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>> former chief of staff at the state department during colin powells term and currently a visiting professor of government of public policy at the college of william & mary. good to have you with us tonight. you told us something parallel to that on this program the last time you were with us. is the republican party hearing this? i mean, is this a wake-up call? i mean, are they paying attention to what some long-time loyalists of the party are telling him? >> ed, i think people like brent scoc...

>> former chief of staff at the state department during colin powells term and currently a visiting professor of government of public policy at the college of william & mary. good to have you with us tonight. you told us something parallel to that on this program the last time you were with us. is the republican party hearing this? i mean, is this a wake-up call? i mean, are they paying attention to what some long-time loyalists of the party are telling him? >> ed, i think people like brent scoc...

Why do senior republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party? >> former chief of staff at the state department during colin powells term and currently a distinguished visiting professor of government public policy at the college of william and mary. colonel, good to have you with us tonight. you told us something parallel to that on this program the last time you were with us. is the republican party hearing this? i mean, is this a wake-up call? i mean, are they paying atte...

Maybe its time for more than a little get away. >> joining me now, an msnbc contributor and a former director executive of the congressional black caucus. thanks to you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me, rev. >> maria and theresa, what do you see coming out of this gop retreat? >> theyre having a kumbaya moment. no, its how to communicate to minorities and women. if it was only a communications problem that they had and theyd actually have a shot to achieve it. b...

Of staff are two more white men, den is mcdonough and ronald klain. let me get your reaction to this. >> barack obama is black. >> some of the presidents top advisers are women, valerie jarrett, half of the white house staff is women. thats been a diverse cabinet and white house staff. what were experiencing now is a communications problem more than an actual diversity problem. >> rich, is this an optics problem? >> let me agree with bill. that this is -- this is a very difficult job to fill bec...

Democrats arent worried. the president is not backing down from his support for the ambassador. >> thank you so much, guys. susan rice is extraordinary. couldnt be prouder of the job she has done. [ applause ] >> lets bring in karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. is this a communications problem with the american people. now, it is susan collins and bob cork corker. they are in on the frey to smear susan rice. >> i want to take one step back on th...

>> lets bring in karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. is this a communications problem with the american people. now, it is susan collins and bob corker. they are in on the frey to smear susan rice. >> i want to take one step back on this 1998 business susan collins was talking about. if we really truly want to go there, lets remember that those attacks in 1997 were when osama bin laden came to the floor and we had a clear sense of what he was abo...

>> thank you so much, guys. susan rice is extraordinary. couldnt be prouder of the job she has done. [ applause ] >> lets bring in karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. is this a communications problem with the american people. now, it is susan collins and bob corker corker. they are in on the frey to smear susan rice. >> i want to take one step back on this 1998 business susan collins was talking about. if we really truly want to go there, lets re...

You have to give the air cover at that time national level, ground game is so crucial and the romney campaign is doing great job in battleground states to attack each one individually. >> i understand we have a communications problem with karen. let me ask you this question on the other side. chip, the -- we know that ralph reids faith and freedom coalition is making a big push for evangelical voters. they say that they are going to contact 17 million voters who either didnt vote or werent regis...

Is everyone says, kick the can, but its a very large can. >> robert gibbs had a great line, said ive never been to a meeting where somebody says we have a policy problem. its always, we have a communications problem. thats effectively what the president is saying. is that all -- is that legitimate? >> i, you know, i think if you look at the poll, the country wants to fire him on economic mismanagement. the problem is theyre not sure about romney yet. hes going to have to do a lot better than tha...