purpose. reporter: sanford did not respond instead said i couldn t hear what she said. i didn t hear it, i m sorry. reporter: later, he alluded to it when asked if he would still vote to impeach president clinton. i would reverse the question to you and i would say this. do you think that president clinton should be condemned for the rest of his life based on a mistake he made in his life? he is attempting a political comeback. his argentine lover, now fiancee, often at his side. colbert-bush, whose brother is comedian, stephen colbert, a successful business woman, leading in the polls for the election next tuesday. chris clackum, nbc news. joining me now, elite vibek, staff writer with the hill.
the card board cutout of nancy pelosi and the phone number business, releasing his phone number and all of that kind of stuff. but, you know, as colbert-bush alluded to was that he left the governor s office without telling anybody where he was going, took taxpayer money and took off to argentina with his girl friend. he alluded to that last night in the debate as something that had happened to him. now, a meteor crashes through your roof, that s something that happens to you. this is an entirely different category. you mean mistakes were made the voters of south carolina are left to choose between the delusional narcissist on the one hand and a democrat on the other so it could be a toss-up. we ll be back with more of that racy race in south carolina.
0 so please continue to use our facebook page. or tweet us @bashirlive. thanks for watching. chris matthews is next. stop the guillotine. let s play hardball. good evening, i m chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. there are people in this country, believe it or not, who believe the best way to get rich people to work harder is to give them tax benefits. the best way to get the poor to work harder is to cut their benefits. got it? give the carrot to the better off, give the stick to the worse off. and so in america today the guillotine is coming down on programs to get meals to the elderly. give a head start to the young who need it most. and as that guillotine comes down again and again, the well-off enjoy a government that looks out for them. in fact, races to look out for them. making sure that their flights arrive on time. even as the poor worry about the next meal they know isn t coming at all. will the president be able to stop this way of government
0 pain cuts deeper. it s bad for me. i mean, i m a mom of three kids. and i ve been job seeking since i ve been laid off from two jobs. head start meant to help low income children really feeling it. my concern is that often the folks that we see don t often have a voice the same way many of the travelers who are impacted by the faa furloughs did. kids on head start. seniors with meals on wheels. they deserve to have their voices heard. even if they don t have an army of expensive lobbyists in washington. the president said today, time for politicians to listen. joining me now, krystal ball and david corn. thank you both for being here. thanks for having us. my pleasure. krystal, let me ask you, can the president apply enough shame and political pressure on the republicans to force them to act on these budget cuts? i m hopeful. i m an optimistic person, and i m hopeful. but i think it s going to take a lot more of what he did today. frankly, the republican position on t
0 hands of terrorists. how could i have ever suspected that somebody might be usually you re so on target. when there s fbi most wanted suspects saying, please, keep your system the same so we can kill more americans. i never saw that coming. character s a journey. we ll help you along. that s what i was thinking. i read that in american freak show years ago. so for anybody accusing you of sort of things, bottom line is, this is a reality. a reality. let s see what the reality is in the rest of america. republican senator jeff flake of arizona. he s very popular guy. he had a 40 70% approval rating as a congressman forever. minus 19 net approval rating. what? that makes him the poll s least popular sitting senator. what happened? the poll s least popular sitting senator. he lost eclipses minority leader mitch mcconnell. he lost 19 points. asked to donate money and get politically organized whether this sticks and whether they pay a price or peo