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Guests: Seema Mody, Howard Fineman, Susan Milligan, E.J. Dionne, John Feehery, Dee Dee Myers, Tom
Tancredo, David Boies, Gavin Newsom
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Church versus state.
Let`s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews down in Washington. Leading off
tonight, a hot one: Church, state, and presidential politics. The Obama
administration has gotten itself into a fight with the Catholic church. At
issue, its ruling that religious institutions -- colleges, universities and
hospitals -- must provide full insurance coverage for birth control.
The Catholic church says it is being required to pay for something it
views as morally wrong. Is this an attack on religious freedom, as some,
but not only Republicans, are arguing, or simply the effort of the
government to provide state-of-the-art health care? Let`s get to that one
right up front tonight.
Plus, reversal of fortune. You can hear the charges of hypocrisy
already, hypocrisy. Four years ago, candidate Obama said he would accept
public funding, then opted out when he saw how much money he could raise
privately. Now, after denouncing super-PACs, the Obama campaign is
embracing them. Is Mr. Obama violating a principle? Yes. Will he get
lots of money to fight off Republican attacks? Yes, again. And will he
lose any votes because of it? Probably no.
Also, Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota hold contests tonight in the
Republican race for president. The big question tonight, can Rick Santorum
pick off a state or two, maybe win two, and give the Romney campaign a new
headache it doesn`t need?
And a big victory for supporters of gay marriage today. A federal
appeals court, the 9th, out in California has struck down the gay marriage
ban in California known as Prop 8. The ruling is a narrow one, and the
case is likely to wind up in the Supreme Court.
And "Let Me Finish" tonight with that conflict between the right of
the government to protect what it views as public health and the right of a
religion to practice its deepest moral beliefs.
We start with that fight the Obama administration has gotten itself
into it with the Roman Catholic church. Susan Milligan writes for "U.S.
News & World Report," and E.J. Dionne is a columnist for "The Washington
Lady and gentleman, here we are.
SUSAN MILLIGAN, "U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT": Here we are.
MATTHEWS: Here we are, an issue that it was once said never argue
religion or politics, since we argue politics all the time.
MATTHEWS: This is the trickiest for me. Let me state the fact, and
then we`ll begin the discussion here. A new ruling by HHS and this
administration as part of its new health care bill says that if you`re an
organization, any organization, and you provide health coverage, that
should include without co-pay coverage for contraceptives, that`s birth
control, but also birth control devices such as IUDs and morning after
pills, which the Catholic church views as abortive because it doesn`t
involve prevention conception, it prevents the attachment to the uterine
Most people understand these issues, especially Catholics. Now, the
question is fundamental. You and I are church goers of the Catholic church
and we understand this issue and we heard it on the church altar I think
two weeks ago. It stunned me when I heard it from the cardinal. So I know
how hot this issue is.
My question -- explain to non-Catholics watching right now why the
church opposes financing, paying the insurance costs that covers without
co-pay these methods.
E.J. DIONNE, "WASHINGTON POST": Well, the church has, you know, back
in the `60s, decided that artificial contraception, as they called it, was
immoral. Now, it should be...
DIONNE: It should be said that you don`t see a lot of Catholic
families of 11 or 12 anymore and that most Catholics...
MATTHEWS: The new five in our family is three.
DIONNE: Right.
DIONNE: We have three kids.
MATTHEWS: Yes, we went from five of us and five in my wife`s family
to three kids, and we are what you see in the pews. Agreed.
DIONNE: Right. But the church has this position, and I think even
among more liberal Catholics -- and I`m a liberal Catholic -- there`s a
feeling that there should be some space for these religious organizations
that provide so much social service work, health care -- one in six
patients go into a Catholic hospital. They ought to have some religious
liberty rights, the same way as you wouldn`t tell a Quaker college you have
to have ROTC on your campus. You have to offer ROTC to your students.
MATTHEWS: Right.
DIONNE: And so I think...
MATTHEWS: ... where a very observant Jewish group was allowed to vote
after sundown.
DIONNE: Right.
MATTHEWS: Allowances are made all the time.
DIONNE: Correct. And then I think the other piece of this is that a
lot of people inside the church who supported President Obama on health
care reform, people like Sister Calkeen (ph), the president of the Catholic
(INAUDIBLE) Association, said, We`re willing to find a compromise here, but
you have to show us some sense of respect for this religious liberty right.
And it`s going to weaken all of the progressives inside the Bishops
Conference and inside the church that the administration was not willing to
give anything on this issue. And I think that`s an important underlying
political fact here.
MATTHEWS: Susan Milligan?
MILLIGAN: Well...
MATTHEWS: You wrote for "The Globe" all those years...
MATTHEWS: ... Catholic church issue up there. You know how hot it
can be.
MILLIGAN: Yes, I absolutely do, and I can certainly understand why
this is a very, very difficult issue for the church. But we`re talking
about providing birth control in the church, we`re talking about businesses
that the church is running and their employed...
MATTHEWS: Like what? Like what (INAUDIBLE)
MILLIGAN: Hospitals, universities...
MILLIGAN: You don`t think a hospital is a business or...
MATTHEWS: Well, I went to a college called Holy Cross, which was very
religious. You had to go to church every day.
MATTHEWS: Every semester, you had to take a course in philosophy and
religion. So the idea that these schools are just technically Catholic is
not an argument.
MILLIGAN: All right, but do you think that...
MATTHEWS: Or Georgetown or Villanova. They`re all the same.
MILLIGAN: Do you think that everybody sweeping the floors at
Georgetown is Catholic?
MATTHEWS: No, that`s the point. Well, go on to your point.
MILLIGAN: So the point is not everybody working there is Catholic,
and they may -- this is basic health care for them. And that`s -- you
know, that`s what it is. I mean, presumably, if the Catholic church...
MATTHEWS: Well, let`s...
MATTHEWS: What about the people -- well, first of all, 90-some
percent of Catholics practice birth control.
MILLIGAN: Exactly.
MATTHEWS: So why can`t the church leave it up to the worker?
DIONNE: A couple of things. One, there are 28 state laws that more
or less provide for contraception. The church lives with those. There are
Catholic institutions that already do cover contraception either because
they choose to or because of collective bargaining agreements. I think...
MATTHEWS: Do they include these issues like -- and they`re very hot
for people who are Catholic...
DIONNE: I`m not sure they cover...
MATTHEWS: IUDs...
DIONNE: But I think that there was a way to deal with this problem.
My friend, Melissa Rogers, whom you had on your show a little while ago,
sort of pointed to Hawaii, where what you do is you do not force the
religious institutions to pay for this, but you make available somehow
through the policy, at very low cost or no cost to individuals, that they
can opt in and get it themselves. That way you do...
MATTHEWS: Who would that make happy?
DIONNE: ... cover...
MATTHEWS: Anybody?
DIONNE: Well, no, but it would be a fair compromise. Maybe the
solution here is not to make anybody fully happy, but to say there are
competing rights here, the right of the church for religious liberty...
DIONNE: ... and the right of people...
MATTHEWS: I`m not sure who started this fight. I`m trying to
understand it. I know the church position because it`s never changed.
MILLIGAN: Right.
MATTHEWS: The Obama position is, Let`s get reelected, I would think.
But also, it has a very strong feminist, if you will, constituency,
certainly pro-choice constituency, and women. Most Democrats are women.
The Catholic study (INAUDIBLE) George Weigel (ph), who I recommend you read
occasionally, said on this issue, it`s an emotional one for Catholics.
Let`s listen to this guy. This guy`s our scholar on Catholic affairs.
MATTHEWS: This has struck a kind of tribal nerve in Catholicism.
Catholic church has been beaten up for the last 10 or 11 years, and I think
Catholics are tired of the government and others beating up on the church.
That`s, in my view, one of the political facts behind this rather
extraordinary reaction across the Catholic spectrum.
MATTHEWS: See, to me, I mean, certainly, every woman I know has a
view on this strong because women should have a right to make decisions,
obviously. Men make them. Women should make them with equal power and
equal rights. Obviously, that`s not the issue. If I thought that was the
issue, I wouldn`t be sort of concerned about the way this is developed.
I think it`s a question of the church -- here`s -- I guess I grew up
watching movies like "Beckett" and "Man for All Seasons" and seeing the
church and state go to war with each other and being told stories from the
Old Testament about the Maccabees, about people -- families being told,
You`ve got to eat pork, the state requires you to do it.
