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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130411:21:26:00

by the way strengthens the middle class -- >> michael, i appreciate that. what's going to happen next october right before the election, the president is going to be able to go to the middle of the road suburbanite who decides the elections, right in the middle politically, say, i came to the middle, the right-wing dominated party didn't bother to come to the middle. >> what's going to happen is the democrats are going to run commercials on this very issue bludgeoning republicans. that's what's going to happen. >> nothing is going to happen if we don't try to get something done. >> you know what's going to happen? we're going to stop this debate. thank you, john feehery. thanks, michael. coming up, republicans are trying not to be the stupid party they're calling themselves, as some say. didn't they get the message? the latest crazy talk next in the sideshow. this is "hardball." the place for politics. most people think that after an accident,

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130411:21:22:00

scarborough called on them to distance themselves. hear what he had to say. here's joe. >> if they do not say greg walden is wrong and this is not the position of the house leadership and this is no the position of the head of the nrcc, officially, and that they are going to discourage their candidates from doing this, i say the president should walk away. it is shameful. this is shameful. i cannot -- i cannot condemn this enough. i'm going to be as tough on this issue as i've been on the president for not having the courage to talk about entitlements. republicans, you better speak out against this right now. forget the politics. this is about the next generation. >> this is why i've always liked scarborough because i tell you, he's been absolutely consistent here. michael feldman, let me get back to the politics. the republicans are having a hard time getting their usual act together which is they support entitlement reform. that's the position of the party. save money on government spending, especially so-called entitlements. look for ways to save the money. be tough if you have to be.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130411:21:19:00

two programs are sacrosanct. there's been furious response from the left. the president's next step may be tougher getting republicans to sign on to a grand bargain that tackles those expensive programs and changes the tax code. republican john feehery was the top spokesman for former speaker dennis has tert and democrat michael feldman was an adviser to vice president al gore. let me ask you gentlemen about this. fe take your cheap shot. the opportunity has been taken by the chairman of your campaign committee. it seems to me, republicans, in fact, led by your real speaker, paper and the rest, will gobble up -- economies with regard to the cost of living and cost of medicare and push back for higher revenues. if that's your party's probable position, why don't they say so publicly instead of this game they're playing of saying, ouch, ouch, this is terrible what you're doing to social security? >> well, i think what republicans want to have happen

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130411:23:26:00

election on this very proposal put forward by president obama. >> okay. michael feldman, are democrats smart to show a little leg here? the president saying, okay, i'm willing to give a little. is that smart politics? >> it's absolutely smart politics. they're not running this process based on the last poll they saw. they're saying, how do we get a comprehensive deal? that's going to include entitlement reform which the president has been talking about for a long time, plus investments, plus revenues. all of that comes together to create a meaningful deal which by the way strengthens the middle class -- >> michael, i appreciate that. what's going to happen next october right before the election, the president is going to be able to go to the middle of the road suburbanite who decides the elections, right in the middle politically, say, i came to the middle, the right-wing dominated party didn't bother to come to the middle. >> what's going to happen is the democrats are going to run commercials on this very issue bludgeoning republicans. that's what's going to happen. >> nothing is going to happen if

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130411:23:19:00

welcome back to "hardball." when it comes to the country's economic future, president obama knows the country must act on both taxes and spending, that both sides need to compromise. his plan includes the smart and necessary move of shaking democrats out of their comfort zone on social security and medicare. it's not an easy concession to ask of a party that believes the two programs are sacrosanct. there's been furious response from the left. the president's next step may be tougher getting republicans to sign on to a grand bargain that tackles those expensive programs and changes the tax code. republican john feehery was the top spokesman for former speaker dennis hastert and democrat michael feldman was an adviser to vice president al gore. let me ask you gentlemen about this. take your cheap shot. the opportunity has been taken by the chairman of your campaign committee. it seems to me, republicans, in fact, led by your real speaker, boehner and the rest, will gobble up --

