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george w. bush hasn't been seen or heard from, safe from a book tour and recent charity trip to africa for the past three years. the george w. bush era in the republican party everybody agrees is over at least for now. that's why republicans are having a hard time picking a presidential nominee. there are no inheritors of the george w. bush era in republican politics. at least they don't want to be seen that way. they're all saying they're reagan republicans or teddy roosevelt republicans. they may now want to be seen as calvin coolidge republicans or herbert hoover republicans? they'll be anything but none of these guys call themselves george w. bush republicans. and that's why it is so remarkable that the republican politics of the ending of the iraq war now are that the iraq war ought not end. that the real problem is that the troops are coming home in time for christmas. republicans, people running for president, elected officials, all of the conservative leading voices on issues like this,
george w. bush hasn't been seen or heard from, safe from a book tour and recent charity trip to africa for the past three years. the george w. bush era in the republican party everybody agrees is over at least for now. that's why republicans are having a hard time picking a presidential nominee. there are no inheritors of the george w. bush era in republican politics. at least they don't want to be seen that way. they're all saying they're reagan republicans or teddy roosevelt republicans. they...
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george h.w. bush, the moderate, a lot of social conservatives did not like him, and they knew him, and the whole pat robertson and jerry falwell running for president. at the end of the day primary voters said we're voting for president, the leader of the free country, let's go with george h.w. bush. >> anybody who doesn't think of barbara bush was pro-choice is out of their mind. look at that family. they look pro-choice. maybe it's a class statement, but -- please clear the aisles. thank you both. up next, who are the most admired men and women in america today and which republican presidential candidates make that list? that's ahead in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-y
george h.w. bush, the moderate, a lot of social conservatives did not like him, and they knew him, and the whole pat robertson and jerry falwell running for president. at the end of the day primary voters said we're voting for president, the leader of the free country, let's go with george h.w. bush. >> anybody who doesn't think of barbara bush was pro-choice is out of their mind. look at that family. they look pro-choice. maybe it's a class statement, but -- please clear the aisles....
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george h.w. bush, the moderate, a lot of social conservatives did not like him, and they knew him, and the whole pat robertson and jerry falwell running for president. at the end of the day primary voters said we're voting for president, the leader of the free country, let's go with george h.w. bush. >> anybody who doesn't think of barbara bush was pro-choice is out of their mind. look at that family. they look pro-choice. maybe it's a class statement, but -- please clear the aisles. thank you both. up next, who are the most admired men and women in americç today and which republican presidential candidates make that list? that's ahead in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. [ female announcer ] we are taking ultra downy with silktouch to the streets. which shirt feels more expensive? oooh, ooh la la. 'm feeling their muscles. yup, yup. that one. that one's softer. [ female announcer ] actually, it's the same t-shirt. really? [ female announcer ] but this one was washed in do
george h.w. bush, the moderate, a lot of social conservatives did not like him, and they knew him, and the whole pat robertson and jerry falwell running for president. at the end of the day primary voters said we're voting for president, the leader of the free country, let's go with george h.w. bush. >> anybody who doesn't think of barbara bush was pro-choice is out of their mind. look at that family. they look pro-choice. maybe it's a class statement, but -- please clear the aisles....
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george h.w. bush, the moderate, a lot of comfort difficulties did not like and the pat robertson and jerry falwell running for president. at the end of the day primary voters said we're voting for president, the leader of the free country, let's go with george h.w. bush. >> anybody who doesn't think of barbara bush was pro-choice is out of their mind. please clear the aisles. thank you both. up next, who are the most admired men and women in america today and which republican presidential candidates make that list? that's ahead in the sideshow. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. cuban ca jun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. premier of the packed bag. you know organization is key... and so is having a trusted assistant. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle..
george h.w. bush, the moderate, a lot of comfort difficulties did not like and the pat robertson and jerry falwell running for president. at the end of the day primary voters said we're voting for president, the leader of the free country, let's go with george h.w. bush. >> anybody who doesn't think of barbara bush was pro-choice is out of their mind. please clear the aisles. thank you both. up next, who are the most admired men and women in america today and which republican presidential...
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but george will, a hack? the leading intellectual of the republican party is being called a hack by donald trump? and then these guys, these candidates are actually going to go into a donald trump event and associate themselves with someone who calls george will hacks. >> if they have any dignity they won't. that's why i'm glad to see most haven't. if they do, there is no party control or mechanism creating sanctioned debates. so somebody like rick santorum who desperate pli needs attention, knows he can do it by participating in the debate. that's how things get out of control. but for donald trump top called charles and george and karl rove haks is really beyond the bail. and when he says they don't have power to speak for anybody, they sfaerk speak for a lot of people. not just republican but grass roots. they know a lot more about the republican party than donald trump ever will. >> mark mackinnon, thank you very much for joining us today. >> kick it lawrence, thanks. >> thank you. >>> after a week of bad
but george will, a hack? the leading intellectual of the republican party is being called a hack by donald trump? and then these guys, these candidates are actually going to go into a donald trump event and associate themselves with someone who calls george will hacks. >> if they have any dignity they won't. that's why i'm glad to see most haven't. if they do, there is no party control or mechanism creating sanctioned debates. so somebody like rick santorum who desperate pli needs...
