Amid reactions to Republican senators’ decision to filibuster any judicial nominee put forth by President Barack Obama, following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia this weekend, Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle points out the lack of respect toward the presidency showed by both sides of the aisle. Listen to Mike’s comments and the ongoing conversation on political hypocrisy on MSNBC.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham discuss the unlikely friendship between U.S. Supreme Court justices
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia, who often held opposing ideologies. “Could you imagine Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) sitting down and having similar conversations? In the space of a mere 20 years, the entire political system has changed, and largely because of the emphasis on money and fundraising,” says Mike of why collegiality, such as that which was enjoyed between Justices Ginsburg and Scalia, is rarely seen in U.S. politics today. Listen to the rest of Mike’s comments here and watch the conversation on Justice Scalia, who passed away this weekend after serving nearly 30 years on the Court.
Following the death of longtime U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle sums up the late judge’s approach to court decisions. “As a layman, one of the things I appreciated the most about Justice Scalia—and I did not agree with more than half of the decisions he was so influential in—is his clarity,” says Mike of Scalia’s writing style. Watch the discussion here on what the loss of Justice Scalia entails for this heated political year in contrast to the sense of collegiality the Court has exuded. Only on MSNBC.
On a special broadcast of Morning Joe from Manchester, New Hampshire, the Washington Post’s Robert Costa and MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle discuss the outlook for struggling Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. “Eventually Jeb Bush is going to have to take on Marco Rubio and beat him. The big thing for Bush going into South Carolina is that here in New Hampshire he managed to take away the phrase that everyone was applying—‘poor Jeb,’” says Mike Barnicle of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s campaign. Watch the conversation on the Republican presidential field.
On the heels of winning the New Hampshire primary, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls in to Morning Joe and talks with Mike Barnicle about his approach to appealing to voters. “I’m going to describe a voter to you and I would like you to tell us how you are going to woo and win this voter: She’s a 48-year-old woman and she makes $52,000 a year. She has two children in high school and she’s not particularly political. Trade and immigration are not her hot buttons. Tell me, how do you intend to get her to vote for you? How do you get her to stay in your corner?,” asks Mike. Listen to Trump’s answer and this conversation that veered to the subject of Obamacare. Only on MSNBC.
Mike Barnicle and the Morning Joe team discuss the factors surrounding Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s loss to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire. “One of the jarring things that occurred here in the last week, that’s sort of been underreported, are the quotes from Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem to supposedly get women to support Hillary Clinton because she is a woman—that does not work,” says Mike of Hillary Clinton’s ongoing struggle with appealing to female voters. Listen to the rest of the MSNBC analysis on the Clinton campaign.
On Morning Joe, live from Manchester, Mike Barnicle shares his thoughts on supporters of last night’s two big winners in New Hampshire, Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. “Trump rallies and Sanders rallies are amazingly akin on many, many levels. To understand it, you have to sit there and watch the crowd react to the candidates. I liken it to watching people come out of a variety store after having bought a lottery ticket,” says Mike of similarities between Trump and Senator Sanders supporters. Watch more of the conversation on the outcome in New Hampshire.
“The Clintons left here last night having lost a state that’s been so critical to their careers. They left with one underlying, real danger signal out there…. Working-class towns, working-class women are no longer an automatic,” says Mike Barnicle of the demographics and lack of support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire yesterday. Watch the Morning Joe conversation, live from Manchester, on the race between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders, last night’s big winner.
In his latest column for The Daily Beast, Mike Barnicle boils down his recent experiences in New Hampshire and highlights the palpable similarities between the supporters of last night’s primary winners, Donald J. Trump and Bernie Sanders. “Both, in their own way, speak to the volatility rumbling beneath the surface of daily life in America, 2016; to the anxiety, the simmering anger, the feeling that nothing works and hard work is no longer valued as much as it once was…,” writes Mike of presidential candidates Trump and Senator Sanders. Read Mike’s column on how Americans’ resentment toward do-nothing-politicians, ongoing war and economic instability since 2008 contributed to yesterday’s election results, for both the Republicans and the Democrats.
On a live, primary day broadcast of Morning Joe from Manchester, New Hampshire, Mike Barnicle sums up New Hampshire voters and the state of the Republican presidential race. “This is a very sophisticated electorate, and always has been. And there’s one common theme involved in Governor Jeb Bush, Governor John Kasich and Donald Trump’s campaigns and appearances: They all now appear to be having a good time,” says Mike of the race for the White House. Watch the conversation on MSNBC.
