-- >> if all the republicans vote for it, then they've got it. >> there's one republican state senator who's already said she won't vote for this. now, she can be pressured by reince priebus and others in the republican party to change her mind. >> sure. >> so i think having a lot of pressure on her and a few other of the maybe -- if there are any moderate or any suburban republicans in the state senate to really be firm in this and make them pay a high price. because as you've said, this is not illegal. they tried to do this in pennsylvania. they're thinking about doing it in wisconsin, michigan, ohio, and florida. and people just have to really keep an eye on this and put as much pressure as they can to say this ain't fair. >> well, we're not talking about a lot of republicans. i mean, they can go in and cash-whip one or two republicans and can turn heads pretty fast. this is going to be a hard lift for the democrats to protect the electoral college no, doubt. charniele, this is a quote from state senator carrico. "it comes down for me as a state legislator to a fairness issue. i'm m

and republican party is a lot of very rich corporate republicans because guess what. i have seen folks come here on capitol hill of texas, arizona, california, rich business men who want those migrant workers because they need them in order to continue making their millions. that would be a strong push. chamber of commerce, they push on there. there will be a way forward from this in the house if there's a bipartisan bill in the senate and my guess is that boehner would allow those members to vote against it vote against it and try to rummage up the votes to move forward. you most likely get a significant amount of democrats and very good point. and unless there's this end all be all enforcement mechanism to agree on, you lose a lot of house republicans on this and this is -- that's what ended up killing the bill in 2007. with president bush. the conservative rebellion against it saw in the united states senate and house, you were around. trent loath cited what happened there in 2007 when republicans rejected bush's immigration plan as one of the reasons he left the s

right now in the republican column you have 133 republicans voting no, more than half the republican congress at this point in the voting first off it appears there is enough votes thanks to democrats to get this bill through. if nobody changes this vote, the 223 beau sia now see on your screen is enough to pass this through congress if nobody changes their votes. also of nobody changes their votes republicans significantly voted against this proposal. already 142 more than half of their conference which is 241, 76 republicans voting yes so it's not a total embarrassment for house speaker john boehner. he gets a significant piece of this conference to vote for so far so 21 members have cast their vote and the possibility people changing their votes that this is democrats bringing this across the line, 155 fm to 13 voting against it. this is something that democrats like politically because they like to be seen in voting for this as the responsible party in washington. you do have a significant number of republicans voting for it at this point in house speaker john boehner also voted

in the spotlight tonight, republicans versus republicans. republican congressman peter king of new york attacked his leader's decision earlier today. >> republicans have no trouble finding new york when it comes to raising money. and i would just say anyone from new york or new jersey who contributes one penny to congressional republicans after this should have their head examined. >> john boehner's decision not to vote on hurricane relief for sandy last night once more puts him at odd with the house majority leader, eric cantor. >> this failure to get relief now could be called the boehner betrayal. here is the irony, the more conservative leader of the house membership eric cantor was supportive. >> i spoke to majority leader cantor today, i have to tell you that i think that eric was working as hard as he could to get this done for us. i'm not going to get into the specifics of what i discussed with john boehner today. but what i will tell you is there is no reason for me at the moment to believe anything they tell me. >> joining me now,

any republican senator can continue to blow up any legislation they want they just have to insert that hand grenade in a different part of the legislation or a different part of the process as it moves through a spokesman for senator jeff merkley said the reid plan falls short saying this approach does nothing to take on the core problem we face in the senate routine obstruction by the secret silent filibuster senator merkley will continue his discussions with leader reid and continue pushing for a real talking filibuster in any final package put together if democrats hope to accomplish anything in the senate these next two years and actually be able to present past legislation to the american people in the mid terms come around twenty fourteen which by the way is an absolute key to any kind of democratic victories in the midterm elections are coming up in two years is for the democrats in the senate to be able to pass legislation even though it won't pass the house because the house controlled by republicans democrats pass good legislation and then go into the elections two years from