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look, karl rove gave us george bush. and george bush crashed and burned and because of that, we have obama. and karl rove, i mean, the problem that this, frankly, that the republicans they have to get rid of the karl roves and they need fresh blood because karl rove is going to lead them into doom. believe me. >> he would like the rnc chairman to step in to stop this debate. are you going to call the rnc and ask them to sanction it? >> yes, the rnc was very positive. very nice. in fact, they had a big fund-raiser at my golf club this year at washington. a big, big fund-raiser. i think the most successful they ever had and you said that he made negative statements. he did not say that at all. >> if we're going to have a factual contest here, i said he distanced him, he appeared to distance himself from the idea. >> he said that's up to the candidates whether or not they go in the debate. that has nothing to do with us. he didn't make any negative statements. >> i didn't say it was negative, i said distant. you want to bri
look, karl rove gave us george bush. and george bush crashed and burned and because of that, we have obama. and karl rove, i mean, the problem that this, frankly, that the republicans they have to get rid of the karl roves and they need fresh blood because karl rove is going to lead them into doom. believe me. >> he would like the rnc chairman to step in to stop this debate. are you going to call the rnc and ask them to sanction it? >> yes, the rnc was very positive. very nice. in...
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in 1980, iowa republicans picked republican george h.w. bush over ronald reagan who eventually won the nomination and the presidency. in 1998 they picked bob dole over george h.w. bush and mr. bush went onto become the b8 republican nominee and win the presidency. iowa's track record at the picking the nominee is at best spotty. joining me now is steve kornacki, news editor. we pay a lot of attention to the election. we must. it's our duty. it's the first. i want to look at a caucusgoer and the kind of questions they are getting now.ç here is someone who will be at the caucus asking newt gingrich a question about president obama. >> according to the constitution, those that are running for office must be a citizen of the united states. why is mr. obama not have to prove his citizenship as he's going to all these other countries besides leading our country? let me answer this. i thought you were going to ask if donald trump had citizenship. >> no. no chance. no chance. >> all i can report is the state of hawaii has certified that he was
in 1980, iowa republicans picked republican george h.w. bush over ronald reagan who eventually won the nomination and the presidency. in 1998 they picked bob dole over george h.w. bush and mr. bush went onto become the b8 republican nominee and win the presidency. iowa's track record at the picking the nominee is at best spotty. joining me now is steve kornacki, news editor. we pay a lot of attention to the election. we must. it's our duty. it's the first. i want to look at a caucusgoer and...
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but if you think about george w. bush in 2000, he ran his campaign on being a compassionate conservative, not leaving any child behind. so he tried to position himself as that. on the second note, that ron paul, one of the reasons he's been so consistent in the polls, i was with a prominent republican yesterday that outlined the thesis that each of the candidates have to have. ron paul has been the one candidate with the most consistent thesis throughout. he's a libertarian, a proud one, taken on the fed, certain policies, he's not wavered at all. if you look at romney, a record that's mixed, huntsman, he's worked for president obama, he's had questions he would have to answer in a primary. paul is the one candidate throughout his time in politics who has had -- >> he's consistent. >> one-note pony in terms of his thesis for being -- i don't like it, but it's a one-note pony. >> and ron paul, he's never going to be president of the united states. >> okay. >> something else about ron paul. he's been on television with
but if you think about george w. bush in 2000, he ran his campaign on being a compassionate conservative, not leaving any child behind. so he tried to position himself as that. on the second note, that ron paul, one of the reasons he's been so consistent in the polls, i was with a prominent republican yesterday that outlined the thesis that each of the candidates have to have. ron paul has been the one candidate with the most consistent thesis throughout. he's a libertarian, a proud one, taken...
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. >> karl rove gave us george bush and george bush crashed and burned and because of that, we have obama. and, you know, karl rove, the problem that this, frankly, that the republicans, they have to get rid of the karl roves and they need fresh blood because karl rove is going to lead them into doom. >> and newt gingrich is fresh blood? karl rove sees his empire crumbling, no doubt. the millions of dollars he's raised through his cross roads gps pac and countless hours he's spent trying to influence the nominating process is going up in flames thanks to the republican infighting. rove thinks it's time for someone to step in and set the party straight. >> what the heck are the republican candidates doing showing up at a debate with a guy who says, i may run for president next year as an independent? i mean, i think the republican national chairman ought to step in and say we strongly discourage every candidate from appearing in the debate moderated by somebody who was going to run for president. >> rove wants the republican national chairman to stop the madness, but the chairman skirted t
. >> karl rove gave us george bush and george bush crashed and burned and because of that, we have obama. and, you know, karl rove, the problem that this, frankly, that the republicans, they have to get rid of the karl roves and they need fresh blood because karl rove is going to lead them into doom. >> and newt gingrich is fresh blood? karl rove sees his empire crumbling, no doubt. the millions of dollars he's raised through his cross roads gps pac and countless hours he's spent...
