinton. is there enough time left for the president to turn this one around? >> absolutely. and the fact is that the president is...
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while gingrich loses to obama by 9%. it looks like if romney gets on the ballot as president, look out down here president obama. what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to provide it for you. and now, the company that redefined sleep is redefining memory foam. save $400 on our all-new memory foam bed. and at our white sale, stock up and save on our exclusive bedding collection. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. >>> welcome back to "hardball." it may have been a good debate overall for mitt romney last night, but he had a few missteps like stretching the truth a bit, which may come back to haunt this guy. joining me to talk about that in what we're calling "romney's fibs" is david corn, who is also the washington bureau chief of mother jones." and susan mil
while gingrich loses to obama by 9%. it looks like if romney gets on the ballot as president, look out down here president obama. what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to provide it for you. and now, the company that redefined sleep is redefining memory foam. save $400...
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>> against obama's record, i think the fact is that president obama is going to have a very hard re-election effort, but the biggest the contrast and boulder ideas, the harder that is for the billion-dollar campaign can spear his way back into office. >> this is your flyer, and it says clearly romney is not electable? >> i think he will have a hard time getting re-elected -- elected. >> governor? >> i am proud of the record that i have, and you cannot fool the people of massachusetts as the record of the governor next year. i brought important change to massachusetts. i cut taxes 19 times and balanced the budget every one of the four years i was governor, and put in place a rainy day fund. we had seen job losses in the months leading up to my becoming the governor, and then we began to finally create jobs. we created more jobs in massachusetts than barack obama's created in the entire country. we also got our state police to enforce illegal immigration laws, and put in place english emerged in our schools, and i am proud of the conservative records that i have, and i believe that's why some
>> against obama's record, i think the fact is that president obama is going to have a very hard re-election effort, but the biggest the contrast and boulder ideas, the harder that is for the billion-dollar campaign can spear his way back into office. >> this is your flyer, and it says clearly romney is not electable? >> i think he will have a hard time getting re-elected -- elected. >> governor? >> i am proud of the record that i have, and you cannot fool the...
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none in new hampshire's ten counties were devoided for obama. 282 votes for president obama in the new hampshire republican primary. that's tonight's oddly big number. up next, an iranian nuclear scientist is assassinated. is there a covert war going on in iran? you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. al nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪ ♪ if you're a mobile type on the go ♪ ♪ i suggest you take a tip from my bro ♪ ♪ and download the app that lets you know ♪ ♪ at free-credit-score-dot-com now let's go. ♪ vo: offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com™. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's
none in new hampshire's ten counties were devoided for obama. 282 votes for president obama in the new hampshire republican primary. that's tonight's oddly big number. up next, an iranian nuclear scientist is assassinated. is there a covert war going on in iran? you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. al nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it...
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the obama cam hpaign has done ts year and last cycle. if you look at the invitations to fund raisers, you look at the event co-host. the ones that are responsible for bringing in $50,000 or more. it turns out there's a lot of these private equity firms. of the 24 events, two-thirds are from the private connect industry. >> wow. thanks so much. >>> now to some breaking news. a ruling has come down in the virginia ballot case. rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum and jon huntsman sued to get their name on the ballot there. they failed to collect the 10,000 signatures. pete, what is the ruling? >> the ruling is the candidates lose. what the judge says here is i think they have got a good argument here that the requirements in virginia may be unconstitutional. 10,000 signatures, the highest number in the nation, distributed with 400 signatures and bar on using out of state volunteers to circulate the petitions. all good arguments. the problem is the candidates waited too long to raise the arguments. he said they knew in advance well befo
the obama cam hpaign has done ts year and last cycle. if you look at the invitations to fund raisers, you look at the event co-host. the ones that are responsible for bringing in $50,000 or more. it turns out there's a lot of these private equity firms. of the 24 events, two-thirds are from the private connect industry. >> wow. thanks so much. >>> now to some breaking news. a ruling has come down in the virginia ballot case. rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum and jon...
