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Winstead are here to make sense of it. the golden boy on every republican's short list for vice president is is trying to raise money by attacking cable hosts here on mnsnb. it started last week as senator mark arubio had his day in the sun giving a speech at the reagan library. they outrageously claimed that the big three -- medicaid, medicare examine social security -- have weakened america. >> these programs actually weakened us as a people. you see, almost and forever, it was institutions and society that assumed the role of taking care of one another. if someone was sick in your family,...

Mark arubio says his role model in the u.s. senate is jesse helms. rubio adds, "politicians are not hero, but if you look at jesse helm, he had a tremendous amount of influence in this place." let's remember the way senator helms used his influence, he was a vocal opponent of the civil rights acts as a radio commentator. he fought funding for aids research for years before relenting because he said it resulted from what he called unnatural behavior. in his 1990 re-election race against a black opponent, helms ran a blatantly racist tv ad. showing a white person losing a job to a black. and he ...

Times. once you visit afghanistan, so it's clear, the tribal divisions, the ethnic divisions, the enormous difficulty in development, you had a real challenge. >> mark. >> some presidents have been impressed with the president. has he done anything in the last few weeks, months, that has impressed you from a political point of view and as an american? >> i was impressed by his speech in tucson. i know you talked a lot about civility. i did an op-ed piece where i talked about i think the president did in tucson what we want our american presidents to do in times of national trauma. he called us...

Who will be terribly overshadowed? >> there's a couple ideas they're talking about but a leading idea among the small group of people making this decision is someone who will not be overshadowed and who is very popular on "morning joe." >> who's that, who's that? >> the new jersey governor chris christie. >> oh, my. >> a strong republican presence, someone who has been popular for his willingness to stick up for what he ran for, to take on unions. so they like the idea of having a big, bold republican presence out there. >> has chris christie agreed to do this? >> that would be -- >> they're t...

Tough on him on deficits and parts of the war strategy. but the one thing i always admired about him, this may not sound like -- he's totally zen. he gets pummeled by all sides and when the day is done, he goes upstairs, talks to laura, turns on "sportscenter" and frankly, my dear, doesn't give a damn. >> it's interesting. from the beginning of the campaign he let it roll off his back. i remember being on the campaign plane, mark, you probably saw this, laura bush an i would be looking at the headlines and grumbling. he would say, go to the back of the plane if you want to do that. i don't wan...