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bush and george bush crashed and burned. the republicans, they have to get rid of the karl roves and they need fresh blood because karl rove is going to lead them into doom. >> just one more drama in the never-ending reality show that is the gop race. joining me now, nia malika henderson and casey hunt. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> casey, newt is surging. why do you really think he's catching on? >> i think it's something that you've seen throughout this entire primary process. you've seen people get excited about michele bachmann. then you saw people get excited about one after the other of these republican alternatives. they're just searching for somebody who isn't mitt romney. what makes newt different is that he has a national identity. people know who he is, from back in 1994 when he was the speaker of the house. we're going to have to see whether or not that means he has more staying power than those who have risen and fallen before him. >> nia, if you look at the die graph of newt's s
bush and george bush crashed and burned. the republicans, they have to get rid of the karl roves and they need fresh blood because karl rove is going to lead them into doom. >> just one more drama in the never-ending reality show that is the gop race. joining me now, nia malika henderson and casey hunt. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> casey, newt is surging. why do you really think he's catching on? >> i think it's something that you've...
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minted by a gold smith who was george washington's neighbor. has been sold for a whopping $7.4 million. that is nice appreciation. >>> coming up, pink slip day in the nfl. and a fan lights the red light in hock ku. plus, the seahawks butt heads with the rams in monday night football. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. to see you ♪ ♪ in my bed ♪ ♪ there are diamonds in her eyes ♪ ♪ ♪ and they sparkle in the night ♪ ♪ when the moment comes alive [ male announcer ] this is your moment. this is zales, the diamond store. take up to an extra 15 percent off storewide now through sunday. the pioneers. the aviators. building superhighways in an unknown sky. their safety systems built of brain and heart, transforming strange names from tall tales into pictures on postcards home. and the ones who followed them, who skimmed the edge of space, the edge of heaven, the edge of dreams. and we follow them up there to live by an unbreakable promise, stitched into every uniform of every captain wh
minted by a gold smith who was george washington's neighbor. has been sold for a whopping $7.4 million. that is nice appreciation. >>> coming up, pink slip day in the nfl. and a fan lights the red light in hock ku. plus, the seahawks butt heads with the rams in monday night football. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. to see you ♪ ♪ in my bed ♪ ♪ there are diamonds in her eyes ♪ ♪ ♪ and they sparkle in the night...
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george w. bush got a new poodle. and we all got the iraq war. whatever you think of what tony blair did with his time in power, his rise to power was skilled, very skilled. and that skill was manifest in part with his triumph in the murdoch primary. josh marshall at the website talking points memos has been writing about this. he wrote about it this past summer and again today. the idea of the murdoch primary everybody talked about it and it's the real thing. you have to win rupert murdoch's endorsement if you want to win a national election. part of the reason britain has a conservative prime minister now when the conservative party in britain had been out in the wilderness since tony blair is because the current conservative leader you who see here, david cameron, he$rt win the murdoch primary. he got rupert murdoch and his media empire in britain to endorse the conservative party in the last election and that's part of why the toreys are now in power. in the united states at home there are influential rupert murdoch newspapers too. amazingly,
george w. bush got a new poodle. and we all got the iraq war. whatever you think of what tony blair did with his time in power, his rise to power was skilled, very skilled. and that skill was manifest in part with his triumph in the murdoch primary. josh marshall at the website talking points memos has been writing about this. he wrote about it this past summer and again today. the idea of the murdoch primary everybody talked about it and it's the real thing. you have to win rupert murdoch's...