there is no monolithic republican party so to say that everyone thinks the same thing, republicans think differently, but the core principles, low taxes, and business friendly environment, with family focus -nd lock at focus, that is our -- local folks that you is our core, until we get back to that, you are right we'll wander. lou: congressman we appreciate it, and we wish you all of the very best in the new year and the new congress.3 >> thank you, it's time to get things done. lou: much more on the reelection of house speaker boehner, the beginning of the 113th congress. debt battles ahead will take all that and a great deal more up during this broadcast, stay with us. >> protecting the privacy of gun-owning citizens, ahead. >> and a new day on the hill, 113th congress, sworn in. can the new republican house avoid the same political impulses and traps that doomed 112th congress? >> you are now a member -- the boys use capital one venture miles for their annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their ddy got sacked by blackouts. but it's our tradition

i think if i'm a republican if i'm advising the republicans that is as much good as i'm going to say about this bill from now now forward. i'm not talking about it or selling it as a positive. i think it is going be the case that people in the country who haven't i don't think been as engaged on the question of the fiscal cliff as they had in the debates over health care and things of that nature are going to -- the more they see of this the more they don't like the process. the less they going to like it. you will have people who probably haven't been paying close attention wake up and discover that their payroll taxes have gone up and they are not going to like this deal. film' the republicans i don't continue to try to sell this as some huge positiv positive pren of the bush tax rates. move on quickly and try to refocus as we heard dave camp doing the discussion on spending. >> bret: as we look at the numbers, the magic number in the house has been 218 but chad points out that at 418 votes members cast ballots on the last the role call vote tonight. that means that they he don't n

a republican and presides over the republican majority in the 113th congress. how did they do it? they say they put up a firewall, that paved the way for the republicans retaining the house majority. in other words, we figured out a way to win even when the country doesn't vote for us. the same maps they do in the house they want to apply for the presidential election in every state they can get away with it. we have a ban on the show talking about 2016. this is a corner stone, nobody is allowed to talk about the 2016 election, at least until next november. this is not about who the candidates will be, this is about whether or not they vote for a democratic candidate, any democratic candidate, this is about whether or not it results in us having a democratic president. this is going on in the states right now. hey, beltway, wake up. now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great evening. >>> the national rifle association is singing to new lows in the polls. and new lows in their tactics against president obama. they are now using the

so my argument with democrats and republicans is the republicans are the major contributors to gridlock because of the world view. this anti-government world view they adopted. democrats are doing that too on our side of the aisle, we have to come to terms with the idea that there have to be modifications to social security, medicare, to ease these entitlement programs that need adjustment. it's possible to do that without hurting people at the bottom. my point is this. both sides are to blame. i can't blame republicans. they are to blame for different things. both actually are committed to their constituencies in ways that make it difficult for them to leave them or do things they don't want. what's happened on the republican side, this enormous hostility to government at all. that's new in the last 20 to 30 years. that makes them today very different from the reagan administration which was much more pragmatic. >> speaking of ideas and solutions to solve the gridlock we see in congress, one of the things he is say proponent of and i am as well. a system like australia where people are

republicans are not going to surrender easily. molly ball from the atlantic reported on a new republican push to take the vote rigging national. gop strategists have been talking to major donors and plan to send a fundraising e-mail to grassroots conservatives early next week. the money would go toward promoting similar plans to apportion electoral votes by congressional districts in states across the country, potentially even hiring lobbyists in state capitols. they don't rest, do they? the people behind this plan, as you can imagine, are from a d.c. elections strategy firm. well, including former secretary of state ken blackwell of ohio, the same ken blackwell who manipulated voting locations of machines in 2004 to create long lines in democratic areas. ohio delivered the presidency for george w. bush. how we remember. this might be why reince priebus, reelected as the rnc chair, is so optimistic about the electoral future for the republicans. >> no state is that reliably a blue state. but it's up to all of us to decide if we're

