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Their insurance and that was not the truth. And whether you like the model of obama care or not, the fact that the president sold it on a basis that was not true has undermined the foundation of his second term. I think its rotting it away. Wait, theres a little bit more, the Washington Post obtaining an internal memo that shows an outside Health Adviser warning of trouble ahead for the rollout. Telling the administration, quote, i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president s vision or have the capability to carry it out. Looking back, people are going to be scratching their heads for years going how did they make this mistake . So how do mistakes like this happen inside the west wing . Well, look, i think thats a fairly devastating story. Joining me now is democratic congressman jerry nadler from new york. I want to get your reaction from this from the Washington Post article in which it says a 2008 obama Health Campaign adviser puts the rollout this way. They were running the biggest startup in the world and they didnt have anyone who had run a startup or even run a Small Business or a business. Its very hard to think where the people best at getting legislation passed is best at implementing it. Weve seen zeke emanuel saying this is a long game on morning joe, this is a marathon for the social contract of our country. Some see it at this moment of a sprint and even the democrats are failing. With these new numbers out about millions losing their insurance, how do you get better control of the narrative that obama care isnt the titanic . Well, i think that the rollout has certainly been fouled up, without question. Why well find out in the fullness of time. But that wont matter in the long run. What will matter is do people in the end get good insurance thats cheaper than what they have . And i think most people will. Remember that all these things were seeing now, all the hype about millions of people facing cancellation of insurance, these policies, many of which have 10 or 25,000 deductibles, many of which dont cover drugs and other things, are being cancelled because they dont meet the basic requirements. But most of these people, probably 9 10 of them will be able to get much better policies more cheaply on the exchanges. So that theyll have better policies more cheaply. Now, they dont see that yet because they dont see the exchange yet, but within a couple of months they should see that and people should be well served. Also remember that were talking here about a subset of 5 to 6 of the people, because most people you get their insurance from medicare, medicaid from their employers or the veterans administration. None of that is affected. Were talking about the individual market. But this 5 still needs to be represented and not marginalized by this. Let me just ask you, why arent you and your colleagues but those 5 90 of them will have much better insurance for cheaper than theyre getting it now. Absolutely. But they do not have that understanding yet because the private Insurance Companies, theyre not really helping in all of this. Let me just show the headline, sir, to everybody because weve gohow the narratives are fighting out on the front pages here. Headlines out today, the New York Times is pointing out millions are eligible for free policies under the care act but insurers are reluctant to push the option because of a costly tradeoff. Ezra klein estimates as many as seven million uninsured people may be eligible for those bronze hel health plans that are free after the subsidy. And talking points memo into the lengths that the insurers are going to hide obama care benefits from its customers and in some states pressuring them to choose these new plans before the october 1st open enrollment dates. How do you encourage the Insurance Companies to tap into millions of new customers and recognize this is a good thing if everybody can figure out how it works. Well, the Insurance Companies understand that theyre tapping into millions of new customers. Thats why the mandate was put in, in order to enable them to give to insure everybody, including those with preexisting conditions without increasing peoples rates. Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous people in Insurance Companies, not all of them, obviously, but enough of them to be doing what they can to fool people, to get them to sign on to expensive policies they dont need. Now thats mostly a matter of state regulations. Some states have the ability under law to prohibit it, to fine them, to stop them and kentucky is doing that. Other states dont and should get that capability. If we were operating in a normal environment, that is where the republicans as well as the democrats were trying to make the law work instead of trying to destroy it, we would pass a bill in Congress Quickly that gave the federal government the ability to make sure that Insurance Companies didnt mislead their customers and that if they did, they were severely sanctioned and fined for it and the proper information was given to people. Instead we have republican governors and legislatures doing everything they can to sabotage the navigators and others giving out correct information. The onus has been put on the federal government to get the website exchanges up and running. Not just to get the website exchanges up and running but to give out a lot of the information