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george washington wouldn't take communion. it's all true. >> you called mother teresa a thieving albanian dwarf. >> yes. >> anything you say about barack obama is puny compared to that. >> that's not to what she said when she made her speech and said the main threat to world peace is abortion and contraception. i mean, come on. >> a simpering bambi narcissist you. >> that's also true. >> what do you -- >> at least no one tried to give
george washington wouldn't take communion. it's all true. >> you called mother teresa a thieving albanian dwarf. >> yes. >> anything you say about barack obama is puny compared to that. >> that's not to what she said when she made her speech and said the main threat to world peace is abortion and contraception. i mean, come on. >> a simpering bambi narcissist you. >> that's also true. >> what do you -- >> at least no one tried to give
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george washington wouldn't take communion. it's all true. >> you called mother teresa a thieving fanatical albanian dwarf. >> yes. >> anything you say about barack obama is puny compared to that. >> that's not to what she said when she made her speech in stockholm and said the main threat to world peace is abortion and contraception. i mean, come on. >> a simpering bambi narcissist you. >> that's also true. >> what do you -- >> at least no one tried to give princess diana the nobel peace prize. they did give it to another person involved in the land mine issue. >> what's wrong with him taking it? >> well, it would be like giving someone an oscar in the hope he would one day make a good motion picture. >> there he is, chri
george washington wouldn't take communion. it's all true. >> you called mother teresa a thieving fanatical albanian dwarf. >> yes. >> anything you say about barack obama is puny compared to that. >> that's not to what she said when she made her speech in stockholm and said the main threat to world peace is abortion and contraception. i mean, come on. >> a simpering bambi narcissist you. >> that's also true. >> what do you -- >> at least no one...
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and since the george w. bush days, it has really gone down in its support for republican candidates. >> the exit polls in 2004, george w. bush got more than 40% of the latino vote. john mccain got 31, 32% four years ago. remember john mccain was a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform and someone who supported latinos, you had a significant erosion. a lot of experts who follow the politics of immigration have told me the republican brand has been hurt. it was back in 2010 when meg whit man moved to the right and by the time of the general election, she had a very hard time against jerry brown when it kamz to politics and immigration reform and democrats are cramming for the same type of effect that could help out president obama in states like colorado and nevada. >> we saw what happened in arizona since the last election cycle. so the tougher positions by governors, by republican governors on immigration is going to really hurt whoever the republican nominee is in trying to get more votes. >> it goe
and since the george w. bush days, it has really gone down in its support for republican candidates. >> the exit polls in 2004, george w. bush got more than 40% of the latino vote. john mccain got 31, 32% four years ago. remember john mccain was a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform and someone who supported latinos, you had a significant erosion. a lot of experts who follow the politics of immigration have told me the republican brand has been hurt. it was back in 2010 when meg...
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mike allen's ebook. >> god bless. >> this is george washington crossing the delaware. this has changed everything, willie. >> even bigger, yesterday i signed my first ipad. >> that's cool. >> shawn spicer's ipad now has my signature across the middle. >> does that make it harder to read it? >> i like it, mike. >> very kind of you. >> the book's doing really well. let's talk about mitt romney. we mentioned this a little earlier in the show. the vulnerability, perhaps, of mitt romney kind of living in a glass case. some skepticism about the way he handles himself in interviews. as you say that are not hermetically sealed. listen to this bite from the interview at fox news last week. >> do you think mandating people to buy insurance is the right tool? >> bret, i don't know how many hundred times i've said this too, this is an unusual interview. all right. let's do it again. >> why is that moment making republicans nervous? >> well, what we're seeing there is that the former governor is rusty. he's not been doing interviews. his last sunday show was fox news sunday in marc
mike allen's ebook. >> god bless. >> this is george washington crossing the delaware. this has changed everything, willie. >> even bigger, yesterday i signed my first ipad. >> that's cool. >> shawn spicer's ipad now has my signature across the middle. >> does that make it harder to read it? >> i like it, mike. >> very kind of you. >> the book's doing really well. let's talk about mitt romney. we mentioned this a little earlier in the show....
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it's big in new hampshire. 1988, a lot of people remember george h.w. bush. he came in third place behind bob dole and robertson. he's hoping to do the same for romney. romney sat down with mark halperin, who asked the former massachusetts governor about david axelrod's theory that campaigns are like an mri of the so soul. >> i'm not sure we fully understood who barack obama was before he became the president of the united states. i think we are still learning that. i also think a campaign is an mri of the economy and the incumbent. the president will try to kill our nominee, brutalize them, destroy their life and record. what he can't hide, despite all the money, he can't hide his record and the fact he's been president at a time americans suffered and he hasn't turned the economy around. >> mark halperin is going to join us on set at the top of the hour and talk about his interview with mitt romney. >> you are going to have to change for that. >>> ron paul's surge in the iowa polls. his support continues to rise drawing huge crowds. he addressed the skeptic
it's big in new hampshire. 1988, a lot of people remember george h.w. bush. he came in third place behind bob dole and robertson. he's hoping to do the same for romney. romney sat down with mark halperin, who asked the former massachusetts governor about david axelrod's theory that campaigns are like an mri of the so soul. >> i'm not sure we fully understood who barack obama was before he became the president of the united states. i think we are still learning that. i also think a...
