we know he will win in new jersey, and we know that. well, he wants to run up the score and he wants a big victory, and we know that, and the fact that you know, and john, as we all know, when it gets to the primary, we will have a discussion, will he goes for the candidate who is the most conservative or the one who can win and pull over those independent voters. so political basically? yes. and let s play this sound bite, because former governor jeb bush did go to the faith and freedom coalition that chris christie blew off and listen to how he stuck his foot in it. immigrants create far more businesses than native-born americans over the last 20 years. immigrants are more fertile, and they love families and they have more intact families and they bring a younger population. okay. that was hugely and delicate that immigrants are more fertile and not well phrased, but candy, on the policy substance, he had a meaningful point to make. yes, the point is that the
you know the president keeps saying he is for an all of the above energy strategy, when it comes to specific policy substance often times there is conflict. i keep hoping he will approve key entoo. just last week the senate democrats endorsed keystone pipeline. i m hopeful on that jobs front. martha: you wonder where all the enthusiasm for keystone, doug, was. people have been pushing for this. there is dispute how many jobs it might create. but it is a job creator. this is something he avoided with a very stiff arm. well, let me explain why if i could. bottom line, two third of the american people support it. it reduces our dependence on foreign oil as well as creating jobs. i think all of that is clear. the problem is tom stier, gave one of those big fund raisers in san francisco is an ardent opponent of keystone. said he would run ads in the massachusetts senate race against candidates who support keystone.
not even marco rubio s. that is exactly right, and of course, marco rubio s response was written long before the speech was ever given. it was not really a response. but they re still married to attacking a straw man. they re not actually wanting to engage on the policy substance, because the substance on it, the policies, everything he advocated for which has been called liberal and aggressive, all of those things, is also very popular. are you going to be the one who says we don t support paycheck fairness or pre school for children? it is not the place where they want to be, so instead they have to say president obama just wants big government. he doesn t think that the pirate sector can do anything good. he is a socialist, mao and castro, as well. howard dean, what would you have advised the republicans to try to embrace in the president s speech, without sacrificing their principles? were there things you thought if the republicans would meet them
republican response that actually takes on what he said. not even marco rubio s. that is exactly right, and of course, marco rubio s response was written long before the speech was ever given. it was not really a response. but they re still married to attacking a straw man. they re not actually wanting to engage on the policy substance, because the substance on it, the policies, everything he advocated for which has been called liberal and aggressive, all of those things, is also very popular. are you going to be the one who says we don t support paycheck fairness or pre school for children? it is not the place where they want to be, so instead they have to say president obama just wants big government. he doesn t think that the pirate sector can do anything good. he is a socialist, mao and castro, as well. howard dean, what would you have advised the republicans to
here. what this is about john mccain and lindsay graham, and they just don t like chuck hagel and that s what s driving this process more than anything else. personal differences more than real policy substance right now. my thanks to our special valentine s day panel. keith gets the prize for wearing red today. thank you so much. i went a little more cupid-y with mine. thanks so much. thank you. if you work full-time, you shouldn t be in poverty. waging war over minimum wage. the president wants to raise it, but there s already some pushback from republicans. we are sounding off on that next. plus, an olympic athlete and parolympic star. the details ahead. and our question of the day, is the nra s wayne lapierre hurting the republican party? we ve all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can t believe you lost.