because the states arent doing it. In so many of these reds states there has obstruction in getting the exchanges up and running. In states where they are running weve seen success, in maryland an also kentucky. But we continue to push through this thing together. Well let you go, sir. New york congressman jerrold nadler. I want to bring in the host of hardball, Chris Matthews. Chris, its good to have you here. The latest revelations about the millions of people that have lost their insurance coverage, that is a sexy headline. Its easy too. Its easy. But the reality is, these are junk policies that did not meet the basic standard of care and these people that are getting these cancellation notices, they didnt realize that maybe they were one catastrophic emergency room visit or crazy situation away from being bankrupt. I think its kind of a normal way. Suppose youve been healthy the last two or three years and nothing has gone wrong. Hows your Health Insurance for you . Its great. If youve had cancer warnings, if youve had real terrible chronic threats down the line, you know all the problems. Youve heard the deductibles, hospitalization costs were going to kill you. This is the way its selling. But the president has a problem here. I think a lot of people like me hate paperwork. They hate having to deal with accountants, they hate tax time, they hate keeping records, and they were told you dont have to deal with the bureaucracy, youre home free. Just sign that policy and youre in business all for yourself. I think people were unfairly told you get away clean on this one. In fact youll have to join the exchanges and deal with everything everybody else does. I think that was dishonest if it was done on purpose. Most of us all hate change when it comes to things like this where we have to amend what were used to, even if it is for our betterment. But let me talk about the fact that all of this is taking up the oxygen in the d. C. Chamber and no one is talking about the shutdown and what that cost the country. I think these are different by the way, i think these are so unrelated. I know some people have already been saying, well, this is going to show that we were right in shutting down the government. I think people see them both as problems. One is the inefficient democrats and the other is the malicious republicans that want to bring it down. Boy the way, if you have cancer, who are you rooting for, the guy trying to get you help or the one thats not trying . That was pointed out by krugman and other columnists. If you have a real case or stage 4 cancer, you want the federal government to come up with a Health Care Option that you can afford and get into, not somebody thats doing nothing. The people i dont trust are the critics that have no plan. The cruzzes and rand pauls. They dont have a health care plan. They just go negative. Rand paul, in kentucky its highly successful. Because they put the exchange in. Lets talk about double down. This is the new book thats out by Mark Halperin and john hileman. There are a number of revelations including the Hillary Clinton swap for biden, now the search for the white knight. If romney couldnt deliver sense santorum and romneys issues with Chris Christie, including his health and taurdness. Heres what governor christie told Kelly Odonnell about the book itself. But the fact is that these are just two guys trying to sell a book, lets not forget that. They sensationalize things. They go to low level staff to try to get a sensational book because they want to make money. It doesnt make it valid and nothing im concerned about, kelly. Nothing that he is concerned about. Is he concerned about the score settling . It looks to me like the romney staffers who gave him all the middle level goods on him, like he overused his expense account as u. S. Attorney and stayed at the four seasons instead of the days inn, who cares. Clearly there was bad blood left over from the fact that he looked very good walking the beach with barack obama and that hurt governor romney. If all of this is true, though i think theres some irishness in here somewhere of getting even. We get romney talking about Chris Christie over the weekend on meet the press as a potential president ial candidate and singing a different tune. At this stage you look at Chris Christie and say thats a very impressive guy with a great track record with a demonstrated ability to work across the aisle, with support of labor and blue collar voters in new jersey. Its a pretty compelling story and theres some other very compelling stories. Paul ryan, jeb bush, marco rubio. Theres a long list of very capable people. But Chris Christie stands out as one of the very strongest lights in the Republican Party. No ted cruz on that list, no rand paul. I think, look, i have nothing against governor romney, hes probably a good man, good father and husband and all. But i think hes regretting the campaign he ran. He ran as a faux right winger. Hes the Massachusetts Governor who was a centrist governor. I think hes looking at christie that can run the campaign he should have win. That would be real serendipity. Christie wanted that job and romney obviously looked at him and found him too heavyweight, actually too big for the job. Chris christie hes losing some weight. That conversation with Kelly Odonnell. I had a conversation with him once where i made a stupid crack about his weight and he called me up and said im