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and with europe planning sanctions to stop iran's nuclear program, iran announces it may cut off oil sales to much of the continent of europe. and what could that do to gas prices right here that are already high? finally, let me finish with why romney is beginning to look, i'm sorry, he is a dignified guy normally, beginning to look goofy. we begin with the republican food fight between mitt romney and rick santorum. chip saltsman was campaign manager for mike huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign. joan walsh is editor of "salon" and of course an msnbc political analyst. thank you both. i want you to look at the new polls out. cnn/opinion research has joined the other polls this week now showing santorum's momentum. you can see here that in three of the four national polls now he snuck ahead of mitt romney. only in the gallup poll does santorum still trail but only by a couple points, two points. you've been through this, chip. here we are. what is looking like finally the gun fight at the okay corral, finally come down it looks like between two candidates. what i've always believed
and with europe planning sanctions to stop iran's nuclear program, iran announces it may cut off oil sales to much of the continent of europe. and what could that do to gas prices right here that are already high? finally, let me finish with why romney is beginning to look, i'm sorry, he is a dignified guy normally, beginning to look goofy. we begin with the republican food fight between mitt romney and rick santorum. chip saltsman was campaign manager for mike huckabee's 2008 presidential...
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next year iran will have the bomb. so i think we can take their predictions with a little bit of caution. moreover, their public opinion is not for a strike. the majority of american jews are not for a strike. we're dealing with a right-wing government with rather one-sided notions, of what security is, and perhaps with somewhat irresponsible attitude about the consequences of their actions for us. because the iranians, if attacked, are not going to retaliate effectively against israel because they cannot. they will retaliate against us because they will see us as the sponsors. so our troops, in afghanistan will pay the price, and our disengagement may become difficult to pursue. we'll have a mess in iraq again. there could be difficulties in the persian golf -- gulf. the price of oil could go up, the global che could economy co hurt. the consequences for us could be serious. >> but doctor, can israel survive if it's known by its own people and perhaps future immigrants they are going in a country under a basically fir
next year iran will have the bomb. so i think we can take their predictions with a little bit of caution. moreover, their public opinion is not for a strike. the majority of american jews are not for a strike. we're dealing with a right-wing government with rather one-sided notions, of what security is, and perhaps with somewhat irresponsible attitude about the consequences of their actions for us. because the iranians, if attacked, are not going to retaliate effectively against israel because...
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iran is not there yet. there is growing concern about what iran's capabilities are and its announcements today are kind of in your face, we can do it alone and do what we want. it also comes not only in context of a new election two weeks away that will determine who is in parliament and who makes important decisions but also on the eve of what may well be another round of diplomatic talks. at the same time, it may -- >> so is this politics on both sides? >> absolutely. the fact is that the iranians sent a letter today to the head of the european union foreign ministry to discuss the invitation to sit down at the table again. >> let's take a look at the guy we cover relentlessly, president obama. do you think based upon his words, his pattern, his advisers that he would attack iran this year before the presidential election? >> no, not before the presidential election. i don't think there will be an attack probably this year. >> how about the israelis? >> that is a good question. but the issue is are there
iran is not there yet. there is growing concern about what iran's capabilities are and its announcements today are kind of in your face, we can do it alone and do what we want. it also comes not only in context of a new election two weeks away that will determine who is in parliament and who makes important decisions but also on the eve of what may well be another round of diplomatic talks. at the same time, it may -- >> so is this politics on both sides? >> absolutely. the fact is...
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what would a strike on iran mean for the u.s.? richard angle is the chief corresponde correspondent. he has a new fascinating book called "strategic vision" about the united states role in the world and whether our power and influences on the decline or not, we'll talk to him about that. let's start with the situation out there. what's new, richard, about the prospects for an attack by israel on the iranian nuclear facilities? >> what's new is that the israelis do feel their window to operate is shrinking. that the iranians are working on their program, making progress every month, and they could reach a point of no return. a point at which it is no longer possible for an israeli air strike, missile strike, to slow down the program in any kind of effective way. and according to what is playing out right now, it seems that washington, particularly defense secretary panetta, saw this as a real possibility and took this unusual step of making public statements through david i guess nay house is to signal to the israelis to say don't
what would a strike on iran mean for the u.s.? richard angle is the chief corresponde correspondent. he has a new fascinating book called "strategic vision" about the united states role in the world and whether our power and influences on the decline or not, we'll talk to him about that. let's start with the situation out there. what's new, richard, about the prospects for an attack by israel on the iranian nuclear facilities? >> what's new is that the israelis do feel their...
