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Guests: Bob Shrum, Michael Steele, Amanda Drury, Michael Steele, Phillip Dennis, Steve McMahon, Todd Harris, David Edelstein
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Obama`s workshop.
Let`s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews in Washington on the night before
Christmas Eve. Leading off tonight: The president plays hardball. For
much of his term, some Democrats have worried that President Obama has been
the compromiser-in-chief, that he was more worried about getting along with
Republicans, who didn`t want to get along with him, and that he and his
party were getting rolled in the process.
But his total victory in the payroll tax fight has changed that.
Democrats now see a leader who staked out a position, stuck to it, and got
what he pushed for. The president is making himself now the defender of
the middle class, and that has Democrats a bit more optimistic about next
While the Democrats are feeling more confident and satisfied,
Republicans are angry, confused, and as Charles Krauthammer pointed out
today, look as organized as -- look as organized as that marching band at
the end of "Animal House."
Right into that wall! Anyway, this particular GOP defeat was written
and produced, many believe, by the Tea Party. And many of its members are
as frustrated with John Boehner, the speaker, as he is with them. We`re
going to talk to two Tea Partiers about how the GOP managed to hand the
president a big political victory that could have been theirs.
Plus, Joe Biden stuck it to Mitt Romney in an op-ed piece today,
saying Romney would double down on the very policies -- the economic
policies that actually caused the great recession. We`re going to talk to
the HARDBALL "Strategists" about what Romney and the other Republican
hopefuls need to do between now and the Iowa caucuses, January 3, to seal
the deal.
Also, what Republican who turned down desperate pleas that he run for
president won`t say no when it comes to being a VP? That`s in the
And it`s our last show before Christmas, and that means it`s time for
a "New York" magazine -- actually, the "New York" magazine critic David
Edelstein and me to go over out top movies of the year. Many of them have
political messages.
We start with President Obama playing hardball. Michael Steele`s an
MSNBC political analyst and a former chairman of the Republican National
Committee. And he`s dressed in fine Christmas fare.
MATTHEWS: By the way, new dress code tonight. Bob Shrum, you`re in
your usual suit. I see no sign of Christmas on you, except...
BOB SHRUM, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: It`s red! It`s red, Chris!
MATTHEWS: ... pink shirt of yours, whereas Michael and I are both in
SHRUM: Red, pink...
MATTHEWS: We have decked the halls with bows of holly here...
SHRUM: I wouldn`t wear that...
MATTHEWS: ... and you, sir...
SHRUM: I wouldn`t wear that coat Michael`s got on!
MATTHEWS: OK, it`s not a coat.
SHRUM: He wears it well.
MATTHEWS: It`s a very sedate zippered sweater!
Anyway, the president signed a temporary payroll tax extension into
law today, and he thanked Congress for ending the political stalemate but
warned there was more work to be done next year. Let`s listen to the
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: When Congress returns,
I urge them to keep working without drama, without delay, to reach an
agreement that extends this tax cut, as well as unemployment insurance,
through all of 2012.
You didn`t send us to this town to play partisan games and to see
who`s up and who`s down. You sent us here to serve and make your lives a
little bit better, to do what`s right. And fortunately, that`s how this
week ended.
MATTHEWS: Well, I`m going to let you have this first ball here, Bob
Shrum. It seems to be nice for the president to say he`s above politics,
having just won one of the -- one of the few really big political tussles
of the presidential term.
SHRUM: Oh, sure. Look, Republicans blundered into this. I mean, I -
- the analogy I might use -- I haven`t seen anything this dumb since Custer
got himself surrounded at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The House
Republicans -- and the Senate tried to stop them, Mitch McConnell tried to
stop them -- took a position that was untenable.
They have helped the president do exactly what he wanted to do. He
doesn`t want this election just to be a referendum on the economy, although
there are signs that it`s getting better. He wants it, as you said
earlier, to be a choice. Who`s standing up and fighting for the middle
class? That`s what came across here.
The polling data has moved very substantially since October on who`s
better on taxes. And quite frankly, the best thing the Republicans can do
when they get back is pass a clean extension of this...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
SHRUM: ... without a bunch of poison pills because that -- they need
to get rid of this issue. They don`t need to relitigate this fight from a
political perspective or from the perspective of the country.
MATTHEWS: Your thoughts, Michael? I`m looking at these numbers here.
We know there`s a 99 percent to 1 percent fight going on in this country.
It seems like he has grabbed the position of the 99 percent here, the
MICHAEL STEELE, MSNBC CORRESPONDENT: Well, Obama took the easier --
the easier route. He got above the fray and the noise and he said, Look,
the American people -- it`s coming up on Christmas, the American people are
still concerned about jobs and the future. And so this is at least a
little bit of something that we can give them to get us to the new year.
The Republicans took -- and I agree with Bob Shrum here. They took a
miscalculated route to nowhere. I mean, it is very much like walking into
that wall. And the reality of it is, they`ve got to come back in January.
They`ve got to do a clean bill because you don`t want to have this argument
again in February and March of next year. The presidential race is under
way. The candidates running for the presidency don`t want to have to do
this dance on this particular issue.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I know. I love the way, by the way, you say the
president took the easy side of being for tax cuts, when your party...
STEELE: Wait! Can you believe...
MATTHEWS: ... takes the easy side, as you put it, on every tax fight
I`ve seen!
MATTHEWS: What`s wrong with being on the side of the people?
STEELE: Wait a minute. How did the Republicans get on the wrong side
of a tax cut, for goodness sakes?
MATTHEWS: Well, that`s a -- Bobby, you`ve got a point there. I`ve
looked as these numbers that you`ve looked at. Our poll, the NBC poll, the
"Washington Post" poll, show that the middle class is now being defended by
the president. They show on the question of taxes -- just say the word
"taxes" now, and for the first time I can remember, Bob, Democrats win.
SHRUM: Obama had a slight -- Obama had a slight lead on this in 2008.
But if you go back to October, he was way down. Now he`s ahead pretty
substantially. And what the Republicans did -- and Michael`s exactly
right, it was a road to nowhere. They ended up looking like they were for
tax cuts for the wealthy, but they were against tax cuts for the middle
class. It`s the worst possible position they could put themselves in.
MATTHEWS: Why did they do that? Why does your party do that?
STEELE: I don`t -- I don`t understand...
MATTHEWS: Why do they fight for the tax cuts for the richest
millionaires, and they don`t do it for the people that are working on a
paycheck who get about 40 bucks break in this thing every two weeks? By
the way, the president does play one game here. He says 40 bucks a
paycheck. Well, that`s because people get paychecks every other week.
STEELE: Right. Exactly.
MATTHEWS: He made it sound like every week. But fair enough.
STEELE: Right. But this is the -- this is the reality. Number one,
you`re absolutely right, the president got the upper hand on this.
Republicans played themselves out of position. They took the wrong end...
MATTHEWS: Why?
STEELE: Who knows why!
MATTHEWS: This is what I can`t figure out. Why...
STEELE: I can`t understand the lack of coordination between the House
leadership, with McCarthy whipping the numbers, to be able to tell the
Senate that the numbers aren`t there for the bill that you`re passing, or
for the Senate to tell the House that this is the deal we need to cut.
MATTHEWS: Could it be that they`re in a rut and they`re used to
voting against anything the president is for?
STEELE: That`s too -- that`s too easy. I don`t think it`s that so
much as it is...
MATTHEWS: Bob, do you think that`s it?
STEELE: ... coordination that`s not there.
MATTHEWS: Why -- how -- you`re a political analyst, as well as a
progressive, Bob. Why would the Republicans take this position of opposing
a tax cut for absolute regular working stiffs? What is the plus here for
them? I don`t get it.
SHRUM: There is no plus. And what happened, in my view, is that
McConnell made a smart political deal, handled it the way it would have
been handled in any other Congress -- and Chris, you worked there for a
long time, so did I -- any other Congress over the years.
And the Tea Party guys just revolted against Boehner. They put him in
an impossible position. He was about to lose his own caucus. So he kept
walking down the road with them. And then, by the way, several of them got
home, people started yelling at them and they said, We can`t do this. We
have to vote for this two-month extension. So it was a fiasco.
I also think you`re right. The fact that President Obama was for it
meant a lot of those Tea Party folks...
MATTHEWS: Yes. That`s what I think.
SHRUM: ... were going to be against it no matter what.
MATTHEWS: Let`s take a look at "The New York Times." It is reliably
liberal on its editorial page, but look what it said today. It wrote that
the president`s biggest win this week was upending an image of himself that
he was too quick to compromise.
According to "The Times," quote -- here it comes -- "President Obama did
not win much substantively, but he got a lot politically, a big start
toward retiring the perception, fair or not, and even among Democrats, that
in a pinch with the other party, he will inevitably surrender."
Boy, that`s a big turnaround for him. By the way, Bob Shrum, I`m
looking at the backdrop to you, in this spirit of this eve before Christmas
Eve, where`s that poor people`s watering hole you`re sitting in front of?
Where are you?
SHRUM: It`s in West Los Angeles, actually, about a mile-and-a-half...
MATTHEWS: Oh, OK.
