Cenk all right, if you want to watch the whole Sherrod Brown interview i had with the progressive senator from ohio, go to youtube. Com text yt interviews. Viewpoint is next. Stay right here. John rand paul completes his efic 13 hour drone attack filibuster and promises to go back to being the socially backwards ayn rand acolyte liberals love to hate. The department has promised to look into drones that drop ayn rand novels from the sky. Arkansas republicans have struck a blow against abortion, the most restrictive law in all of america. If they can just get rid of reading, theyll have the perfect state at least women still have the right to leave arkansas. Barack obama takes a group of republican senators out for a fancy dinner. Sean hannity demands to know why this president so obviously hates lunch. Today is the birthday of Bryan Cranston comedian wanda sykes and the late great singersongwriter townes van zandt. On this date, u. S. A. For africas we are the world was released to the
Chris matthews and hardball picks things up right now. Obama land. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Yesterday we discovered the obama doctrine. Put simply, its to continue the American Revolution well in the 21st century. Defined economic equality for women, full equalitiallout equal for gay people. Everything about yesterday screamed with this manifesto from the makeup of the crowd to the people in the inaugural platform to the entertainment to the words of the address to the jaunty walks along pennsylvania avenue by barack and michelle and the wild and woolly greetings of Vice President joe biden. Were all part of this. They were shouting were in this together and were going to act together and were going to try to open dialogue with those who would be our enemies abroad. Were not looking for another war this time and under this president were looking for a way to avoid one because these wars, as weve all learned the hard way, are a lot easier to sta
Progress does not compel us to settle. The 57th inauguration, president obama delivered the most progressive speeches ever given by a chand der in chief. The president took the ceremonial oath of office on the steps of the United States capitol. President obama did not set out to lower expectations of his second term. Instead, he established the goals of a progressive agenda. My fellow americans, we are made for this moment and we will seize it so long as we seize it together for we, the people understand that our country cannot succeed when a very few barely make it. We believe americas prosperity must rest on the rise of the middle class. Helping our fellow man rang throughout the second inaugural dress. He did not shy away from our moral obligation to each other ever. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the poverty knows she has a chance to succeed as anyone else because she is american, she is free, and she is equal not just in the eyes of god but also in our own.
Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start with this. This thing in new york is getting a lot bigger than some sleazy emails. There are larger stakes in this matter than the political future of a desperate former congressman. It comes down to one word, reputation. Now, there are cynics out there who will sneer that politicians and politics itself cannot go any lower in public esteem. For those i cant really help you. If youve lost hope, youre pretty much on your own. But this Anthony Weiner business, a matter only he argues is still a private matter involving him and his laptop is giving new york democrats the kind of branding that can make them the butt of jokes, worse yet, deep and heartfelt disgust for years to come. If he stays in the race to the ends and wins a significant number of votes, he will count himself a winner. Every vote he gets, every other candidate he beats will be a statement to the country about new york and about the Democratic Party. A statement
Im sorry for that. But im not scared of that. People will completely have almost forgotten this. Thats what they are counting on. Good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. This is the story that the nfl wants to go away. But is it going to go away with all the conversation across america. The ray rice story doesnt look like it will be going away soon. Today bring more bad news for Roger Goodell. A source close to the ray rice story told nbc news that rice says he described to goodell what he did in the elevator during a june meeting he had with the commissioner. Rice says he accepted responsibility and admitted to the commissioner he hit his then fiance. Espn has four sources back up this claim. One source said ray didnt lie to the commissioner. He told the full truth to goodell. He said he was sorry and that it wouldnt happen again. A second source said he told the truth. This is a public lynching of ray. This directly contradicts what Roger Goodell told cbs news e