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the dirty secret is the country club blue blood rockefeller types never blamed reagan. republicans were pleading with reagan to raise taxes again. >> it became clear many things occurring werent in the script. >> i was shocked. he was furious. >> he said i know what i believe and i dw i dont need to be tol. >> reagan said stay the course. >> i asked myself what would john wayne have done? >> in a presociety one of the most difficult things is to persevere. god bless ronald reagan for p...

>> that is the case, senator. >> major mike almy joins us live. and the senator standing for reelection by write-in scores a sad own goal against her own campaign. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. today in the united states senate, language in the defense authorization bill that would let the military "dont ask, dont tell" fell to defeat. senate republicans, in fact, took the historic step of filibustering the entire defense authorization bill in order to maintain the "do...

and this jaw-dropping exchange between senator john mccain and a reporter. >> find out if someone -- i dont know if they are. they do not. they do not. they do not. you can say they are. >> that is the case, senator. >> major mike almy joins us live. and the senator standing for reelection by write-in scores a sad own goal against her own campaign. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. today in the united states senate, language in the defense authorization bill that would let...

>> find out if someone -- i dont know if they are. they do not. they do not. they do not. you can say they are. >> that is the case, senator. >> major mike almy joins us live. and the senator standing for reelection by write-in scores a sad own goal against her own campaign. the "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. today in the united states senate, language in the defense authorization bill that would let the military "dont ask, dont tell" fell to defeat. senate republicans,...

Judge happened to be the democrats. by the way, president obama supported the filibuster. i think its premature to talk about anything like that. personally, i dont think judicial nominees should be filibustered. but well have to see. i dont think anybody is going to do that. after all there are 59 democrats and i suspect a few republicans who will vote for her regardless. >> republicans have long been differential to a presidents choice for supreme court justice. its the democrats, of course, w...

Better than they have. it was disdisgraceful the way they treated robert bourque and clarence thomas outrageous the way they treated him as well. i dont think the republicans will be that mean and certainly not that mean with regard to elena kagan, but i think there will be some tough questions asked. its going to be a lot of questions about abortion, military recruiting, the second amendment and free speech. these are all important issues where weve got to make sure that she comes through those...

back in 1958, after spending six years in the house. senate majority leader also. now senator byrd became more frail after the death of his wife erma in 2006. apparently last week, he was admitted to a hospital potentially suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. >> he was a very interesting man whose wife and covered so many events. 1958, elected to the senate. just the transformation in robert byrd over the years. it was very interesting to watch. i know, im sure you do, mark,...

Leaders, rush limbaugh, the conservative talk show hosts, no matter who he nominates, theyre going to go at it. >> reporter: well, theres an argument a way 35 of the 41 republican senators will react. thats sort of the environment we live in. thats reality. remember, lindsey graham voted for sotomayor. i think you have a caucus of two or three republicans that will still work with the white house. and on this score, again, im just telling you based on conversations ive already had, i think youre...

union" howard kurtz breaks it down with his reliable sources. >> reporter: he was portrayed a as politician and celebrity. a liberal lion and a bipartisan dealmaker. a tabloid figure and the link to two murdered brothers. ted kennedys passing reverberated across the media landscape prompting an outpouring of tributes, recollection and praise. even in death he was larger than life. what struck me is the personal tone from anchors, correspondents who covered kennedy, socialized with kenn...

tears for teddy. remembering one of the senates legendary legislators. >> so many of his foes embrace him because they know he made them bigger. he made them more graceful. look out danny. tropical storm danny expected to clip the east coast. and digging for the story. a reporter knocks on the wrong door at the wrong time. >> wait a minute! wait a minute! get out of my [ bleep ]. captioning funded by cbs good morning. thanks for joining us. im michelle guillen. this morning a b...