give us the feedback to tell us whether or not we should get involved, how we should get involved, and who they think the best guy for that job is. karl rove claimed on fox earlier this week that he wasn t just about protecting incumbent candidates. he was about winning. listen to this. our job is not to protect incumbents, it s to win races by stopping the practice of giving away some of these seats like we did in missouri and in indiana this past year, and that may mean telling the incumbent republican that if he s going to be in the race, he shouldn t expect any funds from crossroads in the general election. if some people think the best we can do is todd mourdock todd akin and richard mourdock, they re wrong. we need to get better conservative candidates and win. when i saw that tape, i said to myself it reminded me of a lecture first year of college in a government class. in fact, i ll give a shout out, dr. frank colin who said this. he said parties exist for one purpose,
0 no matter the politics, that s the question we should think about. policy should be around the precedent we set. no president should be able to go unchecked. i was opposed to it under bush. i m opposed to it now. i m afraid for the future. we must watch this carefully. i m a.m. sharpton, thanks for watching. hardball starts right now. defending the drones, let s play hardball good evening. i m michael smerconish in for chris matthews. secrets and spies. the man who is at the center of the national debate over the targeted killing of americans overseas has been in the hot seat on capitol hill. among other things, john brennan coordinates the kill list, and so his confirmation hearing to become head of the cia is drawing an unusual amount of interest and attention. we ll get to what he said and the reaction at the top of the show. also, more and more people on the right are asking, who is karl rove and why should we listen to him anymore? rove wants electable republicans no
0 leader of the vibrant opposition leader, marco rubio. let s listen to what he had to say. i really believe if i do the best job i can in the senate, then in a couple of years i ll be in a position to make a decision about whether i want to run for re-election, you know, leave politics and give someone else a shot, if i was thinking about things like that, it would limit my ability to take on important issues, it would affect how i stake out issues. it s not going to be productive for the people that i represent, who deserve to have a senator focused on them, not himself and their future. ana marie, they may have the youngest front-runner ever. it is true. he is definitely the future of the party. however, it s interesting that he s the future of the party and he s sort of an undefined candidate in a lot of ways. i think he s a very bright guy and he has made smart moves and he s embraced the tea party but sort of in a guy hug, a pat on the back. he s not moving in too far. admi
incumbents, it s to win races by stopping the practice of giving away some of these seats like we did in missouri and in indiana this past year and that may mean telling the incumbent republican that if he s going to be in the race, he shouldn t expect any funds from crossroads in the general election. if some people think the best we can do is todd myrrh you can do todd akin and richard mourdock, they re wrong. we need to get better conservative candidates and win. when i saw that tape, i said to myself it reminded me of a lecture first year of college in a government class. in fact, i ll give a shout out, dr. frank colin who said this. he said parts exist for one purpose, to win. i think that s true if you think about it for the republican or democratic party. that s not necessarily the case for tea party activists. you re there to assert an ideology. the gop is not there for that purpose. do you agree with that? i agree with that. both political parties are all about winning,
0 good evening. i m michael smerconiummer komer chris matthews. secrets and spies. the man who is at the center of the national debate over the targeted killing of americans overseas has been in the hot seat on capitol hill. among other things john brennan coordinates the kill list and so his confirmation hearing to become head of the cia is drawing an unusual amount of interest and attention. we ll get to what he said and the reaction at the top of the show. also, more and more people on the right are asking, who is karl rove and why should we listen to him anymore? rove wants electable republicans nominated. the tea partiers want their people in. real right wingers and they re trashing rove and establishment republicans in the process. plus, you ve probably heard that chuck hagel once said the following, quote, the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here. i m not an israeli senator. i m a united states senator. but what you probably haven t heard is the rest of that itse