mentioned that issue. and that tells me i talk to people in private about this, too the republican activists here feel like that issue, they need to move on from that issue. banning gay marriage is not going to happen and they re losing the issue and people here were talking about the new issue should be maybe religious liberty and think about it that way instead of thinking about banning gay marriage. and i thought the silence on the issue was very striking and tells me the republican party is moving on that issue. that s interesting, especially prisons, too, when you hear from somebody like rick perry, governor of texas. of course, incarceration does cost money. perry bacon jr., political editor at the grio and more coverage on my show up with steve car kornacki 8:00 eastern time saturday and sunday mornings. thank you, perry, for being with us tonight. thanks, steve. we continue to monitor news about the missing malaysia airline 777 aircraft which lost
bevin is basically polling in the 20s right now. the primary is not till may. there s room for him to gain. the problem right now is he is undefined. most republicans in kentucky don t know much about him. mcconnell is doing a better job of filling in the gaps and casting him as kind of the person who became a tea partier fairly recently. the bailout comments being the best example of that. mcconnell is a bigger staff, stronger staff. he prepared for this for a long time and he s ready. no question about it. no tougher campaigner in kentucky history perhaps than mitch mcconnell. perry bacon jr. in louisville for us on the ground, covering that race. thank you, sir. reporter: thank you. still to come here in snowy washington, here we go again. yes, that is not file footage behind me, folks. that is what s actually taking place here in washington. here we go again. anyway, what jeb bush is saying about the clintons, coming up.
pr pro-hillary clinton group correct the record, and msnbc contributor perry bacon jr. the political editor for thegrio.com. the resonant conservative on the panel here, are conservatives just waking up right now and saying to themselves we made a mistake the last five years in how we treated bill clinton, and we have to correct it now before it comes back to launt us in 2014 and 2016? i don t think that s quite the way the conversation is going. a lot of this is the political tactics of the moment because the did democrats to this thing because you have this language of ronald reagan wouldn t recognize the republican party today. he was the person who managed to work across sides. that s going on all of the time. what i think is going to happen now moving forward as people start to move away from the obama years and start focusing on the idea of another prospective clinton administration, you are going to
house or the senate voted for that. it got through al gore s tiebreaking vote. and chelsea s mother-in-law was the deciding vote. yes. she was a guest on this show on the 20th anniversary of that vote. we are the only show that would celebrate 209th and veniversary the show. i want to thank adrienne, perry bacon jr. and robert george. coming up, the show that i said i loved to hate, maybe i m changing my mind a little bit. couldn t spop binge watching this weekend. one of the stars will join us straight ahead. turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and there s nothing good around turn around, barry i finally found the right snack [ female announcer ] fiber one. i finally found the right snack my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind. .it s not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke.
it didn t change sort of bigger trends from that story or what you assumed to be the case with hillary clinton there. nevertheless, it reminds us how easily the scandal can be brought back up and potentially impact the 2016 run. you ve got to think that weighs on hillary clinton s mind. then there s texas senator ted cruz. he took a stand on the bill to raise the debt limit. cruz managed to burnish his own reputation with the tea party but like he s done before decided to burn a few bridges with senate republican leaders. let s bring in our friday gaggle to discuss all this. amy walter, national editor for the cook political return. perry bacon jr. is an msnbc contributor and robert costa, national political reporter for the washington post. your pink eye is okay? yes, sir. you had to do that joke once. have you gotten any of those on twitter? the confusion on twitter makes me laugh. and we love costas. he s greek, i m italian and irish. well, you re all