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Landing, not the take off. that s what they re specialist at. i m being dead serious here. they re not serious. let s go to harry reid on the senate floor this morning. let s watch him. republicans want to shut down the government because they think there s nothing more important than keeping women from getting cancer screenings? this is indefensible and everyone should be outraged, men and women. republicans are asking me to sacrifice my wife s health, my daughter s health and my nine granddaughters health. cecile you may not want to talk about politics. i m looking at the independent voteers in the south. they would like to see people not in those situations, not having unwanted pregnancies, that want to be responsible about family planning. they re with planned parenthood from the beginning. i don t see the win for the republicans who squeaked into those seats beating out pat murphy in bucks county, chris carney around scranton. ....
He doesn t see totally eye to eye on tactics, but in terms of the heart and his agenda, i think he sith the tea party every step of the way. you think he s carrying this planned parenthood with any delight? he s pro-life, and i think republicans have a good point when they say democrats have been for riders in budget bills in the past when they controlled the process. i don t think he does this all that reluctantly. again, he s not out there full-floated saying this is a winning issue for us. that doesn t mean he s not for it. it means he sees the politics as well. tear bly bli nuanced, sir. well done. have a nice weekend. who knows what s going to happen. eugene robinson, thank you. the tea party is pushing john boehner for deeper cuts. we ll see the blame game. will it be the president or republicans? nobody will know for a couple days. we ll try to find out tonight. this is hardball only on msnbc. who gets hit on this one? [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in ch ....
Back to hardball. now to the side show. what a friday night. first up, getting the bum s rush. i think donald trump has reached a certain new level in politics, getting beat up by the comics, even to the point of having his words played with. catch this from last night. donald trump was on the today show this morning to talk about running for president. a lot of people say this is all a publicity stunt. i m going to give trump some credit. at least the guy is very honest. take a look. the people will look and say, the guy, he has a reality show not a reality show. is this the kind of person that s presidential? i know this. i will be a terrible president, i ve never taken it seriously. if i decide to run, it s one of the greatest scams in the history of politics and in history, period. it s pretty sad because the whole world is looking at us and ....
Why do you think andrew romanoff is challenging you for this nomination? i think it s because he wants the job, which, if i could describe the job to him, he may not want it as much as he does. but he wants the job. that s fine. having a primary is what this country is all about. i m happy to have the competition. i think we re going to be successful today largely because he has run such an extraordinary negative campaign. a fascinated moment of candor from appointed senator michael bennet saying if, andrew romanoff knew what the job was, he might not want it as much. that was my interview today on the daily rundown. colorado, connecticut and georgia will decide big primary fights tonight, don t forget in minnesota. we ll turn to chris cillizza from the washington post and john heilemann who covers politics for new york magazine. chris, let me start with you. sure. colorado, colorado, colorado. what s fascinating to me about ....
i think it s because he wants the job. which, if i could describe the job to him, he may not want it as much as he does. but he wants the job. that s fine. having a primary is what this country is all about. i m happy to have the competition. i think we re going to be successful today largely because he has run such an extraordinary campaign. a fascinated moment of candor by michael bennett saying if andrew romanoff knew what the job was, he might not want it as much. that was my interview today on the daily rundown. colorado, connecticut and georgia will decide big primary fights tonight don t forget in minnesota. we ll turn to chris cillizza from the washington post and john heilemann who covers politics for new york magazine. chris, let me start with you. sure. colorado, colorado, colorado. what s fascinating to me about this senate these two senate primaries, they are mirror ....