Rick Santorum
- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum won the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses this week, as well as, the nonbinding primary in Missouri.
- Santorum wrote the book “It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good” in 2005.
- Watch his last appearance on MTP.
Jack Lew
- Jack Lew was appointed White House Chief of Staff on January 9, 2012. Prior to this position, Lew had served as director of the Office of Management and Budget, the same position he served in the Clinton administration from 1998-2001.
- As Special Assistant to President Clinton from 1993 to 1994, Lew helped design the national service program Americorps.
- Watch his last appearance on MTP.
Roundtable: Burton, Noonan, Dionne, Scarborough
- Bill Burton, Senior strategist for the Super PAC supporting President Obama and former Deputy White House Press Secretary, tweeted about the most recent debate in Florida. He wrote, “On points, Romney probably winning. On soundbites that will be great in ads, Romney doing a fantastic job.”
- Columnist Peggy Noonan wrote in the Wall Street Journal this week about the low turnout in the Republican primaries. She wrote, “What are the reasons? Maybe it's the increasing negativity of the campaign, maybe it's widespread dissatisfaction with the field. Maybe it's that, and more.” Watch her last appearance on MTP.
- This week in the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne discussed this week’s hot button issue of contraception coverage. He wrote, “President Obama did today what he should have done at the very beginning: He honored the fact that religious groups, including the Catholic Church, had legitimate religious liberty claims in the battle over a contraception mandate under the new health care law.” Watch his last appearance on MTP.
- MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough tweeted this week about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his results at this week’s caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. He wrote, “The biggest story from last night was Mitt 2012 vs. Mitt 2008. The latter won in a landslide.” Watch his last appearance on MTP.
Follow these guests on Twitter:
- Rick Santorum: @RickSantorum
- Bill Burton: @billburton716
- Peggy Noonan: @Peggynoonannyc
- Joe Scarborough: @JoeNBC
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yuck !!
Please ask Santorum to clarify his position of no exception in cases for rape or incest for a abortion. Is he implying if a woman is pregnant due to a rape she should be chained to a gurney and forced to give birth to the rapist baby? and or ask him to comment on Rachel Maddow's Op-Ed in The Washington Post on Contraception
Mr. Lew/White House must think the American public is full of idiots. The church organizations won't be forced to pay for contraception, sterilization, etc because the insurance companies will do this? Who pays for the insurance coverage? The employer (the church organization). They're playing with words. They've made no compromise. They're just blowing smoke at us.
When did fundamental evangelicals take over the catholic church? I find it odd that mainstream prodastants support a Mormon and a couple Catholics while simultaneously criticize their church teachings from the pulpit.
watching the Santorum interview. Sad to see David let the issue of gay marriage drop so easily. Looks like he gave up on the issue of constitutional amendments by the people. every republican politician who answers the question of gay marriage, standing on their beliefs that the people can amend their constitution any way they want which means discrimination against gays, can't answer the natural follow up: what if people voted to enact slavery or some other discriminatory policy? Just because people voted to amend it to the constitution doesn't make it right. using religion to enact a legal policy is a mistake.
The basic problem with all politicians is that they speak to an audience as they perceive what the audience wants to hear. They pander to their party's ideology and never really care about those who they supposedly serve, the American public. No candidate on either side will ever committ to the American people and truly represent "all the people" regardless of what they may say during a campaign. They will always tell you what is wrong with the other guy while still promising that they will never do what the other guy is guilty of. Yet, as soon as they are eleceted, all the promises and all the pandering to the voters ends, and all the pandering to the lobbyists, PAC's and other special interest begins as they are more concerned with lining their own pockets than serving the people of this country. If asked, most candidates will say they are in favor of term limits and campaign finance reforms. Yet, not one of them will ever propose a bill in congress to change the laws on either and even if it were to be proposed, would never vote for the bill. That's why the only way the voters of this country can ever hope to rid Washington of the two party system that continues to rape the people of their money, jobs, and lives is to VOTE THE INCUMBENTS OUT every election until the most senior person in congress has less than four years. Then and only then will we get their attention about who is in charge of our government.
David asks Santorum if under President Santorum only single females need apply to his administration? Really David? Did you really come up with such a ridiculous question to ask on your own or was it driven by the opinions of NBC executives? The main stream media is so biased when it comes to "journalism", yet they don't have the guts to admit that their news reporting is interjected with opinions. I can only accept such a stupid question if Meet the Press advertises itself as entertainment and not journalism.
Ditto. David really allowed his conservative leanings to peek through on this interview. Imagine letting Santorum get away with stating unequivocally that government should stay out of the private lives of American citizens, and then to unequivocally support government controlling the reproductive health of ALL women, and allowing the government to restrict the right of marriage to a select group - Santorum's group! Gregory was either inept in letting this slip past him, or he purposely allowed his conservative slant to color the interview.
Santorum doesn't think government should intervene in the private lives or health care decisions of Americans, yet he's quite willing to have government completely control the reproductive choices for ALL women. He also doesn't think the Judiciary should be making "radical" changes to accepted U.S. legal precedent, yet he enthusiastically supports overturning Roe vs. Wade, a long-held and accepted standard of women's rights. He would also like to see a constitutional amendment allowing only a select group of citizens the privilege of marriage: HIS group. This isn't seen as government interference in the private lives of American citizens?
David Gregory is incompetent as a newsman, allowing the candidate to make contradictory statements without calling him on it, leaving the viewing public without a clear understanding of the candidate's philosophy.
Really, Mr. Santorum? No government interference in our lives, yet you want to tell me I can't plan my family and my neighbors, whose committed, monogamous relationship has lasted much longer than mine(and longer than any of Mr. Gingrich's or >50% of the American publics')cannot get married? Which is it Mr. Santorum? Conservativism apparently means whatever the conservative wants, at any given moment. Remember Terri Schivo? Government involvement in private lives means what, again, Mr. Santorum?
Probably one MTP's most important programs this year and David Gregory missed every opportunity to prove he could fill Tim Russert's shoes ! Very disappointing !
Probably the most important MTP program this year and Mr.Gregory missed every opportunity to prove to the viewship that he can fill/ be worthy of the seat held by the late Mr. Russert.
What a disappointment.
David, you must be so intelligent and breathing genius atmosphere to ask such a stupid question to Santorum re single females that only you could find so wisely deep and worthy. Keep up the good work for the Administration.