He Doesnt Mind Being News Today

>> i implore them one more time not to play russian roulette with the american economy. >> we could prevent a catastrophic default with a simple majority vote tomorrow if republicans would just get out of the damn way. >> schumer pushing to schedule this vote tomorrow on the debt ceiling. your old boss, blake. your thoughts? >> well, that was some feisty language there. i mean, look, theres actually an interesting risk here for mitch mcconnell. mitchs whole game is just to obstruct, to try to st...

>> he wont because thats not whats in the news. this idea of perjury, even one of his closest friends said to me after the comey hearing, hes in a really good mood. he thought it went great for him. why? he doesnt mind being called a liar. thats what he does. once youre under oath theres a new word for what he does, its called perjury. the investigation that roiled the white house i worked was the valerie plame investigation. pat fitzgerald didnt find anyone intentionally leaked valerie plames n...

Tillerson, and of course, he met with mr. tillerson several days ago. so i think the fact that you have the president-elect expanding his search, and you have all of these complicating factors around rudy giuliani, ultimately, rudy giuliani and the president-elect felt as though this was the best decision and that it wasnt going to be rudy giuliani. but youre absolutely right, it is a stunning moment. because for quite some time, a lot of people thought that it could be rudy giuliani. and now, t...

Gut. he doesnt feel it. maybe he believes it. but i watch him, and what i think, and what other conservatives think -- real conservatives not people that call themselves conservatives or label themselves republicans, but real conservatives small government people who understand friedman and buckley, they know romney doesnt get it. >> we live in an era of hype where we make a lot of events seem bigger than they are or should be. his convention speech is huge because he must argue conservative pri...

President often will make phone calls while hes playing cards. >> wow. so this guy -- did you know this guy was so competitive? like hates people that hes like -- thats surprising to me. >> doesnt like to lose. >> thought he was sort of zen, like you know -- >> he plays cards. so what? >> laid back, cool and detached but hes a hater? >> i wouldnt put it that way. the will to win -- >> thats what youre telling us, mike allen. thats a shock to me. he always seems so kind of detached and cool. >> m...

He did it pegged to the release of the unemployment numbers. the other way to look at it, jon suggested is, a misuse of the office, something harry reid has done before and he doesnt care about the criticism. i think republicans have misplayed this because theyre keeping it alive as reid wanted them to. he doesnt mind being called those names, couldnt care less, but keeps the story alive. >> why dont we talk about the unemployment numbers? >> well, okay. can i give you harry reids response? >> i...