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Look at the politicians who created the environment, the politicians who profited from the environment, and the politicians who put this country in trouble. >> clearly not saying they should go to jail? >> well, in chris dodds case, go back and look at the countryside deals, look at the lobbyists close at freddie mac. >> its interesting at the end of 2008, we had a lot of republicans accusing democrats who wanted to throw george bush in jail for war crimes. of criminalizing politics. very, very ...

Things, the first person to fire is bernanke, who is a disaster as chairman of federal reserve, the second person to fire is geithner. and if you want to put people in jail, you ought to start with barney frank and chris dodd. and lets look at the politicians who put this country in trouble. >> clearly not saying they should go to jail. >> well, in chris dodds case, go back and look at the countryside deals. look at the lobbyist close to freddie mac. >> i think we all agree barney frank should n...

I wanted to start on what seems to be this tissue rejection of romney by the tea party conservative wing of the republican party. address that question raised by jennifer. will his lds religion end up forcing the republicans to look to another candidate between now and next year? >> i dont think so, and i think, chris, you know that every candidate in both parties always has to bring some burden with them on the campaign trail. for john mccain, who is was last candidate i worked for, it was his ...

Last year the u.s. collected $2.2 trillion in tax revenue. but bloomberg government has run the numbers and your plan would have raised no more than $2 trillion. and even with that shortfall, youd still be slapping a 9% sales tax on food and medicine. >> the problem with that analysis is that it is incorrect. >> so bloomberg is incorrect in their analysis because the pizza man said so. its pretty entertaining. this whole debate was high on rhetoric and absent of solutions. newt gingrich wants me...

So this is going to be, you know, a process that will go on and on and on. if they get romney in the white house, and that is a big if now, theyll continue to hound him, hector him and make sure he continue to be their person. and in response to what they want. at some point there would be a rift there between any president and any leader as weve seen in the tea party people. >> what about the serial adulterer night gingrich? he seem to take the position of professor of history last night. how h...

Up for grabs between newt gingrich and ron paul. >> the two of them together. go ahead. >> and you spend more time with the muppets these days than i do. >> i do. >> hes saying completely outrageous things. to some extent, he recognizes he needs to be outrageous in order to get attention, because not his poll numbers are not going to be what gets him attention. the notion of putting chris dodd and barney frank in jail is silly. >> newt gingrich had nothing to do with the policies of the 90s. >> ...

To read exactly what bob meant there when he says the clinton people are talking this up. >> right. >> the clinton people see it on the table. the clinton people see it as a real possibility. they dont make this call. i mean, if sid blumenthal or fred, one of the guys over there that would like to see this happen is talking this up, it has no consequence, does it? >> no, it doesnt. i mean, look, theres hillary people always go through a lot of what if? what if it had been us? >> yeah. >> no shor...

Century, and newt gingrich says chris dodd and barney frank should be imprisoned. thats what he said, for writing legislation he disagrees with. no wonger mitt romney never, quote, loses a debate. how could he in this crowd? as roberta flack and donny hathaway san, where is the love? polls show him treading water while republicans keep picking a new flavor of the month. plus joe biden said today it wont happen. hillary clinton said today it wont happen, and i have no evidence it will happen....

Just physically exhausted. i dont think you can underestimate how tired you must be after eight years as first lady, going right to the u.s. senate, being the senator to new york right after 9/11, going right into a presidential campaign and then logging about 1 billion miles as secretary of state. that is a lot for a 63-year-old. >> you know, i have to say personally, on a personal basis, nobody i like to bump into more and meet than hill hi. i get the biggest giggle out of meeting her. she is ...

With a statement about who should be held responsible for our current economic crisis. and more specifically, what should happen to them. >> if they want to change things, the first person to fire is bernanke who is a disaster as federal reserve. second person to fire is geithner. i ought to start with barney frank and chris dodd and lets look at the politicians who created the environment, the politicians who profited and put this country in trouble. >> clearly youre not saying they should go t...