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"toxic talk: how the radical right has poisoned americas airwaves." this is due out may 25th. would the fairness dokts rin clean this up or change the landscape, or is it really not an avenue to pursue? >> first i have to say, ed, youre ahead of the curve. you summed up the entire book in your first five minutes. the fairness doctrine -- first, what did the fairness doctrine require? heres an essential principle, as holland and you both know. these are public airwaves were talking about. we the ...

What do you think now, as some big groups are starting to peel off? tony perkins swings a big stick with a lot of conservatives. >> well, ed, im not sure if im a supporter of michael steele. my analysis was hed stick around. i dont think there would be any movement to get rid of him. i think he does a good job of katecatering to the needs of thc members and theyre the only ones who have the vote to get rid of him. >> no kidding. >> i think -- exactly. i dont think hes going anywhere. now, i do t...

For everybody ten hours of conservative talk. so, ed, i think the fairness doctrine would just require -- id be for bringing it back. what it would require is that every station has to have a mix of voices. you cant just be all far right. theres more than that i think we need -- just quickly. we need to do something. you touched on it. about ownership. because today a company could go in, buy all the stations in one town like here in washington, d.c., and put on all right-wing programming and th...

>> i mean, ed, i think youre absolutely right. its an incredible low road for the rnc. i think for the last year ive been trying to tell fellow conservatives and republicans, unfortunately while michael steele a very nice guy, tends to put michael steele before the party many times and this latest incident is one more reason why i think he has to step down. im amazed at, you know, three or four days later were still having this same conversation where i think if michael steele had done the right...

Now if you were advising mr. steele? >> well, i would frankly, again, as we talked about, i would revise him to resign immediately and explain why. i was very disturbed basically he sent probably overworked, underpaid staffer out there to take a bullet for him and to resign when, in fact, if the republican partys mantra, which is self-responsibility, personal responsibility, why didnt he just fall on his sword himself? i dont understand why he didnt do that. >> why was only one person fired when...

Resign? 77% said yes, 23% of you said no. thats "the ed show." im ed schultz. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now on the place for politics, msnbc. see you here tomorrow night. bad vibes. lets play "hardball." good evening. im chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, fire on the right. is the right wing losing it in the last week weve seen threats at democratic members of congress, bricks thrown thu democrat office windows, a skinhead pleading guilty to kill then presid...

Arrested last weekend after fbi raids in michigan, ohio and indiana. they have been charged with planning to use weapons of mass destruction to kill police officers. their website claims they were preparing for battle against the antichrist. for more, let me bring in former cia agent jack rice. i think there are a lot of americans, im guessing tonight, are out there wondering how many other groups are like this one out there at large that we know about or dont know about? this is pretty scary st...

Long haul when theyre supposed to be gaining ground on this terrible health care bill, according to them, joan walsh, editor in chief, salon.com. is this big baggage for the republicans? >> i think it is. there are two key facts here, ed. one of them is the hypocrisy of it. once again, we have this party that stands for very narrow values lp no gay marriage. put women back in the home. no contraceptive freedom, et cetera. there they are partying at a strip club. its not new. we have david vitter...

Credibility, effectiveness, integrity. is your word any good? i think about michael steele, and this is the gentleman who has repeatedly gone out and trashed the health care reform bill that has got a lot of good stuff in it. i saw him -- he flat-out lied about when this was going to be implemented. so this scandal coupled with all the things that hes put out there already that arent true could seriously tarnish them with these very important independent voters and givers to one side or another....

Im very grateful to my friend, tucker carlson, for bringing this story to light. >> joan walsh, thanks for being on tonight. thanks so much. >> thanks, ed. coming up, a ninth member of the psycho anti-government hate militia has been busted by authorities. the rising risk of far-right violence is very real in this country. for more we have that coming up in just a moment. plus, the people accusing sean hannity of cheating his charity, they are not backing down. they say the alleged scam is f...