given those dynamics. tag tag romney said he was looking for excuses to guess out of it. his father. romney would have made a better president, he, romney, would gladly have stepped a side, according to the author. what changed romney s mind? that s the question. he didn t think fellow republican contenders were up for the job. i didn t think any of them hl a good chance of defeating the president. in some case i thought they lacked the experience and perspective to do what was essential to get the country on track. well, of course, romney was overestimating his own ability of defeating the president. maybe he should have listenened to the results of the romney family vote. finally, during an appearance on bravo s watch what happens live with andy cohen here. cher gave msnbc a bit of an endorsement. that came as a surprise to someone else that happened to be on the set. take a look at the fun. are you still a big cnn and c-span viewer? yes, but i also i m
that the republicans say don t go for immigration reform much as the senate has done. they ll never win another presidential election. oh, baloney. if you look at the statistics, you find there is one significant block of voters who turned out in smaller numbers this time in a major way, way below expectations, below their 08 turnout, and that is white voters. what does it mean for the debate itself and whether it will pass because it will take both parties. joining us now are our msnbc analyst, former rnc chair michael steele, and jonathan alter, author of the great new book the center holds: obama and his enemies which shows the story how obama won 71% of the latino vote, among other political truths, i must say, many truths in your book which is packed with facts. i love anecdotal facts. i like giant details. i tried to explain it wasn t
just an accident he got 71%. they ran a subterranean campaign under the anglo media radar with people like the latina oprah. most anglos have never heard of her. you got me. cristina saralegui, huge host on univision. she cut ads with michelle obama. chris, here is the main point. if they hadn t run up the score, if they got 60 or 65% of the latino vote they still would have won the election but immigration reform would not be up right now at all. the republicans would not have gotten the message. so it s all about the election. good work. great reporting. we have a more recent, the vote in the senate last week. 76% of republicans voted against it. 14 votes out of 45 or 46. here is the question now, what do they do looking forward. if you are interested in presidential politics, you got to consider 80% of the electorate is hispanic and it will grow over our lifetime.
election, the vote was 2-10. he was on the two side for running. he was voting against it too. what is going on here? and this is hardball, a police for politics. with olay, here s how. new regenerist eye and lash duo. the cream smooths the look of lids. softens the look of lines. the serum instantly thickens the look of lashes. see wow! eyes in just one week with olay. these are sandra s homemade
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