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Said a lot of things, donald trump as well. in fact, let me just play for our viewers to remind them some of the comments. let me just play this sound. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> mitt was a disaster as a candidate. >> hes playing the members of the american public for suckers. >> romney let us all down. he was a very poor campaigner. >> he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hat. >> romney choked like a dog. he choked. >> do you think they could actually wo...

Top geopolitical concern for the united states when he was running. do you think they could actually work together? >> i do. and i think what happens with consensus builders and good negotiators, and successful businessmen who know you have to take the counsel of many different people, rivals, allies, is they find a way to work together if its appropriate, anderson. look, i think in politics people look at each other through these blue and red lenses. but businessmen like romney and trump, they ...

Like to do. im sure you can understand it. by all accounts, the best he felt in the campaign was in front of a cheering crowd. he wants that again. >> lets talk about the weekend. he will go to one of his golf clubs in new jersey and meet with mitt romney. the guy who held the nomination in 2012 and was not president. last night, kellyanne conway talked about the transition team in terms of reaching out to people. listen. >> i think what happens with consensus builders and good negotiators and s...

That. instead of laughing and making fun of people all the time. >> greg: can i respond? >> andrea: you can. >> greg: women getting along well is the longest running lie in the history of the world that women are consensus builders, baloney. >> dana: in the workplace? >> greg: let me finish. >> andrea: two different things, though. ill call you on that. getting along and getting to a solution are two different things. >> greg: perhaps. name one female rock band that stayed together longer than f...

Ours is a representative system. the house and the senate is made up of members who have been represent -- theyve been elected, and they represent the districts that theyre from. part of our challenge in tackling the significant unaddressed deficits and entitlement challenges and the needs -- the investment needs we have to strengthen our economy and to protect the middle class, part of our challenge in dealing with these core issues is that we are increasingly elected, particularly in the house...

The kind of consumer demand that will then cause the private sector to really start staffing up in a way that we need them to staff up to have full employment. but that should be the goal. full employment. >> terry, going back to the fiscal slope negotiations, theres basically no women really involved in the high level negotiations. nancy pelosi is sort of a side player as she was in the debt ceiling negotiations. research has shown that female legislators attract more co-sponsors for their bill...

In a row would be extremely rare. house democrats are counting on a lot of redistricting in the wake of the census, the 2010 census maybe gave them a few seats in texas. but were talking about an eight-seat democratic swing on a good night. and back on the senate, you got to take into account the coattail factor for president obama as well. wisconsin, virginia. if he does well in virginia, tim kaine does well. if he does well in wisconsin, then tammy baldwin does well over tommy thompson. >> i w...

Than they did, consulting the wider array of intelligence that existed, listening to other people than just the consensus builders. and we would have come out with a very different situation. and i agree with mr. rove that congress might not have approved it. and thats the reason -- and he tells us very clearly -- thats the reason as the downing street memo said they had to fix the intelligence around the policy. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff to colin powell, secretary of ...

Lied knowing we were lying. but the intelligence community and the political operators worked together in a colossal form of group think, in my view, because they all thought it doesnt matter what we say here. the details are irrelevant. because when we invade, were going to find weapons of mass destruction and, therefore, well all be exonerated. well, they didnt find any weapons of mass destruction. and someone should have begun asking those questions earlier than they did, consulting the wider...