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This has come as a hard shock to the republicans who were hoping that ken cuccinelli would take the race. but his hard line positions have come under scrutiny and virginia voters seem to be rejecting them. so that combined with you have a very liberal candidate in new york, bill de blasio, will win the mayors race there. and in new jersey you have a moderate republican who has made a point to reject some of the hard line republican positions that are sort of taking place in the national debate. ...

You actually have to stop having such a pr view of policy to sell policy in order to make your actual policy work better. so i think he has a very, very serious problem on his hands right now. he just had a gallup poll come out 40% approval rating, which is terrible. you have to have policies that work and you have to be honest when you sell them. he has not been honest in my view about his signature domestic achievement. >> let me read one more excerpt from the scene about the debate from "doub...

Ultimately went with congressman paul ryan but romney continues to talk up the new jersey governor, just yesterday saying this. >> theres a long list of very capable people but chris christie stands out as one of the very strongest lights in the republican party. >> reporter: not everyone in the romney campaign was so enamored and stunningly, one aide leaked to the authors of "double down" personal vetting information, including concerns regarding christies health. a shocking breach of protocol ...

Chris christie to be his running mate but he was on "meet the press" singing christies praise. lets read what he said about the future and 2016. >> paul ryan, jeb bush, marco rubio, theres a long list of capable people but chris christie stands out. >> does ted cruz stand out as a potential -- to the republican party? >> look, im not going to disqualify anybody, but i think ive indicated some of the names i think are most effective and becoming elected. >> there you have it, could not have been ...

This is a major step forward for every single american to have better health care coverage than they have ever had before. >> senator tom harkin, its great to have you on the program. thank you. >> chris, thanks. >> i think you can kind of tie these two things together, which is double down and the problems that the obama administration is having with this health care rollout. there is a moment in the book where they talk about just before the second debate the presidents staff staged kind of wh...

Lots of americans signing up for health insurance. most signing up for medicaid. theres a weariness in this administration, talking about plans that benefit poor people, food stamps or medicaid, they want to talk about people who get insurance plans. but a majority getting insurance under the law are the kind of low income people who probably get food stamps too and not going to be the best people to talk about it at an event, the kind of people republicans criticize and you do see that wearines...

You dont have to lie. and one of the things that mark sets out in that piece is that every statement a president makes every sense of every comma. its vetted and debated carefully. anyone who understood how this law worked knew that statement was not right. but he had to make that assurance to undermine the opposition. and they barely got the thing through even with him out there with the delivered deception over and over again. >> one other quick thing in this new book thats come out, "double d...

Other pill for medicinal purposes the supreme court was willing to look at that. oklahoma said please take our appeal, the supreme court here says we cant enforce this law, the supreme court says yes. when the supreme court found out that the law essentially bans the use of these pills, the supreme court said were not going to review a decision striking that down. that i would think is not a good sign to the advocates of these laws in other states. there are similar -- not identical but similar ...

Pla play". thanks for joining us. i want to start with one of the big names of "double down" we were just discussing him chris christie. he spoke with kelly odonnell about any concerned tea party conservatives outraged. take a listen to what he said to kelly. >> i think what youll find with tomorrow nights results you dont have to worry about that. you appeal to everybody. well get huge republican support, 94, 95% tomorrow night at least. it hasnt affected us at all. i dont think it will affect ...

Its the final act for a number of businesses in cuba. the government has ordered the immediate shutdown of privately run movie theaters and video game arcades. many were operating under licenses for restaurants, offering basic food and drinks but using entertainment as their main draw. they also showed more hollywood blockbusters and were more popular as an alternative to poorly maintained state-run sin mas. the government says they were never authorized. new reaction from mitt romney and new ...