at the republican convention destroys the republican congress. >> there is only one group to blame, the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. >> congressman jerry nadler on the republican disgrace over sandy relief funds. >>> and when should hillary clinton expect those apologies from fox news? >> hillary has severe benghazi allergy. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it's a new year and a new deal there is still a big fight ahead, but 2013 started with a major victory for the white house. >> the motion is adopted without objection. a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> with 257 votes in the house of representatives, 85 of them coming from republicans, all to put a deal together to avoid the fiscal cliff. and yes, it was passed. there was compromise on both sides, both middle class americans went back to work today knowing their current tax rates are permanent. financial markets, they were all about it. the dow, the nasdaq, the s&p 500 all up big today. republican members of congress know the results of november's election haven't ch

nominate someone like hagel, you let republicans fight each other about republican issues, so i think that's how you're going to see the president do it. that said, you can't run the entire country without the house of representatives, so obama is going to have to make compromises. >> ari, i want to move to you on this. you really sort of discussing hopefully a move towards pragmatism, towards the middle, remembering of that collaboration that we did see some bits of towards the end of the fiscal cliff negotiations, but are you losing the good ones, the ones that might work towards this compromise long term, those who are moving away from whatever edge they are on towards the middle? one example, looking forward 2014, jay rockefeller saying he will not run again. that might be an example. politico points out this. rockefeller's retirement means it's an opportunity for republicans to pick up a seat meaning it's a rough year for senate democrats overall. what's your thought about this? >> well, there's no doubt that politically rockefeller had above average democratic support in a state

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republicans in particular. the president will bait us. he will portray us as cruel and unyielding. we can't get rattled. we won't play the villain in his morality plays. >> democrats are not organized enough to have their talking points be this evident. but when republicans do it, it's kind of obvious. this is the new republican leadership talking point. president obama is mean. and republicans are helpless before his meanness in washington. but you know what? republicans have complete control of government in 24 states. which is a lot. and where they do have control, they're not blaming obama, right? look what they're doing in governance. they're having the rich pay less, and they're having the poor pay more. this is not what they're marketing to the nation, but this is what they're doing when they're handed the reins of government. economist paul krugman wrote about this de ja news. taking from ordinary families and giving to the rich. even as republicans look for a way to sound more sympathetic and less extr

republicans are not embarrassed by this. they are bragging now that this scheme is the only way they held on to the house, even though more people voted for republicans than democrats for the house this year. since redmap, republicans have followed up on redmap's success by considering a way to push that scheme even further. they're trying to change the rules state by state to start electing the president using the same gerrymandered maps that won them the house, even though they got less votes than the other party for the house. they've been plotting a way to overturn the electoral college winner takes all system in these blue states to instead allocate electoral votes by congressional district, by the congressional districts that they have aggressively redrawn to be a lock for republicans. it's ambitious, right? it is ambitious, but it started off i'm sure deliberately as a very quiet effort. and because it was being done quietly in disparate states, it was not getting much attention in the national news. now, though, it h

that makes it more difficult for house republicans and ensures the house republicans do what i think is probably smart thing to do on substance but not on taxes which is to vote against the bill. you ensure they get even more of the blame than they would have gotten had you done hit the way two weeks ago. >> bret: a.b., i should point out these are different votes we are looking at, on the screen. they don't deal with a fiscal cliff. tape freeze, and property. a bunch of votes that don't deal with the big issue we're talking about. bottom line, does this go through tonight? >> i don't think so. because they, they are going to have 36 hours. they have until 11:59 on thursday. they like the last minute. if they got this far over the cliff they'll keep going a whiling longer. we should say here the democrats don't love the bill. the house democrats all sign on to this. so if the democrats lose some and republicans are scrounging for their 40 to 50 -- >> bret: that is the key question today. the house minority whip, steny hoyer would not answer the question how will votes will you bring