SHRUM: ... from where I grew up in Culver City.
MATTHEWS: OK. Sorry. I thought you were down south, further down
But let me ask you about this -- this whole question of -- do we have,
by the way -- let`s go to Krauthammer here. Can we look at Krauthammer`s
column? Because he`s a tough, sometimes nasty conservative. Let`s look at
what he had to say today, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer.
He had the analogy of the day, by the way, to sum up the Republican
Party this week. He wrote in "The Washington Post" and around the country,
quote, "Having finally realized they had trapped themselves, House
Republicans quickly caved." Krauthammer said, "The Republicans`
performance was reminiscent of a scene from the great film `Animal House.`"
By the way, we showed a bit of it and we`re going to show it all right now.
(INAUDIBLE) In the analogy, the Republicans are the members of the marching
Let`s take a look at this great scene from a fabulous movie.
STEELE: Down the alley!
MATTHEWS: Well, I just was wondering who the drum major was!
MATTHEWS: It wasn`t you, Michael Steele, but it was...
MATTHEWS: I`ll tell you who looks like the drum major...
MATTHEWS: ... John Boehner...
STEELE: ... you can`t blame me for this!
MATTHEWS: ... John Boehner. And could it be -- and here`s my
indictment as we end this segment. I have a theory...
STEELE: What`s that?
MATTHEWS: ... that the Tea Party people are so rip (ph) -- I can`t
use the full phrase -- are so rip at everything, not just taxes and
government and the way things are and their families or whatever they`re
mad about today and the way we live, whatever it is. They`re so angry,
they can`t pick a leader. They don`t pick a leader because they don`t like
leaders. And they don`t like Boehner because he`s a leader. And they
can`t pick a presidential candidate they really believe in because they
don`t want to be led, they just want to complain!
MATTHEWS: And that`s what I think Tea Parties are, complainers...
STEELE: That`s not...
MATTHEWS: ... whiners with big...
STEELE: I absolutely disagree with that!
MATTHEWS: OK, why can`t your party...
STEELE: And you`re going to...
MATTHEWS: You have brought those Tea Party people in as your favorite
new allies!
STEELE: Absolutely. I am glad I brought them into the dance. I`m
glad I did because what you`re seeing in Washington is nothing else at the
end of the day, as you`re seeing members of the Congress stand on the
principles that they -- that they ran on...
MATTHEWS: And what are the principles?
SHRUM: And walk into the wall!
STEELE: Well, that may be, but the fact of the matter is...
MATTHEWS: What a great -- "That may be"!
STEELE: That may be...
MATTHEWS: I like -- that`s your phrase of the night, "That may be."
STEELE: That may be...
MATTHEWS: They just marched themselves into a wall!
STEELE: But that -- but that has -- that`s a different -- but that`s
a different argument to make than the principled argument that they have on
spending and the role of government and all of that. And...
SHRUM: But this was about raising taxes on the middle class!
MATTHEWS: You get the last word here, Bob. My favorite thing about
Michael Steele is, by the way, it`s like when we were kids when we were
playing cowboys and Indians, he admits when he`s hit. You got me!
MATTHEWS: I love it! He says, You got me! We got him this time!
The progressive forces of America did. Your last thought, Bob Shrum.
STEELE: It`s Christmas. I give you one.
MATTHEWS: Last thought before Christmas Eve, Bob Shrum?
SHRUM: I think that the Republicans -- and let me tell you, Romney
and Gingrich, if he has any chance, but Romney and the Republican
candidates want this thing settled. They want it settled early. They
don`t want it readjudicated. It`s one of the dumbest things I`ve seen in
politics in a long time. And merry Christmas to both you and Michael.
MATTHEWS: OK, by the way, we have...
STEELE: Merry Christmas, Bob.
MATTHEWS: ... him in here -- Shrum`s had a win/loss record which is
fascinating at times, but I got to tell you, Shrummy beat Mitt Romney once.
SHRUM: Yes, he did.
MATTHEWS: But he did have a pretty good candidate, Ted Kennedy in
SHRUM: Yes, I had a fabulous candidate.
MATTHEWS: The late, great. Anyway, thank you, Michael Steele.
STEELE: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Thank you, Bob Shrum.
STEELE: Merry Christmas.
MATTHEWS: Have a nice time out there in California.
Coming up: With the payroll tax fight over, who`s more upset,
Republicans with the Tea Party or the Tea Partiers with the Republicans?
We`re going to talk to two Tea Partiers themselves about the Christmas gift
it looks like they handed the president.
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We`ll be right back.
REP. JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Sometimes it`s hard
to do the right thing. And sometimes it`s politically difficult to do the
right thing. But you know, when everybody called for a one-year extension
of the payroll tax deduction, when everybody wanted a full year of extended
unemployment benefits, we were here fighting for the right things. May not
have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but I`m going to
tell you what, I think our members waged a good fight.
MATTHEWS: What a normal-seeming person that guy is in the end.
Anyway, welcome back to HARDBALL. That was Speaker of the House John
Boehner yesterday, trying his best to explain the payroll tax deal when he
was asked by a reporter whether or not he had caved. Well, a lot of the
Tea Party Republicans feel Boehner did just that, caved. "Disappointed,"
"horrific," and "bad deal" were just a few of the ways the angriest of
Republicans have described the deal, but not every Tea Partier agrees.
Joining me right now to talk about -- more about the Tea Party`s anger
with Boehner over the deal are U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm, a freshman
Republican who was elected with Tea Party support, and Phillip Dennis, the
chairman of the Dallas Tea Party.
Well, you gentlemen are smiling. Maybe we can be jovial through a
difficult debate here. Nobody agrees on much these days, but let`s talk
about this issue -- taxes, class, all kinds of things involved in here,
Let me ask you, Congressman. You`re from New York. Did Speaker
Boehner betray the Tea Party in the deal he cut yesterday and voted on
today, supported today?
REP. MICHAEL GRIMM (R), NEW YORK: No, absolutely not. The speaker
didn`t betray anyone. First of all, you have to remember something. Just
like myself, Speaker Boehner has an obligation to govern, and governing is
not an easy thing to do.
We went into this with good faith. We wanted to push -- that`s why I
got a big kick of your first segment how we`re not protecting taxpayers.
We`re pushing for one year because it`s good policy. Everyone has told me
since I took office in January, Don`t do Band-Aid approaches. Don`t take
the easy way out. Stand up and try to enforce good policy, even though
Washington is broken. And that`s what we tried to do.
Maybe we were naive in taking the president at his word that he really
wanted a year, and maybe I didn`t want to believe that he would just trick
us, but that`s what happened. And the truth is, at the end of the day,
there`s only one loser here, that`s the American people because they did
not get good policy. They got another Band-Aid approach. And talk to any
doctor or any patient, and they`ll tell you, two months for the "doc fix"
is exactly what they asked us not to do.
MATTHEWS: But you`re going to face the same fact in a couple weeks
when you get back, Congressman, won`t you, when you have to vote on the
rest of the year, the rest of the 10 months. It seems to me you`re coming
to the same question. Is it a Band-Aid for 10 months but not for two
months? I mean, if you call everything a Band-Aid, don`t you get stuck?
GRIMM: Well, no. I mean, look, this is common sense. Who`s to say
now that they`re going to agree to a full 10 months? We thought, based on
what the president said -- and his exact words were, It would be
inexcusable not to pass it for 12 months. So that`s what we did. So now
they`re saying 10 months, and I hope they`re sincere. That would be a
better approach, still not perfect, but a better approach.
MATTHEWS: OK. You still have the fight over how to pay for it,
whether to do it with cutting entitlement programs or taxing the rich. Let
me go now to a Tea Partier down in the heart of Texas there in Plano. Is
it "play-no" or "planno," Texas, sir, Mr....
PHILLIP DENNIS, DALLAS TEA PARTY: It`s "play-no."
MATTHEWS: Plano. Tell me about...
DENNIS: It`s Plano.
MATTHEWS: ... your view about -- Plano. Thank you. Were you right?
Was the president right? Well, you don`t think he was right? Was Speaker
Boehner right?
DENNIS: Well, you`re quoting a lot of "Animal House" today, so let me
quote the words of Dean Wurmer (ph). And I think this goes for the gray
(ph), for all of Congress, 0.0. The fact that we`re sitting here
discussing a $40 per pay period rebate to taxpayers is ridiculous when now
our national debt is over $15 trillion, which means that every American
taxpayer owes over $40,000 in national debt. It`s ridiculous, The fact
that we`ve sent the Republicans there to drastically alter and cut the
spending and size of the federal government, and the best that anybody can
do is to come up with a $40 per pay period.
Listen, if I was going to pay for President Obama`s vacation period -- I
calculate it -- I would have to work 100,000 pay periods to pay for his
MATTHEWS: No, I want to go with your principle here. Should we pay
for the Bush tax cut extension for the rich? Do we pay for that with
spending cuts somewhere? Or do we just continue the tax cuts for the rich?
I`m just asking that, going by your principle.
DENNIS: Well, the tax cuts for the rich...
MATTHEWS: Should we pay for the tax cuts for the rich?
