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>> laura, there is no doubt that the press failed to scrutinize this program at the time of passage and during the context of the presidents re-election. any reporter who would argue otherwise would be putting their head in the sand. as we write in double down, the problem for the republicans in the re-election context was you nominated, republicans nominated mitt romney, a guy who was not very well positioned to say the least to make the case against obamacare because he passed the healthcare p...

Job. >> according to your reporting in double down, youve got a lot of back story of what went on when they were trying to vet him for the romney campaign, did he hurt himself at all with other republicans by arguably not doing a good job and not being a team player enough. >> i think insiders, particularly those working hard for governor romney who felt at the convention and in the aftermath of superstorm sandy that he didnt do enough to put governor romneys interest. governor christie has a di...

Why dont we ask everybody in the country to memorize this. were getting wonderful responses, extraordinary amount of people adding their own group recitations. we like to do things in unison. too much plueral, not enough unison. were distinguishing how im different and disagree with you. what if we can come together. bill oreilly, rachel maddow. nancy pelosi, marco rubio. lots of people, steven spielberg, warren buffett, bill gates, extraordinary people that come together to celebrate these word...

Years and 90% thereafter and they looked at it both as a fiscal and political issue. i think a lot of it came from historic opposition to expanding medicaid. these are the states that have had some of the lowest eligibility levels for adults, especially for parents, and have never covered adults without dependent children. so it really was a decision to not expand their medicaid programs, not build on their medicaid programs that leaves millions of very low income adults without coverage options...

>> hi, this is chris christie. im not running for anything. im focused on being governor for new jersey. stop calling me. i dont want to play these sorts of games, speaking of which, boy, somebody needs to change the culture of d.c. christie, 2016. two completely unrelated words. >> two completely unrelated words. lets get right to our panel. here with us in new york is msnbc contributor, joy reid, managing editor of thegrio.com, and in seattle, msnbc john heilemann, coauthor of the book "double...

Year. thats not difficult. >> well, look, a half dozen people have done it out of the millions and millions that would like to do it. and cain, you know, he lasted a couple weeks. i think ted cruz has already outlasted -- im just saying that his acting skills are, i think, impressive, despite, you know, some so-so performances he might have turned in that were caught on that film. >> right. okay. now john, chris christie is another republican in that top tier of 2016 hopefuls. but youve written,...

I just thought i would throw that out. >> 2016 is going to be framed around whos going to be able to change washington or bring back a sense of trust and accountability thats been missing over the last few years. so thats going to be a chance for him to establish a real contrast and also play to what are his greatest strengths, the idea that hes this blunt, straight talking guy thats a good governor. >> half the problem in washington is, if youre looking at washington as a republican is republic...

People, im not here to have a fight with governor christie, but we talked to people at high levels. there were denials that mitt romney was not concerned about some of the people in the vetting report. thats not true. governor romney was concerned about that. the day after he got a report with the lawn friday list of potential problems, he pulled the plug on chris christie for the second time.friday list of potential problems, he pulled the plug on chris christie for the second time. so there is...

"double down" where the presidents re-election team did research to see if we switched out joe biden in 2012 for hillary clinton, would this increase his chances of re-election. and this was at a point when his chances of re-election werent going so well. the president addressed this last night. lets listen. >> if they had asked me, i would have said there is no way that im not running again with joe biden because i genuinely believe that he has been one of the best vice presidents in our histor...

Importantly for the politics in washington, they have nervous democrats. hes in louisiana today, mary landri landrieu, the growing list of democrats have in common, they face re-election. if congress gets involved, the president wants small fixes, other people want more. >> thats right. they are very worried and told the president that this week at the white house. lets talk about the new book "double down." it reveals of course something pretty interesting which was that the re-election folks f...