honest, obvious to the rest of us, also let s say sh, we are not talking about those things. we have seen the polling, gets us in trouble, put lipstick on this, put a bow on that, and say we re a brand new party. that s not how it works. you can put all the organizers in iowa you want for four years. if you re not able to communicate through values and policies people agree with, it doesn t matter. michael steele, saw him on this network today saying that what you re watching is certain republicans are going out there and trying new ideas out there in the marketplace of ideas, and this is the way it should happen. it should be in effect free-lanced by senators and notable republicans that say i m moving this way on immigration, for example. michael steele seems to think this is kind of working. sure, because it is not at the presidential level. folks in the senate showing, marco rubio, rand paul, senators on immigration, but the problem
not talking about those things. we have seen the polling, gets us in trouble, put lipstick on this, put a bow on that, and say we re a brand new party. that s not how it works. you can put all the organizers in iowa you want for four years. if you re not able to communicate through values and policies people agree with, it doesn t matter. michael steele, saw him on this network today saying that what you re watching is certain republicans are going out there and trying new ideas out there in the marketplace of ideas, and this is the way it should happen. it should be in effect free-lanced by senators and notable republicans that say i m moving this way on immigration, for example. michael steele seems to think this is kind of working. sure, because it is not at the presidential level. folks in the senate showing, marco rubio, rand paul, senators on immigration, but the problem they re going to have is when
in a battle with the white house over birth control. health care lawman dates employers provide it. catholics, some say it s against their fundamental beliefs. all that and much more ahead as starting point gets under way right now. can you come in and fix russell s audio? welcome, everybody. unbelievable, that s kathy s play list. she s a contributing editor for the washington post and founding publisher which i have been in a time or two. nice to have you. co-author of grand new party and russell simmons, mogul, founder of def jam and ceo of communications is with us. good morning. welcome. let s get under way. talking about the new investigation coming to us from the washington post. nearly 50 lawmakers who helped direct earmarks to projects that potentially helped their own property or immediate family members. they say it benefits the public, not private interests. one of those who is on that list is the republican congressman joe barton, he is a republican f
books literally locked up. one of the those books was written by a guy named william shakespeare. starting point begins right now. welcome. everybody. the cruise ship rescue mission has now been suspended in giglio, italy. the cruise ship is now slipping which we ll update you on what exactly what means in just a few moments but it sounds like that ship which has been listing on one side is now going under. italian prosecutors have ruled out at this point technical error. the ceo is apologizing. he says he believes it is human error and the captain of that ship has been arrested and charge with manslaughter and abandoning his ship. the ship hit rocks, has 160-foot gash in one of its side. many people think the other side looks the same way. 2300 tons of fuel on board. at this point there is no sign of leakage. there are 14 people missing at lea least, including 2 americans and 6 people reported dead at this point. passengers have been reliving as they tell their story it
you wrote a book and it s called sam s club conservatives. brand new party. so in the beginning you wrote an essay about this quote from tim pawlenty about being not the party of the country club but also sam s club and you identified a kind of vision of the republican party that s very different than the tea party vision that s been articulated. do you see this as what judgment does this render on that thesis? i think there are a lot of different ways to interpret it. we were saying a lot of the republican party is non-college educated, working class, buffeted by economic change, so the question is how does the republican party make their interests meet their needs, i would say the republican party has responded to them in funny ways, for example, by fighting medicare cuts tooth and nail and then saying let s impose