they damaged republicans. it will take guts and unity to fight him can the john just in washington now devil those things? i think it's a good charge to republicans. she's saying you've deluded yourself with these nonsensical charges of birtherism and it's hurt you more than it's ever hurt him. >> i agree with you peggy noonan is one of the smart ones. i don't agree with much of what she says but i think she's a smart woman. the base isn't reading "the wall street journal" editorial page. they have been fed for 30, 40 years this sort of insanity and the belief that their views are absolutely right. that the idea of calling democrats marxists and socialists and being extreme on abortion, that's not just right but fundamentally american, it's more american than the other side. >> according to polls you're right. the polls say you're right. >> you can't change the cake by changing the frosting. the problem is not -- >> are you dan rather? >> tonight i am. the base of the republican party isn't listening to the in

and as i said, that's suicide for the republican party. >> at the same retreat today, republicans were told by a pollster to stop talking about rape. pretty good advice, i would say. is this because the extremism takes over the discussion when republicans do try to talk about issues as sensitive as that? >> in many respects some of them do not know how to talk about it, ed. you heard what colin powell said, what you played there. i've heard what colin powell has said for the past 20 years or so about racism in america, about racism across the country, about what it means, what intolerance means for latinos, womens, blacks and so forth. and the signals that are sent by the republican party tell me that it is still there, it is still there in a major way and if they can't change that, let's face it, the country is going to be brown and black. and there are people in the republican party who so emit that change that they'll never be able to adjust. >> colonel wilkerson, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> john boehner and his do-nothing congress, do you know what the

talks republican revival. >> no, the republican party does not need to change its principles. >> with the same old lines. karen finney and eugene robinson take on the losing strategy. >>> senator saxby chambliss of georgia is a lame duck. tonight we look at his flawed legacy. >>> and more on the fallout from the pbs documentary "the untouchables." why isn't wall street on trial? mike papantonio, head of the national trial lawyers association is here to explain. good to have you with us folks, thanks for watching. the fight is on. republican attempts to steal the next presidential election by rigging the elect roll college are facing resistance and the resistance is working. earlier today rnc chairman reince priebus was rewarded for his failures of the 2012 election by being reelected as head of the republican party. good news. priebus told republicans to start looking at a broader electoral map. >> it's time to stop looking at elections through the lenses of battleground states. we have four years until the next presidential election. and being a blue state is not a permanent diagnosi

democrats tend to congregate with democrats and republicans tend to congregate with republicans. we don't know anyone who voted for the other guy, and as a result, we don't know how this possibly could have happened. >> i think there's so much hiding within your political network, people live in their own world so much they don't even know the larger country. michael smerconish, thanks for giving us that great story, and, professor, thanks for joining us from fairleigh dickinson. up next, seamus, roll over. another politician with a dog story. seamus keeps giving, the dog on the roof all the way to canada. it's cold up there. the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." ready for the opposite of mitt romney's seamus on the roof story? dog lovers will appreciate this one. enter newark mayor cory booker. twitter was buzzing with reports that a dog had been found left outside in the freezing cold last night. well, booker reported to the scene and carried the dog to a heated cop car. >> this is brutal weather out here. this dog is shaking really bad, and you

which is why you're seeing the urging of republicans by other republicans to stop front-paging these believes. basically they're saying, even if you think it, try not to say the government should force rape victims to give birth against their will. congressmen, you can think it but not say it. does all the language sensitivity training mean that republicans see themselves as having a policy problem with women, or do they think they just have a language problem with women? and that is the question that looms over the house right now as republicans face legislation that forces them to act on a piece of legislation that has a very blunt, straightforward aim, it is called the violence against women act. for years, ever since it was passed, the violence against women act has been a bipartisan bill, routinely modernized without notification. until last year, republicans decided to stand up against the violence against women act. all eight senate republicans voted no on it when i came through committee. and when it came up for a vote in the senate, republicans voted against the by a 2-1 mar

republicans ease up on immigration. nothing in reality suggests that that is the case about latino voters. but republicans are on the move on immigration right now anyway. at least for now. will they balk once they realize that latinos are going to vote overwhelmingly democratic anyway? i know exactly who i want to ask about this. that's next. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. with investment information, risks, fees and expenses meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see,

