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Are other reasons that he lost. there were other moderates that lost, too. connie mack in florida, hes a career politician. he lost. you cannot blame all the losses on the tea party. the republican party has a branding problem. the republican party is horrible on messaging. absolutely horrible on messaging and what ends up happening is that theyre on defense all the time. they never go on offense. that is the biggest problem. they need to figure that out. were here to hold everybody accountable....

Welcome back to "morning joe." just looking on my twitter feed here, "washington post"/abc poll of handling of fiscal cliff negotiations, obama, 47% approve, 46% disapprove. boehner, 24% approve. 54% disapprove. i would say, the republican party continues to have a branding problem. >> there is. >> or a disintegrating problem in washington. >> it is a branding problem that was born of chaos in the primary process that continues. there is a great "politico" article that actually talks about the r...

Federal level and state level where republicans on the state level control 60% of the governors. they have a majority of state senators nationwide. they have a majority of state legislators nationwide. but you get to d.c., and republicans in d.c., richard wolffe, my god. it reminds me of the famous quote of churchill. when winstons right, winstons right. but when hes wrong, my god. one of his friends said that about him. >> it was true. churchill also said that, you know, the definition of succe...

Say -- we asked 22, 23 different topics, whether americans related more to the democratic party or the republican party. 22 of the 23, they appeal more to democrats. >> yeah. >> it is a generalized, massive branding problem over whats happened nationally over the past year. >> except in the south. >> the piece, in part, points out that unlike people who sit around here, most people, normal people out there in america react emotionally to politics when they hear phrases, they react emotionally. d...

Results of the election. it stands. we need to like you said regroup and look at what we need to do better moving forward. but the elections not going to be overturned. >> many tea party activists point the finger of blame at mitt romney for the groups poor showing. tell me what youve looked at in terms of this past election and what lessons have you learned from your losses? >> well, you know, theres plenty of blame to go around. tea party candidates lost, moderates lost, theres plenty of blame...

Coming in and we matched them up against the model, we were well convinced that the thing was going to go according to plan. >> republicans in a crisis of their own after mitt romneys disastrous defeat. does the governors loss and demise signal a greater crossroads for the grand ole party? >> i think its more of a branding problem because the branding problem is connected to problems of substance. >> whats the time frame here? is it the republican party perhaps a year and a half to sort of figur...

And i think its a branding problem, and its more than a branding problem because the branding problem is connected to problems of substance. you know, i mean, todd akin should have stepped down, but he shouldnt have ever been the nominee of the party in the first place. he made a ridiculous, horrific statement, but he sponsored legislation that arose out of the beliefs that made him make that statement. and what has happened with your party, unfortunately, is that -- and weve talked about this o...

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Count of football. >> in a parseble, accessible way, what has no child left behind -- does it get a bad wrap? has it worked? >> let me get to the argument in favor. what it did was it brought accountability to public education in an important way. it required districts to disaggregate the data by race and by subgroups so we can see how different types of children are doing. the problem is the evidence we looked for was simply how well they did on a standardized test. it drove all instruction tow...

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