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good evening. im chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. when a party loses an election, the knives come out. right now were watching the night of the long knives on the right. these stories breaking tonight. right wing senator jim demint, the man behind too many failed right wing senate challengers, christine "im not a witch" odonnell, richard mourdock announced today hes quitting the senate to run the hard right heritage foundation. meanwhile, in the republican ...

right wing senator jim demint, the man behind too many failed right wing senate challengers, christine "im not a witch" odonnell, richard mourdock announced today hes quitting the senate to run the hard right heritage foundation. meanwhile, in the republican house a purge is under way with speaker boehner dumping uncontrollable right wingers from prize committee assignments. theyre out because theyre too right. so what is too right for the republicans following the defeat this week or ...

Akin. he tried to run ron johnson against him. he wants to move the republican senate to the hardest possible right position. how can he do that if he leaves the senate? big question. >> i think bob has 100% right. he will have a bigger stick --? >> the senate? >> no at the heritage foundation. he doesnt have to worry on voting on issues he doesnt care about or being the bad republican like he did this week and was criticizing boehner for rolling over as he saw it on the deal with obama. >> ever...

night of the long knives on the right. these stories breaking tonight. right wing senator jim demint, the man behind to many failed right wing senate challengers christine im not a witch odonnell, richard mourdock announced todays quitting the senate to run the hard right heritage foundation. meanwhile, in the republican house a purge is under way with speaker boehner dumping uncontrollable right wingers from prize committee assignments. theyre out because theyre too right. so what is ...

Supposed compromise with the president. thats not far right enough for a big chunk of the republican base. >> maria, let me play for you something one of the outcast congressmen tossed by speaker boehner said today. listen to this. >> its not about principles. its about blind obedience. dissent will not be tolerated, particularly conservative dissent. >> he was upset throughout that forum today. is conservative blogger eric ericsson, he writes this. conservatives must seek retribution or become ...

wrong. >> im happy to be flexible. i recognize im not going to get 100%. ♪ >> it certainly tis the season and whether youre counting the days to the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling, christmas day, or judgment day, theres much to do and not much time to do it. as for us, were counting down the minutes to house speaker john boehner who will be lighting the capitol christmas tree 234 just about an hour. if youre among the wealthiest of americans, then, boy, does boehner have a gift wrapp...

first, were starting to learn more about the young man accused in the alleged plot to bomb the federal reserve bank of new york. the 21-year-old was in the united states from bangladesh. he was at southeast missouri university where he studied from january through may of this year. nafis is in federal custody this morning, charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. >> the bank building is located in lower manhattan in the heart of the financial district, a few blocks ...

hooks up, he connects with someone that he thinks is going to be able to help him. then he can recruit for the cause. unfortunately for him, fortunately for us it turns out that this is someone who is a source for the fbi. well then its for him, according to prosecutors, its all about jihad. its all about destroying america, wrecking the economy. he even talks about the possibility of doing something that would stop the presidential election. and what he didnt know was that the people ...

Likes of rush limbaugh, eric ericsson and donald trump want romney to adopt a no surrender strategy when it comes to his comments about the 47%. the influence of the extreme with thomas mann and norm ornstein in ahead on "now." joshua davis knows the frustration of looking for funding. after being turned down by multiple lenders the owner of gelato fiasco in brunswick, maine, contacted a community group making loans to small business owners. he got the money he needed and now hes back to focus...

words from the candidate himself. statements made at a private fund-raiser in boca raton, florida, last may, secretly videotaped without the governors knowledge. >> and governor romney also joked at that fund-raiser about the fact that his father was born in mexico, but not necessarily in a way that would help him win over hispanic voters. >> joining me now for our daily fix chris cizilla, and manager editor of politics.com and chuck todd white house chief correspondent and political d...