DENNIS: The rich 1 percent pay over 37 percent. They`re taxed
enough. And those are the ones that create the jobs. But that`s not what
-- the premise that you brought me on here, Chris.
MATTHEWS: No, I just want you to see if your principles are
consistent or not.
DENNIS: Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: ... they cut the tax rates for the rich, because if we had
39 percent, we would have the Clinton tax cuts back again, and your party,
if it is the Republican Party, has opposed restoring the same tax rates we
had during the very economically excellent 1990s.
Your party`s protecting the rich.
DENNIS: Wasn`t President Obama today patting himself on the back that
$40 is going to help every American family?
Has anyone ever asked, if American families really need $40 per pay
period, what`s going on? I know what I will do with the $40 that he`s been
asking what I will do with it. I will buy 12 gallons of gas vs. 25 when he
took office. I will buy about a third less food than that.
MATTHEWS: Right.
DENNIS: So what we want Boehner and the Democrats to do and all of
them is to drastically change the way Washington does business. Borrowing
and spending is a nightmare disaster, and it`s about to happen to us like
it`s happened to Europe and Greece.
MATTHEWS: OK. Well, that`s good for a protester. You`re a
Let`s go back to -- because that`s what your job is.
Mr. Congressman, you`re a member of Congress. You get paid a salary.
You have a staff. You get paid health care. You get paid health care for
your staff. You get staff salaries, all that to be participating in
governing the United States.
That`s a different job than standing with a placard out in Texas.
GRIMM: Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: Well, tell my why it`s different.
GRIMM: So, go ahead, your question.
MATTHEWS: I`m asking you the question. What`s the difference between
being a protester as a member of the Tea Party, a supporter of it, and a
member of Congress who represents principles of the Tea Party, but has to
make the government work?
GRIMM: Well, I think by doing exactly what I have been doing. I
don`t understand your question.
I don`t stand outside with placards. I go to work every day and I
work for the American people trying to bring some change to Washington.
Washington`s broken. And, you know, as far as the Tea Party is concerned,
although I`m not a member of the Tea Party, I do support their ideals of
getting our debt under control and getting the size of this government
under control.
It is completely out of whack. Washington`s upside-down. People
voted for me because they want me to go there and try to change things. I
just tried to change things with this vote, saying that one year was better
policy. And look what happened. Politics prevailed. So, all the rhetoric
in the world can continue to be espoused.
MATTHEWS: I`m with you. I`m against rhetoric. Let me ask you this.
GRIMM: You`re against rhetoric. It`s your business.
MATTHEWS: Well, no, you can say that. You can always make fun of
Look, here`s the question. It looks to me the only way you cut a deal
in Congress and get it signed by the president, who is a Democrat, who
disagrees with you, is to reach a compromise. Why don`t you go with a big
compromise, a big set of spending cuts if you can get them with some kind
of revenue increase for the better-off people, rather than just have this
roadblock where nothing gets agreed upon?
GRIMM: Well, that`s why I`m part of something called the Go Big
Caucus. There`s 145 of us, bipartisan, bicameral, sitting down three, four
times a week to discuss exactly that.
We need to have a plan to go big. We have got to control this debt.
And for the purpose of the discussions, everything`s on the table. We`re
working bipartisan across the aisle, and so far that`s going very well.
And I`m very hopeful that we`re going to be successful in a deal that makes
sense for the American people.
At the end of the day, I answer to Staten Island and Brooklyn and to
the American people. There`s nothing I wouldn`t do for this country, but
we have to accept the fact that there are limitations on what the
government can do. Big government is not the answer. And we cannot
continue to spend money that we don`t have. These are the realizations.
MATTHEWS: I`m with you, by the way, if you get that done.
GRIMM: Great.
MATTHEWS: I do want that done. By the way, I love the part of the
country you represent. I love Staten Island and I love Bay Ridge.
GRIMM: Thank you. So do I.
MATTHEWS: You got Bay Ridge, too, right?
GRIMM: I do. I have Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights.
MATTHEWS: Irish-Italian, great crowd up here.
MATTHEWS: Let me go to Phillip Dennis.
All right, sir, do you think that would be a good thing for America to
get past all this sort of pissant approach with these little-bitty deals
that don`t even work, to some big deal, where you have big cuts in
entitlements down the road, big cuts in the debt down the road, reduction
of the debt, but you have to have some revenues on the rich, or the
Democrats will never sign the deal and you will never get anything done?
Do you want the deal or no deal?
DENNIS: I think everything`s on the table. We have never said that
we are totally anti-tax. But the problem is we have been almost 1,000 days
MATTHEWS: We will never get anything done.
DENNIS: No, no, excuse me, that we have been almost 1,000 days since
Harry Reid and the Senate passed a budget.
For one thing, that`s against the law. The second thing is, we don`t
want to spend any more money because we don`t trust Washington with our
dollars, Chris, and you can make fun of Tea Partiers and say all we do is
hold placards.
But I can tell you this. Every day, my behind is getting up and going
to work to pay taxes for this country. The last time I took a vacation was
five years ago. So that totally pisses me off that you would sit there and
say that all I`m doing is holding up placards down here.
MATTHEWS: Well, that`s a good argument.
MATTHEWS: But are you for getting something -- are you for getting
something done or just protesting?
DENNIS: No, absolutely not. What I`m doing is working to elect
people who will hold fiscally conservative values.
You want to know what will make the Tea Party happy, is for our
federal government to spend no more money than it takes in, in revenues.
President Obama -- as bad as I did not like President Bush from a fiscal
standpoint, Obama has increased our national debt $4.5 trillion in three
years. You don`t seem to have any problem that we have got trillion-dollar
deficits every year.
How long could you run your household like that, Chris?
MATTHEWS: I have a problem with the fact that the government taxes 15
percent of the economy and spends 25 percent of it. I would like to see it
go down to 20 percent, a little above 20 percent and cut a deal that
actually got it down from 25 percent of GDP.
You guys on the right just argue and yell and hold placards, and it
never gets below 25 percent because you won`t cut a deal that gets it down
to 20 percent. And, by the way, the American people will not live with it
being 15 percent, because they`d like to have a military and they would
like to have a Social Security system and they would like to have a
Medicare system.
And if you don`t want all three of those systems, you`re not in step
with the American people.
Anyway, who are you for, Mr. Dennis, for president?
DENNIS: Ronald Reagan.
MATTHEWS: Well, he`s not around. Who are you for now?
MATTHEWS: That proves where you`re at, sir.
MATTHEWS: Well, who do you want to lead this country?
DENNIS: The Tea Party doesn`t endorse candidates. And I haven`t made
up my mind yet.
MATTHEWS: Well, give me a couple guys you`re thinking about.
DENNIS: I would like to have seen Jim DeMint run. He seems to have a
little bit of sense, or maybe Mike Lee, maybe -- I like Marco Rubio.
They`re very young, but they seem to have some conservative ideas.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you for that.
By the way, where are you at, Mr. Grimm, from Staten Island and Bay
Ridge? Who are you for?
GRIMM: Governor Mitt Romney 100 percent.
MATTHEWS: OK. We know where you stand.
GRIMM: He`s got what it takes. He has the experience, and he`s the
only one that`s electable.
MATTHEWS: OK. I think Rubio might be a good candidate in a few
years, anyway. I agree with you on that one.
Thank you very much.
DeMint, forget it.
Anyway, Congressman Michael Grimm, Phillip Dennis, thank you.
Up next, who turned down a run for president, but is now opening a
door to being a V.P.? I love this thing if it happens just for sheer
You`re watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now to the "Sideshow."
Will he or won`t he one more time. Did you think the Chris Christie
2012 speculation would end when it was confirmed that he wouldn`t be making
a White House run? Well, you`re forgetting that the Republican nominee
needs a running mate. And, surprise, it`s not a yes and it`s not a no from
the New Jersey governor, Chris Christie.
Here`s how Christie responded when asked if he would be up for a
Romney/Christie ticket.
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R), NEW JERSEY: I think it`s presumptuous to do
that. Running for president, that`s my decision and Mary Pat`s decision
alone. We decide that. Vice president`s the decision of only one person,
whoever the nominee of your party is. And I think it`s awful to say I
won`t do something when it hasn`t been offered.
The fact is, if Governor Romney comes to me and wants to talk to me
about that, we will have a full, complete conversation about it, and then
Mary Pat and I will make a decision about what we want to do with our
MATTHEWS: Wow. Christie makes sense obviously as a running mate to
Romney. And of course he`d take it.
And, finally, get out the vote? Newt Gingrich may be on the final
stretch of pushing for votes in the early primaries and caucuses, but this
is not the first time Newt has found himself knocking on doors in the lead-
up to an election. Get ready for this one and a laugh.
Here`s a slightly younger version of Newt hitting up a Georgia
Domino`s Pizza place back in 1992. Suffice it to say, he didn`t exactly
strike a chord with the employee he was working here. Let`s watch.
REP. NEWT GINGRICH (R), GEORGIA: How are you doing? This is not a
robbery. I`m Newt Gingrich.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi. How you doing?