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george w. bush. george w. bush was so taken with the gifted winston churchill bronze bust that he put it right in the oval office. he put it on top of a small chest of drawers located right next to the famous resolute desk. see it over president obama's head there. presidents do not all keep the same things in the oval office that their predecessors put there. if they did, a lot of them would have accumulated by now. it would be cluttered. nixon, for example, was notorious for his knickknacks. that's not true. when president obama was sworn in and the oval office was redecorated, the churchill bust went back to the british embassy. it was replaced by some other thing. now, is that a crisis? no, that is not really a crisis. that's only because you are not thinking like john boehner. right now, we are in the midst of yet another congressional crisis. a real and really bad thing urgently needs congressional action to prevent it from happening. the bad thing this time is taxes going up on 160 milli
george w. bush. george w. bush was so taken with the gifted winston churchill bronze bust that he put it right in the oval office. he put it on top of a small chest of drawers located right next to the famous resolute desk. see it over president obama's head there. presidents do not all keep the same things in the oval office that their predecessors put there. if they did, a lot of them would have accumulated by now. it would be cluttered. nixon, for example, was notorious for his knickknacks....
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not even george w. bush who came close in 2000. gingrich is going to be stronger if he surmounts these attacks. the same is true with romney who looked weak. if he can find his spine, he's going to be more formidable. >> aren't you being too fair in a sense saying both of them enjoy this aspect of politics? newt gingrich is a grad yea tor. romney doesn't like this stuff. >> romney can't win a barroom brawl. he won't win the nomination unless he proves he can do it. with respect to gingrich, he's under attack from the right on the ground in iowa. he's under attack from above the elite of the party, the commentary in washington and new york. under ordinary rules, no candidate could survive this kind of challenge. what gingrich has to bet is the conventional rules do not apply. this is not a conventional year or moment. an unconventional candidate can prevail. he's got a lot of what would ordinarily be fatal weaknesses. >> there used to be a phrase you don't hit below the belt. i'm not sure where the belt is anymore. the first attack
not even george w. bush who came close in 2000. gingrich is going to be stronger if he surmounts these attacks. the same is true with romney who looked weak. if he can find his spine, he's going to be more formidable. >> aren't you being too fair in a sense saying both of them enjoy this aspect of politics? newt gingrich is a grad yea tor. romney doesn't like this stuff. >> romney can't win a barroom brawl. he won't win the nomination unless he proves he can do it. with respect to...
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certainly, george washington, the fact he created the dignity of the office. people were saying he should be called his mightiness and he accepted mr. president. the fact he accepted that people should come visit him and he shouldn't be coming to the inauguration in a gold suit created the whole idea that the president was a man of the people. he belongs in that group. i think harry truman belongs in there, nato, desegregation of the army, sure. but i think the idea of what he's saying is that history will accord him some degree of legacy because of these permanent accomplishments. you're right, if health care gets overturned, that's undone, but that's probably not likely it's going to get overturned and the other accomplishments will loom larger as time goes by, but he is a man that thinks about history, it's very important to him. that's not a bad thing. you'd rather have a guy think of history and how he's going to be remembered than simply thinking about what can i do to gain points today or tomorrow? it's a healthy instinct in a president. >> well, mike,
certainly, george washington, the fact he created the dignity of the office. people were saying he should be called his mightiness and he accepted mr. president. the fact he accepted that people should come visit him and he shouldn't be coming to the inauguration in a gold suit created the whole idea that the president was a man of the people. he belongs in that group. i think harry truman belongs in there, nato, desegregation of the army, sure. but i think the idea of what he's saying is that...
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and then remember george w. bush somewhat like his father in 1988 had to build that firewall in south carolina and win. so new hampshire, mark has forgotten more about this than i know, because of the role of the independents it's more representative of a national electorate than iowa can ever be in a caucus system. and so i think it's a more interesting test ultimately of national strength. >> sam stein, it's fascinating. i think without the mccain example in 2008, i would say that republicans know who mitt romney is and with 50% of the new hampshire field undecided, if they were going to support mitt romney, they would have supported him by now. >> yes. >> but you go back four years ago, you could have made the same argument about john mccain and what happened at the end of the day is mccain was the default guy for going back to people like my dad. i'm not sure about the rest of these guys. i know mccain. he came in with reagan. war hero. i'm voting for him. maybe that's what they say about mitt romney at the
and then remember george w. bush somewhat like his father in 1988 had to build that firewall in south carolina and win. so new hampshire, mark has forgotten more about this than i know, because of the role of the independents it's more representative of a national electorate than iowa can ever be in a caucus system. and so i think it's a more interesting test ultimately of national strength. >> sam stein, it's fascinating. i think without the mccain example in 2008, i would say that...
