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>> rev, joe points out the primary problem which is the base is shrinking. but within that minority party loves this rhetoric and it speaks to them in certain ways. thats where they live and breathe. but another huge problem is what youre pointing out in that segment which is the entertainment complex of the right wing. drives a lot of their policy thinking and a lot of their political maneuvers. they also speak to that same sort of minority within the minority party of the republican party. tha...

He realizes that the way to get fund-raising attention, support is by making noise. if chris christie is being talked about as the front runner, then the way you get attention is by attacking chris christie. >> i think its been very effective for paul in many ways and its allowed him to separate himself from the rest of the tea party wing. >> one thing rand paul is focused on is conservative media and trying to build a profile there among the rush limbaughs of the world and thats a strategy we s...

Listening to the bushs. are we really going to go down the jeb bush road now? is that where were going to we went down the george h.w. road and now the jeb bush road? >> isnt this the problem, that the rush limbaughs and the glenn becks, they attack any voices in the party that advises restraint. >> it is part of the problem. you know, they have this authenticity litmus test. they love to refer to these republicans as rhinos. republicans in name only. sadly, theres not really any place in the re...

I dont think he necessarily believes in that. i dont necessarily believe in ted cruz, but i do think hes been a very disruptive and interesting figure in the political scene. >> you know, i think, mr. moran, i think about the thing hes holding and i use the reference about strapping dynamite to yourself. hes offering a real threat to our american political system. he is threatening to the extent hes able to do it -- we dont think hes going to pull it off -- but hes threatening to stop the u.s. g...

My prom date in high school was a white woman. she was very white, actually. she used to ride horses and do that whole thing. obviously very deep -- i have very deep roots in the white community that this isnt hatred for whites. this is just tough love. i felt it was time that somebody told the truth to these people. its a hard conversation, but its one we need to have. >> im glad were having it. my question to you, cord, what is it going to take to get the white power structure, prominent right...

A white woman. she was very white, actually. she used to ride horses and do that whole thing. obviously very deep -- i have very deep roots in the white community that this isnt hatred for whites. this is just tough love. i felt it was time that somebody told the truth to these people. its a hard conversation, but its one we need to have. >> im glad were having it. my question to you, cord, what is it going to take to get the white power structure, prominent rights, hillary clinton, joe biden to...

>> i have to give the senator a little bit of credit. he was before the bill before he was against it. look, its a battle between the establishment, which understands we dont get latinos and hispanics on our side that were going to be like the republican party losing blacks in 1964 and reaping the pain of that now. but the rank and file does not understand the value of bringing latinos, and not just offending them. they also dont understand the massive economic boone it would be to giving 11 mil...

All over again. poison a bill by saying things that are untrue, the big lie again. howard -- >> the big lie was the -- the death panel thing was especially the gun registry. >> gun registry. yeah. and the second part of this says it wont work. please listen to this, its calling loving something to death. in other words, you dont like a bill but then you say, what i really have a problem with this, it wont go far enough. this lie. its another -- well, whatever you want to call it -- lie is a stro...

50-34. nbcs senior editor mark murray is here. hes the guy that has the coalition already built there that he can inherit from his father. a lot of folks, and you and i have had this conversation before, rand paul had a lot of energy behind him. rand paul seems to be a much better face, much better spoken and has a ton of energy about him. >> you end up looking at rand paul, he did create a splash this week with what he did on that filibuster, luke. and it was amazing to me, not only the splash ...

People and congresss failure to act on it is a disappointment. >> june 28th, 2007, was a sad day in the second term of george w. bushs presidency. that was the day that president bushs hope to pass the comprehensive bill died on the senate floor. the effort became months ago with a strong bipartisan effort led by john mccain and ted kennedy, john mccain, kennedy and bush together. bush lobbyed hard, but the bill died anyway, died because of a huge back lash on the right. and leading that back la...