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so people would look for inconsistencies if in fact he came across as pandering and inauthentic to the crowd. so i thought he got a b-plus. look, i would have approached the contrast with the president in a little different fashion, and the other point that i would make is that my dad used to tell me, and i have a friend who also says this, tell me who you walk with and ill tell you who you are, and one of the things that i want to know and folks in that hall wanted to know, and im sur...

>> lets talk about politics about this in a more specific way if we can for a moment. wisconsin. its going to be one of the milestone this is year what happens with the recall effort. money pouring in from both sides. what would have happened when the governor took such hard position on the unions, and when he said were not going to have collective bargaining anymore for the public unions. what would have happened if those unions said and a voice, governor, we just want to come sit at ...

on the books of lyndon b. johnson. >> and next, and remarks from gop president mitt romney on the of economy. the former governor spoke to reporters and i was. his first speech since finishing second in the republican caucuses there in january. >> thank you for that warm welcome. thank you for the introduction. it is good to see you here. i appreciate the chance to see you again. it is good to be back and i was. so many friends across the states hold a very special place. i appreciate ...

regulations can be changed. . i voted against the budget control act last year. the root causes were not addressed in that and hopefully this lays the foundation for that including other reforms. at the end of the day, we have the ability to debate freely. american citizens can share whatever views they want to. they can go to bed and not be in fear because the men and women who volunteer who answers that call when it comes in the middle of the night, they are the last people we need t...

United states that the federal government will be able to follow it more effectively so they dont just pay 4% tax? >> no one has made that argument, no. in fact, the one argument they made is look, if you let us bring this back even at 5%, youre going to get $50 billion and at least thats something. you and use that as your infrastructure bank. its better than nothing. >> but this whole thing about how the government cant track these people, its not because the government is inept. its because t...

or what mitt romney would call a little fixer upper. latch laugh [ laughter ] >> he told when i was a kid that i would be sitting on the same dais with president barack obama, i would have said, the presidents name is barack obama? remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> good morning. it is monday, april 30. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, and n...

lets get right to our top story tonight. the dire warning from fed head ben bernanke this week. he told congress that our economy faces a perfect storm at the end of the year threatening our prospects for growth and recovery. take a listen. >> under current law on january 1st, 2013 theres going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. i hope that congress will look at that and figure out ways to achieve the same long run fiscal improvement without having i...

Growth in disparity between those who have and those who have less. the problem is, and this goes to the point that joe and a lot of others have been making and myself included over the last six or seven months, this is the corner stone of the presidents argument. this is the class warfare argument emerging in the numbers. and youre beginning to see. when you go from 47% to 60% now saying that, you know, yeah, we should be coming after the rich guys, i mean that sort of sets up this argument tha...

>> we will pin him down as undecided. >> he points out what you pointed out in your column. >> which is what? >> wide swings. >> well, theres good newt, theres bad newt. >> its not just good and bad, its really bad. >> well, come on. >> or really strangely -- all right. here with us now and hes looking very miami. i dont know. msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. >> who has -- >> yeah. >> back -- >> this is the one -- >> weve got a new...

i think, unfortunately, were seeing some of the qualities that got him into so much trouble when he was speaker of the house. >> he has a basic policy of carpet bombing his opponent. he doesnt try to build up mitt romney, he tries to tear down who hes oning against. i give respect for the sheer volume of negativity and the sheer amount of money they raise on wall street. >> look at this segue coming in. >> that looks good. good morning. it is monday, january 30th. look at this crowd. w...