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in 2000, iowa chose george w. bush, and bush was the nominee. '96, iowa chose bob dole and dole won the nomination. in 1988, dole won iowa, but george herbert walker bush won the nomination. 1980, it was george herbert walker bush winning the caucuses, but reagan won the nomination. so iowa by this count, joy ann, two for five. what do you make of it? >> bill clinton didn't win the iowa caucuses in 1992 either. so i don't think that that's necessarily the reason that iowa is starting to look like an a an act roistic choice to be the first. i think what erin said is more important. this is a very unrepresentative group of voters. and it's also a form of voting that is not representative of the rest of the country. so i think, particularly in the republican party, however, it's a chance for the evangelical wing of the party to be heard, because they are just so dominant. and, again, is that going to help them with independents going forward? would the person who can win that group of voters be the most electable? pr
in 2000, iowa chose george w. bush, and bush was the nominee. '96, iowa chose bob dole and dole won the nomination. in 1988, dole won iowa, but george herbert walker bush won the nomination. 1980, it was george herbert walker bush winning the caucuses, but reagan won the nomination. so iowa by this count, joy ann, two for five. what do you make of it? >> bill clinton didn't win the iowa caucuses in 1992 either. so i don't think that that's necessarily the reason that iowa is starting to...
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you had george h.w. bush, the elder bush, a moderate conservatism. you had john anderson who later ran as a third-party candidate. that was a very serious argument about serious things among serious people. this race just doesn't look like that at all. >> speaking of not looking like that, can i play for you a clip of newt gingrich with donald trump? >> donald trump is a great showman. he's also a great businessman. we had a great conversation about it. i'm a big fan of his. he was in our last movie "city upon a hill" and did a great job. >> we're going to be picking ten young wonderful children. and we're going to make them apprenti. we're going to have a little fun with it. >> you want to be an apprenti. >> i'm a little out of the age group. but he's going to take ten kids -- newt gingrich is going to put them to work as janitors but donald trump is going to give them the opportunity to be apprenti. you're right. has this sort of become a joke? where is the seriousness about this? as robert gibbs was saying this morning on this program, donald trum
you had george h.w. bush, the elder bush, a moderate conservatism. you had john anderson who later ran as a third-party candidate. that was a very serious argument about serious things among serious people. this race just doesn't look like that at all. >> speaking of not looking like that, can i play for you a clip of newt gingrich with donald trump? >> donald trump is a great showman. he's also a great businessman. we had a great conversation about it. i'm a big fan of his. he was...
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george bush and the bush father and son kind of followed on ronald reagan. now the republican party is split in a million ways. they don't know where to go. ron paul represents a consistent, if minority, part of the republican party, which is the strict libertarian view. anti-government, anti-defense spending, no foreign aid, no foreign entanglements, no federal reserve, you name it. and for 15% to 20% of the hard-core republican electorate, that's where they're at. >> it just seems like the numbers outside of iowa and new hampshire have been consistent for him. and not showing any surges. i'm going to show you both something. mitt romney used the reliable criticism against gingrich again. it was on sunday. let's listen. >> republicans came together and proposed a program to make sure that medicare is sustainable. paul ryan was the author of the plan, but almost every single republican in congress voted for it. and the world watched to the see, okay, are we going to have progress? and the speaker said, this is right-wing social engineering. talk about unreli
george bush and the bush father and son kind of followed on ronald reagan. now the republican party is split in a million ways. they don't know where to go. ron paul represents a consistent, if minority, part of the republican party, which is the strict libertarian view. anti-government, anti-defense spending, no foreign aid, no foreign entanglements, no federal reserve, you name it. and for 15% to 20% of the hard-core republican electorate, that's where they're at. >> it just seems like...
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and he lost iowa to george bush 41. george bush 41 didn't own the stage at this point. he lost iowa. and had to fight for his life -- >> came in third place behind -- >> pat robertson. and my point to you is that at this stage, you're not expecting someone to own the stage. when they actually get votes and win, that's when we know it. they don't own the stage because of polls and style exclusively. do i wish that mitt would be a little edgier and a little bolder? sure, and i've told him that, and he knows i feel that way. but he is he who he is. membership point is, still if you look at his qualifications, what he's done, of the people standing up on that stage offering themselves for president. he's so far and away the best qualified person of the republicans to be president that i know my party's going to nominate him. and when they do, the president's going to be in for a fight. >> new jersey governor chris christie, and we'll be right back with the year-end review. what's going on? we ordered a gift online and we really need to do something with it... i'm just not s
and he lost iowa to george bush 41. george bush 41 didn't own the stage at this point. he lost iowa. and had to fight for his life -- >> came in third place behind -- >> pat robertson. and my point to you is that at this stage, you're not expecting someone to own the stage. when they actually get votes and win, that's when we know it. they don't own the stage because of polls and style exclusively. do i wish that mitt would be a little edgier and a little bolder? sure, and i've told...