It gets to that interesting point to me, which is frightening, when
the state starts telling the church what to do. And then the church can no
longer teach. If the church teaches it`s morally wrong to use birth
control, how can you make the teacher pay for birth control without losing
their authority, their moral authority? That`s what the church is afraid
If they start financing, under the law, what they`re called to do, do
they have anymore credibility on the issue of birth control or anything
else? That`s what I think is the concern here. It`s a political issue. I
agree. If you can make them do it, they can`t teach it anymore.
MILLIGAN: Look...
MATTHEWS: I`m just asking.
MILLIGAN: ... I think, first of all...
MILLIGAN: Let`s separate the fundamental faith that Catholics have in
God and in their religion from something like banning birth control, which
is, you know, a dictate of the church, and as you pointed out, 98 percent
of Catholics don`t follow it. So -- but I think the issue here is that,
yes, if you`re talking about, you know, people who are working in an actual
church, I don`t think any one of us would say they would have to pay for
birth control or...
MATTHEWS: How is that different than working at a Catholic college?
MILLIGAN: Because when you`re working at...
MATTHEWS: Or a hospital?
MILLIGAN: ... a university, I really doubt that every professor at
Georgetown University is Catholic.
MATTHEWS: Not everyone, no.
MILLIGAN: Well, no. And why should those people be...
MATTHEWS: ... tenured professor at Georgetown.
MILLIGAN: Why should those people be discriminated against and be
denied this -- what a lot of people...
MATTHEWS: What are they being denied? What are they being denied?
MILLIGAN: Basic health care coverage.
MATTHEWS: See, the issue is whether there would be a co-pay or not.
Isn`t that the issue?
DIONNE: See, I think that...
MILLIGAN: Well, but it`s a different standard. Why should there be a
different standard...
MATTHEWS: I agree. OK, this is...
MATTHEWS: This is where it gets to be tricky, and I don`t have the
MILLIGAN: Yes.
DIONNE: See, that`s where...
MATTHEWS: I know why...
DIONNE: ... compromise can actually get people covered without the
church paying for it. But I think there`s this Catholic fear that -- and
this is -- I think this is especially true of liberals. One of the things
we love about the church is all the stuff the church does for people who
are not Catholic.
MILLIGAN: Yes. Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: I know.
DIONNE: The inner city schools for inner city kids who aren`t
Catholic, the social service agencies that feed people who aren`t Catholic.
And I think that when you say it`s only these rules -- or there`s an
exception only for churches themselves, only for cultic (ph) activities,
but not for this essential...
MATTHEWS: Yes, OK...
DIONNE: ... the social justice work, I think that just rankles...
MATTHEWS: Let me tell you...
DIONNE: ... the Catholics.
MATTHEWS: ... the big schools in the big cities, as you know, all
teach kids, mostly -- many African-American kids who are Protestant in
their upbringing and remain Catholic (SIC) -- nobody converts them -- my
aunt Eleanor, who`s a sister of St. Joseph, my mom`s sister, has been
teaching what we used to call "retarded" children, now special education,
since 1944. They`re teaching all kinds of kids.
Anyway, the Republican presidential candidates have gone after the
president. And I`m not with any of these guys. I`m just listening to
MATTHEWS: They`re absolutely fishing in troubled waters. They`re
talking about the issue of religious institutions being forced to finance
birth control as part of their health care coverage. Let`s hear the
political people now.
MITT ROMNEY (R-MA), FMR. GOV., PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The
administration has said that under "Obama care" that religious
organizations like schools, Catholic schools, Catholic hospitals, and so
forth have to -- have to provide for free contraceptives and free morning
after pills, abortive pills, for all of their employees in violation of the
religious conscience of those organizations. This kind of assault on
religion will end if I`m president of the United States!
MATTHEWS: And now Newt Gingrich uses the issue to hit both the
president and Mr. Romney himself. Let`s listen.
There`s been a lot of talk about the Obama administration`s attack on the
Catholic church. Well, the fact is, Governor Romney insisted that Catholic
hospitals give out abortion pills against their religious belief when he
was governor.
I think the Massachusetts moderate finds it very hard to draw a sharp
contrast with somebody who is an Illinois radical.
MATTHEWS: Well, Rick Santorum vowed -- he jumped into the act here to
make the Obama administration issue (ph) every day of the campaign, and he
is. Let`s listen to him today.
RICK SANTORUM (R-PA), FMR. SEN., PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This
administration, as you can tell from my reaction, has been hostile to
people of faith, particularly Christians and specifically Catholics. And
I`m not going to stand for it! And I`m going to call him out on it. And
they better change it. And if they don`t, I`m going to make it an issue
every day of this campaign!
MATTHEWS: Well, you heard that, Susan.
MILLIGAN: Well, first of all, I don`t think any one of these
candidates would be seizing on this issue so strongly if the economy
weren`t doing just ever so slightly better. I mean, I think -- at this
point, I think the issue is still going to be jobs and the economy in this
MATTHEWS: I agree with you.
MILLIGAN: And they want to insert a social wedge issue.
DIONNE: The Obama campaign is -- the Obama administration has given
tens of millions of dollars to Catholic institutions. They work really
well with a lot of them. And that`s why I don`t understand why they picked
this fight because they`ve done a lot of stuff in cooperation with Catholic
social service (INAUDIBLE)
MATTHEWS: You know, I`ll tell you, this is hotter than anybody
thought it would be, hotter than I thought it would be, until I heard it in
church and the way it was described to me, and I go, Wow. Susan Milligan,
thank you, dear. And thank you, dear.
DIONNE: Thank you!
MATTHEWS: Everybody`s "dear." I got to be equally -- coming up,
after -- it`s an old Tip O`Neill habit. I got to break that. Don`t call
people "dear."
After denouncing super-PACs, the Obama campaign is now embracing them.
A little hypocrisy here, but nobody`s going to care on left or the right.
Republicans cry hypocrisy, but the president`s team has watched big money
tear down -- for example, Newt Gingrich being demolished in both Iowa and
Florida. They`ve learned -- - they don`t want to be demolished. Equal
playing field. That`s what they`re swaying now, the president and his
people. And that`s ahead.
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MATTHEWS: Big news here. A top official at the Susan G. Komen
Foundation is out after last week`s controversial decision to cut funding
from Planned Parenthood. Karen Handel, the vice president for public
policy at the Komen Foundation, has resigned. Handel was widely blamed for
the decision to stop funding breast cancer screenings at Planned
Parenthood, a decision the Komen Foundation reversed late last week.
Handel, a Republican, ran unsuccessfully for governor of Georgia on a
platform that included defunding Planned Parenthood.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: After long criticizing the phenomenon of super-PACs, last
night the president shifted course. The White House announced they would
give their blessing now to the main super-PAC supporting the president`s
reelection, Priorities USA.
We`ve all seen what kind of effect these super-PACs have had in the
campaign so far. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent in the
Republican primaries to blanket the airwaves with ads that are
overwhelmingly negative. The White House said, given that reality, it had
no choice but to get into the game.
Critics say the president`s move is hypocritical, but will it matter
in the end? What effect will the super-PACs have on the presidential
election this year?
Dee Dee Myers is former press secretary to President Clinton and a
contributor to "Vanity Fair," and John Feehery`s a Republican strategist of
some note.
John Feehery (INAUDIBLE) hypocrisy by the president?
JOHN FEEHERY, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Well...
MATTHEWS: You`re saying he`s not a Goody two-shoes, right?
FEEHERY: Well, the hypocrisy...
FEEHERY: The hypocrisy`s obvious. The bigger question is, I think
there`s a sense of panic in the Obama administration. They`ve got to get
in the game and start raising money. They have a super-PAC already,
Priorities USA, that`s raised no money. And they`re worried that this
billion dollars that they were supposed to have is not going to show up...
MATTHEWS: It`s not going to be a deal maker, yes.
FEEHERY: And the issue is, the president`s pretty weak with the
voters, even though -- even though he`s doing better than Mitt Romney now.
MATTHEWS: He`s mezza-mezza.
FEEHERY: He`s in trouble!
MATTHEWS: You (INAUDIBLE) If they let this game go the way it`s been
going in the primaries, with Republicans raising zillions of dollars to put
these nasty, negative, dirtball ads on the air -- and they`re all doing it
now -- if he has to face that defenseless without the super-PACs, he`d be
in trouble. Do you agree?