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iran will have a reaction. that reaction is not going to be cheaper gas for the west. >> absolutely. i totally agree that the main thing driving the price of oil is uncertainty around iran. if that war -- if that conflict gets hotter, then the oil price will go up very significantly. i wonder to what extent that is figuring into the white house calculations on that issue. >> you mean if we bomb or encourage israelis to bomb, not that they need a lot of it, they have a reaction over there. cut off the strait of hormuz. the gulf becomes a log jam and then what happens? >> and in fact, the iranians know if they threaten to close the strait or have the large military maneuvers, the price of oil goes up because people get nervous. >> so what do we do? if you were president of the united states, dan, what would you do to keep prices down. total political machiavellian. >> i think the options are quite limited in what you can do. you can jaw bone. you can tell people don't gouge. >> i'm going to say open the pumps. >>
iran will have a reaction. that reaction is not going to be cheaper gas for the west. >> absolutely. i totally agree that the main thing driving the price of oil is uncertainty around iran. if that war -- if that conflict gets hotter, then the oil price will go up very significantly. i wonder to what extent that is figuring into the white house calculations on that issue. >> you mean if we bomb or encourage israelis to bomb, not that they need a lot of it, they have a reaction over...
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remember what else has hit iran in recent times. stuxnet, the computer worm, sanctions that are just now beginning to be felt in a big way and the u.s. argument is -- >> and assassinations regime. >> assassinations of the scientists which people assume was assad and there's probably a pretty good assumption. so those have all been under way, and the u.s. has said, give this a little bit of time to work. particularly the cut-off of revenues to the iranians. >> is there any way to know who is right? our intelligence or the israelis, how much time we both have? >> in a sense, i think they're both right. i think david's point is the issue is the american military has greater capabilities and can -- it has a longer time. >> we can go deeper. >> we can go deeper than they can. though sew that's the issue. we're two different countries with two different national security interests, although as the president said yesterday, our interests are very aligned with israel's and that is incredibly important point. but i think the issue in terms o
remember what else has hit iran in recent times. stuxnet, the computer worm, sanctions that are just now beginning to be felt in a big way and the u.s. argument is -- >> and assassinations regime. >> assassinations of the scientists which people assume was assad and there's probably a pretty good assumption. so those have all been under way, and the u.s. has said, give this a little bit of time to work. particularly the cut-off of revenues to the iranians. >> is there any way...
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long gasoline lines and a problem in iran. and instead, when you have clinton there, it's that constant jobs, jobs, jobs reminder. the economy was better under the democrats and does put some of the blame on w. >> doug, you're great. doug brinkley, thank you for being on. and gene, of course, from a pulitzer prize-winning great guy. >>> we don't know whether hillary clinton will run for president. it's up to her. she could easily win this thing. >>> we'll finish with a milestone tonight. what a time we're united behind. think about john glenn. think about how popular he was. 50 years ago today, he went around the world three times. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people wanted to visit us... in louisiana. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldn't wait to get here. this year was great but next year's gonna be even better. and anyone who
long gasoline lines and a problem in iran. and instead, when you have clinton there, it's that constant jobs, jobs, jobs reminder. the economy was better under the democrats and does put some of the blame on w. >> doug, you're great. doug brinkley, thank you for being on. and gene, of course, from a pulitzer prize-winning great guy. >>> we don't know whether hillary clinton will run for president. it's up to her. she could easily win this thing. >>> we'll finish with a...
