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Had to testify, others are overblown and then throws in benghazi with the most generous interpretation was a bad day for the hillary clinton and the entire country with the deaths of those americans. so he was firing away at every target he could think of. >> what do you make of the fact shes now going to speak? my own personal belief is she has to offer a full press conference. she has to let whatever reporter get in come in. she has to subject herself to tough questions. she has to stand there...

Had to testify, others are overblown and then throws in benghazi with the most generous interpretation was a bad day for the hillary clinton and the entire country with the deaths of those americans. so he was firing away at every target he could think of. >> what do you make of the fact shes now going to speak? my own personal belief is she has to offer a full press conference. she has to let whatever reporter get in come in. she has to subject herself to tough questions. she has to stand there...

♪ obama ♪ obama >> that was "saturday night live" last night. this week top conservative politicians and supporters testing out attack lines for president obama at cpac which wrapped up last night after three days of speeches and panels. it is clear the path to the 2016 gop presidential nomination as wide open as its ever been. nbcs chris palon reports. >> reporter: former alaska governor sarah palin closed out cpac 2014 with a biting takedown of the obama administration taking a nod of se...

To make is that, you know, if republicans were more conservative, perhaps they would win presidential elections. i think a lot of people might question that argument. its, you know, he was just making a flashy point by going after bob dole. there were a bunch of distracting or not so truthful comments made by speakers at cpac. this is a forum where they try out attack lines, work on public speaking and rally the foot soldiers in republican campaigns. these are people who go home and work for dif...

>> yeah, absolutely. it helps. and in fact, the chairman of the democratic governors association told me over the weekend its harder to go after the guys who have taken the money. it takes away one of the key attack lines against them. its something they can cite. whats interesting, chris, these republicans still are afraid of being seen as too close to obama because they need to keep their base enthusiastic. so theyre coming up with cute euphemisms to kind of explain why theyre taking the money...

You go here. my argument, having read your article since youre the expert, my argument coming out of it was, you know what, it doesnt hurt to play ball with obama in the interest of your state. your thoughts. >> yeah, absolutely. it helps. and in fact, the chairman of the democratic governors association told me over the weekend its harder to go after the guys who have taken the money. it takes away one of the key attack lines against them. its something they can cite. whats interesting, chris, ...

Headlines, i think, is a very dangerous thought. >> christie took that shot in the wake of the houses vote to defund nsa bulk collection of phone records which failed by a narrow margin. christies attempt to stamp out a growing fire of skepticism among the republican base toward everything from mass surveillance to foreign wars. a base that appears to be moving in a decidedly rand paulian direction. christie, positioning himself as the bona fide neocon alternative. saved his best attack lines fo...

Dangerous thought. >> christie took that shot in the wake of the houses vote to defund nsa bulk collection of phone records which failed by a narrow margin. christies attempt to stamp out a growing fire of skepticism among the republican base toward everything from mass surveillance to foreign wars. a base that appears to be moving in a decidedly rand paulian direction. christie, positioning himself as the bona fide neocon alternat e alternative. saved his best attack lines for paul and his acco...

Thats going through both parties right now and making big headlines, i think, is a very dangerous thought. >> christie took that shot in the wake of the houses vote to defund nsa bulk collection of phone records which failed by a narrow margin. christies attempt to stamp out a growing fire of skepticism among the republican base toward everything from mass surveillance to foreign wars. a base that appears to be moving in a decidedly rand paulian direction. christie, positioning himself as the bo...

Money they want, im not backing down. >> and you look at the three leaders in the house republican leadership, ones from ohio, ones from virginia, ones from california. and i always emphasize that to people. they do have their eye on the larger ball, it seems, when it comes to this. but let me ask you this question. one of the attack lines that ive heard that could scuttle immigration reform is just the pure cost. >> exactly. >> and some conservative fiscal groups might go at it that way. >> wha...