Some, longer time. But im reminded Martin Luther king jr said the arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice. We can never give up if its justice that we are truly pursuing. And we should never waver in the face of what we believe to be. Right. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Have a safe and happy halloween. Hardball starts right now. Im in New Hampshire with the hot question of the senate campaign. Can a massachusetts guy get elected here . Is scott brown a carpet bagger . Listen, anybody can move here and run for office. Lets play hardball. Good evening, im chris
matthews. In manchester, New Hampshire, last night at a debate here at st. Anns, the issue of the campaign hit a high point. A debate panelist corrected scott brown on his state geography. What do you see going right in the economy in Sullivan County and whats going wrong and please be specific . Youre right, geography plays a role along the southern border, more jobs, more opportunity. Struct infrastructure up north is more difficult. Tourism and ski areas for trails and snowmobiles, i support these efforts. Were talking about Sullivan County. And youre talking about the North Country. Im talking about any place past pconcord in the challenges of our state. Im including the high tax rate, obamacare coming in after the election, we also have the
challenges of high electric costs. Sullivan county is west of concord, not north. What do you see going well and whats not going well there . With respect, ive answered the question. The challenges are the same in every part of the state. The panelist apologized. Saying sullivan was to the west and not to the worth and he said brown was wrong in the debate. Later on, he said in a news report at 11 00 here, he said that brown was right. Lets watch him now correct himself. We were talking about the location of Sullivan County. I said that Sullivan County was west of concord, not north of concord. The truth is, its both. So on this point, scott brown was right. I apologize to scott brown and to both campaigns. The question is whether brown or his rival, the democrat, will benefit from the debate. Brown may come off as the
winner, but the skirmish raised the issue shaheen wants in voters minds. Whether scott brown has the background to represent people from New Hampshire. The issue of where Sullivan County is localized the election, made it about New Hampshire. However, the senator was more delicate on the subject itself. Here was my conversation with her earlier this afternoon. Theres an old expression, if it talks, walks and looks like a duck, its a duck. Is scott brown a carpet bagger . Listen, anybody can move here and run for office. And its up to the voters to decide. But the question is, whos going to put New Hampshire first . Who understands what we need to do to grow our Small Businesses and create jobs . Whos going to support the families of New Hampshire . Ive been working as governor in the United States senate to support our Small Businesses, to support our families, so they have a fair shot at success, and my opponent, when he was in
washington for massachusetts, represented the big guys, the corporate interests, the wall street banks, the companies that want to outsource jobs. But the audacity for somebody to cross the border for National Political ambitions. What does it say about New Hampshire even listening to the guy . Why would they give him a shot . Our voters are fairminded, and hopefully theyll decide on tuesday they want somebody whos going to put New Hampshire first, not the corporate special interests. I was impressed today watching your get out the vote campaign. Tell us how important that part of the campaign that they dont see on television is. Its critical. This race now is about who turns out to vote on tuesday. If we get our supporters out to vote, we win. If we dont do that, then we dont win. And so this is all about contacting, you know, all of those people who have been talked to over months, about
making sure they vote on election day. Going to the doors and pulling people to the polls, doing rides to the polls. Identifying who still needs to go out and making sure they get there. Last question. After last nights debate, why are you going to Sullivan County today, this afternoon . That to bring out the fact that he wasnt quite clear. Its always fun to be in Sullivan County. Ive done a lot of work with people in the county, in clairemont, the biggest city there, helping them supporting their Small Businesses to create jobs, helping them rebuild their downtown. They have great old mills there. Its a historic city. You really know that place. You know, ive been around New Hampshire for a long time. But what im really going there to point out is that this is not about geography. This is about whos going to work for New Hampshire. Its about whos going to support communities like clairemont, our Small Businesses, to make sure they can continue to grow and create
jobs. My opponent has not been there for Small Businesses. So hes a carpet bagger. You can call him what you want. Thank you very much, senator. Thank you. You can call him what you want. That was nice of her. Ltd me start with carol about this. You represent the globe, a big newspaper, but this ability to jump across the border and within a year be elected a United States senator in a neighboring state when youve already been a senator from another state. It will be a remarkable achievement if he pulls this off next tuesday. I think a year ago nobody would have said this would happen. But the fact that its happening right now kind of shifts everybodys thinking about whats at stake here, whats driving this election. Whats going to drive voters to the polls . What are the issues that really matter . I was thinking, when you were talking to jean, that here in New Hampshire, weve changed a
lot too. We have a lot of people here that used to be there. So there could be that factor too, people who have lived in massachusetts and are now New Hampshire voters, they might embrace scott brown and that might be part of the scott brown factor. Paul, another thought if he does win, i think hes still an underdog, but based on the latest poll he is. But if he does win, doesnt that make a statement that this will probably be a sweep election, but also that this was a national election. They didnt win because he was a good new hampshirite. He won because he was a conservative republican running against the president s party. Right. A lot of this is about obama. We had a poll in the paper today that people are concerned about everything. I think the quote was a cornucopia oficky from a voter who feels like theres no reason to go out and vote and theyre not excited about the opportunity to vote and theyre having hope for the next congress anyway. If scott brown is able to win inNew Hampshire, that will be a sign we could have a republican wave coming. What do you think about the debate last night . It seemed to me that the incumbent center was really sharp and not jumping on his mistake because it wasnt actually a mistake. He said Sullivan County was to the north. It is sort of a bit north, but it wasnt an error on his part. I guess that explains why she didnt jump on him as hard as the moderator did. I think one of the finer points of the people who live here, to get there from here, you have to go south first and then west, in most cases to get to Sullivan County. So nobody thinks of it as a north ward journey and i think thats where james was going with that. We have a distinct idea of what the North Country is here in New Hampshire, and its not Sullivan County. Well, he got off the hook