GINGRICH: And I am the congressman now for this area under
reapportionment. So, I just wanted to come by for a minute and ask you to
consider voting for me. I will be the only Newt Gingrich on the ballot.
Are most of your calls in evenings or on weekends, or what is the
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Friday night is probably the busiest time.
GINGRICH: That`s the big time? That`s great.
Well, I`m -- I`m the House Republican whip and the second-ranking
leader. And I will be running again this summer. And since I`m going to
be the only guy with a name like Newt Gingrich on the ballot, I thought I
better get out here personally.
But what`s your name?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: John (INAUDIBLE)
GINGRICH: All right, John Goodwin (ph). Good to see you, John. Take
MATTHEWS: Well, I don`t think he wowed that guy. Wouldn`t it be
better with Newt wearing the apron?
Anyway, what next, what do the Republican hopefuls need to do between
now and January 3 this to win the Iowa caucus? And isn`t it amazing?
We`re here. It`s starting January 3. We are going to ask the HARDBALL
strategists how it looks.
And at the top of the hour on "POLITICS NATION" with Al Sharpton,
stick around for the best -- actually, the first annual Revvie Awards.
Guess what they`re named after and who?
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AMANDA DRURY, CNBC CORRESPONDENT: I`m Mandy Drury with your CNBC
"Market Wrap."
The Dow jumping 124 points today, the S&P 500 gaining 11, and the
Nasdaq up by 19. The Commerce Department says new homes rose 1.6 percent
in November. Sales so far are way below last year`s depressed levels,
which means that 2011 will likely shape up as the worst year ever for home
Elsewhere, consumers were conservative about spending last month,
according to the Commerce Department. It rose 0.1 percent. Incomes were
also only up slightly.
Meanwhile, orders were durable goods were up strongly, rising 3.8
percent. It was the biggest gain in four months. Orders for big-ticket
items like aircraft were the key barometer of business spending.
And if you`re hoping for a pair of Nike Air Jordan Concords, you`re
likely to be out of luck. The highly priced shoes went on sale for $180
and then very quickly sold out. Nike.com was cleaned out in just an hour.
They`re now selling on eBay for about $600.
And that`s it from CNBC, first in business worldwide. Have a happy
holiday, everybody -- now back to HARDBALL.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
In less than a week now, I will be in Iowa with the rest of us
bringing HARDBALL to you live from Java Joe`s in Des Moines, Iowa. We`re
in the homestretch right now in a race that`s seen candidates obviously
shoot up and flame out one after another.
Here goes. Since September 1, Ron Paul`s had a steady climb. That`s
the yellow line on this chart going from 11 percent at the start of
December to take the lead now. That`s Ron Paul in the lead with nearly 24
percent, about a quarter of the vote for Ron Paul, the libertarian.
Mitt Romney represented by the pink line here on this chart has been
rising through December, but seems to have stalled there. Look at that,
how it`s flattened out there in the last several days, stuck at about 20
percent. That`s always been Mitt`s problem, getting above 20-some percent.
Newt Gingrich, the green line, look at that. It`s dropped like a
stone since his 31 percent peak in December 11 earlier in the month. Now
he`s in third place at 17 percent, but with a slight uptick now, a bit of
an uptick recently. So he may be on the comeback.
Now to the second bracket of candidates, who are the most interesting
right now, the ones for whom this is really sudden death, the ones who
appeal to Iowa`s evangelicals and staunch Republicans, the ones, as I said,
with the potential to surprise us on January 3.
Look at Rick Perry there. He`s been gaining strength in December,
despite all his mistakes in the debates. And that`s the blue line. Look
at him creeping up there, doubling his support from 6 percent up to 12
percent, which means he`s in winning territory all of a sudden.
Bachmann, the black line, had a small surge, but she`s now right about
where she started the month. So she`s not going anywhere, 8 percent. Rick
Santorum, who has visited all 99 counties in Iowa, is on the rise, nearly
doubling his support from 4 percent, but only up to 7 percent.
Now, as I said, this is crunch time. How do these candidates pull off
a win, I mean really a win, or a surprise finish that gets a big second
headline on January 3?
And that`s a question for the experts.
Steve McMahon is a Democratic expert, and Todd Harris is a Republican.
Let`s go.
Steve, I want you to look at this quite coldly from the other side
across the other aisle. What do you see happening there? In terms of, if
we`re going to do the old Bill Schneider one, two, finish now, win, play,
show, like in a horse race, what do you see as the win, place, show January
3 at night, when we`re all sitting around trying to figure this thing?
STEVE MCMAHON, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Well, as you know, Chris,
momentum in these things and steady, consistent movement is the most
important thing.
So you have to like Ron Paul`s chances. The fact that Mitt Romney got
25 percent four years ago in Iowa and he is at 20 now indicates that he`s
got perhaps a little bit of room to grow, but not very much.
The people who are moving and the most interesting are Newt Gingrich
who is moving in the wrong direction, having lost 14 points and I think
Newt could actually slip here from third to fourth.
And Rick Perry who is coming up on the strength of an appeal that`s
directly aimed at those Christian and evangelicals you just talked about.
And he seems to be moving. His message right now and his advertising is
all about being a Christian and what that means. Christian values,
Christian upbringing.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Yes.
MCMAHON: It`s just a very, very blatant appeal. He`s not talking
about the economy or jobs or any of the issues that poll very well.
MATTHEWS: All right.
MCMAHON: He`s talking to a narrow group of people.
MATTHEWS: He`s not talking about competence or anything else, he`s
talking about values. Yes. That`s smart.
So, you say the big winner -- the headline will go to Paul and the
second headline will go to Perry, you think? The one that says strong
showing by Perry? That kind of thing.
MCMAHON: That`s what I think right now. The only caveat to that is
Santorum who is also moving -- one of the hardest thing in politics is the
second act. People made a judgment about Perry and they tossed him off the
top of the heap, and it`s harder to come back than it is to rise.
So, I would watch those two. They`re the most interesting story
lines right now.
MATTHEWS: That`s Perry and Paul? Paul being --
MCMAHON: Perry and Santorum.
MATTHEWS: Oh, Santorum, as well.
MCMAHON: But -- yes.
MATTHEWS: I got you.
OK. Here, you`re picking Ron Paul to win the libertarian, to win the
Iowa caucuses. H doing strong now. And for Perry and Santorum to make the
noise on the outside.
Todd, you`re the Republican, you`re the insider here. You know these
guys. I think you also have candidate you`d like to see be the nominee
because you want to win in November.
But that aside, that aside, let`s try to look at this coldly. Is
Steve right that Paul will probably be the winner January 3rd that night?
TODD HARRIS, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: You know, I think Steve could be
right. I`m not going to say like I normally do that he`s flat out wrong.
I think that Romney is probably going to eke out a win.
But I do think that Paul -- I do think that Paul is going to do
incredibly well and certainly better than he did getting 10 percent of the
vote four years ago.
And I agree with Steve, in fact, I would say even more so. I think
Rick Santorum is the most undervalued stock in this entire caucus race. He
has been as you said before to every single county in Iowa. He has been
talking about values like Perry is doing, only Santorum`s been doing it
from day one, and probably most important organizationally, he has
inherited big chunks of the Huckabee machine from 2008 -- particularly the
home schooler network, which is incredibly well organized, and those people
turn out in caucus, on caucus day.
MATTHEWS: Look at this thing in "The New York Times" today, Nate
Silver, who we watch all the time. He said, historically, most of the
candidates who have beaten the polls by a wide margin on caucus night have
been staunchly conservative.
Back to you, Steve. It looks to me like if you say that, then you
guys both have a handle on Santorum or Perry because the real conservatives
in the race on moral issues, social issues like abortion rights and same
sex, they get underpolled, they don`t seem to talk up or get picked up by
the pollsters but show up on cold nights in Iowa -- Steve.
MCMAHON: That`s exactly right. Pat Robertson, as far back in 1988,
got 25 percent of the vote. You remember Alan Keyes and Gary Bauer, they
got 25 percent. And then Mike Huckabee got 34 percent of the vote in the
Republican caucus last time.
So, it`s the silent and very, very powerful and well-organized
majority of Iowa Republicans, at least those who show up for the caucuses.
And that`s why it makes so much sense to look at what Rick Perry`s
doing right now. He`s not talking about the economy. He`s not talking
about jobs. He`s talking about Christian values.
MATTHEWS: OK. I find this fascinating, Todd. If you`re talking the
cultural conservatives doing well out there, right? Yes or no? The
cultural conservatives like Perry and especially Santorum?
HARRIS: Absolutely. Absolutely.
MATTHEWS: OK. So interesting in a time that everybody else in
America is talking about the economy, that Iowa`s going to send this
message about religion and culture.
I think Iowa may lose its power politically if they do that this
time, because the country`s looking for economic action, not so much moral
action rightly or wrongly, we`re a secular country right now. And we have
Anyway, thank you, Steve McMahon. And thank you, Todd Harris.
Up next, HARDBALL`s going to Hollywood right now. I`m going to tell
you my picks for the top movies of the year, at least among the ones I`ve
seen. I`ve got some real favorites. We`ve got a real expert coming up
here, by the way, from "New York" magazine.
