opportunity to tell primary voters why we have the best shot at taking on president obama and trying to make him a one-term president. well, how often will reagan s 11th commandment, thou shalt not speak ill of another republican. it s not just rick perry s coming out party, and perry is the front runner and mitt romney can t afford to stay on the sidelines. romney rolled out the plan in las vegas and already it s gotten mixed reviews particularly from the wall street journal editorial page, the fifteen 160 pages and 59 proposals strike us as surprisingly tim and they re a techno krat s guide more than a reform manifest on. perry has no intention on going ease owe romney either, previewing attacks on romney s jobs record. there s going to be some that
that s not the best time to have this. no, it is not. you just put your finger on why the white house wanted to do it wednesday. i don t think they were willing to disrupt the republican debate. i m not sure that was their goal. their goal was probably to stay out of nfl football, a bigger draw for americans. now never stuck with that nonetheless, the president still gets to make his speech to a joint session. the republicans get to have their debate. one of the things that i think is ironic, all this publicity for the republican presidential debate next week in california has probably driven a couple more million viewers to that debate than otherwise. good point if you are a republican, would you maybe in hindsight have said let s not say a word. let s have the president s speech at 8:00. do the debate after. then you have eight republicans to get the last word, including rick perry in his big coming out party. exactly. that s the way i thought it was going to work out.
committee as a political analyst for our coverage. i could not be happier about it. mr. chairman, michael steele, congratulations on your new gig. we are so happy to is you hear at msnbc. thank you so much. it s great to be on the team. it s my coming out party. i m excited. how much grief are you getting from your former colleagues at the rnc about this? none. it s interesting i ve received a number of supportive emails. the idea of being able to carry the conversation into various communities that are not republican and not conservative. we know our nominee is going to have to reach across and build some bridges in a competitive campaign this is a good opportunity to take the message out there and talk to folks and analyze the issues on how it impacts people s lives. you and i can go at it and have some fun. i can t tell you the number of conservatives that i hear
for our coverage. i could not be happier about it. mr. chairman, michael steele, congratulations on your new gig. we are so happy to is you hear at msnbc. thank you so much. it s great to be on the team. it s my coming out party. i m excited. how much grief are you getting from your former colleagues at the rnc about this? none. it s interesting i ve received a number of supportive emails. the idea of being able to carry the conversation into various communities that are not republican and not conservative. we know our nominee is going to have to reach across and build some bridges in a competitive campaign this is a good opportunity to take the message out there and talk to folks and analyze the issues on how it impacts people s lives. you and i can go at it and have some fun. i can t tell you the number of conservatives that i hear from pretty regularly that they think i m absolutely wrong about everything, but they watch anyway either because they need
awe and mystery, msnbc has hired the immediate past chairman of the republican national committee as a political analyst for our coverage. i could not be happier about it. mr. chairman, michael steele, congratulations on your new gig. we are so happy to is you hear at msnbc. thank you so much. it s great to be on the team. it s my coming out party. i m excited. how much grief are you getting from your former colleagues at the rnc about this? none. it s interesting i ve received a number of supportive emails. the idea of being able to carry the conversation into various communities that are not republican and not conservative. we know our nominee is going to have to reach across and build some bridges in a competitive campaign this is a good opportunity to take the message out there and talk to folks and analyze the issues on how it impacts people s lives. you and i can go at it and have some fun. i can t tell you the number of conservatives that i hear