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Conference call with big donors attributed his defeat to president obama giving out gifts to minorities and young people. governor jindal, you reacted very sharply to that. lets take a look. >> the presidents campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government. >> i absolutely reject that notion, that description. >> weve got to stop being the stupid party. what i mean by that, we have to stop making stupid comments. >> gov...

Of his base coalition. give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government. and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. and that strategy worked. >> whats your reaction to that? >> were in a big hole. were not getting out of it by comments like that. when youre in a hole, stop digging. he keeps digging. the hispanic community, 71%, voted for president obama. and theyre all disappointed in president obama. theres high unemployment among the hispanic community. president obam...

Welcome back. im melissa harris-perry. christmas came about two months early this year. a skinny black san tan claus made his list, checked them twice and flew all across the land, sprinkling gifts among all the black, latino, young voters who showed them their appreciation. that is the bedtime mitt romney is telling himself on those sleepless nights when he lies awake still trying to make sense of why hes not the president. the former governor got caught on tape again. speaking to a group of we...

The south, some in the plains and the mountain states, these are the ones that take far more in federal spending than they give tax dollars. so if you similply lop them off the union we would have a far more prosperous nation. but wed have other problems. >> ashley, lets talk about what youve been reporting on which is mitt romneys gift remarks. heres a bit of what the defeated gop candidate said. here it is. >> what the presidents campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition,...

Look, lets take a look at some of the stuff from john mccain here. its been four years since john mccain lost his presidential bid. just ten days since mitt romney lost, but they still are both holding a grudge apparently against the president in their bitter comments this week. listen to romneys conference call about obamas gifts and mccains complaints about obama ally u.n. ambassador susan rice. >> what the presidents campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them e...

Progressive think tank, new york democratic congressman and friend of the show jerry mather and msnbc contributor joy reed, managing editor of thegrio.com. on a conference call with donors this week, portions of which were posted online by abc news mitt romney blamed his loss to president obama on what he calls gifts the president had given to core democratic constituencies like students, women, and latinos. >> what the president -- the presidents campaign did was focus on certain members of his...

He says stuff. because unless and until the republican party can find a new national face for their party, mitt romney remains the national face and, therefore, the national leader of the republican party. even if the republicans dont want him to be. and it appears the republicans do not want him to be. the thing that has landed mr. romney back in the national spotlight is a post election conference call he did with donors in which mr. romney said the reason he lost and president obama won is th...

More kind of close-in access than other reporters got. >> the president thinks very highly of general allen and his service to his country and as well as the job he has done in afghanistan. >> because im an honorary consul general, so i have inviolability. so they should not be able to cross my property line. >> why would susan rice not get our vote? i dont trust her. >> for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi, to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> wha...

Because unless and until the republican party can find a new national face for their party, mitt romney remains the national face and, therefore, the national leader of the republican party. even if the republicans dont want him to be. and it appears the republicans do not want him to be. the thing that has landed mr. romney back in the national spotlight is a post election conference call he did with donors in which mr. romney said the reason he lost and president obama won is that president ob...

Week, mitt romney told donors president obama won the election by offering certain gifts to voters. well, on "the daily show" jon stewart takes a look inside his goody bag. >> the presidents campaign did was focused on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. [ laughter ] >> how on earth did mitt romney find out about the extraordinary bag of gifts? that we got. [ cheers and applau...