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And i dont think people who are out there are out there talking about this help her. and i think she should make that clear. some of the people who outmaneuvered the clinton machine back in 2008 are voicing hurt hillary clinton. i mean, these nuances about the machine before the message. what do you make of it? is this a problem? >> first of all, a lot of the obama campaign hierarchy including jim messina is working for the hillary pac. >> with priorities usa. >> number two, theyre trying to avo...

President obamas chief pollster on buzz feed, quote, i dont see any strategic value in stories positioning her as inevitable or the preemptive nominee. and i dont think people who are out there are out about this help her. and i think she should make that clear." ed rendell is the former governor of pennsylvania and msnbc political analyst and joan walsh is with "salon." also an msnbc contributor. governor, i dont know, i think theres very little that could hurt hillary clinton. i mean, these nu...

Sports in america. new research shows kids participation in team sports down, dropping among boys and girls by about 4% from 08 to 12. so are american kids going soft? are they just playing video games? joining us now is the pit bull of personal development, larry wingate, author of this book "your kids are your own fault." larry y are kids not playing sports now? why is it dropping slightly? >> i think we can blame two areas. one is laziness. laziness on the part of parents. if you stick techno...

Does this fever only break when we get to the 2016? >> thats what we said in 08 and in 2000. >> weve talked about christie in 2016. hillary clinton still such a focus. polling came out. big surprise from the "washington post," abc news that hillary clinton is trouncing any opponent she might have in the party is, joe biden or elizabeth warren. very interesting last week here with rand paul, really amping up kind confident republican response and raising bill clinton, raising monika lewinsky, mau...

>> shes been an overwhelming front-runner about before and that didnt work out well last time. maybe it works out this time. rand paul, he was being asked about his wifes comments. i get the sense the republicans dont. >> for a riff, that was pretty -- that was pretty well played. >> theyre not sitting around in back rooms figuring out how to bring up the 90s again. i dont think they fear hillary clinton. its probably not going to be a status quo election. is she going to be able to brand hersel...

Its probably not going to be a status quo election. is she going to be able to brand herself hope and change 2.0? i doubt it. >> the backdrop of these comments and the state of the union are that the american people want to see positive action from this town. >> go forward, not back. its slowed down everybody. >> this it is barbara bushs point. if its clinton/bush again how are you going forward? >> watching developments around hillary clinton, you know, i hope the message that they got from the...

Some will say he added to it, but hes given that up, and to me, thats going to be something that i think historians are going to be writing about as the great disappointment. >> i think historians are going to say the problems with the culture preceded him and they had to do with redistricting and the poison of money. of course, he came in hoping to do that. >> did he do it? i mean, did he attempt it? my sense is i dont feel like in the last 1,000 days hes even. >> so much of this debate too is ...

Today. but what may end up being the most important development today in this story concerns this man. his name is bill stepien. hes chris christies campaign manager. he was the new hampshire political director for the bush/cheney re-election campaign in 2004. in 2008, mr. stepien worked for the disastrous rudy giuliani presidential campaign. before leaving that failed effort to become national field director for the mccain/palin campaign. after that ended in 2008, well, that ended up being a co...

Presidential campaign. before leaving that failed effort to become national field director for the mccain/palin campaign. after that ended in 2008, well, that ended up being a convenient ending time because there was a republican candidate for governor who had to run in an off year election immediately after 08. he was running in 2009. and bill stepien was available and chris christie hired bill stepien to be his campaign manager when he first ran for governor in 2009. when he won the governorsh...

Wrote this -- yes, its real. on floor of house, waiting on kommandant-in-chef. chief? i dont know. the socialist dictator has been feeding u.s. a line. or is it a-lying? there it is in all of its linguistical glory. it wasnt just upset at the edges. consider also arizona senator john mccain. the republican nominee for president in 08. at various points in his life he has been known to have been a supporter oof various practical things, for example, immigration reform. but as mainstream as you ge...