bill because by the way, your house did approve it except four republican, voted to kill and remove medicare and move on. this is what you re doing here now for a living here, michael. you can run from it and become one of they guys. no, no problem. let s listen. i don t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering. so there are things you can do to improve medicare. not what paul ryan is suggesting? which is completely changing medicare? i think that that is too big a jump. i made a mistake and i called paul ryan today who is a very close, personal friend and i said that the fact is that i have supported what ryan s tried do in the budget. by the way, it was not a reference to paul ryan, no reference to paul ryan in that answer. well, then what did you apologize to him about? because it was interpreted in a way which was causing trouble, which he doesn t need or deserve, and was causing the house republicans trouble. so, o
29% of republicans know who cain is. and those who know him like him. bottom line, two candidates in, one out and a shake-up for the g.o.p. presidential contenders. back to you. harris: thank you very much. another g.o.p. presidential hopeful, the focus of talk on this sunday, newt gingrich. and you may know, he criticized an idea to overhaul medicare made by a fellow republican, congressman paul ryan and today, ryan responded. ryan s proposal essentially calls for a voucher system who help older people buy insurance in the future and many rejected that plan and republicans are wary of endorsing it. newt gingrich slammed it in an interview last week and here is what he he said. in a statement, quote, i don t think right wing social engineering is any more desiring than left wing social engineering, and that remark sparked a storm of backlash from conservative all week long and gingrich took miss words back and even called congressman ryan to apologize
to blame but himself and his choice of words. in his 35th appearance on meet the press, one question about a house proposal to turn medicare into a voucher program and gingrich s sharply worded answer made him the center of attention. just like when he was on capitol hill. i don t think right wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering. i don t think imposing radical change from the right or left is a very good way for a free society to operate. one analyst told cnn he could have accomplished much the same thing without the edginess by just calling the house medicare over haul plan a good start that needs improvement, but accusing conservatives of social engineering was seen by some as over the top. the author of the proposal, house budget committee chairman paul ryan, fired back on the laura ingram show. with allies like that, who needs the left. so many conservatives recoiled by that midweek, gingrich had walked back his comments apologiz
welcome back to msnbc saturday. 2012 politics tops our news this half hour. presidential hopeful newt gingrich must have felt like he woke up on the wrong side ever the bed for an entire week. his campaign spiralled in a matter of days, all starting at an apparent dig on paul ryan s medicare plan on meet the press last sunday. i don t think right wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering. i don t think imposing radical change in the right or left is a way for free society to operate. let me say any ad which quotes what i said on sunday is aa falsehood. i have said publicly those words were inaccurate and unfortunate. stop the hate! stop antigay politics! dividing our country, not fixing our economy! you re an embarrassment to our party.
many said it s time to turn the page and move on. many would say amen to that. thank you, dan. that s it for the he had to are yal report and thanks to my panel and especially for all of you for watching, i m paul gigot. hope to see you right here next. . jon: on fox news watch. my heart says no. jon: huckabee not running. i will not be running for president as much as i d like to. jon: trump s not running. are any of these people running? and if they do, what kind of media treatment should they expect? i don t think right wing social engineering is any more desirable than left wing social engineering. jon: gingrich is running, but based on meet the press appearance, his days seem numbered. did the media fail the fairness test? two big sex scandals get big media attention, one involving an international politician accused of rape, the other