DEE DEE MYERS, FMR. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Well, it would be
harder for sure. I mean, there`s no question about that. They saw not
only the amount of money the Republicans are raising (INAUDIBLE) the super-
PACS but the tenor of the ads that are being funded by those. And a lot of
them are directed at President Obama already. There`ll be many millions
more spent, so...
MATTHEWS: Take a look...
MATTHEWS: Let`s look at some of the ads that have run in the primary,
just to remind everybody how nasty they are. The pro-Romney super-PAC
Restore Our Future blanketed the airwaves in early states, like, in Iowa,
destroying Newt Gingrich there. Here`s one that seemed to prove effective.
Let`s watch it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ever notice how some people make a lot of
GINGRICH: It was probably a mistake.
I made a mistakes.
I`ve made mistakes at times.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whoops!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So far, Newt Gingrich has admitted his mistakes
or flipped on teaming up with Nancy Pelosi, immigration, Medicare, health
care, Iraq, attacking Mitt Romney, and more.
GINGRICH: I made a big mistake in the spring.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Haven`t we had enough mistakes?
MATTHEWS: Well, that seems to work. Another anti-Newt ad put out by
the pro-Romney super-PAC. Let`s watch that one.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Newt Gingrich`s attacks are called foolish, out
of bounds, and disgusting. Newt attacks because he has more baggage than
the airlines. Newt was fined $300,000 for ethics violations, took $1.6
million from Freddie Mac and co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that
would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China`s
brutal "one child policy." Don`t be fooled by Newt`s desperate attacks.
MATTHEWS: You know, John Feehery, I`ve seen negative ads. They`re
pretty good. Remember the one from Castro, "Muchas gracias, Senator"...
MATTHEWS: ... in Tennessee because he had given -- he`d supported
funding for the IMF. And somehow, some of that money had gotten to Castro,
so he`s a Castro-ite. You know, these ads can be nasty and technically
MATTHEWS: ... technically accurate.
FEEHERY: I am shocked, shocked that people do negative campaigning.
The Obama administration knows (INAUDIBLE) negative campaigning because
they did more negative campaigns than any campaign in the history against
John McCain last time because they had all the money.
MATTHEWS: ... didn`t seem that way?
MATTHEWS: John Feehery, why didn`t it seem that way? Why did it seem
like he ran a spirited, upbeat, rousing campaign?
FEEHERY: Well, he didn`t do the commercials here in D.C.
FEEHERY: ... everywhere else in the country and carpet-bombed McCain.
It was devastating. They are smart to try to get off this idea of being
pure. There`s a little bit of hypocrisy. Well, actually, it`s a lot of
MATTHEWS: Part of this is money. I look at a guy like Karl Rove,
Karl Rove, able to raise -- if you put all his different money together --
something like $50 million in different checks he`s been able to raise,
some of it super PAC, some of it other funded, non -- NGO money.
The power of these guys to raise money. Obama has to get into the
money game. He has to get into the negative advertising game. Right?
MYERS: As John pointed out, they played the game in 2008. They ran
ads. I think one of the reasons the president came off as continually
positive because he spoke at his events and speeches he gave very positive.
And that will contrast.
MATTHEWS: Romney has not sold himself. Most people don`t really like
him. He`s mixed some messages. In fact, his negatives have gone up we
have seen in the last...
MATTHEWS: But he`s destroyed his opponents. He`s destroyed his
MYERS: But -- and he`s paying a terrible price for it on some level,
because he`s not letting that happen just on the airwaves. He`s doing it
from the stump as well.
MATTHEWS: Didn`t he only spend than one point -- 1 percent of the
spending that went on in Florida I believe was positive for Romney. The
rest was like...
FEEHERY: And that is that all the negative campaign ads that Mitt
Romney runs are not going to have an impact on Barack Obama, because people
already know Barack Obama.
And this is going to be an election based on whether he`s done a good
job. And I think he`s in real trouble. I think he might lose the election
because he`s not done a good job as president.
MATTHEWS: But you don`t think they`re out raising as much money right
FEEHERY: Well, they are because they have to counter all the negative
ads that the Obama...
MATTHEWS: Let me just tell you something you know. I`m going to tell
you something. I`m going to remind you of something.
Romney has one great strength. What did he do in business? Raise
money. What does he do in politics? Raise money. He has got the LDS
money. He has got the Bain Capital money. He has got his connections in
the finance world, in the equity world. It`s enormous how much trust he
has from those people.
And guess what else? They are on his side on all the issues. They
don`t like regulation. They don`t like taxes. They want to -- carried
interest, they want all that stuff to their advantage. There`s a lot of
interest and a lot of motive out there to kill Obama politically. You know
MYERS: Right.
MATTHEWS: From rich people.
FEEHERY: I think this is going to be decided...
MATTHEWS: They are going to be raising tons of money against him,
because money benefits from the defeat of Obama. You know it does.
MYERS: Here`s the thing, though. The president -- the super PAC has
not raised a lot of money for a couple reasons. One was the president
hadn`t embraced it.
The other is the Democratic -- once we have a Republican nominee and
Democrats get a load of who that is and it`s a two-person race, you will
see the Democratic money start to pour in.
MATTHEWS: Fundamental issue because voters here -- people who watch
this program I know take politics seriously, not just philosophy, but the
way the thing works, the way you win elections and lose them. They pay
attention to that.
Do you think that a grown person who is 18 years or older, male,
female of any background, would be moved, after knowing this president for
three or four years, deciding what they care about, will be moved by a TV
FEEHERY: I don`t. I actually think it`s overrated. I think that
actually earned media -- people will pay more attention to earned media. I
think people will pay more attention to his record.
And things like this, what you talked about in the last segment, I
think the Catholic Church is going to be angry.
MATTHEWS: That`s a hot issue.
FEEHERY: Catholic voters will come out and vote against this
president, and I think it will hurt the president.
MATTHEWS: You make a mistake in one of the three presidential
debates, 1.5 hours, 4.5 hours to make a mistake, and you make one mistake.
You will see that for two weeks before the election, right? That`s what
you`re going to see over and over and over again repeated, your mistake.
MYERS: Right, in the news media, right?
MATTHEWS: And also on the paid ads.
MYERS: Maybe. But you will have another billion dollars in addition
to it repeating on MSNBC and FOX or all the other places, because that`s
how the news cycle works.
FEEHERY: I think it has more of an impact on people who don`t know
who the candidates are. I think it`s more on the House and Senate levels.
On the presidential level, something like this, where they know the
candidates, they know Mitt Romney, they know Barack Obama...
MATTHEWS: I`m waiting to see what`s going on now. A week before the
election, say two days before the election, the candidate looks up and he
sees his numbers and he is down by three points, Romney.
MATTHEWS: Now you can raise so much money in five minutes from your
richest backers out there, the guys with real money, and you get put it on
the air immediately.
MYERS: But it`s going to be a last-minute...
MATTHEWS: It`s going to be election eve.
Anyway, thank you, Dee Dee Myers. You`re Dee Dee Myers.
MATTHEWS: And you`re John Feehery.
You watch how much dirt ball negative goes on in this campaign right
near the end after the debates.
Up next, Michele Bachmann calls herself, well, what else, the perfect
candidate. I think she`s still in that trance. And that`s in the
You`re watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now to the "Sideshow." It`s a great one
First up, you had your chance. Michele Bachmann may be a has-been in
the 2012 Republican presidential race, but that doesn`t stop people from
asking her what she thinks of the remaining candidates. As it turns out,
Bachmann has an interesting opinion on how the final four stack up.
Here`s what she said in an interview with Bloomberg`s Albert Hunt last
ALBERT HUNT, BLOOMBERG: Remain above the fray. But you sat in almost
a dozen debates with these people. You have a feel for them. Let me ask
you this it. Who is the more conservative of these four candidates left?
REP. MICHELE BACHMANN (R), MINNESOTA: I was. I was the perfect
When I went out there, America had their chance with the perfect
candidate. But any of our candidates are going to be acceptable to the
American people and more than acceptable, because right now, if you look at
the Gallup map that came out this week, President Obama is in big trouble
all across the country.
MATTHEWS: Wow. There you have it. "I was the perfect candidate."
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the rightest of them all?
And finally, so much for science. That`s right. In the final push to
rack up some votes in today`s contests, Rick Santorum took to the
microphone in Colorado yesterday to call out the Obama administration for
as he put it putting politics ahead of science on the topic of global
warming. Well, you know what`s coming now. Let`s listen.
RICK SANTORUM (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The most important thing
we need to do, which is what this administration has not done, which is to
use sound science, not politicized science.