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you know what barack obama did? he also oversaw a structured bankruptcy of general motors, but guess what he did? he then took special goodies and parting gifts and gave them to his buddies, the uaw. so the main difference between those two approaches, mitt romney, on the rule of law, equal playing field, go use the same system as everybody else, barack obama did that to a point, but then he gave away the political parting gifts, the crony capitalism gifts to the uaw and others involved in the transaction. >> so your argument on the auto bailout is that president obama somehow made general motors much less efficient by giveaways to labor, but then, miraculous, general motors becomes, again, the number one and most successful auto maker in the world? not just the united states, the world. >> they went through a structured bankruptcy and became more efficient, became more streamlined. they did that themselves. to suggest that barack obama's gifts to the unions that, you know, supported him during the campaigns and his
you know what barack obama did? he also oversaw a structured bankruptcy of general motors, but guess what he did? he then took special goodies and parting gifts and gave them to his buddies, the uaw. so the main difference between those two approaches, mitt romney, on the rule of law, equal playing field, go use the same system as everybody else, barack obama did that to a point, but then he gave away the political parting gifts, the crony capitalism gifts to the uaw and others involved in the...
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president obama. today he was in ohio making moves that congressional republicans have been blocking for months. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> you think we can get more than an eight-vote margin here in new hampshire, i'm going to try. >> romney squeaked by santorum. the big winner in iowa last night was the president. today the president is kicking off his campaign with a big speech and some bold moves. >> today i'm appointing richard as america's consumer watchdog. >> msnbc's richard wolffe and katrina vanden heuvel of "the nation" magazine on the fallout from iowa and how it helps the president. >>> if you take, you know, santorum and perry and bachmann and gingrich, you get some sense of what a small minority romney really represents. >> the republican plan to stop mitt romney is beginning to unfold. and it's gaining momentum. bill burton of priorities usa is here with the latest. >>> i have decided to stand aside. >> michele bachmann is calling it quits, so tonight we're taking a l
president obama. today he was in ohio making moves that congressional republicans have been blocking for months. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> you think we can get more than an eight-vote margin here in new hampshire, i'm going to try. >> romney squeaked by santorum. the big winner in iowa last night was the president. today the president is kicking off his campaign with a big speech and some bold moves. >> today i'm appointing richard as america's...
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i c beat barack obama. but for the breadth of the campaigning in iowa, it's en, who's the true conservative. has there been change? because there hasn't been a love affair among voters with mitt romney, who's been the front-runner throught most of this contest? i thi the first thing you see when you talk to any iowa republican is that desire to beat barack obama because we understand that we can't afford four more years of an obama administration thats hostile to our party's values and our principles. and that's the tension. while you still hve two out of every five iowa caucusgoershave not yet made a decision. that's really going to get down to on tuesday night, you always hear the mantra, organization, organization, organizatio the organized campaign is going to have someone in each of those 1774 precincts t make the case, t only why a candidate can beat barack obama, but why they have principles of our party that they are going to the general. >> remember what happens on tuesday night. there's a set of s
i c beat barack obama. but for the breadth of the campaigning in iowa, it's en, who's the true conservative. has there been change? because there hasn't been a love affair among voters with mitt romney, who's been the front-runner throught most of this contest? i thi the first thing you see when you talk to any iowa republican is that desire to beat barack obama because we understand that we can't afford four more years of an obama administration thats hostile to our party's values and our...