This is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: 2012 may be the year of the unaffiliated voter. More than
2.5 million voters have left the Democratic and Republican Party since the
last election in 2008, while the number of independent voters continues to
grow. That`s according to a new "USA Today" analysis of state voter
registration statistics.
In the eight swing states, the registered voters by party, Democrats
registration is down by 800,000, Republicans down by 350,000. Meanwhile,
independents have gained 325,000.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: We`re back.
It`s the end of the year, and time for one of these segments I most
look forward to as a movie buff and a political buff, of course, the best
movies of the year.
Three of my favorites tackle some big topics, race and ethnicity, in
America`s always a hot topic, money right now, of course, and American
culture. We all read books, actually.
I`m joined by David Edelstein, who`s the film critic for "New York"
magazine to talk about my picks here.
Thank you, David.
DAVID EDELSTEIN, NEW YORK MAGAZINE: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Let`s go to one of my favorites this year. I haven`t seen
them all like you have. Let`s go to "The Help." It`s the pivotal scene
where Emma Stone`s character, she`s the young wife reporter, or journalist,
and it`s the seed for the book, she`s going to write what it`s like about
being a black maid working for these white families during the civil rights
fight. Let`s watch.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want to interview you about what it`s like to
work as a maid. I`d like to do a book of interviews about working for
white families. To show what it`s like to work for, say, Elizabeth?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You know what she`d do to me if she knew I was
telling stories on her.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I was thinking we wouldn`t tell her. The
other maids would have to keep it a secret too.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Other maids?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I was hoping to get four or five. To
show what it`s really like in Jackson.
MATTHEWS: Unbelievable movie. You know, I know the controversy
about this movie, David. I -- I don`t know. I trained for the Peace Corps
down in the Deep South, you know, the civil rights -- the pre-civil rights,
the Jim Crow stuff down there, the whites-only signs and the laundry mats,
and the I saw the whites-only signs going up in Florida when I was a kid in
college and all that.
I got to tell you -- that`s the only thing I know about the South.
But let me tell you, this movie just grabbed me. Your thoughts?
EDELSTEIN: Well, I think that there was some controversy, a lot of
it had to do with some African-Americans who said it didn`t represent their
experience, in fact, it was much worse.
As a white person, though, somebody whose parents were professionals
and raised -- you know, had live-in help, African-American and Caribbean
American, it certainly struck me right in the heart. I loved the people
who lived with us, but did I know them? Did I have empathy for them? Did
I understand their experience?
Any movie that makes us see the world through someone else`s eyes and
maybe question the social system -- I don`t want to sound like a Marxist,
but question the system in this country, I think can`t be a bad thing.
MATTHEWS: What about Viola Davis winning best actress for Academy
Award. Can she win it?
EDELSTEIN: Well, she can. I happen to love Meryl Streep`s
performance in "The Iron Lady." Viola Davis is --
MATTHEWS: But that`s like a cliche. You like Meryl Streep`s
EDELSTEIN: I know, another darn accent and all that.
But, listen, let me say about Viola Davis -- what`s wonderful about
her is that she is hard. You notice from that clip, she has this very,
very tough facade. I think that`s more representative of what it`s like
for people --
MATTHEWS: I loved it. I think --
EDELSTEIN: -- what it was like for people working in the South than
the sort of --
MATTHEWS: Dignified contempt. I love it.
EDELSTEIN: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Dignified contempt for the system and for the whites that
she had to deal with.
EDELSTEIN: Exactly.
MATTHEWS: Here`s the great book, here`s a cheap movie, I love it
because it was the remind me of "High Noon." It was real time movie,
"Margin Call" -- a simple movie, thank god, about Wall Street hell. Here
it is -- how the movement spread around the world. Look, here`s "Margin
Call." It hits theaters with its cast of investment bankers. It was a CYA
mission, a bunch of bad guys and sort of average guys defending themselves.
Here`s Kevin Spacey, the midlevel guy talking about a group of
employees who just survived a massive round of layoffs. Let`s watch.
KEVIN SPACEY: Eighty percent of this floor was sent home forever.
We spent the last hours saying our goodbyes. They were good people and
they were good at their jobs, but you were better. Now they`re gone.
They`re not to be thought of again.
This is your opportunity on every floor of this building and every
office from Hong Kong to London, same thing is happening. By the time
we`re done, three of every seven guys who are standing between you and your
boss`s job are gone. That is your opportunity.
MATTHEWS: David, I loved it because it explained the hell of Lehman
Brothers, simply about deception, selling bad product to good people so you
don`t get hurt.
EDELSTEIN: Yes. I mean, what`s interesting about this movie, you`re
not on the side of Occupy Wall Streeters or Zuccotti Park, or whatever.
You`re up there in the tower. You`re actually looking at it through the
eyes of these people who see the equivalent -- it`s like a disaster movie
of an asteroid coming right at them. The asteroid in this case being the
"Margin Call," that`s going to expose all their assets essentially
EDELSTEIN: You`re on their side. You see -- you see why -- it`s not
-- it`s about how people can do evil. You understand, they all take the
money. Faced with a moral choice, they all take the money.
MATTHEWS: Right.
Well, my other favorite movie, because I`m a Hemingway buff, like
everybody else who reads books and Hemingway and Fitzgerald -- I loved
"Midnight in Paris." I thought it was his best movie, Woody Allen since
"Manhattan ".
Your thoughts quickly, 10 seconds, David Edelstein.
EDELSTEIN: It was great. It was great. He`s always -- Woody Allen
has always wanted to be anybody but Woody Allen, who`s always wanted to
live anywhere. He goes back in time. He sees this enchanting period, yet
there`s this vein of melancholy about what it means to just live in the
MATTHEWS: Who wouldn`t want to go back there? I would love to go
back to the early `20s to Paris, be with those guys, Fitzgerald and
Hemingway, just like him, like Woody Allen.
Anyway, thank you, David Edelstein. I wish we had more time.
EDELSTEIN: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: You are great, sir. I love your values and your smarts.
EDELSTEIN: Thank you so much.
MATTHEWS: When we return, ""Let Me Finish" with my thoughts about
the spirit of holidays and joy of Christmas, which always comes wrapped in
our childhoods. Think about it. It comes wrapped in our childhood each
You`re watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: "Let Me Finish" tonight with this:
On this night before Christmas Eve, I want to wish everyone watching
a warm -- and if you`re really fortunate -- a wondrous time this Christmas.
I was fortunate to grow up with wondrous times in Christmas.
I remember the excitement that led through all the days this time of
year. There was the school pageant in first grade when we all had parts to
play in the Christmas pageant. We would gather in the auditorium where a
huge baby boomer class had school each day. We were a class that was so
big, by the way, we couldn`t get into a regular classroom.
I remember mom and dad taking us downtown in Philadelphia to shop for
Christmas presents, especially to see the real Santa Claus, who was always
at Wanamaker`s.
I remember midnight mass that my parents went to and left me and my
brother behind a baby sitter or other brothers. We were allowed to open
one present -- it was a book I`d get each year from my grandmother, a
biography of some great American. And there is no doubt it was one of the
reasons I thought about writing a book I`ve written about Jack Kennedy.
And a lot of people I`m sure out buying that one for Christmas. I
hope a lot more do tomorrow. It`s one of my happiest achievements. I`m
glad to be saying, by the way, bringing a good feel about our country back
and a good time back in these very difficult times.
I remember like most of us truly believing in Santa Claus, and
thinking I saw, in fact, the sleigh riding past our window one night, our
bedroom window. And, of course, I remember the excitement of going to bed
and wanting to get up with my brothers to see what he`d brought, Santa
Claus, the next morning. There was so much magic in those days, growing
up. Even though watching television and listening to all the commercials.
Today, I like more than anything, just going into big stores, big
department stores this time of year, the big stores where you hear of
music. And, by the way, Johnny Mathis seems to be bigger than ever this
Christmas. I don`t know why, but he is. And I hope all of you, especially
people who are fortunate to grow up like I did, loving Christmas more than
any time of the year, to get some of that old Christmas feeling back this
One last thought, when you bump into me somewhere, anywhere like in
an airport or on the street, I only say this once a year, don`t forget to
say hello. This isn`t a one-way deal, by the way, doing this show. I love
knowing you`re out there. I love it even better, when you let me know it,
letting me know you like getting together every night and caring, as we do
together, about our country, how it`s doing. And more important, how we
can make this country of ours even better.
And that`s HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
And all of you out there, merry Christmas -- merry Christmas to
everybody watching, and everybody you care about. And, of course, happy
Hanukkah as well, happy holy season to everyone.
"POLITICS NATION," by the way, with Al Sharpton, my good colleague --
I love to call him that with a British accent -- starts right now, my
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Week 35: Gado-Gado, Curried Lamb, Brazil Nut Sensation and Anasazi Bean Marinade
Helen Dollaghan, food editor of The Denver Post from 1958-1993, selected recipes she felt were the best and published them in this 1987 special section called "30 Years of Rocky Mountain Cooking." Most are recipes Helen or her readers developed.