We saw it with global warming, an absolute travesty of scientific
research that was motivated by politics. I for one never bought the hoax
to suggest one minor factor of which man`s contribution is a minor factor
in the minor factor is the determining ingredient in the sauce that affects
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Coming up, the Republican race moves on to Colorado, Missouri, and
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SANTORUM: A Romney nomination would not be in the best interest of us
winning the general election and that we need to have a conservative
alternative. And my feeling is that Speaker Gingrich has sort of had his
chance in the arena and came up short in Florida and Nevada. And now it`s
our turn hopefully to get a one on one in Missouri, which we have.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
That was of course former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum last
night going after his Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.
There are three Republican races today out in the country, Minnesota,
Colorado, and Missouri, a state in which Gingrich is not on the ballot,
that last state. Santorum is trying to portray himself as the conservative
alternative now to Romney, so much so in fact that the Romney campaign has
taken time to criticize the once-ignored Santorum. So they`re biting back
at this guy.
So, just what threat does Santorum pose at this point? And going
forward in the race for the nomination, does he really have a chance to
knock off Romney?
Former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo, himself a former
presidential candidate, recently endorsed Rick Santorum for president.
Mr. Tancredo, thanks for joining us tonight.
TOM TANCREDO (R), FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN: Sure.
MATTHEWS: I have got to wonder why you`re jumping into this race at
this point.
TANCREDO: What is this Mr. Tancredo thing? It`s Tom.
MATTHEWS: Well, Congressman, U.S., sir, whatever.
OK, Tom.
TANCREDO: Tom. Tom.
MATTHEWS: Give me the case. Give me the case. We talk politics on
this show, sometimes philosophy, usually politics. How does he win, Rick
TANCREDO: Yes. He wins -- the primary you`re talking about, or the
MATTHEWS: How does he win the primaries?
TANCREDO: OK. He`s going to win the primary because he has I think
now got the momentum behind him. And this is the right time to have it.
Others have had it in the past. It did not work out for them, but I think
it`s now occurring.
I think he`s going to win tonight in Minnesota and he`s going to win
in Missouri. He will come out in Colorado at least second. And if that
happens here, where Romney had 60 percent the last time, it will be a win
for Santorum. The wind is at his back now.
There is every reason to believe that it will only get better as time
goes on, although, certainly, there`s going to be a lot. The race is not
over. Look, you need 1,140-some delegates. I think Governor Romney has
about 89, something like that. It`s a long way from the finish line.
MATTHEWS: Is he willing to knock the guy`s block off?
I get the feeling that your guy, your new guy here, your new flavor of
the month, mr. Santorum, is really running for V.P.
TANCREDO: No.
MATTHEWS: And, therefore, he really isn`t running against Mitt Romney
in any serious way, the way that Newt, who is -- freedom is just another
word for nothing else to lose. He`s willing to throw the frying pan at
But your guy seems like, I have got to be nice enough to this guy that
he will consider me for veep when we get to Tampa. You don`t believe that?
Come on. You know politics.
TANCREDO: I don`t think so. No, I don`t think that`s it. I really
I think what he`s doing however is trying his best to avoid the kind
of vitriolic campaign that was waged up to this point in time by the ex-
speaker and certainly to a certain extent by Romney. That has not helped
anybody. It`s not going to help going into the general election no matter
who is the nominee, except for Santorum, who has really stayed above that
And I think that has given him a lot of impetus. I think that`s been
a part of the reason why he`s now growing, because he hasn`t been a part of
that ugly aspect of the primary.
MATTHEWS: Yes, well, let`s face it. Romney did a lot of ugly
himself. But it was all done by those indirect super PACs who did the
dirty work for him while he kept his fingernails clean.
You know what the word cute means, Tom. Well, here are some
statements issued by the Romney campaign just yesterday about Santorum.
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said -- quote -- "Rick Santorum is a
nice guy, but he`s simply not ready to be president."
MATTHEWS: And here was Santorum last night in response to the
criticism. Let`s watch Santorum, your guy.
SANTORUM: Governor Romney on that vitally important issue of
Obamacare is, in fact, the weakest candidate that we could put up and, in
fact, takes a rallying cry issue that was the centerpiece of the 2010
election that motivated people to come out to vote and give us an electoral
victory, Mitt Romney is uniquely positioned to give that issue away and
weaken our chances to beat President Obama.
Campaigns are about ideas. And on the ideas that matter most to the
American public right now, he`s on the wrong side.
MATTHEWS: So is it a fair shot, Tom Tancredo, that what Romney has
done so far is run a demolition campaign against people, especially Newt
Gingrich, destroying him in Iowa and Florida, running negative super PAC
ads, while not really offering something positive?
To this day, we pay attention here, I haven`t heard the Romney plan
for the next four years to get us out of this economic challenge we`re in
right now. Do you think he`s ran a negative or positive campaign, Romney?
TANCREDO: Here`s what I think that Romney has been doing.
And that is setting the stage for a debate between him and Obama on
who can best control -- handle the economy, who has the best record for
creating jobs and for, you know, essentially, increasing prosperity.
And I think Romney feels, and I think rightly so, that he can make a
case for that, that he`s better at it than Obama. Hell, my dog is better
at it than Obama.
TANCREDO: So there`s no issue in terms of who is better in terms of
the economy.
But the question that I think Santorum is asking is an important one.
Will the economy be the issue in the election? I mean, it is possible that
we are going to see a decrease in unemployment. It`s possible that we will
see a little bit of growth in the economy. And as that happens, it takes
that issue away from the Republican challenger.
TANCREDO: And then you better start talking about those other things
that really matter.
Which view of America is right? Is it Obama and the Zuccotti Park
protesters? Or is it Santorum...
TANCREDO: ... and, in fact, if you want to say it, the Tea Party
I mean, which view of America is better?
TANCREDO: Is it -- is it the Obama view of every -- the entitlement
mentality that he wants to increase?
MATTHEWS: OK. We got to go. Congressman --
TANCREDO: Or is it individual responsibility? That`s the issues
that should be brought out.
MATTHEWS: Congratulations. You deserve congratulations on the
supposed I.Q. of your dog. You said your dog is smarter than Obama. He
must be hell of a dog.
Anyway, thank you, former Congressman Tom Tancredo. A heck of a dog.
Anyway, thanks for joining us.
Coming out of "The Huffington Post" right now, Howard Fineman is an
MSNBC political analyst. Well, there you have these numbers coming out.
It does look like he has a point there in touting Santorum. He might win
in Missouri. He might win in Minnesota.
Here he is. Take a look at the polls out today on these states that
are voting today.
In Minnesota, Santorum leads with 33 percent of Romney`s 24 percent.
He`s out front there. And Gingrich and Paul are close behind Romney.
In Missouri or Missouri, depending where you live, where Newt didn`t
get to make the ballot, Santorum there leads again 45 percent to Romney`s
32 percent, Paul far behind.
And in Colorado, Romney is up at 37. But Santorum is not a million
miles behind. He`s at 27. Gingrich and Paul thrilling.
It does look like that the deal doesn`t look done for Romney.
HOWARD FINEMAN, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, no deal -- the deal
is not done for Romney. The latest polls from Gallup show him at 37
percent. But there`s a new "Reuters" poll that shows him at 29 percent.
In certain respects, Mitt`s run is going to be a little vivid
perhaps. He`s a little bit like a giant hairball that the Republican Party
cat is trying to cough up. They can`t swallow it and they can`t get rid of
it. I mean, that`s sort of the way he is. He`s in front mathematically,
But today is Santorum`s day.
MATTHEWS: You know what a hairball smells like? I remember. Go
FINEMAN: Today is Santorum`s day. If he`s going to have another
one, today is it.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: Today is it. And, by the way, Missouri is just a beauty
MATTHEWS: Yes, but it`s a headline.
FINEMAN: But it is a headline. And because Newt Gingrich isn`t
playing in Missouri, Santorum has a one on one situation.
MATTHEWS: He might win the daily double then. He might get two out
of three --
FINEMAN: He might get two out of the three.
MATTHEWS: Santorum wins ands it`s a big headline in the major
FINEMAN: And I think what that does is prolong the race even
further. In a way, it`s beneficial to Romney in the sense --
MATTHEWS: It screws --
FINEMAN: It screws Newt Gingrich and keeps things divided.
MATTHEWS: Right.
FINEMAN: And Mitt Romney has been the sort of last-man standing
candidate from the very beginning.