anyway. Anyway, the shaheen campaign has a strong get out the vote campaign. Doing followup calls on people who tend to vote in president ial elections, but not in midterm elections. They want those people out there voting. And two categories are women and hispanic voters, believed to be the most likely to vote for the democrat shaheen. What do you sense about the Ground Campaign . Is it clearly it seemed to me clear. They bragged to this point, that shaheen has it all over scott browns operation in terms of get out the vote. Yeah, that might be one way of looking at it, depending on your perspective. I spoke today to the New Hampshire party chair, jennifer horn, who said this is historically their largest Ground Campaign ever in any midterm election. Theyre pulling out all the
stops. And they believe that things are going to go their way, as long as they can keep pulling undecided voters in their direction. Its really a fight to the finish here. I think both campaigns are coming on as strong as they ever have. Paul, how do you see it ending up with the Ground Campaign against the so the Media Presence of scott brown . The newsround table yesterday, and the republican was more optimistic, actually. He said that he felt scott brown had done a really good job introducing himself to the voters in New Hampshire. And the head of the Democratic Campaign committee said, we think shaheens going to win, but New Hampshire voters are notoriously fickle. This race is closer than we expected it to be and thats good news for scott brown. I think my view of this has been, if youre watching us on Election Night this coming
tuesday and i hope you are, if we say its too close to call in New Hampshire, look out for a sweep. Because thats not good news for the democrats. They should win in New Hampshire. This would be the tenth win for the night if they win in New Hampshire. Coming up, Chris Christie said he has no regrets about his angry outburst. In fact, hes basking in it. Said its just another day in a place he called rancho christie. I think hes the cisco kid. How is the tough guy act going to play when he hits the campaign trail for president of the United States . Weve mashed up some of his worst hits, you might say. Thats all ahead on hardball, the place for politics. He did the mash he did the monster mash the design of the ford escape is clearly intended to grab your eye. Oh, and your foot. Aint that a kick . The ford escape with the footactivated liftgate. Go open up something interesting. Go further. They take us to worlds full of heroes and titans. For respawn, building the best Interactive Entertainment begins with the cloud. This is titanfall, the first multiplayer game built and run on microsoft azure. Empowering gamers around the world to interact in ways they never thought possible. This cloud turns data into excitement. This is the microsoft cloud. Heading into the final weekend of campaigning. Lets get the latest polling on
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your jacket off, roll up your sleeves and do something for the people of this state. [ applause ] so if you want to have the conversation later, im happy to have it, buddy. But until that time, sit down and shut up. Welcome back to hardball. Chris christie is making no apologies for that display of rage the other day. Instead hes making it the centerpiece of his toughguy tour across the country. Hell fight anyone, whether its a nurse, a random guy at a press conference, or well see now the president of the United States. Yesterday governor christie said wednesdays incident with that protester was just another day at rancho christie. That interesting place we havent been to. And last night he said he had no regrets about that spectacle. You give it, youre getting it back. If you dont give respect, going to take you out on it. Thats just the way it goes. I dont calculate it politically. This is who i am and most people understand that. Do you have any regrets about yesterday . No. That School Yard Bully attitude, that lack of respect is how christie is framing his fight with president obama. At that same event, christie told reporters that president obama should, quote, get out of his way on ebola. Watch. Governors can do more because of the president s lack of leadership. [ inaudible ] but get out of the way and let people make decisions. Thats what governors are doing. I wish the president was doing that, but hes not. Well, bob erlick, governor of maryland and Senior Adviser to president obama. This tough guy on the street corner. I dont know what you call it. Is this going to work . Its not an act. And you know and i know him well. Hes a friend of mine. No neutral opinion here. This is chris, and thats his personal, his demeanor. Its very popular in new jersey, its generally popular in the northeast. The issue is going to be whether that particular personality and its cathartic for those of us who public office, because those of us who have been the short end of a guy giving you a hard time and heckling you, appreciate what chris is doing. But this is chris. Its unvarnished. Hell take it national but its no act. Its not scripted by any means. What do you think people who have had to put up with bullies like him in school, in college, high school, and the neighborhood, will think of him . Saying i knew that guy in my neighborhood and i didnt like him. Are they going to like him running for president . Let me challenge your definition. A bully is someone who starts the fight. When you see chris react, when you see him get back in someones face, when you see the aggressiveness, its typically not chris who starts it. Its someone who is acting out and chris responding. So its not a bully. Its certainly in your face, its grefs, it is what it is. But its his persona, its his personality. Its unvarnished, and for a lot of people, its refreshing. Who threw that nurse into that tent in the middle of a hospital . And all she wanted to do was get out of the tent. Is she the aggressor, or is the guy who put her in the tent . Now its a different issue. No, this is what were talking about, because this is how it started, with him dealing with the nurse, who said, let me out of my tent. He said she got the best takeout from the best restaurants in newark. That was his response to her. Was he the aggressor, or was she the aggressor . This goes to his job, number
one, which is protection of the general public. So you can characterize him, i dont know whether he was the aggressor, but he was aggressive in his response. Its government job one, its governors job one. The president s not doing his job. Southern border, ebola, you name it, im going to do it. I know your point of view here, governor. I appreciate you coming on. Let me go back to david axelrod. This guy is singing a song, aretha franklin, respeespe whether its sicilian or African American, whatever the cultural sense of, youre jumping on me, im going to jump back. But hes now attacking the president. We saw a quote about a guy giving lectures on the south lawn. That doesnt sound respectful of the elected president of the United States. What do you think . Obviously not. But let me correct one thing the governor said. He said its popular in jersey. The last numbers i saw of governor christie, he was under water in jersey. People have gotten tired of that routine. And as far as his comments