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remember what else hit iran in recent times. the computer worm, sanctions that are beginning to be felt. >> and assassinations. >> the assassinations of the scientists. so those have all been underway. the u.s. has said give this a little bit of time to work, particularly the cutoff of revenues to the iranians. >> i want to go to you on this. is there any way to know who is right? how much time we have? >> in a sense, i think they are both right. the issue is that the american military has greater capabilities and has a longer time. >> we can go deeper. >> we can go deeper than they can. that's the issue. we are two countries with two different national security issues. our interests are very aligned with israel's, and that's the incredibly important point. in time horizons, we have different times because we have different capabilities. >> we're exposed all around the world. if the iranians decide to strike back, they have an amazing forest around the world that can strike at us. they can go after missionaries, tourists, all ki
remember what else hit iran in recent times. the computer worm, sanctions that are beginning to be felt. >> and assassinations. >> the assassinations of the scientists. so those have all been underway. the u.s. has said give this a little bit of time to work, particularly the cutoff of revenues to the iranians. >> i want to go to you on this. is there any way to know who is right? how much time we have? >> in a sense, i think they are both right. the issue is that the...
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>> ten years more would fuel the ambitions of iran. make china feel america was militarily overextended and stuck in a trap. what you need to do, and what america is doing, and you have seen it in general dempsey's statement in the repositioning towards asia. we've seen a strategic rebalancing of u.s. forces. getting out of things that are convincing the world we're weak and it may look like we're stepping back a bit. it's not the question of afghanistan making america weak or strong. if you're stuck militarily overdeployed spending $120 billion a year, that's not a sign of strength. >> are we shifting our resources to the far east? >> yes. >> so we're confronting what we see as a strategic threat from china? is that going to get us into a deeper problem with chinese who think we are out to limit them? >> we see that already getting back to afghanistan and pakistan. we made an announcement to have a relationship with india. which is pakistan's chief rival. you see how it influences us with our afghan policy. >> you think it's a smart m
>> ten years more would fuel the ambitions of iran. make china feel america was militarily overextended and stuck in a trap. what you need to do, and what america is doing, and you have seen it in general dempsey's statement in the repositioning towards asia. we've seen a strategic rebalancing of u.s. forces. getting out of things that are convincing the world we're weak and it may look like we're stepping back a bit. it's not the question of afghanistan making america weak or strong. if...
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>> let's see what happens in syria and iran and iraq and iran and israel. it's a real mess in the middle east. but anyway -- >> your guy did a really good job. w. did a great job over there. >> he's leading from behind on the budget. senate democrats are not going to do the budget. the only ones that are going to lead on the budget are going to be the house republicans. after the end of this budget cycle, ten years, the -- because of the obama budget, if the obama budget was put in place, which it won't be, my son will inherit a $26.3 trillion debt. that is a -- it's a big deal. it's a political document. i think it's an irresponsible budget. i think he's going to -- the problem with the president is people don't think he's actually leading right now. >> okay. a lot of that debt we know comes about because of what he inherited. the president defend his budget saying we need to keep the economy growing right now. no time to be cutting spending right now. let's watch him. >> the main idea in the budget is this. at a time when our economy is growing and creati
>> let's see what happens in syria and iran and iraq and iran and israel. it's a real mess in the middle east. but anyway -- >> your guy did a really good job. w. did a great job over there. >> he's leading from behind on the budget. senate democrats are not going to do the budget. the only ones that are going to lead on the budget are going to be the house republicans. after the end of this budget cycle, ten years, the -- because of the obama budget, if the obama budget was...
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s nuclear watchdog is expressing disappointment with iran t says iran blocked attempts by inspectors to investigate its nuclear program. >>> the u.s. has hinted at potential military aid for syria's rebels. world leaders meeting friday in tunisia to talk about the 11th month uprising. >>> french police are holding ex-imf chief dominique strauss-kahn in connection with a prostitution probe. prostitutes allegedly had sex with strauss-kahn in france and in washington. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." right next door to here, i'm in d.c,, in virginia, nearly 1,200 protesters descended on the state capital to protest legislation working its way to the governor that would require a woman to get an ultrasound before having an abortion. opponents say that legally requiring an ultrasound violates the doctor/patient relationship. supporters say the ultrasound is a tool for informed consent before having an abortion. virginia is now the focus of this fight and could join seven other states at least where women are already legally required to have an ultrasound before an abort
s nuclear watchdog is expressing disappointment with iran t says iran blocked attempts by inspectors to investigate its nuclear program. >>> the u.s. has hinted at potential military aid for syria's rebels. world leaders meeting friday in tunisia to talk about the 11th month uprising. >>> french police are holding ex-imf chief dominique strauss-kahn in connection with a prostitution probe. prostitutes allegedly had sex with strauss-kahn in france and in washington. back to...