On Fridays we share several of the recipes from her collection.
Gado-Gado (vegetable
salad with peanut sauce)
and gulai kambing
(curried lamb) are two
fast recipes (inspite of a
long list of ingredients)
that make up an
outstanding main course
inspired by the food of the
island of Kalimantan in
the Indonesian
(Vegetable Salad With Peanut Sauce)
1 lb. fresh green beans
2 cups shredded cabbage
2 carrots, julienned
1 cucumber, sliced
1 cup bean sprouts
8 oz. tofu, cut in 1/2-inch cubes
Peanut sauce (recipe follows)
Bring 2 quarts water to boil. Add beans, cabbage and carrots. Cook about 4 minutes. Drain and rinse vegetables with cold water. Arrange all vegetables and tofu on serving platter. Serve with peanut sauce. Serves 4
(Peanut Sauce)
1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup canned cream of coconut
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/4 teaspoons red pepper sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 split clove garlic
1-inch square of lemon rind
Combine all ingredients in small pan. Cook over low heat, whisking until smooth. Remove garlic. Serve warm. Makes 1 1/3 cups.
Gulai Kambing
(Curried Lamb)
2 lbs. boneless lamb, trimmed of all fat, cut in 1-inch cubes
1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper sauce
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
1 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
1 cup beef broth
1/2 cup canned cream of coconut
Cooked Rice
Brown lamb on all sides in oil in large skillet. Add onion and garlic last 5 minutes. Drain off grease. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Simmer, covered, about one hour. Stir occasionally. Serve over rice.
This holiday specialty
(for those who don't like
conventional fruit cake)
gets its lavish looks from
whole Brazil nuts, whole
dates and whole
maraschino cherries.
Barbara Uhrich of Denver
is the contributor.
Three-fourths cup each
flour and sugar is correct
in this recipe. There is
just enough batter to hold
the bulky ingredients
Brazil Nut Sensation
3/4 cup unsifted flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 lb. whole, shelled Brazil nuts (weighed after shelling)
1 lb. pitted, whole dates
1 bottle (16 oz.) maraschino cherries, well drained
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Leave nuts, dates and cherries whole. Combine them in a bowl. Sift dry ingredients over top. Mix to coat nuts and cherries. Beat eggs until foamy. Thoroughly stir in vanilla. Pour over cherry mixture. Mix until well blended. Spoon into 9×5-inch loaf pan that has
been greased and floured. Batter will come nearly to top of pan but won't overflow during baking. Bake in preheated 300-degree oven about 1 1/2 hours or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. If allowed to stand in pan longer, cake may develop holes in the bottom. Carefully run spatula around sides and ends. Invert on rack, carefully using spatula to release it. When cool, wrap in waxed paper, then foil. Store in refrigerator or wrap in foil and freeze after allowing cake to age several weeks in refrigerator. Use very sharp knife to cut into slices. Makes 1 cake.
Bruce Riddell, owner
of Adobe Milling Co., in
Dove Creek, Colo.,
introduced us to
Colorado's anasazi beans,
named after the Anasazi Indians who built the cliff
dwellings at Mesa Verde, Colo.
Anasazi Bean Marinade
1 cup dry anasazi beans, washed
1 large bay leaf
2 medium cloves garlic, crushed
Salt to taste
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup wine vinegar
3 tablespoons parsley flakes
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Place beans, bay leaf, garlic, salt and 2 cups water in heavy saucepan. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered until beans are soft but not mushy, about 1 1/2 hours. Check periodically and add more water, a cupful at a time, as mixture dries out. Drain. Discard bay leaf. Whisk together oil, vinegar, parsley, oregano, basil, tarragon and pepper. While beans are still warm, gently stir them into marinade to coat thoroughly. Refrigerate, covered, at least 10 hours. Stir occasionally. Add salt to taste. To serve, place beans, drained or undrained in a bowl surrounded by romaine lettuce leaves. Serve as a relish, or use them with crisp greens, croutons, hard-cooked egg wedges and a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese for salad. The marinade can serve as the dressing. Serves 8 to 10.


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this week was a confusing one for followers of the sega dreamcast. first, reports came out from reuters and the wall street journal that sega would stop production of the dreamcast at the end of march 2001 and produce software for the playstation 2. then, cnn and cnet challenged those reports with quotes from local sega representatives that indicated that "dreamcast is very much the core of our business going forward." however, it's pretty plain from the additional comments that were made that sega isn't really denying the rumors, just not commenting on them. i think sega will stop production because they probably have a huge stockpile of dreamcasts and aren't making money off of them. this is the second rumor recently that has been refuted by sega, and i have to guess that the media isn't just making this stuff up out of the blue. sega is just trying to be mysterious.
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Credit Booms-Is China Different? »
Volume/Issue: 2018/2
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Sally Chen , and Joong Shik Kang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 January 2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484336762.001
Keywords: Financial crises, Financial cycles, Banking crises, Asia and Pacific, credit gap, debt overhang, sustainable growth, General
Strong Chinese output growth after the Global Financial Crisis was supported by booming credit. This credit boom carries risks. International experience suggests that China's credit growth is on a dangerous traject...


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ThinkBox necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Note: the prize for the contest is actually $100. It should be a really easy project as the logo is already good to go along with most of the other branding such as the letterhead, etc.
We just want a business card that looks flashy and sleek and we are coming to you folks who have given us a solid logo!
ThinkBox National Marketing Inc.
Exceeding expectations, and WOW'ing our clients
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue, orange (primary) and white, grey (secondary)
Desired Style:
Sleek and sharp - but professional. Modern.
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Note: As mentioned in short summary, the prize is only $100 even though it is listed as $150. This is because it should be a super easy project :)
Our colours: blue, orange (primary colors)Â with grey and white being secondary colours
In one of the following URL sis a ZIP file containing many versions of the logo along with our current letterhead header and footer. The header has our address and the footer has our slogan.
The other URL is a mockup of our new re-branded website.Â
 The font we have been using for the slogan is Franklin Gothic Demi (I think) and we are trying to make our branding all matching and consistent.
 We want our business card to wow people and look very sleek. I don't really want to guide you too much with it so have fun and keep it professional with the colour guidelines and appropriate images I have supplied


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Every winter in Iceland, friends and relatives give each other a book. It is a national tradition, this exchange of literary presents, which means that all the books in Iceland are published around Christmastime.
In America, there is no such tradition, but a well-selected book will far outshine, say, a nice sweater. Reading, by nature, requires us to take something inside us, to hold it long enough for it to become part of our inner life. No turtleneck, no matter how luxurious, can lay such a claim.
Of course, the hard part is picking out which book will snag on to your father-in-law's or sister's or uncle's mind and keep him or her hooked. With this in mind, here is a rundown of some of this year's most gift-able books, from history to fiction, science to poetry—and everything in between.
David McCullough might be the reigning seducer of elder men's minds, and Doris Kearns Goodwin takes the cake when it comes to bringing history to life, but it seems unlikely anyone will write as cogent and compelling a study of American democracy as Princeton Professor Sean Wilentz. The Rise of American Democracy: From Jefferson to Lincoln (W.W. Norton, hardcover, $35) is his elegant and richly detailed story of how American democracy came about. At 1,000 pages, it will keep Dad quiet all winter long.
The Great Game might be over—at least in Europe—but John le Carre's novel about it, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Walker, hardcover, $19), is beginning to look eternal, especially in this newly reissued hardback format, which just begs to be smuggled home to a safe house.
Le Carre might be the master of the spy novel, but Robert Littell is certainly its most literary practitioner. Legends (Overlook, hardcover, $25.95) is his latest "novel of dissimulation," and it involves a former CIA agent turned private detective who, like Jason Bourne in The Bourne Idenity, begins to question who exactly he is, or was, for all those years.
It ought to be Zadie Smith's hilarious, ribald, funny and potently barbed On Beauty (Penguin Press, hardcover, $25), the story of a white college professor, his black conservative rival and the dust-up that ensues when their families become entangled on a college campus that bears a striking resemblance to Harvard University, where Smith taught recently.
A generation ago, Kurt Vonnegut got slackers and wastrels to pick up a book—now Dave Eggers has moved into that role. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs (McSweeney's, hardcover, $22) is his latest anthology-
If the baby boomers' nostalgia was muscle cars, Generation X and Y have turned their memory fetish on vintage sneakers. What else explains why young men and women plunk down hundreds of dollars for shoes they wore at age seven? Sneaker Freaker (Riverhead, hardcover, $20) is a handy little guide to the ins-and-outs of this odd, not-so-little world, complete with photos, graphics and interviews with sneaker freaks from Singapore to South Central.
Unlike many Alaskan residents, who see an avalanche and run, Jill Fredstone seeks them out. She even purposefully triggers snowslides with explosives and films the ensuing mess: just to see what makes them tick. Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches (Harcourt, hardcover, $24) is her fascinating and terrifically written account of this odd avocation. It will make you glad someone else calls this work.
