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Step back and let others shine in the spotlight. >> hasterts poor handling of the mark foley scandal in 2006 almost brought him down. congress manning foley resigned after allegations regarding his sexually explicit messages to congressional pages. haas art chose not to run for minority leader in 2007 hastert resigned from congress. hes been working as a lobbyist in the years since. joining me now andy shaw former award-winning political reporter, and in full disclosure, my father-in-law. andy, ...

Tragedy but we shouldnt shutdown our right to free speech because of it. >> sean: cnn, this is ridiculous. literally they used the term crosshairs on the air and they are apologizing. that word cant be used. i guess well have a dictionary what can and cannot be said on radio and television measured by the left wing that themselves, cnn used the term crosshairs for sarah palin. >> before we go to break, quick point. we were having a discussion about the chicago mayoral race my friend andy shaw us...

Reward our friends. >> mike: ooh. well, you know, other networks have become pretty much language neutered so not to offend anyone. in so doing, not interest anyone either. john king has the perfect example. >> my friend andy shaw works for good government group used can he remember in the crosshairs talking about the candidates out there. were trying to get away from the language. andy is a good friend and he has covered politics a long time but were trying to get away from that language. were ...

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Reward our friends. >> mike: ooh. well, you know, other networks have become pretty much language neutered so not to offend anyone. in so doing, not interest anyone either. john king has the perfect example. >> my friend andy shaw works for good government group used can he remember in the crosshairs talking about the candidates out there. were trying to get away from the language. andy is a good friend and he has covered politics a long time but were trying to get away from that language. were ...

Reward our friends. >> mike: ooh. well, you know, other networks have become pretty much language neutered so not to offend anyone. in so doing, not interest anyone either. john king has the perfect example. >> my friend andy shaw works for good government group used can he remember in the crosshairs talking about the candidates out there. were trying to get away from the language. andy is a good friend and he has covered politics a long time but were trying to get away from that language. were ...

Enemies and reward our friends. >> glenn: america, hand-to-hand combat? duels? the rhetoric. were trying, were trying. he is a friend of mine, i dont know, ill talk to him after we get off the air. no, no, no. i dont think youre an idiot. do you think that barack obama and john mccain were going to pop in the ring and throw hay-makers at each other? cmon. they rushed in to apologize last night, because they imagine one of their viewers, because maybe their viewers are nuts. indont know what they...

Except on a single charge of making a false statement, which is what martha stewart was convicted of, you have to rethink your strategy. now, that doesnt mean you will fail a second time n fact, the government usually does well in retrials. but make no mistake about it, this was a failed prosecution this time. rod blagojevich won this trial. he may not win the next one, but lets be fair. blagojevich won this one. >> andy shaw, as a political reporter and now as head of a good government organiza...

>> he did not take questions after delivering that statement so what does all this mean? im joined in new york by cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin and in chicago andy shaw, the executive director of the better government association. he was in the courtroom this afternoon and prior to his current position he was a political reporter in chicago for many years. jeff toobin to you first. this was an obvious setback for the federal government. my question going forward patrick fitzgerald said he wou...