MATTHEWS: So, can we have --
FINEMAN: This is going to make it take even longer. If Santorum
wins a couple tonight, then that just prolongs the mathematical flow all
the way to June.
MATTHEWS: Question, biggest question tonight, can you answer it?
Can Santorum and Newt Gingrich together get over 50 percent to deny the
nomination all the way to Tampa to Romney?
FINEMAN: Well, I don`t know the answer to that.
MATTHEWS: But that`s the key question.
FINEMAN: If Santorum -- don`t forget Ron Paul is going to pick up
delegates here and there.
MATTHEWS: Together, they can all get over 50.
FINEMAN: All three of them can get over 50 percent in theory. And
it`s not like Mitt Romney is closing the deal.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
FINEMAN: It doesn`t quite feel like that yet. It just doesn`t. If
Mitt Romney can somehow finesse his way from now to Super Tuesday, Newt --
I mean, if Newt Gingrich can, Newt Gingrich is going to win some states on
Super Tuesday.
MATTHEWS: And the thing to watch --
FINEMAN: He`s going to win some other states.
MATTHEWS: And the thing to watch every Tuesday is: does Mitt get 50
percent anywhere? Because he`s not going to get 50 percent everywhere
until he gets 50 percent --
FINEMAN: Well, they were putting out press releases is how he got
over 50 percent in Florida. They were delighted. But that`s the first
place it`s happened.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you, Howard Fineman. Thank you so much.
FINEMAN: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Up next, a big victory for supporters of marriage equality
today, a big one. Federal appeals court, the famous 9th Circuit out West,
strikes down California`s ban, Prop 8, on same sex marriage.
This is a biggie. And we`re going to have one of the lawyers that
had it happened, made it happened.
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MATTHEWS: Former Senator Bob Kerrey says he won`t run for the Senate
this year in his home state of Nebraska, all but ensuring a Republican win
out there. Democrats hope to recruit Kerrey to run for the seat held by
the retiring Ben Nelson. Kerrey served in the Senate for two terms, from
`89 to 2000, spent much of the past decade as president of the new school
in New York City.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
Supporters of gay marriage scored a big victory today. A three-judge
panel of the 9th Circuit ruled that California`s ban on same sex marriage,
its Proposition 8, is unconstitutional because it violates the civil rights
of gays and lesbians.
Today`s ruling reads in part, quote, "Although the Constitution
permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it
requires that there`d be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a
law that treats different classes of people differently. There was no such
reason that Proposition 8 could have been enacted."
Well, joining me now to talk about the ruling and the implications in
the fight for marriage are one of the lead attorneys in the fight to
overturn Proposition 8, David Boies, who represents American Foundation for
Equal Rights.
And also, the lieutenant governor of California, Gavin Newsom, who`s
been a big fighter for equality of marriage.
Let me start with David Boies.
Is it now viewed, at least by the 9th Circuit out there, that you
have a constitutional right to marry someone of your gender?
DAVID BOIES, PRO-GAY MARRIAGE ATTORNEY: Yes. Certainly in
California, the decision has a model of judicial restraint dealt with the
question of California. But if you look at the reasoning of the decision,
that decision applies generally to every state in the 9th Circuit.
MATTHEWS: So, what does that mean to a non-lawyer? Does it mean it
goes the Supreme Court or it will be accepted around the country as
constitutional law?
BOIES: I think eventually this is going to have to go to the Supreme
Court. Whether this particular case goes to the Supreme Court is up to the
Supreme Court. But I think eventually, you`re going to have to go to the
Supreme Court because even if this decision applies in the 9th Circuit, it
doesn`t apply -- it`s controlling law, it`s precedent, but it`s not
controlling law in states other than the 9th Circuit.
MATTHEWS: Who is your adversary who would take the appeal to the
Supreme Court? It`s not the government of California, is it?
BOIES: No, we`re in a kind of peculiar situation in which the
proponents of the proposition have intervened to try to defend the
proposition. So they would be the ones that would carry the ball to the
Supreme Court, if it goes there.
MATTHEWS: OK. Let me go to Lieutenant Governor Newsom.
Your thoughts about this. You were one of the people out there early
on, I mean, you`re a hero to the gay community, among others, because you
were honoring gay marriages before it was legal. What do you think this
means politically out there in your part of the country, maybe the rest of
the country as well?
GAVIN NEWSOM (D), CALIFORNIA LT. GOVERNOR: Well, think about it,
Chris. In 2004, almost eight years ago this week, we began the process of
marrying over 4,000 couples and eventually that moved to the California
Supreme Court, which adjudicated in our favor. We saw legislative actions,
pro and con, for and against same sex marriage all across the country.
But it`s remarkable -- to answer your question -- in 2004, the great
debate was civil unions. We had just gone through a debate around domestic
partnerships. Democrats overwhelmingly were not supportive, at least
publicly, of same sex marriage. The politics of this has changed
dramatically and I think there`s a lot of pressure on those remaining
elected official, particularly the Democratic Party, to stand up and step
into this debate now.
MATTHEWS: Well, this is one of the issues that culturally, it seems,
to be changing dramatically. Gay marriage has already been approached now
and is legal in six states -- New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New
York, Massachusetts, Iowa and right here in Washington, D.C. Of course,
civil unions and domestic partnerships recognized in eight other state,
including California.
Let`s take a look at some of the polling on this.
Gentlemen, I`m looking at the age differences here. Among people 18
to 30, we`ll look at this, a Gallup poll, found that 53 percent -- look at
that, 70 percent of people who are under 34 support it. And as you get
older, it slows down.
But what`s your view, David, as you have watched this case proceeded,
and you have been fighting it, about the cultural fact. What is relevant
here about the cultural fact that it is more accepted?
BOIES: I think what`s relevance is that 20 years from now, people
are going to have as much difficulty understanding what this fuss is about
as people who grow up today can understand 30 years ago, blacks and whites
were prohibited from getting married. This issue is going to be solved
eventually by the demographics.
What we need to do is we need to be sure though that we don`t lose
another generation of people who are deprived of the right to get married.
That`s why this litigation is so important.
It`s not that there`s any chance that eventually, this battle won`t
be won, but we need to win it for the people today so that they can enjoy
the rights that they are entitled to under the Constitution.
MATTHEWS: Well, I know there`s no expression that the Supreme Court,
I think it was an old Irish expression, by mister, what`s his name, the
Supreme Court follows the election returns. But you just said something
rather amazing, you said the demographics are going to change it.
How does the changing nature of public opinion and attitudes change
the Supreme Court ruling?
BOIES: Well, eventually, you are going to get people on the Supreme
Court who have grown up in a culture of equality.
MATTHEWS: Oh, I got you.
BOIES: Eventually -- I mean, the problem is that people my age are
the people who are judges today. We grew up in an atmosphere of gay-
bashing in which there was extreme prejudice. Now, the young people who
have grown up, knowing gays and lesbians their entire lives, know that
these are our brothers, our sisters, our doctors, our lawyers, our friends,
our colleagues.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
BOIES: They are not going to be subjecting these people to
discrimination. And what we need do eventually, is that`s going to move
through. I mean, you look at the 70 percent of the people 34 and under
favored same-sex marriage. That is something that is going to move through
this country just like the baby boom moved through this country.
MATTHEWS: OK. Congratulations, by the way.
BOIES: The thing we`ve got to do is we`ve got to stop it now so that
the people don`t have to wait 30 years in order to exercise these rights.
MATTHEWS: I want to congratulate you on what you`ve done here
because I have always believed in the case that you and Ted Olson are
bringing here, and my wife and I are both very, very strong on equality.
BOIES: Oh, thank you.
MATTHEWS: I have to tell you I`m so proud of the fact so many
roughly my age, perhaps a bit younger, is out there leading the fight.
And, secondly, Governor Newsom, you were out there way ahead of all
of us. And I want to say that although I thought you were too far out in
the old days, which is like eight years ago, I have caught up to you, sir,
and you deserve all the credit for being out there.
NEWSOM: Absolutely. Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: What`s it like to be able to talk about an issue,
Governor? The mainstream?
NEWSOM: It`s a decade. It`s good to be mainstream and, you know,
remember, 70 percent of Americans opposed interracial marriage in 1967 when
the U.S. Supreme Court adjudicated in favor of disbanding those 18 --
rather 16 states that denied it. We`re much further along in that debate.
MATTHEWS: Congratulations, gentlemen, both of you -- David Boies and
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom of California.