working on it. You cant not like a guy like that. Who doesnt have weight problems. A lot of americans can relate to that. Weve got three big races today, new york city mayor, bill de blasio against joe lhota. Terry mcauliffe is several points ahead of Ken Cuccinelli and Chris Christie has a wide lead over Barbara Buono. But virginia, new jersey say a lot of the ballots for the heart of the Republican Party. The clintons are really making virginia their territory. Exactexactly. But its going to show the difference between Chris Christie taking over a blue state and here we go with mcauliffe where Ken Cuccinelli could have run away with this race. This is like the bonapartes making maximillan emperor of mexico. This is a reach by the clintons. They take a guy, a good guy, mcauliffe, and put him into virginia. Its an extraordinary success. Hes a very likeable guy but the clintons will get a lot of credit for this. This is the first big pin on the map. Weve got virginia next time. Do you think this is the tale of where the Republican Party is going and Chris Christie will become the National Story . I have a dog in this race. I want the Republican Party to return to its roots. It will always have a very hard right part to it but i think its got to rebuild its center. I think with christie they have a good shot at rebuilding the old new york and pennsylvania and new jersey Republican Party, the party that used to be a centrist party. They need to have that wing up there. It takes two wings, and that centrist wing has to be rebuilt, i think. Chris matthews, great to have you here, be sure to watch hardball at 7 00 p. M. Tonight i get to be a guest on your show. Tonight or very soon. My producers, were deciding. But wed love to have you on. Look at that, i just got my throat slit right here on my own show. We want to get you after you come back from russia. We want the russia. He goes hardball on me on my own hour. Look at that. Cut right here on my own show. All right, chris, great to see you, buddy. Ted cruz pays a visit to another state that could be critical to 2016. This time hes taking his lone star tea to South Carolina. Well talk to two political insiders there about what hes hoping to accomplish there. Also ahead, if Chris Christie wins reelection tomorrow, what will that signal for his president ial aspirations and that possible run against Hillary Clinton . The agenda panel will jump on those topics when we come back, after i triage all my cuts and bruises from Chris Matthews right there. Were back after that. Doesnt like being sold to. The last thing i want is to feel like someone is giving me a sales pitch, especially when it comes to my investments. You want a broker you can trust. A lot of guys at the other firms seemed more focused on selling than their clients. Thats why i stopped working at my old brokerage and became a Financial Consultant with charles schwab. Avo what kind of Financial Consultant are you looking for . Talk to us today. So republican fire brand ted cruz is in another important 2016 state today. Senator cruz, who visited iowa less than two weeks ago, is in South Carolina to speak at a pastors policy briefing in columbia. Its the same group that Newt Gingrich spoke to twice before he won the states 2012 president ial primary. Joining me now is msnbc contributor Jimmy Williams and republican strategist hogan gidley. Hogan, let me start with with you. This is a smart move for ted cruz, isnt it . It is a smart move. Im not going to swipe your cuts like Chris Matthews did in your first half of television. It was a small knick on my artery. Its fine. South carolina is obviously important to the president ial process. I spoke with some officials in the ground in South Carolina this morning, im in d. C. , and we talked about his showing, his appearance. His style is very good for that group. Its Something Like huckabee has done several times and gingrich has done it as well. Its right in ted cruzs wheelhouse. Its about faith. Its about tying faith to public policy. Ted cruz has tried to do that many times and this is the group you want to court if youre going to make a 2016 run. In my opinion, though, im still not sold he makes that run. Jimmy, earlier we heard mitt romney on meet the press give names out like christie, rubio and ryan for 2016. I want to play what he said about ted cruz. Does ted cruz stand out to you as a potential light of the Republican Party . Look, im not going to disqualify anybody, but i think ive indicated some of the names i think are most effective in becoming elected and well see where it goes. He could have started that with bless his heart, but he didnt, followed by that but that he then went into. Is there a problem for cruzzed credibility and electability. Mitt romney called his own self severely conservative, which no one believed anyway. Im not really sure i could care less what mitt romney thinks about ted cruz and the 2016 elections. Hes lost, hes done, go live in malibu. But my bigger point is here in South Carolina dont forget gingrich only won with 40 , mitt romney got 28 . Rick santorum came in third with 17 in South Carolina. Its a very tricky state. You have evangelicals up in the upper part of the state. You have folks in columbia, they dont like a lot of the social issues unless youre in the suburbs and people in the downstate dont like the social issues at all. And so this whole tea party idea, it certainly is alive and well in South Carolina, but its not nearly at the levels that it was four years or in 2012. Or in 2010, to be honest with you. So im not really sure what ted cruz is doing down there except for running for president , but it doesnt mean that he can get the nomination. 