Hardball   |  November 30, 2012

Matthews: Will the Republicans get the message?

Chris Matthews asks whether the Republican Party truly has learned from their major losses in 2012, and wonders what it will take to get Republicans back on track to the “grand old party” they once were.

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>>> let me finish tonight with this. imagine having two political parties that are moderate on social issues, reasonable on fiscal and economic matters. imagine having a republican party that thinks of the big cities , the east and west coasts, capable of working across the country with the democrats and reasonable in its politics and principles. eisenhower republicans they were called in the 1950s , moderate on domestic matters. when you went to vote, you had a choice. you could look at the candidates and think who is the best. not like today where one political party holds views so out there that many don't feel they have any real choice when they get out into the voting booth . we'll see. it's an historic decision. that's "hardball"