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Forward but you also talk about the strategy of not appearing to give the president a win on any issue, including, of course, immigration reform. >> its a balancing act. one thing that marco rubio is trying to do is sell republicans and commentators that amnesty, what comprehensive immigration reform is not amnesty. he is making that case this a legalization with tough fines, with tough penalties isnt the same thing as you end up seeing in 1986. of course, conservative commentators for several y...

Saying that in covering the president being around the media what he observed was very immature behavior. they were giddy is the word that he use the sort of in awe of the president. i think it confirms what we have been saying here almost every week about the problem with the press corps and their inability to cover the president. >> we heard during the inaugural address. we heard about climate change. we heard about gay rights. we heard about lots of issues but nothing much about the deficit a...

Worked in the past. see what is applicable, and then lets bring people together who will really have the kind of open discussion that used to be the hallmark of this committee and of the senate. i have mean people used to have hearings where it wasnt to just have administration officials come up and, you know, ask the questions and go on from there but really to delve into what works and what doesnt work. bring in outside experts. let them debate in front of you. try to figure out what the best ...

Say after that vote, this is the day of the comeback." maybe if comeback also conotes fractious and uncertain strategy. with no democratic support, the way could go the way of boehners plan b if just seven republicans break rank. and they still have to contend with the rightward flank. >> you wouldnt believe the number of conservative commentators, hey, you know what, were going to have to start backing off obama, hes not really a bad guy, not a socialist marxist, hes just a chicago thug. were b...

Wow, we have "hardballs" chris matthews, the author of "jack kennedy elusive hero" and democratic mayor of san antonio. >> most commentators on all sides of the political spectrum say this was a progressive speech. what was your take on what the president said, how he said it and what it means for this country moving forward? >> i think it was -- what grabbed me in the beginning, recognition is another point of view. when he talked about skepticism. he listed all the good things, regulatory powe...

A nervous populace weve got nothing to fear but fear itself and during an 1801 inaugural address thomas jefferson appealed to the ideal of non-partisanship as the control of the white house shifted between parties for the very first time. referring to the major parties of the day who were bitterly divided, just like todays democrats and republicans, jefferson famously said were all republicans. were all federalists, and one of the most famous appeals to patriotic service came from a very young...

I want to make sure we have your allegations on the record. i dont want to put words in your mouth. >> its a supposition. >> bill: you say that you think that collin powell was asked by someone to go out and defend chuck hagels nomination. and at the same time, raise the spector that some people are owe posing the presidents policies because he is black. that that was to put in one interview in one presentation. thats what you think may have happened? it might have happened. implication of what ...

I want to make sure we have your allegations on the record. i dont want to put words in your mouth. >> its a supposition. >> bill: you say that you think that collin powell was asked by someone to go out and defend chuck hagels nomination. and at the same time, raise the spector that some people are owe posing the presidents policies because he is black. that that was to put in one interview in one presentation. thats what you think may have happened? it might have happened. implication of what ...

Trouble with are the allegedly neutral journalists who are actually taking a side in this debate. i think if youre piers morgan or kirstin or me, we are commentators, we are entitled to have a point of view, we make no bones about it. people who pretend to be neutral anchors who then weigh in on one side or the other and dont let the american viewers or readers know that they have a by as, i think that is what bothers me about the coverage so far. jon: the pier morgan thing with alex jones got a...

Common ground now that barack obama is no longer going to be a one-term president. but it is going to take another couple of election defeats i think, before you get some serious change. and well see what happens in this mid-term coming up. >> let me ask you about president obama, one criticism, he is not lbj, and not good at working with congress. if he was, we wouldnt see this. could president obama be better at working with the congress, and how much blame do you put on him? >> almost none, i...