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gingrich lied to president george h.w. bush's face back in 1990. and quote, i am ready to tell that story around the united states, says mr. simpson. that was all just today. in republicans versus newt gingrich and adds to a laundry list of newt gingrich in the recent days. charles krauthammer writing, quote, gingrich is possessed of an unbounded need of grand display that's led him to unconservative places even he is at a loss to explain. he's untamed by self-discipline. karl rove writing in "the wall street journal" yesterday, quote, when a man of his self-confidence begins to feel on top of the world, bad things often happen. oh, but wait, there's more. >> gingrich is an amazingly efficient candidacy and embodies almost everything disagreeable about modern washington. he's the classic rental politician. he denounces the ryan budget as right wing social engineering. he sits down to talk about climate change and cap and trade with nancy pelosi and others. the list goes on. he was -- but, on top of all this, there's the absurd rhetorical grandiosit
gingrich lied to president george h.w. bush's face back in 1990. and quote, i am ready to tell that story around the united states, says mr. simpson. that was all just today. in republicans versus newt gingrich and adds to a laundry list of newt gingrich in the recent days. charles krauthammer writing, quote, gingrich is possessed of an unbounded need of grand display that's led him to unconservative places even he is at a loss to explain. he's untamed by self-discipline. karl rove writing in...
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this compares to president george bush, back in 2007. our debt for the entire year was $160 billion. when we topped that -- >> congresswoman, that misstates the record. the bush presidency -- >> there's no comparison. david, wait a minute. >> no, i just want to stop you for accuracy, congresswoman. >> we're talking ten times -- >> the debt exploded under the bush administration. >> for accuracy -- david. then let me finish. do a comparison. i agre with you that there was too much money that was spent under george bush. but for the year 2007, the debt for the year was $160 billion. the debt for this last year about $1.5 trillion. that's almost ten times more in debt than george bush, and just for the month of -- for the month of i think it's november of this year, it was more than the entire year for t2007. so there's no question that the debt has just skyrocketed under president obama, in comparison to george bush. >> let me just point out, i don't want to appear to be cutting you off. sometimes the satellite delay can exacerbate that. s
this compares to president george bush, back in 2007. our debt for the entire year was $160 billion. when we topped that -- >> congresswoman, that misstates the record. the bush presidency -- >> there's no comparison. david, wait a minute. >> no, i just want to stop you for accuracy, congresswoman. >> we're talking ten times -- >> the debt exploded under the bush administration. >> for accuracy -- david. then let me finish. do a comparison. i agre with you...
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george w. bush -- >> can't really blame that on obama. now, it's true, he voted it and continued it. that's a republican innovation. >> right. >> it's idiotic from the perspective of redistribution, that's the occupy wall street point. we're taking money from taxpayers giving it to big banks. the claim it is kept the economy from going over the cliff. i don't think that's right. i don't think there's evidence to support that. lehman doesn't show that because things were not didn't go off the cliff right after lehman. yeah, stock prices went down, that's no big deal, they were all over the place. >> whoa, whoa, whoa -- >> steve rattner -- >> things did go off the cliff after lehman. remember, the -- they broke the buck on the money markets fund, aig was suddenly -- needed to put all of these billions of collateral. the whole financial system froze. no bank would lend anything to another bank for fear it was about to fail. morgan stanley was next, goldman sachs was not far behind. this was george w. bush. i'm not defending barack obama yet.
george w. bush -- >> can't really blame that on obama. now, it's true, he voted it and continued it. that's a republican innovation. >> right. >> it's idiotic from the perspective of redistribution, that's the occupy wall street point. we're taking money from taxpayers giving it to big banks. the claim it is kept the economy from going over the cliff. i don't think that's right. i don't think there's evidence to support that. lehman doesn't show that because things were not...
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not even george w. bush came closest in 2000. there's always a fight. what you say is true of gingrich, that he's going to be stronger if he surmounts these withering attacks, is also true of romney, who has looked weak. if he can somehow find his spine, come back, he's going to be much more formidable. >> but you're being very fair here. aren't you being too fair in a sense that saying that both of these guys equally enjoy the gladiatorial aspect of politics? newt gingrich is a gladiator. >> no, no, no. >> romney doesn't like this stuff. >> mitt romney's fatal weakness to date has been that he hasn't shown that he can really win a bar room brawl. he won't win the nomination unless he proves that he can do it. i do think with respect to gingrich, you know, chuck mentioned, he's under attack from the social conservative right on the ground out in iowa. he's also under attack sort of from above the elite of the party in washington and new york, under ordinary rules, no candidate could surmount this kind of -- survive this kind of challenge. what gingrich
not even george w. bush came closest in 2000. there's always a fight. what you say is true of gingrich, that he's going to be stronger if he surmounts these withering attacks, is also true of romney, who has looked weak. if he can somehow find his spine, come back, he's going to be much more formidable. >> but you're being very fair here. aren't you being too fair in a sense that saying that both of these guys equally enjoy the gladiatorial aspect of politics? newt gingrich is a...
