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Way to spin shutting down the government over the affordable care act. kentucky's governor says opponents should get over it. it's going to help poor people. steve bashir joins us next. well, it just happened here near washington, d.c. finally, sleeping on the job. here's congressman george holding on the house floor yesterday. maybe he was worn out by the shutdown debate and had heard enough of the speech of louie gohmert. i don't blame him a bit having to listen to that stuff. this is "hardball," the place for politics. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lin...

Reached the top. he was in beijing for a concert on sunday. someone needs to rein that guy in. we have the first look this morning at the lnew memoir, let me off at the top, my classy life and other musings coming to a bookstore near you on november 19. the book will share personal stories about the many women in his life, his dog baxter and of course the channel 4 news team. this of course has nothing to do with the sequel to anchorman. hits theaters later this year. mika, we've unfortunately run out of time, so i will go to for you a check on what's coming up on "morning joe". >> you know, y...

Because he's trying to bring in that sarah palin wing of the party to create his own base of support. >> i think you're bringing up up a really interesting point. usually senator paul and senator cruz are cast as tea party favorites, but rand paul has handled this shutdown debate in a very different way. senator paul has found a way to elevate himself beyond a process player, he's known as someone with fresh ideas, with you throwing a lot of cold water on top of senator cruz's effort at the same time. >> i think as part of that, it's intentional. i think with cruz, this is part of a strategy t...

Something that is good for not just our party but for this country. >> oh, reince, i've used that talking that point myself. joining me now is christina. thank you for being with me today. >> nice to join you. >> robert, you had a piece and you went behind the scenes looking at this shutdown debate among republicans in congress and on the one hand the leadership is acknowledging that it's a losing strategy but at the same time they are having to thread the political needle. here's something you wrote. the delicate political situation has forced boehner and cantor to work against the shutdown c...

Their taxes go up if congress doesn't act. my response to them is just do the right thing. >> you know, it's interesting. the shutdown debate, debt ceiling debate. there are gulfs between the two parties. i have so say, there's not a lot here between where congressional republicans are now today for instance versus where they were two weeks ago and where democrats are. there's a lot of rhetoric on both sides. we know the deal's going to get done. the question is how many republican face savers have to be in there to get the votes in the house, enough votes in the senate. that's where we are ne...