MarkF | December 30, 2013 On Morning Joe, NBC's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman says that the U.S. should have a "single-payer" health care system. She also mentions that she "made" her young-adult children enroll in ObamaCare as their "patriotic duty."
MarkF | December 24, 2013 On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz declares "Four Pillars Of American Life": health care, jobs, education and equality.
MarkF | December 23, 2013 On Morning Joe, asked what he'd do about Rand Paul's views on unemployment insurance, John Heilemann says: "I'd tell Rand Paul to stick that where it belongs."
MarkF | December 21, 2013 MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry show displays a poster of Pope Francis in the style of the Shepard Fairey "Hope" poster of Barack Obama.
MarkF | December 18, 2013 On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz seems disappointed that the budget deal avoids another government shutdown. It's "bad news" for Democrats, says Schultz.
MarkF | December 16, 2013 On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski recruits former Obama car czar Steve Rattner to "root" for Elizabeth Warren for president.
MarkF | December 13, 2013 The Morning Joe panel dismisses criticism of the Obama selfie at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.
MarkF | December 11, 2013 On Morning Joe, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says the budget compromise forged by Congressman Paul Ryan "sells out" what needs to be done and compromises "core values." Nicolle Wallace proclaims herself a "groupie" of Coburn and David Axelrod, and says she is "inspired" by Ryan's leadership on the budget deal.
MarkF | December 10, 2013 On Morning Joe, discussing the way American kids are falling behind children in other countries on academic achievement scores, and describing how they are coddled, giving trophies for non-existent achievement and protected from stress, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says: "stress will be not understanding the thick Chinese accent of your first boss. That will be stress."
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Howard Dean squabble over reports of Dem infighting and indications that the party is moving left. Scarborough accuses Dean of spouting "Carl Bernstein nonsense," Dean tries to shut Scarborough down, and Mika Brzezinski makes clear her support for the prospect of a presidential run by Elizabeth Warren.
