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Him with this stuff. >> i thought that was -- i thought it was kind of funny. >> so youre in college here in new york city. >> i am. i go to school out at st. johns in queens. >> what made you start digging this stuff up? >> its a funny story how i first got started. i remember theres that candidate -- there was the election to refill anthony weiners seat between david wepren and bob turner. i found a funny video of david weperen doing a funny dance and put it online and got 20,000 views. after ...

For examples of flip-flops and we found tons of them, and so we built that case over time, using those different data points. you are not usually going to find some big silver bullet, but what is interesting is that new york magazine had a piece earlier in the week that there is a kid who likes to watch the c-span video archives online and more and more people will find video that never existed in places that you could not get your hands on and you will see more of the bombshells coming from the...

About that. that video surfaced today and provoked this response from the perry campaign. "its no surprise that mitt romney would have described himself as having progressive views. a quick look at his record shows that he pursued plenty of progressive policies as governor." the romney campaign offered this defense to that video. "the very last thing the democrats want to do is run against mitt romney. thats why theyre focused on his campaign and not on the economy. the democrats are continuing ...

Worked with him when he was speaker of the house in the 1990s who arent eager to find out -- arent eager to find out, but there are critics out there who worry about his tenure as leader. he found it troubled, erratic and self-centered and he was prone to creating crisis all by himself and he does have defenders, among them former congressman walker who served with newt in the congress until 1997. mr. walker, you used to be on the other side and ill give you a full responsibility to explain your...

>> so youre in college here in new york city. >> i am. i go to school out at st. johns in queens. >> what made you start digging this stuff up? >> its a funny story how i first got started. i remember theres that candidate -- there was the election to refill anthony weiners seat between david wepren and bob turner. i found a funny video of david weperen doing a funny dance and put it online and got 20,000 views. after that i realized i could have an influence over the process. >> i want to liste...

>> but isnt about our medium? david corn, thats our medium. >> it is our medium. and mitt romney doesnt. >> every six hours the news cycle changes. as long as its good for that news cycle, fits in that particular box, six hours later, hes got a new line. >> chris, its all about buzz. its all about buzz. i would say that cable tv is now even too slow for whats really going on. were talking about twitter, were talking about a twitter universe here. where every jab, where every cut and thrust is im...

Hes got a new line. >> chris, its all about buzz. its all about buzz. i would say that cable tv is now even too slow for whats really going on. were talking about twitter, were talking about a twitter universe here. where every jab, where every cut and thrust is immediately retweeted all over the planet. and that creates the buzz that people are following, almost as if mesmerized in the instant-by-instant of the campaign. and ill say this for newt gingrich. when he came to town, nobody was using...

News cycle, fits in that particular box, six hours later, hes got a new line. >> chris, its all about buzz. its all about buzz. i would say that cable tv is now even too slow for whats really going on. were talking about twitter, were talking about a twitter universe here. where every jab, where every cut and thrust is immediately retweeted all over the planet. and that creates the buzz that people are following, almost as if mesmerized in the instant-by-instant of the campaign. and ill say this...

Inhospitable and here we go when the shoe is on presumably the other foot, well, no, no, no, no, not at all a comparison. a is the first thing they should team in this class. but i have a feeling that wont come up. >>guest: no, it wont. there is only one channel that nobody complains about which is c-span which is run by a republican. thats why it is fair-minded. >>neil: you left out the food network. >>guest: the food network. >>neil: who can argue with a nice tomato sauce. >>guest: the progres...

We learned something fascinating this week about republican presidential front-runner newt gingrich. turns out thats not his name. newt gingrich not actually his name. let us set the way back machine to 1995 when the country was just getting to know him. >> the house behind me is is where newt gingrich lived during his early years. >> i have to ask you, because in washington we always pronounce the last name gingrich and youve been saying "gingrick." whats the difference? >> well, it seems like,...