keep them together so they don t go hurt oather people who might be kind. i thought you d have something to say about this. continue, our text survey question is, do you want president obama to permanently halt his plan to expand offshore drilling? 75% of you said yes, 25% said no. that s the ed show. i m ed schultz. chris matthews with hardball is next. right here on msnbc. we ll see you monday. gulf of oil. let s play hardball. good evening, i m chris matthews out in los angeles. leading off tonight. eureka that massive uncontrolled oil spill in the gulf of mexico is rapidly becoming a big political story and could deal a crippling blow to drill, baby, drill. president obama is reconsidering his position on offshore
sorting moral and political seriousness. because those who want to have any future for the republican party in this country which has a demographic arc, bringing latino voters, a surging new american majority in these next decades, they re going to consign themselves to the despot of history if they continue with these mean, ugly, draconian policies that do nothing, again, for the real problems and security of citizens of arizona and around this world this country. i thought the president was really well defined on this. very human. when he made that comment last night. he s talking about the fact that you might see john mccain, one of his daughters, be picked up in the streets of arizona because she has brown skin. so i think this kind of state-sanctioned racial profiling. it s dangerous. yep. dangerous, very dangerous for our country that prides itself on being decent, law-abiding country. katrina, thank you for having with us tonight. thanks so much. our text survey
tonight s text survey question is, would you want the u.s. to put military troops on the u.s./mexico border? text a for yes and b for no to 622639. we ll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now, former arizona congressman j.d. hayworth, republican candidate for senate, challenging senator john mccain. mr. hayworth, good to have you with us. i ve never had you on the program before. i appreciate your time. where do you stand on this law that s been passed? is this the right direction, the correct direction for arizona to go? well, ed, first of all thank f you for the invitation. we begin with a point aftof agreement. the bill i wrote a few years ago, the enforcement first act, absolutely provides for put our standing military on our international border with mexico. we start with that point of agreement. now the senate bill 1070 here in arizona. and quite frankly arizona acted
bottom line is, is when there s no other argument to be made it becomes a hollering contest to see how hard someone can holler to drown out the opposition. i m not hollering, sir, i m not hollering at all. i m saying this is misguided legislation and i think you know he s an american. good to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. thank you for letting me be with you, ed. our text survey question is, i asked you, do you want the united states to put military troops on the u.s./mexico border? 80% of you said yes. 20% said no. that s the ed show. we re back tomorrow night. hardball s next. bordering on trouble. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, border wars. call it the battle no one wanted to fight. immigration reform. democrats in swing districts
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