When we return, "Let Me Finish" with the balance between the
government`s right to protect public health and a religion`s right to
practice what it preaches. This is a tough one.
You are watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: "Let Me Finish" tonight with this:
It`s about the Obama administration`s decision to require as part of
the new health care bill that religious institutions -- colleges,
universities and hospitals -- provide full insurance coverage for birth
control, including IUDs and morning-after pills, in addition to those
methods strictly defined as contraceptive.
Well, the Catholic Church teaches that birth control and certainly
methods like IUDs and morning after pills, which they view as abortive are
morally wrong. Here they are being required by law to pay for them. And
this is how the church sees it and it is something the church believes it
morally cannot do.
The conflict is between the right of the government to protect what
it views as the public health and the right of a religion -- in this case,
the Catholic Church -- to practice its deepest moral beliefs in this free
society, one in which the First Amendment does guarantee religious freedom.
We are watching a real conflict here. It will be the duty of
religious leaders to follow their consciences. It will be the work of
politicians, the president on down, to do what they do best, work this out.
There are millions of liberal Catholics who did not wish for this
conflict but can see with powerful clarity its validity. It`s not about
the number of Catholics who use birth control or the number of non-
Catholics who attend Catholic colleges or universities or receive help from
Catholic charities. It`s about what the church itself teaches.
This regulation is telling you to do by law what it teaches should
not be done. That`s the issue. And that is the real conflict here.
And that`s HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
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President Barack Obama demanded Monday in a fiercely emotional address in Hartford that Congress bring new gun control proposals to a vote, just as a top Republican on Capitol Hill vowed to block one.
Obama had just met with family members of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre before he delivered his speech in the Connecticut capital of Hartford. Lawmakers there had just passed some of the country's toughest gun laws days earlier, less than four months after 20 first-graders and six educators were gunned down in Newtown.
"Connecticut has shown the way, and now is the time for Congress to do the same — this week," Obama told his audience, before listing the key components of the Democratic-led gun control package.
"All of them are commonsense. All of them deserve a vote," he said. He paused as his audience erupted into a chant of "We want a vote!" Audience members, many wearing green ribbons in support of the victims, were stomping their feet on the bleachers and clapping their hands in unison with the chant.
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Obama's gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try blocking the Senate from even beginning debate on gun control legislation.
"The day Newtown happened was the toughest day of my presidency," Obama said in his thunderous speech, repeatedly interrupted by standing ovations.
"Connecticut, this is not about me. This is not about politics. This is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here who have been torn apart by gun violence," he said, his voice hoarse as its pitch rose. "This is about these families and families all across the country who are saying, 'let's make it a little harder for our kids to get gunned down.'"
But even as the president urged Congress to allow an up-or-down vote in the Senate and warned the GOP not to filibuster, the Senate's top Republican said he would join a filibuster. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office said Monday evening, in a statement released during Obama's speech, that he "will oppose cloture on proceeding to that bill."
Some of the Sandy Hook families are making an attempt to push through the bill. Obama met with them privately before his speech at the University of Hartford Monday evening, then brought 12 family members back to Air Force One for the trip back to Washington. The relatives want to meet with senators who've yet to back the legislation to encourage their support in memory of their loved ones.
"Nothing's going to be more important in making sure that the Congress moves forward this week than hearing from them," Obama said. His eyes teared as he described Nicole Hockley, who lost her 6-year-old son, Dylan, saying how she asks him every night to come to her in her dreams so she can see him again.
"If there's even one thing we can do to prevent a father from having to bury his child, isn't that worth fighting for?" Obama asked.
Obama argued that lawmakers have an obligation to the children killed and other victims of gun violence to allow an up-or-down vote in the Senate. That would require 50 votes to pass, rather than a procedural maneuver some Republican senators are threatening to require 60 votes, potentially sinking the legislation.
"Some back in Washington are already floating the idea that they may use political stunts to prevent votes on any of these reforms. Think about that. They're not just saying they'll vote no on ideas that almost all Americans support. They're saying they'll do everything they can to even prevent any votes on these provisions. They're saying your opinion doesn't matter. And that's not right.
Obama rode to the speech with Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who signed sweeping gun control legislation into law Thursday with the Sandy Hook families standing behind him. But legislation in Washington faces a tougher challenge, as the nation's memories of the shooting fade with time and the National Rifle Association wages a formidable campaign against Obama's proposals.
Majority Leader Harry Reid brought gun control legislation to the Senate floor on Monday, though actual debate did not begin. He took the step after receiving a letter from 13 conservative Republican senators including Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, saying they would use delaying tactics to try preventing lawmakers from beginning to consider the measure. Such a move takes 60 votes to overcome, a difficult hurdle in the 100-member chamber.
The conservatives said the Democratic measure would violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms, citing "history's lesson that government cannot be in all places at all times, and history's warning about the oppression of a government that tries."
Further underscoring the tough road ahead for the Obama-backed legislation, a spokesman for McConnell said Monday that the Kentucky Republican would join the filibuster if Reid tries to bring the measure to the floor.
Obama said the vote shouldn't be about his legacy, but about the families in Newtown who haven't moved on to other matters.
"Newtown, we want you to know that we're here with you," Obama said. "We will not walk away from the promises we've made. We are as determined as ever to do what must be done. In fact, I'm here to ask you to help me show that we can get it done. We're not forgetting."
A group of Sandy Hook families originally planned to travel to Washington earlier on Monday, but the White House offered to give the families a ride so they could also attend Obama's speech before their lobbying push. The White House lit up the steps of Air Force One with flood lights so photographers and television cameras could capture the image of Obama climbing the plane's steps with the families at dusk.
Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year-old daughter Ana was among the victims at Sandy Hook, held up a sign that said "Love Wins" as she walked toward the steps of Air Force One.
The families' lobbying trip was organized by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit started by community members in the wake of the shooting. "The group is encouraging senators to come together around legislative proposals that will both save lives and respect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans," the group said in a statement.
With time running out on negotiations, the White House is making an all-hands-on-deck push this week. Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder planned to promote their plan at the White House on Tuesday with law enforcement officials. First lady Michelle Obama planned to wade into the debate Wednesday with a speech on youth violence in her hometown of Chicago. And on Thursday, Biden was taking part in a discussion on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" with people who have different views on gun control.
Organizing for Action, the grassroots group being formed out of Obama's re-election campaign to support his agenda, said it was launching online ads Monday asking the public to urge their senators to support background checks. The ads will target 11 senators — all Republicans — through Facebook and search engines. An OFA spokesman said the group was not disclosing the cost of the ad campaign.
Gun control is divisive in Newtown, Conn., as in the rest of the country. Not all Sandy Hook families support gun control, and even those involved with the lobbying push organized by Sandy Hook Promise are not backing the assault weapons ban. But those families are asking lawmakers to expand background checks, increase penalties for gun trafficking and limit the size of magazines.


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When the piñata broke open, niños y adultos alike, scrambled to retrieve their favorites. (The adultos pretended they were just helping the niños but I saw them gleefully flee the scene, their hands and pockets full of dulces.) My husband kneeled down and plucked up a long candy bar in a shiny blue wrapper that fell at his feet.
"Bubu Lubu…What's this? Ice cream?" he said, handing it to me.
It was cold in my hand, and as I stood sweating outside in the tiny courtyard surrounded by twenty kids screaming in a mix of Spanish and English about what was fair and who stole what from whom, I decided a little ice cream would be real nice. I unwrapped the "Bubu Lubu".
Biting into it, I realized this wasn't ice cream at all, just candy that had been frozen. A chocolate flavored coating surrounded marshmallow and some sort of jelly – and while most Mexican candies, (besides my precious Dulce de Cacahuate), leave me feeling indifferent at best, Bubu Lubu became my new favorite candy/addiction with just one bite.
"Oh my God…you have to find more," I said to my husband, licking my fingers. He scanned the ground but only the remnants of popped balloons and lollipop wrappers littered the grass.
Just at that moment, Tico walked by. (The guy is from Costa Rica, and usually the only non-Mexican to hang out with this particular group, so that is why they call him that.) Tico had a bag of extra candy and he was handing them out to kids who hadn't gotten enough.
"Pssst! Hey Tico!" I called to him, "No tienes más Bubu Lubu?"
Tico looked into his bag and dug around, "Solo hay uno," he said handing it to me.
I wanted to eat it, but I forced myself to save it for home. I later stuck it in the freezer and managed to wait a whole 24 hours before giving into temptation.