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president obama? >> captain francesco schettino. the captain that fled the ship in italy. >> that ship captain is facing charges, including manslaughter for his involvement in the wreck. the dnc chair released a statement calling him out for making that terrible comparison ". he should be ashamed of his comments comparing president obama to the wrecked cruise ship. he would compare the president of the united states to a man now charged with manslaughter shows a lack discourse. "jay carney called him desperate for attention. >>> finally tonight, since the successful raid of osama bin laden's compound, we heard bits and pieces of what went into the decision to go forward with that operation. joe biden gave us another piece of the puzzle during a speech this friday. as it turns out, the decision was far from unanimous. let's listen to biden. >> every single person in that room hedged their bet except leon panetta. he said go. everyone else said 41, 51, joe what do you think? i said, i didn't know we had
president obama? >> captain francesco schettino. the captain that fled the ship in italy. >> that ship captain is facing charges, including manslaughter for his involvement in the wreck. the dnc chair released a statement calling him out for making that terrible comparison ". he should be ashamed of his comments comparing president obama to the wrecked cruise ship. he would compare the president of the united states to a man now charged with manslaughter shows a lack discourse....
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certainly obama hopes that. but we've seen the ratings rise and then fall again at the beginning of the last two years. >> now bob, independent of any unforeseen problem, one of the things that we're seeing is the president has a much different message, and a much different orientation to the american public and voter than the republicans. and today he talked about his positive version of america as compared to the republicans. listen to this. >> whether it's mr. romney or mr. gingrich or mr. santorum or whoever else they might decide to select, they represent a fundamentally different vision of america. and it's not the bold, generous, forward looking optimistic america that i think built this country. >> is the different view of america, the optimism that the president so dramatically displayed in the state of the union, is that contrast part of what's helping to drive a more favorable view of the president? >> sure. especially when combined with what bill calls the sense of well-being that people are beginnin
certainly obama hopes that. but we've seen the ratings rise and then fall again at the beginning of the last two years. >> now bob, independent of any unforeseen problem, one of the things that we're seeing is the president has a much different message, and a much different orientation to the american public and voter than the republicans. and today he talked about his positive version of america as compared to the republicans. listen to this. >> whether it's mr. romney or mr....
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. >> i never refer to obama as president obama because legally, he is not. he is an avowed muslim and my question is, why isn't something being done to get him out of our government. >> i'm doing my best to try to get him out of the government. >> now this is outrageous to me. he doesn't stop to correct this woman that the president of the united states is not a muslim. though there would be nothing wrong if he was. and that he is not legally -- he is not holding office illegally. he doesn't correct any of that. he just ignores all of that and goes for, i'm trying to get him out. while the audience is cheering this misinformation. this is the kind of ugliness that i think will hurt the republican party and should be denounced by everybody in this country. >> well, first of all, santorum himself constantly appears -- appeals to the daerk impulses of the elector rate. it's the opposite of what john mccain did when asked a similar question in a town meeting in the fall of 2008. someone stood up and said at that -- in that instance, he's an arab. he's not an ame
. >> i never refer to obama as president obama because legally, he is not. he is an avowed muslim and my question is, why isn't something being done to get him out of our government. >> i'm doing my best to try to get him out of the government. >> now this is outrageous to me. he doesn't stop to correct this woman that the president of the united states is not a muslim. though there would be nothing wrong if he was. and that he is not legally -- he is not holding office...
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i think president obama getting 37. obama 37, clinton about 8 points less than that. nothing like that this time around. that is exactly what the democrats needed. isn't it? >> well, it would have been more fun to have santorum win but i would have to say that this problem that the republicans have is pretty extraordinary. 75% of the people in that party just don't seem to want to vote for mitt romney for president of the united states. so this goes on. and as we go on, he moves further and further to the right the most damaging thing that he has said so far is he would damage the dream act. the really important hispanic vote has now disappeared given what the republicans have said over the last few months about this incredibly fast growing group of americans. >> mark, the turnout was not what republicans were hoping for. in fact, if you subtract the increase in turnout just for ron paul alone you would get a lower turnout than four years ago. so this is the time when all of america is supposed to be rising up against the oppressive rule of barack obama and the uprisi
i think president obama getting 37. obama 37, clinton about 8 points less than that. nothing like that this time around. that is exactly what the democrats needed. isn't it? >> well, it would have been more fun to have santorum win but i would have to say that this problem that the republicans have is pretty extraordinary. 75% of the people in that party just don't seem to want to vote for mitt romney for president of the united states. so this goes on. and as we go on, he moves further...
