week. so the party that spent much of the campaign telling us that evolution is a lie, global warming a hoax, tax cuts pay for themselves, and pollsters were conspiring against the winning romney campaign is now apparently making an effort to join the reality-based community. the latest, louisiana governor bobby jindal who told politico it s time for republicans to, quote, stop being the stupid party. sounds promising until you remember he signed into law a measure that allows for teaching creationism in public schools. with me are two msnbc political hot shots. howard fineman is the huffington post boss, and john heilemann with new york magazine. both great guys and brilliant. let me ask you about this republican party. as someone once said in the communist world as things were changing in budapest, the road to damascus is very crowded these days. there are a lot of, what do you call them, a lot of converts out there. i was thinking, howard, in a nonreligious, in a secular sense,
it s time for republicans to, quote, stop being the stupid party. sounds promising until you remember he signed into law a measure that allows for teaching creationism in public schools. with me are two msnbc political hot shots, howard fineman is the huffington post boss and john heilemann with new york magazine. both great guys and brilliant. let me ask you about this republican party. as someone once said in the communist world, the road to damascus is very crowded these days. there are a lot of what do you call them, a lot of converts out there. i was thinking howard in a nonreligious, in a secular sense, boy, are there a lot of them coming out. kristol is out there, some of the really smart guys are saying we blew it, let s think. yes. well, some people like david brooks and bill kristol who are thoughtful conservatives, but they kind of suspended their disbelief i think during the last days and weeks of the campaign. they were all on board with romney. they were all saying th