My last bite…
I mourned for a little while, because I have not seen Bubu Lubu at our local Latino markets, but this morning when my husband went into work, he asked his co-worker where they bought them. The co-worker said he loves them too and that once a week, a man comes in a truck and he buys them from him. If we give him money, he can buy me some.
Por Dios! He has a Bubu Lubu dealer!… I told you, this stuff is addictive.


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Why I went: Adventure was a major driver. I was excited to get away from the United States for a while and see what life was like somewhere else.
New friends, new cultures: Once I was there, I was in an apartment complex with students from all over the world. We had Americans and Germans, and then just across the way there were students from Finland, South Africa, Israel and Asia.
I had the chance to bond with people of all these different nationalities. The experience opened my eyes.
A growing interest in Asia: I got to know some Malaysians and Chinese. Asia at the time was a big mystery to me. My grandma still pictures China during the Mao Zedong era, and I had no personal experience to balance that.
Meeting people who lived there helped me understand that we had a lot in common, and that there were opportunities there. It made me pay attention to Asia in the following years.
Moving to China: After college, I worked for AmeriCorps in Minnesota. I was taking business classes on the side, and some of my professors did work in Asia. At the same time, China was always popping up in the news, and I would read about it because I knew people there.
My wife and I began looking into how we could go to Asia and found that teaching English would be the easiest way.
We lived in Qingdao, China for two years. We ate everything the Chinese did. We learned the language and just really immersed ourselves in the experience. I worked for a Chinese biotech company, doing their online advertising. The knowledge of Chinese culture and business is something I'll always carry with me and hope to use even more in the future.
What I'm doing now: M&T's Executive Associate (EA) Program is a management development program where they train you to understand all areas of the bank. I work in the Marketing Analytics Department.
I definitely think my international experience helped set me apart from other EA candidates. They look at EAs as change agents, so they're looking for somebody who has a diversity of experiences, who can approach problems with a fresh thought process.


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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Stacia Sherman Garr for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here.
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Coaching and development are important regardless of geography, but given the dynamics within emerging markets, and the workplace changes organizations can expect in the future, it is even more critical to offer this support to retain employees.
With China, India, Brazil and the Middle East having economies growing at a combined rate of as much as 40 percent, many Western organizations have turned to these areas to fuel their growth. However, increased demand for the limited supply of talent in these markets has driven employee turnover rates into the double digits.
One effective retention strategy is to support employees' efforts to improve themselves. This can be more valuable to employees than higher compensation offered by other companies because it keeps their skills competitive. It also shows employees the organization is willing to invest in them, which can influence their loyalty. There are two ways to support employee development: coaching and development planning.
Bersin & Associates recently studied the impact of managers preparing for coaching interactions, engaging in strong coaching behaviors and providing concrete, useful feedback. Results indicated a strong correlation between these coaching activities' effectiveness and employee engagement (Figure 1). Organizations are less effective at teaching managers to coach in emerging markets than they are globally (Figure 2). There is significant opportunity for talent leaders to create improvements here and to reap the benefits of higher employee engagement.
India's HCL Technologies has used coaching to great effect. In addition to providing coaching programs for senior and middle managers, the organization has developed coaching resources to support high-growth business units. Using a train-the-trainer model, business units train managers quickly and at scale to coach employees more effectively. The company's learning and development team developed workbooks, templates and guidelines to support coaches on an ongoing basis. Although HCL Technologies hesitates to attribute its results solely to manager coaching, it found business units with manager coaching have enhanced employee engagement and team interactions.
Effective use of development plans also can improve engagement. Employees who have development plans and identified career paths are more likely to remain with their companies. Despite this, development planning is not extensive within emerging markets, often for cultural reasons, as illustrated by a limited use of development plans in China.
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To read the complete article, please click here.
Stacia Sherman Garr is senior analyst at Bersin & Associates.


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This week, Papa Kenn reviews the reboot of a barely 10-year-old film series, THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN! Does it meet the high expectations associated with having to justify a reboot so soon?
"The Amazing Spiderman"
Director: Marc Webb
Writers: James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, and Steve Cloves
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Rhys Ifans
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The Amazing Spiderman is the unnecessary reboot to the Spiderman trilogy from director Sam Raimi, starring Toby McGuire and Kirsten Dunst. The first of these was released in 2002, almost exactly 10 years before this new installment. This violates the unwritten 14-year "reboot rule" according to many fans, and to make matters worse, Spiderman 3 was released only 5 years ago. Then digging its grave even deeper, we get Spiderman's origin story…AGAIN! Now the biggest challenge for a movie like this is obviously whether or not its existence as a reboot is justified.
So does it justify itself as a reboot? Well…no. But that doesn't mean this movie isn't good. The truth is, The Amazing Spiderman is really good! So good in fact, that I consider it not only better than Spiderman 3 (not a very difficult feat), but possibly even the first Spiderman movie as well! I know this may seem like heresy, but the quality of the movie speaks for itself.
The cast is spot on, with great performances from all of the key characters. Andrew Garfield, aside from the annoyingly "Edward from Twilight"-esque hair, is by far a more convincing Peter Parker than Toby McGuire. Emma Stone's portrayal of Gwen Stacy is much stronger than Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson. Other than simply being "the love interest" or a "damsel in distress", Gwen plays a key role in many parts of the movie, especially the events leading to the final battle! Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben is a character we quickly grow attached to, and Sally Field as Aunt May is lovingly relatable without having to remind you of your grandma. In fact the balance of most character relationships was one of the most impressive aspects of this movie.
Obviously the most important part of a Spiderman film has to be Spiderman himself, and this is another area where Garfield not only sets himself apart from McGuire, but the character itself is vastly different. This Spiderman is…well, he's the Spiderman that comic nerds like me have come to love in the pages of graphic novels. He's quick, witty, and rather than spending half the movie crying (and let's face it, McGuire did his fair share of that in the Raimi films), this Spiderman makes fun of every thug he disposes of, and continues the smart-assery in even
the most dire of situations.
Overall this is a solid and very well made movie, but it's not without its flaws. The CGI is laid on thick, and while it works well most of the time for Spiderman's enhanced speed and movement, The Lizard looks more than a little fake at times. Then there's the first-person perspective shots, which are obviously done for the sake of people that paid for the 3D glasses. While these aren't overdone, and are highly preferred over the "coming right at you" 3D tricks from Men in Black 3, they still occur more often than necessary.
The final, and unfortunately biggest issue with this movie is that it simply doesn't justify the need for a reboot so soon after the conclusion of a trilogy that is still fresh on everyone's mind. It just doesn't do enough to differentiate itself from the Raimi films, or even the traditional Spiderman mythos. Plus, let's face it, we're all sick and tired of "origin" stories. Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Batman Begins, Wolver- uh…SPIDERMAN; all origin stories that range from face-melting to "aw, well that was nice". Who doesn't know Spiderman's origin story by now?
Despite falling short of justifying a franchise reboot and some other minor flaws, this is a movie I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish. Webb's film does enough different from Raimi's Spiderman that it doesn't feel like a complete rehash, and on its own the film stands strongly among the powerhouse Marvel Comics movies in recent years. It's no Captain America, Iron Man, or The Dark Knight, but still fights to be noticed amidst these heavy duty movies with a quality that rivals Spiderman 2. Yes, the movie that so many of us geeks and nerds consider to be the best of the Spiderman series. It doesn't quite reach that level of quality, but easily blows away Spiderman [Meets That 70's Show] 3, and is just as good if not better than Spiderman [vs Willem Dafoe (who I can only hope will appear in the Amazing Spiderman sequel)] 1.
It's unnecessary, it's nothing that hasn't been done before, but it's so very good. You got me Webb, now bring on the sequels!
I give The Amazing Spiderman: 8 / 10
I'm Papa Kenn, and I'll see you next review.


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New Orleans 28, Philadelphia 13: Marcus knows how you feel, Andy. Marcus knows how you feel. Michael Vick was sacked seven times tonight and, well, things were not good.
The Saints first got on the board in a gutting 14-point swing for the Eagles. Vick, looking for Brent Celek from the 1-yard line, was intercepted and Patrick Robinson took it 99 yards for a touchdown. From there, the Saints jumped out to a 21-3 lead by halftime. We thought the Eagles were back in the game thanks to a crazy hiding Riley Cooper—more on that to come—but it was not to be. Philly did add a 77-yard hook up between Vick and DeSean Jackson but that was about it for the Eagles.