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here's one for president obama's re-election. tim gehrard, "i'm barack obama and i took out osama." i like that. i like that. here's one for mitt romney from rick. "whether you're a pitcher or a "whether you're a pitcher or a catcher, you need a mitt." today my journey continues across the golden state, "whether you're a pitcher or a catcher, you need a mitt." where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >>> i never referred to obama as president obama, because legally, he is not. and, well, he constantly says that our constitution is passe and he totally ignores it, as you know. he does what he darn well pleases. he is an avowed muslim and my question is, why isn't something being done to get him out of our government? he has no legal right to be calling himself president. >> well, yeah, i'm doing my be
here's one for president obama's re-election. tim gehrard, "i'm barack obama and i took out osama." i like that. i like that. here's one for mitt romney from rick. "whether you're a pitcher or a "whether you're a pitcher or a catcher, you need a mitt." today my journey continues across the golden state, "whether you're a pitcher or a catcher, you need a mitt." where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car...
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to make these connections between king and president obama. in many cases, in part because the president spoke in a lot of places that connected him to king, but i don't think he ever intended for people to view him the way dr. martin luther king was viewed. there have been a lot of people disappointed because they thought they elected a grass roots activists when they actually elected a president and there have been many folks in the african-american community who should have been more like king instead of expecting president obama to be. >> point well taken. thank you. for my part, i'm curious to see what they're going to have the president do. thank you so much, jeff, for coming in. let's talk now about people who want the president's job because now, there are just five. nbc news confirming that one hour from now, jon huntsman will officially drop out and put his support behind mitt romney. he staked his claim on new hampshire, but even last week, he was still criticizing romney. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jo
to make these connections between king and president obama. in many cases, in part because the president spoke in a lot of places that connected him to king, but i don't think he ever intended for people to view him the way dr. martin luther king was viewed. there have been a lot of people disappointed because they thought they elected a grass roots activists when they actually elected a president and there have been many folks in the african-american community who should have been more like...
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it's made president obama more popular. i think people are starting to feel and there are a lot of other numbers that suggest too, starting to feel the recovery may actually be taking hold, so people are still hurting in a lot of places but they are feeling better about the long term. and thirdly, i think you're right, the republicans have lost ground on this obstruction and they really misplayed the fight over the payroll tax cut at the end of the year. and i think john boehner knows that. i don't think he wanted to go down the road he ended up going down for a while, that hurt him, too. >>> at the top of the show tonight, moments ago i showed the audience this picture, i'm sure you saw it. this is arizona governor jan brewer, visibly as we can see from the picture, upset with the president of the united states. she wrote about a meeting that the two had in the oval office, and the president took exception to it. she delivered a letter to the president when he arrived in arizona, and handed it to him, saying that she wants
it's made president obama more popular. i think people are starting to feel and there are a lot of other numbers that suggest too, starting to feel the recovery may actually be taking hold, so people are still hurting in a lot of places but they are feeling better about the long term. and thirdly, i think you're right, the republicans have lost ground on this obstruction and they really misplayed the fight over the payroll tax cut at the end of the year. and i think john boehner knows that. i...