1980, ronald reagan, every gop nominee that won the South Carolina primary, went on to become the partys nominee. That fall, except for Newt Gingrich. Lets be fair to mitt romney because that killer house is not in malibus are its in la jolla. I apologize. The el as a result begins in malibu. Lets talk about the political article that claims that moderate House Republicans have had it with the extreme right wing reporting that peter king says the Congressional Republicans need to specifically target the freshmen senator. Is there really a civil war going on inside, trying to figure out who can emerge as a leader and a leader that can get people to fall in line . Well, ill give one defense of ted cruz with his actions with the filibuster and thats this. Without strong leadership, theres a void and it allows someone like ted cruz to move forward and take that mantle. It wasnt a filibuster, it was a faux filibuster. Everybody knew which way the wind was blowing before he started because he agreed to not have to not let it go that far with harry reid prior to that epic, you know, how many hours that faux thing was. Ted cruz admitted that himself. We all knew that going in. But the fact remains he still tried to do the tactic, i dont know what it was for, we can debate that all day long. National press. Im sorry . It was for national press. It was to fund raise. Theres no leadership at the top to rein these folks in and say at the end of the day we have to govern something, move some policy forward. No one is doing that and thats why its given ted cruz the opportunities hes had so far. Well all know soon enough when he had a pimento and cheese sandwich when he goes to South Carolina. Msnbc contributor Jimmy Williams and republican strategist hogan gidley. The suspected l. A. X. Shooter remains hospitalized and in Critical Condition. What investigators have uncovered about a possible motive for that attack. And Edward Snowden is out with a new manifesto and is asking for clemency from the u. S. Why he basically says he did the American Government a favor. Thats next. Im a careful investor. When you do what i do, you think about risk. 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Brakes, tires, oil, everything. whistling following a developing story with the Supreme Court and abortion rights in oklahoma. Nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams joins me now with more on this. Pete, good morning. Whats the update . Thomas, let me bottom line this, first of all. What this all means at the end of the day is that a strict new law in oklahoma that was to basically ban the use of a twopill regimen including ru486 for medicinal abortions early in pregnancy, that law will not take effect. A little more detail. The law passed. The oklahoma Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional and struck it down. The state of oklahoma asked the u. S. Supreme court to take the case, and in june the court said it would hear it, but it sent essentially a homework assignment to the state Supreme Court saying were not quite sure what this law does. Will you please define it for us. Last week the state Supreme Court said its an undue burden on womens rights to have an abortion because it bans medicinal abortions. Hearing that, the Supreme Court today dismissed the case. Meaning the Lower Court Ruling will stand, the law will not go into effect. Its a bad sign, i think, thomas, for similar laws in four other states, arizona, north dakota, ohio and texas, that have similar restrictions given that the court said, okay, were going to look at this. Now that they know the law is very harsh, theyre not. Theres another Abortion Case coming. Planned parenthood has asked the Supreme Court to take up a case involving a law in texas that requires abortion clinics to have doctors at those clinics to have admission privileges at nearby hospitals. So we may yet have an Abortion Case before the Supreme Court this term. But not this one from oklahoma. Nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams. Thank you, sir, appreciate it. New details are coming this morning involving the man police say went on a shooting rampage inside Los Angeles International airport on friday. The suspect, paul ciancia is hospitalized and in Critical Condition. Hes been unresponsive because of his current medical condition, but investigators say theyre still learning more about why he allegedly killed a tsa agent and wounded two others. Miguel almaguer is live outside l. A. X. With the details on this. Miguel, good morning. Reporter thomas, good morning. According to a federal criminal complaint, we do know more about the alleged shooters motive. Fbi investigators say that he left behind a onepage letter, what they call also has been called a manifesto in which he said he was specifically targeting tsa agents. It didnt matter whether they were black, white, brown or yellow. Apparently that was written inside this manifesto. He seemed to target these individuals because they worked for the federal government and he had some problems with the federal government. We dont know specifically what was in that note. That is still part of the investigation. As for the suspect himself, as you mentioned, he was shot multiple times, at least once in the head. Hes in Critical Condition and hes been unresponsive because of his medical condition. Investigators still trying to learn more about the motive today. Miguel almaguer reporting from l. A. X. Thanks so much. A german magazine publishing an open letter it says was penned by nsa leaker Edward Snowden in whats been titled a manifesto for truth. Snowden reportedly writes that calls for Surveillance Program reforms justify his decision to leak classified information and he calls the u. S. And british the worst offenders. Nothing says, youre my 1 copilot, like a milkbone biscuit. Say it with milkbone. 