On With All Due Respect, John Heilemann laments that it was "horrible" to hear that an adiviser to Israelie Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his victory would be "a defeat for Barack Obama."
On Morning Joe, a variety of panelists express doubts about Hillary's candidacy, including Joe Scarborough who says that he's hearing "more and more people on the inside [saying] they're not so sure Hillary is going to run."
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski calls Senator Tom Cotton a "toddler" and "fool" for writing a letter to Iran about the nuclear program negotiations. Al Hunt describes the Republicans who signed the letter as "crazies," akin to the "crazies" in Iran.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Larry O'Donnell spar over the DOJ report on the Michael Brown shooting. Scarborough says the report sides with the police side of the story, that Brown didn't have his hands up, while O'Donnell says the report only concludes that "hands-up" couldn't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. By the end, Scarborough sarcastically says to O'Donnell: "thank you so…
On Morning Joe, discussing the shootings of two policemen during a protest in Ferguson, MO, Joe Scarborough's opening line to Al Sharpton is "this has got to be terribly frustrating for you."
Marc Morial of the National Urban League says the shootings show that the people want "further change" in Ferguson, and Joe and Mika Brzezinski, instead of focusing on the victims, agree with him.
On his MSNBC show, trying to explain away a poll showing Fox News to be the most trusted national news network, Chris Hayes aruges the poll was unfair since Fox was the only conservative outlet, versus MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS.
Hayes analogized things to a poll in which Mike Huckabee was placed against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry and Al Gore. Huckabee would…
On the Ed Show, Barbara Boxer claims Republicans are going after Hillary "because they know she's exciting the public." Right. For good measure, Boxer said that she "unequivocally" trusts Hillary.
David Corn is surprisingly skeptical, saying that "whether Barbara Boxer trusts her or not," Hillary critics have a point because she "tainted the chain of custody."
Which was the bigger insult to Hillary: that there might have been hanky-panky with her handling of her email, or that she's a huge Barry Manilow fan?
On With All Due Respect, Mark Halperin mocks Hillary's decision to delete thousands of supposedly personal emails: "was she running out of server space because she was, like, downloading every Barry Manilow song?" John Heilemann was equally…
On MSNBC's Daily Rundown, Washington Post reporter Ishaan Tharoor, says that "it is the president who ratifies treaties."
On With All Due Respect, Campbell Brown says she can't imagine Dennis Miller replacing Jon Stewart as host of the Daily Show: "hasn't he gone right wing?" asks Brown. John Heilemann agrees: "that will never work.
