there were other appalling things happening around it at that rally. you know, it was a ridiculous event, and you laugh at it if it didn t make you so angry. thank you, gene and professor peterson and john alter, all of you for being so polite and deck orrous about the matter. these people are repugnant, ignorant, i am besillic individuals and bring shame upon the nation. coming up, does the 11-hour senate deal still have a pulse or does our fate lie with wait for it house republicans. john tester joins us next. stay with us. [ male announcer ] pepcid® presents: the burns family dinner.
you know, we ll cut the earnings of our staff and make sure they you know, they have to pay for all their insurance and and can t get the subsidies anybody else gets. and we ll handcuff the president and the secretary of the treasury. so they can t manage the money. so we have become more likely to i mean, it s just ridiculous. and you know, i fear that we re on it always gets darkest before it goes completely black. yeah john, ted cruz reportedly skipped the gop luncheon today. but that s okay, last night he organized a group of tea party house members to meet at a mexican restaurant in washington. the purpose, of course, was to plot ways of keeping the government closed. right. now, it seems this coup d etat con questionso is succeeding. he s keeping it closed. for this moment. it looks a little bit like a younger version of joe mccarthy,
because they have to think about their party also. and they don t want they shouldn t become a remnant party the way they are in europe. they want to so sacrifice themselves politically at home. basic point that karl rove made, basic point that karl rove made, which was an excellent point is to win with white votes, republican candidate in a presidential election would have to carry the white vote by the same margin as listen, just can i just finish the point? same margin as ronald reagan won when he carried 49 states. which nominee can get that? none of them. let me ask, will the majority of house republicans vote for a pathway to full citizenship? no. no. but with democratic votes they can get a bill through. well, how are they going to get a vote? john boehner has to walk his way back from the so-called hastert rule that says you have to have a majority of the rule. did you hear from that yes. john alter said you have to
john boehner has to walk his way back from the so-called hastert rule that says you have to have a majority of the rule. did you hear from that yes. john alter said you have to do this. otherwise she are slitting their throats long-term. that has to play, chris, longer term. i don t think it will happen. thank you. thank you, michael steele and jonathan alter. don t forget to check out the hardball blog. there is much more on this story including a great piece by hardball reporter benji sarlin talking about how latinos learn to love their own base. find it at tv.msnbc.com and clicking on hardball. up next, mitt romney didn t just lose the race for the white house among the electorate last november, his own family overwhelmingly voted against his own candidacy, even him, he says. this is hardball a place for politics.
way back from the so-called haster rule that says you have to have a majority of the vote. did you hear from that yes. john alter said you have to do this. otherwise she are slitting their throats long-term. have you it play chris, longer term. i don t think it will happen. thank you. don t forget to check out the hardball blog. there is much more on this story including by hardball reporter, benji. talking about how latinos learn to love their own base. find it at tv.msnbc.com and click on hardball. up next, mitt romney didn t just lose the race for the white house among the electorate. his own family voted against his candidacy, even him. this is hardball a place for politics.