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You re doing something with michelle obama tomorrow. we ll talk about that in just a second. but first, i love what you ve done in glamour. is america ready for a female president? an essay today comparing it to one, what, 40 years ago? 40 years ago, jeff greenfeld, the political commentator, had written a story for glamour called is america ready for a female president? and he concluded no, absolutely not. at that point, 50% of americans were saying they would be less likely to vote for a female than an equally qualified male. now it s completely the opposite. 71% of americans say that gender makes no difference whatsoever, and 19% say they d be more likely to vote for a woman. and what we found that s interesting is that most women now believe that it would be a good thing for america to have a female president. they believe it s about time. they d like to show it to their daughters. on the other hand, it s not what they are going to make their own voting decision on the basis
Is that what happened to the tape? i think he was waiting for the laughs in the room and they didn t come. they didn t come. that was majority leader harry reid on the senate floor yesterday giving his tribute to retiring senator ben nelson. you know he s got hair like a 15-year-old. you do, too. i do. coming up, political analyst jeff greenfield and washington post eugene robinson and then the republican party is on a mission definitely not to repeat the mistakes of the past year. and the man in charge of finding those solutions, former mississippi governor haley barbour will join us right here on morning joe. is that a toupee? wow.
Deficit because we tax too little, because we spend too much. jeff. hi, haley. you ve been around the block a while. are we going to get something out of washington that is a really substyti ststantive agre just looks real enough to satisfy the public. i don t think you will satisfy the public. the public is very divided, as the election showed. i hear all this mandate mandate talk but the president got less than 51% of the vote. he won because he made mitt romney unacceptable. he didn t run on his record. but the fact of the matter is, nothing that has been said by the democrats stounds me like it will be very satisfactory. patty murray says she doesn t mind going over the fiscal cliff. dick durbin says we can t take up entitlements this year and