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One thing he will not be able to escape. >> chris, we are so happy you stuck around. and chris, hang on and well need your help later in the program. but right now we have another guest. >> well bring in joel scarborough. and the author of the "the right path." from ike to reagan and republicans master politics and can again. i wonder if republicans are mastering a bit of the political theater here? >> today shows that in politics a weeks a lifetime. it was not too long ago and a fox news poll t...

Political climate, since things do move more rapidly than ever before, an ad mission of, you know what, we didnt get this right. this is 20% of the economy. its reason based. im not going to willfully pursue it as an agenda. we will hit the pause button and go to 2.0 on this. >> what if george w. bush hid the pause button at the end of 2004 instead of dumping down, quadrupling down, there werent wmds in iraq, i am sorry, we screwed up. were going to get an international force in there and were g...

"the right path." joe, good morning. >> great to be here. >> i got ask you about this poll. were polling 2016 already. >> exactly. only three years away. >> we put christie up against clinton. clinton gets 44% of the vote. christie gets 34%. how likely do you think thats match-up well see. >> we dont know. remember the last election in 2011 we were talking about whether it was going to be mitt romney or not. 2007 we believed rudy giuliani would take on hillary clinton. this could change a lot. r...

Republican party to do some soul searching and your argument is do you want to be ideologically pure or win elections. >> weve been having these ideological witch hunts in the past six months. people going on tv if you dont agree with us we have to shut down the government then youre not sufficiently conservative. as ive been saying thats like a football coach deciding that if you dont run up the middle when its fourth and 31 that somehow you arent sufficiently tough. thats not the case. we have...

Republican conservatives. >> if he makes shiftses to the right the problem is sticking to the message that is chris christie which is no one pushes me around. it will be a fine balance. if anyone can do i want i think it might be him. also we are getting a firsthand look, which actually joe will be touching on as it pertains to his book but were getting a firsthand look at how many americans have enrolled in obama care, and for the white house the numbers are not good. the "wall street journal" ...

Dumb tactics. as i said to a good friend from texas, i said, thats like running up the middle in 4th and 31 because you think it makes you look like more of a man. no, youre going to lose. punt the ball. >> the book is "the right path" by joe scarborough. thank you so much for speakering with us. coming up here, a sacred moment in history. harry smith with the meaning of lincolns speech at gettysburg

Were back and im here again with the host of "morning j joe" joe scarborough. he wrote a book called "the right path." im thrilled to be a first preview of this, joe, because the book is compelling and its so on topic. >> i cover it all. government shutdown, the election. >> but you have a big idea in this book. and it is a path to winning thats based on pragmatism over idealogy. heres something you wrote in the book. you write, we have to stop electing amateurs in primaries who serve as little ...

This evening, joe and meacham will be at columbia university. >> its like madonna. very similar to that. >> gaga. >> at columbias theater. joes brand-new book "the right path." what times you have, joe. >> exactly. >> for free admission e-mail your num and see joe at nbcuni.com. tomorrow well be at the barnes & noble on union square. >> thats always a great place to go. >> well be in washington on wednesday for a pair of events. first at politics and prose. >> thats great. always a favorite. >> ...

Time and influence from cuba and russia. >> doris? striking? >> it is stunning, actually. the interesting thing is i think its hard for some people to think he acted alone because you want to believe there was some more meaning to the act. when something is random like that, i think thats why so many people search for something that must have been bigger. i remember my husband was talking to bobby kennedy in 1966, and he hardly ever said anything, my husband being richard goodwin, but all of a s...

Richard haass, thank you as well. meacham, can you stay with us? >> yes, maam. >> up next, the bully pulpit. doris kearns goodwin here with her brand-new book on the golden age of journalism. princeton professor evan thomas joining us for that as well. youre watching "morning joe." well be right back. american express credit card, every purchase earns you 2% cash back, which is deposited in your fidelity account. is that it? actually... theres no annual fee and no limits on rewards. and with the...