As Hidden Camera (Dalkey Archive, paper, $13.95) opens, its undertaker hero finds a note slipped under his door inviting him to the premiere of a movie. At the cinema, the lights go down to reveal a shot of him eating his lunch, the day before. Thus begins one of the strangest and most alluring novels to come out this year—a Truman Show for existentialists. Hopefully, the novel will bring Serbian novelist Zoran Zivkovic's name wider recognition.
As cofounder of the integrated circuit, Robert Noyce has a finger on every computer, car, cell phone and video game available today. In The Man Behind the Microchip (Oxford University Press, hardcover, $30), Leslie Berlin opens up the circuit board of Noyce's life and shows what made him tick.
"Winter settles down in Venice like it means to make friends and stay forever," writes Jane Turner Ryland in Across the Bridge of Sighs (Pantheon, hardcover, $22), her latest collection of vignettes about her adopted home. Read this by a fire and you will get all the melancholic chill of Italy's most romantic city and none of the sticker shock.
Marty Asher reminds us in Philip Marlowe's Guide to Life (Knopf, paper, $14.95) that Raymond Chandler's dashingly dour hero was a champion of the aphorism. Asher has collected these bon mots in a little book that's small enough to fit into a gentleman's suit pocket, and worth its weight in chuckles. "They say lust makes a man old, but keeps a woman young," goes one. "They say a lot of nonsense." On marriage, Marlowe is as sanguine as a hangover: "For two people in a hundred it's wonderful."
Long before poetry slams became the literary equivalent of monster truck rallies, City Lights Press was at the heart of the San Francisco poetry renaissance, putting out volumes by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman—the true founders of the so-called spoken word movement. All of these writers appeared in the Pocket Poet series, which could fit in a jeans' pocket and made a perfect companion for inebriated, cross-country jaunts. The series survives on, and the latest addition is Kamau Daaood's The Language of Saxophones (City Lights, paper, $10.95), a book so hip and full of soul even Miles Davis would have treated it with respect.
Thirty-five years ago, Steven C. Caton traveled to a rugged part of Yemen to study its poetry and, a few misunderstandings later, found himself jailed as an American spy. In his thoughtful and gripping memoir, Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Meditation (Hill & Wang, hardcover, $26), he revisits that time and eventually, in 2003, the country to find out what went wrong.
One needn't spend too much time contemplating Edvard Munch's "The Scream" to realize the Danish painter had some issues. His recently discovered journals, We Are the Wretched Flames Which Pour Out of the Earth (Terrace Books, hardcover, $29.95), bear some of these demons out, often with unexpected humor. One evening at a café, Munch remembers a paramour saying to him: "You remember you talked / about dreaming that you kissed me / and that your kiss / Devoured Death's cold lips / Yes I say / You know—there / was maybe something / in that."


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Sermon delivered August 28, 2008
It's unfortunate that today's scripture readings, from the 10th Sunday of Matthew do not coincide with our American celebration of Father's Day. As we know, the Church has its own sense of time and her lectionary system was constructed many centuries ago. Yet, we have two good examples of fathers today. In the Gospel (Mt.17:14-23) we see a father approaching Jesus and kneeling before Him and asking Him to heal his epileptic son (v.14-15). In the Epistle, St. Paul himself tells the Corinthians (1 Cor. 4:9-16) that He is their father in Christ Jesus through the preaching of the good news (v.15) and he urges them, "Imitate me" (v.16).
These two examples seem to contradict Jesus command in Matthew 23:9 "Call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven." We learn from the pamphlet "Call No Man Father" by Richard Ballew (Conciliar Press) that most Protestants interpret this passage as a prohibition for using the word "father" to refer to a spiritual father. However, if strictly interpreted, the prohibition would extend to paternal fathers, grandfathers, city fathers, Church fathers etc.
St. Paul uses the term father in many ways. In addition to today's epistle, he speaks of "Our fathers" (1Cor. 10:1) and "Fathers, do not provoke your children" (Colossians 3:21). Jesus Himself, telling the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, refers to "Father Abraham" (Luke 16:24-25). He also warned against using the title "Rabbi/Teacher" but acknowledged Nicodemus as a "teacher of Israel" (John 3:10). St. Luke called certain men in the Church of Antioch "prophets and teachers" (Acts 13:1). St. Paul recognized teachers/teaching as a gift of God in the Church (1Cor. 12:28; Eph. 3:11) and called himself "a teacher of the Gentiles" (2Tim. 1:11).
So what does Jesus mean when He says, "call no man father"? Our Lord is contending with certain rabbis of His day who were using these specific titles to accomplish their own ends. Some of the rabbis were adding their own ideas of wisdom to the true tradition of Moses' teaching and thereby clouding it. Jesus points out this error in Mark 7, "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men" He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do" (v.8-13).
By saying, "You shall not be called rabbi", Jesus was telling His disciples not to use their position as fathers and teachers as an opportunity to build disciples around their own private opinions. Instead, with the coming of Christ, these rabbis—and indeed all who would teach God's Word—are to faithfully hand down the true tradition of only one Rabbi: Christ Himself.
Jesus was also indicting the sinful character of the rabbis. They were exalting themselves above everyone around them. Hypocrisy, love of money, corruption, lack of service and self-love were other problems that Jesus criticized.
St. Jerome says the fact that we have one God and one Son of God through nature does not prevent others from being understood as sons of God by adoption. Similarly, this does not make the terms father and teacher useless or prevent others from being called father.
As we Orthodox know, this early practice of referring to spiritual fathers and sons continued in the Church's life so that even today, monastic spiritual guides, father confessors, bishops and priests are frequently called "Father" by the people. What Jesus condemns is the use or acceptance of any titles and dignity which stands between God and man. Jesus is not primarily speaking here of words, but of an attitude. To consider a person a "Father" in a way that obscures the Fatherhood of God is what He criticizes. When Christians use it to refer to God's representatives, all it does is remind them of the Divine Father. In the same way Christ forbids us in Matthew 23:10 to submit ourselves to independent teachers who obscure the one Master Teacher. (Harakas, 455 Q&A, p.267)
So, if someone asks us, "Who is your father?", we can answer, "I have my natural father whom I call 'dad' or 'baba'. And I have my spiritual father, the 'papa' or 'pater', the priest who leads me and guides through the gospel of Jesus Christ to my one God and Father in heaven who has adopted me as His child." Let us imitate our natural and paternal fathers as they prayerfully and humbly intercede to Christ our God for our physical and spiritual healing. Amen!
Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews is the pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fr. Andrews is the past president of Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association (MEOCCA), and a volunteer chaplain with the St. Paul Police Department.


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IBM Aspera on Cloud featured in IABM Journal
January 08, 2019
Aspera releases its flagship High-Speed Transfer Server for IBM Cloud Private (ICP).
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Today we look back to February 8, 2005.
Panic Petition
Widespread Panic fans who were unavailable to secure tickets to the bands Fox Theater run have initiated an internet campaign to allow them to hear the music from these three nights (March 24-26). Fans have created an on-line petition encouraging the band to pursue the option of providing an audio/video simulcast in select theaters in select cities across America. At present more than 1000 fans have added their assent to this entreaty, which is addressed to the group and its management, and offers the polite concluding remarks, As always, thank you for everything boys!'
Ozric Lotus
Two generations of electronic musicians will collide (or at the very least orbit) in March when Lotus opens a tour for Ozric Tentacles. The British Tentacles are more than twenty years into their career and US appearances have been infrequent. The group will cross the Atlantic for a show on the 17th at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA with dates confirmed through March 26 at the Abbey in Chicago. Former jambands.com new groove of the month Lotus is on board for all of these gigs.
More Maktub
Reggie Watts spent much of 2004 on the road, lending his vocals (and signature telephone microphone) to Soulive. However, in addition to these dates, he spent time in the studio with his band Maktub. The group will release the resulting Say What You Mean on April 12. The disc is produced by Bob Power (Erykah Badu, Ozomatli) with tour dates to follow. During the recording process the band posted a journal on its web site which chronicles the development of Say What You Mean.
Prescription For Peace
Fresh off his recent Headhunters tour, Mike Clark has announced four Prescription Renewal gigs starting this Friday at the Jewish Mother in Virginia Beach, VA. Joining Clark will be Skerik and Robert Walter, with Oteil and the Peacemakers opening all of these shows. It is quite possible that Burbridge will perform with Prescription Renewal at these gigs which will conclude at the Regattabar in Cambridge, MA on February 16.


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Quote: in the back of my mind I'm mulling over some aspect of MA. Still...it isn't training. (Unless...one considers the act of staying mentally focused on MA a type of training.)
Quote: I would rather hone my physical skills then my linguistic ones
Quote:Quote: I would rather hone my physical skills then my linguistic onesYou must not teach too many people
I have found that this forum helps me hone my ability to teach my students. You can have all the physical you want just cuz you can do does not mean you can convey an idea. -JBC-
Quote: so ask your self how much are you realy learning
Quote:But I could be a bit strange as I seem to find Martial application everywhere I look.
Quote:Respectfully, I think a lot of people who train every day, aren't really learning. Drilling, practicing...honing technique, building strength or simply trying to maintain a level of performance...yes. But learning?
Quote:Agreed. That is if one trains with no expectation of learning or becoming enlightened.