If Andy ribbity-Reid up there is not good enough for you, please enjoy Mark Ingram bouncing and spinning off Nnamdi Asomugha early in the second quarter.


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Want to scrapbook great school photos of your kids? Sending your kids to school on picture day can feel a lot like entering the lottery. You never know if what will come back will be a winning shot or not. Here are some tips and tricks that will help you take amazing school portraits you'll be excited to scrapbook!
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You'll get far better smiles out of them that way! Help your child relax by talking to and interacting with him during the photo shoot. The most natural smiles come right after you've had them laughing at something silly.
Tip # 2: Choose Something Colorful for Him to Wear
Picking a colorful shirt can help make your child's eyes pop while also adding color and texture to his or her portrait. Just remember, if you're picking a shirt with a busy pattern, make sure your backdrop is fairly neutral so the shirt and the background don't clash.
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Pronunciation: fayst
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A small, scrappy dog with a snippy attitude.
Notes: Feisty people are often admired for their feistiness: they are a bit touchy and quarrelsome, with a quick temper but show pluck in the face of daunting odds. Often they are considered of smaller stature than others. Feisty means "like a feist", but what is a feist? We thought you might like to know before this word disappears forever. The last place feist was used was in the southern US, so the adjective represents a contribution from the South to the general English vocabulary.
In Play: There may still be old folks down South who use today's word like this, "I would sell my dog to Clara but I don't think a feist like him would get along with Clara's cats." But if people may be feisty, they may be metaphorical feists: "Ida Claire picked up a feist on steroids who picks fights with any male who looks at her twice."
Word History: This good word represents a variant spelling of fist, pronounced [fayst] just like feist, and is a reduction of a phrase fisting dog. This expression comes from Middle English fisting "breaking wind", inherited from the Old English fisting, with the same odoriferous meaning. The semantic trail apparently began pointing to a dog far too old to be feisty but expressed his spirit otherwise. The meaning changed rather radically over the years. At one point it was a disparaging name for a lady's lap dog but ended up referring to a small, spirited dog.
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I like this word, but I prefer pugnacious. My host father used to say it all the time to show culture, I guess. And then he would go on and on about pugnacious coming from Latin pugnare, and so on. I guess he did that because he was already old and he didn't know that he had already said that. Or maybe he wanted to make sure that all the people in the house got that word right.
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Android's Fake ID Could Put Millions in Jeopardy
Jul 30, 2014 7:10 AM PT
An Android vulnerability that exists in every version from v2.1 Eclair to v. 4.3 Jelly Bean could expose millions of users, Bluebox Security has warned.
The flaw lets attackers fake the certificates of specially privileged parties, such as Adobe and Google Wallet, and serve them up with malware that bypasses detection by Android.
Attackers then can take over every application running on an Android device.
The flaw, which Bluebox calls -- what else? -- "Fake ID," also might impact Android forks under the Android Open Source Project, including Amazon's Fire OS.
Bluebox has notified Google, which has fixed the flaw.
"After receiving word of this vulnerability, we quickly issued a patch that was distributed to Android partners, as well as to AOSP," Google spokesperson Christopher Katsaros told TechNewsWorld. "Google Play and Verify Apps have also been enhanced to protect users from this issue."
Why Fake ID Is So Dangerous
Android applications are cryptographically signed by a single identity through the use of a PKI identity certificate.
PKI certificates can have a parent/child relationship with other PKI certificates, where the first certificate serves as the parent, validating the other certificate.
In Android, the digital certificates used to sign apps become the app's package signature that is available to other apps through normal metadata APIs such as those in PackageManager, said Bluebox Security CTO Jeff Forristal.
An application's signature establishes who can update it and what applications can share its data, he told TechNewsWorld.
Certain signatures are given special privileges in certain cases. For example, an application bearing Adobe's digital certificate identity can act as a webview plugin for all other apps; or, an app with the signature of the Google Wallet app can be allowed access to near field communication hardware.
On some devices, applications with the signature of the device manufacturer or trusted third parties can access the vendor's mobile device management extensions to manage, configure and control the device.
Android's package installer does not verify the authenticity of a certificate chain.
How Hackers Can Use Fake ID
To use Fake ID, hackers fabricate a set of identities for a malware app that includes the identities of specially privileged parties in the identity chain -- then distribute the application in various ways, Forristal explained.
The set of permissions normally shown to the user "can effectively be kept minimal" when the malicious app is installed, and the malware does not need to ask for suspicious permissions such as "access SMS," he said.
Once the app is installed, "it's game over," Forristal said. "The OS acts upon the identities included in the applications signing chain, and starts to give the installed app privileges -- starts disseminating the viral portions of that malware into other apps."
A malware application can exploit multiple identities, thus using a combination of vectors, he said.
Enterprises Are Vulnerable
"Connecting mobile devices to sanctioned cloud-based business applications that contain business-critical and sensitive information is now becoming the norm," noted Ron Zalkind, chief technology officer at CloudLock.
"At CloudLock, we've identified close to 10 thousand of these apps that are directly connected to the enterprise," he told TechNewsWorld.
A vulnerability like Fake ID could give attackers access to corporate identities as well as corporate information, Zalkind warned.
Staying Safe
"We have scanned all applications submitted to Google Play, as well as those Google has reviewed from outside of Google Play, and we have seen no evidence of attempted exploitation of this vulnerability," Google's Katsaros said.
However, updates usually are held back by carriers and device makers for compatibility testing, and "the slowness of upgrades to the latest Android version exacerbates [the Fake ID threat]," CloudLock's Zalkind said.
Users should install patches as soon as they are available.
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Auditions for the Sterling Renaissance Festival March 26 in Syracuse
Sterling >> The Sterling Renaissance Festival at 15385 Farden Road, Sterling, N.Y., will be holding auditions for its professional interactive improvisational troupe, known as "The Bless the Mark Players."
The Festival is seeking 28 experienced male and female actors, age 18 to 50, to portray Elizabethan characters, and perform interactive improv and scenarios; Shakespeare; and Commedia Del'Arte plays, on period outdoor amphitheaters and throughout the lanes of the festival.
The contract commitment runs 10 weeks, from June 7 to Aug. 19. There are four weeks of intensive rehearsals, including workshops in improvisation and interactive theatre, and seven performance weekends. Performances are Saturdays and Sundays only from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with additional rehearsals midweek.
Pay is $335 to $365 per performance week (for seven weeks), plus a $450 rehearsal stipend ($150 per week for three weeks), full-time commitment required; housing provided. Bring acting resume and headshot. Strong improv and comic skills a must; prepare a one-minute comic monologue (contemporary or Renaissance period acceptable). Dress comfortably, no heels. Call-backs consisting of improvised scenes will take place the same day; casting within two weeks of auditions.
Applicants must be over 18 years old to be considered. (Equity/Non-Equity).
Auditions will be held Tuesday, March 26 from 4-9 p.m. at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, Room 240. Open call, sign-up starts at 4 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m. Call back same day.
For full audition info go to: www.SterlingFestival.com


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Quirky publisher Nippon Ichi is seriously investigating the possibility of brining some of its PSP games into Sony's HD, cross-platform PSP Remasters series.
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Sony sheds light on its PSP Remaster Project
Teiji Yutaka has shared some interesting new details regarding SCE's PSP Remaster Project, which allows developers to emulate PSP titles on PlayStation 3.
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The Manchester football team traveled to Bremen Friday, coming up short in a 49-21 loss to the Lions.
Bremen would strike first just a minute and a half in to the game to take a 7-0 lead with 10:33 on the clock. The Squires however would respond quickly, scoring on two plays. Lucas Schilling would scamper for 76yds with Jacob Casper scoring one play later and the game was tied at 7. Bremen would then take control of the game, putting up 21 more points in the first quarter and 14 in the second to lead the Squires 42-7 at the half.
Bremen would get the only score in the third quarter and led 49-7 with a quarter to go.
Jacob Casper and Owen Johnson would get touchdowns in the fourth quarter as the Squire season ended in a 49-21 loss.
Lucas Schilling was 18 of 27 for 131yds. Leading the rushing was Jacob Casper with 137yds on 16 carries. Lucas Schilling added 91 yds, Evan Milam 11, Owen Johnson 6, Phoenix Goad 2. Brodi Carter had 9 catches for 59yds, Phoenix Goad 6 for 46, Nick Eubank 1 for 13 and Daniel Griese 1 for 13.
Thad Miller led the defense with 11 tackles. Evan Milam and Nick Eubank added 8 each.