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This birther issue is more than one person. theres a lot of groups that have glommed onto this. i think the republicans are making a terrible mistake in making this a big issue. we have immigration. we have the deficit. we have the economy. those are the things that the public cares about. if the republican party doesnt start addressing that, they will lose and deserve to. >> not as a journalist but as an american, are you offended by this birther talk? >> not really. its obviously a stand-in fo...

Now. i think everyone wants a little bit of amusement, spring is in the air. people are looking for something to laugh at. the numbers are going down. the bottom line is this guy is a figment of everybodys imagination in some -- >> he is? >> well, yeah. >> whos got a better chance of being elected president next year, him or pawlenty? >> pawlenty. >> really? >> no. >> yes. >> i dont think hes up against a fast track here. i think hes on a muddy slow track, galloping along. >> come on, chris. you...

Point but not quite accurately. lets watch. >> sometimes you will have a primary where republican is even mentioned and where there is no republican or where he is expected to get 4% of the vote and ill be in a foreign state or ill be in a foreign country doing business and i am i supposed to drive back when the republican is considered to get 3% of the vote or there is no republican even running? so a little bit of that, but in terms of the general election, my record is very good. generally sp...

Already on the run, theyre playing dodgeball here, does that tell -- whats that tell the top republicans in the house? >> you asked why did they do it? i think there was a sort of group frenzy, group mentality, that we have to do something with the tea party initially, weve got to be with the tea party. and so they did it. this was the one thing they felt they had -- >> are they dead? >> after the election. >> are they dead? >> well, theyre going to run as fast as they can unless they change the...

Basically side with the rebels and say, weve got to really go in there and help them. but heres lindsey graham, his longtime ally from south carolina, on libya. lets listen to lindsey graham. >> it is leading to a military stalemate. right now, theres just not enough moment by the rebels, even if theyre better armed, to break through to tripoli. theres not deep support for gadhafi. so my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off. go to tripoli, start bombi...

As we just mentioned on the show, mississippi governor barbour is not running for president. and that means mississippi will remain one of the 32 states that has never produced a u.s. president. wow, i didnt know that one. in fact, of 44 presidents, 28 came from 6 states. ohio, new york, virginia, massachusetts, tennessee and texas. wow. i didnt know that. you learn something new every night here. "hardball" back after this. did you know prilosec otc can stop frequent heartburn before it begins?...

We have the economy. those are the things that the public cares about. if the republican party doesnt start addressing that, they will lose and deserve to. >> not as a journalist but as an american, are you offended by this birther talk? >> not really. its obviously a stand-in for something else. people lost their minds over something related to the president and expresses itself in this peculiar way. i pity these people more than anything. >> what is it? is it factual? is it true inquiry or ske...

Voted to end medicare and guaranteed health care benefits. he wants seniors to get coverage from private insurance companies. under duffys plans, seniors costs will go up over $6,000. duffy wants to give millionaires a $200,000 tax break. ending medicare so millionaires can get another tax break? really? call congressman duffy and ask, what were you thinking? >> first of all, the voice. >> the person sounds like betty white. okay? >> it is betty white. no, im just kidding. >> thats -- >> grandy ...

Today, talking about the voting record, defending it point by point but not quite accurately. lets watch. >> sometimes you will have a primary where republican is even mentioned and where there is no republican or where he is expected to get 4% of the vote and ill be in a foreign state or ill be in a foreign country doing business and i am i supposed to drive back when the republican is considered to get 3% of the vote or there is no republican even running? so a little bit of that, but in terms...

>> but youre not running for anything, robert and larry is not running for anything and made the point thats crisply stated. theres a difference between a poll and an election f. all you have to do is expose yourself as a republican to any kind of so im afraid that the solution politically for these crowd of people in politics today is do nothing. let the deficit ride. robert, dont you think thats whats going to happen, really? let it balloon and not do anything about it. >> chris, always the pa...