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president obama has only had 75% as many judges confirmed as president george w. bush did at a similar point in his presidency. the white house was even forced to recess this man, william j. boreman, the printer of the united states. we know gays and lesbians serving openly in the military did not indication the cat clichl opponents would predicted and we have more to do to make sure our overextended troops are brought home from the many corners of the world in which they operate. we know the world with iraq actually had an end point but we also know we're leaving behind the u.s. biggest embassy in the world and over 5,000 private contractors and means our story of involvement in iraq is not finished. many of us here in the u.s. who aren't in the 1% are in the world's 1%. resources and privileges that billions don't have. as we reach the end of the year we know that a relatively small amount of money to organizations like doctors without borders or partners in health can have a big effect in those parts of the world with people struggle to survive on less than $1
president obama has only had 75% as many judges confirmed as president george w. bush did at a similar point in his presidency. the white house was even forced to recess this man, william j. boreman, the printer of the united states. we know gays and lesbians serving openly in the military did not indication the cat clichl opponents would predicted and we have more to do to make sure our overextended troops are brought home from the many corners of the world in which they operate. we know the...
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the two were photographed into it was an event that george h.w. bush has not had with the other candidates. more importantly, this is yet another sign of how the establishment is all rallying to mitt romney's side. we have a prominent senator and members of congress, but mitt romney is racking up the endorsements and the latest one is h.w. bush. the establishment is on romney's side, but in 2010 it didn't always get its way in the primaries. >> part of the statement said i think romney is the best choice. i like perry, but he doesn't team to be going anywhere. you can talk about the perry line but he said romney was not a bomb thrower. that's a part of the story line that the establishment and others against newt gingrich want to keep in the minds of people in iowa. >> right. make no mistake it was a shot at newt gingrich and it is clearly how the establishment is lining up with mitt romney. they believe that newt gingrich is a bomb thrower and can't be trusted given his days as speaker during the 1990s in the house of representatives. it shouldn'
the two were photographed into it was an event that george h.w. bush has not had with the other candidates. more importantly, this is yet another sign of how the establishment is all rallying to mitt romney's side. we have a prominent senator and members of congress, but mitt romney is racking up the endorsements and the latest one is h.w. bush. the establishment is on romney's side, but in 2010 it didn't always get its way in the primaries. >> part of the statement said i think romney is...
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george wallace. because wallace was an outsider. and, you know, mike, the kennedys still are grappling with that and, yet, it's sort of like newt is in that category of an outsider. a street fighter. >> bobby had -- robert kennedy had an appeal that was kind of extraordinary. i can remember an evening in gary, indiana, where those streets were lined with white ethnic working class people out there to cheer robert kennedy and he is the same candidate who could go to indianapolis and announce to a largely african-american crowd that martin luther king had just been assassinated. they did not know it. he had this extraordinairy pull together appeal and i think part of it emanated from the fact that people regardless of their income, regardless of their skin color, had the feeling that he would fight for them. now, he didn't articulate the battles that they felt they had to fight. >> right. >> but they felt he would fight for them. the gingrich thing is really kind of interesting to me. if you walk around in places like new hampshire, i
george wallace. because wallace was an outsider. and, you know, mike, the kennedys still are grappling with that and, yet, it's sort of like newt is in that category of an outsider. a street fighter. >> bobby had -- robert kennedy had an appeal that was kind of extraordinary. i can remember an evening in gary, indiana, where those streets were lined with white ethnic working class people out there to cheer robert kennedy and he is the same candidate who could go to indianapolis and...
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george w. bush was a leader, ed. people who say, might not like george w. bush, it's not about whether you like what he did or not, he was a leader for his views of what this country -- >> are republicans afraid -- are they afraid of his actual accomplishments so the only thing they can do is generically speak about what a failure he is? >> they're trying to have it both ways. they say he's a socialist and danger to the country because he's trying to turn us into europe and he's a disastrous president because he's taking us off course. and then they're saying he's not doing anything. he's not a leader. which is it? can't be both. >> new poll shows from cnn shows americans have more confidence in president obama's leadership than they do in the congressional republicans. at 50% to 31%. earlier this year was much closer. doesn't this mean americans are seeing president obama as a good leader despite what the republicans are saying? >> look, he has a big hill to climb. he is really going to have a challenge to get re-elected. >> because of the economy. >> beca
george w. bush was a leader, ed. people who say, might not like george w. bush, it's not about whether you like what he did or not, he was a leader for his views of what this country -- >> are republicans afraid -- are they afraid of his actual accomplishments so the only thing they can do is generically speak about what a failure he is? >> they're trying to have it both ways. they say he's a socialist and danger to the country because he's trying to turn us into europe and he's a...