On her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell claims that recent weather events including Superstorm Sandy have "taught us if nothing else, that we have a real climate problem and that we have to deal with this here even if the rest of the world isn't going to deal with it, in China and elsewhere."
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough criticizes candidates who are supposedly too conservative to win, citing Ken Cuccinelli of Virginia, whom he called "certifiable" son some issues. But Scarborough then contradicts himself, pointing out that when he successfully ran for Congress from Florida, "Newt Gingrich and the the Republican establishment worked against me, because they thought I was too…
On Morning Joe, as Joe Scarborough rails against the "stupid" arguments NRA leader Wayne LaPierre made on Fox News Sunday yesterday, Mika Brzezinski can be heard muttering "something Sarah Palin would say."
On Chris Hayes's MSNBC show, Ali Gharib, the editor of the Daily Beast's "Open Zion" blog, says the questioning of Chuck Hagel at his Senate confirmation hearing was "a Republican purge" and a "Maoist public shaming." Michael Hastings of the Rolling Stone differed, saying it reminded him more of "Stalin."
On Melissa Harris-Perry's MSNBC show, Cristina Jimenez, leader of United We Dream, an organization that advocates for illegal immigrant youth, declared "we are undocumented and unafraid, because this is what we learned in school."
The Morning Joe panel rips the Republicans for their questioning of Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel at his Senate hearing. Expressing particular contempt for Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Joe Scarborough announces he won't even mention him by name.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, after playing a clip of Gayle Trotter of the Independent Women's Forum testifying in favor of assault rifles, said she looked "like a jackass."
On Morning Joe, Jon Meacham says people should ignore Senator Marco Rubio's remarks to Rush Limbaugh implying he would not support comprehensive immigration reform unless certain language is included, presumably on border security, etc. That's just Rubio taking care of the conservative base and saving face. Joe Scarborough concurs.
On Morning Joe, former Obama car czar Steve Rattner decries "climate-change deniers." Among other homes, Rattner owns a 15,000 SF mansion on Martha's Vineyard, to which he flies in a large private jet that he pilots.
On Morning Joe, Politico executive editor Jim VandeHei says that the amnesty plan known as the "pathway to citizenship" is probably "the right thing to do," but that it would be easy to "demagogue."
