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He derides and slurs the presidents academic achievements. and all the time he says what these candidates cant say but do believe. and so what you have is a man vicariously polluting the trough on their behalf every single time. hes not a showman. hes their spokesman. and thats why hes of value to them. >> mike papantonio, does this -- is this the end of the road for donald trump in this election cycle? does he have to run now to be even somewhat relevant? >> well, hell always make himself relev...

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Center, ed, where the big tree is so you have to dress up. >> thats true. they even tried to hang lights on me the other night. all right. bill, you first. is there room for the democrats to be a little optimistic because there might be a long drawn-out fight? what do you think? >> no, no way. listen, you got it right, ed. i mean, these guys have one thing in common. doesnt matter who they are. michele bachmann, rick santorum, crazy ron paul, they all have one thing in common. they hate barack o...

Convey seriousness to people. will anybody to bucking about any of this, say, in november? no. this is creating an image of the republican party in the minds of independents as an unserious party. "the national review," a conservative magazine, started by bill buckley, they refer to trump as a consummately unserious man. >> what about newt gingrich? former speaker of the house, a man whos been around washington a long time, is now kissing the ring of donald trump, accepting the promotional value...

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Than wealth. an argument this president is laying out a century later. >> we simply cannot return to this brand of youre on your own economics if were serious about rebuilding the middle class in this country. >> reporter: far from the soaring rhetoric, republicans and democrats on capitol hill are struggling to keep a middle class payroll tax from expiring at the end of the month. democrats are offering to pay for it by raising taxes on the rich. >> this was not a compromise. this was nothing m...

I find a lot of republicans very blue about all this. they know that this does not convey seriousness to people. will anybody be talking about any of this, say, in november? no. but i think this is creating an image of the republican party in the minds of independents as an unserious party. "the national review," a conservative magazine, started by bill buckley, they refer to trump as a consummately unserious man. bill buckley would be proud of that line. >> what about newt gingrich? former spea...

Done. he didnt do that. the grand jury looked at this. they questioned him. they had all the facts. they never said that he tried to interrupt this encounter. they never said he did anything honorable. it called his daddy and talked to joe paterno. what were going to see, ed, were going to see fine spins to all this. as you see the fine spin, what youre actually seeing is something thats going to be presented in a defense. >> all right. mike, lets talk about the judge. does the judge in your opi...

System here? we have a system here that allows jerry sandusky to be free on unsecured bail. is this a broken system? whats wrong? >> well, look, theres a lot of times where judges make decisions i dont agree with. i think youll see the attorney general continue to focus on that and maybe revisiting that. i dont know. what i do know, ed, part of the system is broken. that is, the reporting requirements that exist around the country from state to state. in delaware and 17 other states, theres a ma...

>> he is looking at 400 years, ed. he is building his case in the media. we see it time and time again these days. look, this is the problem with people doing nothing. had they done what they were supposed to do, there would be evidence. you have you have a whole procedure that you use in a rape case. now it comes down to his word against any children who might come forward. some children may decide they dont want to come forward. they are 23, 24 years old and may say i dont want to do this. he ...