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130411:23:27:00

we don't try to get something done. >> you know what's going to happen? we're going to stop this debate. thank you, john feehery. thanks, michael. coming up, republicans are trying not to be the stupid party they're calling themselves, as some say. didn't they get the message? the latest crazy talk next in the sideshow. this is "hardball." the place for politics. ha! back to "hardball." i have low testosterone. there, i said it.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130410:06:39:00

and rick santorum, winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses eventually, and clarion of the cultural right told "the des moines register" today in effect the more things change the more the gop will stay the same. rick santorum. "the republican party is not going to change on this issue. in my opinion, it would be suicidal if it did." santorum may run again. that kind of talk is the catnip to republican primary voters but may not play well beyond the party's shrinking base. michael steele is the former chair of the republican national committee. and michael feldman was an adviser to vice president al gore. let's go to these -- let's go to this question. michael, if you were still chair of the republican national committee, what would you say about the issue of marriage equality? that's the phrase people use today. they usually say marriage equality. >> yeah. no, i think probably what i would advocate is what a lot of us hope the supreme court does. and that is let this be resolved in the states, in the communities where people live. they decide for themselves. you know, where they come down on this issue. it should not be, i think, a federal issue.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130410:06:44:00

republicans. i didn't disparage my far right nor did i disparage those, you know, who are moderate. the view of the party should be one that embraces and allows this kind of discussion, this organic discussion. so i just reject out of hand this notion that, you know, i've got to now get on board because democrats are tripping over themselves to get in front of the supreme court before they hear a case on gay marriage. there are fundamental issues with respect to this subject that are still very important to people out there. you just don't dismiss them because you think, you know, that's what we should be doing right now. >> okay. let me go back to mike, michael feldman. can your party cartoonize, the republican party continue to do it using the akins, mourdocks, the rick santorums? >> honestly, if you look at the last presidential cycle, we didn't have to do much work in that area, okay? the primary process was very destructive. if you look at mitt romney's candidacy, by the time he became the nominee in his own right, he had to shift back to the center and take responsibility for a lot of what he had to say in the nominating -- to the nominating elect rat to get the nomination. this is the same problem confronting the republican party as we head into 2016. some of these positions that they're going to have to stake out to get the nomination are going to cost them dearly as they try to tack back to the center and win in a general election. they're not insignificant in the fall.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130410:06:46:00

think, in the long run because then you're not having a broad based discussion any longer. you're becoming a cartoon of the cartoon. michael -- michael, your problem is you've got to defend too wide a swath of humanity. anyway, thank you, michael steele. and thank you, michael feldman. up next, we'll continue this. this is serious. family members of those killed in the newtown shooting are here in washington pushing for gun safety. something we all agree with. we need, i think. we're going to talk to a sister of a teacher who died trying to save children's lives up there. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming. grungy phones... oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims... wow! that really works! ...all taking losses. it looks like mr. clean has won everything. the cleaning games are finished? and so are we. okay, but i just took a mortgage out on the cabinet. [ male announcer ] clean more, work less, with the mr. clean magic eraser extra power. [ male announcer ] clean more, work less, you know it even after all these years.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130409:21:39:00

2012 iowa caucuses eventually, and clarion of the cultural right told "the des moines register" today in effect the more things change the more the gop will stay the same. "the republican party is not going to change on this issue. in my opinion, it would be suicidal if it did." santorum may run again. that kind of talk is the catnip to republican primary voters but may not play well beyond the party's shrinking base. michael steele is the former chair of the republican national committee. and michael feldman was an adviser to vice president al gore. let's go to these -- let's go to this question. michael, if you were still chair of the republican national committee, what would you say about the issue of marriage equality? that's the phrase people use today. they usually say marriage equality. >> yeah. no, i think probably what i would advocate is what a lot of us hope the supreme court does. and that is let this be resolved in the states, in the communities where people live. they decide for themselves. you know, where they come down

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