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Skaters hope super suits give them golden edge
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SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Forget about the sharpest blades and think "tightest suit" instead. For nations like the Netherlands and the United States, those skintight suits could provide the edge to top the Olympic speedskating medals table.
No wonder the sartorial arms race heats up before every Olympics.
"It is a psychological game," said Bert van der Tuuk, who designed the top suits for the Dutch and Russian teams.
But he says there is science involved too -- every four years, there are improvements over the suits that won previous Olympic titles. How much though, remains up for heated debate.
"The difference between winning and losing is partly determined by clothing," the Dutch skater turned suit designer said in an interview with The Associated Press.
In a sport where margins of victory are sometimes measured in hundredths of seconds, a little less drag, a bit of fabric that keeps a skater in the perfect position, might be just enough to make the difference between a golden glow and obscurity.
For Ireen Wust, the Dutch double gold medalist from Turin 2006 and the Vancouver Games four years ago, the feeling that she is well taken care of, gives her the peace of mind to disregard the whole issue.
"I don't spend energy on subjects like that, because I cannot change it and it won't bother me," she said after a training session in the orange-and-blue Dutch suit.
No nation matches the Netherlands' relentless commitment to speedskating and the country often has the medal tally to prove it.
But when the Olympics roll around, it is the United States that often puts up the toughest battle. That applies to their suits too -- with some hyperbole thrown in.
"THE FASTEST SPEEDSKATING SUIT IN THE WORLD," was how the Under Armour company described the Mach 39 American suit, developed together with the U.S. aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin.
It has the U.S. skaters convinced.
"It's definitely helpful thinking that you have the fastest skin. It's a confidence booster," said Brian Hansen, who will compete in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500 meters.
He said the skinsuit has special rivets, seams, bumps and even a diagonal zipper to improve speed. He acknowledges though that it is so tight on some skaters it feels like it restricts their breathing.
Van der Tuuk is not impressed.
"They claim to have the fastest suit, but they haven't tested our suit yet," he said. Van der Tuuk said he tried some of the elements used in the U.S. suit but rejected them as adding no value.
No American was complaining about their suit in the run-up to Saturday's opening race, the men's 5,000. And Jilleanne Rookard was convinced the U.S. team has the edge.
"I did notice that the Dutch had a similar technology," she said. "We still have a couple advantages that they don't." What are those? "I'm not really allowed to talk about anything super specific," she said.
Wust, in her third Olympics with a third, improved, suit to go with it, is counting on her own sheer power and speed.
"Even if they really have a very fast suit, I still want to beat them," she said.
AP Sports Writer Beth Harris contributed to this story.
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Riley Hanson wins 2013 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition
Melrose-Mindoro High School senior wins $10,000 Grand Prize
LA CROSSE, WI (WKBT) — A Melrose-Mindoro High School senior is the grand prize winner of the 2013 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition in Louisville, Kentucky.
Riley Hanson was selected for the $10,000 Grand Prize by a panel of expert judges following presentations by all 12 finalists. He is the first winner since 2008 who is from a state other than Texas.
Hanson, who is a part of the Melrose-Mindoro FFA chapter, restored a 1953 Super H Farmall tractor. He spent more than 400 hours tearing it down, repairing, overhauling, repainting and restoring it.
"We'd like to congratulate Riley Hanson on being our 2013 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition Champion and acknowledge all our participants for their fine work," said Jeff Snyder, Industrial Brand Specialist for Chevron Products Company.22764142
Here's the list of finalists for the 2013 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition:
· Melrose-Mindoro FFA, Melrose, WI: 1953 Super H Farmall (Grand Prize Winner)
· Newton High School FFA, Newton, KS: 1958 Oliver 770 Diesel (Reserve Prize Winner)
· Iowa Park High School, Iowa Park, TX: 1976 John Deere 2240 (Third Prize Winner)
· Dubiski Career High School FFA, Grand Prairie, TX: 1957 John Deere 420 (Best Video Winner)
· Cotton Center FFA, Cotton Center, TX: 1952 Ford 8N
· Cuero FFA, Cuero, TX: 1968 Case 1030 Comfort King
· Era High School FFA, Era, TX: 1958 Fordson EIA New Major
· Eufaula FFA, Eufaula, AL: 1939 Ford 9N
· Rogers FFA, Rogers, TX: 1947 Minneapolis Moline RTU
· Southmont FFA, Crawfordsville, IN: 1949 Farmall Cub
· Southwest FFA: San Antonio, TX: 1953 Allis Chalmers G
· Wise County 4H, Rhome, TX: 1946 McCormick W-9


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Lazar Elenovski was Macedonia's Minister of Defence in Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's first cabinet and held office until summer 2008. Like many ministers and cabinet members in Gruevski's outgoing government he is in his thirties. Elenovski was born into an ethnically mixed family: his father is an ethnic-Macedonian while his mother is Albanian.
Elenovski has devoted much of his political career to the process of Macedonia's integration in NATO and the EU. He was Secretary General of the Euro-Atlantic Club of Macedonia from March 2001 to December 2005. In this capacity he organised a number of campaigns promoting Macedonia's NATO and EU integration process. He was responsible for preparing the government's Communication Strategy for NATO membership. After the July 2006 elections, Nikola Gruevski formed a new government, in which Elenovski was appointed Minister of Defence. One of his declared aims is NATO accession:
"NATO accession is very important for Macedonia. Like for Eastern Europe: the first step, the first station on the same road was NATO, the second station was the EU. We are explaining that NATO means security, but security means development."
The Macedonian army has undergone dramatic changes over the last seven years. One of the provisions of the Ohrid Agreement was that ethnic minorities would be better represented in the state administration, police force, and military. Elenovski describes how implementation of the agreement has transformed the army:
"In 2002 non-ethnic Macedonians only made up five percent of the armed forces. Today they represent 30 percent of the total, which is close to the optimal level of 34 percent – the minorities' share of the population. This is huge progress. Today, we speak of the Macedonian army as a modern and professional force."
In a bid to demonstrate its readiness for NATO membership the Macedonian army deploys soldiers in a number of foreign missions. Roughly 200 soldiers are currently deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. 11 Macedonian soldiers were killed in January 2008 when a helicopter returning from an EU mission in Bosnia crashed near Kumanovo. Elenovski argues that Macedonia has showed it is ready to join NATO:
"We are very proud of our soldiers, because regardless of their ethnic community they are fighting shoulder to shoulder in Iraq and Afghanistan, they are demonstrating that we are a multi ethnic army…I see Macedonia as an EU member country. We expect to fulfil all the standards necessary for getting a date for EU membership negotiations by this year. I see Macedonia as part of one integrated region in the Euro Atlantic structures… The whole process cannot be finalized until the whole Balkan region is integrated into the Euro Atlantic structures."
The country's bid for NATO membership was dealt a setback at the NATO summit in April 2008, however, when Greece vetoed an invitation for membership on account of a long-running dispute over the country's name.
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Things went pretty much as expected in the opening match of the Carolina Challenge Cup between Houston Dynamo and Toronto FC. Even missing five starters through injury and national team call-ups, Houston looked very much like defending MLS Cup champions. Toronto, on the other hand, demonstrated the growing pains that come with an expansion year. Houston handily beat Toronto 2-0 behind goals by Ryan Cochrane and Chris Wondolowski.
Both teams ran out an approximation of what would be their first teams if the season were to begin this weekend, though both were missing several starters, and let them run, both coaches keeping substitutions to a minimum.
In the fifth minute, it looked like Houston had struck first blood when Wondolowski beat Toronto's Greg Sutton from close range but was ruled offside. Nine minutes later, Cochrane easily touched home a Brad Davis corner kick after Sutton misplayed the in-swinging ball. All an unmarked Cochrane had to do was help the ball into the goal.
Sutton redeemed himself, however, diving to his left to parry wide a long-range bomb from Davis that should have been Houston's second goal. Houston continued to control the run of play through to the halftime whistle.
The second half began in much the same vein as the first. In the 72nd minute, Toronto coach Mo Johnston looked for an offensive spark by inserting Abbe Ibrahim in for Jose Cancela.
"It bit us," Johnston said. "The substitution opened things up for them in the back."
With Toronto putting more pressure forward, Houston took advantage of the space in the midfield when Kevin Goldthwaite sprung Wondolowski with a cross-field ball from the left flank. Wondolowski ran through Toronto's offside trap and easily slotted the ball past Sutton.
It was not all doom and gloom for Toronto, however. After joining the team on Friday, Richard Mulrooney started and played all 90 minutes.
Both teams will be in action Wednesday as the round-robin tournament continues. Toronto will face New York Red Bull at 6 p.m. Houston will take on the Charleston Battery at 8:15.
Houston Dynamo (1-0-0) vs. Toronto FC (0-1-0)
March 24, 2007 -- Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC
Carolina Challenge Cup
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ryan Cochrane 1 (unassisted) 14
HOU -- Chris Wondolowski 1 (Kevin Goldthwaite 1) 73
Houston Dynamo -- unavailable.
Toronto FC -- unavailable.
Attendance: 3,183
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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