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Weve got republican dean heller saying hes going to support this bill, making five republicans in favor so were at the 60vote threshold so no filibuster on this. Three republicans who can vote in favor arent saying how theyll too. Are you surprised that senator portman is sitting on this . We know that he came out with a fullthroated endorsement of Marriage Equality after revealing that his son came out to him identifying as gay. Well, he may be waiting for strategic reasons that are unique to ohio, where hes from, but i would be very surprised if he doesnt support the bill. I mean hes become a great supporter of lgbt rights and of Marriage Equality, as you said, so im pretty sure hell support the bill, along with those others that you mentioned. I think at the end of the day this bill will probably have about 63 votes. All right. So weve got president obama saying that firing americans for who they are is not eligible. On the huffing post he urged congress to pass it saying its offensive, its wrong and to stop. In the u. S. , who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense. So the gop is at a real crossroads here because this is not, as some people will level this is offering special protection to the lgbt community. Basically what this is doing is saying homophobia is bs and you cant allow for it anymore. Is the gop going to get on board with that because of the fact theyre at a crossroads and pauft fact theyre trying to reach out to millennials and engage an entire new sect of young republicans who think that lgbt rights are fair game, or do you think that theyre going to miss a huge opportunity here . Well, they are in a very difficult spot, right, because they want to broaden their appeal to young people and to different kinds of minorities, but yet they are in a little bit of a stranglehold of the conservatives and the tea party, so they are in a very tough political spot. I think ultimately the republicans in the senate will end up, a number of them will end up support of this bill, but john boehner Just Announced this morning that it will this bill will probably not see the light of day in the house. Which means it wont become law, even though what were about to see today will be historic if it passes the senate. It is probably unlikely in the house. But the language Speaker John Boehner uses, and we have part of it, the speaker believes this will increase frivolous litigation and cost american jobs, especially Small Business jobs. Now this could have been a statement that was refreshed from decades ago. 20 years ago. From bringing women into the workplace, people with disabilities into the workplace, minorities into the workplace, racial minorities, so this is an old seems reflexive. This talking point. Scare people because youre going to get sued. This conservative talking point of frivolous lawsuits is kind of the last thing they have left to say. I dont even know what it means, frivolous lawsuits. You can say that about any law. Any law you pass might lead to frivolous lawsuits. And its a scare tactic. Theres no indication that this bill will do anything but protect people based on Sexual Orientation in the workplace. A lot of states and municipalities have laws like this. We do not have a federal law like this. It is very important in places where no protection exist especially. Its not even i get back its not even a protection. Its basically a homophobia detector. It puts you on blast to know that employers cant use that as a basis to get rid of you, which is just ridiculous, and the fact that weve been having this language for all these years is even more ridiculous. And the fact that in 1996 it didnt pass because of one vote. And here we have Marriage Equality and were debating whether or not this should go through and whether it can go through . As you know, most major american corporations already have policies like this. So youre right. It is a little ridiculous that today after all the progress weve made that a bill like this cannot get through the house, but it looks like today it will get through the senate. You know, well take it step by step, a lot of progress. Richard socarides, thank you. This is our big question for you today. Gay rights in the workplace. Do you think the Republican Party will ever embrace ending discrimination against lgbt americans . You can weigh in on twitter and facebook. So sending a message. New jersey governor Chris Christie is poised to keep his seat by a wide margin. What does that mean for 2016 and one for the record books. Just what would a christie Hillary Clinton race look like . These are the topics for our agenda panel. Weve got dafna linzer, david corn, the Washington Bureau chief for