countering this. this is a first lady who has been on like 11 magazine covers. she ll be on ladies home journal tomorrow. they want to counter this idea of her as marie antoinette. which is ridiculous. yeah. she did go with friends. it was a preplanned thing. one friend had recently lost her father, wanted the first lady to come. it affects decision making because she s a human being and a friend and a mother. dee dee myers and nia malika, thank you very much. are we bringing too much attention to it? this is hardball only on msnbc the shipping industry in norway, and the rubber industry, in south america? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex global economy. it s just one reason 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average.
dede myers was white house national secretary. i want to start with you and start with what congressman sestak requested. we hear about this from a lot of members of congress. what are the plans of the first lady this fall? will she engage in a robust campaign schedule? well, that s what s being debated at the white house right now. of course, her first priority is her kids. it will probably be a limited schedule, but we do know she ll be out there. one thing the white house is saying she would be good with women candidates. whether they be races out in california or for instance, representative mary joe kilroy in ohio has requested her. already a dozen or so candidates have requested her. you saw joe sestak choose her and say michelle obama is his number one choice.
talk about the first lady s family vacation as a politician. she s a mom. and, look, i ve been in elected office and political life for 17 years. i ve got a wife, and i ve got three kids. when you re in office, you don t give up being a mom and a family member, too. this was an opportunity for michelle to join friends, and friends daughters with a vacation with her kids and give them some exposure to a part of the world they hadn t been before. i don t think you talk about that, give it political analysis. dee dee, there s no doubt you have folks in any west wing that sit there and say worried about optdices particularly with the first family. tim kaine produced another factor which is it doesn t matter what looks good. the principal has a spouse who maybe he wants to tell her you can t do that. i didn t experience that in the clinton house. really, none of that between president and mrs. clinton? never.
teacher playoffs. democrats say they re losing jobs. republicans say nancy pelosi is forcing them back to washington to spend more money we don t have. who is right. and what s wrong with this picture? michelle obama is taking heat for an overseas vacation in spain. was it a bad idea for the first lady to take a lavish overseas vacation instead of spending time and money, say, here in the united states? also, what s the democrats secret to avoiding a disaster in the fall? close the enthusiasm gap and get more people to their polls. easy to say, but can it happen? what can brown do for you? if you re mitt romney, turn yourself into a just truck folks driving candidate. let s start with what has been a conservative push to at least look at changing the 14th amendment and to eliminate birthright citizenship. earnest ishtuk served in congress representing oklahoma s first district. he s on here to defend this idea of changing the 14th amendment. congressman, when i first s
we re talking about health care reform and the last-minute arm twisting to get reluctant democrats to vote yes. the white house needs 216, every single republican likely to vote know. republican democrats are now upwards of 200 likely nos. let s talk strategy with bill benefit, author of a century turns and dee dee myers. how long the democrats are gaining momentum in their effort to pass this? i don t know. i noticed the pickup of a couple votes, the things i m hearing, there s a lot of arm twisting and still a lot of reluctance. obviously, they don t have the votes, if they did, they would have the votes and vote. yeah, dede, it gave hope to some prolife democrats that this