>> i think we've got republicans in particular and extreme conservatives. not all republicans. i shouldn't say that but you have extreme republicans and many republicans who are opposed to giving these people a path to citizenship because to be blunt, as it was said on numerous occasions, employers like having this army of unsecured -- i mean undocumented workers so that they would have a cheap labor force. >> sure. >> be able to move them around and threaten them. clearly, when you look at the way republicans have treated undocumented immigrants from wherever they're from, they've been pushed to the democratic party. and it's not an accident that so quickly after president obama got inaugurated, that so quickly after he got inaugurated they wanted to solve this problem. it hasn't had much change. we want to see what comes out of the house of representatives where the most extreme are still there. >> well, senator john mccain made it very clear that it's about elections. >> yeah. >> it's not about caring for workers, it's not about caring for families, it's about elections. so

republicans, you in particular are amazing. on inauguration day, being sworn in for the second term. michigan republicans spent the day talking about turning an island into a new independent country. it would be ruled based on the fictional pseudo economic nominals of ayn rand. after insisting there was no reason to strip union rights, michigan republicans passed a bill doing just that and governor rick snyder signed it. the whole thing opened, passed and shut within a week. never mind what we said before. we're doing it. surprise. michigan is amazing, right? michigan is the state with the republican law to let the state fire all your locally elected officials and unilaterally abolish your town if they want to on their own say so, n no mar how you vote. michigan laws repealed that with a direct that. governor snyder and the republicans gave the michigan voters a one-finger salute. decided to pass and sign into law a new emergency manager law. this new one can't be killed by the voters. what's that you say? the will of the who?

i'm pretty happy. >> the republican party losing streak continued today as a new poll shows that republicans also lost in the public perception of the fiscal cliff negotiations. "the was post" shows that 30% approve the way house speaker john boehner handled fiscal cliff negotiations, 56% don't approve, 53% approve the way president obama handled negotiations. 40% disapprove. today, chris christie continued his campaign against house republicans. >> we look forward to what we hope will be quick congressional action on a full, clean, sandy-aid bill now. now, next week, one thing i hope that everybody in america now clearly understands, new jersey, both republicans and democrats will never stand silent when our citizens are being shortchanged. >> and let's not forget what governor chris christie said last week. >> there is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims. the house majority, and their speaker, john boehner. >> and today, "the daily beast" published the interview, she is mad as hell, about the myriad ways the republican brand has been tarnisted, the

and that house republicans almost undid it. i mean -- describe your feelings about that as you were watching that on january 1st. >> you know, i never thought it was going to be undone. let's face it, this was not a bill anyone really liked. and at the end of the day, chuck, you can always run from these votes. on a big vote like this, i consider them to be defining moments. always have to look at myself as the deciding vote. in other words, would we be better off as a country with this policy in place, or the policy that it's replacing. and i think if you look at it that way, there's no question that it was the right vote. but it was a terrible bill. and candidly, we would have come out with a much better product if we had just done it on the senate floor, in public. but now we have to move down the road to this next phase. and it's a shame, chuck, that we live in this wonderful, great nation, the greatest on earth, and that leaders -- all of us cannot just come together and figure out a way to solve this problem that we have

votes cast for democratic house candidates then republicans and quote from the republicans yes the republicans admitted that voters want to democrats control in the house but republican gerrymandering provided there from happening so isn't this basically a simple strategy if you can't win an election rigby alexion hope now if it's ok if i can use a visual aid i've got a map of the illinois fourth congressional district right here this is two thousand and eleven democratic gerrymandering right here so i think your problem is not with with the players but with the game and both parties play it just turns out that republicans are better positioned to get more out of it now in home territory smart they these are really smart and i hit it i think it's a you know i think it's flaming but you can't you can't take a stand against something that you're absolutely willing to do yourself so should we have some sort of. federal oversight board that is responsible for making sure the districts all maps of the parties they need advantage depending on this is where this is just because you one of those areas