mother jones and msnbc political analyst and corey d e dade, a contributing editor for the root. Dafna, we have a handful of new polls showing the lead of Chris Christie over his opponent. Quinnipiac has the governor with 61 to Barbara Buono with 33 . Rutgers putting christie at 66, buono 30 and many new jersey anz want him to run for president. Regardless of whether you like his politics or not, hes just a likeable candidate that has this sealed up, doesnt he . Yeah, he does. Its been a really good year no Chris Christie in a lot of ways. The way he came out after Hurricane Sandy just a year ago was very extraordinary. Hes very, very popular at home. Its wonderful that some of his constituents want him to run. I think the bigger question is will the Republican Party and the Republican Party the way it is today want him to be their candidate, want him to be the face of that party. All right. So david, nbcs Kelly Odonnell was on the road with christie over the weekend. She brought up 2016. I want to play a small portion of it for everybody. Im not planning for it, i just think its inevitable. I think people look at elections and they try to discern things from them about what they mean at that moment and what they mean for the future. And i think that what people are going to see is so unusual for what our party has created in the last couple of years, that invas invariably people will draw from it. So that will catch fire nationally. The words hes using. Thats a message right there. But the really i think the key word in that statement was unusual. Hes saying its unusual for republicans these days to win in a blue state. That is to not be controlled by the right wing ted cruz faction of the party. And as dafna just hinted at, what were seeing here is yet another battle, another round in the gop civil war. Tomorrow, if as expected, christie wins big and Ken Cuccinelli loses the governor race in virginia, because he is of the far right, it will give people on the sane side, on the nonkamikaze side of the Republican Party an argument about where the party should head in the next two years. Nevertheless, i still think most of the Grassroots Energy for the party is far on the root and Chris Christie is still going to be steering into a tea party storm. All right, so hes still going to be steering but well see him ride that wave pretty high out of new jersey. In new jersey. Based on what happens this week. I want to bring Hillary Clinton into this equation. Cor corey, new york senator Chuck Schumer endorsed her this weekend in a rousing speech. I want to play that. Take a look. Tonight here in iowa, and i wont get this opportunity again, i am urging Hillary Clinton to run for president. And when she does, she will have my full and unwavering support. 2016 is hillarys time. Run, hillary, run so, corey, what do you think of that . So Chuck Schumer is out there, and people were trying to read the tea leaves of the public schedule that Hillary Clinton has been keeping. But there is a lot of star power to think of Chris Christie on the right and Hillary Clinton on the left and what this means for the country. The intellectual conversation that the parties can have for the direction of our country. Yeah, a Christie Hillary matchup is a political junkies dream, certainly a dream for us. It will keep all of us employed for at least a year. But i think that, you know, schumer coming out at this point, you know, obviously it doesnt carry its really carrying symbolic weight, but i think the thinking is if enough highprofile democrats, standard bearer democrats like schumer, even though schumer sort of represents the liberal side, can sort of tacitly or blatantly get behind hillary now, the idea is it clears the field for her and it makes it puts pressure on Vice President biden to really decide whether or not he wants to actually challenge that. I think what youre seeing perhaps is the first of many highprofile democratic stars to come out for hillary over the next several months. And if they can if they can turn the Democratic Party democratic primary in 2016 into a less bruising affair, it certainly keeps the partys powder dry for when they go up potentially against Chris Christie. In christies case, he has his desired demographic actually cuts into where hillary is. Right. You talk about women and moderates. And also in the africanamerican community, because i know theres a piece on the grio talking about how well he can do in new jersey based on that. Thats right. And what that translates nationally. Corey, youre right, it will keep all of us employed a little while later if this happens. Our agenda panel, dafna linzer, david corn and corey dade. Thanks so much. You can learn more about our panel on our website, thomasroberts. Msnbc. Com. This is a big week for us here on the show. You can follow all of this on msnbc. Com because as has been talked about, im heading off to russia. I leave tomorrow. Im cohosting the Miss Universe contest there in moscow. You can follow by journey on a travel log. You can join the discussion on the trip, get realtime updates on twitter, facebook and instagram. Use the robertsinrussia. My hosting gig got spoofed this weekend on snl and this pic was a team decision. Tell us what you think. Hello, hello, im Thomas Roberts from msnbc. 