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not to disagree about iran or something. this guy is a bad person. $16 million. >> for 34 years newt gingrich has called democrats nazis, and communist socialists. he says obama wants to destroy the country. he has no claim to having a more dignified debate. >> two wrongs don't make a right. >> yes. here is another reason to worry about it. newt is not in control of his emotions right? he is feeling hurt. what happens if he is president of the united states and gets in a tiff with netanyahu and netanyahu wants to call and talk about their plans to bomb iran? you know, you can't do that when you're playing at this level. >> it is not personal. it's business. >> exactly. you need to watch that. >> let's look at last night. a couple things. he talked about the obama -- let's take a look at romney, actually at newt last night. here he is. newt trying to make his speech all about his ideas and proposals for a possible gingrich administration. this was the most informative look at a presidency to be i've ever seen. he went through
not to disagree about iran or something. this guy is a bad person. $16 million. >> for 34 years newt gingrich has called democrats nazis, and communist socialists. he says obama wants to destroy the country. he has no claim to having a more dignified debate. >> two wrongs don't make a right. >> yes. here is another reason to worry about it. newt is not in control of his emotions right? he is feeling hurt. what happens if he is president of the united states and gets in a tiff...
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we are worried about the straits of hormuz, israel attacking iran, not attacking, whatever, what the iranians might do about it. what is the big explosive convenient that could drive unemployment back up to 9, chris? >> well, i don't know if it is an event. i think gas prices are -- certainly, look, republicans are look for something at the moment because if -- they have premised the entire time of their attack against the obama presidency on the economy this is a guy who doesn't know how to make the economy work it is the famous mitt romney line, he has never signed the front of a check, he has only signed the back of one. if the economy starts getting better it is tough. i would say gas prices, because it's so personal, chris. you know the issues that i think really hit home and are persuadable for voters, when you go and fill up -- i went and filled up my gas tank yesterday, it was $52 that is $8, $10 maybe more dollars than it normally is that is a potential problem because it is so very personal. my guess is that is what republicans latch onto. >> can he get wasn't on gas prices
we are worried about the straits of hormuz, israel attacking iran, not attacking, whatever, what the iranians might do about it. what is the big explosive convenient that could drive unemployment back up to 9, chris? >> well, i don't know if it is an event. i think gas prices are -- certainly, look, republicans are look for something at the moment because if -- they have premised the entire time of their attack against the obama presidency on the economy this is a guy who doesn't know how...
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. >>> stiffer sanctions on iran with being weighed. according to the ap, the obama administration wants iran reblood. key banking hub that is critical to international oil sales. >>> a congressional panel is very close to a deal to extending payroll tax cuts f lawmakers can reach an agreement it would be a huge win for the president. >>> now back to "hardball." >>> i understand some folks in washington may want to treat this as another political wedge issue. but it shouldn't be. i certainly never saw it that way. this is an issue where people of good will on both sides of the debate have been sorting through some very complicated questions to find a solution that works for everyone. with today's announcement, we have done that. religious liberty will be protected and a law that requires free preventive care will not discriminate against women. >> that was last friday. welcome to "hardball." president obama says he never saw the contraception debate as a wedge issue, but it's turned out to be a wedge issue in a whole new way right now b
. >>> stiffer sanctions on iran with being weighed. according to the ap, the obama administration wants iran reblood. key banking hub that is critical to international oil sales. >>> a congressional panel is very close to a deal to extending payroll tax cuts f lawmakers can reach an agreement it would be a huge win for the president. >>> now back to "hardball." >>> i understand some folks in washington may want to treat this as another political...
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we have to deal with iran. and they are sitting there talking about, well, you know, all those years ago, you backed arlen specter. give me a break. mickey mouse club. am i wrong? help me here, susan. objective reporter. objectively, wasn't it really petty last night? >> you know, it was not one of those -- we've had some good debates. >> yes. >> i mean, we've had 20 debates. you would hope some of them would be good. last night was a debate of candidates who know they may not have much time left on stage. after next tuesday's primary where romney could be in real trouble if he loses michigan. santorum could be fading fast or surging. so you really find them trying to pick things to differentiate themselves from the other guy. and push it home. it was a debate that left president obama all pretty scot-free until the very end talking about foreign policy. >> if anybody only had one day to live, would they live it last night? was that anybody's idea of life on this planet? it was so -- i love politics. i love it
we have to deal with iran. and they are sitting there talking about, well, you know, all those years ago, you backed arlen specter. give me a break. mickey mouse club. am i wrong? help me here, susan. objective reporter. objectively, wasn't it really petty last night? >> you know, it was not one of those -- we've had some good debates. >> yes. >> i mean, we've had 20 debates. you would hope some of them would be good. last night was a debate of candidates who know they may not...