house candidates than republicans. what the republicans are trying to build on is that strength, if it can work for a congressional election, why not try it in a presidential election. forget one man, one vote. they're testing out one district, one vote. the way it works, they would divide them not according to who won the popular vote in that state but who won the most congressional districts. plans of this nature have now been proposed in virginia, michigan and florida, a senior republican laid out the rationale to "national journal," there is no kind of a top seed and an out reach that can grab us those electoral votes that quickly." of course, the senior republican was not named because no political figure would want to attach their name to such a shameless quote. so here is how the massive shifting would work, there is legislation moving in three states that went for president obama in november. in virginia, president obama received 51% of the popular vote. and all 13 of virginia's electoral votes, winner take all

now republicans are all victims too? i know the democrats are sometimes truly victims, but are you selling the fact, hey, we're getting beat up by these bullies. is this the new thing, complaining, crying? do you think it works politically? >> i think the president's speech on monday did a wonderful thing for republicans. it got them united and fired up. he said nothing that anybody in any red states would say he's trying to reach out to me. it was a liberal speech for liberal interest groups, and it did nothing for republicans except unite them. i thought it was a good thing. >> like when he said some people are justifiably skeptical about what big government can achieve. is that one of your big battle cries? >> listen, everybody understands that that was a very liberal speech, and your guys were very excited about it. >> you know, look -- >> i was, but i was also believing it. go ahead, bob. >> john is just wrong about this, and so is kevin mccarthy. the mainstream has moved, and the president represents it. look at th

and there are a lot of people in the republican right now who want a better republican party who are trying to push it there. those people, i think include key leaders in the party, like the house republican leaders this week who are trying to talk their members down from the ledge. they include folks like david brooks who in saying that republicans look deeply unreasonable, they are telling republicans you are being unreasonable. you need to move to the center. the structure of their argument a bit weird, but they're pushing in the right direction. for the republican party to fix itself will require a painful process, in which insane voices stare up and stare down, the elements of the coalition, and we need them to do it. we need them to win. >>> coming up, the gun legislation could save more lives in the assault weapons ban. >>> and later, the story that is is not getting nearly the attention it deserves. see, i fe would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptom

and we're hopeful that republicans in the house will do as democrats and republicans did on the senate and weigh all the equities here, but decide at the end of the day not everybody gets 100% of what they want. democracy means a willingness to come together for the good of the country, that's what compromise is all about, especially in an era of divided government. our members are taking a look at the bill. and, you know, we just would ask our republican colleagues to bear in mind the good of the country as they also weigh all the equities here. with that, i turn it over to the distinguished vice chairman, mr. crawly. >> thank you, chris. i will add briefly we all appreciate the vice president coming to the caucus today in a straightforward, thorough way, explaining the process, the negotiation and why we are where we are at today. i do think, though, the time for discussion and talk is coming to an end. and it's going to be time for us to vote soon, or all this would have been for naugt. our being here new year's eve, new year's day, would have been for naugt if we don't come to a vo

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northeastern republicans are not southern republicans aren't midwestern republicans aren't western republicans. they all wear a different hat. but they wear them in their own style. >> all politics is local. >> all politics is local, and the more the party recognizes that this is not about a national republican party but a coalition of independent, you know, minded individuals who happen to be republican in some cases -- >> what about all those moderates that are told they could join the party and be part of the coalition? you know, that's nice, bob, but if they're not pro-life, if they're not against gay marriage, if they don't buckle to the rural republican party, the tea party point of view, they aren't ever going to be on the national ticket. why would they join a party that wouldn't join them as a member? >> it's a fair question. something the republicans are going to have to grapple with over the next few years. >> how do you grapple with it? >> we both grew up in the philadelphia suburbs. my big question is will the party elevate leaders from the northeast. is a chris christie going to