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Now, Vice President joe biden hit the campaign trail this morning for democratic candidate and front runner Terry Mcauliffe. Vice President Biden highlighting the National Significance of this race and took swipes at his republican rival, Ken Cuccinellis conservative positions. Its the first major race between the forces and faces of the new Republican Tea Party led by a candidate whose views on women, you know them well, but i think its fair to say are from another era. I mean literally from another era. I think the motto of the tea party should be back to the future. So right now cuccinelli and supporters are gathered in warrenton, virginia, for a rally featuring senator marco rubio. You can see Ken Cuccinelli there back in the yeah, back in the background there. A new quinnipiac poll showing Terry Mcauliffe has a sixpoint lead. Joining me now, larry sabato, author of the kennedy half century. All eyes on the two governors races, the results which could hold clues about the attitudes of voters for both parties and messaging as we head into the midterms of 2014. Thats when congress will be at stake here. How important has the support of the president and the Vice President and the clintons for Terry Mcauliffe been as theyre all making the rounds for him in virginia . Well, thomas, it all helps obviously because you want to get your party base out. And of course this is an off, off year. In fact i think you were a virginia reporter for a while i was. Its very difficult to get people to vote right after a president ial race, and we tend to drop 30 Percentage Points on turnout. Thats what this is about, its about Building Base turnout on both sides. So president obama, as we saw over the weekend, out stumping for mcauliffe. He linked republican Ken Cuccinelli to the national tea party. Lets see if he made the proper connection. Take a look. Youve seen an extreme faction of the Republican Party that has shown again and again and again that theyre willing to hijack the entire party and the country and the economy and grind progress to an absolute halt if they dont get 100 of what they want. If you embrace the very politics that led to this shutdown, then i guarantee you, its not in the Rearview Mirror of voters in virginia. They remember. They understand that that is not how you govern and that is not how you move america forward. So, larry, cuccinellis campaign is predicting that the president s presence there would energize Republican Voters who were outraged over the botched rollout of obama care. Is there a chance that cuccinelli could pull out a lastminute win because of the problems with the obama care website and not about whats in the Rearview Mirror of the shutdown . You know, i always say theres always a chance, because every now and then all the polls are wrong and the turnout pattern is very different than they projected and that the rest of us projected. But lets remember it is very rare. The truth is, i dont think lets remember it is very rare. The truth is i dont think theres been a single professional poll that i would rely upon since august that hasnt had Terry Mcauliffe leading. His polling average is plus eight or so. You mentioned a poll that came out this morning that has him up six. That same poll last week had him up four. You can average them together. I think its a pretty stable lead for Terry Mcauliffe. It would be truly remarkable if he didnt win at this point. Larry, great to see you, sir. Thank you. Thank you, thomas. So we asked and you answered, the question being gay rights in the workplace. Do you think the Republican Party will ever embrace ending discrimination against lgtb americans and supporting the nondiscrimination act. Evolution cant be stopped, thankfully. The gop will either evolve or die as a party. They will weigh in as long as they can legislate discrimination. Not this rethuglican party. Keep the comments coming on twitter and facebook. Back after this. [ sniffles, coughs ] shhhh i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold and flu doesnt treat that. It doesnt . [ male announcer ] alkaseltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fastacting antihistamine. Oh what a relief it is so delicious, they wont even know its chicken. 50 less fat. 100 johnsonville taste. I started parttime, now im a manager. N. My employer matches my charitable giving. Really. I get bonuses even working parttime. Where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. Healthcare starting under 40 a month. 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Kentucky senator rand paul is firing back against charges he ripped off wikipedia in his speeches charges nbcs own Rachel Maddow uncovered last week. He said hed been targeted by hacks and haters and joked hed like to challenge his critics to a dual. Quote, if dueling with legal in kentucky, it would be a dual challenge. There you have it. Thats going to wrap up for me. See you tomorrow at 11 00 eastern time. Dont go anywhere, alex wagner comes your way next. Hi, alex. The Great American reboot. New developments on healthcare. Gov, details, problems that were years in the making. Hindsight and forethought with the Washington Posts juliette halperin. Will the farm bill be a fair bill . Well ask agriculture secretary. A new look at the film dirty wars. Controversial special ops in americas forever war. All that when now starts right after this. Ysics. A body at rest tends to stay at rest. While a body in motion tends to stay in motion. 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