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in 2012, will it be obama plus hillary? i'll ask joan walsh and jonathan alter if an obama/clinton ticket is a possibility. >>> don't forget to tweet us using #edshow. discussion coming up. >>> is there any chance you would be vice president in the second term? >> no. there is not. >> is it in the realm of possibility? >> i do not think it's in the realm of possibility. >> that was secretary of state hillary clinton back in october addressing rumors of a possible job swap with vice president joe biden. it's been media speculation for over a year the scenario runs something like this. joe biden goes to the state department, hillary clinton joins barack obama on the campaign trail, fires up the base and serves as vice president as president obama is re-elected to a second term. it all sounds good in disneyland, doesn't it? today "new york times" columnist bill keller took it a step further, he joined the fray arguing an obama/clinton ticket in 2012 is just what the democrats need. keller believes clinton as vp does more to gu
in 2012, will it be obama plus hillary? i'll ask joan walsh and jonathan alter if an obama/clinton ticket is a possibility. >>> don't forget to tweet us using #edshow. discussion coming up. >>> is there any chance you would be vice president in the second term? >> no. there is not. >> is it in the realm of possibility? >> i do not think it's in the realm of possibility. >> that was secretary of state hillary clinton back in october addressing rumors of...
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nothing about michelle obama demonstrated this at all. she is supportive of the president, you never saw her weigh in on policy. the most policy thing she has done is work with military families. i don't think this book necessarily portrayed her that way from my understanding of it but i think you're hearing her frustration. >> was there friction in the white house? >> not really. the book doesn't actually depict very much tension. there is tension between robert gibs gibbs and valerie jarrett. it's a positive book, and what she is doing is drawing attention to the depiction that didn't even exist in the book, not smart. >> i don't think she has to explain her relationship with the president. >> she said this is my husband, what i did like about the interview she emphasized she is talking about her husband. for her that is what the relationship is. >> richard, why does the right wing have a hatred for the woman? >> you had it in the clips, which were in most cases completely unfactual, erroneous, why were they erroneous? they are projecti
nothing about michelle obama demonstrated this at all. she is supportive of the president, you never saw her weigh in on policy. the most policy thing she has done is work with military families. i don't think this book necessarily portrayed her that way from my understanding of it but i think you're hearing her frustration. >> was there friction in the white house? >> not really. the book doesn't actually depict very much tension. there is tension between robert gibs gibbs and...
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what do you make of the obama team? >> they expected to do this later, but the republicans gave them an opening to pile on now and to draw on that blank slate. in politicians, a hot is about drawing on the blank slate before the other guy. most people don't know really anything about mitt romney. most people are not watching all these cable shows, paying attention to the iowa caucuses, so if they can essentially characterize him in a certain way and go after his strength, this is what romney brought up, that he was the job creator, and the problem with it as an argument for romney, it's not true. as you said before the aim of bain capital was to create wealth, not to create jobs. and they need to make sure that even though people don't understand the complexities, they need to get to the fundamenta fundamentals. >> the conservatives do a great job of messages, they went after john kerry, massachusetts liberal. tax cuts, private accounts, that kind of stuff. here comes the obama team and i love it, corporate raider. they
what do you make of the obama team? >> they expected to do this later, but the republicans gave them an opening to pile on now and to draw on that blank slate. in politicians, a hot is about drawing on the blank slate before the other guy. most people don't know really anything about mitt romney. most people are not watching all these cable shows, paying attention to the iowa caucuses, so if they can essentially characterize him in a certain way and go after his strength, this is what...
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while gingrich loses to obama by 9%. it looks like if romney gets on the ballot as president, look out down here president obama. plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. >>> welcome back to "hardball." it may have been a good debate overall for mitt romney last night, but he had a few missteps which may come back to haunt this guy. joining me to talk about that in what we're calling romney's fibs is contributor david korn and susan mil began, a contributing editor. let's look at what happens when newt gingrich called mitt romney out for voting for democrat paul sagas in the primary. here it goes. >> in '92 he was donating to democrats for congress. >> i have never voted for a democrat when there was a republican on the ballot. and in my state of massachusetts, you could register as an independent and vote in either primary. and any chance i got to vote against
while gingrich loses to obama by 9%. it looks like if romney gets on the ballot as president, look out down here president obama. plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. >>> welcome back to "hardball." it may have been a good debate overall for mitt romney last night, but he had a few missteps which may come back to...