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Executive, judicial and legislative. why havent you heard more about that? mike gallagher is a fox news contributor. so you know, let me start with you, dan as the democrat. you know if sarah palin had done that, if michelle bachman had done that they would have been leading with it and it would have been all over the left wing press saying what idiots they are. chuck schumer do it and he gets a virtual pass. >> i think there is media bias to conventional wisdom about politicians. people think c...

Ive got my iphone right here. its got a high def camera and ive got my ipad. not only am i an apple guy but its that easy and that accessible. the problem becomes when you start taking stuff out of context which is very easy to do in the age of youtube. somebody takes a snippet and puts it on youtube and gets it out there and says oh, my gosh, look what he said. >> the other issue though is the power of it. i mean, weve had gaffes in washington forever. pete stark has been a gaffe machine across...

If he wants to help the party he should resign. >> steele will survive. he will survive because the republicans have never had the guts to get rid of anybody who lies about president obama. >> say what you will about michael steele, but in addition to swallowing his foot on a regular basis hes also very stubborn. >> joining us now to talk about this is politicos roger simon. welcome. >> thank you. >> so why do journalists love writing and yakking about michael steele? >> it gives us something to...

Im not big on sharks or octopus. >> nor am i. lets get sushi sometime. vice president biden showing off his funny side on the tonight show telling his host the president had fair warning when asked about his very public gaffes. >> when you get in trouble for your salty language with the president, does he say joe can i talk to you for a minute? >> look, i told the president two things, when he asked me for the job. i said two conditions, im not going to wear any funny hats and im not changing ...

Per capita, i think, vrmermont s the highest casualty rate in the country for both wars in iraq and afghanistan. each day in most american newspapers you can pick up the paper and there in the agate type you can read the names of the dead dying in afghanistan in a country, the united states, where there is very little investment in this war. it is shocking how little it obsesses people. how few people, other than military families and, of course, those who die, are affected by this. it is shocki...

Theres a distraction every week, if theres no unified strategy coming out of republican headquarters. then it does become difficult for them as a party to present the kind of united front that you need to really take back the majority. if you look in the previous times when minority parties have become majority parties specifically in 2004 and 2006 there hasnt been a gaffe machine at the helm and thats the big problem for republicans. in addition to sending a mixed message. >> always great to ha...

Words were misconstrued. that is a tortured explanation to be sure because those words were caught on tape. they were not sliced and diced. they were absolutely clear. i mean his explanation, his excuse is vacuous. >> thats typical for politicians and thats why the public has a negative view of politicians. they say they misspoke when it is clear they meant it. it typifies the problem for the republicans because the g.o.p. in congress made a public position to stand behind this president on the ...

Million raised for the republican national committee, their best march in a mid-term year ever. of course it was trumped. the democratic party raised $13 million in march. so a lot of energy and money around the health care debate. a good number for michael steele and the last big one i would look at is dont turn yourself, dont further yourself into a gaffe machine. michael steele has been very public for much of his chairmansh chairmanship, much to his detriment of his public image saying inopp...

He is a gaffe machine and hasnt run the place very well. i think youll see republicans convene to elect theyre 64th chairman. >> and then hell decide he wants to spend more time with his family. >> hes very controversial. to have him in there and not have a disaster on their hands. theyve got a board of directors of 155 people. i think they would like for michael steele to resign. ill tell you what his arguments going to be. suppose republicans pick up 30, 35 seats, hell say, look, ive won every...

Apart children and families and thats not a winning message for 2020. >> what is going to be the winning message? >> i think we went on the record that republicans under the trump administration have achieved. our jobs numbers are what theyre going to largely run on. look, i think honestly a biden/trump stackup would be fantastic. biden is known to be a gaffe machine. and i think -- i think democrats are under the mistaken perception that biden is tested. when you run for vp, its completely diff...