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Fire. for example, he tried to take down tom king jr.s son who was trying to get another term as senate minority leader. so he personally got involved in trying to thwart another term for tom cane jr. because he was upset about tom canes handling of the senate legislative races. so whats ironic about that is that tom cane sr. was chris christies mentor and chris christie would probably have no career in politics if he didnt show up as a 16-year-old in tom canes house in livingston, new jersey, i...

[ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] youre welcome. ready? go. get it! [ male announcer ] cant find theraflu, try alka-seltzer plus for fast liquid cold and flu relief. >> this week, this story in new jersey became the biggest thing in politics. for good reason. for once, we werent having a he said/she said argument about something that could be proven but nobody chose to prove it. its not a fight over insults or accusation or trumped up outrage. this is a story of legitimate wrongdoi...

>> is that all it is, brit? >> its an interesting way to put it. basically what hes saying is, politics aint beanbag, and hes right, politics aint beanbag and there is a certain amount of rough-and-tumble that goes on and a certain amount of exaggeration for effect that happens in campaign ads. that seems to be what hes saying. the question is, a thorough follow-up on this would have been nice, it didnt happen apparently. to say, well what exactly are you talking about mr. president? are you tal...

Suit jackets and put down our steaming mugs of political correctness and see how funny governor romney was trying to be? i mean, come on. whats a little humor predicated on fearmongering and race baiting? this campaign needs levity, people. the real shame is that president obama didnt participate in the governors 2012 laugh riot by making a joke about mormonism or polygamist compounds on next me or whether mitt romney was born in the united states. that would have had everyone in stitches. there...

Sense that i had going into the book was that the president really had some sort of a internal struggle from 2008 and what he had to do to get elected into 2012. to my surprise in interviewing two dozen former and current staffers, people in his orbit i didnt get that sense. he understands this is the kind of campaign he has to run. moreover, theres a little bit of revisionist history going on where by folks in obamas circle saying in 2008 we werent playing paddy cake with mclean or clinton. the...

Politics, as the saying goes aint beanbag. to such that because of security and exchange commission and other government filings that showed romney still as a top executive and owner of bain capital eave was on a leave of absence could amount to a felony is beyond the pail. object surd, untrue and the kind of exaggeration that goes too far. i think it has backfired. we have people from the obama team now saying, they didnt say it was a felony, they were making the point that false filings are a ...

Have a hand in writing these ads. here he is protesting too much. lets watch. >> with regards to their ads, i havent seen them. as you know under the law, i cant direct their ads. i hope everything thats wrong is taken out. but the ad i saw said that youve been forced out of the speakership. that was correct. it said that you sat down with nancy pelosi and argued for a climate change bill. that was correct. anything wrong, im opposed to. but, you know, this aint beanbag. >> it may not be bean ba...

Hes not. >> lets get to the integrity question. heres a new line of attack being used against romney that he doesnt always tell the truth. case in point, watch what happened yesterday when mitt was asked about negative ads about gingrich from his pro-romney super pac. legally you arent supposed to have a hand in writing these ads. here he is protesting too much. lets watch. >> with regards to their ads, i havent seen them. as you know under the law, i cant direct their ads. i hope everything tha...

But, you know, this aint the beanbag. were going to come into a campaign, were going to describe the differences between us -- >> all right. >> but i do think the rhetoric, mr. speaker, was a little over the top. >> you think my rhetoric was over the top? but your ads were totally over the top. >> heres the question. here he is admitting he knows the content no matter what it said because there were problems in there. >> first he said he hadnt seen them. then he said, i happened to see it. i hap...

Anything wrong im opposed to. but, you know, this aint the beanbag. were going to come into a campaign, were going to describe the differences between us -- >> all right. >> but i do think the rhetoric, mr. speaker, was a little over the top. >> you think my rhetoric was over the top? but your ads were totally over the top. >> heres the question. here he is admitting he knows the content no matter what it said because there were problems in there. >> first he said he hadnt seen them. then he sai...