i misspoke. when you do how many thousands of interviews, now and then, you may get it wrong. i misspoke. thank you for joining us on hardball. his original statements, context is important. i don t want to be unfair. listen to what he had to say. i m in this race because i care about americans. i m not concerned about the very poor. i m concerned about americans. what does that mean? he made a mistake. people make mistakes. this high school game. you heard what he had to say. he meant all americans obviously. people make mistakes. this middle school game of he said she said. that s why people get turned off on politics. that s why people turn their tvs off. people make mistakes. as you heard, he s a human guy.
those are the hot questions. and michele bachmann failed to get a leadership post in the new congress but she may have her eyes fixed on a bigger prize? we ll have it for you in the sideshow. let s start with the opening bid, 112th congress, big excitement at capitol hill today. pat buchanan is an msnbc analyst and joan walsh is with salon.com. joan, i m looking at the house today, boehner, as always, a very human guy, whatever you think of his politics, very emotional. i was taken by that. i thought pelosi gave a nice speech welcoming him, he got a gigantic gavel. took a shot at him for wanting such a big with baby, he got this gigantic gavel. i have no comment on the size of his gavel. i have no idea whether size matters. here is speaker boehner talking today about humility and with humility this there it is, look at the size of that thing. let s listen. the american people have humbled us. they have refreshed our memories to just how temporary the privilege of serving is
polling well in those swing states and palin, the former governor of alaska is still the wildcard. but could jeb bush be prodded to throw his hat in the ring? those are the hot questions. and michele bachmann failed to get a leadership post in the new congress but she may have her eyes fixed on a bigger prize? we ll have it for you in the sideshow. let s start with the opening bid, 112th congress, big excitement at capitol hill today. pat buchanan is an msnbc analyst and joan walsh is with salon.com. joan, i m looking at the house today, boehner, as always, a very human guy, whatever you think of his politics, very emotional. i was taken by that. i thought pelosi gave a nice speech welcoming him, he got a gigantic gavel. took a shot at him for wanting such a big with baby, he got this gigantic gavel. i have no comment on the size of his gavel. i have no idea whether size matters. here is speaker boehner talking today about humility and with humility this there it is, look at