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Certain period of time, those facts became public, whether the committee chose to act or not. and then the public could judge for itself. the conduct of their elected officials, and then how the house dealt with that conduct. so it was really was about transparency -- >> sunshine. >> throwing light on the kind of dark corners -- >> good old fashioned sunshine. if everybody sees it, public approves after that, so be it. >> exactly. >> let me ask this, so the creation of this. it was in 08, and i ...

Election in your home state is not an awesome platform from which to launch a presidential campaign. just ask rick santorum. so those early feelers that he might run for president in 2008, those were soon retracted. he announced in late 2006 that he would not be making a run for president himself. but then very soon there after, february 2007, he came out for barack obama. he came out as an early and very high-profile supporter of this one-term illinois senator. right. and that was a really impo...

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The trump campaign is so unique, because from the top of the organization on down, they are grinding axes like its going out of style. and when you have won and you show up with an ax to grind, you throw off the entire dynamic. its supposed to be what andrea mitchell just described, this first draft of history. so you answer honestly, in 08, for example, david axelrod said, oh, we thought we were screwed when sarah palin gave that convention speech, it was so good. biden said, oh, bleep bleep, a...

Inappropriate. >> unorthodox to be sure. >> ari, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> i want you to stay with us, we have another story we are following in charleston of the accused officer shooting walter scott. the jury has not been able to reach a consensus on that case. the judge sent them back and charging them to try again and adding that they cannot come to an greagreement, the judge will come to a mistrial. what do we know at this hour, 3:08 eastern time. >> reporter: the jury has been delibe...

To get this record. instead they were just going at each other. as kasie said, there was a lot of gloating going on as part of the trump team, and the clinton team very defensive, but defending their principal, hillary clinton, and the attacks got more and more raw, and the anger more raw, and there was a motion, and we didnt know whether to step in or back off. it was very, very tough. >> the fact that there is just audio and no video almost increases the drama, especially when jen-paul-mary ge...

Set by the winning campaign. when you win, it is your job to make the other side feel comfortable because you have the far easier job. the trump campaign is so unique, because from the top of the organization on down, they are grinding axes like its going out of style. and when you have won and you show up with an ax to grind, you throw off the entire dynamic. its supposed to be what andrea mitchell just described, this first draft of history. so you answer honestly, in 08, for example, david ax...

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Depth or breadth of knowledge about public policy anyway. >> there are a lot of democrats out there who are nervous, who are anxious. are you among them? >> oh, sure. im always nervous. i was nervous in 12. i was nervous in 08 for good reason. but, i mean, you know, we run through the finish line. this is what i tell everybody that i go to canvassing senators and i say many of you have jobs. many of you have families. ignore them. get on the doors. >> i want to ask you about this new two-minute ...

One of the numbers said they moved to trump by five points. >> in this respect a lot of pollsters and handy cappers and analysts and all of us took 08 and 12 and made an assumption that it was permanent and it was not unique to obama. the same mistake republicans made post reagan when they thought the reagan coalition was easily replicated and you have to have reagan on the ballot to replicate. >> thats a good question. i do think that the reason we thought maybe this was more lasting than it tu...