Discussing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign struggles in New Hampshire on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle commented: “The level of frustration among [the Clintons] is extraordinarily high.… There probably will be some change in direction and, distinctly, in the way they are marketing her.” Hear the Morning Joe panel discuss Hillary Clinton’s fight against fellow candidate Senator Bernie Sanders here during a live, primary day broadcast from Manchester, New Hampshire.
“How do you navigate through your party that seems to be filled with several other candidates who are consumed with anger and obsessed with President Barack Obama, who is not on the ballot?,” asks MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle of Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich, who joined Morning Joe, broadcasting live from Manchester, New Hampshire. Listen to the conversation and Governor Kasich’s answer on his campaigning approach here.
“It finally dawned on me, looking at a huge number of people who came out in the storm…. Donald Trump, to a lot of people, is a lottery ticket. They’re buying a lottery ticket,” says Mike Barnicle of the turn out for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s last, massive rally in New Hampshire. Live from Manchester, New Hampshire on primary day, listen to Mike’s comments kick off the Morning Joe conversation on the rest of the Republican field, including Jeb Bush’s recent gains in the polls.
Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joins MSNBC Morning Joe live from Manchester, New Hampshire, and talks with Mike Barnicle about his readiness for the Oval Office. “There’s a striking contrast between United States senators running for president and governors running for president. Governors have public exposure on a daily basis that senators just never have,” says Mike in agreement with Christie on the differences among candidates. Watch the conversation between Mike, Governor Christie and the rest of the Morning Joe panel on Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) here, and read Mike’s most recent column on the issue.
On MSNBC Morning Joe, live from Manchester, New Hampshire, Mike Barnicle discusses the impact of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s successful attack on Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) during the latest Republican presidential debate. “I have never seen an event where one incident froze the race and defined one of the candidates,” says Mike of the moment Gov. Christie challenged Sen. Rubio on his use of canned responses. Listen to Mike’s comments here and watch the conversation on the shifting Republican race in New Hampshire.
Ahead of the presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Mike Barnicle’s latest column for The Daily Beast takes a look at the Republican governors on the ballot—Ohio Governor John Kasich, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush—and how their office may help them respond better to voter concerns. “None of the senators running have to make decisions about getting a curb cut for a company relocating in their state. In Washington, the plague of drug abuse, the reality of death by overdose, the cheapness and availability of fentanyl and heroin is an abstract talking point. A governor is on the line every day, all day.” Read Mike’s first-hand accounts from Nashua, New Hampshire here.
You can bump into a lot of people in the lobby at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire at the height of a frenzied primary season. Jim Braude and Margery Eagan would know. They’ve set up shop there to broadcast live primary coverage through Tuesday evening, and today, none other than famed Boston-based broadcaster Mike Barnicle—former Boston Globe columnist and contributor to “Morning Joe” on MSNBC—joined them on set to give his perspective on this year’s colorful presidential race.
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During the Morning Joe comparison of last night’s Iowa caucuses and the upcoming New Hampshire primaries, Mike Barnicle says: “Caucuses are so different than an election. The coverage last night of the caucuses was extraordinary… young people back and forth in a gym.” Listen to the rest of the conversation on whether Republican presidential candidates with gubernatorial experience, such as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, might fare any better in New Hampshire. On MSNBC.
On the heels of a virtual tie in Iowa between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mike Barnicle and the Morning Joe crew discuss Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) influence on the Democratic race for the White House and Clinton’s persistent flaws as a candidate. “Hillary Clinton is a very strong candidate, there’s no doubt about that, but she does have a couple of weaknesses that she seems unable to deal with: the lack of attraction to younger voters and the fact that Bernie Sanders has captured a message for the disaffected Democrats. And that’s not going to go away,” says Mike of Clinton’s campaign struggles. Watch the discussion here on Hillary Clinton and the “what ifs” surrounding Senator Warren’s decision not to run in 2016. On MSNBC.
“He did something last night that I bet surprised a lot of people—he made the turn successfully,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and the way he handled a second-place finish in last night’s Iowa caucus. Watch the Morning Joe discussion on MSNBC about the high turnout of Iowa caucus-goers and the Republican presidential race between Donald Trump and last night’s winner, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).