so republicans, take a seat. i know where you can find one and watch who's moving america forward while you sit down. just like he did today. >>> joining me now is joan walsh, editor at large at "salon.com," msnbc analyst. and dana milbank, editor for "washington post." >>> dana, let me go to you first. weren't president obama's nominations today a perfect example of how elections have consequences? >> well, sitting where i'm sitting, not in the clint eastwood chair, i would say yes, it certainly does. it's a case of continuing a very tough policy of enforcement at the sec. so the president is sending a signal that at least in this area of regulation enforcement, he's not going to be backing down at all. surely, that's exactly what wall street and corporate america expected when he won that election. >> and that was the way he campaigned. in many ways, we're looking at, joan, him continuing the path that he campaign ds oed on, gots on and won. look at the poll on rights for gay people, 60%. on aid to the poor, 59

right next to me who is a very conservative republican but a very practical common sense republican. if his colleagues would listen to him, we would be in decent shape here. right now the problem in the republican caucus and the house is compromise has bng a dirty word. as you indicated there things in this bill that i don't like. there are things in this bill that i don't like. but i recognize that none of us get to have things 100% of our way. and the difference between divided government and dysfunctional government is a willingness to compromise. and compromise is in very short supply today in the house republican caucus. >> suarez: representative van hollen you heard your colleague tom cole talk about deep misgivings inside the republican caucus. aren't there members of your party who are not overjoyed with what came out of the senate last night? where the dividing lines among democrats in the house today? >> yes, there are. our members have very serious questions about this particular agreement. the vice president appeared before the democratic caucus in the house for about thr

the republicans won't give an inch. this is a fundamental issue about the civic duty that americans have along with their civil rights. so there is a second amendment, providing that the americans have the right to bear arms. and at the same time it has the language that the right to bear arms comes along with the civic duties. and that means we have to have responsible, reasonable laws. it doesn't mean that all people can own all sorts of guns. so why do you get the pushback from democrats? i think the simple answer is because there is a lot of money in assault weapons. and that money carries with it enormous, power with the lobbyists, and that shows up in republican and democratic offices. the pressure to allow gun manufacturers and dealers putting the guns on the street to continue to make the profits they want to make is an enormous pressure on republicans and democrats alike. and it will only change when the americans' feelings are stronger than that. >> in your article on melissa's point, you point out house repub

and i am still a republican. i think what the republican party needs to do right now, take a hard look at itself. the country is changing demographically, and if they don't change with the demographics, they will be in trouble. >> steve with this atmosphere, and joe scarbro, he is offering relentlessness in the republican party, this is not the time to show hey, we know where to go on the debt ceiling and america is with us. america is not with us. >> america is not with them, but the america that elected the house republicans is with them. because that is different than the demographically different numbers that allowed democrats to get a 55% majority in the senate. the coalition that reelected obama is packed in tightly in the metropolitan areas across the country. and it opened the huge swaths across the country, that locked in a republican house probably for the next decade. and the demographic changes that are driving politics nationally, they're not happening. you're not seeing them in these districts. so s

and blame republicans and then continue to drive a wedge between republicans and hispanics, and if he changes that, if he changes that and says, no, i'm willing to actually work together and get something we can all agree on, he will change the tone on capitol hill. don't expect it, but that's what -- >> if republicans think that he has said that he doesn't want to work on immigration, they have not been listening, the division in the country is right in capitol hill. the division in this country was brought together by the president who has formed these unbelievable coalitions of people, which is exactly what is going to carry forward with this organizing for action, and i think his inaugural address is going to speak to that unity. he's not going to be speaking to a congress that has an approval rating less than cockroaches and lice cording to a poll last week, but he is going to speak to the humanity out there who want to see action happen, and he is going to remind people, i think, that we are all in this together, and that is his strength, it's not from inside washington but outs