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and oil prices up for a fifth week in a row, ending $110 a barrel on the ongoing worries about iran. that's it from cnbc. now back to "hardball." >>> that captures the scene. welcome back to "hardball." that's the virginia delegate trying to talk, who sponsored a bill being shouted down at the capital. it defines a fertilized human egg as a person. it was put aside until next year. a big rebutte to virginia republicans. sex and politics are colliding in three states run by thee high-profile governors np in virginia, it's abortion politics overreaching. and a governor having to back pedal. in maryland, it's same sex marriage. opponents say they are going to challenge the law. and in new jersey, republican governor chris christie vetoed a bill saying he wants to put it it on the ballot in november, at a time when people thought the economy would dominate. the economy stooper back in the days. what does this mean for 2012 politics? let's find out. jennifer downy is a contributor to "the huffington post." and david corn is an msnbc contributor. i want to start with jennifer. it's great t
and oil prices up for a fifth week in a row, ending $110 a barrel on the ongoing worries about iran. that's it from cnbc. now back to "hardball." >>> that captures the scene. welcome back to "hardball." that's the virginia delegate trying to talk, who sponsored a bill being shouted down at the capital. it defines a fertilized human egg as a person. it was put aside until next year. a big rebutte to virginia republicans. sex and politics are colliding in three states...
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senator john mccain is saying if more arms aren't the answer in syria, someone should inform rush in and iran. >>> the l.a. school that closed after assault allegations reopened today. >>> and they vote to apru new licenses for nuclear reactors. they could begin operating as soon as 2016. now back to "hardball." >>> there's no such thing as coronation in politics. it's not easy to get the nomination. it's not easy to be elected president. this is a testing approach. so far, we're doing pretty well. >> welcome back to "hardball." that's what the guy who is losing looks like. a coronation it most certainly is not for mitt romney. if anything, the gop race is more in the state of flux following rick santorum's wins two nights ago. more concerning for the former massachusetts governor are the republican intelligencia worries about his candidacy. "the wall street journal" editorial today reads in part, "conservatives don't trust mr. romney in part because he gives them little reason to do so. he seems to retreat at the first sound of a liberal moral argument. this means he'd play defense against p
senator john mccain is saying if more arms aren't the answer in syria, someone should inform rush in and iran. >>> the l.a. school that closed after assault allegations reopened today. >>> and they vote to apru new licenses for nuclear reactors. they could begin operating as soon as 2016. now back to "hardball." >>> there's no such thing as coronation in politics. it's not easy to get the nomination. it's not easy to be elected president. this is a testing...
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candidate who fairly recently has said again and again, if president obama is president next year, iran will have nuclear weapons. if i'm president, they won't. i think that's a pretty strong statement in terms of incendiary. but your thoughts? >> well, he's already set his hair on fire many times, it's just not flammable. >> howard, quote of the day. now we move on. >> but looking at it from the other way, how much guts does it take as a politician to stand up for a college education or to stand up for the separation of church and state? is that as far as mitt romney is willing to go to take issue with rick santorum? if that's only as far as he's willing to go with the mild and sort of vague denunciation of incendiary rhetoric, does he deserve it? you have to have a little bit of guts in politics. why not take him on? that will force santorum even farther to the right. but mitt romney refused to do it. >> here are the numbers, he is on the abyss. the latest polls have santorum with a slim edge right now of 38% to 37% in michigan. that's how close they are dancing on the edge of the cli
candidate who fairly recently has said again and again, if president obama is president next year, iran will have nuclear weapons. if i'm president, they won't. i think that's a pretty strong statement in terms of incendiary. but your thoughts? >> well, he's already set his hair on fire many times, it's just not flammable. >> howard, quote of the day. now we move on. >> but looking at it from the other way, how much guts does it take as a politician to stand up for a college...