republicans are as well. i am -- it is hard to know -- no one will say the party should do this or the party should get rid of those people or tell those people to be quiet. that's not the way politics works in america. emerged and they're the ones that help shape it. sometimes they do it contrary to expectations. most people thought it would be clinton in 2008 - -a clinton ian formula, but obama did not do it that way. i give him credit for having the courage of his convictions and had a theory of how okey could could win and he did it. i'm not sure bobby jindal's model is the right model for chris christie. -- or chris christie. it is important to take risks to be contrarian and to accept the fact the republican party will have some different voices. there will be people will say this issue is fundamental and others will say we need to compromise on that one and draw the line here. obviously, we still make arguments and tried to persuade people that this is not the right fight to have. but you have to accep

caller: i am ashamed to be a republican. i've been a republican since i was young. i was proud to be a republican. now i'm so ashamed. these people are something else. there is a discrimination from the high class and middle class. it's not right. everybody should be paying the same thing. i thought discrimination should be against the law. the people supposedly working for the people are getting paid so much money for being in the position that they are in and they need to take a deduction. i get a kick out of mitt romney. he was making fun of everybody. this is terrible and i think something should be done about it. guest: i think progressives agree there should be more equality in with the wealthy pay and what the less wealthy pay. they have raised the rates on the entrances to the estate tax. i think she is looking for a flat tax level where everybody pays the same. the more you earn, more you can to help others. host: somebody happy about the deal on twitter. guest: there's a lot to like. unemployment extension is huge. that is a big boost to the economy. peopl

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of republican congress. we can say it wasn't did what he did, that's fun. one big problem bromley had to solve a thing was there was just no kind of clear reasonable straightforward explanation of what most americans thought, maybe didn't like president obama much. barack obama wasn't president and they were a little better off by 2012 which seems to be -- but still we seem to be the often had been under bush. that's what i think of the most damage. the war we can debate for ever and other mistakes. of the problems that people like trent has been -- ross douthat talked about earlier. i don't know that republicans, i'm sure republicans don't have a very clear and good explanation. and i'm not worried even conservatives have accepted certain explanations about the community investment act or whatever. and i think there are a lot of good instincts about not to go down that road again and what has to be done. one last example. dodd-frank, very bad legislature. the centerpiece of the obama at the democratic agend

>> yes and democrat versus democrat, republican versus republican in their, you know, their system of electing -- >> yeah. if i'm understanding you right, i think you're referring to now there was a kind of bipartisan commission that redesigned, you know, that did the redistricting -- >> yeah. i actually did a story for the atlantic monthly on redistricting and mentioned this thing. there has been -- the belief, you know, be many politicians is that there's no such thing as a bipartisan border, nonpartisan board, and they coven times point to the california commission as a failed experiment because the democrats managed to influence a series of e-mails ob taped by propublica would suggest, managed to influence a lot of these commissioners. now, having said that, there's a number of other states in the u.s. that do have bipartisan redistricting commissions, and just for what it's worth, the reason why this, to me, is a topic, i'm often asked if this is the worst congress ever, or if this is not what we wish congress would be, you know, what would be the solution? there are not many of

the republic and republican party are turning against that. that's going to be his legacy for a long time on this civil rights issue. >> as i said, for 20 years here on the show the donald trump award has gone to donald trump and once again i feel i will be giving it to donald trump. because i do find the impossible to outdo donald trump on embarrassing yourself. there are a couple people who tried to outdo donald trump. let's take a look at, for example, todd akin. >> oh, yeah. >> first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> and just when you thought he had that whole jurisdiction wrapped up, there came richard myr murdo murdoch. i think it is something that god intended to happen. >> they are legitimate runners-up for the donald trump award. >> why did he sound ill? he always sounds like he's not feeling well on top of it. >> there were a number of male, mostly male, republican legislators in state legislatures across the co